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Nebius shares soar 51% in premarket on Microsoft AI deal

Nebius, which was spun out from Russian internet giant Yandex, provides graphics processing units or GPUs for training artificial intelligence models. Artificial intelligence infrastructure firm Nebius Group soared in U.S. premarket trading on Tuesday, following the company's announcement of a multi-billion-dollar deal with Microsoft . Nebius' stock was up 51% at 10:39 a.m. London time (05:39 a.m. E.T.) The Amsterdam-based firm announced it had struck a multi-year deal with Microsoft worth $1

New Nest Doorbell 2K retail box spills the beans on its key specifications

TL;DR The new Google Nest Doorbell 2K has been spotted on retail shelves again before its official launch. The new Nest Doorbell will feature a 2K (2,048 x 2,048) HDR video recording camera with a 166° field-of-view. The box confirms Gemini integration and a subscription requirement for some AI features. Gemini is coming to Google Home on October 1, but that’s not all that Google has in store for your smart home (quite literally too). We’ve spotted renders of new Nest Cams and Nest Doorbell i

Ask HN: Good resources for DIY-ish animatronic kits for Halloween?

Does anyone know of good resources to make your own animatronic Halloween displays? I'm a software engineer, and not skilled in hardware per se. I would love to make some things together with my kids. For reference, they are 8, 10, 12 and VERY smart and they use Ubuntu as their desktop computers and can use flatpak from the command line. Not that I am bragging.... And, I would love to NOT spent $400 on just a single ridiculous junky thing from Lowes, and do that for multiple things. My budget

The Last Programmers

I quit my job at Amazon in May to join a startup called Icon. Best career decision I ever made, but not for the reasons you might think. At Amazon, I was on the Amazon Q Developer team, building their AI coding assistant. You'd think being at the center of Amazon's AI developer tools would be exciting, but it was actually deeply frustrating. It was apparent to anyone outside the Amazon bubble that we were losing the AI game badly. The leadership was constantly playing catch-up because there was

15 Foods Hiding in Your Fridge That Could Cause Food Poisoning

The US government estimates that there are 48 million cases of foodborne illness each year. That's about one in six Americans dealing with symptoms such as upset stomach, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. According to data collected from personal injury law firm Wagner Reese, certain foods in the fridge are more likely to cause foodborne illness than others. As of April 2025, Wagner Reese analyzed Google search volume and TikTok trend growth for phrases like "can [food] make you sick" and "how lon

Apple Event Live Blog: Updates on iPhone 17, iPhone Air, Apple Watch 11, AirPods Pro 3

Good morning everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of today's Apple media showcase. We will have two reporters on the scene at Apple Park in Cupertino, California to bring you live coverage. You'll be hearing from Adrienne So, Julian Chokkattu, Reece Rogers, and Michael Calore throughout the event. We’ll be posting frequent news updates here, with the highlights also going on our social platforms. Apple's presentation begins at 10 am Pacific, 1 pm Eastern, and 6 pm in the UK. We have a comple

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Firefox launches ‘shake to summarize’ on iPhones

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. Firefox will soon let you shake your iPhone to get an AI-generated summary of the webpage you’re on. The feature rolls out this week, and will operate using Apple’s on-device AI model on the iPhone 15 Pro or newer once iOS 26 launches. On older iOS versions, Mo

AI firm Mistral valued at $14 billion as chip giant ASML takes major stake

Nvidia -backed Mistral AI clinched a 11.7 billion-euro ($13.8 billion) valuation in a in a Series C funding round that saw Dutch chip equipment maker ASML secure a major stake in the French firm. ASML pumped 1.3 billion euros in Mistral AI's 1.7 billion-euro funding round as lead investor, gaining a 11% shareholding in the French company on a fully diluted basis. Other participants in the round included existing investors Nvidia, DST Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Bpifrance, General Catalyst, In

ASML, Mistral AI enter strategic partnership

Today, leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASML Holding NV (ASML) and France-based AI leader Mistral AI announced a strategic partnership based on a long-term collaboration agreement to explore the use of AI models across ASML’s product portfolio as well as research, development and operations, to benefit ASML customers with faster time to market and higher performance holistic lithography systems. In addition, ASML is investing 1.3 billion EUR in Mistral AI’s Series C funding round as

ReOrbit lands record funding to take on Musk’s Starlink from Europe

ReOrbit, a Finnish startup focused on helping nations control their own sovereign satellites, has raised a record €45 million (about US $53 million) Series A round of funding for a European space tech company. The funding round signals that Europe’s new space market is heating up, fueled by a geopolitical environment in which countries increasingly worry about relying on foreign technology for critical infrastructure. Founded in 2019 and based in Helsinki, ReOrbit provides both the hardware and

