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Prism, a service that helps banks handle inheritance procedures digitally after an account holder dies(techcrunch.com)
SummaryPrism is a startup that builds beneficiary designation and inheritance procedures into accounts from the start, simplifying the process by which assets pass to heirs after the account holder dies. Th…Indian startup Scimplify uses AI to find specialty material manufacturers and shorten supply lead times(techcrunch.com)
SummaryScimplify is a Bengaluru, India-based startup founded in 2023 that develops manufacturing processes for specialty materials customers want and matches them with suitable producers among more than 500…Open-source skill that hands off to a coding agent to create animations of famous painting styles as code(github.com)
SummaryThis skill hands the work to a coding agent to turn a scene drawn in 35 art styles into a moving animation built with code. The author is Chinese developer 花叔 (Huashu), and the code and docs are rele…Wide string search functions in Android 17 build may wrongly match some characters(github.com)
SummaryDevelopers report that wcscspn and wcspbrk, the wide string functions in Android's bionic C library that search for newlines or special characters, misbehave. They treat emoji or Hangul characters th…Microsoft Copilot overhaul combines chat, coding, and agents in one app and removes it from the Teams list(webpronews.com)
SummaryThe overhaul bundles several AI features into one app. It has three parts: Home, a chat screen; Code, which builds work tools from spoken instructions; and Autopilot, an agent that keeps handling tas…Anthropic replaces its source control system with an in-house build as code merges surge(anthropic.com)
SummarySource control is the tool developers use to store and combine code change history. Anthropic said that daily code merges rose from about 2,500 in 2026 May to more than September 30,000, and that the…GridCraft, a free open-source spreadsheet from the ArtCraft team, enters alpha with an Excel-like interface(github.com)
SummaryA spreadsheet program with a ribbon menu, formula bar, sheet tabs and shortcuts like Excel. The ArtCraft team created it, and the original says users familiar with Excel can use it comfortably. It op…EffectCraft, a free open-source motion graphics editor in alpha that aims to replace After Effects(github.com)
SummaryEffectCraft is a free open-source program for creating animated captions and graphics by stacking text, shapes, and video clips in layers. The original text says it aims for a screen layout and feel…Industrial Next Aims to Let Factory Robots Switch Jobs in Minutes Instead of Weeks(techcrunch.com)
SummaryFactory robots are usually programmed for one product and one task, so changing a line means reprogramming them and replacing equipment, which can take weeks to months. The San Francisco startup Indu…Security research says earlier Telegram Desktop 7.2.9 versions could let files leave a PC with one link click(beaksec.github.io)
SummaryAccording to the presenter, earlier versions of Telegram Desktop 7.2.9 could read files stored on a PC and send them to an attacker's chat with a single link click. The source describes two flaws: a…Claude Skill Anatomy, explaining concepts through working three-dimensional diagrams(github.com)
SummaryWhen you ask Claude for a diagram explaining a technical concept, this open-source skill creates a virtual object in which that concept actually works. For example, a cache key that skips work when n…Science Corporation Implants Vision-Restoring Chip in Stargardt Disease Patient(techcrunch.com)
SummaryScience Corporation's PRIMA chip is implanted about 2mm in size behind the eye. According to the source, the patient wears glasses with a camera, and the chip receives the video sent by the glasses a…Apple's HomeView ad shows a busy family morning and asks what a smart display is for(theverge.com)
SummaryApple's ad introducing the new smart display HomeView shows a five-person family busy with their morning routine. A lost key, a cluttered house, and an unexpected video call follow one another quickl…Xbox creates Xbox Labs, an experimental team that takes games apart and reassembles them through AI modding(theverge.com)
SummaryAccording to an internal memo from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, Xbox Labs is a small team of game creators, engineers, and scientists tasked with turning new ideas into forms that players and developers can…Guitoro, an online virtual guitar played with the keyboard, usable in the browser without installation(guitoro.com)
SummaryGuitoro is a virtual guitar you can use right in your browser. On a computer, you hold chords by pressing letter keys with your left hand and pluck the strings by pressing the H and J keys with your…Helix Carbon claims it can reuse blast furnace carbon dioxide to reduce coke use(techcrunch.com)
SummaryBlast furnaces make pig iron by burning coke, which is processed from coal, and using the carbon monoxide produced to remove oxygen from iron ore. Helix Carbon proposes converting the carbon dioxide…Hardware wallet sold by a reseller was found with a hidden chip, and cryptocurrency was drained(bleepingcomputer.com)
SummaryA hardware wallet is a dedicated device that stores the keys used to move cryptocurrency. Ledger confirmed that some devices sold through the Malaysia-based reseller CryptoBilis were tampered with by…Apple's wall-mounted HomeView requires separately purchased wall mount and power at 299(theverge.com)
SummaryApple's HomeView smart display comes in two models priced at 299. One is a tabletop model with a speaker stand, and the other is a wall-mounted model that hangs on a wall. The wall-mounted model incl…Apple Home Collection first impressions: smart door lock, video doorbell, indoor and outdoor cameras, thermostat(theverge.com)
SummaryThis is a first-impression article by a Verge reporter who examined six new smart home devices Apple announced. The devices include a door lock, a video doorbell, cameras, and a thermostat, introduce…Google DeepMind introduces Gemini 4 Argon, an AI model for long tasks and document analysis(deepmind.google)
SummaryArgon is the latest AI model introduced by Google, described as being used for long tasks made up of multiple steps. Google says it can be tried in the Gemini app, Google AI Studio, and Google Antigr…Spotify says iPhones with iOS 27 can play music with Siri without adding 'on Spotify'(techcrunch.com)
SummarySpotify announced on 2026 October 13 (Tuesday) that on iPhones with iOS 27 installed, users no longer need to add 'on Spotify' when asking Siri to play music. According to the original article, this…Rust compiler bug that lets code pointing to already-freed data compile, reported 11 years ago(github.com)
SummaryThe Rust compiler must block code that points to data after that data is gone. GitHub rust-lang/rust issue 164250 reports that placing a short-lived reference in a struct field can bypass this check.…Janas, an open-source C tool that runs AI language models larger than memory on a laptop by reading them from an SSD(github.com)
SummaryJanas keeps model files on disk and reads from the SSD only the expert parts needed to generate each answer, so it can run mixture-of-experts models larger than memory on a laptop. A mixture-of-exper…
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