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Wireless Power Banks Recalled Over Fires and Explosions—Check the List ASAP

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-11-16 21:40:36

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Wireless power banks have been recalled for exploding and causing fires. This time, it’s the ESR HaloLock wireless power banks distributed by Waymeet in Hong Kong. The power banks were sold online at Amazon, Home Depot’s website, and Esrtech.com from September 2023 to July 2025, according to a press release from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. “The firm has received nine reports of the lithium-ion battery catching fire and exploding, result

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Nvidia said to be developing new, more powerful AI chip for sale in China

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2025-11-17 02:58:28

The world’s most valuable chipmaker is far from giving up its desire to retain China as a key growth market. Nvidia is apparently putting together a new AI chip meant for sale in China that’s half as powerful as its flagship B300 Blackwell GPU, Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources. This new chip, codenamed B30A, would be more powerful than the H20 GPUs the company is currently allowed to sell to China, the report said, though its design will be single-die in nature, unlike the dual-die de

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Apple is finally hitting a long-held goal to reduce its dependence on China

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-11-17 11:57:42

A new report says that Apple will finally hit a long-held goal to reduce its dependence on China with the launch of the iPhone 17. Indian iPhone production has always lagged behind that of China, but all this is now changing – with import tariffs acting as an additional incentive … Apple’s long-term goal The vast majority of iPhones are still assembled in China, but Apple has for many years been working on boosting the number of phones made in other countries. India is the company’s secondary

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Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals

news.ycombinator.com Inquiries At Iapsop.Com 2025-11-13 11:12:45

The IAPSOP is a US-based private organization focused on the digital preservation of Spiritualist and occult periodicals published between the Congress of Vienna and the start of the Second World War. Our all-volunteer staff digitizes, indexes and makes available free-of-charge these periodicals, in our archive, for use by students and researchers. We have a standing want list and will respond promptly to inquiries and offers from sellers. We accept contributions of material and labor to furt

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The Life and Death of London's Crystal Palace (2021)

news.ycombinator.com I'M The Engagement 2025-11-12 15:35:15

Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace was one of the world’s most inspiring buildings. The interior of the Crystal Palace’s ‘Tropical’ end with its Winter Garden, which was destroyed by fire on 30 December 1866. © Historic England Archive. DP004607. From the opening of the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park to its final demise, its compelling glass and iron design and awe-inspiring vastness attracted the attention of photographers on the ground and in the air. Here we take a look at some of the remarkabl

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In 2006, Hitachi developed a 0.15mm-sized RFID chip

news.ycombinator.com Hitachi Global 2025-11-12 21:28:56

News releases PDF Download(PDF Type, 114Kbyte) February 6, 2006 World's smallest and thinnest 0.15 x 0.15 mm, 7.5µm thick RFID IC chip - Enhanced productivity enabled by 1/4 surface area, 1/8th thickness - Tokyo, 6th February 2006 --- Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT / TSE:6501) today announced it has developed and verified operation of a 0.15 x 0.15 millimeter (mm), 7.5 micrometer (µm)*1 thick contactless IC chip, the smallest and thinnest in the world, to date. The chip is a smaller version of the

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Shein reportedly weighs moving back to China in a bid for Hong Kong IPO approval

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-11-17 14:50:56

Shein is considering moving its base back to China from Singapore in a bid to convince Beijing authorities to approve the e-commerce company's Hong Kong initial public offering, according to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday. The report said that Shein had gone so far as to consult lawyers about setting up a parent company in mainland China, citing people familiar with the matter. However, it added that there was no guarantee that Shein would act upon the preliminary discussions. Shein, which sour

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Netflix Revamps Tudum's CQRS Architecture with Raw Hollow In-Memory Object Store

news.ycombinator.com Rafal Gancarz 2025-11-14 09:27:27

Netflix replaced a CQRS implementation using Kafka and Cassandra with a new solution leveraging RAW Hollow, an in-memory object store developed internally. Revamped architecture of Tudum offers much faster content preview during the editorial process and faster page rendering for visitors. Netflix launched Tudum, its official fan website, in late 2021, to provide a destination for Netflix users interested in additional content associated with the company’s shows. The architecture of the website

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Trump administration eyes 10% stake in Intel using CHIPS Act funds, stock slides

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-17 11:41:32

A few days ago, news broke that following a meeting with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, the Trump administration was looking to take an unspecified stake in Intel. Now, Bloomberg says the number being discussed is around $10.5 billion. Here are the details. Not what the market seemed to be expecting Intel stock slid today, following Bloomberg‘s report that the Trump administration was considering converting Intel’s $10.9 billion CHIPS Act funding into an equity stake, potentially giving the U.S. govern

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Ted Chiang: The Secret Third Thing

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 11:05:59

I really like Ted Chiang’s writing. I think he's probably the best science fiction short story writer alive, and possibly the best short story writer, period. I've read every one of his stories at least twice, and The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate more like seven times. I’ve noticed many of his readers, including some of his most positive reviewers, miss one key point or another of his works, and thus don't fully appreciate his genius. This review covers what he does extremely well, espec