Contracts for C

C++ seems to finally converge with their contracts proposal, https://wg21.link/p2900. I decided to give it a try and come up with ideas how such a thing would look for C. This is in early stages, not a full proposal yet, and still would need implementation by some of the major compilers. In particular, the C++ feature is full of sidetracks that I don’t like at all, such as user-defined global handlers and ignorability. But there is a core of ideas, syntax and semantics that I found interesting

Snap breaks into ‘startup squads’ as ad revenue stalls

In Brief Snap is breaking itself apart and rebuilding from within. In a new annual company letter, CEO Evan Spiegel just announced the company is restructuring around small “startup squads” of 10 to 15 people to better compete against larger competitors. The move comes as the 5,000-person company faces mounting pressure. Advertising revenue growth flatlined at 4% in the second quarter, and North American daily active users declined 2% to 98 million, a troubling sign in Snap’s most important ma

iPhone 17 looks like the strong all-around upgrade that iPhone 16 wasn’t

Apple announced its iPhone 16 lineup one year ago, and arguably its tentpole features have been a rare miss for the company. But rumors for the iPhone 17 indicate it should be a strong return to form deserving of an upgrade. iPhone 16: Three disappointing tentpole features Every year, Apple’s new iPhone lineup packs a variety of big and small upgrades. With the iPhone 16 line, Apple put a lot of emphasis on three features in particular: Camera Control Apple Intelligence and larger Pro displa

Where's the Fun in AI Gambling?

Michael Calore: You reported that most of the seasoned players in the online gambling space are sticking to the first model that you mentioned, which is just making an agent that does the research and can make tips for what would be a good bet, but it leaves the final step of actually placing the bet in the hand of you, the person who's putting their money on the line. But how is it going for the companies and the users that are taking the riskier step of letting the AI agent actually place the

Netskope follows Rubrik as a rare cybersecurity IPO, both backed by Lightspeed

Cybersecurity is a massive sector, but startups in the category are more likely to be acquired than go public. Even Wiz, which for a time held the title of the fastest-growing startup, abandoned its IPO ambitions when it agreed to sell to Google earlier this year. In the past few years, there have been scant few significant cybersecurity debuts such as SentinelOne in 2021, and Rubrik last year. Next week, the sector is expected to add one more public company: the cloud cybersecurity platform N

A critique of package managers

Package Managers are Evil n.b. This is a written version of a dialogue from a YouTube video: 2 Language Creators vs 2 Idiots | The Standup Package managers (for programming languages) are evil. To start, I need to make a few distinctions between concepts a lot of programmers mix up: A package Package Repositories Build Systems Package Managers These are all separate and can have no relation to one another. I have nothing wrong with packages, in fact Odin has packages built into the langu

7 useful iOS 26 AI features launching alongside iPhone 17 (and these older models)

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Apple's iPhone launch event will take place on Tuesday, September 9. The new devices will include new Apple Intelligence features via iOS 26. Some older models will also have access to iOS 26 Apple Intelligence features. The big iPhone 17 product launch is taking place tomorrow, and while all eyes are on the new devices, especially the highly anticipated iPhone Air, slated to be the company'

Flexport’s Ryan Petersen on building through chaos at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

One of the biggest questions facing founders today: How do you keep building when the rules won’t stop shifting? At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, where we celebrate TechCrunch’s 20th anniversary from October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, we’ll hear firsthand from Ryan Petersen, founder and CEO of Flexport, on the Builders Stage. Why Ryan’s story matters Since launching Flexport in 2013, Ryan Petersen has helped more than 10,000 companies move over $175 billion worth of goods worldwide, r

Sports streaming piracy service with 123M yearly visits shut down

​Calcio, a large piracy sports streaming platform with more than 120 million visits in the past year, was shut down following a collaborative effort by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) and DAZN. This massive illegal streaming service received more than 123 million visits over the past 12 months across 134 domains, with over 6 million monthly visits from Italy alone, making it the country's most popular sports streaming site, according to ACE. In total, more than 80% of Calci

Something Crucial Didn’t Happen in the Gulf of Panama This Year

The Gulf of Panama has experienced an annual wind-driven oceanographic phenomenon called upwelling for at least as long as records of it have existed. In 2025, however, seasonal upwelling failed, and the consequences could be drastic. In a study published Tuesday in the journal PNAS, a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute-led team suggests that weakening trade winds caused upwelling to fail in the Gulf of Panama this year for the first time in at least four decades. Consequently, the gulf’s

