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ai
v2.1.316 — Claude Code — Releases (watched repo)
Shiny Object Syndrome — Hacker News — Front Page
langgraph==1.2.19 — LangGraph — Releases (watched repo)
[AINews] Google admits AI Mode hurts Search revenue; -15% $500B drop worst since 2004 IPO. AI Bear Market coming? — Latent Space — Newsletter/Podcast
The Neuron Academy - Dedicated Send - 10.31.26 — The Neuron — Newsletter
rust-v0.167.0-alpha.1 — OpenAI Codex — Releases (watched repo)
AC Bridge — Product Hunt — Feed (AI launches surface here)
v0.33.0rc3 — vLLM — Releases (watched repo)
money
Full story: Believing machines feel is a market risk, not just a philosophy debate
technology
AI could turn China’s social credit system into surveillance tool: study — South China Morning Post
Thai highland tribe coffee brews following at home and in Tokyo — Nikkei Asia
As Hong Kong releases full report on Tai Po fire, here’s all you need to know — South China Morning Post
us-politics
Full story: CCTV, zip ties and election watchers: how US mail-in votes are secured and counted
world
Full story: Tshisekedi seeks Putin help against Rwanda-backed rebels
Former rebel leader elected chief minister of Philippine Muslim region — Al Jazeera English
Watch: Blood donors get a Halloween fright in Thailand — BBC News — World
L’Afrique, l’autre champ de bataille de la droite religieuse américaine — Le Monde
From Montevideo to Luján: Leo XIV’s tour of Uruguay and Argentina — MercoPress
Japan's foreign caregivers face exam hurdle as grace period ends — Nikkei Asia
South African court sets limits on anti-migrant marches — Africanews