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I love Nothing’s Android phones, but it’s getting harder to trust them

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-28 11:00:05

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Since the launch of the Nothing Phone 1 in 2022, Nothing has marketed itself as “not like the other phone brands.” From product design to offbeat videos showing CEO Carl Pei reacting to reviews, the company has constantly tried to demonstrate how it stands apart from other smartphone makers. However, Nothing has recently been involved in a photo-fakery scandal. Between this latest controversy and previous ones, it’s clear that Nothing isn’t really different from

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No-code website builder Framer reaches $2B valuation

techcrunch.com Anna Heim 2025-10-28 11:15:51

Framer, a no-code website builder that claims over half a million monthly active users, has reached a $2 billion valuation after raising a $100 million Series D funding round led by existing investors Meritech and Atomico. This double-unicorn milestone comes at a time of hype for website builders — including direct competitors like Figma, Squarespace and Wix, as well as rising ‘vibe coding’ platforms such as Cursor and Lovable. In 2023, Framer raised a $27 million Series C led by Meritech at a

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With recent Falcon 9 milestones, SpaceX vindicates its “dumb” approach to reuse

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-28 15:46:46

As SpaceX's Starship vehicle gathered all of the attention this week, the company's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket continued to hit some impressive milestones. Both occurred during relatively anonymous launches of the company's Starlink satellites but are nonetheless notable because they underscore the value of first-stage reuse, which SpaceX has pioneered over the last decade. The first milestone occurred on Wednesday morning with the launch of the Starlink 10-56 mission from Cape Canaveral, Flori

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Why Apple is fighting legal battles in two countries over 13 cents per iPhone

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-26 22:55:27

Apple is engaged in legal battles in both the UK and the US over 4G patents used in its mobile devices. The company has applied for permission to appeal a UK verdict which would cost it an additional 13 cents per iPhone. While this might sound crazy, the company says that very much more is at stake, not just for its own business, but for companies of every size … Three quick pieces of jargon In order to make any mobile device, you need licenses to use a whole bunch of patents. These patents a

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NVIDIA is (really) profiting from the AI boom

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-28 19:30:44

NVIDIA has revealed that its revenue for the second quarter ending on July 27 rose 56 percent compared to the same period last year, and that's without shipping any H20 chips to China. It reported a revenue of $46.7 billion and a net income of $26.4 billion. As CNBC has noted, the company previously said that H20 shipments to China could have added $8 billion in sales to its second quarter figures. Instead, the company was only able to release $180 million worth of the chips to a customer outsid

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The startup bubble that no one is talking about

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-28 17:51:30

The startup bubble that no one is talking about August 28, 2025 Figure 1 Above is a graph that displays the amount of Form Ds filed, where the entity (read: company/firm) name contains the phrases "fund I", "fund II", "fund III", and "fund IV". The x-axis is not the prettiest, but it is broken down by quarter. You can see that the line for "fund I" sees by far the greatest peak around quarter 3 of 2022, with a steep drop off immediately after. The other lines have a similar, but less pronounc

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Microsoft fires two employee protesters who occupied its president’s office

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-28 07:48:10

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft has fired two employees that were involved in a sit-in protest in vice chair and president Brad Smith’s office. Software engineers Riki Fameli and Anna Hattle were both dismissed today, after being part of a group of seven protesters that managed to get inside Smith’s office in Bu

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3 problems with Google’s AI energy use data

technologyreview.com Casey Crownhart 2025-10-29 07:00:00

“We’re not comfortable revealing that for various reasons,” Dean told me on our call. The total number is an abstract measure that changes over time, he says, adding that the company wants users to be thinking about the energy usage per prompt. But there are people out there all over the world interacting with this technology, not just me—and what we all add up to seems quite relevant. OpenAI does publicly share its total, sharing recently that it sees 2.5 billion queries to ChatGPT every day.

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Did Nvidia Just Pop an AI Bubble? Here’s What the Market Says

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-10-29 07:46:19

Lukewarm second quarter results from AI powerhouse Nvidia (NVDA) Wednesday have Wall Street bros and the analysts that love them catching all kinds of feelings. Long a bellwether for how the market views AI in general, the largest company in the world carries enough weight in its $1 trillion valuation to move entire indexes, let alone the tech sector. That was especially the case over the last two weeks, when handwringing over what Nvidia would say in its second quarter results on Aug. 27 reac

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Microsoft fires two employees over breaking into its president’s office

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-10-29 06:56:42

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold banners and signs as they protest outside the Microsoft Build conference at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. Microsoft on Thursday said that it had terminated two employees who broke into President Brad Smith's office earlier this week. The news comes after seven current and former Microsoft employees on Tuesday held a protest in the company's building in Redmond, Washington, in opposition to the Israeli military's alleged

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OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-29 04:05:11

