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Uber’s latest robotaxi partner is China’s Baidu

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2026-01-22 05:02:50

Uber has struck another deal with a robotaxi provider, and this time it’s with Chinese tech giant Baidu. The two companies announced Tuesday that they have agreed to a “multi-year strategic partnership to deploy thousands of Baidu’s Apollo Go autonomous vehicles (AVs) on the Uber platform” in multiple markets outside the U.S. and mainland China. Those deployments will start in Asia and the Middle East later this year, the companies said. Uber has been on a tear of AV partnerships lately as it

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iPhone 17: Titanium is coming to just one model, and it’s a surprising choice

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-22 10:20:35

Two years ago, Apple launched the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max with a big emphasis on a new, titanium design. Titanium remained a differentiator for iPhone 16 Pro, too. But reporting indicates the company will ship only one iPhone 17 model with a titanium design this year, and it’s a surprising choice. iPhone 17 Air will be the only new model with titanium Last fall, as rumors about the iPhone 17 line started ramping up, one of the more curious reports had to do with design materials. The Inform

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Show HN: I built this to talk Danish to my girlfriend – works with any language

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-20 03:38:18

Ever wanted to text your foreign partner or chat with international friends but felt held back by missing vocabulary? Don't let language barriers stop you from connecting. No sign-ups, no subscriptions. Just open the app and start learning. Perfect for spontaneous moments when you need to express something important. Every correction is saved. Review your mistakes, practice pronunciation, and track your progress as you naturally improve. Hear how every correction should sound with high-qualit

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Praise and Addiction Fears: Musk’s AI Girlfriend Sparks Fierce Debate

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-01-22 15:34:06

How do you bury a controversy? If you’re Elon Musk, you drop an anime waifu into the middle of a scandal and watch the internet do the rest. Just days after xAI’s chatbot Grok sparked outrage for spouting anti-Semitic rhetoric and praising Adolf Hitler, the billionaire shifted the narrative by unveiling a new feature called Companions, which lets users interact with flirty, customizable AI avatars like Ani, a goth anime girl, and Rudy, a red panda. The feature went instantly viral. While xAI ha

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The Download: combating audio deepfakes, and AI in the classroom

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2026-01-22 20:10:00

The news: A new technique known as “machine unlearning” could be used to teach AI models to forget specific voices. How it works: Currently, companies tend to deal with this issue by checking whether the prompts or the AI’s responses contain disallowed material. Machine unlearning instead asks whether an AI can be made to forget a piece of information that the company doesn’t want it to know. It works by taking a model and the specific data to be redacted then using them to create a new model—e

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AI’s giants want to take over the classroom

technologyreview.com James O'Donnell 2026-01-23 04:00:00

The companies could face an uphill battle. Right now, most of the public perceives AI’s use in the classroom as nothing short of ruinous—a surefire way to dampen critical thinking and hasten the decline of our collective attention span (a viral story from New York magazine, for example, described how easy it now is to coast through college thanks to constant access to ChatGPT). Amid that onslaught, AI companies insist that AI promises more individualized learning, faster and more creative lesso

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Walt Disney Returns as a Surreal Animatronic for Disneyland’s 70th Anniversary

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2026-01-23 10:30:57

As of this week, Walt Disney returns to his original Magic Kingdom, with a little help from the magic-makers at Imagineering. Through the audio-animatronics technology Walt Disney introduced when he opened Disneyland 70 years ago, the evolution of the show robots has gone from static positioning with some movements, as first seen on the singing birds in the Enchanted Tiki Room, to a roaming animatronic of Uncle Walt. Stationed in the Main Street Opera House, the (m)animatronic is the crown jewe

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EU likely to shelve digital tax plan that would target Apple and other Big Tech companies

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-23 15:19:41

Just ahead of its next multi-year budget proposal, the European Commission is walking back plans to impose a digital tax on Big Tech companies, handing a win to both U.S. tech giants like Apple and Meta, and to President Trump. Out with the digital tax, in with a few more Initially pitched as a way to help repay the EU’s shared pandemic-era debt, the digital levy was floated in May and appeared in internal drafts of the bloc’s next seven-year budget, now expected to be published by the Europea

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Elon Musk’s AI bot adds a ridiculous anime companion with ‘NSFW’ mode

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-01-24 00:06:08

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. People who pay for access to SuperGrok can now try the AI chatbot’s new “Companions” avatars, xAI owner Elon Musk announced Monday morning. The companions available currently include Ani, an anime avatar, and Rudy, a cartoony red panda. Ani also has what TestingCatalog describes as an “NSFW” mode where the character wears lingerie. (And just a warning: if you search for posts

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This entry-level robot vacuum left some of my expensive ones in the dust

