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Waymo approved to start autonomous vehicle testing in New York City

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-11-06 18:19:05

Waymo has been granted a permit to test its autonomous vehicles in New York City, the first such approval granted by the city. The company told TechCrunch it plans to start testing “immediately.” The company is allowed to deploy up to eight of its Jaguar I-Pace SUVs in Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn through late September. Waymo’s vehicles must have a trained safety operator in the driver’s seat, with at least one hand on the wheel at all times. The company cannot pick up passengers (since it

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Waymo granted first permit to begin testing autonomous vehicles in New York City

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-11-06 23:28:35

Waymo is getting one step closer to rides in New York City. The Alphabet autonomous vehicle subsidiary received its first permit from the New York Department of Transportation on Friday to start testing in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday. The rollout is the city's first autonomous vehicle testing launch. Waymo will start testing eight vehicles in Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn through late September with the potential to extend the program. New York state law requires the com

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Meet the researcher hosting a scientific conference by and for AI

technologyreview.com Peter Hall 2025-11-07 15:00:00

That idea is not without its detractors. Among other issues, many feel AI is not capable of the creative thought needed in research, makes too many mistakes and hallucinations, and may limit opportunities for young researchers. Nevertheless, a number of scientists and policymakers are very keen on the promise of AI scientists. The US government’s AI Action Plan describes the need to “invest in automated cloud-enabled labs for a range of scientific fields.” Some researchers think AI scientists c

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Philosophical Thoughts on Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (2024)

news.ycombinator.com Ziming Liu 2025-11-03 09:03:12

Recently, collaborators and I proposed a new type of neural networks called the Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs), which are somewhat similar to but mostly different from Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs). The technical differences between MLPs and KANs can be found in our paper and many discussions over the internet. This blogpost does not delve into technicalities, but want to lay out quick philosophical thoughts, open to discussion. I will attempt to answer the follwoing questions: Q1: Are KAN

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In the long run, LLMs make us dumber

news.ycombinator.com .Wp-Block-Post-Author Box-Sizing Border-Box Display Flex Flex-Wrap Wrap .Wp-Block-Post-Author__Byline Font-Size Margin-Bottom Margin-Top Width 2025-11-08 02:10:39

The comfort we get when offloading our cognitive load to LLMs is bad for us. Cognitive load should exist, and if we reduce it too much – if we stop thinking – we can actually unlearn how to think. Kids who always choose the easy route and copy their homework from other students eventually find themselves completely clueless about what’s going on in school. Someone who always lets their spouse handle all the bills and banking may one day be unable to manage even a simple payment on their own. A

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Have You Seen This Rare Rainbow Snake? Florida Wants to Know

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-11-08 03:10:28

As their name suggests, rainbow snakes sport striking, iridescent scales that turn a glossy blue in the Sun. But these beautiful creatures haven’t been seen since 2020, so Florida officials are recruiting the public to help confirm they’re alive and well. In a release published August 18, Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced it was on the lookout for Farancia erytrogramma, whose populations have been threatened by habitat loss and snake fungal disease in recent ye

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The power of two random choices (2012)

news.ycombinator.com Marc Brooker 2025-11-03 20:49:43

My name is Marc Brooker. I've been writing code, reading code, and living vicariously through computers for as long as I can remember. I like to build things that work. I also dabble in machining, welding, cooking and skiing.I'm currently an engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Seattle, where I work on databases, serverless, and serverless databases. Before that, I worked on EC2 and EBS.All opinions are my own. The power of two random choices In many large-scale web services, multiple laye

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Google is selling a version of Gemini for government agencies

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-08 14:42:21

Google has announced plans to sell a custom version of its Gemini AI models for government agencies. "Gemini for Government" includes access to existing tools like NotebookLM, and "Google-quality enterprise search, video and image generation capabilities." The AI platform is in direct competition with similar offerings from OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI. A big focus of Google's pitch for Gemini for Government is the idea of automating administrative tasks with AI agents. The company touts pre-built

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The power of two random choices

news.ycombinator.com Marc Brooker 2025-11-04 02:49:43

My name is Marc Brooker. I've been writing code, reading code, and living vicariously through computers for as long as I can remember. I like to build things that work. I also dabble in machining, welding, cooking and skiing.I'm currently an engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Seattle, where I work on databases, serverless, and serverless databases. Before that, I worked on EC2 and EBS.All opinions are my own. The power of two random choices In many large-scale web services, multiple laye

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Man Experiences Joy For the First Time in Decades After Brain Stimulation Treatment

gizmodo.com Natalia Mesa 2025-11-08 14:05:15

A man who lived with severe, treatment-resistant depression for over 30 years is now in remission, thanks to a new brain stimulation method that targets selective areas of his brain. The man reported experiencing joy for the first time in decades after the treatment. “He was crying and saying, ‘I’m not sad, I’m just happy. I don’t know what to do with these emotions’,” the study’s first author, Ziad Nahas, a psychiatrist and professor at the University of Minnesota, told Gizmodo. Nahas and a t

