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Toddlerbot: Open-Source Humanoid Robot

news.ycombinator.com Stanford University 2025-10-04 22:04:25

Acknowledgement The authors would like to express their gratitude to Kaizhe Hu for assembling the second instance of ToddlerBot and assisting with keyframe animation and demo recording. We also extend our thanks to Huy Ha, Yen-Jen Wang, Pei Xu, and Yifan Hou for their insightful discussions on locomotion, and to Sirui Chen, Chen Wang, and Yunfan Jiang for valuable input on manipulation policy deployment. We are grateful to Albert Wu for his guidance on mathematical formulation and notation. Add

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Why our website looks like an operating system

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-04 21:45:36

I have a problem with many large, technical websites. Often times, I’ll want to refer to different pages at the same time. So I’ll CMD + click “a couple times” while browsing around and before I know it, I have 12 new tabs open – all indistinguishable from each other because they share the same favicon. PostHog.com has the same problem – especially as the site has grown from supporting a handful of paid products to over a dozen. As I looked for ways to solve this explosion of pages, I started

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It’s not just you: Google Maps is down in major outage [U: Fixed]

9to5mac.com Abner Li 2025-10-05 04:47:30

In a rare outage, Google Maps is down and will not load as of 1 p.m. PT on Thursday. This is impacting the Android and iOS apps. The map layer itself — regardless of location — is not properly loading, with rough outlines appearing instead. In (local) areas where the map is cached, places/listings do not appear. This in turn impacts navigation/directions. Users around the world are reporting issues. The Google Maps website is not impacted. There are currently no incident reports for Google Wo

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Smartwatch deals: The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8, 8 Classic, and Ultra are on sale!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-05 10:21:59

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority These offers are all available from Amazon. The discounts apply to every color option available, regardless of which version you pick. Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 40mm Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 40mm Brighter display, better battery life The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 offers a new 'squircle' look, with new band attachments, backed by new software, a 50% brighter display over last year's model, and a slightly larger battery. The watch is available i

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Google Home’s feature-packed new automation editor is ready for you to try out now

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-05 10:59:58

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Home is rolling out a new automation editor experience on Android and iOS. The editor supports conditions, adds new actions and triggers, and just empowers more complicated automations. While some features aren’t yet working, you still have the option to go back to the old editor. Having a proper smart home means more than just installing some Wi-Fi lightbulbs, smart outlets, and security cameras. If you really want to get the most out of all

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The Boring Company Reportedly Halts Tunneling in Las Vegas After ‘Crushing Injury’

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-10-05 10:30:54

Elon Musk’s tunneling firm, The Boring Company, has temporarily halted work at one of the company’s sites in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to a new report from Fortune. The disruption is related to a “crushing injury” sustained by one of the workers at the site, according to the magazine, which spoke to local firefighters. Emergency responders received a call around 10:12 p.m. local time on Wednesday night about an “industrial/machinery incident,” according to Fortune. Employees at the worksite

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It’s not just you: Google Maps is down in major outage

9to5mac.com Abner Li 2025-10-05 14:47:30

In a rare outage, Google Maps is down and will not load as of 1 p.m. PT on Thursday. This is impacting the Android and iOS apps. The map layer itself — regardless of location — is not properly loading, with rough outlines appearing instead. In (local) areas where the map is cached, places/listings do not appear. This in turn impacts navigation/directions. Users around the world are reporting issues. The Google Maps website is not impacted. There are currently no incident reports for Google Wo

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The DOJ sues Uber (again) for allegedly discriminating against people with disabilities

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-05 13:54:42

The US Department of Justice sued Uber on Thursday over disability discrimination… again. The lawsuit claims the company and its drivers "routinely refuse to serve individuals with disabilities." It specifically calls out its handling of passengers with service animals or stowable wheelchairs. The suit was filed in federal court in Northern California. "Despite the importance of its services to people with disabilities, Uber denies people with disabilities full and equal enjoyment of its servic

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The 65 Best Movies on Disney+ Right Now (September 2025)

wired.com Jennifer M. Wood 2025-10-05 13:00:00

In the game known as the streaming wars, Disney+ came out swinging, bringing with it a massive library of movies and TV shows—with new ones being added all the time. Watched everything on Netflix? Disney+ has a seemingly endless selection of Marvel movies and plenty of Star Wars and Pixar fare too. Problem is, there’s so much stuff that it’s hard to know where to begin. WIRED is here to help. Below are our picks for the best films on Disney+ right now. For more viewing ideas, try our guides to