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2026-01-24 10:09:42

ZDNET's key takeaways At $199, the Tapo RV20 Max is an affordable option that works surprisingly well. The RV20 Max robot vacuum features strong 5,300Pa suction, great navigation skills that don't use the bump-and-run system, and plenty of customization options for the price. On the downside, the Tapo RV20 Max doesn't have great obstacle avoidance, often getting its brush tangled with cables and small items. View now at Amazon While I love a hands-free robot vacuum and mop that can do it all

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Hypercapitalism and the AI talent wars

news.ycombinator.com John Luttig 2026-01-25 14:09:34

Meta’s multi-hundred million dollar comp offers and Google’s multi-billion dollar Character AI and Windsurf deals signal that we are in a crazy AI talent bubble. The talent mania could fizzle out as the winners and losers of the AI war emerge, but it represents a new normal for the foreseeable future. If the top 1% of companies drive the majority of VC returns, why shouldn’t the same apply to talent? Our natural egalitarian bias makes this unpalatable to accept, but the 10x engineer meme doesn’

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The human harbor: Navigating identity and meaning in the AI age

venturebeat.com Gary Grossman 2026-01-25 20:35:00

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 Image generated by ChatGPT. We are living through a time when AI is reshaping how we work but also how we think, perceive and assign meaning. This phase is not just about smarter tools or faster work. AI is beginning to reshape how we define value, purpose and identity itself. The future is not just unpredictable in terms of unknowable eve

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A technical look at Iran's internet shutdowns

news.ycombinator.com Zola Gonano 2026-01-25 15:45:02

A Technical Look at Iran’s Internet Shutdowns Every time mass protests erupt in Iran, a familiar pattern follows: the flow of information stops. The internet slows to a crawl or disappears entirely. But how does a modern country survive cutting itself off from the internet? Wouldn’t that break everything? Not quite, because the Islamic Republic has spent the last decade building an internet within the internet. The National Information Network (NIN): Isolation by Design Iran’s National Info

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Scientists Say Earth May Be Trapped Inside a Huge, Strange Void

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-25 10:45:03

Astronomers who examined the sound waves from the Big Bang say that the Earth — and the entire Milky Way galaxy we call home — could be trapped in a huge void billions of light years across. Their study, which was just presented at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in the UK, could solve one of cosmology's greatest mysteries: the Hubble tension, or why the older universe appears to be expanding more slowly than younger regions. "The Hubble tension is largely a local p

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This Month, ‘Dan Da Dan’ Makes the Jump to Toonami

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-01-25 12:50:32

Good news for fans of the Dan Da Dan anime: it’s coming to Toonami. The hit shonen romcom will air the dubbed version of its first season on Saturday, July 26 at 12:30 AM ET, just after Dragon Ball Daima. That’s good news for those who missed that season last year or want to further support the show, which is just a handful of episodes into season two. At time of writing, there’s no word on whether Toonami will also air season one’s subbed version; it’s currently airing the Lazarus sub and prev

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Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-25 16:28:55

The latest version of Chrome (138) removes Manifest v2 and all extensions that rely on it.

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Last Chance Prime Day Deal: This Robot Vacuum Blew Me Away With Its Ingenious Navigation Ability, and It's at an All-Time Low Price

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-25 20:39:00

Amazon Prime Day deal: We're in the final hours of Amazon's Prime Day sale, and the Dreame X50 robot vacuum just dropped to an all-time low price of $1,200. That's a 29% discount on a robot vacuum that usually lists for $1,700, and that's the lowest price I've ever seen for this model. If you're looking for top-tier performance, this robovac is more capable of climbing obstacles than any robot vacuum we've tested. CNET's key takeaways No robot vacuum has truly solved the challenge of multi-lev

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Monorail – Turn CSS animations into interactive SVG graphs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-22 21:33:50

Monorail! Monorail turns any CSS keyframe animation into an interactive graph. Try playing with the example below. For details on how to use it, check the GitHub repo.

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Apple TV+ docuseries scores 6 Daytime Emmy Awards nominations

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-26 20:44:59

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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Does a window-cleaning robot actually work? I tested one to find out, and it's over $200 off

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2026-01-27 05:08:20

ZDNET's key takeaways The Winbot W2 Omni is typically available for $700. The robot works indoors or outdoors and cleans seamlessly, picking up dirt without smearing it around or smudging your glass It also navigates the span of the glass, cleaning the full window without missing spots. I wish the device worked while plugged in and cleaned the edges of windows more effectively. View now at Amazon View now at Best Buy View now at Ecovacs more buying choices The Ecovacs Winbot W2 Omni Pro wind

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Rocket Report: SpaceX to make its own propellant; China’s largest launch pad

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-27 20:17:21

Welcome to Edition 8.02 of the Rocket Report! It's worth taking a moment to recognize an important anniversary in the history of human spaceflight next week. Fifty years ago, on July 15, 1975, NASA launched a three-man crew on an Apollo spacecraft from Florida and two Russian cosmonauts took off from Kazakhstan, on course to link up in low-Earth orbit two days later. This was the first joint US-Russian human spaceflight mission, laying the foundation for a strained but enduring partnership on th

