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All AI Models Might be The Same

news.ycombinator.com Jack Morris 2026-01-21 05:28:49

Project CETI is a large-scale effort to decode whale speech. If AI models do learn a universal language, we might be able to use it to talk to whales. Growing up, I sometimes played a game with my friends called “Mussolini or Bread.” It’s a guessing game, kind of like Twenty Questions. The funny name comes from the idea that, in the space of everything, ‘Mussolini’ and ‘bread’ are about as far away from each other as you can get. One round might go like this: Is it closer to Mussolini or bre

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T-Mobile’s Starlink Service Launches Next Week. Here's How to Get It on Any Carrier

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-21 05:48:00

We're less than a week away from the launch of T-Mobile’s partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service. The direct-to-cell messaging service, called T-Satellite, will also be available to AT&T and Verizon cellphone customers. T-Mobile says its goal is to "eliminate mobile dead zones for good" by way of 657 Starlink satellites that'll be used exclusively for cellphone service. T-Satellite has been in beta testing since December 2024, with nearly 1.8 million users signing up so f

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Reportedly Holding "Going Out of Business Sale" for Satellites

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-21 11:06:15

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Reportedly Holding "Going Out of Business Sale" for Satellites NASA scientists are furious. Fire Sale NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab is reportedly holding a "going out of business sale" for its satellites, NASA Watch reports. The list of for-sale assets includes several Earth-monitoring satellites that were once tasked with studying the environment, helping with hurricane prediction efforts, and measuring the effects of climate change. Most launched over the last

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Here are the new features for Pixels in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-21 12:51:34

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has released the third and final beta for Android 16’s first quarterly platform release (QPR1). Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 is available without a detailed changelog, which is typical for these releases. We’ve already started digging into the build to find out what’s new, though, and here’s what we’ve discovered so far. Note: At the time of this article’s publication, Google has only released the Generic System Images (GSIs) for Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3. The

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What's going on with gene therapies? (Part one)

news.ycombinator.com Nehal Udyavar 2026-01-19 00:48:53

Tree of Hope, Remain Strong (1946) by Frida Kahlo First attempts in a new field of medicine rarely go according to plan. On September 14, 1990, Dr. William French Anderson and his team at the National Institute of Health (NIH) performed the first official gene therapy trial. The patient, a 4-year-old Ashanti deSilva, suffered from a rare genetic disease called adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency, a form of severe combined immune deficiency (SCID). Children with ADA-SCID rarely make it to adult

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Delta moves to eliminate set prices, use AI to set your personal ticket price

news.ycombinator.com Irina Ivanova 2026-01-21 12:16:54

Fresh off a victory lap after a better-than-expected earnings report, Delta Air Lines is leaning into AI as a way to boost its profit margins further by maximizing what individual passengers pay for fares. By the end of the year, Delta plans for 20% of its ticket prices to be individually determined using AI, president Glen Hauenstein told investors last week. Currently, about 3% of the airline’s flight prices are AI-determined, triple the portion from nine months ago. Over time, the goal is t

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The Best-Sounding Midrange Bluetooth Speaker I've Tested Is 25% Off Right Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-21 10:46:00

Deal alert: The Sony ULT Field 5 Bluetooth speaker is available for $248 at Amazon. That's equivalent to 25% off or a savings of $82. We named this newcomer the best midrange Bluetooth speaker available, and this discount puts it in a much more appealing price range. If you were to ask me what my favorite new portable Bluetooth speaker of 2025 is so far, I'd have to say Sony's ULT Field 5 speaker. When it launched back in April, I called it one of the best-sounding Bluetooth speakers I've teste

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How to run an LLM on your laptop

technologyreview.com Grace Huckins 2026-01-21 17:01:29

For Pistilli, opting for local models as opposed to online chatbots has implications beyond privacy. “Technology means power,” she says. “And so who[ever] owns the technology also owns the power.” States, organizations, and even individuals might be motivated to disrupt the concentration of AI power in the hands of just a few companies by running their own local models. Breaking away from the big AI companies also means having more control over your LLM experience. Online LLMs are constantly sh

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Pixel Watch 4 upgrades could include a repair-friendly design and new emergency tools

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-21 17:40:14

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR With the Pixel Watch 4, Google may finally introduce a new construction that’s more conducive to hardware repairs. A new Breathing Emergencies tool could detect with your oxygen levels fall too low. Google may also bring satellite support to the Pixel Watch 4 for communication during emergencies. When you’re thinking about picking up a premium smartwatch, durability is a major concern. After all, a good watch can easily go for as much as a phone itsel

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This prepaid provider now supports cellular Pixel, Apple, and Galaxy Watch models

