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Techmeme surfaced the UK AI Security Institute’s July 21, 2026 analysis in its frontier-model cheating item. The original piece is AISI’s Cheating behaviour in frontier model evaluations.

The headline sounds more human than the underlying claim. AISI is not saying that current models necessarily understand rules, form a deceptive plan, and then decide to break them. It uses cheating as an operational label: taking an out-of-scope or explicitly prohibited action to reach a goal through a shortcut the task was not designed to permit.

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This summary covers The Economist’s July 4th, 2026 Science & technology article listed in the contents as Probing black holes and published under the headline Digging deeper.

Black holes are defined by a boundary that cannot be seen directly: the event horizon, beyond which even light cannot escape. A remarkably clear gravitational-wave signal has now let physicists examine that boundary through its effects on spacetime. The result agrees precisely with Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity and opens a new way to search for physics beyond it.

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Taylor Farms recalls lettuce in 27 states amid cyclosporiasis outbreak: What to know (r/news)

• snuuginz: INCREDIBLY late recall, good job, Taylor Farms, you’re truly the worst produce distro company in the country!
• lostroadrunner22: We did our best to blame Taco Bell. Alas.
• Bright_Brief4975: By now most of the lettuce is already sold, lettuce is one of those things with a short shelf life that is stocked to be sold fast. I guess the response is better than nothing, but it really needed to happen at the first suspicion of a problem.

Zelenskyy: Ballistic missiles are why Putin still believes in his war (r/worldnews)

• LayneLowe: I would bet Ukraine is figuring out a way to counter those things, taking out the fuel it needs, the means of producing them, the launchers.
• filletofishupsai: Can’t wait for when Ukraine has a good stockpile of their domestic ballistic missiles like the FP-7 and FP-9.
• r2k-in-the-vortex: Who knows what putin believes about the war, but he does know that when russian people finally become convinced the war is lost, then it’s his head on the block first.

How do you feel about Argentina losing the World Cup finals ? (r/AskReddit)

• K-Pixel: Spain controlled offense for the majority of the match. Argentina played like they weren’t even there lol.
• mannell8: They deserved it. Spain utterly dominated
• Novel_Dinner4138: I could have been the goalie for Spain and the outcome would have been the same.

Would you retire today if you’d receive \$1,000 a week after taxes for the rest of your life? Why or why not? (r/AskReddit)

• mapleisthesky: That’s a decent money for absolutely doing nothing, but not enough especially for young families with kids lol. Ask me again after i am 50.
• Guilty-Cow4325: that’s 52k a year. No, I still have to work.
• splubby_apricorn: That’s not enough to sustainably live in my area. I’d love that in addition to what I make now.

People who are divorced / getting a divorce, not including infidelity, what was the last straw? (r/AskReddit)

• CapitalFloor3260: Got home from work in different scrubs that I left in. She accused me of cheating and wouldn’t accept any other explanation (not the first time she accused me). My patient threw up on me so I changed into OR scrubs. She didn’t like the story so she smashed my phone and computer. I grabbed some clothes, took the dog, and left. Been happily divorced from her for 10 years.
• relex41738: When I stopped looking forward to coming home, I knew it was over.
• Fun_Top_8968: When he told me he couldn’t yell at me anymore since someone we knew was moving in upstairs.. it was clear no matter what efforts I put forth he isn’t changing. So I did :)

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Is LinkedIn dead? Or am I doing it wrong? (Blind)

• PayMeMore\$ (LinkedIn): Local newspaper
• sknob (Meta): Why are you leaving Paypal? Isn’t it looking to get acquired by Stripe soon?
• Satya N. 🧑🏽‍🦲 (Microsoft): OpenAI Jobs Platform

Claude budget on the job (Blind)

• AmazeGrace (Google): Currently in the \$5k-\$10k range, Max-Ultracode on Opus/Fable (job role: SWE)
• Sympa (Amazon): What is UltraCode ? Claude seems to be milking enterprise. How is Max-UltraCode different from Max-Individual plan available for 100\$ / month ?
• YTwC58 (Samsung): We get \$300 per month only on claude

We have failed 24 straight candidates for interviews. (Blind)

