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Show HN: Tool-Assisted Speedrunning the Boring Parts of Animal Crossing (GCN)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-15 04:37:06

What if the GameCube Keyboard Controller worked with Animal Crossing...? It started out as a "quick, simple project", then quickly turned into seven quick simple projects. Demonstration video (on YouTube) Typing at the speed of TAS Typing in Animal Crossing (GCN) is painfully slow. Or, at least.. it was. Not anymore. Pro Gamer WPM (unassisted): TBD Tool-assisted WPM: Also TBD Custom Keycaps Compose digital diary entries in style with this set of 81 custom, 3D printed keycaps that map pe

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PSA: Widespread internet outage affects Spotify, Google, Discord, AWS, Cloudflare, more

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-04-15 16:06:57

If you’re having trouble accessing multiple major services today, you’re definitely not alone. Reports from users, and confirmed by data from Downdetector, indicate a widespread internet outage is currently impacting a wide range of popular platforms and infrastructure providers. Among the affected services: Spotify Google services (including Google Cloud, Meet, Drive, and Nest) Discord CharacterAI Amazon Web Services (AWS) Snapchat Cloudflare Pokemon TCG Live FuboTV Etsy Downdetecto

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Hotel management platform Canary nabs $80M Series D from BPC, YC, Insight Partners

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2026-04-15 14:30:00

Canary, the hotel guest management platform, announced Thursday the raise of an $80 million Series D in a round led by Brighton Park Capital. Harman Singh Narula and childhood friend SJ Sawhney launched the company in 2018 to help hotels digitize and automate guest interactions. The company has raised nearly $180 million in funding to date. “Running a hotel is increasingly complex,” Singh Narula told TechCrunch. “Guest expectations are constantly evolving, and staffing shortages continue to st

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Hotel management platform Canary nabs $80M Series D from YC, Insight Partners

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2026-04-15 19:30:00

Canary, the hotel guest management platform, announced Thursday the raise of an $80 million Series D in a round led by Brighton Park Capital. Harman Singh Narula and childhood friend SJ Sawhney launched the company in 2018 to help hotels digitize and automate guest interactions. The company has raised nearly $180 million in funding to date. “Running a hotel is increasingly complex,” Singh Narula told TechCrunch. “Guest expectations are constantly evolving, and staffing shortages continue to st

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Roame (YC S23) Is Hiring

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-15 23:01:11

About Roame Our mission is to make travel perfect. Roame is a flight search engine using credit card points and miles. More than $69 billion worth of points issued every year. We empower over 1 million travelers to maximize the value of their points and miles. We are backed by top investors including Y Combinator, Goodwater, Accel’s starters fund, and angel investors including the leading figure within points. The Role We are hiring for a Lead Full Stack Engineer who thrives in a fast-paced,

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iPhone 11 emulation done in QEMU

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-16 02:04:59

QEMU README QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and virtualizer. QEMU is capable of emulating a complete machine in software without any need for hardware virtualization support. By using dynamic translation, it achieves very good performance. QEMU can also integrate with the Xen and KVM hypervisors to provide emulated hardware while allowing the hypervisor to manage the CPU. With hypervisor support, QEMU can achieve near native performance for CPUs. When QEMU emulat

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How brands can pursue the $11B in-game ad opportunity | Orange 142

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2026-04-16 10:00:00

In-game advertising is an $11 billion market, and Orange 142 has released a guide to help marketers unlock the opportunity. Orange 142 released a new best practices guide focused on in-game advertising. The guide is designed to help marketers unlock the full potential of gaming as a marketing channel, connecting with audiences in immersive environments without disrupting the player experience. Gaming platforms are one of the most engaged digital channels globally, with more than 3.2 billion pe

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Researchers teach robot to play badminton using Nvidia RTX machine learning

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2026-04-16 17:14:00

Why it matters: Ever since Boston Dynamics first showcased its famous legged robots in 2013, numerous organizations have introduced machines that autonomously perform various professional and recreational activities. The latest research utilizes badminton to develop a robot's agility and coordination, which could help advance training methods and maneuverability. Scientists at ETH Zürich recently published a study and video (below) explaining how they trained a quadrupedal robot to play badmint

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Anzu advances in-game ad offerings with Amex Ventures investment

venturebeat.com Rachel Kaser 2026-04-16 15:00:00

Advertising solutions company Anzu announced today that it has received a new investment from Amex Ventures. The undisclosed amount will accelerate Anzu’s mission to provide intrinsic in-game advertising to premium companies. Amex Ventures joins Anzu’s existing investors, a list that includes PayPal Ventures, WPP, Emmis Corporation, and NBCUniversal, among others. According to Anzu, this investment will help to build out its solutions, scaling intrinsic ads in games while also providing measur

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AI chatbots restricted in China during exam season to prevent cheating

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2026-04-15 21:52:00

In brief: The problem of students using AI to cheat on their exams has become a major headache for schools around the world. But China has come up with a solution that could prove effective: AI companies are suspending some of their chatbots' features during exam seasons. Makers of some of China's most popular AI apps, including Alibaba's Qwen and ByteDance's Doubao, have stopped the tools' picture-recognition features from responding whenever they are used to identify and answer questions rela

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Dia, The Browser Company’s AI-first browser, launches Mac beta

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-04-16 22:58:47

After discontinuing Arc, The Browser Company is back with a new take on its vision for the future of web browsing in the AI era. Dia, its new browser, is now available in beta for existing Arc users on macOS. And while it shares a few design cues from its predecessor, Dia is a very different product with a very different goal. Here’s how to test it out. When it first came out, Arc made a deservedly big fuss with its complete reimagining of browser UX. Then it proved too cumbersome and commercia

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Erie Insurance confirms cyberattack behind business disruptions

