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xAI reportedly lays off 500 workers from data annotation team

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-10-17 19:50:50

In Brief Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI laid off 500 team members on Friday night, according to internal messages viewed by Business Insider. These emails reportedly announce an immediate “strategic pivot,” with the company deciding to “accelerate the expansion and prioritization of our specialist AI tutors, while scaling back our focus on general AI tutor roles.” “As part of this shift in focus, we no longer need most generalist AI tutor positions and your employment with xAI will conclude,” xAI

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Chinese EV players take fight to legacy European automakers on their home turf

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-10-17 14:49:38

Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng speaks to reporters at the electric carmaker's stand at the IAA auto show in Munich, Germany on September 8, 2025. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Germany this week played host to one of the world's biggest auto shows — but in the heartland of Europe's auto industry, it was buzzy Chinese electric car companies looking to outshine some of the region's biggest brands on their home turf. The IAA Mobility conference in Munich was packed full of companies with huge stands showing off thei

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Switching from iPhone to Pixel 10 feels like time travel into AI’s future

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-17 18:00:56

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Imagine the opening scene of a sci-fi movie. You swipe up to unlock your phone. The camera zooms into the screen, and suddenly you’re hurled through infinite space at light speed — stars, comets, and debris flashing past until you land in a dimension centuries ahead of what you left behind. That’s exactly how switching to the Pixel 10 felt after living with iPhone’s AI (non)efforts. Okay, maybe there’s a tiny bit of exaggeration there, but the sentiment is re

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Did the iPhone 17 just kill the Google Pixel 10?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-17 19:30:22

Joe Maring / Android Authority 🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. Apple’s big iPhone event this week created a lot of buzz. And not just because of the iPhone 17 Pro or the iPhone Air, but also the base model iPhone 17. While the iPhone 17 looks visually identical to the iPhone 16, there are a surprising number of upgrades this year. Apple’s base model iPhone fin

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I unified convolution and attention into a single framework

news.ycombinator.com Kim 2025-10-17 16:02:27

The operational primitives of deep learning, primarily matrix multiplication and convolution, exist as a fragmented landscape of highly specialized tools. This paper introduces the Generalized Windowed Operation (GWO), a theoretical framework that unifies these operations by decomposing them into three orthogonal components: Path, defining operational locality; Shape, defining geometric structure and underlying symmetry assumptions; and Weight, defining feature importance. We elevate this f

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Close the loop: analytics that teach your chatbot to fix itself

news.ycombinator.com Hoverbot Team 2025-10-14 12:37:01

Many chatbots stall for the same reason. Unanswered questions build up and nothing changes. Teams ship a release and move on. Users try again and give up. The way out is simple. Treat every miss as a signal. Capture it in a standard way. Decide whether it was noise or a real gap. Turn real gaps into small updates in guardrails or knowledge. Run that loop every week. Measure how fast it moves. Results improve without bigger models. Start with lean instrumentation Analytics only works if the tra

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Behind Kamathipura's Closed Doors

news.ycombinator.com Failed Architecture 2025-10-13 23:03:03

On the rickshaw, in the evening rush hour. An elderly driver, hands on the steering wheel, khaki shirt, marking his station. His neck hesitantly swivels, as if to say something: they have arrived at their destination. An alien territory in the white-washed city. Coquettish beckonings are lined up on fractured doors as street lamps in the narrow alleys. Collapsing buildings constrict ventilation and light. A landlord’s greed is made manifest: two-storeyed houses buried beneath off-balanced extens

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Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion

news.ycombinator.com James O'Sullivan 2025-10-17 15:27:19

Credits James O’Sullivan lectures in the School of English and Digital Humanities at University College Cork, where his work explores the intersection of technology and culture. At first glance, the feed looks familiar, a seamless carousel of “For You” updates gliding beneath your thumb. But déjà‑vu sets in as 10 posts from 10 different accounts carry the same stock portrait and the same breathless promise — “click here for free pics” or “here is the one productivity hack you need in 2025.” Swi

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Java 25's new CPU-Time Profiler (1)

news.ycombinator.com Johannes Bechberger 2025-10-17 17:11:27

More than three years in the making, with a concerted effort starting last year, my CPU-time profiler landed in Java with OpenJDK 25. It’s an experimental new profiler/method sampler that helps you find performance issues in your code, having distinct advantages over the current sampler. This is what this week’s and next week’s blog posts are all about. This week, I will cover why we need a new profiler and what information it provides; next week, I’ll cover the technical internals that go beyon

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Resizing images in Rust, now with EXIF orientation support

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 19:31:22

Resizing images in Rust, now with EXIF orientation support Resizing an image is one of those programming tasks that seems simple, but has some rough edges. One common mistake is forgetting to handle the EXIF orientation, which can make resized images look very different from the original. Last year I wrote a create_thumbnail tool to resize images, and today I released a small update. Now it’s aware of EXIF orientation, and it no longer mangles these images. This is possible thanks to a new ver

