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Governments are making a dangerous bet on the AI boom

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Supporters of Houston’s Garden Oaks Theater race to save historical building from demolition

For generations the Garden Oaks Theater in The Heights has been part of Houston’s story. Now that it’s days from potential demolishment, supporters are racing to save one of the city’s last remaining neighborhood movie houses.

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Large fire burning at building near Galveston Yacht Basin

Multiple fire departments have responded to a large fire burning near the Galveston Yacht Basin Wednesday evening.

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James Talarico rolls out economic agenda that takes aim at “false Gospel of trickle-down economics”

Like his U.S. Senate rival, Ken Paxton, the Austin state lawmaker introduced a plan to address what he called an “affordability crisis.” But they differed on who is to blame for rising costs.

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Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm

Meta is the latest company to disclose an AI agent breach, raising cyber-security concerns.

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Nashville uses eminent domain to block data center near zoo

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Claude Fable 5 AI finds a tiny formula that topples an 87-year-old math conjecture

A mathematician working at Anthropic says he used the AI model Claude Fable 5 to uncover a remarkably simple counterexample to the Jacobian conjecture, a famous problem that has resisted mathematicians for more than a century. The result shows that the conjecture is false in three dimensions and above, although the original two-dimensional version remains unsolved.

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LLMs won't break symmetric crypto

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I got two email invitations from friends. Is this a phishing scam — or am I suddenly popular?

“I was surprised — and flattered — to find myself on the guest list.”

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Supporters of Houston’s Garden Oaks Theater race to save historical building from demolition

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Large fire burning at building near Galveston Yacht Basin

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James Talarico rolls out economic agenda that takes aim at “false Gospel of trickle-down economics”

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Climate change squeezes Malaysian durian growers as they chase China's booming market

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Missouri State football commit charged in Houston attempted armored truck robbery

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Escaped Liberty County inmate captured in Seattle after nearly three weeks on the run

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It’s a tax-free weekend for school supplies in Texas. Houston lawmakers want to expand the annual initiative

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Rice University will expand its free tuition program to students whose families earn up to $200K per year

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A $150M contract for migrant kids’ lawyers goes to a Trump-linked Texas firm, raising concerns

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Firefighters get a handle on Spokane wildfires as tens of thousands remain evacuated

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Hello Houston – The Commuter Cut (August 5, 2026)

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Hello Houston (August 5, 2026)

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Fuego volcano activity that triggered evacuations in Guatemala is decreasing, but risks remain

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What's causing record high US beef prices?

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Marmots facing money troubles turn to OnlyFans

BBC US & Canada 6h

Watch: Inside Neil Armstrong’s childhood home as it goes on sale

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Small Texas law firm set to receive $150M to represent unaccompanied migrant children

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Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm

Iran says deal with Oman on Strait of Hormuz is in final stages

Banned from football at home, Afghan women's team reunite 8,000 miles away

Toronto zoo announces birth of pygmy hippo calf, third for mother Kindia

The Guardian World 5h

Infantino sorry for errors but stays Fifa president

Israel strikes south Lebanon after first evacuation warning in weeks

Drone carrying explosives found at German airport, police say

US to shut five consulates as critics fear China could fill diplomatic vacuum

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Ex-leader Hasina gambles on return to Bangladesh despite death penalty

Youth protests have weakened Modi, Indian activist who went on hunger strike tells BBC

After deadly Kyiv strike, Ukraine warns interceptor shortage is costing lives

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I got two email invitations from friends. Is this a phishing scam — or am I suddenly popular?

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‘I don’t wish to be cold-hearted’: My elderly relative can no longer care for himself. Am I wrong to leave his care to the state?

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Sandisk’s stock falls as the company’s forecast doesn’t live up to high expectations

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Block slashed 40% of its workforce for AI — and its earnings suggest that’s paying off

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Figma’s stock falls as the company’s AI push requires steep investments

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Why AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile shares are down after SpaceX’s earnings

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SpaceX’s stock falls as Wall Street gets spooked by the extent of AI spending

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Nvidia’s stock is basking in the glow of a high-profile endorsement

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Missouri voters just rejected a bid to ditch income tax, while other tax votes loom in Florida and California this fall

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Alphabet’s stock drops as Google loses another key AI executive

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Governments are making a dangerous bet on the AI boom

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Nashville uses eminent domain to block data center near zoo

LLMs won't break symmetric crypto

Elon Musk’s attempt at an AI Wikipedia hasn’t been updated in months

OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree

OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contacts

A Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks Worldwide

Get up to $400 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until Friday

Welp, Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon

Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers

Ars Technica 5h

X product chief Nikita Bier is leaving after one year

Nikita Bier steps down as X’s head of product

The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing

Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms taps former Uber finance chief as CFO

Meta launches Muse Code, an AI agent for large code bases

Prime Agent: A self-improving RLM agent

Trump’s DOJ gains oversight of OpenAI’s green-card employee sponsorships

Schwartz confirmed as CDC director after bungling confirmation hearing

Ars Technica 7h

The National Design Studio Became a DOGE Landing Pad. Now ‘Big Balls’ Is Recruiting

Moove raises $250M to become the backbone of the robotaxi industry

How Lightspeed found its newest hire … via Instagram DM

Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital

Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub project

Ars Technica 7h

DHS Wants Protesters’ Signal Group Chats

Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders

Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com

Ars Technica 8h

Hank Green found the AI problem that YouTube labels can’t catch

Ars Technica 8h

The Most Dangerous AI Hacking Techniques Still Have Humans in the Loop

SpaceX claims Starlink Mobile will be better than AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon

Ars Technica 8h

TikTok Says ‘Moderator Error’ Kept Perez Hilton Livestream Up

Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup

This Atlantic hurricane season is looking like a dud, but there will be a price to pay

Ars Technica 8h

Muse Code and Muse Spark 1.2

Google's AI shake-up: DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart

Ars Technica 8h

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Born Against, or why hobby programming communities are against LLM usage

AI Hacks Are Bad. AI Worms and Viruses Will Be Worse

Review: Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us that superhero movies can be good

Ars Technica 9h

Apple’s selling refurbished MacBook Neos with a $100 discount

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Claude Fable 5 AI finds a tiny formula that topples an 87-year-old math conjecture

ScienceDaily Top Science 2h

567-million-year-old fossils rewrite the dawn of animal life

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NASA’s IXPE May Have Proven 90-Year-Old Theory

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