Technology

Backed by Lachy Groom, Indian startup Alteon is developing autonomous aircraft designed to use wind energy to remain airborne for months, potentially up to a year.

The Darling project is working on a compatibility layer intended to let some macOS software run on Linux, a technically ambitious effort with practical limits for teams evaluating cross-platform workflows.

A Hacker News submission argues that writing may be the safest job from AI. The available source material offers the headline, but not the evidence needed for workforce planning.

A TechCrunch Mobility item flags the human impact of robotaxis as a topic worth examining. The supplied summary, however, does not identify the workers, companies, policies or incidents involved.

TechCrunch reports that 1789 Capital, an investment firm associated with Donald Trump Jr., led a $300 million investment in Polymarket as part of a round that could total about $1 billion.

Amazon’s new R9g and R9gd EC2 instances bring Graviton5 processors to memory-optimized workloads, with AWS claiming up to 25% better compute performance than the prior R8g generation.

Instagram is renaming its AI creator label and says it will limit the reach of accounts that fail to disclose AI-generated personas.

Google’s 4K streaming and smart-home hub is now $50 more expensive, adding another consumer device category to a broader run of hardware price increases.

A link posted to Hacker News points to Agentic Trust Controls. The available source offers little detail, leaving the operational questions around governance, authorization and auditability unanswered.

The FTC and 22 state attorneys general allege Amazon systematically charged advertisers more than its auction rules indicated, raising a new compliance and cost question for marketplace sellers and brands.