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The contrarian physics podcast subculture

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-08 17:13:56

This is the story of how a circle of popular science communicators, who built their brands on championing free inquiry, worked to suppress scientific critique. Of how Eric Weinstein, the man who condemns the scientific community for suppressing his and his family’s work, nearly succeeded in cancelling me through intimidation and false threats. And of how Sabine Hossenfelder spins the truth for the sake of audience capture and podcast hosts Brian Keating and Curt Jaimungal prioritize tribe loyalt

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Boy Genius Quits SpaceX for Greener Pastures

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-08 22:06:11

After making waves for getting a job at SpaceX's Starlink at the precocious age of 14, Bay Area boy wonder Kairan Quazi is preparing to leave the nest, move to New York, and get a new job. Quazi, now 16, explained to Business Insider why he's leaving Starlink to work for Citadel Securities, one of the world's biggest stock trading firms that specializes in the rapid-fire algorithmic transactions of quantitative finance. "After two years at SpaceX," the precocious teen told BI, "I felt ready to

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Physics Grifters: Eric Weinstein, Sabine Hossenfelder a Crisis of Credibility

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-08 23:13:56

This is the story of how a circle of popular science communicators, who built their brands on championing free inquiry, worked to suppress scientific critique. Of how Eric Weinstein, the man who condemns the scientific community for suppressing his and his family’s work, nearly succeeded in cancelling me through intimidation and false threats. And of how Sabine Hossenfelder spins the truth for the sake of audience capture and podcast hosts Brian Keating and Curt Jaimungal prioritize tribe loyalt

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Marines managed to get past an AI powered camera "undetected" by hiding in boxes

news.ycombinator.com Gio Silva 2025-11-08 22:59:30

In what sounds like a scene from a comedy movie, a squad of Marines successfully outsmarted an advanced artificial intelligence system by employing tactics that would make any child playing hide-and-seek proud. The remarkable demonstration revealed both the impressive capabilities and surprising limitations of modern AI technology. The experiment took place as part of DARPA’s Squad X program a while back. It aimed to develop advanced surveillance systems capable of identifying human threats in

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Launch HN: Skope (YC S25) – Outcome-based pricing for software products

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-09 09:09:38

Hi HN, we’re Ben and Connor, the co-founders of Skope ( https://www.useskope.com/ ), a billing system that supports outcome-based pricing for software—that is, which charges your customers only when your software actually works. We’re an alternative to Stripe Billing, Orb, and Metronome that natively supports this pricing model, because we believe it’s especially needed for the AI products which are flooding the market and that will continue to be built in the future. Here’s a demo video: https

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FBI warns of Russian hackers exploiting 7-year-old Cisco flaw

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-09 23:04:08

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned that hackers linked to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) are targeting critical infrastructure organizations in attacks exploiting a 7-year-old vulnerability in Cisco devices. The FBI's public service announcement states that the state-backed hacking group, linked to the FSB's Center 16 unit and tracked as Berserk Bear (also known as Blue Kraken, Crouching Yeti, Dragonfly, and Koala Team), has been targeting Cisco networking devices usi

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There’s another dual-screen Android gaming handheld on the way, and it’s shockingly affordable

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-10 10:00:03

AYN TL;DR AYN’s upcoming dual-screen Thor handheld will start at just $249. That’s $100 cheaper than the AYANEO Pocket DS, although it’s smaller and less powerful. It will be available for pre-order on the official AYN website starting next week. AYANEO rocked the handheld gaming world when it announced the dual-screened Pocket DS, which is set to finally replace the Nintendo 3DS years after it was discontinued. A few days later, AYN swooped in to steal the show with a new, smaller dual-scre

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Home Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts

news.ycombinator.com Pesala Bandara 2025-11-09 16:23:19

A customer has sued Home Depot, claiming the retail giant has been secretly using facial recognition technology on customers with cameras placed at self-checkout kiosks. Earlier this month, Benjamin Jankowski, a frequent Home Depot shopper, filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the company. He claims the retailer’s self-checkout kiosks use facial recognition technology that scans and collects people’s facial details without their permission. In the lawsuit, Jankowski says cameras at th

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Microsoft's AI Leader Is Begging You to Stop Treating AI Like Humans

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-11 12:23:00

Microsoft AI's CEO Mustafa Suleyman is clear: AI is not human and does not possess a truly human consciousness. But the warp-speed advancement of generative AI is making that harder and harder to recognize. The consequences are potentially disastrous, he wrote Tuesday in an essay on his personal blog. Suleyman's 4,600-word treatise is a timely reaction to a growing phenomenon of AI users ascribing human-like qualities of consciousness to AI tools. It's not an unreasonable reaction; it's human n

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The 12 Best Eye Creams of 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-11 14:07:00

