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Show HN: Shoggoth Mini – A soft tentacle robot powered by GPT-4o and RL

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-21 23:46:41

Shoggoth Mini July 14, 2025 Over the past year, robotics has been catching up with the LLM era. Pi’s π0.5 can clean unseen homes. Tesla’s Optimus can follow natural language cooking instructions. These systems are extremely impressive, but they feel stuck in a utilitarian mindset of robotic appliances. For these future robots to live with us, they must be expressive. Expressiveness communicates internal state such as intent, attention, and confidence. Beyond its functional utility as a communic

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Rivian adds Google Maps features to its navigation app

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-22 10:00:33

Rivian, the American EV manufacturer, is integrating Google Maps into its navigation app. The update should provide Rivian owners with more detailed information about their route, disruptions and places they're passing. These new features include updated traffic data and reroutes if another option turns out to be quicker along your journey. Drivers will also have access to real-time road disruption reports from the Google Maps community. Plus, places of interest should now be available right on

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‘Not that into peace doves’: The Apollo-Soyuz patch NASA rejected

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-22 10:58:21

Fifty years ago, on July 15, 1975, three NASA astronauts and two Russian cosmonauts lifted off to meet up in orbit for the first time. Representing the joint Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP, or Soyuz-Apollo in the Soviet Union), both crews wore a cloth patch that featured the artwork of an accomplished space artist. The design that flew, however, was not the astronauts' first pick. That patch idea was rejected because Paul Calle opted to highlight the détente nature of the international handsha

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One of the most battery-efficient laptops I've tested this year is also one of the most affordable

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-01-22 09:00:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The base model of Acer's Aspire 14 AI normally retails for $699. It has a fantastic battery and some of the latest hardware: all for a very approachable price point. I suggest opting for the OLED, since the low-end display isn't the best. View now at Amazon View now at Costco more buying choices At Costco, the Acer Aspire 14 AI with an Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU is on sale for $700. Act fast because this deal ends on July 27. I went hands-on with Acer's Aspire Go 15 last ye

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Facebook creators who steal and repost videos could lose their monetization

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-01-22 15:40:03

Facebook is cracking down on accounts that steal and repost content from other users in an effort to reduce spam in feeds. Meta announced on Monday that creators who repeatedly reuse someone else’s videos, photos, or text posts will lose access to Facebook monetization programs for “a period of time,” and see reduced distribution of their posts on the platform. “Too often the same meme or video pops up repeatedly — sometimes from accounts pretending to be the creator and other times from differ

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Auriga Space raises $6M to shoot rockets off an electromagnetic launch track

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2026-01-22 15:00:00

While U.S.-based companies are launching more payloads into orbit than ever before, they’re still limited by the inefficiency of conventional rockets. With rockets, most of the weight is in the propellant, not the payload, and a huge portion of it is burned simply battling Earth’s gravity and atmosphere. Auriga Space is aiming to change the launch game. Instead of a first-stage booster, the California-based startup is developing a launch track that will use electricity to power powerful magnets

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Gemini Space needs to fix a Pixel home screen issue we’ve had for years

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-23 04:30:46

Joe Maring / Android Authority Thanks to a recent APK teardown, we discovered that Google’s At a Glance feature on Pixel phones is getting a major overhaul. What we know as At a Glance will be rebranded as “Gemini Space,” and with that, Google is also adding more contextual cards to the longstanding widget — including sports scores, birthday reminders, finance updates, and more. From what we’ve seen, Gemini Space aims to show a lot more contextual info than At a Glance currently does, bringing

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One of the most battery-efficient I've tested this year is also one of the most affordable

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-01-23 03:00:15

ZDNET's key takeaways The base model of Acer's Aspire 14 AI normally retails for $699. It has a fantastic battery and some of the latest hardware: all for a very approachable price point. I suggest opting for the OLED, since the low-end display isn't the best. View now at Amazon View now at Costco more buying choices At Costco, the Acer Aspire 14 AI with an Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU is on sale for $700. Act fast because this deal ends on July 27. I went hands-on with Acer's Aspire Go 15 last ye

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Rocket Lab stock jumps nearly 11%, building on strong rally

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-24 00:07:48

An Electron rocket launches the Baby Come Back mission from New Zealand on July 17, 2023. Rocket Lab stock soared nearly 11% Monday, building on a strong run fueled by space innovation. Shares of the space infrastructure company have nearly doubled over the past two months following a slew of successful launches and a deal with the European Union. The stock is up 63% year to date after surging nearly sixfold in 2024. Shares have skyrocketed nearly 70% over the last month. Last month, Rocket

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Here's how a free software upgrade made the Sonos Ace worth their price tag

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2026-01-24 05:41:28

Jada Jones/ZDNET The Sonos Ace headphones are currently discounted to $299, $150 off their original price of $450. You can find this deal at Amazon, Best Buy, Sonos, and Walmart. It's been one year since Sonos released its first pair of consumer headphones, and although they made waves when they first dropped, how have they fared after the hype has died down? You can often find the Ace discounted, and if you're interested in them, that's the best time to buy them. Also: The best headphones of

