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What Liberal Arts Education Is for (2024)
10 points · 6 comments on Hacker News.
Firefighter arson a long-standing issue – expert
28 points · 28 comments on Hacker News.
BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising
150 points · 61 comments on Hacker News.
The development pipeline is a production system
43 points · 16 comments on Hacker News.
Flint: A Visualization Language for the AI Era
49 points · 10 comments on Hacker News.
A Week in Matrix
27 points · 13 comments on Hacker News.
How to Exist
105 points · 54 comments on Hacker News.
spaceSpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon—and It Could Be Visible From Earth
The impact will kick up a plume of debris so high, it’ll likely be visible through some telescopes. Astronomers will be watching.
OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok
OpenAI has reportedly found evidence of additional agent misbehavior as it looks into the incident that occurred with Hugging Face.
techNot just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA
Some group with no modern descendants contributed a lot to our genomes.
techLenovo's first Googlebooks have leaked
The company appears to have built new laptops and a 2-in-1 for the Googlebook initiative.
With Switch 2, iPhone, and laptop tricks, the Sharge Disk Pro 2 is finally a worthy EDC
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Rivian spinoff Also to start delivering e-bikes after months of delays
Also has big plans beyond the TM-B. The startup mostly refers to itself as a "vehicle" company and has plans to make four-wheel pedal-assist cargo vehicles for Amazon.
Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t.
AI tools have democratized the opportunity to build, shortening the timelines of success and enabling more young people to start successful companies without stepping foot inside a Big Tech company.
techDoctors took a look at man's painful shoulder—they found the joint was missing
The term "Milwaukee Shoulder Syndrome" was coined in 1981, based on cases in four women.
Show HN: I worked on a new browser for 2 years, today it passed Acid 3
95 points · 29 comments on Hacker News.
gadgetsGoogle plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification
Someone in Cuba or Iran can keep installing APKs with no new restrictions, but devs will suffer.
aiReddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive
Reddit advances lawsuit accusing Perplexity AI of conspiring with web scraper.
India is starting to pay for apps, not just download them
India's app market generated a record $345 million in Q2.
Loops (YC W22) Is Hiring a Product Educator
1 points · 0 comments on Hacker News.
cloudSpaceXAI says it will take a year to fully remove unpermitted gas turbines from its Mississippi data center
The company was accused of violating the Clean Air Act by the NAACP.
Demystifying DRAM Read Disturbance: RowHammer and RowPress Phenomena
45 points · 21 comments on Hacker News.
aiClaude published malicious code to the Internet and attacked 3 real companies
Had the hacks used conventional methods, someone would likely go to prison.
aiGoogle Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics
“What on earth is Google doing?” Misinformation fears spur walk-back of AI tool.
Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation
A tool that allowed anyone to generate fake AI-generated imagery and superimpose it over real Google Earth maps quickly spurred backlash.
Fresh off its Wiz payout, Index Ventures raises $2B across three funds
The new funding brings Index's total available investing capital to $3.5 billion.
Apple’s new AirTags are back down to their best price
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techNew York alleges Kalshi is running an 'illegal gambling operation' in new lawsuit
Kalshi, which is headquartered in New York, has already been sued by multiple states.
Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day
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aiSnapchat is cracking down on AI slop in Spotlight
Videos made with AI will no longer appear in Snapchat's public recommendations.
aiGoogle rolls back the needless AI generation tools it added to Google Earth
People had less than a day to make misleading Google Earth images with AI before Google pulled the feature.
aiWould you get tattooed just to interview at a 7-days-a-week AI startup?
LemonLime’s CEO got “carried away” with tattoo gimmick.
Tailscale didn't stop the Hugging Face intrusion
508 points · 195 comments on Hacker News.
VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why
New research from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School mapped out how Silicon Valley founders commit fraud — and the role investors play.
The NHTSA is investigating 1.2 million Tesla vehicles over suspension failure reports
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techPandora's ad-free subscription is less than $10 a month in 2026: Is it worth it?
The Pandora experience is different from the Spotify one most of us are used to. Pandora Premium is worth it for some.
Google might launch a ‘Pixel Tag’
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June in Servo: real world compat, media queries, SharedWorker, and more
128 points · 40 comments on Hacker News.
aiChinese AI Researchers Are Finding Their Voice on X
As OpenAI and Anthropic employees grow quieter online, researchers at Chinese AI labs are flocking to X to explain their work, recruit talent, and shape the global conversation on AI.
aiHigh school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates
Gaps in laws may help Pennsylvania high school escape AI nudes scandal.
qm – Multiplayer agent harness for work
523 points · 109 comments on Hacker News.
techResearchers devise a full-color night vision goggle
Wavelength and intensity in the infrared are translated into colors in the visible.
