Spotify’s new feature will send you down the music rabbit hole
Ever look up a topic on Wikipedia and lose track of time going down the rabbit hole of related articles? Spotify’s new SongDNA feature is a bit like that. more…
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus review: The new best $200 CPU
Intel’s new Core Ultra 5 250K Plus establishes a new baseline for performance in the $200 CPU category. After running it through an extensive suite of benchmarks across games and applications, our testing shows it can match the competition, at worst, and far exceed other options at best.
Yanluowang ransomware access broker gets 81 months in prison
A Russian national was sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison after pleading guilty to acting as an initial access broker (IAB) for Yanluowang ransomware attacks. [...]
Microslop stuffs AI photo restyling powers into OneDrive
Microslop? Sorry, we meant Microsoft Microsoft is rolling out technology to transform OneDrive photos into AI-infused masterpieces. Or top up the bucket of slop, depending on your perspective.…
MacBook Pro Diary: The Rolling Square Supertiny is the perfect ‘just in case’ charger
Apple Silicon Macs offer truly excellent battery life compared to their Intel predecessors, but there are still times when you need to plug in to power. If I know in advance I’m going to need mains power, then the Chargeasap Zeus is the power brick I normally carry with me. When I expect to be a...
Microsoft-backed start-up raises $40 million for helium atom beam lithography that could print chips at atomic resolution — 0.1nm beam is 135 times narrower than ASML's EUV light
Lace Lithography raised $40 million in Series A funding on Monday to develop a chipmaking tool that uses a helium atom beam instead of light to pattern silicon wafers.
Ultrahuman opens US pre-orders for Ring Pro
At the end of February, Ultrahuman announced its latest smart ring which promises up to 15 days of battery life on a single charge. Sadly, if you were based in the US, you weren’t able to pre-order the Ring Pro, as the company has been locked in a longstanding legal tussle with ring rivals Oura. ...
Spotify's SongDNA can tell you all about the track you're listening to
Spotify has started rolling out a feature called SongDNA that can show you the people behind your favorite tracks and give you an insight on how they were created. You can access it by opening the Now Playing view while listening to a specific song and then scrolling down to the SongDNA box. Tra...
Autonomous mobile drone swarm killer created in trilateral US defense company collab — the new Leonidas Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV) is a high-power microwave platform
A trio of US defense, autonomy, and directed energy industry leaders have created the Leonidas Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV) to address the threat of drone swarms.
Pinterest launches a new feature to promote a Pin
The company is rolling out the Promoted Pin feature to users in the U.S. in the coming weeks, with global expansion planned in the future.
Cauldron Ferm has turned microbes into nonstop assembly lines
The Australian startup says it has solved one of the biggest challenges facing synthetic biology companies, which it counts as customers.
Zoox brings its robotaxis to Austin and Miami
After nearly two years of testing in the two cities, the Amazon-owned company says it's getting closer to offering rides.
Snapchat’s new ‘AI Clips’ Lens format turns photos into five-second videos
Snapchat says both experienced and new developers can use the new "AI Clips" Lens format to turn a single prompt into a published Lens in minutes without the need for external tools.
Spotify’s new SongDNA feature maps how your favorite songs are connected
The new feature lets you explore samples, covers, and more about the people behind your favorite songs, says Spotify.
Mirage raises $75M to continue building models for its AI video-editing app Captions
Mirage, the maker of video-editing app Captions, has raised $75 million in growth financing from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund (CVF).
TikTok ads are about to get a tad more disruptive
One new ad format displays another brand's logo alongside TikTok's on the launch page when users open the app.
China laptop vendor eats humble pie, apology says ‘production error’ was behind chip mix-up — full refunds offered to those affected by the fake Ryzen 5 7430U ‘scam’
Budget portable PCs specialist Chuwi has released an official apology to customers who received devices that didn’t match up to expected specifications.
Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines
Development houses: It's time to check your networks for infections.
LiteLLM Python package compromised by supply-chain attack
Article URL: https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/24512 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47501729 Points: 643 # Comments: 255
The Download: tracing AI-fueled delusions, and OpenAI admits Microsoft risks
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The hardest question to answer about AI-fueled delusions What actually happens when people spiral into delusion with AI? To find out, Stanford researchers ana...