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Secretive Chinese Satellite Emerges in Surprising Orbit After 6-Day Vanishing Act

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2026-01-24 10:55:33

Nearly a week after launch, space tracking systems were able to locate a mysterious satellite parked in an unusually low orbit. China launched the experimental satellite to test new technologies, but it’s still unclear exactly what it’s doing in its unique inclination. Shiyan-28B 01 launched on July 3 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, riding on board a Long March 4C rocket. The satellite is part of China’s experimental Shiyan series, reportedly designed for exploration of the space envi

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Rocket Lab stock jumps 8%, building on strong two-month rally

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-24 15:44:04

An Electron rocket launches the Baby Come Back mission from New Zealand on July 17, 2023. Rocket Lab stock soared 8% Monday, building on a strong run fueled by space innovation. Shares of the space infrastructure company have nearly doubled over the last two months following a slew of successful launches and a deal with the European Union. The stock is up 63% year to date after surging nearly sixfold in 2024. Last month, Rocket Lab announced a partnership with the European Space Agency to la

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Apple Maps is hiding iOS 26’s most useful new feature

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2026-01-25 00:17:47

Apple Maps is full of updates as part of iOS 26, including a new Liquid Glass design and Preferred Routes proactive feature. Another notable new feature is Visited Places. Here’s how it works… Apple Maps Visited Places in iOS 26 Apple describes Visited Places as a way to “help users remember the places they’ve been.” The feature is completely opt-in. When you open Apple Maps for the first time after installing iOS 26, you can choose to enable Visited Places. All data collected as part of the

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First look at Gemini Space: Google’s Now Bar-like upgrade to Pixel’s At a Glance (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-25 10:03:06

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini Space is an upcoming upgrade to the Pixel’s At a Glance experience. It’s seemingly inspired by Samsung’s Now bar and Now Brief, which show contextual cards on the lock screen and other places. In its current state, Gemini Space displays sports and birthday cards, but finance and Daily Hub features are expected in the future. We’ve previously spotted Google working on a feature called Gemini Space for Pixel devices. Based on the handful of clues

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Bold Mission to Hunt for Aliens on Venus Is Happening

news.ycombinator.com Natalia Mesa 2026-01-21 21:45:56

A UK-based mission is aiming to settle, once and for all, whether life exists on Venus. The mission plans to send a probe to the planet in search of microbial life, not on the surface, of course, but in the Venusian clouds. Over the past half-decade, scientists have detected the presence of phosphine and ammonia—two potential signs of biological activity—in Venus’s clouds. On Earth, both gases are produced only by biological activity and industrial processes, and scientists are unsure of their

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You should stop putting your phone face up on the table - here's why

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2026-01-25 22:00:14

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET A friend of mine recently told me, "I always keep my phone on silent mode… which doesn't matter because I compulsively look at it every three minutes anyway." He's not the only one. From becoming a text addict to having full-blown smartphone dependency, the urge to look at and interact with our "flat things" has been deeply ingrained into our collective behavior for some time now. Also: I ditched my phone for this E Ink handset for two weeks - here's my buying advice now

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The Structure of Ice in Space Is Neither Order nor Chaos—It’s Both

wired.com Jorge Garay 2026-01-25 23:00:00

Ice is a key component in the universe. There are frozen water molecules on comets, moons, exoplanets, and in your drink as you cool off from the summer heat. However, under the microscope, not all ice is the same, even though it is made of the same components. The internal structure of Earth’s ice is a cosmological oddity. Its molecules are arranged in geometric structures, usually hexagons that repeat each other. Ice on Earth forms this way due to the temperature and pressure of the our plane

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For Algorithms, Memory Is a Far More Powerful Resource Than Time

wired.com Ben Brubaker 2026-01-25 15:00:00

That classic result was a way to transform any algorithm with a given time budget into a new algorithm with a slightly smaller space budget. Williams saw that a simulation based on squishy pebbles would make the new algorithm’s space usage much smaller—roughly equal to the square root of the original algorithm’s time budget. That new space-efficient algorithm would also be much slower, so the simulation was not likely to have practical applications. But from a theoretical point of view, it was n

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX might invest $2 billion in Musk’s xAI

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-01-25 20:12:17

In Brief One Elon Musk business might be making a big investment in another. According to a Wall Street Journal report that cites investors close to SpaceX, the company has agreed to invest $2 billion in Musk’s AI startup xAI. The investment would reportedly be part of the $5 billion equity raise (along with another $5 billion in debt) that Morgan Stanley announced at the end of June. This would be SpaceX’s first investment in xAI, and one of its biggest investments in another company. The WS

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The fish kick may be the fastest subsurface swim stroke yet (2015)

news.ycombinator.com Regan Penaluna 2026-01-25 11:25:28

I tug my black swim cap over my hair, strap on my pink goggles, and keep a focused calm, like Michael Phelps before a race. It’s lap swim on a Monday afternoon at my local YMCA, and I’m going to attempt the fish kick. Most fish move through the water with a horizontal wiggle. The fish kick challenges you to copy this movement: You completely submerge yourself underwater, position yourself on your side, keep your arms tight above your head in a streamline, and propel yourself forward with symmetr

