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SIMD-friendly algorithms for substring searching

news.ycombinator.com Wojciech Muła 2026-03-18 09:31:18

Introduction Popular programming languages provide methods or functions which locate a substring in a given string. In C it is the function strstr , the C++ class std::string has the method find , Python's string has methods pos and index , and so on, so forth. All these APIs were designed for one-shot searches. During past decades several algorithms to solve this problem were designed, an excellent page by Christian Charras and Thierry Lecroq lists most of them (if not all). Basically these al

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UK unis to cough up to £10M on Java to keep Oracle off their backs

news.ycombinator.com Lindsay Clark 2026-03-18 13:57:50

UK universities and colleges have signed a framework worth up to £9.86 million ($13.33 million) with Oracle to use its controversial Java SE Universal Subscription model, in exchange for a "waiver of historic fees due for any institutions who have used Oracle Java since 2023." Jisc, a membership organization that runs procurement for higher and further education establishments in the UK, said it had signed an agreement to purchase the new subscription licenses after consultation with members.

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The Tech Job Meltdown

news.ycombinator.com Professor Axelrod 2026-03-18 13:22:54

He wrote me a prescription; he said “You are depressed I'm glad you came to see me to get this off your chest Come back and see me later, next patient please Send in another victim of industrial disease” Industrial Disease, Dire Straits The Google campus doesn’t look as friendly as it used to. (this ia actually from Bartertown in Mad Max 3 - you can see Thunderdome in the middle) Since the start of 2023, more than half-a-million tech workers have been laid off. This isn’t the impact of COV

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Beyond GPT architecture: Why Google’s Diffusion approach could reshape LLM deployment

venturebeat.com David Chen 2026-03-18 13:48:11

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Last month, along with a comprehensive suite of new AI tools and innovations, Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini Diffusion. This experimental research model uses a diffusion-based approach to generate text. Traditionally, large language models (LLMs) like GPT and Gemini itself have relied on autoregression, a step-by-step approach where each

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This Android notification exploit could trick you into opening some very unfriendly links (Updated)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-18 18:19:58

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR A bug in Android notifications can cause the “Open link” button to open a different link than the one displayed. Hidden characters in the messages can confuse the system, causing it to open a link that only makes up a part of the one in the displayed notification. Until Google issues a fix, it’s safest to avoid using the “Open link” button and open links manually in the app. Update, June 13, 2025 (5:19 PM ET): Google has reached out to Android Authority w

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Chart shows iOS, iPadOS, and macOS release timing trends over the years

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-18 19:18:10

With WWDC25 wrapping up, the next big milestone on Apple’s calendar is the fall OS release season. And while many already have a mental map of how these rollouts usually go, a new chart making the rounds offers a great visual snapshot of when each OS has landed since 2013. Originally posted by Reddit user alexkaessner, the Datawrapper interactive timeline highlights the usual pattern: Fall Keynote in the first half of September (blue dots), iOS and iPadOS release about a week after that (red do

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Whatever Happened to Sandboxfs?

news.ycombinator.com Julio Merino 2026-03-16 13:37:09

Back in 2017–2020, while I was on the Blaze team at Google, I took on a 20% project that turned into a bit of an obsession: sandboxfs. Born out of my work supporting iOS development, it was my attempt to solve a persistent pain point that frustrated both internal teams and external users alike: Bazel’s poor sandboxing performance on macOS. sandboxfs was a user-space file system designed to efficiently create virtual file hierarchies backed by real files—a faster alternative to the “symlink fore

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Google Meet’s Companion mode is finally ready for Android’s biggest screens

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-18 23:12:44

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google created Companion mode for Meet to offer a second screen for people in hybrid calls. Originally available for computers, last year Google expanded access to Android and iOS. Today Companion mode is getting an update to optimize it for tablets and foldables. Finding yourself stuck in a meeting can be a real slog, and it’s a situation that’s made all the worse when you feel like you’re not particularly seen, or able to interact with other partic

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I convinced HP's board to buy Palm and watched them kill it

news.ycombinator.com Phil Mckinney 2026-03-18 20:03:30

I've never shared this story publicly before—how I convinced HP's board to acquire Palm for $1.2 billion, then watched as they destroyed it while I was confined to bed recovering from surgery. This isn't just another tech failure analysis. I was the HP Chief Technology Officer who led the technical due diligence on Palm. I presented to Mark Hurd and the HP board, making the case for moving forward with the acquisition. I believed we were buying the future of mobile computing. Then I watched it

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 14, #264

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-18 23:24:00

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition has a whopper of a purple category, but since the other three categories aren't that tough, it kind of fills itself in. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's

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New details emerge on Meta’s $14.3B deal for Scale

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-03-18 23:35:56

In Brief Meta’s deal to partially acquire the AI startup Scale, giving it 49% ownership, is certainly unusual. What Scale officially announced is that the deal values the company at over $29 billion and that it will “distribute” proceeds to shareholders and vested equity holders (aka employees) granting them with “substantial liquidity” while allowing them to continue as shareholders. Meta is also hiring Scale’s famed founder CEO Alexandr Wang, who famously dropped out of MIT at age 19 to bui

