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news.ycombinator.com Caroline Noël 2025-09-17 09:59:45

In March 2025, an anonymous buyer purchased the 1715 “Baron Knoop” Stradivarius for $23 million (U.S.), making it the most expensive violin ever sold. (The seller, the American stringed-instrument collector David L. Fulton, had purchased it for a more modest $2.75 million in 1992.) Previous record setters have included the 1721 “Lady Blunt,” which fetched $15.9 million in 2011, and the “Joachim‑Ma,” which went for $11.25 million in February 2025. All three of these models were made by Antonio S

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James Bond Wannabes: The UK's Spy Office Says Learn to Use a VPN

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-19 23:26:03

Like your martinis shaken, not stirred? If you have dreams of joining James Bond in the British foreign intelligence service, MI6, you'd better know how to use a virtual private network. On Friday, the outgoing chief of MI6, Richard Moore, announced a new dark web portal called Silent Courier that MI6 will use to recruit agents online. If you want to use it, make sure you're familiar with VPNs. Silent Courier marks MI6's first attempt to use the dark web for recruitment. The government statemen

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An untidy history of AI across four books

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-20 04:15:18

The history of artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be separated entirely from the general development of technologies that go back to the ancient world. Like the abacus, the machines we today call AI reproduce and automate our formal and cognitive abilities, albeit at higher levels of generality. More officially, AI research began in the postwar era with the “symbolic” paradigm, which sought to program human faculties such as logic, knowledge, ontology, and semantics within software architecture

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Elon Musk's xAI raising $10 billion at $200 billion valuation: sources

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-09-20 08:56:11

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has raised $10 billion from investors that puts the company's post-money valuation at $200 billion, sources told CNBC's David Faber. The valuation for Musk's AI company is the latest example of skyrocketing valuations for companies that develop foundational AI models. Earlier this month, Anthropic raised $13 billion at a $183 billion valuation. OpenAI, the largest company in the industry, held a secondary share sale that valued it at $500 billion. The fundraising c

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Ugreen’s new super slim wallet tracker has 5 years of battery life

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-09-20 08:47:04

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Ugreen has released a new wallet tracker that’s just as thin as the FineTrack Slim Smart Finder the company debuted earlier this year, but with a massive boost in battery life from 12 months to five years. However, while the previous version was compatible with Apple’s Find My network and recharable, the new FineTrack Slim Smart G only works with

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Top Amazon reseller Pattern opens at $13.50 in Nasdaq debut after IPO raised $300 million

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-09-20 12:54:40

E-commerce firm Pattern Group's co-founder and CEO David Wright, his co-founder, Chief Strategy Officer and wife Melanie Alder, and the staff members attend the company's IPO at the Nasdaq market in New York City, U.S., Sept. 19, 2025. Pattern Group , one of the leading resellers on Amazon , took the plunge into the public markets on Friday, and saw its stock slip in its Nasdaq debut. Trading under the ticker "PTRN," the stock opened at $13.50 after the company sold shares at $14 in its IPO, t

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This Mom Is Getting Back Into Running Shape With a Jogging Stroller, Fitness Apps and Tech

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 11:02:00

As an active mom, I enjoy doing a variety of activities to stay fit. I lift weights to get stronger (carrying a toddler around challenges your overall strength), go for walks to clear my mind, run to get my heart rate up and take a fitness class here and there. Before having my son, I completed my first marathon, several half-marathons and shorter races in between. But running took a backseat after my second trimester because I was advised not to do activity in the summer heat while heavily pre

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The 9 Best Grills of 2025

wired.com Scott Gilbertson 2025-09-20 11:33:00

Frequently Asked Questions What Should You Look for in a Grill? AccordionItemContainerButton LargeChevron Take a trip to your local big-box home improvement store and you'll see dozens of grill models not mentioned here. Are they any good? Most of them are probably fine, but we suggest sticking with brands you recognize. The nice thing about shopping in person is you can get a better sense of the grill's sturdiness. Give it a good shake, and make sure it seems well put together. If it's a brand

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Tropical Storm Gabrielle Breaks ‘Unprecedented’ Atlantic Storm Drought

