taekni.net

Coinbase engineer gives simulated insect $100 and lets its neurons make the trades

Frank Shaw in 2025. | Image: Microsoft Frank Shaw is leaving Microsoft after 17 years as chief communications officer. In an internal note to his team, Shaw says he's "decided it is time for me to move on and try new things," after supporting Microsoft's communications for 29 years - nearly 20 ...

The variable aperture lens of the shiny new iPhone 18 Pro goes almost one stop wider than the fixed aperture lens in its predecessor: up from f/1.78 in the iPhone 17 Pro to f/1.48 (a smaller number is wider). In principle, this will allow for slightly shallower depth of field, enabling greater se...

Article URL: https://glacierextinction.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49660576 Points: 97 # Comments: 31

Article URL: https://planetscale.com/blog/118-million-queries-per-second-on-neki Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49660555 Points: 23 # Comments: 15

I had been a loyal T-Mobile customer since 2016, when the company introduced its T-Mobile ONE plan. I had a military discount the entire time I was with them, but even with that discount my bill eventually ballooned to $113 a month thanks to T-Mobile’s price hikes. I decided enough was enough, so...

Just a couple of weeks before Meta Connect starts on September 23rd, UploadVR posted images seemingly revealing the design for Meta's "Project Phoenix" headset. The images, which UploadVR says were "found in the HorizonOS Prescription Lens firmware package," suggest Meta may be looking to compete...

This 144-in-1 repair toolkit from Strebito is on sale, with 120 bits and a number of other tools for less than $40.

Article URL: https://rune.build/blog/rune-is-now-open-source Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49660149 Points: 8 # Comments: 1

Siri AI launches next week in iOS 27, and it’s a huge upgrade to Apple’s assistant. There are tons of ways Siri is new and improved, but here are three examples of times Siri has impressed me so far. more…

The new AirPods 5 in their charging case. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The Apple AirPods 5 are bringing active noise cancellation to the masses, and they're now available for preorder at a variety of retailers. They'll officially launch on September 18th, the same day as the App...

Alongside the ongoing AirPods Pro 3 deal, pre-orders are flying on the new AirPods 5, Apple Watch Ultra 4, and Apple Watch Series 12 with some early discounts. We just detailed how to score the new AirTag from $20 each, and a solid $50 off Sharge’s impressive metal 300W smart display power bank. ...

Come on Apple, just keep following in the footsteps of Samsung, ASUS and so many other foldable makers.

In a Slack message seen by TechCrunch, Matt Mullenweg told Automattic employees he’s back in control of the company, days after its board put him on leave. Automattic has not yet confirmed the apparent reversal.

Phone shop staffer claimed he was paid less than $4k for in his part attacks leading to combined intended losses of $600,000

On September 6th, YouTuber Nicholas Light posted a video to one of his channels that made it seem like all of his content was about to be removed from the platform. In the video - ominously titled "My Channel will be Deleted Today" - Light alleges that he was on the receiving end of some of the "...

Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.

Anker’s Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro came out swinging in May with incredible call quality, something that competing ear buds have struggled to get right. They’ve become part of our reviewer John Higgins’ rotation of earbuds for more than just taking calls; The Liberty 5 Pro have fantastic audio once ...

Article URL: https://huggingface.co/security.txt Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49659245 Points: 149 # Comments: 37

Shipments rise with enterprise and government buyers joining the hyperscaler spending spree