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Cloud & Infrastructure · The New Stack

Claude Desktop can now easily run Qwen, DeepSeek and Kimi models — after Ollama’s first effort stalled

Open-weight model runner Ollama has reintroduced an integration with Claude Desktop that lets users connect Anthropic’s app to models served The post Claude Desktop can now easily run Qwen, DeepSeek and Kimi models — after Ollama’s first effort stalled appeared first on The New Stack .

Developers & Open Source · Chrome Releases

Chrome Beta for Desktop Update

The Beta channel has been updated to 153.0.8010.12 for Windows, Mac and Linux. A partial list of changes is available in the Git log . Interested in switching release channels? Find out how . If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug . The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues. Chrome Release Team Google Chrome

World · Deutsche Welle

No, this wasn't a "completely normal summer", despite far-right climate denial

Some political messaging denies the role of human-caused climate change in this summer's extreme heat. The science tells a different story.

World · Deutsche Welle

Tim Curry, of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' dies at 80

The gender-bending role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter put Curry on the map in 1975. He then went on to play a number of villainous roles like Gomez Addams, Pennywise and Bill Sikes, but also Mozart and William Shakespeare.

Developers & Open Source · Visual Studio Code Updates

Visual Studio Code 1.136 (Insiders)

Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.136 (Insiders) Read the full article

Cybersecurity · The Hacker News

FBI Disrupts China-Linked QTFY Infrastructure Used to Steal Data From U.S. Organizations

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the disruption of two hacking platforms named QScan and QTRouter operated by Chinese threat actors to target critical infrastructure and other sensitive networks in the country. The activity has been attributed to a Chinese state-sponsored group known as QTFY, employed by Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Company (南京鑫玖维网络科技有限公司).&

Business · CNBC Technology

Apple sets iPhone launch event for Sept. 9, first under new CEO John Ternus

Analysts expect the company to launch new iPhones and Apple Watches at the event, including the company's first folding phone

Cloud & Infrastructure · The New Stack

Google’s new legal AI exposes a bigger battle over the enterprise stack

Google Cloud launched Gemini Enterprise for Legal this week, a purpose-built agentic AI solution to automate legal workflows, including contract The post Google’s new legal AI exposes a bigger battle over the enterprise stack appeared first on The New Stack .

World · Deutsche Welle

This extremely successful author polarizes German readers

She's young and she says what she thinks: Caroline Wahl is topping Germany's bestseller lists with her novels. But she has also faced public backlash.

World · Al Jazeera

Putin and al-Sharaa discuss Russia-Syria relations, deal on military bases

Syria has been in talks on the fate of Khmeimim and Tartous bases, which Russia used to support ousted Assad regime.

Cloud & Infrastructure · The New Stack

Z.ai’s GLM-5.3-Flash is cheap, good, and served on Chinese chips

Ox-alpha, the stealth model that quickly became the most popular model on OpenRouter in the last few days, is actually The post Z.ai’s GLM-5.3-Flash is cheap, good, and served on Chinese chips appeared first on The New Stack .

World · Al Jazeera

Luxury watches worth $1.2 million stolen from a popular mall in Tokyo

It took just 10 seconds for thieves to steal $1.2 million worth of luxury watches from a Tokyo shop in broad daylight.

Cloud & Infrastructure · The New Stack

Perplexity just separated reasoning from authority. Here’s why it matters for enterprises.

Perplexity shipped Portable Computer this week, the local-first version of its Computer agent running on an Nvidia DGX Spark workstation, The post Perplexity just separated reasoning from authority. Here’s why it matters for enterprises. appeared first on The New Stack .

World · Al Jazeera

Video: Man kills eight relatives in Montana gun attack

A man killed eight relatives at a family home in the US state of Montana.

World · Al Jazeera

Rescuers search for hundreds missing in Nepal-Tibet flash floods

Nepal’s army and police force has joined rescuers searching for hundreds of people still missing after flash floods.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Apple announces September iPhone launch event

Apple's next launch event will take place on September 9th at 1PM ET. Invites to the event, which has a "Surprise and shine" tagline, were sent out on Wednesday. The event will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park, but there will also be a livestream on Apple's website. September's show could […]

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Tim Curry has died

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/26/tim-curry-dies-rocky-horror-show-stephen-king-it-legend-film Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49451448 Points: 542 # Comments: 187

Cloud & Infrastructure · Azure Blog

The Economics of Agent Optimization: Four ways to lower the cost

Microsoft Foundry gives you four levers that act on every request, before a single line of agent logic changes. The post The Economics of Agent Optimization: Four ways to lower the cost appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

Startups & Funding · TechCrunch Startups

Radar makes podcasts searchable — and usable by AI agents

Particle’s new podcast intelligence platform transcribes and analyzes more than 130,000 podcasts, making their conversations searchable on the web and accessible to AI agents through an API and MCP.

Products & Consumer Tech · Ars Technica

Court blocks Trump FCC order that could flood broadcast TV with more election ads

Republicans demanded that parties and fundraising committees be given lowest ad rates.

Cybersecurity · The Hacker News

Nimbus Manticore Expands Toolset With TWOSTROKE-Like Backdoor and SSH Tunneler

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered additional infrastructure and previously undocumented malware associated with Nimbus Manticore, an Iranian state-sponsored hacking group affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Group-IB, in a new analysis published today, described the cyber espionage actor as among the most active Iranian APT groups in 2026. Nimbus Manticore (aka

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Volvo’s cars will warn one another about hazards in the road

Volvo is updating three of its electric vehicles with new hazard alerts to warn drivers when there are animals or vulnerable road users ahead. The new connected safety features are based on Volvo's cars talking to one another, as opposed to crowdsourced alert systems used by popular navigation tools like Google Maps and Waze. The […]

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

AI Speeds Up Malware Development, Not Its Success Rate: Analysis

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 analyzed 405 AI-linked malware samples and found only 12 reached production endpoints. The post AI Speeds Up Malware Development, Not Its Success Rate: Analysis appeared first on SecurityWeek .

World · The Guardian World

South African police arrest two Thai men for allegedly smuggling parrot eggs

Bird eggs intercepted in homemade incubators at Johannesburg airport as officials try to halt wildlife trafficking South African police have arrested two Thai nationals in separate incidents for allegedly attempting to smuggle endangered parrot eggs out of the country as authorities try to stem the tide of wildlife trafficking. A 50-year-old Thai national was arrested at OR Tambo international airport in Johannesburg on 20 August, carrying 50 bird eggs in a homemade incubator in a hand-luggage bag, South Africa’s environment ministry said in a statement . Continue reading...