GoKawiil - Latest Tech News & Aggregated Headlines

Meta partners with Midjourney on AI image and video models

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-11-07 09:41:31

Meta is partnering with Midjourney to license the startup’s AI image and video generation technology, Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang announced Friday in a post on Threads. Wang says Meta’s research teams will collaborate with Midjourney to bring its technology into future AI models and products. “To ensure Meta is able to deliver the best possible products for people it will require taking an all-of-the-above approach,” Wang said. “This means world-class talent, ambitious compute roadmap,

Topics: ai image meta midjourney startup

Shop Amazon

U.S. officially takes 10% stake in Intel

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-11-07 14:42:28

Lip-Bu Tan, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., departs following a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. White House officials previously told CNBC that Trump and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan will meet on Friday afternoon. Lutnick's post included a photo with Tan. "They've agreed to do it and I think it's a great deal for them," Trump told reporters Friday at the White House Earlier on Friday, President Donald Trump said the government should get about 10% o

Topics: chips company government intel said

Shop Amazon

When Starship Comes to Florida, Expect 2-Hour Flight Delays, FAA Warns

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-11-07 18:55:05

SpaceX aims to expand its Starship operations to Cape Canaveral, Florida, with a goal of launching 44 super heavy-lift rockets per year. If regulators approve this plan, the uptick in launch activity could result in more ground stops, reroutes, and flight delays at major airports throughout the Sunshine State, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. In a draft environmental impact statement released this month, the FAA states that airports such as Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Internation

Topics: ahas international launch spacex starship

Shop Amazon

US government plans to take a 10% stake in Intel

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-11-07 18:14:36

The U.S. government plans to take a 10% stake in Intel, President Donald Trump told reporters Friday. Bloomberg was first to report the news, which pushed the semiconductor chip company’s stock up more than 7%. Trump said Intel has agreed to the proposal. Intel declined to comment. The news comes during a pivotal — and recently volatile — time for Intel. CEO Lip-Bu Tan is currently restructuring the chipmaker, shuttering certain divisions and laying off workers in a bid to focus on its core bu

Topics: disrupt government intel said trump

Shop Amazon

Intel stock rises as Trump says chipmaker has agreed to sell stake to government

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-11-07 23:52:53

Lip-Bu Tan, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., departs following a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Intel shares rose about 6% on Friday after Bloomberg reported that the Trump administration is poised to announce that the U.S. government will take an equity stake in the struggling chipmaker. Following the report, President Donald Trump said the government should get about 10% of the company, which has a market cap of just over $100 billion. "Th

Topics: chips company government intel said

Shop Amazon

The issue of anti-cheat on Linux

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-07 03:09:33

The number of people choosing Linux as their primary operating system to play games has been slowly but steadily going up, at least according to the Steam hardware survey. This is most likely because of the Steam Deck release and the increasingly obnoxious features being added to Windows. If you switch to Linux today, you’ll probably be surprised by how many games run out of the box just fine (mostly due to the Windows compatibility layer Proton built right into Steam), except for basically all

Topics: anti cheat game just kernel

Shop Amazon

Trump says the US is taking a 10 percent stake in Intel

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-11-07 23:39:55

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. President Donald Trump has confirmed that the US will take a 10 percent stake in Intel. During a press conference on Friday, Trump said Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan agreed to give the government the stake, which is valued at around $10 billion. Earlier this month, Trump

Topics: deal government intel said trump

Shop Amazon

TikTok denies India comeback after reports of website going live

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-11-07 23:59:43

TikTok has not been unbanned in India, TechCrunch confirmed Friday, despite brief website access that sparked media reports of a possible comeback after more than five years. A TikTok spokesperson told TechCrunch that the Chinese-owned social media platform’s ban by the Indian government remains in place, and the short-video platform is not accessible in the country. “We have not restored access to TikTok in India and continue to comply with the Government of India’s directive,” the spokespers