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-04-17 05:44:30

Erie Insurance and Erie Indemnity Company have disclosed that a weekend cyberattack is behind the recent business disruptions and platform outages on its website. Erie Indemnity Company is the management company for the Erie Insurance Group, a property and casualty insurer with over 6 million active policies. The company provides auto, home, life, and business insurance policies through independent agents. Since Saturday, June 7, Erie Insurance has been suffering from widespread outages and bu

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Apple WWDC 2025 Live: Liquid Glass Design Takes Over iOS 26, MacOS, CarPlay and More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-17 00:20:53

Apple/Screenshot by Joe Maldonado/CNET The Camera app in iOS 26 is nearly bare, populated primarily with a shutter button and a switch to toggle between Photo and Video modes. It's the one app so far where I imagine Apple's designers said, "Let's do Liquid Glass, but even less." And from a visual standpoint, I get the appeal: You want to be absorbed by the photo you're about to take, not distracted by the controls around the periphery. But I'm admittedly wary of the fact that, without any cues

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Large Law Firm Sends Panicked Email as It Realizes Its Attorneys Have Been Using AI to Prepare Court Documents

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-17 12:20:32

The law firm Morgan & Morgan has rushed out a stern email to its attorneys after two of them were caught citing fake court cases invented by an AI model, Reuters reports. Sent earlier this month to all of its over 1,000 lawyers, the email warns at length about the tech's proclivity for hallucinating. But the pros of the tech, apparently, still outweigh the cons; rather than banning AI usage — something that plenty of organizations have done — Morgan & Morgan leadership take the middle road and

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The cyber insurance reckoning: Why AI-powered attacks are breaking coverage (and what comes next)

venturebeat.com Taryn Plumb 2025-12-16 15:00:00

This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “The cyber resilience playbook: Navigating the new era of threats.” Read more from this special issue here. Today’s cyber attacks can be paralyzing — and extremely costly — for modern enterprises. Armed with AI, hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities faster than ever. However, standard business insurance products such as general or professional liability policies (errors and omissions, or E&O) typically don’t cover losses or damages as the r

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This 20-in-1 accessory kit is my new favorite tech essential (and it's only $13)

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-12-17 10:00:19

ZDNET's key takeaways I tested a 20-in-1 gadget cleaning tool, which is available from Amazon for $13. The kit is compact, the components are all quality items that can be reused many times, and the kit contains a variety of brushes and cleaners. A larger container for lens cleaning fluid would have been useful. $12.59 at Amazon I dare you to take a close look at your keyboard. If it's like mine or the systems I find myself pawing, then it's going to be dirt, hair, and crumb-filled apocalypse

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Inside Out 2 Just Got Dethroned as the Highest-Grossing Animated Movie Ever

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-12-17 09:50:35

Well, that didn’t take long. It hasn’t even been a year since Inside Out 2 took over Frozen 2‘s spot atop the list of highest-grossing animated movies of all time—en route to becoming 2024’s highest-grossing movie worldwide, full stop, though Deadpool & Wolverine did make a run for it. The top movie of 2025 is still to be decided, but that animated list has a new champ: China’s Ne Zha 2, which has racked up $1.7 billion to date. This stat comes from Deadline, which notes Ne Zha 2 is also rocket

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Voltron Data just partnered with Accenture to solve one of AI’s biggest headaches

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-12-17 12:00:00

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More As artificial intelligence drives unprecedented demand for data processing, a Mountain View startup is offering a solution to one of AI’s least discussed but most critical challenges: moving and transforming massive datasets quickly enough to keep up. Voltron Data, which announced a strategic partnership with Accenture today, has developed a GPU-accelerated analytics e

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I doubled my PC's storage with this thumb-sized accessory. Here's how it works

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-12-17 15:35:16

ZDNET's key takeaways PNY 1TB CS3150 M.2 storage drive, available for around $115. Overall, it's a fast M.2 drive with active cooling to keep running temperatures below the maximum rated temperature. The heatsink makes the drive rather bulky, and you will need a 4-pin fan header on the motherboard to power the fans. $169.99 at B&H Photo-Video In the not-so-distant past, the solution for speed-boosting an aging and sluggish PC was to add more RAM or upgrade the processor. Now, the way to sail

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Show HN: Tool-Assisted Speedrunning the Boring Parts of Animal Crossing (GCN)

PSA: Widespread internet outage affects Spotify, Google, Discord, AWS, Cloudflare, more

Hotel management platform Canary nabs $80M Series D from BPC, YC, Insight Partners

Hotel management platform Canary nabs $80M Series D from YC, Insight Partners

Roame (YC S23) Is Hiring

iPhone 11 emulation done in QEMU

How brands can pursue the $11B in-game ad opportunity | Orange 142

Researchers teach robot to play badminton using Nvidia RTX machine learning

Anzu advances in-game ad offerings with Amex Ventures investment

AI chatbots restricted in China during exam season to prevent cheating

Dia, The Browser Company’s AI-first browser, launches Mac beta

Erie Insurance confirms cyberattack behind business disruptions

Apple WWDC 2025 Live: Liquid Glass Design Takes Over iOS 26, MacOS, CarPlay and More

Large Law Firm Sends Panicked Email as It Realizes Its Attorneys Have Been Using AI to Prepare Court Documents

The cyber insurance reckoning: Why AI-powered attacks are breaking coverage (and what comes next)

This 20-in-1 accessory kit is my new favorite tech essential (and it's only $13)

Inside Out 2 Just Got Dethroned as the Highest-Grossing Animated Movie Ever

Voltron Data just partnered with Accenture to solve one of AI’s biggest headaches

I doubled my PC's storage with this thumb-sized accessory. Here's how it works

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