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Archer drops about 15% on $850 million share sale following Trump air taxi pilot program

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-03-19 04:00:33

Midnight, an all-electric aircraft from company Archer Aviation, is seen at the Salinas Municipal Airport in Salinas, California, on Aug. 2, 2023. Archer Aviation 's stock dropped about 15% on Friday after the air taxi maker said it sold $850 million worth of shares. The electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle, or eVTOL, company said Thursday it plans to use the financing to support new infrastructure and the rollout of an artificial intelligence-based aviation software platform. The mon

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Oracle's stock closes out best week since 2001 on cloud momentum

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2026-03-19 04:08:43

Oracle CEO Safra Catz speaks at the FII PRIORITY Summit in Miami Beach, Florida, on Feb. 20, 2025. Oracle shares enjoyed their best week since 2001 as Wall Street cheered a strong earnings report and bullish comments on the company's prospects in cloud computing. The stock jumped about 24% for the week, with almost all the gains coming in the two trading days after the company's quarterly earnings release. The last time Oracle had a better week was in April 2001, in the midst of the dot-com cr

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The case for embedding audit trails in AI systems before scaling

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2026-03-19 04:13:09

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Editor’s note: Emilia will lead an editorial roundtable on this topic at VB Transform this month. Register today. Orchestration frameworks for AI services serve multiple functions for enterprises. They not only set out how applications or agents flow together, but they should also let administrators manage workflows and agents and audit t

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New iOS 26 design makes me want an iPhone 17 Air more than ever

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-03-19 04:42:24

After months of rumors, Apple has officially unveiled its big iOS 26 ‘Liquid Glass’ redesign, and already the new design has made me want the forthcoming iPhone 17 Air more than ever. Here’s why. Liquid Glass blends iPhone hardware and software more seamlessly than ever The new Liquid Glass design of iOS 26 and Apple’s other platforms is not a short-term change. As Craig Federighi said in the keynote, this is a once-in-a-decade kind of shift for Apple. It sets the stage for years of upcoming

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AirTag helps London couple recover stolen car after police refuse to act

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-19 04:55:08

A London couple was able to locate and reclaim their Jaguar E-Pace this week using Apple’s AirTag, after local police chose not to take immediate action, even with real-time location data in hand. As reported by BBC News, the £46,000 stolen vehicle was taken from outside the couple’s home in Brook Green, Hammersmith, on June 3. The car had an AirTag hidden inside, which allowed the owners to track its precise location to a nearby neighborhood in Chiswick. The couple contacted the Metropolitan

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Student discovers fungus predicted by Albert Hoffman

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-16 07:36:00

Corinne Hazel, a WVU environmental microbiology major from Delaware, Ohio, has discovered a new species of fungus that may treat a variety of medical conditions. (WVU Photo/Brian Persinger) Making a discovery with the potential for innovative applications in pharmaceutical development, a West Virginia University microbiology student has found a long sought-after fungus that produces effects similar to the semisynthetic drug LSD, which is used to treat conditions like depression, post-traumatic

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for June 14, #734

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-19 04:06:00

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Dog-lovers, today's NYT Connections puzzle is barking out your name. Two dog-related categories should make it easy for fans of our furry friends. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there aft

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Copilot Vision brings Microsoft's screen-watching AI to everyday Windows tasks

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2026-03-19 07:12:00

AI overload: Microsoft wants Copilot to be your digital sidekick, always watching and ready to help – whether you need it or not. The latest feature, Vision, turns the AI into a screen-reading assistant that talks back, offering tips, tasks, or tech-induced headaches. Microsoft announced that Copilot Vision is now available to users in the US, with plans to expand to more non-European countries soon. This update significantly enhances Copilot, which is evolving into more of a digital "companion

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Archer drops 15% on $850 million share sale following Trump air taxi pilot program

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-03-19 07:13:35

Midnight, an all-electric aircraft from company Archer Aviation, is seen at the Salinas Municipal Airport in Salinas, California, on Aug. 2, 2023. Archer Aviation 's stock dropped about 15% on Friday after the air taxi maker said it sold $850 million worth of shares. The electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle, or eVTOL, company said Thursday it plans to use the financing to support new infrastructure and the rollout of an artificial intelligence-based aviation software platform. The mon

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Oracle's stock on pace for best week since 2001 on cloud momentum

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2026-03-19 07:36:15

Oracle shares are on pace for their best week since 2001 as Wall Street cheers a strong earnings report and bullish comments on the company's prospects in cloud computing. The stock is up about 24% for the week, with almost all the gains coming in the two trading days after the company's quarterly earnings release. The last time Oracle had a better week was in April 2001, in the midst of the dot-com crash, when so-called dead-cat bounces were common. The prior quarter Oracle shares lost almost

