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GPT-5 Thinking in ChatGPT is shockingly good at search and demonstrates the potential of combining tool calling with chain-of-thought reasoning (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)

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Microsoft says clients of its Azure cloud platform may experience increased latency after multiple international cables in the Red Sea were cut (Susanne Barton/Bloomberg)

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Final Fantasy Tactics remake director reveals the NES game he can’t put down

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Christian Catalini, co-creator of Meta's Libra stablecoin project, reflects on Libra's failure, what Stripe's Tempo blockchain can learn from it, and more (Christian Catalini/Forbes)

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A Cynical Read on Anthropic’s Book Settlement

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I almost lost a D&D player by forgetting a fundamental Dungeon Master rule

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An analysis of US DOL data: the IT sector's unemployment rate fell from 5.5% in July to 4.5% in August, while active tech job postings declined 2.6% from July (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)

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Alien: Earth’s Morrow is a ‘Ronin’ cyborg with a ‘Zen state of dark enlightenment’

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Han Solo is finally getting his 'Old Man Logan' moment

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Pocket Scion is a synth you play with plants

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Data shows WLFI's sharp drop was driven by shorting and dumping across exchanges, not Justin Sun's token movements; WLFI blames phishing-related compromises (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

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The Sims 4's new Love Island DLC is giving me cold feet

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Tenet released 5 years ago, and it's only gotten better with age

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Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice is as bleak as it is hilarious

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OnePlus ends its five-year partnership with camera company Hasselblad and plans to develop its own imaging engine called DetailMax Engine for upcoming phones (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

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Bluetti says it can reduce vanlife power installations to ‘30 minutes’

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Super Robot Wars Y plays just like a kid’s giant robo fanfiction

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Even Hollow Knight fans are surprised at how punishing Silksong is

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Herdling is a serene and adorable way to unwind

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A look at the ramp up of Apple's retail footprint in India, as a source says Apple's revenue grew 13% YoY to $9B during India's fiscal year that ended in March (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)

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