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-21 17:55:43

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Visible has expanded its cellular watch support to include the new Galaxy Watch 8 lineup, in addition to existing support for Pixel and Apple Watches. Officially, only the Galaxy Watch 8, 8 Classic, and Ultra are supported, but there are rumors that older Galaxy Watches may eventually be added. In addition to the Galaxy Watch 8, you’ll also find support for Pixel Watch 2 or newer, as well as the Apple Watch Series 4 or newer. While prepaid carriers ha

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Google hides secret message in name list of 3,295 AI researchers

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-21 17:12:01

How many Google AI researchers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A recent research paper detailing the technical core behind Google's Gemini AI assistant may suggest an answer, listing an eye-popping 3,295 authors. It's a number that recently caught the attention of machine learning researcher David Ha (known as "hardmaru" online), who revealed on X that the first 43 names also contain a hidden message. "There’s a secret code if you observe the authors’ first initials in the order of author

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This Killer Dell 14 Plus Deal Changed My Opinion of the Laptop

wired.com Luke Larsen 2026-01-21 17:13:02

When I first reviewed the Dell 14 Plus (6/10, WIRED Review), my main criticism was over the price. At the time, the only configuration available had a terabyte of storage and cost $1,099. That hurt its appeal to me, especially since it would be a more attractive sub-$1,000 laptop if Dell were selling a 512-GB option. But what if that 1-TB model was significantly discounted? Well, that changes everything. The 14 Plus is just $700 right now, directly from Dell, down $400 from its retail price. It

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The best smartphones to buy in 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-21 22:00:36

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 . You might already have a good idea of which smartphone you want to be your next one. But there are more solid options available now than ever before, making the decision not as cut-and-dry as it used to be. While the decision is a bit easier if you know you want an iPhone, there's even

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Mistral Releases Deep Research, Voice, Projects in Le Chat

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-21 21:00:18

AI assistants are at their best when they let you go deeper in your thinking, keep your conversation flowing, and maintain contextual continuity. Today, we’re making Le Chat even more capable, more intuitive — and more fun — with a collection of powerful new features to help you research more thoroughly, express yourself more naturally, and keep your interactions — text, voice, and images — organized in context. What’s new in Le Chat. Deep Research mode: Lightning fast, structured research rep

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Our Best View Yet of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-01-21 22:40:08

A comet unlike any seen before has fixated astronomers around the world. An observatory in Hawaii has unveiled the most stunning image of this ancient interstellar visitor yet. The Gemini North telescope on Maunakea, Hawaii, recently snapped a close-up of 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever discovered. The telescope’s highly sensitive Multi-Object Spectrograph captured the comet’s compact coma—a cloud of gas and dust surrounding its icy nucleus—in striking detail. 3I/ATLAS is inbound t

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 Specs vs. Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold: How Each Fold Phone Compares

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-21 21:00:04

Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7 debuted the biggest redesign the book-style folding phone line has seen thus far. The new phone has a body that's slim enough to feel like a standard phone when closed and unfolds to reveal an 8-inch display. This reimagining also comes at a higher $2,000 price, making it easily the priciest phone of its category compared with similar offerings like Google's $1,799 Pixel 9 Pro Fold. Watch this: Ultra Thin: First Look at the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 02:45 Google's

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Will AI end cheap flights? Critics attack Delta’s “predatory” AI pricing.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-21 22:01:26

Delta has become the first airline to announce that it is using AI to boost profits by personalizing pricing through a pilot program that for months has caused customers to pay different prices for the same flights based on their data profile. Critics have warned that this use of AI goes beyond airline practices that charge people who book flights ahead less than people who book flights at the last minute—and could ultimately mean the end of cheap flights across the board if other airlines foll

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Elon Musk gets more time to respond to SEC suit over Twitter disclosure

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2026-01-22 03:13:49

Elon Musk listens as US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to give Elon Musk more time to respond to its lawsuit over his alleged failure to properly disclose purchases of Twitter stock before bidding to buy the company. In a motion filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington, the SEC said it had reached a joint ag

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Hackers are trying to steal passwords and sensitive data from users of Signal clone

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2026-01-22 03:42:48

Hackers are targeting a previously reported bug in the Signal clone app TeleMessage in an effort to steal users’ private data, according to security researchers and a U.S. government agency. TeleMessage, which earlier this year was revealed to be used by high-ranking officials in the Trump administration, already experienced at least one data breach in May. The company markets modified versions of Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram for corporations and government agencies that need to archive chats

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Virtuos, the studio behind Oblivion Remastered, is laying off around 270 employees

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-22 06:57:22

It said teams 'facing lower occupancy and slower demand due to structural shifts in the industry' would bear the brunt of the cuts. Virtuos, the studio that developed The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, is laying off seven percent of its staff, or around 270 employees. Gauthier Andres, a reporter and co-founder at Origami, was first to report the news, which the studio later confirmed. Virtuos has provided support on a number of large game projects — including a recent patch for Cyberpunk