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I used a $20 AI tool to finish 24 days of coding in 12 hours - but there's a big catch

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-10-05 17:24:00

Aitor Diago/Moment/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways I spent $20 on Codex and saw 16x productivity. Hard usage limits cut off coding in mid-project unexpectedly. Premium tools can cost $800 monthly but give steadier results. We've talked before about OpenAI's Codex, the AI model designed specifically for programming work. While I found it to have some capabilities, the need to use it only in GitHub or as part of the command-line termin

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Uber sued by DOJ for alleged discrimination against disabled riders

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2025-10-05 22:36:47

A man holds up a smartphone with the Uber app visible on screen, as taxis queue in the background on June 4, 2019. The Department of Justice sued Uber on Thursday, alleging the ride-hailing giant discriminated against riders with disabilities, according to a filing. "Despite the importance of its services to people with disabilities, Uber denies people with disabilities full and equal enjoyment of its services in several critical ways," the complaint, filed in a federal court in San Francisco,

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A wireless heart rate monitor powered by Raspberry Pi and Wi-Fi - how it works

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-05 22:07:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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I used a $20 AI tool to finish 24 days of coding in 6 hours - but there's a big catch

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-10-05 22:24:00

Aitor Diago/Moment/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways I spent $20 on Codex and saw 16x productivity. Hard usage limits cut off coding in mid-project unexpectedly. Premium tools can cost $800 monthly but give steadier results. We've talked before about OpenAI's Codex, the AI model designed specifically for programming work. While I found it to have some capabilities, the need to use it only in GitHub or as part of the command-line termin

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Your Android phone's most powerful security feature is hidden and off by default - turn it on now

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-10-05 22:40:54

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Stability's new AI audio tool creates custom sound for brands - how it works

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-10-05 22:55:11

Tatiana Serebryakova/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Stable Audio 2.5 is designed to help brands build a "sonic identity." The model was trained on a fully licensed dataset. Custom tracks can be used in ads, retail locations, and elsewhere. Stability AI just made it easier for brands to create custom, AI-generated audio, thereby negating the need to spend time and money on elaborate recording and producti

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Pulling an Inverse Conway Maneuver at Netflix (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Juan Ignacio Vimberg 2025-10-02 20:26:32

Pulling an Inverse Conway Maneuver at Netflix When I first joined the Netflix Platform team circa 2020, the Observability offering was composed of a series of tools serving different purposes. There was Atlas for metrics, Edgar for distributed tracing, Radar for Logs and Alerts, Lumen for dashboards, Telltale for app health, etc. It was a portfolio of about 20 different apps. Big and small, ranging from business-specific tools to analyze playback sessions to low-level tools for CPU profiling.

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CRISPR offers new hope for treating diabetes

news.ycombinator.com Javier Carbajal 2025-10-05 17:45:28

Crispr gene-editing technology has demonstrated its revolutionary potential in recent years: It has been used to treat rare diseases, to adapt crops to withstand the extremes of climate change, or even to change the color of a spider’s web. But the greatest hope is that this technology will help find a cure for a global disease, such as diabetes. A new study points in that direction. For the first time, researchers succeeded in implanting Crispr-edited pancreatic cells in a man with type 1 diab

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VC leaders from 01 Advisors take the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 to share the scaling playbook

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-10-05 22:40:00

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, we’re bringing to the Builders Stage three people who helped shape the modern internet. On October 28, Adam Bain, Dick Costolo, and David Fischer — now at 01 Advisors — will sit down for an exclusive fireside chat on what it takes to build, scale, and fund startups in today’s ever-shifting landscape. Before they were backing breakout companies like Tipalti and SpotOn, they were the operators behind some of tech’s most iconic companies. David Fischer — Former CRO at

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Justice Department sues Uber for allegedly discriminating against people with disabilities

