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Electromechanical Reshaping Offers Safer Eye Surgery

news.ycombinator.com Meghie Rodrigues 2025-10-18 14:56:37

A new, promising technique has the potential to replace laser surgeries in ophthalmologists’ offices in the future, for a fraction of the cost. Called electromechanical reshaping (EMR), the technique offers a gentler approach to correcting the cornea than Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK), today’s gold standard for treating vision issues including nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. The eye develops these and other conditions when the cornea’s curvature is off—too stee

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How to build vector tiles from scratch

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-18 16:40:47

As I add more data to the NYC Chaos Dashboard, a website that maps live urban activity, I have been looking for a more efficient way to render the map. Since I collect all of the data in one process and return the Dashboard as one HTML file, I kept wondering how I could optimize the map’s loading time by pre-processing the data as much as possible in the backend. This is where vector tiles come in. The code shown in this post is written in Go. Why generate tiles? Initially, all of the map’s d

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The Browser Company, maker of Arc and Dia, is being acquired

theverge.com David Pierce 2025-10-18 16:20:15

Mike Cannon-Brookes, the CEO of enterprise software giant Atlassian, was one of the first users of the Arc browser. Over the last several years, he has been a prolific bug reporter and feature requester. Now he’ll own the thing: Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company, the New York-based startup that makes both Arc and the new AI-focused Dia browser. Atlassian is paying $610 million in cash for The Browser Company, and plans to run it as an independent entity. The conversations that led to t

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As a cell phone expert, I’m worried about the future of prepaid carriers

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-19 01:00:52

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Once dismissed as the domain of teenagers, bad credit consumers, or even shady activity, prepaid wireless has transformed into a real competitor in the smartphone age. Today, the prepaid market offers everything from ultra-budget choices to services that deliver an experience nearly indistinguishable from premium postpaid service. But this evolution comes with a new concern: over-saturation. There are now well over a dozen reputable prepaid carriers, along w

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10 Horror Sequels to Watch on Peacock

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-10-19 08:30:02

Horror is a staple on nearly every streaming service, but what if you’ve seen all the important classics and are looking to venture a little further afield? One way to keep mainlining your favorite villains and settings is to dive into sequel territory. Not all horror sequels are created equal, but for every misguided cash grab, there’s a cult classic waiting to be rediscovered. Head to Peacock, home of next year’s Crystal Lake prequel series, to check out these 10 horror sequels. Halloween II

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Mistral, the French AI giant, is reportedly on the cusp of securing a $14B valuation

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-10-19 08:13:51

In Brief French AI startup Mistral AI is finalizing a €2 billion investment at a post-money valuation of $14 billion, reports Bloomberg, positioning the company as one of Europe’s most valuable tech startups. The two-year-old OpenAI rival, founded by former DeepMind and Meta researchers, develops open source language models and Le Chat, its AI chatbot built for European audiences. Mistral isn’t commenting on the report, but the round would represent Mistral’s first major raise since June 2024,

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OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT Projects to free users

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-19 12:50:27

OpenAI has announced that it's making its Projects feature available to free users of ChatGPT. Projects let you organize chats with the company's AI assistant around a specific subject, and were previously one of several privileges only enjoyed by paid subscribers. While on some level Projects are glorified folders for ChatGPT conversations, the ability to set custom instructions for how the AI responds or limit what information and files it can reference, makes the feature a useful option for

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Lively Linear Lisp (1992) [pdf]

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-16 14:10:25

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Depot (YC W23) Is Hiring a Solutions Engineer (Remote US and Canada)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-19 12:00:27

Depot is growing rapidly and reinventing the software build space, so we are now looking for our first dedicated Solutions Engineer to bridge the gap between our innovative technology and the developers who need it most. This is a rare opportunity for an experienced developer who wants to help peers make dramatic gains in their day-to-day jobs, and ultimately for their organizations. An ideal candidate would be someone who is already a Depot user and fan who wants to find a new role in a fast

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Alphabet adds $230 billion in value after avoiding breakup in antitrust case

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-10-19 16:06:50

Alphabet shares rose 9.14% on Wednesday as investors viewed the result of Google's antitrust case as broadly favorable to the tech giant. Wednesday's gain added $234 billion to the company's market cap. Apple closed 3.81% higher, adding $130 billion to its cap. The U.S. Department of Justice had proposed a sort of breakup of Google, which included divesting its Chrome browser, in an antitrust case that began in September 2023. While Google was found to hold an illegal monopoly in its core mar

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Figma's stock plunges after company's first earnings report since IPO

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-19 16:44:04

Dylan Field, co-founder and CEO of Figma, center, appears on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on July 31, 2025. Figma Inc. shares surged as much as 229% after the design software maker and some of its shareholders raised $1.2 billion in an IPO, with the trading valuing the company far above the $20 billion mark it would have reached in a now-scrapped merger with Adobe Inc. Figma shares plunged 13% in extended trading on Wednesday after the design software company reported re

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Salesforce issues weak revenue guidance even as earnings beat estimates

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-19 16:32:43

Marc Benioff, co-founder and CEO of Salesforce, sits for an interview in San Francisco on April 25, 2025. Salesforce issued disappointing guidance on Wednesday, even as earnings and revenue topped estimates for the fiscal second quarter. The stock dropped 4% in extended trading. Here's how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $2.91 adjusted vs. $2.78 expected $2.91 adjusted vs. $2.78 expected Revenue: $10.24 billion vs. $10.14 billion expected Revenue incre

