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Section 174 is reversed, mostly

news.ycombinator.com Gergely Orosz 2025-07-19 19:07:57

Hi, this is Gergely with a bonus, free issue of the Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter. In every issue, I cover Big Tech and startups through the lens of senior engineers and engineering leaders. Today, we get into one out of four topics from last week’s The Pulse issue, which full subscribers received seven days ago. If you’ve been forwarded this email, you can subscribe here. Since early 2024, a tax change in the US named “Section 174” has been plaguing tech companies in the country. It was introd

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This physical Clicks keyboard is the Pixel 9 upgrade I didn't know I needed

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2025-07-21 20:30:16

ZDNET's key takeaways The Clicks Keyboard for Google Pixel 9 and 9 Pro is available for $139. The keyboard supports native Android shortcuts, has a dedicated Gemini button, and supports data pass-through However,it only comes in black, shortcuts can't be customized, and there is no Clicks for the larger Pixel 9 Pro XL. View now at Clicks In early 2024, a couple of my longtime buddies in the mobile tech world launched Clicks, a company that makes physical QWERTY keyboard accessories for the iP

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With 81 total Emmy nominations, how did each Apple TV+ title do?

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-07-25 06:38:30

Yesterday, Apple broke its own record and received 81 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations across multiple categories. Below is a full title-by-title breakdown, listing every nominated Apple TV+ series and film, along with every category they’re up for. Severance (27 nominations) Severance didn’t just top Apple TV+’s list of nominees. It also earned more Emmy nominations than any other show this year. Outstanding Drama Series Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Adam Scott Outstanding Lea

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Best AV Receiver for 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-26 04:00:00

AV receivers are notoriously complex, with reams of features and confusing technical specifications. (For example, what's 4K/120Hz anyway?) Yet, what are the things that really matter when buying a new model? I'm going to sum up the most important ones right here. HDMI inputs With most TVs and set-top boxes supporting HDMI, you should buy a receiver that has as many of these HDMI input ports and outputs as possible. Front-mounted HDMI ports are kind of like a human appendix -- unneeded, becaus

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‘Andor’ Gets 14 Emmy Nominations in a Genre-Heavy Year

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-07-27 18:17:14

Television, it turns out, is geeky as hell. That seemed to be the major takeaway as the 77th annual Emmy Award nominations were announced Tuesday, with Severance leading all nominees with 27 total, HBO’s The Penguin coming in second with 24, The Last of Us in fifth with 16, and Andor coming in sixth with 14, including Outstanding Drama Series. Other genre shows, such as The Acolyte, Agatha All Along, Black Mirror, The Boys, Cobra Kai, Dune: Prophecy, House of the Dragon, Invincible, Paradise, P

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‘Not that into peace doves’: The Apollo-Soyuz patch NASA rejected

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-28 02:58:21

Fifty years ago, on July 15, 1975, three NASA astronauts and two Russian cosmonauts lifted off to meet up in orbit for the first time. Representing the joint Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP, or Soyuz-Apollo in the Soviet Union), both crews wore a cloth patch that featured the artwork of an accomplished space artist. The design that flew, however, was not the astronauts' first pick. That patch idea was rejected because Paul Calle opted to highlight the détente nature of the international handsha

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Bill Gates Sounds the Alarm on a Global Health Catastrophe

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-07-30 14:02:17

Bill Gates will not give up. The Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist is continuing his public campaign against the Trump administration’s drastic cuts to U.S. foreign aid, warning of disastrous and preventable consequences for global health programs. His strategy is twofold: sound the alarm on the immediate human cost while highlighting the long-term benefits of American generosity. He just did both. Gates amplified a harrowing, firsthand account from a doctor in Africa whose clinic, fu

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Apple TV+ docuseries scores 6 Daytime Emmy Awards nominations

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-07-31 18:44:59

Apple has picked up six Daytime Emmy nominations for one of its most interesting nature docuseries, produced in partnership with the BBC Studios Natural History Unit. See the categories and watch the trailer below. Winners will be announced this October Today, the Television Academy announced the nominees for the 52nd Daytime Emmy Awards. The winners will be revealed on October 17, a little more than a month after the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, which will take place on September 14. Among th

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Indeed, Glassdoor to lay off 1,300 staff amid AI push

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2025-08-01 17:52:23

Recruit Holdings, the Japanese parent of Indeed and Glassdoor, said on Friday that it is laying off about 1,300 employees at the two companies as part of a broader restructuring that involves Glassdoor’s operations being integrated within Indeed, and an increasing focus on using AI. The job cuts would affect functions mostly in the U.S. across the two companies’ R&D, tech, and HR and sustainability divisions, though all functions across all countries will be affected, according to an internal m

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Too Pricey in Your Amazon Cart Before? Not anymore, Dyson’s Supersonic Hair Dryer Hits Its Lowest Price