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Raspberry Pi Synthesizers – How the Pi is transforming synths

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-17 13:08:57

Raspberry Pi Synthesizers – How the Pi is transforming synths The readymade pocket computer is replacing custom DSP. by Adam Douglas | 4,5 / 5,0 | 4,5 / 5,0 | Approximate reading time: 5 Minutes Raspberry Pi Synthesizers · Source: Korg, Raspberry Pi Previous Next ADVERTISEMENT The Raspberry Pi microcomputer is finding its way into more and more synthesizers. Do your synths have a slice of it inside? Read on to find out. ADVERTISEMENT Raspberry Pi Digital synthesizers are essentially compu

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Weird CPU architectures, the MOV only CPU (2020)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 19:46:46

I like CPU architectures, especially weird, interesting and unusual ones. For example, the Intel iAPX 432 is still something I would love to play around with. Recently, I realized that a working CPU can be made with just a simple Move instruction. For this to work, everything needs to be memory mapped. The ALU, program counter, everything. Of course, this idea is nothing new and this idea is called the Transport Triggered Architecture. I decided to have a look into this, how it works and make a

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AI Coding

news.ycombinator.com The Singularity Is Nearer 2025-10-17 18:28:30

In my old age I’ve mostly given up trying to convince anyone of anything. Most people do not care to find the truth, they care about what pumps their bags. Some people go as far as to believe that perception is reality and that truth is a construction. I hope there’s a special place in hell for those people. It’s why the world wasted $10B+ on self driving car companies that obviously made no sense. There’s a much bigger market for truths that pump bags vs truths that don’t. So here’s your new

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SkiftOS: A hobby OS built from scratch using C/C++ for ARM, x86, and RISC-V

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-17 13:55:14

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The 15 Most Dangerous Foods Hiding in Your Fridge That Could Make You Sick

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-17 16:29:03

About one in six Americans deals with a foodborne illness every year, which amounts to 48 million cases. And according to personal injury law firm Wagner Reese, there are certain foods that could be in your fridge right now that are more likely to cause food poisoning than others. Using Google search volume and TikTok trend growth, Wagner Reese assigned each food a weighted score based on a concern level of high, medium or mild. With this data, the firm found that the following 15 foods are the

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Apple's High Blood Pressure Alerts: When and Where They'll Be Available

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-17 17:10:03

At its big iPhone event on Tuesday, Apple announced that it will soon launch hypertension notifications, joining similar alerts like those for sleep apnea, heart health and noise. However, these notifications for high blood pressure won't just be available on the new Apple Watch Series 11 or Ultra 3. Read on to find out if and when your Apple Watch will receive hypertension notifications. We also discuss how the feature works and what it means. Don't miss any of our unbiased tech content and l

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All the 'Awe Dropping' Announcements You Missed at Apple's Event

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-17 17:30:00

Each September, Apple's product release playbook dials up the unveiling of the company's newest line of iPhones, along with a variety of complementary gadgets. On Tuesday, the company took the wraps off the iPhone 17 in all its variations, most notably the new skinny iPhone Air, along with new Apple Watches -- Series 11 and Ultra 3 -- and an upgrade to its 2-year-old AirPods Pro 2 earbuds. Along with the hardware, Apple is rolling out the new versions of the devices' respective operating system

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Premier League Soccer: Stream Arsenal vs. Nottingham Forest, Live From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-17 17:30:05

The Premier League returns to action after the international break with an intriguing early Saturday kickoff as title hopefuls Arsenal host a Nottingham Forest team playing under new management. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch Premier League games as they happen, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if it's not available where you are. Mikel Arteta's Gunners will be aiming to get back to winning ways after suffering a 1-0 defeat to defend

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Apple Debuts Newest Lineup of iPhones: Expect Premium Prices

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-17 18:00:00

Apple's iPhones have never been cheap. On Tuesday, the prices for the new iPhone 17 lineup were revealed at Apple's fall iPhone event, held at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, and... well, in a year of tariffs and other economic turmoil, they could be worse. CNET Senior Editor James Bricknell wasn't surprised by the iPhone prices. "Given the tariffs and all the other stuff that's happened in the past year, the prices are good," he said. "They match what you would expect in terms of inflati

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How to Watch the 77th Emmy Awards Without Cable

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-17 19:00:04

The Emmy Awards are nearly here, meaning your favorite TV shows from the past year may be taking home some well-deserved wins. I guess it's time to once again start the comedy-or-drama debate about The Bear. The Emmys eligibility rules say programs must have premiered new episodes between June 1, 2024, and May 31, 2025. This year's top contenders feature one from Netflix (the limited series Adolescence), two from Apple TV Plus (Severance and The Studio) and HBO's The Penguin. Presenters this y

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This Wearable Isn't Telepathic, but It Knows What You Want to Say