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-10-05 22:43:35

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Uber, accusing the ride-hailing company of violating federal law by discriminating against people with physical disabilities. In particular, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) civil rights division claims that the company and its drivers “routinely refuse to serve individuals with disabilities, including individuals who travel with service animals or who use stowable wheelchairs.” Uber is also accused of charging extra fees on riders who n

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After coding catastrophe, Replit says its new AI agent checks its own work - here's how to try it

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-10-06 02:40:13

SEAN GLADWELL/Moment via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Replit unveiled Agent 3 on Wednesday. Code-generation is one of the few viable business use cases for AI. However, Replit recently deleted a user's entire codebase. On Wednesday, AI startup Replit released Agent 3, an autonomous code generation system designed to help non-programmers with software development projects. It's the latest in the industry-wide investment in vibe cod

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iPhone 17 preorders start soon: These carrier deals can get you a free phone

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2025-10-06 02:48:30

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Is Hollow Knight: Silksong too hard? Well, it depends on what you mean by “hard.”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-06 02:45:40

For seven years, the discussion around Hollow Knight: Silksong focused on the cult-like levels of devotion among fans patiently waiting for the sequel. Now that Silksong has been available for about a week, though, that discussion has turned decisively toward seemingly endless takes on the game's relative difficulty (or lack thereof). The discussion has gotten so loud that the developers at Team Cherry have vowed to implement a "slight difficulty reduction in early game bosses Moorwing and Siste

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I spent $20 on Codex and got 24 days of coding work done in 6 hours - but there's a big catch

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-10-06 06:32:51

Aitor Diago/Moment/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways I spent $20 on Codex and saw 16x productivity. Hard usage limits cut off coding in mid-project unexpectedly. Premium tools can cost $800 monthly but give steadier results. We've talked before about OpenAI's Codex, the AI model designed specifically for programming work. While I found it to have some capabilities, the need to use it only in GitHub or as part of the command-line termin

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How to install iPadOS 26 right now (and which iPad models support it)

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-10-06 06:40:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Amazon Thinks It Can Kick Meta Ray-Bans’ Ass, Report Says

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-10-06 06:00:25

There’s yet another power player entering the smart glasses space, and it’s ready to deliver on the promise of in-lens display specs. You see what I did there? Deliver? Sorry, that’s the best I got—I asked my Meta Ray-Bans to help write another joke, but they started playing Spotify instead. No, but seriously, Amazon is developing smart glasses, according to a report from The Information, and they sound like they’re designed specifically to tackle Meta and its rumored-to-be Hypernova glasses. A

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This American Influencer Traveled to Australia to Film Himself Tackling Crocodiles. Australians Aren’t Happy

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-10-06 10:01:43

Welcome to another episode of Americans being badly behaved in Australia (anyone remember the wombat grabber?). In this edition, Australian officials, wildlife experts, and others are criticizing U.S.-based influencer Mike Holston, aka “therealtarzann” on social media, after he posted two videos of himself down under and tackling crocodiles, shirtless. Queensland officials have confirmed that they are “actively investigating two videos circulating on social media,” The Guardian reporteed. Meanw

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Exploding Primordial Black Holes Could ‘Rewrite the History of the Universe’

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-10-06 10:40:17

It’s been a fantastic week for Stephen Hawking’s black hole theories. Yesterday, LIGO confirmed the famed physicist’s prediction about black hole mergers. Now, another team believes they’ve found a way to observe primordial black holes—cosmic behemoths that emerged not from the ashes of dying stars but from the chaos of the early universe. In a paper published September 9 in Physical Review Letters, a team of physicists make the bold prediction that, within the next decade, we will be able to w

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Humanoids, AVs, and what’s next in AI hardware with Waabi and Apptronik at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-10-06 10:02:50

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 hits Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27 to 29, bringing together 10,000+ startup and VC leaders for three days of bold ideas, groundbreaking tech, and future-shaping conversations. One of the most highly anticipated sessions happening on one of the two AI Stages will spotlight where AI hardware is heading next, featuring a live look at the robotics and autonomous systems pushing boundaries in real time. AI may be reshaping software, but when it comes to robo

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The most durable USB-C cable I've ever tested survived my 50-pound weight test

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-06 14:51:06

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Researchers built a wireless heart rate monitor with a Raspberry Pi and Wi-Fi - here's how

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-06 14:51:25

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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