• CTPN02 (Fanatics): Dipshit interviewers are out of touch with reality. Most of them couldn’t pass their own interview if their life depended on it.
• LQkI85 (MessageBird): Bunch of losers that feel superior in this market because there’s a ton of candidates looking for work. Wish them all the worst. The hiring bar at some places is at an impossible level.
• whatnow1 (ex-Block): Interviewers have lost their minds honestly. I’ve experienced the same. People on the panel who can’t pass their own bar … are hell bent on nit picking. Bonkers

China bans AI “boyfriends” and “girlfriends” over addiction and birth rate concerns (r/technology)

• Devil_Dogmier: It’s funny how everyone was worried about overpopulation, and now it’s the opposite
• Anteater4746: if birth rates are such a concern you’d think govts would want to make jobs higher paying give more time off and homes to have families you know make it WORTH having kids? crazy ik
• SwiftFoxSNES: I’m guessing a country with a massive gender imbalance isn’t really going to find this helps.

Some power companies are using eminent domain to seize land for data centers, as 70% of Americans say not in my backyard (r/technology)

• BurningJointUSA: Power companies are not using eminent domain, GOVERNMENT is. Our government has been quietly overthrown by corporate interests.
• VTArxelus: Then I think it’s about time we use eminent domain to seize the land back
• aerost0rm: I feel like the title is misleading. Private entities don’t use eminent domain. Governments use it for them. So stop the governments from using it by suing.

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People move through a hidden landscape whenever they enter a classroom, workplace or group chat. They track who belongs together, who carries influence, which relationships have weakened and how information is likely to travel. Neuroscientist Oriel FeldmanHall argues that this is more than social intuition: the brain builds a cognitive map of relationships, borrowing some of the same machinery it uses to navigate physical space.

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Techmeme surfaced this disclosure in its Hugging Face breach and AI-forensics item. The original piece is Hugging Face’s July 16, 2026 post, Security incident disclosure — July 2026.

The incident matters for more than the novelty of one AI system attacking another. It shows how the speed, scale, and economics of intrusion response change when both sides can delegate thousands of technical actions to agents. It also exposes a quieter operational problem: a defender may have access to a powerful hosted model and still be unable to use it on the real exploit payloads, credentials, and command-and-control artifacts that make incident analysis possible.

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This summary covers The Economist’s July 4th, 2026 Science & technology article listed in the contents as Sequencing babies' genomes and published under the headline The genomic generation.

Sequencing a newborn’s entire genome could reveal serious illnesses before symptoms appear, when treatment has the best chance of working. It could also burden healthy children with frightening predictions that never come true and place their most intimate data at risk for life. The article argues that the technology’s medical promise is real, but the case for universal screening depends on choosing carefully what to report, how to explain uncertainty and whether diagnosis should be tied to long-term research.

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Social media influencers Andrew and Tristian Tate arrested in Miami, US Marshals service tells AP (r/news)

• FeeHot5876: Ohhh by the Marshals too that’s some serious stuff
• centaurquestions: “Social media influencers” is a weird way to spell “rapists.”
• BitOfPoisonOnMyBlade: In the midst of all that is bad in the news, this is SUCH a great thing to see on my feed

Tulsi Gabbard’s brother arrested for trying to lure 9yo boy into Waikiki hotel room (r/news)

• DontBringKidsToBars: It’s always the families you most suspect.
• Jalapenoplanter: People forget, Tulsi is still part of an insane cult (not even talking about maga): science of identity foundation
• hibbitydibbidy: This is how Republicans announce they’re running for office now.

What’s the hardest sport to play? (r/AskReddit)

• JefferyGoldberg: Formula 1. Because you have to acquire a billion dollars before you can even consider it.
• Saaaave-me: Gymnastics? No body is doing a double backflip without serious training. Or pulling off an iron cross on the rings for that matter
• SmokinHotNot: They’re all easy to play. They’re all hard to play well.