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2025-08-08 14:10:44

Blowouts can get expensive. You pay over $100 each week to have your hair washed, dried, and styled, and it should theoretically last you for days if you take care of it. You can expend it with dry shampoo of course, but you’ll soon end up needing to do it the next week. It gets a little much if you’re saving, and driving to the salon can be annoying. What’s the solution? A great hair tool that helps you tame your mane at home. And if you move fast, you can get one at Amazon without having to bu

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Ilya Sutskever will lead Safe Superintelligence following his CEO’s exit

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-08-14 14:29:07

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever says he is stepping into the CEO role at Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup he launched in 2024. In a post on X, Sutskever confirmed Thursday that Daniel Gross, the startup’s co-founder and CEO, departed the company as of June 29. Safe Superintelligence co-founder Daniel Levy is becoming president of the startup, according to Sutskever. The announcement follows weeks of reporting that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was in advanced talks to hire Gross, as well as h

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Microsoft Is Firing About 9,000 People Because Business Is Great

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-15 08:54:49

Microsoft is laying off thousands of employees, even as its profits and stock price hit historic highs. For many worried about the future of work in the age of artificial intelligence, the message is chilling: performance and profitability are no longer protections against the axe. The software giant, which is playing a central role in the generative AI boom, confirmed to Gizmodo on Wednesday that it is undergoing another major round of layoffs. While Microsoft did not provide an exact figure,

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Microsoft Just Fired About 9,000 People While Making Billions

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-15 18:54:49

Microsoft is laying off thousands of employees, even as its profits and stock price hit historic highs. For many worried about the future of work in the age of artificial intelligence, the message is chilling: performance and profitability are no longer protections against the axe. The software giant, which is playing a central role in the generative AI boom, confirmed to Gizmodo on Wednesday that it is undergoing another major round of layoffs. While Microsoft did not provide an exact figure,

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Medical groups warn Senate budget bill will create dystopian health care system

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-17 01:22:44

Medical organizations are blasting the Senate's budget bill in the wake of its narrow passage Tuesday, warning of the dystopian health care system that will arise from the $1.1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs if it is passed into law. The bill has moved back to the House for a vote on the Senate's changes. Over the weekend, an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office estimated that 11.8 million people would lose their health insurance over the next decade due

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Medical groups warn Senate budget bill will create dystopian healthcare system

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-17 06:22:44

Medical organizations are blasting the Senate's budget bill in the wake of its narrow passage Tuesday, warning of the dystopian healthcare system that will arise from the $1.1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs if it is passed into law. The bill has moved back to the House for a vote on the Senate's changes. Over the weekend, an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office estimated that 11.8 million people would lose their health insurance over the next decade due

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14 Million People Could Die in Next 5 Years Due to USAID Cuts, Study Finds

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-08-19 10:15:14

Elon Musk’s wood-chipping of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is poised to leave piles of bodies behind in its wake, a new study suggests. Scientists have calculated that recent funding cuts to USAID could lead to millions of preventable deaths worldwide over the next half-decade. An international group of researchers conducted the study, published Monday in the Lancet. They estimated that USAID funding in developing countries has helped save dozens of millions of

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El Chapo drug cartel reportedly tracked and killed informants by hacking an FBI phone

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-20 02:00:02

The Mexican Sinaloa cartel hired a hacker to track and surveil the FBI, then used that information to intimidate and even kill witnesses against drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, according to a Justice Department report spotted by Ars Technica. The hacker used relatively sophisticated data collection techniques and weaknesses in the FBI's cybersecurity to identify the witnesses, the report states. According to the highly redacted report, which is based in part on testimony from an "individua

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Reverse Engineering the Microchip CLB

news.ycombinator.com Reverse Engineering The Microchip Clb 2025-08-22 15:30:02

Microchip added a very cool peripheral called the Configurable Logic Block (CLB) to there new PIC16F13145 microcontroller family. It’s essentially a small FPGA (32 LUTs) that can connect to the internals of the chip. However, they don’t document how to configure it yourself, only referring you to their online configurator tool that submits jobs to an API that places and routes to LUTs. The [CLB] Interface does not appear as an SFR in the Register Map and is not directly user-accessible; it is

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Rivian cuts dozens on manufacturing team ahead of R2 launch

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-08-26 02:58:29

Rivian has laid off around 140 employees, or roughly 1% of its workforce, as it prepares for the launch of its more affordable R2 SUV in 2026, TechCrunch has learned. The cuts were mostly made to Rivian’s manufacturing team and have been ongoing since Wednesday, according to multiple former employees who were granted anonymity to speak about the layoffs. Some employees were told that the company was eliminating roles that created “process inefficiencies.” Rivian confirmed the cuts in an email

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How to watch the Axiom Mission 4 astronauts reach the ISS

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-28 22:30:59

A new Dragon spacecraft launched on top of a Falcon 9 rocket at 2:31AM Eastern time on June 25, 2025 to take the four astronauts of Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station. It's the second Axiom mission that's been sponsored in part by national governments, with the country and space organization of each participant contributing to mission costs. Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson serves as the mission commander, while Indian Space Research Organisation astonaut Shubhanshu Shukla is

