Book lovers find solace in Internet Archive’s careful scanning method as AI firms face backlash over destroying books
A practice of destroying books to train artificial intelligence models has been reported, causing distress among book enthusiasts who fear rare physical copies may be lost forever.
» readLovable confirms $400 million funding at $13.3 billion valuation
The European vibe-coding startup Lovable has confirmed a $400 million Series C funding round at a $13.3 billion valuation, led by Menlo Ventures and the Scaleup Europe Fund.
» readSecurity researcher discloses new Windows zero-day exploit after Microsoft legal threat
A security researcher has published details of a new vulnerability in the latest versions of Windows that allows hackers to gain system-wide access to the user’s device and data.
» readQwen3.8-Max open-source model released with vision support and extended context
The release of Qwen3.8-Max, an open-source model based on Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B, was announced by the developers. It was described as offering additional features including vision input, non-thinking support, and a default 1 million token context length.
» readGiveCampus seeks engineering dev manager to lead growing team
The job posting describes a remote-first engineering management role at GiveCampus, the fundraising platform for educational institutions. The position involves managing multiple engineering pods and reporting to the vice president of engineering.
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