Topics: government india media techcrunch tiktok

Shop Amazon

Launch HN: BlankBio (YC S25) - Making RNA Programmable

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-08 03:53:30

Hey HN, we're Phil, Ian and Jonny, and we're building BlankBio ( https://blank.bio ). We're training RNA foundation models to power a computational toolkit for therapeutics. The first application is in mRNA design where our vision is for any biologist to design an effective therapeutic sequence ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgI7WJ1SygI ). BlankBio started from our PhD work in this area, which is open-sourced. There’s a model [2] and a benchmark with APIs access [0]. mRNA has the potential

Topics: https mrna rna seq sequences

Shop Amazon

Bundesliga Soccer: Stream Bayern Munich vs. RB Leipzig Live for Free

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-08 03:30:05

The new Bundesliga season gets underway on Friday with a mouth-watering clash between defending champ Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig. Having won back the Meisterschale from Bayer Leverkusen in Vincent Kompany's first season in charge, Bayern comes into this season opener looking in good shape. Die Roten beat Stuttgart 2-1 in last Saturday's Franz Beckenbauer Supercup, with goals from new signing Luis Díaz and last season's top scorer Harry Kane. Leipzig, meanwhile, is looking to get off to a goo

Topics: 30 bayern bundesliga espn leipzig

Shop Amazon

One of the World’s Tallest, Oldest Trees Is Ablaze in Oregon

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-11-08 14:50:49

The Doerner Fir, one of the world’s tallest coastal Douglas-fir trees, has stood within the remote forest of the Oregon Coast Range mountains for at least 450 years. On Saturday, August 16, officials received reports that this historic giant was engulfed in flames. Firefighters rushed to the scene, deploying drones, aircraft, and hand crews in an attempt to extinguish the 325-foot-tall (99-meter-tall), 11.5-foot-wide (3.5-meter-wide) tree, the Los Angeles Times reports. When the Coos County For

Topics: august coos doerner fir forest

Shop Amazon

Trump is forming a 'National Design Studio' to spruce up government websites

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-08 18:00:53

The Trump administration is forming a "National Design Studio," with the aim of improving government websites and the efficiency of digital services at federal agencies. Trump has already signed an executive order to create the studio. According to Reuters, the president will appoint Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia as the head of the new organization, which one of its sources described as a stripped-down version of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DOGE, which was once led by Elon Mu

Topics: design federal government studio trump

Shop Amazon

What Is Down Alternative and Who Should Buy It? Experts Explain (2025)

wired.com Louryn Strampe 2025-11-09 14:38:00

When shopping for new bedding, you'll undoubtedly run into both natural down and materials described as down alternatives. This prompts a lot of questions. Is down or down alternative better? What are the differences between them? Why is one more expensive than the other? Which is easier to care for? Which is warmer? It can all be very confusing. As evinced in our down comforter buying guide, not to mention other stories in our sleep directory, there are plenty of options for high-quality down

Topics: alternative bedding better care comforters

Shop Amazon

Io_uring, kTLS and Rust for zero syscall HTTPS server

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-09 11:51:44

This is my personal blog. The views expressed on these pages are mine alone and not those of my employer. Around the turn of the century we started to get a bigger need for high capacity web servers. For example there was the C10k problem paper. At the time, the kinds of things done to reduce work done per request was pre-forking the web server. This means a request could be handled without an expensive process creation. Because yes, creating a new process for every request used to be somethi

Topics: kernel memory queue server web

Shop Amazon

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for the Friday, Aug. 22, Domino-Shaped Puzzle

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-09 12:06:00

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

Topics: 1989 author cooper gael journalist

Shop Amazon

Deeply divided Supreme Court lets NIH grant terminations continue

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-09 18:52:45

Shortly after the Trump Administration took office, it started cancelling grants for things it had disagreements with: funding for pandemic preparation, efforts to diversify the scientific workforce, those that targeted minority health issues, and more. These terminations were challenged in court, and a consolidate case was heard in the District of Massachusetts, pitting the government against individual researchers, organizations that represent them, and states that host research institutions.

