Apple is exploring partnerships with Intel and Samsung to move core chip production to the U.S., aiming to diversify its supply chain. In AI news, Sam Altman’s plan to spin off OpenAI’s robotics and hardware divisions was rejected, while DeepInfra raised $107M to expand its inference cloud. Meanwhile, US government spending on Palantir surged 84% amid growing demand for its targeting systems.
🤖 AI & Machine Learning
Singapore boffins get diverse SIEMs singing in harmony with agentic rule translation
Researchers from the National University of Singapore and Fudan University have developed ARuleCon, a framework designed to translate security rules across diverse SIEM platforms. By utilizing an agentic RAG pipeline and official vendor documentation, the tool provides more accurate rule conversion than generic LLMs to reduce the complexity of managing multiple security monitoring systems.
- Singapore boffins get diverse SIEMs singing in harmony with agentic rule translation — go.theregister.com
DeepInfra raises $107M Series B to expand its 190+ open model inference cloud
DeepInfra Inc. has raised $107 million in a Series B funding round co-led by 500 Global and Georges Harik. The startup intends to expand its dedicated inference cloud to support open-source models and agentic AI workflows. By operating its own hardware across eight U.S. data centers, DeepInfra aims to provide greater cost efficiency and performance than traditional cloud platforms.
Train Your Own LLM from Scratch
This hands-on workshop guides participants through building a complete GPT training pipeline from scratch, covering components like tokenizers and transformer architecture. The project is designed to be completed in a single session, allowing users to train a small-scale language model on a standard laptop to generate Shakespeare-like text.
- Train Your Own LLM from Scratch — github.com
💻 Software & Engineering
Classic ASCII game NetHack debuts version 5.0 just 11 years after last major release
The classic ASCII roguelike NetHack has released version 5.0, marking its first major update in 11 years. This version introduces new monsters, magic items, and accessibility features, while also adding C99 compliance and a new Windows on Arm port.
- Classic ASCII game NetHack debuts version 5.0 just 11 years after last major release — go.theregister.com
Ace Template: go from rails new to deployed in under 5 minutes (self-hosted or PaaS)
Ace Template is a Rails application template designed to enable the rapid development and deployment of full-featured web applications in under five minutes. The tool offers high customizability for databases, CSS frameworks, and deployment platforms, including Fly.io, Heroku, and Kamal.
About 10% of AMC movie showings sell zero tickets. This site finds them
A new website has been identified that tracks AMC movie screenings that have sold zero tickets. The platform provides data on seat availability and showtimes for various AMC theater locations across Florida.
Hand Drawn QR Codes
The author details the process of hand-drawing a functional QR code onto grid paper using a Python package. Despite challenges with URL length and paper curling, the final creation proved to be successfully scannable.
- Hand Drawn QR Codes — sethmlarson.dev
Bun is being ported from Zig to Rust
Bun is being ported from the Zig programming language to Rust. This transition marks a significant shift in the runtime’s underlying implementation.
- Bun is being ported from Zig to Rust — github.com
☁️ Cloud & Hardware
Microsoft to stop taking reservations for 17 Azure VM flavours, kill 13 in 2028
Microsoft will stop accepting one-year reservations for 13 Azure VM instance types starting July 1, with these models scheduled for retirement in 2028. The company is also halting new one- and three-year reservations for four additional instance types as it transitions away from older Intel CPU architectures toward more modern hardware.
- Microsoft to stop taking reservations for 17 Azure VM flavours, kill 13 in 2028 — go.theregister.com
Apple explores US core chip production via Intel talks and Samsung plant visit (Bloomberg)
Apple is exploring potential partnerships with Intel and Samsung to manufacture core processors for its devices within the United States. This initiative aims to establish a secondary supply chain option alongside its long-term manufacturing partner, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC).
- Apple explores US core chip production via Intel talks and Samsung plant visit (Bloomberg) — bloomberg.com
⚖️ Law & Policy
Colorado lawmakers introduce slim AI anti-discrimination bill amid tech industry pushback
Colorado tech leaders are warning that burdensome regulations are driving companies away from the state’s “Silicon Mountain” region. In response to these concerns, lawmakers have introduced a more streamlined version of a proposed AI anti-discrimination bill.
Fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender
Canadian musician Ashley MacIsaac has filed a $1.5 million defamation lawsuit against Google, alleging that its AI-generated Overview feature falsely identified him as a sex offender. The lawsuit claims the inaccurate information caused significant reputational damage and led to the cancellation of a scheduled concert appearance.
Woman’s Talkspace therapy app sessions exposed in court
An investigation has revealed that Talkspace therapy transcripts can be used as evidence in legal proceedings, as seen when a woman’s private messages were produced in court by her former employer. While the company uses this massive database to train AI and claims to anonymize data, experts warn that the practice poses significant privacy risks and the potential for re-identification.
- Woman’s Talkspace therapy app sessions exposed in court — proofnews.org
📐 Math & Science
Inexpressibility in Exp-Minus-Log
This paper demonstrates that all numbers expressible in the Exp-Minus-Log (EML) system are computable. Consequently, the researchers establish an inexpressibility theorem by proving that Chaitin’s $\Omega_U$, a well-known non-computable real, cannot be represented within the EML system.
- Inexpressibility in Exp-Minus-Log — arxiv.org
2-D Mathematical Curves
This collection features 939 two-dimensional mathematical curves that can be searched by name, equation type, or derivation. The database includes various categories, such as algebraic and transcendental curves.
- 2-D Mathematical Curves — 2dcurves.com
🌐 Industry & Trends
Palantir CEO: 10 percent of the world ‘professionally hates us’
Palantir’s US government spending surged 84% year-over-year to $687 million, driven by increased demand for its targeting systems during the Iran War. CEO Alex Karp emphasized the company’s unwavering commitment to US national security, noting that while the firm’s work is controversial, “one tenth of the world professionally hates us.”
- Palantir CEO: 10 percent of the world ‘professionally hates us’ — go.theregister.com
Europe risks crypto lag as digital euro delays invite US stablecoin dominance (Bloomberg)
Europe is falling behind in the global digital currency race due to significant delays in the development of the ECB’s digital euro. This slow progress leaves the bloc vulnerable to the increasing dominance of US-led stablecoins.
- Europe risks crypto lag as digital euro delays invite US stablecoin dominance (Bloomberg) — bloomberg.com
Sam Altman’s plan to spin off OpenAI’s robotics and hardware divisions rejected
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman proposed spinning out the company’s robotics and consumer hardware divisions to allow for independent growth and external funding. The plan was ultimately rejected because the new entities might have been required to remain on OpenAI’s balance sheet.
Pulitzer Prize Winner in International Reporting
This article profiles several journalists, primarily from The Associated Press, highlighting their expertise in areas such as international politics, artificial intelligence, and climate change. The biographies detail their professional focuses and include notable recognitions, such as Pulitzer Prize finalist status.
- Pulitzer Prize Winner in International Reporting — pulitzer.org