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Crypto Prices Plunge After Shock Inflation Report

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-11-22 17:45:14

The biggest cryptocurrencies in the world dipped sharply Thursday after the latest inflation data showed wholesale prices are rising much faster than expected. The price of Bitcoin is down 3.8% on the day ($117,900), Ethereum is down 4% ($4,535), and Ripple is down 6.1% ($3.07) according to CoinMarketCap. Crypto prices are responding to the Producer Price Index (PPI) for July, which measures the average change in prices from U.S. manufacturers and service providers. It rose by 0.9%, according t

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Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-22 17:32:02

Starlink operator SpaceX is fighting Virginia's plan to deploy fiber Internet service to residents, claiming that federal grant money should be given to Starlink instead. SpaceX is already in line to win over $3 million in grant money in the state but is seeking $60 million. Starlink is poised to benefit from the Trump administration rewriting rules for the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) grant program. While the Biden administration decided that states should priori

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U.S. government is reportedly in discussions to take stake in Intel

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-11-22 17:38:20

In Brief The Trump administration continues to meddle with semiconductor giant Intel. The U.S. government is reportedly in discussions to take a a stake in Intel, according to reporting from Bloomberg. This deal would be structured to help the company expand its U.S. manufacturing efforts, including its much-delayed Ohio chip factory. This news comes less than a week after President Donald Trump insisted that Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan resign because of perceived conflicts of interest. While Trump

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Intel stock climbs 7% on report Trump administration is considering stake

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-11-22 22:57:25

Lip-Bu Tan, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., departs following a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Intel stock rose 7% in trading on Thursday after Bloomberg reported that the Trump administration is in talks with the chipmaker to have the U.S. government take a stake in the embattled company. Intel is the only U.S. company with the capability to manufacture the fastest chips on U.S. shores, although rivals including TSMC and Samsung also have U

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Taylor Swift Nearly Doubles Trump’s Podcast Ratings

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-11-22 22:05:16

Taylor Swift appeared last night on her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s, podcast to promote her upcoming 12th studio album, “The Life of a Show Girl,” and a lot of people tuned in. The premiere live stream of the two-hour New Heights podcast drew up to 1.3 million viewers in its first hour, Variety reported. That’s nearly double the 800,000 viewers who tuned in to watch Donald Trump’s appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience during its first hour last October, according to

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Newly Discovered Fossils Reveal Unknown Humanlike Relative

gizmodo.com Natalia Mesa 2025-11-22 22:20:38

Researchers have uncovered fossils belonging to a previously unknown ancient human relative. And they may have lived in the same time and place as the earliest-known members of the genus Homo, from which modern humans evolved, according to a new study. A team of archeologists working at Ethiopia’s Ledi-Geraru research project area unearthed a set of fossilized teeth that likely belonged to an unidentified species within the Australopithecus genus, known for having both human- and ape-like trait

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1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' (2015)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 12:54:35

The Soviet Hobbit Bilbo and Gollum behind the Iron Curtain Alex Q. Arbuckle 1976 Credit: Via English Russia First published in 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, has been translated into more than 40 languages. In addition to different translations, dozens of uniquely illustrated versions of the children’s story have been released over the years. This 1976 Soviet edition features illustrations by M. Belomlinskij, depicting Bilbo, Ga

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What are the real numbers, really? (2024)

news.ycombinator.com Joel David Hamkins 2025-11-23 03:03:13

What is a real number? Let us consider the real continuum. The classical discovery of irrational numbers reveals gaps in the rational number line: the place where √2 would be, if it were rational, is a hole in the rational line. Thus, the rational numbers are seen to be incomplete. One seeks to complete them, to fill these holes, forming the real number line ℝ. Please enjoy this free extended excerpt from Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics, published with MIT Press 2021, an introduction

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The 15 Best Genre Movies of Summer 2025 (and Where to Watch Them)

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-11-23 03:15:18

A few short weeks remain in the 2025 summer movie season, and we have to say, it’s been a pretty great one. Lots of the big blockbusters really delivered. Lots of smaller films came out of nowhere to surprise us. And even a few streaming titles made their mark. Below, we’ve got our choices for the 15 best genre movies released during the summer of 2025, from the first weekend in May through the end of August. 15. Thunderbolts Spoiler: this is the only Marvel movie on this list. Not that we dis

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Scientists Taught AI to Predict Nuclear Fusion Success—and It’s Actually Working

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-11-23 03:46:18

AI is giving a huge efficiency boost to one of the biggest nuclear fusion facilities in the world—but perhaps not in the way you think. In research published today in Science, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory report how its newly developed deep learning model accurately predicted the results of a 2022 fusion experiment at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). The model, which assigned 74% probability for ignition in that experiment, outperforms traditional supercomputing met