For the better part of a year, we've watched — and reported — in horror as more and more stories emerge about AI chatbots leading people to self-harm, delusions, hospitalization, arrest, and suicide. As the loved ones of the people impacted by these dangerous bots rally for change to prevent such harm from happening to anyone else, the companies that run these AIs have been slow to implement safeguards — and OpenAI, whose ChatGPT has been repeatedly implicated in what experts are now calling "A

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Altered states of consciousness induced by breathwork accompanied by music

news.ycombinator.com Amy Amla Kartar 2025-10-29 07:22:24

The popularity of breathwork as a therapeutic tool for psychological distress is rapidly expanding. Breathwork practices that increase ventilatory rate or depth, facilitated by music, can evoke subjective experiential states analogous to altered states of consciousness (ASCs) evoked by psychedelic substances. These states include components such as euphoria, bliss, and perceptual differences. However, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the profound subjective effects of high ventilation b

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Nvidia results show spending on A.I. infrastructure remains robust

news.ycombinator.com Tripp Mickle 2025-10-29 09:11:27

“The last year, A.I. has made tremendous progress,” Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, said during a call with analysts. He said the company’s chips would benefit as spending on A.I. infrastructure increased to $3 trillion to $4 trillion by the end of the decade. “We’re in the beginning of this build-out,” he said. Shares of Nvidia fell more than 2 percent in after-hours trading. The decline, even when the company now posts quarterly profits bigger than tech peers like Apple and Meta, spo

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OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-29 14:05:11

For the better part of a year, we've watched — and reported — in horror as more and more stories emerge about AI chatbots leading people to self-harm, delusions, hospitalization, arrest, and suicide. As the loved ones of the people impacted by these dangerous bots rally for change to prevent such harm from happening to anyone else, the companies that run these AIs have been slow to implement safeguards — and OpenAI, whose ChatGPT has been repeatedly implicated in what experts are now calling "A

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AI Bubble Watch: Nvidia Shares Skid on Middling Q2 Results

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-10-29 13:21:24

Nvidia reported mixed second quarter earnings on Wednesday, meeting some market expectations but missing others. The company posted revenue of $46.74 billion, up 56% from a year ago. The number is higher than the $45 billion Nvidia shared in earnings guidance last quarter, and is just barely above the projected market consensus of $46.23 billion, according to Bloomberg. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $1.05, above the average market estimate of $1.01. Roughly $41.1 billion of that reve

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OpenAI Admits Safety Controls ‘Degrade,’ As Wrongful Death Lawsuit Grabs Headlines

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-10-29 15:28:46

ChatGPT’s safety guardrails may “degrade” after long conversations, the company that makes it, OpenAI, told Gizmodo Wednesday. “ChatGPT includes safeguards such as directing people to crisis helplines and referring them to real-world resources. While these safeguards work best in common, short exchanges, we’ve learned over time that they can sometimes become less reliable in long interactions where parts of the model’s safety training may degrade,” an OpenAI spokesperson told Gizmodo. In a blo

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Delivery Companies Around the World Stop Shipments to the US: Here's Who's Affected

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 13:45:51

Primary shipping services, including the European branch of DHL, multiple European state postal services, Australia Post, Japan Post and Taiwan's state postal service, have stopped shipping consumer goods of varying amounts (over $100 in some cases) to the US. The pause is currently expected to be temporary as countries respond to the latest US tariff measures, but could have a significant impact on US businesses selling anything from Taiwanese GPUs and Japanese card packs to European electronic

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Crystal Dynamics announces layoffs, but says Tomb Raider will not be impacted

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-29 18:59:48

Crystal Dynamics, the studio behind the recent Tomb Raider games, announced an unspecified number of layoffs today. In a post on LinkedIn, the game developer kept the size of the cuts vague, only stating that "a number of our talented colleagues" would be impacted. In what's becoming an all-too-familiar refrain, the company cited "evolving business conditions" as the reason for the layoffs. "This decision was not made lightly," the post reads. "It was necessary, however, to ensure the long-term

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Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year

news.ycombinator.com Jennifer Elias 2025-10-29 19:16:56

Google has eliminated more than one-third of its managers overseeing small teams, an executive told employees last week, as the company continues its focus on efficiencies across the organization. "Right now, we have 35% fewer managers, with fewer direct reports" than at this time a year ago, said Brian Welle, vice president of people analytics and performance, according to audio of an all-hands meeting reviewed by CNBC. "So a lot of fast progress there." At the meeting, employees asked Welle

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Nvidia reports record sales as the AI boom continues

techcrunch.com Russell Brandom 2025-10-29 19:18:39

Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, reported another quarter of sustained sales growth in its earnings statement Wednesday, with $46.7 billion in revenue, a 56% increase compared to the same period last year. That growth was largely fueled by AI-dominated data center business, which saw a 56% year-over-year increase in revenue. Nvidia also saw its net income grow substantially since last year. The company reported a net income of $26.4 billion in the second quarter, a 59% spike since the

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MongoDB stock surges 37% after earnings as company touts customer growth boom