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-17 19:00:05

Telepathy is, until proven otherwise, still science fiction. But a new wearable announced this week aims to bring the world closer to silent communication, though it's more about using brain signals than the X-Men superpower. Alterego, developed by the MIT Media Lab, is a peripheral neural interface that allows us to converse with machines, artificial intelligence assistants and humans, without using our voice or externally observable movements. We first saw the Alterego as a prototype in 2018

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The Free Ride for EVs in the Carpool Lane Is Coming to an End

wired.com Aarian Marshall 2025-10-17 18:00:00

A rough year for electric vehicle adoption just got a little rougher for owners in some parts of the US. Starting next month, EVs will no longer be able to ride in the fast lane in California, after the US federal government and Congress failed to reauthorize a popular program that has given hybrid and electric vehicles access to state carpool lanes—and worked to promote the sale of electrics for more than 25 years. Under the program, California drivers with qualifying electric, plug-in hybrid,

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Gear News of the Week: Google’s Next-Gen Nest Cams Are Coming, and Sony Debuts a New Xperia Phone

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-10-17 19:00:00

Google has accidentally leaked its new Nest security cameras and video doorbell line. Setup options appeared in the Google Home app for wired versions of the Nest Cam Indoor (3rd gen), Nest Cam Outdoor (2nd gen), and Nest Doorbell (3rd gen), as reported by Android Authority. The options now appear to have been removed, but an eagle-eyed Redditor also found the new products locked up at Home Depot, ready to go on sale. Google has already confirmed that it plans to unveil new information about th

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How to Use Claude Code Subagents to Parallelize Development

news.ycombinator.com Zach Wills 2025-10-14 03:21:18

In my last post I talked about how I spent a week heads down using AI to work on a greenfield engineering metrics tool. As I built it, I’d often navigate the web app and spot things that needed to be fleshed out. Sometimes it was a small typo; other times it was a bigger feature that was still TODO. At one point I had Claude Code redesign the homepage to make it more lively. In doing so, it added some new functionality that didn’t fully exist yet: A “View All Insights” link that would show you

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New record-low price: Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic is already $140 off!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-17 19:20:16

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic launched this July, and we’ve already seen some nice deals on it, but none of them are this good. This new record-low price decreases the cost to just $359.99, saving you a nice $140. Buy the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic in White for just $359.99 ($140 off) This offer is available from Woot, an Amazon-owned deals website. It comes with a full-year manufacturer’s warranty, so you won’t have to worry. The only caveat is that

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I tried Apple's 2 big AI features announced at the iPhone 17 event - and both are game changers

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-10-17 20:11:38

Jason Hiner/ZDNET While we didn't hear much about Siri or Apple Intelligence during the 2025 Apple Event that launched new iPhones, AirPods, and Apple Watches, there were two huge AI features announced that have largely slipped under the radar. That's mostly because they were presented as great new features and didn't use overhyped AI marketing language. Nevertheless, I got to demo both features at Apple Park on Tuesday and my first impression was that both of them are nearly fully baked and r

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Kefir: Solo-developed full C17/C23 compiler with extensive validation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-14 09:34:56

To whom it may concern, Today I release Kefir — an independent C17/C23 compiler. Solo-built. Extensively validated, for x86_64 & System-V ABI. With SSA-based optimization pipeline, DWARF-5 support and position-independent code generation. What? Implements the C17/C23 standard. Plus certain GNU C extensions. For Linux (glibc & musl), FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD. Extensive and transparent validation suite. Compiles and runs well-known open source projects — GNU core- and binutils, Curl, Git, Ngi

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Discovery of a new satellite or ring arc around Quaoar

news.ycombinator.com Paul Arnold 2025-10-16 21:17:54

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Artist's impression of the icy Kuiper belt object 2002 LM60, dubbed "Quaoar" by its discoverers. Credit: NASA and G. Bacon (STScI); Science Credit: NASA and M. Brown (Caltech) Astronomers have discovered what they think may be another moon orbiting a distant dwarf planet called Quaoar. This small, icy, egg-shaped pl

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OCI Registry Explorer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-17 21:41:57

Registry Explorer This beautiful tool allows you to explore the contents of a registry interactively. You can even drill down into layers to explore an image's filesystem. Enter a public image, e.g. "ubuntu:latest" : Enter a public repository, e.g. "ubuntu" : Interesting examples FAQ How does this work? This service lives on Cloud Run and uses google/go-containerregistry for registry interactions. Isn't this expensive to run? Not really! Ingress is cheap, Cloud Run is cheap, and GCS is

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Automate compile_flags for C/C++ projects on the Zig build system

news.ycombinator.com Simon Hartcher 2025-10-14 23:28:49

When using Zig’s build system for C/C++ projects, editors struggle to find include paths and provide proper code intelligence. compile_flagz solves this by automatically generating compile_flags.txt from your build.zig configuration. The Problem Recently I’ve been working on ROLLER, a decompilation project for the 1995 game, Fatal Racing (or Whiplash in NA). The game (known internally as Roller), is an early 3D game written in C with a bespoke engine. It also happens to be one of my favourite

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Automate compile_flags for C/C++ projects on the Zig build system

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