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Have a Headache? These Are the Best Foods to Help Relieve It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-23 06:39:00

Headaches can be annoying and persistent, and taking aspirin or simply lying down may not always help. If that sounds like you, you may want to look at changing your plate of food for more relief. Of course, just changing what food you consume won't automatically cure headaches or migraines, but some foods may help ease them when they arrive -- in addition to hydration, exercise, sleep and stress management. Tracking those habits and symptoms over time can be easier with the right smartwatch. "

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Incan numerical recordkeeping system may have been widely used

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-23 12:10:09

Inca bureaucrats recorded all the goings-on in their bustling empire using knotted cords called khipu, where the position and order of the knots represented numbers. They relied on the khipu system to track people, taxes, produce, livestock, and products like woven cloth and beer. Because khipu were so vital to the Inca government, and because the khipu itself is such a sophisticated way of recording numbers, colonial writers decided that these tools must be the exclusive knowledge of a very sp

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How We’ll Know for Sure If Microplastics Are Destroying Our Health

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-11-23 15:35:03

Researchers have found plastic in almost every corner of the human body, from our brains and poop to blood and testicles (at least it’s not making our stomachs crunch yet). Is this plastic contamination bad for us? While the answer to that question might seem like a no-brainer—and certainly no one is crazy enough to theorize that microplastics in breast milk are a good thing—there haven’t been any human trials to confirm that microplastics are detrimental to human health. Some research has simp

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Brilliant illustrations bring this 1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' to life (2015)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-19 12:54:35

The Soviet Hobbit Bilbo and Gollum behind the Iron Curtain Alex Q. Arbuckle 1976 Credit: Via English Russia First published in 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, has been translated into more than 40 languages. In addition to different translations, dozens of uniquely illustrated versions of the children’s story have been released over the years. This 1976 Soviet edition features illustrations by M. Belomlinskij, depicting Bilbo, Ga

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How to Find Out If Microplastics Are Actually Destroying Our Health

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-11-24 03:35:03

Researchers have found plastic in almost every corner of the human body, from our brains and poop to blood and testicles (at least it’s not making our stomachs crunch yet). Is this plastic contamination bad for us? While the answer to that question might seem like a no-brainer—and certainly no one is crazy enough to theorize that microplastics in breast milk are a good thing—there haven’t been any human trials to confirm that microplastics are detrimental to human health. Some research has simp

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Senators Press Howard Lutnick’s Former Investment Firm Over Tariff Conflict of Interest Concerns

wired.com Louise Matsakis 2025-11-24 03:30:00

Last month, WIRED reported that the investment banking arm of Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company led by the sons of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, was exploring creating a financial product for clients to bet on whether President Donald Trump’s signature tariffs would be struck down in court. In response to WIRED’s reporting, Democratic senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Cantor Fitzgerald chairman Brandon Lutnick on Wednesday demanding more information

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Can I Drink Electrolyte Water Every Day? Experts Weigh In (2025)

wired.com Louryn Strampe 2025-11-24 08:32:00

Wellness marketing is a little out of control, and electrolytes are as buzzy as it gets. Touted by influencers and podcasters as a miracle supplement that helps your body perform at its peak, electrolyte beverages are as numerous as they are readily available. But the dietitians and nutritionists I spoke with are less willing to embrace these beverages as a cure-all for what ails you. I say as much in our guide to electrolyte powders: Whether or not you need to drink electrolyte water, and how

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Brilliant illustrations bring this 1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' to life

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-20 12:54:35

The Soviet Hobbit Bilbo and Gollum behind the Iron Curtain Alex Q. Arbuckle 1976 Credit: Via English Russia First published in 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, has been translated into more than 40 languages. In addition to different translations, dozens of uniquely illustrated versions of the children’s story have been released over the years. This 1976 Soviet edition features illustrations by M. Belomlinskij, depicting Bilbo, Ga

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Trump orders cull of regulations governing commercial rocket launches

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-24 17:45:35

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing government agencies to "eliminate or expedite" environmental reviews for commercial launch and reentry licenses. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), part of the Department of Transportation (DOT), grants licenses for commercial launch and reentry operations. The FAA is charged with ensuring launch and reentries don't endanger the public, comply with environmental laws, and comport with US national interests. The drive

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How well do coding agents use your library?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-24 23:23:56

How StackBench Works StackBench simulates how coding agents actually use your library documentation. We extract real use cases, then test if agents can implement them successfully.

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Swing Into Action in Marvel's Spider-Man on PlayStation Plus Soon

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-25 08:07:21

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can, and PlayStation Plus subscribers can become the famous web-slinger in Marvel's Spider-Man on Aug. 19. 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 gives subscribers access to games. However, only Extra and Premium tier subscribers can a

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What happens the day after superintelligence?

venturebeat.com Louis Rosenberg 2025-11-25 22:45:00

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 With the release OpenAI’s Chat GPT-5, the world is one step closer to unleashing a general-purpose superintelligence that can cognitively outperform each of us by a wide margin. As this day nears, I am increasingly worried that we are woefully unprepared for the shockwaves this will send through society — and it’s probably not for the reaso

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I Can’t Stop Staring at This Official Half-Human-Torch Fantastic Four Costume

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-11-25 22:30:04

Disney has unveiled its selection of costumes for 2025, and they’re spectacularly silly and delightful. Leading the pack with incredible camp are The Fantastic Four: First Steps costumes. While Sue and Reed’s costumes play it safe, those for the Human Torch and the Thing offer better representations of their powers. Seriously, I cannot stop looking at the “flame on” mid-transformation look. It’s so ridiculous, I love it and sort of want to roller skate around in it. Check out the gallery below

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U.S. alcohol consumption drops to a 90-year low, new poll finds

news.ycombinator.com Jess Lander 2025-11-26 03:20:39

A new Gallup report reveals that only 54% of American adults reporting drinking alcohol in 2025. Lea Suzuki/S.F. Chronicle The percentage of Americans who report drinking alcohol has hit a nearly 90-year low, according to a recent Gallup poll. The results of Gallup’s annual Consumption Habits survey, released Wednesday, revealed that only 54% of U.S. adults reported drinking alcohol in 2025. This figure represents a three-year decline from 67% in 2022, and falls below the previous record low o

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‘Are You Surprised?’: Trump Shrugs Off New Suspected Hack of Documents by Russia

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-11-26 03:52:23

President Donald Trump was asked on Wednesday about the recent hack of a computer system that holds highly sensitive federal court documents. Russia is suspected to be behind the attack, as the New York Times first reported on Tuesday. But Trump doesn’t seem to think it was a big deal, even as the president prepares to meet with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Trump was asked by a reporter if he would bring up the hack when he meets Putin in Alaska on Friday. “I guess I could,” Trump replied

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Best Robot Vacuums We've Tested (August 2025)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-26 03:00:00

Each robot vacuum we consider for recommendation gets put through its paces in our test lab in Louisville, Kentucky. In addition to test floors where we run our controlled pickup tests, we monitor each robot vacuum in a special test room filled with mock furniture to gauge how well it navigates around common obstacles. Past that, we check each robot vacuum's ability to gobble up pet hair without getting clogged or leaving loose strands behind, we consider mopping capabilities, and we check to se

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Humidifier vs. Purifier: How to Pick the Right Option for Yourself

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-26 03:00:00

While spring has come and gone, your allergies might still be lingering. So, you should make your environment as healthy and safe as possible. There are a few home tech gadgets to consider when trying to protect yourself from indoor allergies. CNET experts spoke to allergy and medical professionals, and they both say an air purifier or humidifier can be effective. Humidifiers, though, if used improperly, can cause more harm than good. "If there is too much humidity in a room, it can promote the

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Anthropic nabs Humanloop team as competition for enterprise AI talent heats up

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-11-26 08:17:30

Anthropic has acquired the co-founders and most of the team behind Humanloop – a platform for prompt management, LLM evaluation, and observability – in a push to strengthen its enterprise strategy. The terms of the deal were not shared, but it appears to follow the acqui-hire playbook we’re increasingly seeing in the tech industry amid the war for AI talent. Humanloop’s three co-founders – CEO Raza Habib, CTO Peter Hayes, and CPO Jordan Burgess – have all joined Anthropic, alongside around a do

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How Well Do Coding Agents Use Your Library?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-26 17:23:56

How StackBench Works StackBench simulates how coding agents actually use your library documentation. We extract real use cases, then test if agents can implement them successfully.

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‘This Was Trauma by Simulation’: ChatGPT Users File Disturbing Mental Health Complaints

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-11-26 17:35:05

With about 700 million weekly users, ChatGPT is the most popular AI chatbot in the world, according to OpenAI. CEO Sam Altman likens the latest model, GPT-5, to having a PhD expert around to answer any question you can throw at it. But recent reports suggest ChatGPT is exacerbating mental illnesses in some people. And documents obtained by Gizmodo give us an inside look at what Americans are complaining about when they use ChatGPT, including difficulties with mental illnesses. Gizmodo filed a F

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