‘Free Speech’ University in Austin Makes Freshmen Read Palantir CEO’s Deep Thoughts

In 2021, “intellectual dark web” OG and Israeli-government stan Bari Weiss announced the launch of her own university. In case you don’t remember, the “intellectual dark web” was a term coined by one of its own proponents (Eric Weinstein) and used to market a breed of new pundits and influencers, like Joe Rogan, who sprang up during the first Trump administration. These pundits dared to share provocative perspectives that, according to them, no one else had the courage to voice—stuff like multic

Apple's iPhone 17 Event Is Tomorrow. Here's How to Watch

Apple's annual fall iPhone launch event is tomorrow. The keynote kicks off Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT. Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 17 lineup, which could include a slimmer version of the phone, as well as the Apple Watch Series 11 and the AirPods Pro 3. The invite, which Apple sent on Aug. 26, shows the title "Awe Dropping," with a dynamic Apple logo that seems to reference Siri's colorful glow. Watch this: iPhone Air Is a Wild Card – and Starts a Big Change for Apple 06:39 There's also

EchoStar to sell spectrum to SpaceX after FCC threatened to revoke licenses

SpaceX's complaints to the Federal Communications Commission have helped the satellite company land a $17 billion deal to buy spectrum licenses from EchoStar. The deal consists of up to $8.5 billion in cash and up to $8.5 billion in SpaceX stock, EchoStar said. SpaceX also agreed to pay $2 billion worth of interest payments on EchoStar debt through November 2027. After SpaceX alleged that EchoStar subsidiary Dish Network "barely uses" its spectrum and urged the FCC to make the spectrum availab

Cognition AI defies turbulence with a $400M raise at $10.2B valuation

In Brief Cognition AI, the startup behind AI coding agent Devin, has hit a $10.2 billion valuation after raising $400 million, marking a jump from the company’s $4 billion valuation earlier this year, reports Bloomberg. Founders Fund, the Peter Thiel-backed VC, led Cognition’s latest round, with participation from existing investors like Lux Capital, Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC, Elad Gil, Definition Capital and Swish Ventures. In July, Cognition acquired AI coding startup Windsurf, just days after Goo

Mads Mikkelsen Reunites With ‘Hannibal’ Creator Bryan Fuller to Slay Monsters in ‘Dust Bunny’

We may never get another season of Hannibal, but there’s some comfort to be found in Dust Bunny, Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller‘s feature directorial debut—which just so happens to star Dr. Lecter himself, Mads Mikkelsen. He plays a hired killer who befriends his young neighbor after she loses her family; she believes a monster did it, but he’s got an equally scary, more real-world idea of the culprit. Check out the first trailer for Dust Bunny here: Written and directed by Fuller, Dust Bunny a

F1 in Italy: Look what happens when the downforce comes off

Formula 1 held its Italian Grand Prix at Monza this past weekend. It's the third-oldest purpose-built racetrack on the planet, and even includes an old and rather dangerous-looking oval that, while no longer in use, is accessible on foot if you feel like exploring. It's a deceptively simple-looking track where it's all about top speed, and nailing your braking into the four heavy deceleration zones. Downforce is actually an impediment here, and that means the pecking order that we have become fa

‘Wednesday’ VFX Crew Explains How They Pulled Off That Wild Zombie Transformation

Netflix’s Jenna Ortega-led second season of Wednesday, while released in an annoyingly incremental fashion, has given fans tons of thrills and fast-favorite moments, including the extremely hyped arrival of one Mother Monster, Lady Gaga. Among the more astonishing moments in the season so far, however, are the visual effects and prosthetic designs—including a zombie and putting Christopher Lloyd’s head in a jar. The show’s visual effects team lifted the veil on how they pulled it off in an inte

Y Combinator-backed Motion raises fresh $38M to build the Microsoft Office of AI agents

By the time Harry Qi was 23 years old, he had achieved the kind of financial success that most people will never attain: making about $1 million a year. He was working as “a quant” in his first job out of college. That’s hedge-fund speak for a stock-trading analyst at a statistical-model driven “quant” fund. But, like many people who spend their energies pursuing ever more money, he felt empty. “At some point you just want to make a much bigger impact on this world,” Qi, now 29, tells TechCrun

YouTube’s first exclusive NFL broadcast attracts over 17M viewers

YouTube announced on Monday that its first-ever exclusive global broadcast of an NFL game broke a record for the company, achieving the most concurrent viewers of a live stream on the platform. Over 17.3 million viewers from more than 230 countries and territories worldwide tuned in for the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers in São Paulo. This figure represents the average minute audience (AMA) that watched the game last Friday. In the U.S., there were 16.2 million