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This compact laptop dock streamlined my workspace - and it's buy one get one

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2026-01-25 14:00:19

ZDNET's key takeaways The Baseus Nomos NU1 Air Spacemate is on sale for $79. It's a compact docking station that's ideal for both Windows or macOS users on the go. Unlike its predecessor, however, it only supports two monitors at 4K resolution instead of three. View now at Baseus View now at Amazon more buying choices Sometimes the best updates are incremental, and not a complete top-to-bottom overhaul. That's how I feel about the Baseus Nomos NU1 Air Spacemate 12-in-1 Docking Station. It's a

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Firefly Aerospace files for an IPO

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2026-01-25 23:57:15

Firefly Aerospace is taking its orbital ambitions to the public markets. The company, which notched a string of successes this year, including a historic commercial moon landing, submitted its formal declaration to regulators Friday detailing its plans to IPO sometime this year. The S-1 document submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission provides a wide-ranging look into the company’s finances and governance plans, though the number of shares to be offered and their price range ha

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Firefly Space files for an IPO

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2026-01-26 05:57:15

Firefly Space is taking its orbital ambitions to the public markets. The company, which notched a string of successes this year, including a historic commercial Moon landing, submitted its formal declaration to regulators Friday detailing its plans to IPO sometime this year. The S-1 document submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange provides a wide-ranging look into the company’s finances and governance plans, though the number of shares to be offered and their price range has not been disc

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My favorite noise-canceling headphones for work and travel are on sale for 43% off

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2026-01-27 00:21:43

ZDNET's key takeaways Available now for $200, Soundcore's new Space One Pro headphones improve on the original cans in almost every way. The new pair has powerful ANC, solid audio output, and a stylish yet comfortable design. They still don't have a proper carrying case, and certain features can ruin the listening experience. $119.99 at Amazon $125.99 at Walmart $119.99 at B&H Photo-Video more buying choices Soundcore's Space One Pro has recently dropped down to $114 a pair during Amazon Prim

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Remember That Asteroid NASA Deflected in a Test of Saving Earth? We Have Bad News

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-27 18:57:01

In late 2022, NASA celebrated its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) as a massive success, a proof of concept for saving humanity in case a similar space rock were to ever head straight for Earth. The small spacecraft smashed into asteroid Didymos' moonlet Dimorphos at a violent 14,000 mph, knocking it severely off course. But three years later, astronomers found that the collision had some unintended consequences. As detailed in a paper published last week in the Planetary Science Journa

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Rocket Report: SpaceX to make its own propellant; China’s largest launch pad

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-27 20:17:21

Welcome to Edition 8.02 of the Rocket Report! It's worth taking a moment to recognize an important anniversary in the history of human spaceflight next week. Fifty years ago, on July 15, 1975, NASA launched a three-man crew on an Apollo spacecraft from Florida and two Russian cosmonauts took off from Kazakhstan, on course to link up in low-Earth orbit two days later. This was the first joint US-Russian human spaceflight mission, laying the foundation for a strained but enduring partnership on th

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It’s hunting season in orbit as Russia’s killer satellites mystify skywatchers

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-28 10:30:47

Russia is a waning space power, but President Vladimir Putin has made sure he still has a saber to rattle in orbit. This has become more evident in recent weeks, when we saw a pair of rocket launches carrying top-secret military payloads, the release of a mysterious object from a Russian mothership in orbit, and a sequence of complex formation-flying maneuvers with a trio of satellites nearly 400 miles up. In isolation, each of these things would catch the attention of Western analysts. Taken

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“It’s a heist”: Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal shuttle from Smithsonian

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-28 10:05:21

A political effort to remove space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian and place it on display in Texas encountered some pushback on Thursday, as a US senator questioned the expense of carrying out what he described as a theft. "This is not a transfer. It's a heist," said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) during a budget markup hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee. "A heist by Texas because they lost a competition 12 years ago." In April, Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, bot

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Nearly everyone opposes Trump’s plan to kill space traffic control program

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-28 20:06:24

The Trump administration's plan to gut the Office of Space Commerce and cancel the government's first civilian-run space traffic control program is gaining plenty of detractors. Earlier this week, seven space industry trade groups representing more than 450 companies sent letters to House and Senate leaders urging them to counter the White House's proposal. A spokesperson for the military's Space Operations Command, which currently has overall responsibility for space traffic management, said i

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AWS is launching an AI agent marketplace next week with Anthropic as a partner

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2026-01-28 20:59:26

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching an AI agent marketplace next week and Anthropic is one of its partners, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The AWS agent marketplace launch will take place at the AWS Summit in New York City on July 15, two people familiar with the development told TechCrunch. AWS and Anthropic did not respond to requests for comments. AI agents are ubiquitous nowadays. And every single investor in Silicon Valley is bullish on startups building them — even if there is so

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