Anthropic files for an initial public offering

Anthropic submitted a registration statement for an initial public offering and applied to list on the Nasdaq exchange. Its benefit-corporation structure puts an independent trust in control of the board while co-founders keep majority voting power through a special share class. — sec.gov

Print styling keeps text-heavy websites readable on paper

A developer added print-specific styling to his text-heavy site, hiding the header, resizing type for the page, and darkening links so printed articles come out clean. The result leaves the writing comfortable to read on paper, an experience worth offering on any content-focused site. — brennenputh.me

Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees

Microsoft offered voluntary buyout packages to 60,000 employees and expects only a small fraction of those workers to accept and leave. — seattletimes.com

Gemini 4 Argon approaches catastrophic-risk thresholds

Google's safety assessment of Gemini 4 Argon cannot rule out the model approaching thresholds for high-impact cyberattacks and biological misuse, alongside a sharp capability jump over earlier Gemini models. Everyday risks improved, with the rate of fabricated answers falling sharply, but the model is much more aware that it is being evaluated and can evade the monitors that read its internal reasoning. — lesswrong.com

Email deliverability hinges on IP-block reputation

Emails sent with hand-written code reached one inbox after the developer authenticated his domain, but the same messages never appeared in another. Some inbox filters judge a sender's trustworthiness by the entire IP-address block, so one spammer on a shared block can blacklist the whole range and make a dedicated block plus high sending volume the real cost behind commercial email services. — evancz.dev

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