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The curse of Toumaï: an ancient skull and a bitter feud over humanity's origins

news.ycombinator.com Scott Sayare 2026-03-21 22:50:08

On a late-summer day in 2001, at the University of Poitiers in west-central France, the palaeontologist Michel Brunet summoned his colleagues into a classroom to examine an unusual skull. Brunet had just returned from Chad, and brought with him an extremely ancient cranium. It had been distorted by the aeons spent beneath what is now the Djurab desert; a crust of black mineral deposits left it looking charred and slightly malevolent. It sat on a table. “What is this thing?” Brunet wondered aloud

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AI flunks logic test: Multiple studies reveal illusion of reasoning

techspot.com Cal Jeffrey 2026-03-22 03:17:00

Bottom line: More and more AI companies say their models can reason. Two recent studies say otherwise. When asked to show their logic, most models flub the task – proving they're not reasoning so much as rehashing patterns. The result: confident answers, but not intelligent ones. Apple researchers have uncovered a key weakness in today's most hyped AI systems – they falter at solving puzzles that require step-by-step reasoning. In a new paper, the team tested several leading models on the Tower

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Google won’t be showing the Pixel 10 to Superfans this month, after all

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-22 03:14:11

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google invited Pixel Superfans to apply for a chance to experience “pre-release Pixel devices” at a June 27 event. The company is now telling them that due to “unforeseen circumstances” it’s planning a September 4 event. It’s unclear if release plans have been affected any, but the last leak we’ve seen points to a mid-August launch. Google’s Pixel 10 smartphones are on their way, and other than feeling a wee bit nervous about Pixel batteries in genera

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Bloomberg: Apple now targeting iOS 26.4 for long-delayed Siri AI upgrade

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-22 03:15:59

This morning, we noted that in a new interview, Apple’s Greg ”Joz” Joswiak confirmed that the new AI Siri upgrade would arrive in 2026. Now, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is out with a new report offering more details on the delay, including Apple’s internal timeline. According to the report, Apple plans to ship the upgraded Siri experience as part of iOS 26.4, an update typically released in March. The revamped Siri is slated to integrate more deeply with user data and on-screen content, allowing i

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Harris Yulin Gave ‘Deep Space Nine’ One of Its Greatest Performances

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-03-22 03:02:18

Harris Yulin passed away this week at the age of 87. The Broadway star had a litany of beloved and memorable film and TV roles to his name, like a fan-favorite turn in Ghostbusters II—but Star Trek fans will forever remember him for his incredible turn as a traumatized Cardassian office clerk in one of Deep Space Nine‘s first all-time classics, “Duet”. Occasionally a victim of its own success in the eyes of Star Trek fandom, Deep Space Nine‘s remarkable dramatic arcs through its back half explo

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After a string of successes, early-stage fund Felicis raises fresh $900M

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-03-22 03:13:38

In Brief Felicis founder Aydin Senkut is celebrating his 20th year as an institutional early-stage investor by announcing the firm’s biggest fund yet: a $900 million Fund X. This follows the $825 million Fund IX raised in 2023 and the $600 million Fund XIII raised in 2021. Felicis, a seed and Series A firm, is known for backing a long string of successes, including Ayden, Bonobos, Ring, Shopify, and Twitch, among others. Since being founded in 2006, Felicis has backed over 50 unicorns and had

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Schumer Interrupts Crypto Debate to Announce Sen. Padilla Was Roughed Up by Federal Thugs in California

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2026-03-22 07:36:29

Sen. Alex Padilla, the Democratic senator from California, was forcibly removed from a press conference held by the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, on Thursday that was focused on ICE’s campaign of terror against the people of Los Angeles. Padilla was thrown to the ground and handcuffed. And it put a real damper on the current debate about the controversial cryptocurrency bill that Chuck Schumer is currently trying to get passed in the Senate. Two videos of Padilla’s arrest at the

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for June 13, #1455

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-22 07:00:03

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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There's a Giant Problem With SpaceX's Starlink Satellites

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-22 10:27:06

Astronomers' attempts to peer into the earliest reaches of the universe could be threatened by thousands of SpaceX Starlink satellites leaking radio emissions that ruin observations made with highly sensitive telescopes. As New Scientist reports, a team of researchers led by Curtin University radio astronomy professor Steven Tingay tracked the signals of almost 2,000 Starlink satellites, with the help of a prototype telescope from the Square Kilometre Array, which is currently under constructio

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Meta Says Its New AI Model Understands Physical Rules Like Gravity

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-22 12:07:40

A new generative AI model Meta released this week could change how machines understand the physical world, opening up opportunities for smarter robots and more, the company said. The new open-source model, called Video Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture 2, or V-JEPA 2, is designed to help artificial intelligence understand things like gravity and object permanence, Meta said. "By sharing this work, we aim to give researchers and developers access to the best models and benchmarks to help

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

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2026-03-22 10:30:00

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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The Best Budgeting Apps to Help You Take Control of Your Finances

