WhatsApp starts rolling out new in-chat search button on iOS
Following a few weeks of beta testing, WhatsApp is now rolling out its new in-chat search button to iPhone users. Here are the details. more…
Ask A Monk – A digital wilderness for thoughts with no immediate answer
Article URL: https://askamonk.online Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749171 Points: 24 # Comments: 13
Judge rejects OpenAI’s bid to see X’s confidential settlement with Apple in antitrust lawsuit
Judge Mark Pittman today rejected OpenAI’s request to obtain X and SpaceXAI’s confidential settlement agreement with Apple in their ongoing antitrust case. Here are the details. more…
Telstra outage: The night a network decided the year was 2006
Article URL: https://www.netnod.se/blog/telstra-outage-night-network-decided-year-was-2006 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49748957 Points: 37 # Comments: 13
Report: Apple leads slowing true wireless stereo market as open-ear earbuds gain ground
Apple reportedly maintained its lead in the global true wireless stereo (TWS) market and saw modest year-over-year growth, even as overall shipments declined. Here are the details. more…
Khosla-backed Mazama Energy just raised $135M to drill deeper into super-hot-rock geothermal
Geothermal startup Mazama is drilling three miles underground to tap superhot rock, with one well capable of generating 15 MW of electricity 24/7.
Crusoe raises $3.9B to build massive data centers and small modular “AI factories”
The round values the data center giant at $30.9 billion.
Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate
Google DeepMind just launched an institute to hash out the big AGI questions in public
Marvell pushes GlobalFoundries to light up wafer production
It might be the next trillion-dollar company, but it'll need some help on the supply side to do it
Amazon-owned Zoox’s 100-robotaxi limit in Nevada is about to disappear
An updated permit shows the 100-cap will expire later this month just as competition in Las Vegas heats up.
Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash
Article URL: https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.8-omni-flash Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49747925 Points: 136 # Comments: 28
eGPUs do work, but they come with some notable limitations
You're probably better off buying a basic gaming PC than messing with an eGPU.
Apple pushes UK court to lift secrecy around encryption backdoor order
In a hearing today, Apple challenged the UK government’s refusal to publicly confirm whether it has issued an order requiring the company to provide access to encrypted user data. Here are the details. more…
Google's revamped CC is an AI agent for families and groups
CC gives an AI agent its own Google account in your family or group and sends all members a daily briefing.
AI coding agents' 0-click RCE flaw could hand attackers keys to the kingdom
Plugin4Shell attack affects all the major coding agents, researchers say
PrismML hopes its tiny LLM will change how we all use AI
If AI lab PrismML isn't on your radar yet, it should be.
RFK Jr. names 8 new members to influential preventive medicine task force
The USPSTF sets insurance coverage from preventive services, like colonoscopies.
Meta AI launches Muse personal agent, including apps for iPhone and Mac
Update: Nine days later, Muse now includes a Mac app. You can download it here. Meta AI just launched a brand-new iPhone app called Muse from Meta. Similar to Grok Bot in presentation, Muse is a personal AI agent that handles tasks for you. more…
Anthropic says Claude 'leads' 26 percent of its AI R&D work
The company shared the stat alongside three measurements that help communicate the pace of AI development.
Here’s What the AI Apocalypse Could Look Like
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss three possible AI doomsday scenarios, AI safety, and the unexpected bipartisan alliance forming against AI.