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Xbox will reportedly conduct another major round of layoffs next week

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-30 21:58:46

It seems the cuts just keep on coming within Microsoft's gaming division. A company-wide reorganization is taking place, and that's slated to include another major round of layoffs within the Xbox team. Those cuts will be confirmed next week, according to Bloomberg. Engadget has contacted Microsoft for comment. Microsoft confirmed last month that it would lay off about three percent of its total workforce across all teams, levels and regions in an attempt to streamline operations and flatten it

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I skipped every Death Stranding cutscene and I’ll do it again

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2025-08-31 02:00:00

I beat the original Death Stranding, but please don’t ask me what happened in it. There was a cataclysm — not quite a Gommage — that made the US more divided than ever, and you play as a babysitter-meets-delivery-guy who has special awareness of invisible, hostile creatures called BTs that are “beached,” which isn’t as relaxing as it sounds. There are grenades filled with pee, poop, and blood, and everyone who’s anyone was motion-captured to be in the game. There are whales, Guillermo del Toro (

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Microsoft planning ‘major’ Xbox layoffs next week

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-08-31 02:17:05

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is planning to cut jobs in the company’s Xbox gaming business, as early as next week. I first reported in Notepad earlier this month that Microsoft was planning Xbox layoffs “potentially by the end of the month,” and now Bloomberg says a round of “major layoffs” is due next week. I understand managers at Microsoft have been briefed about Xbox cuts and wider layoffs i

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Look Outside just got a big update bringing a bunch of new creepy experiences

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-02 23:25:41

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . I didn't really need an excuse to begin another playthrough of Look Outside, but the developer just dropped an update that provides plenty of reasons to dip back into the survival horror RPG if you were looking for any. Update 1.5 brings new crafting recipes, new interactions with peop

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Mortgage Rates and the Federal Reserve: Everything to Know Before Today's Decision

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-09 10:15:03

The Fed's interest rate decisions impact mortgages, but the relationship isn't straightforward. Tharon Green/CNET Later today, the Federal Reserve is expected to extend a pause on interest rate cuts for a fourth consecutive time this year. While mortgage rates could see some volatility, many economists expect them to stay relatively flat until the economic picture changes. Average rates are likely to stay in the 6.75% to 7.25% range unless the Fed signals multiple cuts and backs up their polic

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My favorite iPhone productivity feature just got a major upgrade with iOS 26 (and it's not Siri)

zdnet.com Prakhar Khanna 2025-09-11 05:59:00

Apple Shortcuts app on MacOS 26 Apple At WWDC last week, Apple showcased multiple new functionalities coming to its Shortcuts app. While most of these features were part of the MacOS 26 announcement, the Shortcuts app on iPhone will receive this update, too. The Shortcut app can use AI directly and enables developers to access Apple's on-device large language model (LLM). This means you can use AI-based Shortcut features without requiring an active internet connection. Also: Apple's 'The Illu

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Shortcuts app has chatbot-like Apple Intelligence powers in iOS 26

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-13 02:29:33

Apple Intelligence doesn’t (yet) offer an official chatbot mode, but in iOS 26 Apple will let power users get a chatbot-style experience via the Shortcuts app. Here’s how it works. New Shortcuts feature gives you chatbot-like responses from Apple Intelligence iOS 26 has a new feature in the Shortcuts app that lets you tap directly into Apple Intelligence’s LLMs with any custom query. One surprise benefit of this feature, as highlighted by AppleInsider, is that Shortcuts’ responses sound a lot

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Does Next Week's Fed Meeting Matter for Mortgage Rates? Yes and No

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-13 22:00:05

When interest rate cuts do come, it won't be a cure-all for today's unaffordable housing market. Saifulasmee Chede/Getty Images/CNET If you followed the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions last year, you might have been puzzled: The Fed's three interest rate cuts didn't translate into cheaper mortgages. In fact, the average rate for a 30-year fixed home loan has hovered around 6.8% since late fall. On Wednesday, the central bank is expected to extend a pause on interest rate cuts for a

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Google offers buyouts to employees across the company, including Search

cnbc.com Jennifer Elias 2025-09-18 17:09:36

Google on Tuesday offered buyouts to employees across several of its divisions, including those within its knowledge and information and central engineering units as well as marketing, research and communications teams, CNBC has learned. Knowledge and information, or K&I, is the unit that houses Google's search, ads and commerce divisions. The buyouts Tuesday are the company's latest effort to reduce headcount, which Google has continued to do in waves since laying off 12,000 employees in 2023.

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Outset raises $17M to replace human interviewers with AI agents for enterprise research

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-09-18 12:00:00

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Outset, a San Francisco startup that uses artificial intelligence to conduct market research interviews, has raised $17 million in Series A funding to accelerate adoption of its AI-moderated research platform among Fortune 500 enterprises. The round, led by venture capital firm 8VC with participation from Future Back Ventures by Bain & Com

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El Chapo drug cartel reportedly tracked and killed informants by hacking an FBI phone

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