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Roborock Prime Day deals: Even lower prices for Roborock’s best vacuum cleaners

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-28 11:20:12

Summer is here! But as much as we’d like to spend every weekend outdoors and enjoy the warm weather, the one thing that often gets in the way of exciting plans is tedious chores. Roborock has at least some of this busy work taken care of with its new Q Series and Qrevo robot vacuums. Roborock’s current releases, which include the Roborock Q7 M5+, the Q10 S5+, the QV 35A, and the Qrevo S5V, will continue to be available at special introductory prices during Prime Day. Here’s everything you need

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Google announces latest AI American Infrastructure Academy cohort

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2026-01-28 21:00:00

Google on Thursday announced the second cohort to take part in its AI Academy: American Infrastructure, which seeks to support companies using AI to address issues such as cybersecurity, education, and transportation. The four-month program is designed for companies at a seed to Series A stage and provides equity-free support and resources like leadership coaching and sales training. It’s primarily virtual, but founders will convene for an in-person summit at Google. Applications opened in late

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EU rules ask tech giants to publicly track how, when AI models go off the rails

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-29 15:03:22

The European Union is moving to force AI companies to be more transparent than ever, publishing a code of practice Thursday that will help tech giants prepare to comply with the EU's landmark AI Act. These rules—which have not yet been finalized and focus on copyright protections, transparency, and public safety—will initially be voluntary when they take effect for the biggest makers of "general purpose AI" on August 2. But the EU will begin enforcing the AI Act in August 2026, and the Commiss

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How Netflix’s ‘Leviathan’ United Japanese Animation and Western Imagination

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2026-01-29 15:40:03

Leviathan, the latest collaboration between Beastars‘ Studio Orange and Star Wars: Visions producer Qubic Pictures, marks Netflix’s entry—alongside Crunchyroll—into the realm of Western novel-to-anime adaptations, echoing a path carved by the Answer Studio’s Anne Shirley. Based on Scott Westerfeld and Keith Thompson’s 2009 steampunk alternate history of World War I (featuring mechs and living animal airships), the anime aims to go beyond a copy-paste replication of its source material. With the

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Everything tech giants will hate about the EU’s new AI rules

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-30 00:29:59

The European Union is moving to force AI companies to be more transparent than ever, publishing a code of practice Thursday that will help tech giants prepare to comply with the EU's landmark AI Act. These rules—which have not yet been finalized and focus on copyright protections, transparency, and public safety—will initially be voluntary when they take effect for the biggest makers of "general purpose AI" on August 2. But the EU will begin enforcing the AI Act in August 2026, and the Commiss

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Keep your pool spotless with the biggest WYBOT sale ever: Save up to $1,000!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-30 20:00:57

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Do you have a pool at home? I feel you! Maintaining and cleaning it can be really time-consuming and tiring. Robotic pool cleaners are all the rage among pool owners these days. Those things can get pricey, though. But hey, it’s Prime Day! There are plenty of stunning deals everywhere, and you can definitely save on robotic pool cleaners, too. Let us introduce you to some of WYBOT’s hottest robotic pool cleaners, which are all on sale! Today, we’ll focus on

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This entry-level robot vacuum left some of my expensive ones in the dust and it's 35% off

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2026-01-31 10:13:00

ZDNET's key takeaways At $199, the Tapo RV20 Max is an affordable option that works surprisingly well. The RV20 Max robot vacuum features strong 5,300Pa suction, great navigation skills that don't use the bump-and-run system, and plenty of customization options for the price. On the downside, the Tapo RV20 Max doesn't have great obstacle avoidance, often getting its brush tangled with cables and small items. View now at Amazon The Tapo RV20 Max robot vacuum is on sale for $130 ($70 off) durin

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A Typology of Canadianisms

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-31 14:54:53

How to Use DCHP-3 A Typology of Canadianisms Entry Structure Frequency Charts Other Charts List of Labels Copyright Note The basic principles of entry structure remain the same as in DCHP-2 (see here), though the appearance is quite different. A Typology of Canadianisms While this dictionary lists entries (headwords, lexemes), meanings are its smallest unit. Each meaning is assigned to one of six Types of Canadianism or is marked as “Non-Canadian”. The label “Non-Canadian” is used for meanin

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Studio Trigger Anime ‘New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt’ Is a Raunchy, Foul-Mouthed Riot

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2026-02-01 05:00:08

Somewhere between Cartoon Network’s super-powered girl mayhem in Powerpuff Girls and Netflix’s unfiltered sex-fueled comedy in Big Mouth, Neon Genesis Evangelion studio Gainax unleashed Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt into the world of animation in 2010. The series, which can be best described as what would happen if Powerpuff Girls were created with crass Adult Swim humor in mind, instantly became an anime cult touchstone with its brazen, raunchy comedy and balls-to-the-wall action. Now, Stud

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