Topics: court different funding government stay

Shop Amazon

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 22, #1525

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-09 21:00:02

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

Topics: 1989 author cooper gael journalist

Shop Amazon

Beyond the Logo: How We're Weaving Full Images Inside QR Codes

news.ycombinator.com Anant Bhasin 2025-11-06 03:43:31

QR codes are everywhere. They’re incredibly functional, connecting our physical and digital worlds with a simple scan. But let's be honest: most of them are an eyesore. The standard black-and-white pixelated square often feels like a necessary evil that disrupts an otherwise beautiful design. The common solution has been to leverage the QR code's built-in error correction to place a logo in the center. While functional, it’s still an overlay—a sticker on top of the data. We thought, what if the

Topics: code data image pattern qr

Shop Amazon

Paramount poaches key Apple TV+ exec

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-11-10 09:01:38

On the same day that Apple TV+ announced a 30% price rise, news has broken that one of its key TV execs is leaving the company. Creative executive Chris Parnell is leaving Apple and is joining Paramount+, per Deadline. Parnell joined Apple back in 2020 and spearheaded development of many high-profile TV+ originals, including Dark Matter, Bad Monkey, and the upcoming Vince Gilligan series Pluribus. Before Apple, Parnell worked at Sony Pictures. If you recall, the co-heads of Apple TV+ are Zack

Topics: apple ellison paramount parnell tv

Shop Amazon

Google is selling a version of Gemini for government agencies

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-10 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

Topics: agencies ai gemini google government

Shop Amazon

I did 98,000 Anki reviews. Anki is already dead

news.ycombinator.com Miguel Conner 2025-11-10 16:16:54

Ibiza coast. August 2025. I went through a phase where I Anki’d every useful-seeming Japanese word I came across as well as all of the standard 2,136 kanji. I was teaching English in Japan at the time, which meant I was thinking about language learning all day. I’d arrived with no knowledge of the language and a resolve to be able to read a contemporary fiction novel on my flight home, so I felt I needed all the help I could get. That’s when I found Anki. Fig. 1: My idea of a good time. Review

Topics: anki card language learning llms

Shop Amazon

Trump Is Betting Big on Intel. Will the Chips Fall His Way?

wired.com Lauren Goode 2025-11-10 23:04:06

The US government is aiming to take an equity stake in Intel in exchange for grants the company was already committed to receive under the Biden era CHIPS Act, according to comments US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick made in an interview with CNBC. The move is part of the government’s efforts to boost US chip manufacturing. “We should get an equity stake for our money, so we’ll deliver the money which was already committed under the Biden administration,” Lutnick said. “We’ll get equity in re

Topics: administration equity government intel steel

Shop Amazon

How Burning Man VR rebuilt after Microsoft shut it down

theverge.com Janko Roettgers 2025-11-11 09:30:00

It was all just supposed to be a one-time thing. When Burning Man got canceled because of covid-19 in 2020, a number of attendees banded together to re-create the festival on the social VR platform Altspace. That virtual Burning Man experience not only attracted around 13,000 visitors, but also accolades from the Producers Guild of America. The success led to the decision to keep the digital version of Burning Man going even when the real-life festival returned in 2021. BRCvr, named after the f

Topics: brcvr burning festival man vr

Shop Amazon

Can AI Predict Powerball Numbers?

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-11-11 14:25:17

With the Powerball ballooning to $650 million after Wednesday’s drawing, hopeful players have been asking: Is winning the lottery a matter of luck or something that science and artificial intelligence can predict? Three students at the University of Salento in southern Italy say that science wins out. They say they used AI to analyze patterns from past draws to predict future winning numbers. Their experimental approach resulted in a €43,000 jackpot in April, which now has people wondering if

Topics: lottery numbers patterns powerball predict

Shop Amazon

AI is creeping into the Linux kernel - and official policy is needed ASAP

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-11-11 18:46:10

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Linux kernel developers are already using AI. AI helps Linux programmers, but they're careful how they use it. Linux kernel maintainers must decide key AI policy issues. Get more in-depth ZDNET: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has suggested as much as 30% of the company's code is now written by AI. While Microsoft may love AI code-writing tools, open-source and Linux develope