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-22 15:00:00

CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review products and services. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. If monitoring your financial situation gives you anxiety, you're not alone. A recent survey from Secure Data Recovery found that 70% of Americans who track their spending feel anxious about it, as do 64% of those who track their savings. One way to reduce this anxiety is to let a budgeting app do the tedious work for you. Budget

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Google Has a New AI-Weather Model for Cyclones. Should Experts Trust It?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-22 15:37:58

On Thursday, Google announced a new advancement powered by artificial intelligence that could change the way we predict hurricanes. Weather Lab is an interactive website that shows live and historic AI weather models, including its latest tropical cyclone model, which includes hurricanes. It was developed by Google DeepMind, the company's London-based AI research lab. The cyclone model can predict the formation, track, intensity, size and shape of the storm. And it can create 50 possible scenar

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OpenAI and Barbie-maker Mattel team up to bring generative AI to toymaking, other products

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2026-03-22 13:44:33

Barbie-maker Mattel and OpenAI have teamed up to bring generative AI to the toy-making and ever-expanding pipeline of IP repackaging. This partnership marks new territory for OpenAI, which has signed licensing deals with news publishers and enterprise players, but never a toymaker. However, it’s consistent with the AI giant’s overall strategy of embedding itself across industries, and it might give OpenAI a foothold in Mattel’s growing entertainment arm. The iconic toymaker delighted grown-up

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

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2026-03-22 15:30:00

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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Sam Altman says the Singularity is imminent - here's why

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2026-03-22 19:14:38

NurPhoto/Contributor/Getty In his 2005 book "The Singularity is Near," the futurist Ray Kurzweil predicted that the Singularity -- the moment in which machine intelligence surpasses our own -- would occur around the year 2045. Sam Altman believes it's much closer. In a blog post published Tuesday, the OpenAI CEO delivered a homily devoted to what he views as the imminent arrival of artificial "superintelligence." Whereas artificial general intelligence, or AGI, is usually defined as a computer

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Roame (YC S23) Is Hiring

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-22 19:01:11

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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Google Offers Pixel Tablet Cheaper Than Last Prime Day, Competing With Apple’s Deal for Android Fans

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2026-03-22 19:10:04

When you think about productivity on the go, you undoubtedly think about your phone first. But what if you need a larger screen? What if more real estate in general for your portable workspace is what you’re looking for? You need a tablet. And if you’re considering a tablet that does more than just stream videos and browse the web, the Google Pixel Tablet is a standout choice. It’s great for just about any use case, and it’s actually a lot more affordable than some of the bigger heavy-hitters ou

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Unpacking AI Agents

wired.com Lauren Goode 2026-03-22 19:46:05

In the past six months, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others have released web-browsing agents that are designed to complete tasks independently, with only minimal input from humans. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has even called AI agents “the next giant breakthrough.” On today’s episode, we'll dive into what makes these agents different from other forms of machine intelligence, and whether their capabilities can live up to the hype. You can follow Michael Calore on Bluesky at @snackfight, Lauren Good

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Here are Apple’s top AI announcements from WWDC 2025

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2026-03-22 19:53:12

Last year, Apple’s WWDC keynote highlighted the company’s ambitious strides in AI. This year, the company toned down its emphasis on Apple Intelligence and concentrated on updates to its operating systems, services, and software, introducing a new aesthetic it calls “Liquid Glass” along with a new naming convention. Nevertheless, Apple still attempted to appease the crowd with a few AI-related announcements, such as an image analysis tool, a workout coach, a live translation feature, and more.

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Google Pixel 10 may fail to live up to our MagSafe dreams, after all

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-22 23:28:50

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is preparing a range of “Pixelsnap” accessories for the Pixel 10 that support wireless charging. Despite Qi2 support, the phone may require the use of a case to add the magnets needed for alignment. In addition to Google’s own accessories, look for a range of similar Made by Google solutions from third parties. What is so hard about giving Android users what they want? When it comes to wirelessly charging our phones, we’re not asking for that m

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Instagram will soon let you re-arrange your grid

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-22 23:00:11

You don't have to make a huge effort planning Instagram posts anymore so that your profile takes on a certain aesthetic or so that your grid reads or looks a certain way. Instagram will soon (and finally) let you re-order the posts already on your grid. Alessandro Paluzzi, who reverse engineered apps and posted upcoming features online, found an "edit grid" option within Instagram way back in 2022. Instagram didn't say when exactly the feature will be available, but when you do get the edit grid

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This mandatory Pixel 6a update may limit your battery - but it's for your own good

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-03-22 23:49:54

Jason Cipriani/ZDNET At least for one device, the battery problems that have plagued some Pixel phones may be ending – but the fix is coming at a price. According to Alex Moriconi, communications manager at Google (Pixel phones), Google will soon release an update that will purposefully limit the battery capacity of some Pixel 6a phones, hopefully also limiting issues with overheating. Also: 4 exciting features Google just announced for Android phones (and why they're a big deal) In an email