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Int. Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals

news.ycombinator.com Inquiries At Iapsop.Com 2025-11-13 23:12:45

The IAPSOP is a US-based private organization focused on the digital preservation of Spiritualist and occult periodicals published between the Congress of Vienna and the start of the Second World War. Our all-volunteer staff digitizes, indexes and makes available free-of-charge these periodicals, in our archive, for use by students and researchers. We have a standing want list and will respond promptly to inquiries and offers from sellers. We accept contributions of material and labor to furt

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Phrack 72

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 14:43:22

Title : Introduction Author : Phrack Staff ==Phrack Inc.== Volume 0x10, Issue 0x48, Phile #0x01 of 0x12 |=-----------------------------------------------------------------------=| |=-------------------------=[ Introduction ]=----------------------------=| |=-----------------------------------------------------------------------=| |=----------------------=[ Phrack Staff ]=-------------------------=| |=-----------------------=[ [email protected] ]=--------------------------=| |=-----------------

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Sikkim and the Himalayan Chess Game (2016)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-14 02:34:24

At the height of the Indo-Pakistan war, in mid-September 1965, Britain’s ITN broadcast a 15-minute report from what they called ‘another potential starting point for a Third World War’. The images were not of Indian and Pakistani soldiers in disputed Kashmir. Instead, the dramatic footage showed Indian and Chinese soldiers 14,000 feet up on the other side of the Himalayas, on either side of the border between the Kingdom of Sikkim (an Indian protectorate perched between Nepal and Bhutan) and Chi

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Sikkim and the Himalayan Chess Game

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-14 14:34:24

At the height of the Indo-Pakistan war, in mid-September 1965, Britain’s ITN broadcast a 15-minute report from what they called ‘another potential starting point for a Third World War’. The images were not of Indian and Pakistani soldiers in disputed Kashmir. Instead, the dramatic footage showed Indian and Chinese soldiers 14,000 feet up on the other side of the Himalayas, on either side of the border between the Kingdom of Sikkim (an Indian protectorate perched between Nepal and Bhutan) and Chi

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Tesla Optimus rival Unitree shines at the 'World Humanoid Robot Games' in China

cnbc.com Eunice Yoon 2025-11-18 11:16:19

The first "World Humanoid Robot Games" is in the books. The three-day competition hosted in Beijing wrapped on Sunday, attracting 280 teams from 16 countries, including the U.S. Teams used robots manufactured by Chinese companies such as Unitree and Booster. During the games, humanoid athletes competed in dance battles, martial arts, track and field events such as the 400-meter and 1500-meter races and long jump, and a soccer tournament. "Robots have stronger joints and core strength," said G

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Hundreds of Robots Competed in the World's First Robot Olympics. The Results Were Unintentionally Hilarious

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-18 10:23:36

In the past few decades, China has rapidly transitioned from one of the poorest nations on Earth to the global kingpin in robotics production. Between 2022 and 2023, the People's Republic installed over 276,000 robots throughout various industries, more than every other country on Earth combined. The machines are descending on Beijing this week, flocking from all corners of the world to take part in kickboxing, track, football, table tennis, and dance competitions in what's being called the wor

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WIRED Roundup: Why GPT-5 Flopped

wired.com Zoë Schiffer 2025-11-18 16:01:24

Zoë Schiffer: Yeah, I mean it really, really impacted people. I think on the most extreme ends, you see people who have what looks like perhaps like a mental health crisis, they're so attached to the model, but then you just have complete power users who are like, “This is part of my minute by minute life. What have you done? You didn't warn me.” Jake Lahut: And this is where the introspective aspect of these tools, the kind of desire for self-understanding, the people who are not advisably fro

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RFK Jr.'s Wi-Fi and 5G conspiracies appear to make it into MAHA report draft

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 21:34:11

The Trump administration's plans to improve Americans' health will include a push to review the safety of electromagnetic radiation, echoing long-held conspiracy theories and falsehoods about Wi-Fi and 5G touted by health secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On Friday, Politico obtained a draft version of the "Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy," a highly anticipated report from the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission intended to steer the administration's he

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RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi and 5G conspiracies appear to make it into MAHA report draft

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-18 21:04:53

The Trump administration's plans to improve Americans' health will include a push to review the safety of electromagnetic radiation, echoing long-held conspiracy theories and falsehoods about Wi-Fi and 5G touted by health secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On Friday, Politico obtained a draft version of the "Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy," a highly anticipated report from the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission intended to steer the administration's he

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After recent tests, China appears likely to beat the United States back to the Moon

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-18 21:18:22

In recent weeks, the secretive Chinese space program has reported some significant milestones in developing its program to land astronauts on the lunar surface by the year 2030. On August 6, the China Manned Space Agency successfully tested a high-fidelity mockup of its 26-ton "Lanyue" lunar lander. The test, conducted outside of Beijing, used giant tethers to simulate lunar gravity as the vehicle fired main engines and fine control thrusters to land on a cratered surface and take off from ther