Topics: ai code developers kernel linux

Shop Amazon

MasterClass subscriptions are 50 percent off in this Labor Day sale

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-11 22:56:26

MasterClass promises online learning with instructors who are the very best in their fields, and an annual subscription is currently 50 percent off across all tiers. Subscribers to MasterClass will have access to over 200 classes taught by iconic authors, chefs, athletes and leaders representing a diverse collection of skill sets and backgrounds. With a subscription, you could watch a class on writing taught by James Patterson, or learn cooking techniques from Thomas Keller. If you're trying to

Topics: 10 classes learn masterclass subscription

Shop Amazon

7 clever ways to automate your home with smart plugs

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-11-12 08:13:44

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Remember The Clapper? The plug-in staple may have made for a catchy jingle in the 1980s, but it could also be considered as a primitive ancestor of today's smart plug -- that is, if you can say anything from a few decades ago is primitive. Smart plugs offer greater convenience than The Clapper ever did, letting you control your devices from an app on your phone, your voi

Topics: home plug plugs smart turn

Shop Amazon

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Thursday, Aug. 21

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-12 08:43:37

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

Topics: 1989 author cooper gael journalist

Shop Amazon

Climbing game Cairn will have a 'free solo' mode with no rope

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-12 23:34:50

If you tried the demo for upcoming climbing game Cairn and somehow found it too easy, you're in for a treat. Developer The Game Bakers announced at the latest Future Games Show that Cairn will include a "Free Solo" mode that lets you tackle the game's already difficult climbs without pitons or a rope. A typical climb in Cairn — and most rock climbing games for that matter — tasks you with managing rope, and the pitons you use to anchor it to a rock face. You add pitons as you climb so that in t

Topics: cairn climb climbing free game

Shop Amazon

CodeSignal’s new AI tutoring app Cosmo wants to be the ‘Duolingo for job skills’

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-11-13 08:26:57

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now CodeSignal Inc., the San Francisco-based skills assessment platform trusted by Netflix, Meta, and Capital One, launched Cosmo on Wednesday, a mobile learning application that transforms spare minutes into career-ready skills through artificial intelligence-powered micro-courses. The app represents a strategic pivot for CodeSignal, which bu

Topics: ai codesignal cosmo learning skills

Shop Amazon

Latest Tech News

Meta partners with Midjourney on AI image and video models

U.S. officially takes 10% stake in Intel

When Starship Comes to Florida, Expect 2-Hour Flight Delays, FAA Warns

US government plans to take a 10% stake in Intel

Intel stock rises as Trump says chipmaker has agreed to sell stake to government

The issue of anti-cheat on Linux

Trump says the US is taking a 10 percent stake in Intel

TikTok denies India comeback after reports of website going live

Launch HN: BlankBio (YC S25) - Making RNA Programmable

Bundesliga Soccer: Stream Bayern Munich vs. RB Leipzig Live for Free

One of the World’s Tallest, Oldest Trees Is Ablaze in Oregon

Trump is forming a 'National Design Studio' to spruce up government websites

What Is Down Alternative and Who Should Buy It? Experts Explain (2025)

Io_uring, kTLS and Rust for zero syscall HTTPS server

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for the Friday, Aug. 22, Domino-Shaped Puzzle

Deeply divided Supreme Court lets NIH grant terminations continue

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 22, #1525

Beyond the Logo: How We're Weaving Full Images Inside QR Codes

Paramount poaches key Apple TV+ exec

Google is selling a version of Gemini for government agencies

I did 98,000 Anki reviews. Anki is already dead

Trump Is Betting Big on Intel. Will the Chips Fall His Way?

How Burning Man VR rebuilt after Microsoft shut it down

Can AI Predict Powerball Numbers?

AI is creeping into the Linux kernel - and official policy is needed ASAP

MasterClass subscriptions are 50 percent off in this Labor Day sale

7 clever ways to automate your home with smart plugs

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Thursday, Aug. 21

Climbing game Cairn will have a 'free solo' mode with no rope

CodeSignal’s new AI tutoring app Cosmo wants to be the ‘Duolingo for job skills’

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising

Latest Tech News

Trending Topics

Hot Now

Popular

Emerging

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising