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4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-29 03:17:03

Nearly 4,000 NASA employees have opted to leave the space agency through the Trump administration's deferred resignation program, NASA said on Saturday. The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's workforce, and will reduce the agency from 18,000 to 14,000 employees, NASA spokesperson Cheryl Warner said in a statement shared with NPR. The total number includes the agency's loss of 500 other workers due to normal attrition, she said. During a second round of the program, which closed at midni

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Arvo Pärt at 90

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-29 11:03:03

In many ways Arvo Pärt and John Williams’s music couldn’t be further apart. One celebrates simplicity, purity, and draws much of its inspiration from sacred texts; the other captures strong emotions in sweeping orchestral scores. And yet the two men are today’s most performed contemporary composers. Bachtrack’s annual survey of classical music performed across the world placed Pärt second (John Williams is in the top spot) in 2023 and 2024. In 2022, Pärt was first, Williams second. This year, Pä

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Floods and Other Disasters Kill More People at Night, but Not for the Reasons You Think

gizmodo.com Kate Yoder 2025-12-29 06:00:19

It was 4 a.m. on July 4 at Camp La Junta in Kerr County when Kolton Taylor woke up to the sound of screaming. The 12-year-old boy stepped out of bed and straight into knee-deep floodwaters from the nearby Guadalupe River. Before long, the water had already risen to his waist. In the darkness, he managed to feel for his tennis shoes floating nearby, put them on, and escape to the safety of the hillside. All 400 people at the all-boys camp survived, even as they watched one of their cabins float a

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Inside the struggle to create a cozy Lord of the Rings game

theverge.com Jackson Ryan 2025-12-29 06:00:00

When new employees start at Weta Workshop, they’re herded into a meeting room with a long, unassuming conference table. On the walls, behind panes of glass and in between statues, swords, and masks, are five Oscars. Four of them were awarded to the studio for its efforts on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings films. New hires are offered a chance to hold one of those Oscars, but there’s a catch: handling the golden statuette marks you with a curse, preventing you from ever winning one yourself

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Tesla vet says that ‘reviewing real products’ — not mockups — is the key to staying innovative

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-12-29 09:00:00

GM’s EVs have been on a roll lately. After selling just the Chevy Bolt for years, a wave of new models — now up to 17 fully electrified vehicles — has pushed the automaker into second place in the U.S. behind Tesla. How did it get there? With a little help from a Tesla veteran. GM board member Jon McNeil was president of Tesla during the development and introduction of the Model 3, a crucial period of the company’s growth. One of the things he credits for Tesla’s success is how Elon Musk ran p

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Dating safety app Tea breached, exposing 72,000 user images

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-12-29 11:40:01

In Brief Tea, an app that allows women to post anonymous comments about men they’ve supposedly dated, announced Friday that it has suffered a data breach, with hackers gaining access to 72,000 images. That number includes 13,000 selfies and photo IDs submitted for account verification, as well as 59,000 images from posts, comments, and direct messages, the company said. Tea also said that no emails or phone numbers were exposed, and that only users who signed up before February 2024 were affec

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Index Ventures’ Jahanvi Sardana shares the truth about TAM and what founders should focus on instead

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-12-29 20:00:00

Early-stage founders just can’t get away from TAM — the concept of having a total addressable market for their startup to disrupt and conquer. But Index Ventures partner Jahanvi Sardana has a reminder for all those founders worried about finding TAM for their product or service: Many startups have emerged from markets that, at the time, were essentially nonexistent. “What was the market for search before Google?” Sardana asked the audience at TechCrunch’s 2025 All Stage event in Boston, held ea

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Intel drops 8% as chipmaker's foundry business axes projects, struggles to find customers

cnbc.com Kif Leswing Samantha Subin 2025-12-30 05:01:09

Intel 's stock dropped more than 8% after the chipmaker said it would slash foundry costs in its latest attempt to turn around its struggling business. Concerns about where that leaves Intel's chip manufacturing business overshadowed a better-than-expected earnings report late Thursday. Intel beat on revenue and issued a sales forecast for the third quarter that also topped estimates. The company reported adjusted earnings of 10 cents per share, topping the average analyst estimate of a penny,

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Inside Tesla's new retro-futuristic Supercharger diner

cnbc.com Andrew Evers 2025-12-30 15:13:09

Tesla has opened the doors to its first diner Supercharger station in Los Angeles. CEO Elon Musk first teased the concept of building a drive-in themed charging station in 2018. On Monday, that vision was finally realized. Tesla describes the two-story restaurant, constructed of a steel exterior inspired by the Cybertruck, as retro-futuristic. It features 80 charging stalls and two 66-foot megascreens playing a rotation of short films, feature-length movies and Tesla videos. The diner operates

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Samsung has its eye on Perplexity and OpenAI as it plans to expand beyond Gemini

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-30 15:22:18

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is reportedly looking to expand its AI offerings. The company is said to be in talks with multiple vendors, including OpenAI and Perplexity. The aim is to give Galaxy S26 users more choice over what AI model they use. Samsung has long been partnering with Google to bring Gemini to its Galaxy phones. While this partnership has served Samsung well, a new report suggests the company doesn’t want to be tied to only one outside AI model. The firm is s

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Intel drops 9% as chipmaker's foundry business axes projects, struggles to find customers

cnbc.com Kif Leswing Samantha Subin 2025-12-31 00:27:40

Intel 's stock dropped 9% after the chipmaker said it would slash foundry costs in its latest attempt to turnaround its struggling business. Concerns about where that leaves Intel's chip manufacturing business overshadowed a better-than-expected earnings report late Thursday. Intel beat on revenue and issued a sales forecast for the third quarter that also topped estimates. The company reported adjusted earnings of 10 cents per share, topping the average analyst estimate of a penny, according t

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Tesla is reportedly behind on its pledge to build 5,000 Optimus bots this year

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-12-31 10:14:19

In Brief Tesla is well behind the pace needed to meet its earlier stated goal of producing at least 5,000 Optimus humanoid robots this year, The Information reports. Nearly eight months into 2025, and the number of bots Tesla has produced is only in the hundreds, according to two sources. That means Tesla will either need to step it up or push back the deadline. The news comes after Tesla reported a 12% decline in overall revenue in the second quarter, due to falling EV sales, less cash from r

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Tesla is reportedly bringing a limited version of its robotaxi service to San Francisco

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-12-31 10:55:05

Tesla is launching an even-more-limited version of its early robotaxi service in San Francisco this weekend, according to Business Insider, after an initial rollout began last month in Austin, Texas. The company plans to offer rides with a driver in the driver’s seat, which is necessary because Tesla does not have the proper permits for driverless testing or deployment, according to California DMV records. It is not clear whether the company has obtained a permit from California’s Public Utili

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Intel confirms it will dramatically cut its workforce by the end of 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-31 14:50:14

Intel provided more detail about the scope of its planned job cuts and other business changes while sharing its second-quarter earnings results. Reports in April suggested that Intel could eliminate around 20 percent of its staff in a restructuring plan. Today, the chipmaker said it anticipates having a core workforce of 75,000 employees by the end of 2025. It's a dramatic reduction considering that, at the close of the previous fiscal year, the company employed around 108,900 people. These cut

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Trump Says He Didn't Even Know What Nvidia Was

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-31 14:24:37

While announcing his new so-called "AI Action Plan," which is primarily designed to eliminate regulatory hurdles for the industry, president Donald Trump made some baffling remarks. While standing next to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, whose chipmaker leads the S&P 500 Top 10 Index with a multi-trillion-dollar market cap, Trump admitted he had no idea what Nvidia was, as Tom's Hardware noticed. Due to the president's garbled communication style, it's unclear at what point he was unaware of what is c

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FCC approves Skydance's $8 billion Paramount acquisition

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-01 09:20:28

Regulators won't stand in the way of Skydance's Paramount acquisition. The Federal Communications Commission has approved the $8 billion purchase of Paramount Global and its subsidiaries, including the parent company of CBS Network. In a statement, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said he welcomes "Skydance’s commitment to make significant changes at the once storied CBS broadcast network." Skydance, he said, has made written commitments to ensure that its "news and entertainment programming will embod

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AI slop and fake reports are coming for your bug bounty programs

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2026-01-01 00:00:00

So-called AI slop, meaning LLM-generated low-quality images, videos, and text, has taken over the internet in the last couple of years, polluting websites, social media platforms, at least one newspaper, and even real-world events. The world of cybersecurity is not immune to this problem, either. In the last year, people across the cybersecurity industry have raised concerns about AI slop bug bounty reports, meaning reports that claim to have found vulnerabilities that do not actually exist, be

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How a Y Combinator food-delivery app used TikTok to soar in the App Store

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2026-01-01 10:00:00

The internet trend is simple: A friend or family member looks into the camera and tells viewers, in a slightly aggressive tone, that they are about to witness a presentation and that they better be nice. That’s what Kendall, the sister of Lucious McDaniel IV, did, and after she stepped aside, her brother pitched his company, BiteSight, a food-delivery app that lets users watch videos of food before ordering. It also lets customers see what their friends have ordered and bookmark places to try o

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Musk’s Starlink hit with hours-long outage after rollout of T-Mobile satellite service

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2026-01-01 15:42:16

Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink said it had a "network outage" on Thursday. The company said it was working on a solution. There were more than 60,000 reports of an outage on Downdetector, a site that logs issues. Starlink is owned and operated by SpaceX, which is also run by Musk. At 4:30 p.m. ET, Musk apologized for the outage on X and said, "Service will be restored shortly." At 6:23 p.m. ET, SpaceX's vice president of Starlink engineering, Michael Nicolls, said in an X po

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Freed says 20,000 clinicians are using its medical AI transcription ‘scribe,’ but competition is rising fast

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2026-01-01 20:46:29

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Even generative AI critics and detractors have to admit the technology is great for something: transcription. If you’ve joined a meeting on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet or other video call platform of your choice at any point in the last year or so, you’ve likely noticed an increased number of AI notetakers joining the conference cal

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American sentenced for helping North Koreans get jobs at U.S. firms

news.ycombinator.com Amanda Gerut 2026-01-01 18:28:58

Christina Chapman, 50, an Arizona woman who pleaded guilty to charges connected to the global North Korean IT workers scheme, has been sentenced to 8.5 years in federal prison. U.S. District Court Judge Randolph D. Moss also ordered Chapman to forfeit proceeds of $284,000 that was to be paid to the North Koreans. She was also ordered to pay a judgement of $176,850—the same amount she charged North Koreans for her help in the scheme that authorities said was one of the largest IT worker conspirac

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Intel continues to pull back on its manufacturing projects

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2026-01-01 20:59:30

Intel CEO Lip-Bau is making progress on his plan for the company to shed its inefficiencies. And that includes spiking several manufacturing projects. The semiconductor giant reported Thursday in its second-quarter earnings report that it will delay, and in some cases, not move forward with multiple manufacturing projects. Specifically, Intel said it was no longer going forward with its previously-announced projects in Germany and Poland. Those projects included an assembly and testing facility

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Tesla's stock plunges 8% after another weak quarter for auto sales

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal Lora Kolodny 2026-01-02 00:04:24

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk, during a news conference with President Donald Trump, inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 30, 2025. Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | Getty Images Tesla shares fell 8% Thursday after the company reported a second straight quarter of declining auto sales, and CEO Elon Musk told analysts that there could be a "few rough quarters" ahead due to the expiration of federal electric vehicle tax

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Intel beats on revenue, slashes foundry investments as CEO says 'no more blank checks'

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2026-01-02 00:36:17

The Intel logo is displayed on a sign in front of Intel headquarters on July 16, 2025 in Santa Clara, California. Intel reported second-quarter results on Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations on revenue, as the company's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan announced significant cuts in chip factory construction. The stock ticked higher in extended trading. Here's how the chipmaker did versus LSEG consensus estimates: Earnings per share : Loss of 10 cents per share, adjusted. : Loss of 10 cents per sha

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Musk's Starlink hit with outage day after rollout of T-Mobile satellite service

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2026-01-02 00:39:48

Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink said it had a "network outage" on Thursday. The company said it was working on a solution. There were more than 60,000 reports of an outage on Downdetector, a site that logs issues. Starlink is owned and operated by SpaceX, which is also run by Musk. Musk apologized for the outage on his social media platform X and said, "Service will be restored shortly." Musk posted earlier Thursday that the company's direct-to-cell-phone service was "growing

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This industrial AI startup is winning over customers by saying it won’t get acquired

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2026-01-02 10:37:47

When industrial AI startup CVector meets with manufacturers, utility providers, and other prospective customers, the founders are often asked the same question: will you still be here in six months? A year? It’s a fair concern in an environment where the biggest, richest tech companies are luring top talent with eye-watering salaries and increasingly targeting rising AI startups with elaborate acquihire deals. The answer that CVector founders Richard Zhang and Tyler Ruggles give every time is

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How to Succeed as a Freelancer and Turn a Side Hustle into a Full-Time Career

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-02 12:43:55

Jeffrey Hazelwood/CNET Jamie Brindle has been freelancing for 16 years and is on a mission to "demystify" the freelance world. In 2020, amid a shaky job market and widespread rejection of corporate hustle culture, he started helping beginner freelancers become their own bosses. The expansion of remote work, advances in AI and the growth of influencer platforms have all led to a kind of self-employment boom. As Gen Zers and millennials find new ways to upgrade their skills in a flexible work se

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AI companions: A threat to love, or an evolution of it?

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2026-01-02 15:43:35

As our lives grow increasingly digital and we spend more time interacting with eerily humanlike chatbots, the line between human connection and machine simulation is starting to blur. Today, more than 20% of daters report using AI for things like crafting dating profiles or sparking conversations, per a recent Match.com study. Some are taking it further by forming emotional bonds, including romantic relationships, with AI companions. Millions of people around the world are using AI companions

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1 in 3 Americans ask ChatGPT to help them find a new job, study finds

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2026-01-02 20:44:01

gremlin/Getty Images About one in three Americans has used an AI tool like ChatGPT to assist with a career change, according to a new report from Southeastern Oklahoma University (SOU), The report, published Monday and based on a survey of 1,000 Americans spanning four generations, set out to understand the role that AI is playing in a moment of extreme fluidity and change throughout the US labor market: Over half of workers surveyed said they're actively considering a job or career change. Th

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Tesla's stock plunges 9% after another weak quarter for auto sales

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal Lora Kolodny 2026-01-03 00:59:08

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk, during a news conference with President Donald Trump, inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 30, 2025. Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | Getty Images Tesla shares fell 9% Thursday after the company reported a second straight quarter of declining auto sales, and CEO Elon Musk told analysts that there could be a "few rough quarters" ahead due to the expiration of federal electric vehicle tax

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4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

Arvo Pärt at 90

Floods and Other Disasters Kill More People at Night, but Not for the Reasons You Think

Inside the struggle to create a cozy Lord of the Rings game

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Dating safety app Tea breached, exposing 72,000 user images

Index Ventures’ Jahanvi Sardana shares the truth about TAM and what founders should focus on instead

Intel drops 8% as chipmaker's foundry business axes projects, struggles to find customers

Inside Tesla's new retro-futuristic Supercharger diner

Samsung has its eye on Perplexity and OpenAI as it plans to expand beyond Gemini

Intel drops 9% as chipmaker's foundry business axes projects, struggles to find customers

Tesla is reportedly behind on its pledge to build 5,000 Optimus bots this year

Tesla is reportedly bringing a limited version of its robotaxi service to San Francisco

Intel confirms it will dramatically cut its workforce by the end of 2025

Trump Says He Didn't Even Know What Nvidia Was

FCC approves Skydance's $8 billion Paramount acquisition

AI slop and fake reports are coming for your bug bounty programs

How a Y Combinator food-delivery app used TikTok to soar in the App Store

Musk’s Starlink hit with hours-long outage after rollout of T-Mobile satellite service

Freed says 20,000 clinicians are using its medical AI transcription ‘scribe,’ but competition is rising fast

American sentenced for helping North Koreans get jobs at U.S. firms

Intel continues to pull back on its manufacturing projects

Tesla's stock plunges 8% after another weak quarter for auto sales

Intel beats on revenue, slashes foundry investments as CEO says 'no more blank checks'

Musk's Starlink hit with outage day after rollout of T-Mobile satellite service

This industrial AI startup is winning over customers by saying it won’t get acquired

How to Succeed as a Freelancer and Turn a Side Hustle into a Full-Time Career

AI companions: A threat to love, or an evolution of it?

1 in 3 Americans ask ChatGPT to help them find a new job, study finds

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