According to dermatologist Dr. Sheila Farhang, board-certified dermatologist and founder of Avant Dermatology & Aesthetics, eye creams can provide real benefits if you choose the right product and ingredients. "In my opinion, you really should invest in the product you're putting on your eyes daily because [the eye area] is the thinnest skin on our body and is super sensitive to allergens/irritation and you want it to work and have science to back it up -- especially for the anti-aging/fine lin

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Mammals that chose ants and termites as food almost never go back

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-11 12:35:30

If you were to design the strangest diet possible, eating nothing but ants and termites would probably make the shortlist. Yet over the past 66 million years, mammals across the globe have repeatedly gone down this path—not once or twice, but at least a dozen times. From anteaters and aardvarks to pangolins and aardwolves, the so-called myrmecophages (animals that feed on ants and termites) have evolved similar traits: they’ve lost most or all of their teeth, grown long sticky tongues, and learn

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These little robots are changing the way solar farms are built, saving time and money

cnbc.com Diana Olick 2025-11-11 18:31:33

The data for manual surveying is uploaded into the Civ software, then the operator chooses the area they want to mark and presses go. The robot does the rest, saving both time and money. "Our secret sauce and our core technology is actually in the navigation and the geospatial -- being able to literally mark coordinates within less than a quarter inch, which is very, very difficult in an uneven terrain, outdoor surfaces, and out in the desert," said Tom Yeshurun, CEO of Civ Robotics. CivDot is

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Human rights regulator criticises Met's use of facial recognition cameras

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-12 18:06:58

Human rights regulator criticises Met's use of facial recognition cameras The UK's equality regulator has criticised the Metropolitan Police's use of live facial recognition technology (LFRT), saying the way it is being deployed is breaching human rights law. The tech works by scanning the faces of people recorded on CCTV and then comparing them against a watchlist of people who the police are seeking. The Met says it has made more than 1,000 arrests since January 2024 using LFRT and is confi

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Modern CI is too complex and misdirected (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-12 20:30:06

The state of CI platforms is much stronger than it was just a few years ago. Overall, this is a good thing: access to powerful CI platforms enables software developers and companies to ship more reliable software more frequently, which benefits its users/customers. Centralized CI platforms like GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, and Bitbucket provide benefits of scale, as the Internet serves as a collective information repository for how to use them. Do a search for how to do X on CI platform Y a

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Signs Your Gut Is Struggling and Needs Help, According to a Microbiome Expert

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-13 03:10:02

Imagine "little pets living inside your intestinal tract." That's how Cleveland Clinic microbiome expert Gail Cresci describes the trillions of microbes in your gut. Those microbes not only impact your gut health and break down food but also affect your overall well-being, as they support your immunity, regulate inflammation in the body, and even produce vital compounds like vitamins and hormones. Knowing how crucial your gut health is to your overall health, it's important to pay attention whe

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Modern CI Is Too Complex and Misdirected

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-13 02:30:06

The state of CI platforms is much stronger than it was just a few years ago. Overall, this is a good thing: access to powerful CI platforms enables software developers and companies to ship more reliable software more frequently, which benefits its users/customers. Centralized CI platforms like GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, and Bitbucket provide benefits of scale, as the Internet serves as a collective information repository for how to use them. Do a search for how to do X on CI platform Y a

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Scientists Created an Entire Social Network Where Every User Is a Bot, and Something Wild Happened

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-13 12:36:33

It's no secret that social media has devolved into a toxic cesspool of disinformation and hate speech. Without any meaningful pressure to come up with effective guardrails and enforceable policies, social media platforms quickly turned into rage-filled and polarizing echo chambers with one purpose: to keep users hooked on outrage and brain rot so they can display more ads. And given the results of a recent experiment by researchers at the University of Amsterdam, they may be doomed to stay tha

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Google announced the next step in its nuclear energy plans

theverge.com Justine Calma 2025-11-13 17:45:58

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google is one step closer to reaching its nuclear ambitions now that it’s working with public power utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to purchase electricity from a next-generation

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Silicon Valley Is Panicking About Zohran Mamdani. NYC's Tech Scene Is Not

news.ycombinator.com Caroline Haskins 2025-11-14 09:37:04

In the weeks since Zohran Mamdani’s New York City Democratic primary win on June 20, a slew of tech executives who do not have a primary residence in the city or state of New York have been panicking about the prospect of him becoming mayor. Every member of the popular All-In podcast, including current White House “AI and crypto czar” David Sacks, has raised alarms on X about the prospect of a Mamdani mayoralty. “Wake up, Silicon Valley,” Sacks posted on June 29, sharing a video of Mamdani on

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D2 (text to diagram tool) now supports ASCII renders

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-14 09:14:41

In the latest release of D2 (0.7.1), we introduce ASCII outputs. Any output file with extension txt will use the ASCII renderer to write to it. Here is an example of their rendering from the D2 Vim extension. The user opens a .d2 file and opens a preview window, which updates upon every save. Perhaps the most useful place for ASCII diagrams is in the source code comments. Small simple diagrams next to functions or classes can serve to be much clearer than describing a flow. Here again the Vi

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