The ban on robot vacuums won’t make them safer, only worse
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techUbisoft is shutting down its weird NFT game that came out two years after the whole craze died down
Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles is going the way of the Bored Ape.
techChina could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs
Look at chemistry of batteries and motors shows big opportunity for recycling.
Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI
After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says maybe it’s time for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments came just days after one of OpenAI’s own models broke out of its tes
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is a quirky life sim that’s worth buying at this discount
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techSony acknowledges backlash, “cautiously” moves ahead with end of PlayStation discs
Sony doesn't think the move will hurt it financially.
Here’s the problem with putting an AI image generator in Google Earth
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Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content
Snapchat has adjusted its recommendation systems to ensure that only videos created by real people are eligible for Spotlight recommendations, taking a stance against AI slop.
techSony will move forward with its plans to stop making PS5 discs despite backlash
Sony responded to widespread criticism of its plan to discontinue games on discs in its latest earnings call.
The major labels propose rules to keep AI slop off the charts
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roboticsThis new drone spins so fast the human eye can barely see it
"Invisible" drones have been in the works for years, and researchers have finally designed one that gets close.
techMan invested $45M in a Nicolas Cage movie. It got stolen off Netflix’s desk.
Filmmaker sues Netflix over stolen screener of unreleased Nicolas Cage movie.
Getting 25 Gbps Thunderbolt Ethernet on My Mac Studio
168 points · 92 comments on Hacker News.
aiEU will mandate labels on authentic-looking AI content starting August 2
"It is a matter not only of customer protection, it's also a matter of democracy protection."
Siri AI could come with a paywall for power users
Apple CEO Tim Cook envisions users being able to buy more compute for Siri AI via Apple's existing iCloud+ subscriptions.
Big Food vs. the People
215 points · 140 comments on Hacker News.
GM and Ford are talking less and less about EVs
The leading U.S. automakers are mentioning EVs on their investor calls at pre-pandemic rates, according to new data from TechCrunch and Hudson Labs.
Samsung expects memory shortage to worsen through 2027 and last until 2028
AI data center demand is fueling a multi-year chip shortage, pushing up component costs and retail device prices.
aiAustralia's social media ban for under-16s has had limited impact so far
Nearly 22 percent of children are on Pinterest while there was "no statistically significant change" in AI chatbot use.
New York sues Kalshi for allegedly running an ‘illegal gambling operation’
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techIs the Apple Watch waterproof?
There's a difference between waterproof and water resistant.
Elevators
1096 points · 262 comments on Hacker News.
SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year
SpaceX is building a new power plant for xAI's Colossus data centers, but it won't remove existing, unpermitted turbines for many more months.
The most official water costs $120k a gallon
166 points · 137 comments on Hacker News.
Reddit is testing a new way to watch — and listen to — its viral posts
Reddit is developing a new video experience that lets users watch — or simply listen to — its most popular posts, taking inspiration from the viral TikTok videos that pair Reddit stories with gameplay or other footage. CEO Steve Huffman sai
Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human
The startup is building voice models designed to make AI phone calls pass the Turing test.
Run Kimi K3 using 29 GB of RAM at 0.50 tok/s
201 points · 82 comments on Hacker News.
aiAI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust
The AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” than the humans.
cloudHow to fight a data center
If you're worried about noise, utility costs, or pollution: here's how to fight against a data center.
techSlow downloads? These tweaks could speed up your router
If your Wi-Fi is a bit sluggish, there are some things you should check before upgrading your router.
techA $2 sticker let me bypass the Meta Glasses' anti-creep feature
Meta's smart glasses are supposed to alert bystanders when they're recording. Bypassing those safety features is trivially easy, unfortunately.
gadgetsPathogenic review: Damn, it feels good to be a virus
The hot new roguelite twin-stick shooter lives up to the hype.
aiHow a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit
A disputed exam, an unreliable detector, and one very late Apple Pages file.
Progressive Web Components
127 points · 17 comments on Hacker News.
Let's make the worst Htmx
86 points · 26 comments on Hacker News.
The Absurdity of Albert Camus
80 points · 47 comments on Hacker News.
Software for One
71 points · 43 comments on Hacker News.
History remembers two Robert McNamaras
7 points · 0 comments on Hacker News.
How far can you push the range of Wi-Fi connectivity in an ideal environment?
34 points · 21 comments on Hacker News.
Attention Decode on AMD MI450 GPUs: A Gluon Kernel Optimization Guide
6 points · 0 comments on Hacker News.