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Netflix will lay off roughly 6% of its workforce, close to 1,000 positions, as part of broader organizational changes. Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters announced the cuts in a memo to employees on Wednesday. The move is drawing attention as streaming companies continue to trim costs after years of rapid expansion.

The last American veterans of World War II are passing away, and with them the firsthand memory of the conflict. Analysis of their declining numbers highlights how the war is shifting from lived experience to history, as the generation that served in the 1940s is now almost entirely gone.

Margaret Hamilton, the computer scientist who led the development of the onboard flight software for NASA's Apollo missions, has died, according to an announcement dated 2026. Hamilton coined the term 'software engineering' and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 for her work on the Apollo guidance computer. Tributes are honouring her foundational role in spaceflight computing.

The Budapest Memorandum, the 1994 agreement in which Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances from the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia, is being discussed again. Commenters point to its breakdown after Russia's invasion of Ukraine as central to debates about security guarantees and the credibility of such commitments.

Surging AI development is driving enormous demand for memory chips, and the small number of companies that manufacture them are now in a strong position to raise prices. The report argues that suppliers of memory used in AI data centres hold the pricing power as demand outstrips supply, a shift with big implications for tech firms' costs and for investors watching the semiconductor sector.

A jersey worn by Michael Jordan in an NBA Finals game has sold at auction for $14 million, setting a new record for basketball memorabilia. The sale is being widely reported as the highest price ever paid for a basketball item, underlining Jordan's lasting status as one of the sport's most valuable icons among collectors.

Air India has created a dedicated team tasked with driving cost savings across the airline, according to an internal memo reported by Reuters. The move signals a push to tighten spending and improve efficiency at the carrier, which has been undergoing a broad overhaul under the Tata Group since its takeover. Details on specific targets were not disclosed.

The NCAG has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Germany's GIZ development agency covering reconstruction work. The agreement, reported by The Jerusalem Post, signals cooperation between the two bodies on rebuilding efforts. Further details about the scope, funding, or projects covered by the memorandum have not yet been made public.

Metro reports that scientists believe artificial intelligence could be interfering with or altering how people remember events. The article suggests growing concern among researchers that reliance on AI tools may affect memory formation and recall. The findings are drawing attention as AI use becomes part of everyday life.

Phys.org reports on a new approach to computer memory that would store data using flowing water on a chip, rather than conventional electronic components. The idea points to novel ways of building memory hardware, though few details on performance or feasibility are given in the available coverage.

Following Kimberly Guilfoyle's departure, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has issued a reminder to US diplomats about ethics standards. The move comes after Guilfoyle, Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Greece, stepped away from the role, and it has drawn attention to conduct expectations for politically appointed envoys.

The Raoul Wallenberg Centre has joined a joint statement and open letter calling for the defense of historical memory and freedom of expression, specifically in support of Shahriar Kabir, the Bangladeshi writer and human rights activist. The letter frames his case as part of a broader defense of historical memory against repression, and is being circulated among international rights organisations and supporters.

Television producer Chuck Lorre, the creator behind hit sitcoms including The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men and Dharma & Greg, has published a new memoir titled 'Sitcom'. In interviews he reflects on his decades-long career creating some of American television's most successful comedy series and discusses the book.

A new report claims artificial intelligence can subtly alter people's memories, and that individuals may remain completely unaware of the change. The warning highlights growing concern about how AI-generated images, videos and conversations could implant false recollections or distort what people believe about their own past. The finding adds to wider debate over AI's psychological and social risks.

Student organizations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison marked the anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack and the ensuing war in Gaza with separate commemorations. Students for Justice in Palestine held a vigil for Gaza, while UW Hillel organized a meal-sharing event for Jewish students. The parallel gatherings reflect how campuses remain sharply divided over the conflict's anniversary.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego report a way to make quantum materials capable of memory by jamming the flow of particles, similar to how traffic jams form. The work suggests that jammed states in quantum materials could be used to store information, offering a potential route toward new memory technologies in quantum computing and electronics.

A court has unsealed a controversial memo from the search firm connected to Brian Flores' lawsuit against the NFL over alleged discriminatory hiring practices. The document is expected to shed new light on the interviews and hiring processes that Flores challenged, and reactions are pouring in across sports and legal circles.

Rocket One, a technology company based in Hoboken, New Jersey, has signed a research agreement with Virginia Commonwealth University focused on memory technology for AI chips. The deal ties the company's chip memory work to university research capacity, though details on funding, scope and timelines were not disclosed in early reports.

Personal finance personality Suze Orman is warning retirees that anchoring their spending to memories of their peak wealth years can undermine their retirement security. Her advice: base plans on current assets and income rather than past lifestyle highs. The warning taps into broader anxiety among retirees facing inflation and market uncertainty, with commentators urging people to recalibrate expectations before drawing down savings.

Unions at Micron Taiwan are holding a strike vote after negotiations over profit-sharing and stock-based compensation transparency broke down. The move is fueled by record AI memory industry profits, which workers say should be shared more fairly. It follows labor unrest at Samsung and SK Hynix, suggesting that long-standing assumptions about quiet semiconductor workforces in Asia are eroding as the AI boom drives record revenues.

A developer has launched MemorySync, a new tool that gives AI agents persistent memory, presenting it to the Hacker News community. The service lets agents retain context across sessions instead of starting from scratch each time. Early reactions are limited so far, but tooling for agent memory is a fast-growing area of interest as more developers build autonomous AI applications.

A developer has published a comparison of four tools for storing AI agent memory: Keep the Why, past.dev, Agent Memory Repo and agentmemory. The write-up details how each preserves different kinds of knowledge in different places, weighing their strengths, limitations and architectural tradeoffs. It offers a useful overview for developers choosing how their agents should retain context over time.