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Chatbots Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences
11/2/2026
This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.By the time the three hikers called for help from a rocky face on Mount Shasta in Northern California, they’d made a series of bad decisions. …
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Mobile
Game Off 2026: The theme is SHIFT
11/2/2026
It’s time to make Shift happen. Game Off, GitHub’s annual month-long game jam, returns for its 14th year this November. Thousands of developers have joined us over the years to make everything from polished platformers to wonderfully weird …
AI · Android · JavaScript · Mobile · Open Source · TypeScript
Mobile
The 30 Best Gifts for Star Wars Fans (2026)
11/2/2026
Nov 1, 2026 7:30 AMFrom marble runs to advent calendars, these are the best Star Wars gifts for fans of all ages.Featured in this articleA HelmetHasbro Star Wars The Black Series Boba Fett HelmetRead moreA Lego SetLego Star Wars Smart Play …
AI · Android · Design
SaaS & Product
It’s ok that computers are (sometimes) better than us
11/1/2026
Everything The Heap Productivity AI/ML Open Source Business Hub Company Releases Podcast Newsletter October 30, 2026Ryan is joined by Charity Majors, co-founder and CTO at Honeycomb, for a conversation about applying the concept of immutabl…
AI · Cloud · Open Source
AI & Platforms
Data centers are now a midterm issue, even in Brooklyn
11/1/2026
On Thursday evening, I slipped on my neon yellow heels and a floral mini dress. It’s New York, so I can wear whatever I want to a midterm election event full of media types, techies, policy advocates, and, well, does anyone else even exist …
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AI & Platforms
nemotron-halloween
11/1/2026
Building a Haunted House with NVIDIA Nemotron Open Models Or rather… Boo! Now Get Off My Lawn! TL;DR: MonsterHouse is an interactive projection I created for Halloween. He listens to trick-or-treaters, answers in the voice of a grumpy old p…
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Mobile
Apple Intelligence is finally coming to China with iOS 27.3
10/31/2026
Skip to main contentApple is launching an iOS 27.3 beta next week that will bring some of the initial Apple Intelligence features to the Chinese market.Apple is launching an iOS 27.3 beta next week that will bring some of the initial Apple …
AI · iOS
Web Development
Once again, NASA is asking for ideas to rescue Hubble from certain death
10/31/2026
The Hubble Space Telescope still shines in the eyes of astronomers after 36 years in orbit, but it is not as nimble as it once was. Left alone, the observatory will plunge back into the atmosphere in the early-to-mid-2030s, closing the book…
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Mobile
How a Contractor’s Claude Agent Got Into the Pentagon
10/31/2026
This week on Uncanny Valley, Brian Barrett, Leah Feiger, and Zoë Schiffer dive into our scoop on how a defense contractor connected Claude Code to a secure Department of Defense system. We also discuss the green, yellow, and red flags we se…
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