Floqer’s AI agents research sales prospects so teams don’t have to

Netflix to lay off 1,000 staff amid intensifying competition for user attention

$15 gets you Psychonauts 2, the latest Like a Dragon game, and more

Apple’s new Find My-compatible remote will also work with your old Apple TV

ASML's strong orders ease fears AI spending boom is running out of steam

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Day 2

NTangible bets it can predict how athletes will perform under pressure

Earth’s Condition Is ‘Serious and Getting Worse’ as Climate Change Intensifies

A new report led by Oregon State University researcher Bill Ripple reveals that Earth's climate condition is serious and worsening, with record highs in atmospheric carbon dioxide, shrinking ice sheets, and rising ocean heat. The intensifying El Niño is expected to exacerbate global temperatures and droughts, threatening ecosystems like coral reefs and the Amazon rainforest, while renewable energy growth remains insufficient to reverse climate deterioration.

Epic’s new games launcher is ‘vibe coded’

Epic is bringing Fortnite to Linux

Fujifilm’s new square format instant camera adds analog color filters

We might not have to wait 13 years for the next GTA

‘Dune: Part Three’ Cowriter Brian K. Vaughan Has a New Comic on the Way

Brian K. Vaughan, co-writer of Dune: Part Three, praises the film and announces a new superhero sci-fi comic series called Roam with artist Cliff Chiang, set for release in February. Vaughan also expresses concerns about AI's impact on creative industries and reflects on his career in comics and Hollywood.

Switzerland proposes banning profiling-based ads to minors

The Tesla Roadster could have stayed vaporware

The Ocarina of Time remake feels remarkably modern — and surprisingly terrifying

Formlabs Has a 3D Printer for Normies

Formlabs has launched the Form Studio 1, a consumer-focused, affordable 3D printer priced at $699 that uses SLA resin printing technology and is designed to be compact, quiet, and low-odor for home use. The printer offers detailed printing with a low failure rate when using Formlabs' own resins and is supported by an app for easy control, marking a shift from the company's primarily professional customer base.

Eric Binnion has died

Eric Binnion, the 21st recipient of Automattic's Distinguished Janitor Award, has passed away. Automattic is honoring his memory with a special header in Nginx and a mourning band for 30 days, reflecting on his resilience and contributions.

Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate through IoT devices

CPI-U rises 7.2% annualized in September (3.7% YoY)

The Aaronson Oracle

The article recounts the history and mechanics of early game-playing machines at Bell Labs in the 1950s, focusing on David Hagelbarger's SEER and Claude Shannon's simpler but more effective machine that played matching pennies by detecting patterns in human play. It also describes a modern implementation by Scott Aaronson that uses an n-gram frequency model to predict player moves based on past input sequences, demonstrating how these machines exploit human predictability rather than true randomness.

The Download: faking blood and the future of batteries

Pg_vectorsearch: An index that is faster than pgvector's IVFFlat and HNSW

Pg_vectorsearch is a PostgreSQL extension providing a high-performance approximate nearest neighbor search index called PRISM, which outperforms pgvector's IVFFlat and HNSW in speed and memory efficiency. It supports dynamic updates, SIMD optimization, and seamless integration with existing pgvector tables, currently in alpha status for testing purposes.

The Internet’s undersea backbone is slipping into the danger zone