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Texas AG accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-11-18 21:59:29

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves as mental health tools,” according to a press release issued Monday. “In today’s digital age, we must continue to fight to protect Texas kids from deceptive and exploitative technology,” Paxton is quoted as saying. “By posing as sources of emotional support, AI platforms can mislead vulnerable users

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The US May Have Already Lost the AI Race to China Due to a Key Weakness

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-17 21:00:36

You might have heard of an "AI race" heating up between the US and China, a bitter rivalry between two global adversaries that could shape the direction of world history. At least, that's how some in the US feel. While China has repeatedly tried to establish a geopolitical friendship with the richest nation in the world, officials and pundits in the US have doubled down, reframing artificial intelligence as the 21st century's nuclear bomb. In the meantime, China may have gotten a massive lead

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The Nothing Phone 3 is a fun, flawed, but overall worthy semi-flagship

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-19 16:51:59

Nothing Phone 3 The Nothing Phone 3 tries to be an Android flagship while skipping out on just a few key areas like the chipset and top-end materials. But, with new perks like faster wired charging, improved cameras, and official US carrier support, as well as that signature hardware and software design flair, this is the easiest Nothing Phone to recommend to date. What even is a flagship Android phone these days? Sometimes, I think I know. Other times, I have to shrug and wonder. And yet, not

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Apple prepares for iPhone 17 launch by expanding its reach

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-11-19 21:27:09

When Apple announces the iPhone 17 event next week, it will have a new place to spread the message. As noted by South China Morning Post, Apple expanded its social media footprint in China over the weekend. The move comes just in time for Apple’s next product launch that will include iPhone 17, 17 Air, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max, as well as Apple Watch Series 11 and Ultra 3, and maybe even AirPods Pro 3. Earlier this summer, Apple joined Threads in a very limited capacity after two years of not ha

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When you're asking AI chatbots for answers, they're data-mining you

news.ycombinator.com Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 2025-11-19 20:58:17

Opinion Recently, OpenAI ChatGPT users were shocked – shocked, I tell you! – to discover that their searches were appearing in Google search. You morons! What do you think AI chatbots are doing? Doing all your homework for free or a mere $20 a month? I think not! When you ask an AI chatbot for an answer, whether it's about the role of tariffs in decreasing prices (spoiler: tariffs increase them,); whether your girlfriend is really that into you; or, my particular favorite, "How to Use a Microwa

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MCP doesn't need tools, it needs code

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-19 17:53:03

Your MCP Doesn’t Need 30 Tools: It Needs Code I wrote a while back about why code performs better than MCP (Model Context Protocol) for some tasks. In particular, I pointed out that if you have command line tools available, agentic coding tools seem very happy to use those. In the meantime, I learned a few more things that put some nuance to this. There are a handful of challenges with CLI-based tools that are rather hard to resolve and require further examination. In this blog post, I want to

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Jeff Williams isn’t the last senior level executive exit coming for Apple

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-11-19 20:31:11

Who is the next senior level executive planning to leave Apple? Mark Gurman dropped a clue in his Power On newsletter this week. Responding to a question about Apple’s current succession plan, especially after Jeff Williams’ upcoming retirement, Gurman says there is pretty explicit talk within the company about more senior level departures coming. I am hearing pretty explicitly that there are more departures set to come from the most senior levels of Apple. So I’d expect at least one other maj

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Mindless Machines, Mindless Myths

news.ycombinator.com Feb 2025-11-20 03:47:44

Mindless Machines, Mindless Myths Erik J. Larson thinks about “Mindless: The Human Condition in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” which traces Robert Skidelsky’s philosophical reckoning with AI, automation, and the illusion of progress. By Erik J. Larson August 2, 2025 Science & Technology Philosophy & Religion Mindless: The Human Condition in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Robert Skidelsky . Other Press , 2024. 384 pages. BEGINNING IN THE 1960s, a generation of visionary engineers

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MCP Doesn't Need 30 Tools: It Needs Code

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-20 05:53:03

Your MCP Doesn’t Need 30 Tools: It Needs Code I wrote a while back about why code performs better than MCP (Model Context Protocol) for some tasks. In particular, I pointed out that if you have command line tools available, agentic coding tools seem very happy to use those. In the meantime, I learned a few more things that put some nuance to this. There are a handful of challenges with CLI-based tools that are rather hard to resolve and require further examination. In this blog post, I want to

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How Microschools Became the Latest Tech Mogul Obsession

wired.com Julia Black 2025-11-20 06:00:00

Elon Musk had a question: “Does anybody have any experience with first principles analysis?” He was speaking to a room full of kids, many of whom knew Musk as the CEO of companies that made rockets and cool-looking cars—and as the founder of Ad Astra, the microschool they attended in his Bel Air mansion, per a video posted by the YouTube channel Newsthink. To five of them, he was simply “Dad.” Generation iPad Young people entering classrooms this fall need a totally different tool set than the

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Sikkim and the Himalayan Chess Game

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