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-10-29 23:00:46

MongoDB shares skyrocketed 37% on Wednesday after the database software company posted better-than-expected fiscal results and gave an upbeat forecast. Here's how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $1.00 adjusted vs. 66 cents expected $1.00 adjusted vs. 66 cents expected Revenue: $591 million vs. $556 million expected MongoDB's revenue increased 24% from a year ago in the fiscal second quarter that ended July 31. The company had a net loss of $47.04 millio

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Nvidia Shares Skid As Data Center Q2 Revenue Disappoints

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-10-29 23:21:24

Nvidia reported mixed second quarter earnings on Wednesday afternoon, meeting some market expectations but missing others. The company posted revenue of $46.74 billion, up 56% from a year ago. The number is higher than the $45 billion Nvidia shared in earnings guidance last quarter, and is just barely above the projected market consensus of $46.23 billion, according to Bloomberg. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $1.05, above the average market estimate of $1.01. Roughly $41.1 billion of

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911 centers are so understaffed, they’re turning to AI to answer calls

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-10-29 23:42:12

When Max Keenan joined Y Combinator’s summer 2022 batch, he was working on Aurelian, a company that automated appointment bookings for hair salons. But less than a year later, a conversation with one of his clients led him to a far more significant problem. A nearby school’s carpool line was constantly blocking the parking lot of one of Aurelian’s hair salon clients. The salon owner called the city’s non-emergency line and was put on hold for 45 minutes before reaching a dispatcher. “She called

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Founder of IRL social media app charged with defrauding investors

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2025-10-30 03:49:42

The founder of the company behind the IRL social media app was charged with defrauding investors of $170 million in the company's 2021funding round, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. A federal grand jury in the Northern District of California indicted Abraham Shafi, 38 of Hawaii, with wire fraud, securities fraud and obstruction in connection with the scheme, the DOJ said. Shafi was the CEO of Get Together, the parent company of IRL. The company was valued at $1 billion after its 2021

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FBI says China’s Salt Typhoon hacked at least 200 US companies

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-10-30 03:39:40

A Chinese-backed hacking campaign that previously hacked into nine U.S. telecommunication and internet providers is now confirmed to have hacked at least 200 American companies, according to the FBI’s top cyber chief. FBI Assistant Director Brett Leatherman told The Washington Post that the hackers, dubbed Salt Typhoon, also broke into companies in 80 countries, revealing for the first time the global scale of the Chinese spying campaign. Leatherman didn’t name the hacked companies. AT&T, Veri

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Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year, exec says

cnbc.com Jennifer Elias 2025-10-30 07:29:49

Google has eliminated more than one-third of its managers overseeing small teams, an executive told employees last week, as the company continues its focus on efficiencies across the organization. "Right now, we have 35% fewer managers, with fewer direct reports" than at this time a year ago, said Brian Welle, vice president of people analytics and performance, according to audio of an all-hands meeting reviewed by CNBC. "So a lot of fast progress there." At the meeting, employees asked Welle

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Meta’s Already Bleeding AI Talent Two Months Into Hiring Spree

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-10-30 11:45:09

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to be the first to achieve AI superintelligence, a type of artificial intelligence that is smarter than the average human, and a concept that some experts are still highly skeptical. To do so, Zuckerberg announced the formation of Meta Superintelligence Labs in late June, a team dedicated to helping AI catch up to and beat its peers in the AI race. With that, he sparked a multi-million dollar hiring frenzy. Meta began poaching talent from competitors, the main ta

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Online Age Verification Rules Are Popping Up Everywhere. Here's What You Need to Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-30 09:43:44

The internet is full of perils -- this we know. Among the rich trove of content we have at our fingertips is a combination of legal material, illegal material and material that falls into a gray area -- often referred to in vague terms as "harmful." This is the kind of content that might be appropriate for anyone with a fully developed prefrontal cortex to view but that you wouldn't necessarily want your kids stumbling across. In the past, accessing such content has been easy, regardless of ag

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The Boring Company is finally testing Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ in its Las Vegas tunnels

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-10-30 11:40:38

In Brief Elon Musk’s The Boring Company is finally testing Full Self-Driving (Supervised), the advanced driver assistance system created by Tesla, in the tunnels that connect Las Vegas’ Convention Center to a few nearby hotels, according to Fortune. Steve Hill, the CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, told the outlet that The Boring Company has been doing tests of the software for a few months now in Tesla vehicles with only safety drivers onboard. But any widespread use of

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Nvidia reports second-quarter earnings after the bell

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-30 15:00:01

Nvidia reports fiscal second-quarter earnings on Wednesday after the bell. Here's how Nvidia is expected to do versus LSEG consensus estimates: Earnings per share : $1.01, adjusted : $1.01, adjusted Revenue: $46.02 billion That would represent 53% year-over-year revenue growth for Nvidia, which carries a market cap of more than $4 trillion and is already the most valuable company in the world. That type of growth would add to a streak of explosive growth for the chipmaker, which has been on

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