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Google’s latest experiment brings NotebookLM’s best features to Search

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-19 07:33:14

TL;DR Audio Overviews emerged as one of Google’s breakout AI hits, synthesizing virtual podcasts with a pair of hosts. After debuting with NotebookLM and spreading to other Google services, the company is experimenting with Audio Overviews in Search. For this initial test, access is limited to the US and only supports English. Forgive us for sounding like a broken record by this point, but Google’s Audio Overviews have easily emerged as one of the company’s most genuinely impressive and usefu

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Apple announces global in-person sessions to dive deeper into WWDC25 updates

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-19 07:25:45

Apple is taking WWDC25 on the road. Following the close of its week-long developer conference, the company has scheduled a worldwide series of in-person events and online appointments to give developers, designers, and product managers a closer look at what’s new. Here’s how you can register. Branded as “Explore the biggest updates from WWDC25”, (via MacMagazine) these sessions aim to highlight key technologies unveiled during the conference, including updates to Apple Intelligence, visionOS, d

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The Internet Archive modernizes its GeoCities GIF search engine

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-19 07:23:15

The Internet Archive made it easier to search for '90s-era GIFs. GifCities contains millions of animations from the decade of flannel shirts and Soup Nazis. The GIFs were pulled from old GeoCities webpages, which (mostly) bit the dust in 2009. The new version of GifCities is much easier to search. You can now search semantically, based on the animation's content. In other words, it's much more likely to bring up the topic or scene you're looking for by describing it. In GifCities' old version,

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Thiings

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-16 03:30:23

Can't find what you're looking for? Request a thiing that isn't in the collection. Request a Thiing

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Meta invests $14.3B in Scale AI to kick-start superintelligence lab

news.ycombinator.com Mike Isaac 2026-03-19 01:09:56

Meta said on Thursday that it planned to invest $14.3 billion in Scale AI, a start-up that works with data to train artificial intelligence systems, in a deal that Meta hopes will add needed muscle to its disappointing A.I. division. As a condition of the deal, Alexandr Wang, Scale AI’s 28-year-old chief executive, plans to join Meta in a top leadership role in the new division, which Meta is calling its Superintelligence lab. Mr. Wang, whom people inside Meta have taken to calling a visionary

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iOS 26: Here are six new features coming soon to your iPhone

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-03-19 11:19:29

It’s finally here. Earlier this week, Apple fully unveiled iOS 26, the next major iPhone software update that will arrive this fall. Here are six new features coming with iOS 26. #1: New design with Liquid Glass This is the feature you’ve likely already heard about—but it’s a big one. iOS 26 introduces a major new design that impacts every part of using your iPhone. A key part of the new look is a material Apple calls ‘Liquid Glass’: This translucent material reflects and refracts its surro

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I Convinced HP's Board to Buy Palm for $1.2B. I Watched Them Kill It in 49 Days

news.ycombinator.com Phil Mckinney 2026-03-19 11:03:30

I've never shared this story publicly before—how I convinced HP's board to acquire Palm for $1.2 billion, then watched as they destroyed it while I was confined to bed recovering from surgery. This isn't just another tech failure analysis. I was the HP Chief Technology Officer who led the technical due diligence on Palm. I presented to Mark Hurd and the HP board, making the case for moving forward with the acquisition. I believed we were buying the future of mobile computing. Then I watched it

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Play FBC: Firebreak, Deus Ex and More on PlayStation Plus Soon

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-19 11:36:20

Remedy Entertainment released the mind-bending action game Control in 2019. And on June 17, PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers can return to the Federal Bureau of Control in the wacky, first-person co-op shooter FBC: Firebreak. PlayStation Plus is Sony's version of Xbox Game Pass, and it offers subscribers a large and constantly expanding library of games. There are three PlayStation Plus tiers -- Essential ($10 a month), Extra ($15 a month) and Premium ($18 a month) -- and each giv

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Startups Weekly: No sign of pause

techcrunch.com Anna Heim 2026-03-19 10:05:00

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. You’d think WWDC would cause a lull in startup news. But not in June, when everyone is eager to announce their latest deals — or even to go public. Most interesting startup stories from the week Image Credits:Nasdaq This week brought us many reminders that no startup journey is linear — but the next billion-dollar idea may only be one click

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SIMD-friendly algorithms for substring searching

UK unis to cough up to £10M on Java to keep Oracle off their backs

The Tech Job Meltdown

Beyond GPT architecture: Why Google’s Diffusion approach could reshape LLM deployment

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The case for embedding audit trails in AI systems before scaling

New iOS 26 design makes me want an iPhone 17 Air more than ever

AirTag helps London couple recover stolen car after police refuse to act

Student discovers fungus predicted by Albert Hoffman

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Copilot Vision brings Microsoft's screen-watching AI to everyday Windows tasks

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Google’s latest experiment brings NotebookLM’s best features to Search

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