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-09-20 16:47:20

An exceptionally long lull in Atlantic storm activity finally came to an end Wednesday as Tropical Storm Gabrielle took shape. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center expect this storm to strengthen into the second hurricane of the season by Sunday. Gabrielle’s emergence followed 20 days of no named storms in the Atlantic basin—a dry spell that WPLG-TV hurricane specialist Michael Lowry called “unprecedented” for the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. As of Friday morning, Gabrielle ha

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Final hours to apply: Be the life of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 by hosting your own Side Event

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-09-20 16:00:00

This is it — today is your last chance to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco. By tonight, applications close. No extensions. No late entries. Apply here. Disrupt Week, taking place October 25–31, is your chance to put your brand in front of 10,000+ founders and investors, plus the Bay Area tech ecosystem. To create the conversations that shape the conference. To stand out. We’ll handle the promotion. You own the event. All you need to do is submit your proposal now.

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Him is a grueling and messy takedown of American football culture

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-09-20 20:00:00

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. There is a certain degree of body horror baked into American football that becomes readily apparent whenever players sustain gruesome, career-ending injuries on camera. For some, football’s overt violence is part of its appeal, and players are seen as people who have chosen to risk their safety in pursuit of fame and glory. Over the y

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Prime members can get the 8Bitdo Pro 2 controller with travel case for only $40

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-21 00:45:35

8Bitdo may have already launched its Pro 3 controller, but that doesn't mean you should dismiss older models. The Pro 2 has been one of our favorites for a long time, and right now Prime members can get the Bluetooth controller bundled with a travel case for only $40. That's $20 off and a 34-percent discount. This controller does, indeed, work with the Nintendo Switch 2, and the only caveat is that the sale price is only available to Prime members. Despite launching in 2021, the Pro 2 was still

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Air Traffic Controllers Still Struggling to Communicate With Pilots: Report

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-09-21 00:10:53

Throughout much of this year, a slew of technical problems at Newark International Airport have spurred concerns about flier safety. On a frightening day in April, the airport lost communication with regional planes for about 90 seconds. Not long afterward, United Airlines announced it was cancelling dozens of flights out of the airport. That same month, the FAA committed to sending new equipment and resources to the site, but not long afterward, Trump’s transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, adm

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Why I ‘upgraded’ to a film camera that’s older than I am

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-09-21 04:00:00

Fall Upgrade Week feels like an odd time to celebrate my move to a 50-year-old film camera, but there’s logic to it: not because film photos are timeless, or because I want to wax lyrical about warmth and grain and analog appeal, but because I don’t think there’s any better way to teach yourself about photography. That’s how I got into film. At some point over the last decade, reviewing phones morphed more or less into reviewing cameras with touchscreens on the back. For a writer with no photog

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Trolls mock me for having fewer viewers, Fortnite streamer Ninja tells BBC

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-21 02:06:52

Trolls mock me for having fewer viewers, Fortnite streamer Ninja tells BBC Ninja is one of the most famous gamers in history One of the world's most popular streamers, Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, says trolls "berate" him every day because his number of viewers has fallen. Ninja was propelled to stardom in 2018 after he played Fortnite on streaming site Twitch alongside rappers Drake and Travis Scott, and NFL player Juju Smith-Schuster. He now has fewer viewers than at the height of his fame - but

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I wore the viral $2,000 exoskeleton that supercharges your body, and it's legit

zdnet.com Prakhar Khanna 2025-09-21 10:15:28

Prakhar Khanna/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The Ultra X offers 1000 watts of power, which is the most for a Hypershell exoskeleton. It is made for people with an active lifestyle. The Hypershell is now available to purchase for $1,999. This year, IFA 2025 was mostly about smart home innovations, but I also got a refreshingly new demo at the Berlin tradeshow that hasn't left my mind since I returned home. I wore the Hypershell X Ultra exo

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Keep your data out of third-party clouds by self-hosting - here's how