What are some signs of depression people don’t assume is associated with depression? (r/AskReddit)

• Natural-Egg-7908: Being angry or irritated all the time. People think it’s bad temper but it’s often hidden depression.
• FunAssumption6056: Excessive daydreaming. Not like just inattentiveness, but like daydreams going on at the back of your mind like 100 per cent of your day, and you act out on them like talking to yourself.
• Searcach: Bad housekeeping. It’s not necessarily laziness or a character flaw but being overwhelmed by decision making.

What was the moment you realised the whole system is rigged? (r/AskReddit)

• Popular_Material_409: In high school, the girl who had been in band for 7 years and marching band all through high school, and was drum major senior year, and who wanted to be a music teacher, lost a music education scholarship to some rich punk who had never even touched an instrument in school.
• AriesRoivas: When they told me for years they would give me a job promotion only for them to give said job opportunity to a friend with little experience in that position. And now they are asking me to train that person….
• dreadtrex: When someone first pointed out to me that if I take the money out of the till, they can call the cops on me. But if my boss refuses to pay me, that’s a civil matter.

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How impossible is 350k TC (real money) and 40 hours of work a week? (Blind)

• ut4f1x (Squarepoint Capital): I do more than that but in London UK
• eLdi01 (Apple): lol, almost all the big tech companies pay much more than that and the work is barely 20 hrs per week. You think google engineers are working 50 hours per week. Maybe 10% of that.
• xMicro\$oft (New): In tech hubs, this is the norm. But \$350K doesn’t go very far.

Most prestigious company in 2026 (Blind)

• V-Dasher:( (Microsoft): I’m sorry, Albertsons? Like, the grocery store chain?
• rMww84 (Crusoe): Joke of a poll without anthropic ?
• 6️⃣7️⃣ (Cyberhaven): Perplexity??? 😂 They lost the plot a while ago

Weekend reminder that you guys are aware, tons of people are clawing and scratching to get to (Blind)

• pico_gallo (Microsoft): Yeah, people have lost perspective. It’s very hard in any other field to make 6 figures+. My wife is in a business manager role, she is very smart and capable, she has 6 yoe, has reports, leads company events in conferences and she makes 135k. She applied to tons of jobs and couldn’t land an interview, with great resume.
• fairgamey (Broadcom): Sending positive vibes. You are doing incredibly well, financially, emotionally. Keep going like this. Be empathic and helpful to your friends and don’t compare yourself with the ones making more. Appreciate what you have and live life in the moment. Loved your post.
• slackerswe (Microsoft): Pay in other careers for most part is lower unless you are a doctor or investment banker but it’s tough to break into those. Investment banker is super gatekeepy.

People Keep Destroying Flock Cameras Across America. The Paperwork Already Saw It Coming. (r/technology)

• vengeancecube: So…Flock doesn’t pay for the cameras that get destroyed and more often than not it’s the city that does? Gee I’d really hate it if the cities started thinking flock cameras might not be worth the constant expense…
• Modem_Sound_67: dissent isn’t dead after all, it’s very encouraging
• youreblockingmyshot: Cities will not renew these contracts if they have to spend thousands replacing cameras they get destroyed repeatedly.

Indeed chief economist: Aging Baby Boomers are America’s real labor problem, not AI (r/technology)

• lifeoflogan: The wealthy and politically powerful Baby Boomers perfected the art of kicking the can down the road. They privatized the gains, socialized the costs, and left future generations holding the bag—all while believing their wealth would protect their own families from the consequences. If you weren’t already rich, you were someone else’s exit strategy. That’s the opposite of E Pluribus Unum.
• Rasdowers: There are like 8 baby boomers at my company of over 600 people. There is 1 in senior management and the others can’t retire in their positions. I look at them as my future, still at the company and unable to retire. I’m in pharma mfg. People in pharma used to be able to retire, but not anymore.
• ManySugar5156: Funny how every problem is never the execs chasing margins, its grandpa and a chatbot somehow.

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Quick facts

• Difficulty: MEDIUM
• Problem: The k-th Lexicographical String of All Happy Strings of Length n
• Topics: String, Backtracking

Problem gist

A happy string uses only a, b, and c, and no two neighboring characters may be equal. The task is to consider every happy string of length n in lexicographic order and return the k-th one. If fewer than k such strings exist, the answer is the empty string.