A bit of good news: It's possible to turn around a groundwater crisis
Analyzing dozens of cases around the world yields some practical lessons.
LG Sound Suite review: Dolby Atmos FlexConnect in a powerful package
The premise seems simple enough. LG promises that you can set its Sound Suite speakers anywhere and Dolby’s home theater tech will make them perform well. The soundbar, subwoofer and speakers don’t have to go in prescribed locations for the best results, which means you can place them where you n...
Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, M5) review: Steady as it goes
The MacBook Air with M5 offers a strong variety of performance and premium materials to make it a strong computing value.
Littlebird raises $11M for its AI-assisted ‘recall’ tool that reads your computer screen
Littlebird is building an AI that reads your screen in real time to capture context, answer questions, and automate tasks, without relying on screenshots.
Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way
Gimlet Labs just raised an $80 million Series A for tech that lets AI run across NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, ARM, Cerebras and d-Matrix chips, simultaneously.
Some writing advice from Project Hail Mary’s Andy Weir
Andy Weir on the set of Project Hail Mary. | Image: Amazon MGM Studios Andy Weir has done pretty well when it comes to adaptations. His first novel, The Martian, was turned into a movie in 2015, and the Ridley Scott-directed picture earned more than $600 million at the box office. And Project H...
Grab to buy Foodpanda Taiwan from Delivery Hero for $600 million
Grab will acquire Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda business in Taiwan for $600 million, expanding beyond Southeast Asia and setting up a closer challenge to Uber Eats in a tightly contested market.
Deals: Apple Watch Series 11 $150 off, M4 MacBook Air clearance at $300 off, M3 iPad Air $200 off, Apple Pencil $59, more
Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by Amazon all-time lows on Apple Watch Series 11 Titanium models at $150 off (Slate, Natural, and Gold) as well as Midnight Apple Watch SE 3 models at $50 off. Alongside the ongoing holiday pricing on AirPods Pro 3, we are also featuring the ongoing Amazo...
Apple’s four-pack of first-gen AirTags is down $60 for the first time
Despite the fact that Apple released a new AirTag in January, the first-gen AirTag is still a top-notch tracker if you’re embedded in Apple’s ecosystem. And right now, it’s on sale for $59.99 ($40 off) at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy, which marks a new low price. Apple AirTag Where to Buy: $...
In-hub motors make this humble Hyundai a monster on ice
In-wheel motors have been around since the very beginning of electric motoring. Ferdinand Porsche developed one way back in 1900, and the US sent them to the moon in our Lunar Roving Vehicles in the early '70s. But, outside of e-bikes, they've never really gone mainstream. It looked like Lordstow...
Cyber.mil serving file downloads using TLS certificate which expired 3 days ago
Article URL: https://www.cyber.mil/stigs/downloads Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47490816 Points: 93 # Comments: 84
Elizabeth Warren calls Pentagon’s decision to bar Anthropic ‘retaliation’
In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) equated the DoD's decision to label Anthropic a "supply chain risk" as retaliation, arguing that the Pentagon could simply have terminated its contract with the AI lab.
FBI says Iranian hackers are using Telegram to steal data in malware attacks
Hackers working for Iran’s government are using Telegram in hacking operations that use malware to target dissidents, opposition groups, and journalists who oppose its regime, according to the FBI.
John Ternus was behind one of iPad’s most crucial changes, says report
Over the weekend, Bloomberg published an in-depth profile of Apple’s John Ternus, who many see as the company’s likely next CEO. The report also offers fascinating details on Ternus’ role in the iPad’s development. more…
An incoherent Rust
Article URL: https://www.boxyuwu.blog/posts/an-incoherent-rust/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47490648 Points: 90 # Comments: 28
Google unleashes Gemini AI agents on the dark web
Claims it can analyze millions of daily events with 98 percent accuracy Google's Gemini AI agents are crawling the dark web, sifting through upward of 10 million posts a day to find a handful of threats relevant to a particular organization.…
Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion in talks to sell power to OpenAI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is stepping down as board chair of Helion. His departure comes as reports that the two companies are negotiating a deal that would see Helion sell 12.5% of its power output to OpenAI.
Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion in talks with OpenAI
Helion is reportedly negotiating a deal that would see it sell 12.5% of its power output to OpenAI.
Smooth criminals talking their way into cloud environments, Google says
Voice phishing is second most common initial access method across all IR probes, and top in cloud break-ins Voice phishing surged last year to become the second most common method used by cybercriminals to gain initial access to their victims' IT estate – and the No. 1 tactic used when breaking i...
If DSPy is so great, why isn't anyone using it?
Article URL: https://skylarbpayne.com/posts/dspy-engineering-patterns/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47490365 Points: 145 # Comments: 89