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-09-21 12:00:37

Weiquan Lin/Moment via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Self-hosting services on your LAN isn't as hard as you think. By self-hosting, you reclaim control over your data. It's less likely that a third party will use your data to train LLMs. I started using Google Drive, Gmail, and the whole suite of tools back when they were still invite-only. Back then, the cloud was an unknown entity, and many of us had no idea that it would become the bac

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How Energy-Generating Sidewalks Work

wired.com Rhett Allain 2025-09-21 13:00:00

We walk here, we walk there, we walk everywhere. Maybe you’re headed to work or to lunch in a busy city. You’re expending energy, and the exercise is good for you. But what if, on top of that, we could recapture all that freely supplied energy and convert it to usable electricity? This is a real thing. Systems have been installed in dozens of countries. Check out this video. And why stop there? You could put them in discotheques and harness that fancy footwork to power the strobe lights. Or bui

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TBM 377: Time Allocation ≠ Capacity Allocation

news.ycombinator.com John Cutler 2025-09-17 15:26:43

Before we jump in: September Conferences! I’m heading to Enterprise Tech Leadership Summit in Las Vegas: September 23–25, 2025. I’m a huge fan of Gene Kim’s work and the community he has created. Dotwork is sponsoring, so I’ll be “working the booth.” Drop by if you’re around. I’ll also be in Cleveland next week (9th and 10th) for Industry. Would love to meet people in person. Lately, I’ve been researching the mental models, mechanisms, and reporting practices behind ‘capacity’ allocation. At

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Trump’s Golden Dome will cost 10 to 100 times more than the Manhattan Project

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-20 22:38:22

One thing that's evident about President Donald Trump's proposal for the Golden Dome missile defense shield is that designing, deploying, and sustaining it will cost a lot of money, at least several hundred billion dollars, over the course of several decades. Beyond that, it's really anyone's guess. That doesn't sit well with some lawmakers, but the Republican-controlled Congress committed $25 billion in July as a down payment for new missile-defense technologies. The White House stated in May

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Classic recessive-or-dominant gene dynamics may not be so simple

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 10:52:21

In brief A new Stanford study explores how fruit fly populations maintain genetic diversity amid changing environments, which is crucial for survival against future challenges. The research provides direct evidence to support the theory of “dominance reversal” in genetics. Findings indicate that genetic variants can act as dominant or recessive based on environmental conditions – which gives the flies long-term pesticide resistance. Populations live in rapidly changing environments – droughts

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OpenTelemetry collector: What it is, when you need it, and when you don't

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 05:29:17

Do you really need an OpenTelemetry Collector? If you're just sprinkling SDKs into a side project - maybe not. If you're running a multi-service production environment and care about cost, performance, security boundaries, or intelligent processing - yes, you almost certainly do. This post explains exactly what the OpenTelemetry Collector is, why it exists, how data flows with and without it, and the trade‑offs of each approach. You’ll leave with a decision framework, deployment patterns, and p

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Bravo Apple! Calculator app has a memory leak

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 15:22:15

So does messages actually. If you leave it open with a video or image on screen. From my experience on Tahoe at least. It’s caused me to have to hard reboot my Mac multiple times after waking from sleep 3

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David Lynch LA House

news.ycombinator.com Aditi Sharma 2025-09-21 12:30:14

David Lynch, the visionary American filmmaker behind Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Dr, passed away this January, yet his creative universe endures in objects, spaces and ideas. Among the most striking of these relics is his larger-than-life, meticulously designed Hollywood Hills home; a cinematic setting in its own right. Perched on a sweeping 2.3-acre hillside, David Lynch’s private compound, which is now listed for $15 million by Marc Silver of The Agency, unfolds like one of his own

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U.S. already has the critical minerals it needs, according to new analysis

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 17:41:50

All the critical minerals the U.S. needs annually for energy, defense and technology applications are already being mined at existing U.S. facilities, according to a new analysis published today in the journal Science. The catch? These minerals, such as cobalt, lithium, gallium and rare earth elements like neodymium and yttrium, are currently being discarded as tailings of other mineral streams like gold and zinc, said Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering at Colorado Scho

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An Odd Trio of ‘Halloween’ Movies Is Returning to Theaters