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First thoughts on o3 pro

news.ycombinator.com Ben Hylak 2026-03-21 03:42:19

As “leaked”, OpenAI cut o3 pricing by 80% today (from $10/$40 per mtok to $2/$8 - matching GPT 4.1 pricing!!) to set the stage of the launch of o3-pro ($20/$80, supporting an unverified community theory that the -pro variants are 10x base model calls with majority voting as referenced in their papers and in our Chai episode). o3-pro reports a 64% win rate vs o3 on human testers and does marginally better on 4/4 reliability benchmarks, but as sama noticed, the actual experience expands when you t

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Blue Origin Delays New Glenn Again—and It’s a Bigger Setback Than It Seems

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2026-03-22 23:30:00

After gaining momentum last year, Jeff Bezos’ rocket venture has hit another snag. The second flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn slipped from early spring to late August, messing with the company’s original plan to launch its giant rocket eight times in 2025. Beyond missing launch targets, New Glenn’s recent delay also puts Project Kuiper—the internet satellites owned by Amazon—at risk of losing a critical operations license. This week, Dave Limp, the chief executive of Blue Origin, announced th

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The First ‘Spaceballs 2’ Teaser Confirms a Crucial Returning Star

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-03-22 23:50:34

Mel Brooks is really taking this Spaceballs thing seriously. In the original film, one of his characters, Yogurt, was a parody of Yoda, the Star Wars Jedi Master who lived to be almost 1,000. Well, now we know Brooks has been going all in on character preparation and, at the age of 99, will officially reprise Yogurt for the long-awaited sequel, set for release 40 years after the original. Here’s a hilarious teaser making it all official. I told you we’d be back pic.twitter.com/RnoklPqBX6 — Mel

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Battery manufacturer Powin files for bankruptcy months after landing $200M loan

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2026-03-22 23:28:24

Battery manufacturer Powin filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday. The Oregon-based company said it has more than $300 million in debt. The Chapter 11 filing will let the company continue operating while it restructures its debt. Powin manufactured grid-scale batteries using lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) cells from China. The company had been searching for alternative domestic suppliers, but the supply chain wasn’t sufficiently mature, Jeff Waters, the company’s former CEO, told Bloomberg in April.

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OpenAI and Barbie-maker Mattel team up to bring generative AI to toy-making, other products

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2026-03-22 23:44:33

Barbie-maker Mattel and OpenAI have teamed up to bring generative AI to the toy-making and ever-expanding pipeline of IP repackaging. This partnership marks new territory for OpenAI, which has signed licensing deals with news publishers and enterprise players, but never a toy-maker. However, it’s consistent with the AI giant’s overall strategy of embedding itself across industries, and it might give OpenAI a foothold in Mattel’s growing entertainment arm. The iconic toymaker delighted grown-up

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Google DeepMind just changed hurricane forecasting forever with new AI model

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2026-03-23 03:00:00

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Google DeepMind announced Thursday what it claims is a major breakthrough in hurricane forecasting, introducing an artificial intelligence system that can predict both the path and intensity of tropical cyclones with unprecedented accuracy — a longstanding challenge that has eluded traditional weather models for decades. The company launc

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Android 16 has finally arrived, and it’s time for your Pixel to upgrade

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-21 06:00:21

TL;DR Google has just released Android 16 stable for Pixel devices Other manufacturers can now follow suit with updates for their own device lineups. The Pixel 6 series and newer, including Google’s foldables and the Pixel tablet, are eligible for today’s update. Are you ready for the summer of Android 16? We’re just a week into June already, and while we missed the initially rumored June 3 launch, Android 16 is finally making its formal debut, as Google settles into its new release schedule.

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The curse of Toumaï: an ancient skull and a bitter feud over humanity's origins

AI flunks logic test: Multiple studies reveal illusion of reasoning

Google won’t be showing the Pixel 10 to Superfans this month, after all

Bloomberg: Apple now targeting iOS 26.4 for long-delayed Siri AI upgrade

Harris Yulin Gave ‘Deep Space Nine’ One of Its Greatest Performances

After a string of successes, early-stage fund Felicis raises fresh $900M

Schumer Interrupts Crypto Debate to Announce Sen. Padilla Was Roughed Up by Federal Thugs in California

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for June 13, #1455

There's a Giant Problem With SpaceX's Starlink Satellites

Meta Says Its New AI Model Understands Physical Rules Like Gravity

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

The Best Budgeting Apps to Help You Take Control of Your Finances

Google Has a New AI-Weather Model for Cyclones. Should Experts Trust It?

OpenAI and Barbie-maker Mattel team up to bring generative AI to toymaking, other products

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

Sam Altman says the Singularity is imminent - here's why

Roame (YC S23) Is Hiring

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Google Pixel 10 may fail to live up to our MagSafe dreams, after all

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Blue Origin Delays New Glenn Again—and It’s a Bigger Setback Than It Seems

The First ‘Spaceballs 2’ Teaser Confirms a Crucial Returning Star

Battery manufacturer Powin files for bankruptcy months after landing $200M loan

OpenAI and Barbie-maker Mattel team up to bring generative AI to toy-making, other products

Google DeepMind just changed hurricane forecasting forever with new AI model

Android 16 has finally arrived, and it’s time for your Pixel to upgrade

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