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Researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google issue joint AI safety warning - here's why

zdnet.com Radhika Rajkumar 2026-01-22 08:15:39

Andriy Onufriyenko / Getty Images Over the last year, chain of thought (CoT) -- an AI model's ability to articulate its approach to a query in natural language -- has become an impressive development in generative AI, especially in agentic systems. Now, several researchers agree it may also be critical to AI safety efforts. On Tuesday, researchers from competing companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google DeepMind, as well as institutions like the Center for AI Safety, Apollo Resea

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Signs Your Gut Is Unhealthy and the 4 Ways to Restore It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-22 06:30:03

Your gut health plays a significant role in your overall well-being. In fact, the trillions of microbes living in your gut, collectively known as the gut microbiome, serve as your body's internal environment. Many people have recently become obsessed with healing their gut to avoid embarrassing symptoms like bloating and/or flatulence. Consider your gut microbiome as "little pets living inside your intestinal tract," Cleveland Clinic microbiome expert Gail Cresci explains. These microbes help b

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Adobe Firefly can now generate sound effects from your audio cues

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-22 12:00:08

Since rolling out the redesign of its Firefly app in April, Adobe has been releasing major updates for the generative AI hub at a near monthly clip. Today, the company is introducing a handful of new features to assist those who use Firefly's video capabilities. To start, Adobe is making it easier to add sound effects to AI-generated clips. Right now, the majority of video models create footage without any accompanying audio. Adobe is addressing this with a nifty little feature that allows user

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Another big car company gives up on hydrogen

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-22 12:30:11

Stellantis, the automotive giant behind Chrysler, Citroen, Fiat, Jeep and Peugeot, is pulling out of hydrogen. The company said it’s killing its fuel cell development program in the face of “limited availability of hydrogen refueling infrastructure, high capital requirements and the need for stronger consumer purchasing incentives.” To put that another way, it’s realized hydrogen EVs are facing the same set of challenges it’s not been able to overcome in the last two or three decades. It’s a st

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EU presses pause on probe of X as US trade talks heat up

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-22 12:19:05

The European Commission has stalled one of its investigations into Elon Musk’s X for breaking the bloc’s digital transparency rules, while it seeks to conclude trade talks with the US. Brussels was expected to finalise its probe into the social media platform before the EU’s summer recess but will miss this deadline, according to three officials familiar with the matter. They noted that a decision was likely to follow after clarity emerged in the EU-US trade negotiations. “It’s all tied up,” on

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Feds tell automakers to forget about paying fuel economy fines

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-22 12:27:16

Automakers selling cars in the United States now have even less incentive to care about fuel economy. As Ars has noted before, the current administration and its Republican allies in Congress have been working hard to undermine federal regulations meant to make our vehicle fleet more efficient. Some measures have been aimed at decreasing adoption of electric vehicles—for example the IRS clean vehicle tax credit will be eliminated at the end of September. Others have targeted federal fuel econom

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It’s too late for a Google Pixel flip phone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-22 17:00:27

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Just think about it: A Google Pixel Flip. Honestly, it sounds like my dream phone. It’d combine my favorite form factor with my favorite Android skin, and I’d never need to recommend anything else again. I’d have Google’s top-notch image processing to balance out the often-limited flip phone cameras, years of updates to look forward to, and a cover screen experience that only needs a proper app drawer to leap ahead of Samsung’s Flex Window. And yet, I can’t s

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Xbox Hacks: The A20 (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-22 06:22:53

In November of this year (2021) we will hit 20 years since the release of the original Xbox. This console was full of vulnerabilities (or misconfiguration) from the software to the hardware and with such a low price point two decades ago for a computer - it was highly popular. For this post we are going to go into a lot of details regarding one mistake Microsoft made which was the A20. All the discoveries and research belongs to The Xbox Linux Project and Michael Steil. Research was obtained be

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Delta Set to Expand AI-Powered Dynamic Ticket Pricing by the End of 2025

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2026-01-22 17:40:29

Last year, Delta Air Lines announced it was testing out dynamic pricing on some flights using tools built by the tech company Fetcherr. And while the test was initially limited, executives from the company announced that 3% of flights now use AI pricing, and they hope to sell 20% of all tickets using a dynamic price by the end of the year. Edward H. Bastian, the CEO of Delta, explained the strategy on an investors call last week, noting that it was “optimizing revenue through [its] partnership

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All the Best Places We Can Stream Free Anime, Every Day

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-22 16:00:11

July is anime month, but that doesn't mean paying for streaming subscriptions is always in the budget, right? Some of you may have read the headline on this and thought your anime piracy wishes were about to come true. Sorry friends, this isn't the place where we'll point you to bootleg anime. What we can do, however, is highlight the streaming platforms that give you free content aside from Crunchyroll's free plan. In this case, FAST options are the way to go. Classics like One Piece, Sailor M

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