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-09-21 20:00:06

The latest movies to come back to theaters are the Halloween franchise, which makes sense since it’s spooky season. But instead of just the original film or the more recent trilogy, we’re getting three installments that’ve been surprisingly grouped together. Along with the original 1978 Halloween, both Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers are also coming back to the big screen. The trio’s cinematic return comes courtesy of Trancas International

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How to find the best deals during Amazon’s October Prime Day sale

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2025-09-21 20:07:53

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days is one of the biggest shopping events of the year, and it’s returning October 7th and 8th. The two-day shopping affair will grant Prime members access to some of the best prices of the year on Amazon devices, as well as products from Sony, Sonos, Microsoft, Apple, Withings, and other well-known brands. This applies to items spanning a range of categories, including gaming peripherals, laptops, 4K TVs, phones, PC accessories, and more. As always, you can count on us

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Sam Altman Addresses Wave of ChatGPT Deaths

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-21 23:18:21

"This is a mental health war, and I really feel like we are losing." OpenAI is finally putting in parental controls on ChatGPT after parents of teenagers who killed themselves after using AI chatbots testified in front of Congress this week. In a company blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI announced that parents will be able to link their personal account with their kids' account, disable features as needed, get alerts if their children seem to be in distress while chatting with ChatGPT, set black ou

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Scammers are faking cell towers now; Americans bad at spotting scams

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-21 15:10:56

Mobile carriers are very slowly getting better at detecting and blocking scam texts, but it seems the fraudsters may still be staying ahead of the game. Scammers are now using a technology known as SMS blasters, backpack-sized devices that can trick smartphones into thinking they are cell towers … Scammers faking cell towers Wired says the technology is not new, but there has been a marked increase in its use. Over the last year, there has been a marked uptick in the use of so-called “SMS bl

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KDE is now my favorite desktop

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 15:17:51

From my last blog post, I am now using KDE as the desktop environment for my gaming rig. The reason is because I want a reasonably easy to use Linux desktop for when my wife needs to use the PC for something other than gaming, and this was the reason why my "traditional" Sway setup was a no-go. But, after using KDE for a while I am starting to really appreciate how good it is. And no, this is not compared to other Linux desktops, but also with both Windows and macOS (that I need to use often, e

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With Strings Attached

James Bond Wannabes: The UK's Spy Office Says Learn to Use a VPN

An untidy history of AI across four books

Elon Musk's xAI raising $10 billion at $200 billion valuation: sources

Ugreen’s new super slim wallet tracker has 5 years of battery life

Top Amazon reseller Pattern opens at $13.50 in Nasdaq debut after IPO raised $300 million

This Mom Is Getting Back Into Running Shape With a Jogging Stroller, Fitness Apps and Tech

The 9 Best Grills of 2025

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Final hours to apply: Be the life of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 by hosting your own Side Event

Him is a grueling and messy takedown of American football culture

Prime members can get the 8Bitdo Pro 2 controller with travel case for only $40

Air Traffic Controllers Still Struggling to Communicate With Pilots: Report

Why I ‘upgraded’ to a film camera that’s older than I am

Trolls mock me for having fewer viewers, Fortnite streamer Ninja tells BBC

I wore the viral $2,000 exoskeleton that supercharges your body, and it's legit

Keep your data out of third-party clouds by self-hosting - here's how

How Energy-Generating Sidewalks Work

TBM 377: Time Allocation ≠ Capacity Allocation

Trump’s Golden Dome will cost 10 to 100 times more than the Manhattan Project

Classic recessive-or-dominant gene dynamics may not be so simple

OpenTelemetry collector: What it is, when you need it, and when you don't

Bravo Apple! Calculator app has a memory leak

David Lynch LA House

U.S. already has the critical minerals it needs, according to new analysis

An Odd Trio of ‘Halloween’ Movies Is Returning to Theaters

How to find the best deals during Amazon’s October Prime Day sale

Sam Altman Addresses Wave of ChatGPT Deaths

Scammers are faking cell towers now; Americans bad at spotting scams

KDE is now my favorite desktop

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