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OpenAI is hiring 'AI-pilled' academics to build a scientific discovery accelerator

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-10-19 16:16:05

Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways OpenAI for Science was announced in a Tuesday X post. Its goal is to accelerate scientific discovery through AI. The post suggests GPT-5 will play a key role in the effort. Artificial intelligence researchers have long dreamed of automating the process of scientific discovery. Now OpenAI is setting out to turn that vision into reality. The company is launching an initiative call

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UK Electricity Generation Map

news.ycombinator.com Energy Dashboard 2025-10-19 06:49:48

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A Shocking Number of Kids Don’t Play Outside

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-10-19 16:10:27

For plenty of us grown-ups, the time spent running around our neighborhoods or hanging by the playground swings was a highlight of our childhood. Kids today often can’t say the same, though. New research shows that a substantial proportion of children aren’t playing outdoors at all, even on the weekends. Scientists at the University of Exeter in the UK found that about a third of children reported not playing outdoors after school, while one in five reported not playing outside during the weeke

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‘Marvel Rivals’ Shakes Heaven and Earth Adding Daredevil and Angela to Its Hero Roster

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-19 16:30:14

In a sea of hero shooters, Marvel Rivals continues to be the talk of the town, be it through its glittery movie collab and comic book crossover skins, bombastic gameplay, or having gamers and comic book fans alike fiending to find out which new hero will become their main. Today, Marvel Rivals gave players a glimpse at two new heroes that will undoubtedly change the hierarchy of fan-favorite debates. Developer NetEase Games has unveiled a teaser for season four event The Heart of the Dragon, re

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OpenAI boosts size of secondary share sale to $10.3 billion

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos Ashley Capoot 2025-10-19 20:50:48

OpenAI is increasing the size of its secondary share sale by more than $4 billion, CNBC has learned. The artificial intelligence startup is giving eligible current and former employees the opportunity to sell roughly $10.3 billion in stock, up from the $6 billion it was initially targeting, according to a person familiar with the offering. The sale will be at a $500 billion valuation, in line with expectations, said the person, who asked not to be named because the details are private. OpenAI'

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9to5Mac Daily: September 3, 2025 – Apple’s deal with Google is safe

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2025-10-19 20:58:33

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Backblaze: Never lose a file again. Use code “9to5daily” at checkout for 10% off or try for free. New episodes of 9to5Mac Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes

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Finally, an AirTag alternative that fits my wallet and works well with Android phones

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-19 20:58:21

LuLuLook AirCard Pro ZDNET's key takeaways The LuLuLook AirCard Pro is thin, lightweight, and fits seamlessly into wallets. The built-in rechargeable battery lasts for 4 to 5 months between top-ups. Handy slot cut to allow the finder to be attached to luggage. $24.69 at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. My grandfather had a saying -- a place for everything, and everything in its place. It turns out that I'm not as tidy as he was, and I have a tendency to… misplace

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A Case Study in AI Overstatement: Builder.ai

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-10-19 20:00:35

Back in May, Builder.ai, once a high-flying startup touted as a path-clearing AI-powered app builder, filed for bankruptcy in the U.S., culminating a spectacular fall that has become a cautionary tale in today’s AI frenzy. The filing followed a flurry of activity that saw creditors seize its accounts, the revelation that it may have been using engineers in India instead of AI, and a probe into how Builder.ai’s founder spent money leading up to its collapse. The collapse has sparked anger among

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Are you ready for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple trailer?

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-19 20:19:38

Fans of the 28 Days Later franchise were thrilled to finally get a follow-up this year with 28 Years Later—and they weren't disappointed. Sony Pictures has already wrapped filming on a sequel: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, slated for release early next year and directed by Nia DaCosta. The first trailer just dropped and the film looks as grimly compelling as its predecessor, while hopefully also retaining something of the 2025 film's heart. (Spoilers for 28 Years Later below.) As previously

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How 'Hollow Knight: Silksong' Fans Turned Waiting for Its Release Into a Game

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-10-19 20:00:47

Since 2021, Araraura has been a watchdog for the game Silksong. He posts daily clips on his YouTube channel, aptly named Daily Silksong News, for viewers seeking the latest on Team Cherry’s hotly anticipated Hollow Knight sequel. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been much to report. A quick scroll of the channel’s thumbnails reveals that most feature a fat, red lettered “NO.” A few here and there offer “YES,” or “KINDA,” but the majority of videos play the same: a brief introduction, followed by, “

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Android’s Quick Share upgrade is here to make file transfers more convenient

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-20 00:00:19

Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR Google is widely rolling out its redesign of Quick Share. The redesigned UI introduces separate “Send” and “Receive” screens. Users can select files directly from the Send screen and preview them. Google’s Quick Share makes it easy to share files between devices wirelessly, whether that’s with another Android device, Windows PC, or Chromebook. Since April, we’ve been aware that Google was working on a major revamp to the UI. That redesign even started r

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PFP: A Probabilistic Functional Programming Library for Haskell (2006)

news.ycombinator.com Martin Erwig 2025-10-16 07:02:47

A Probabilistic Functional Programming Library for Haskell Version: June 2006 Distributions can represent events, such as the roll of a die or the flip of a coin. For example, or example, the outcome of a die roll can be expressed as follows. die :: Dist Int die = uniform [1..6] die > die 1 16.7% 2 16.7% 3 16.7% 4 16.7% 5 16.7% 6 16.7% uniform uniform succOrId x = uniform [x, x+1] choose succOrId x = choose 0.5 x (x+1) droll = die >>= succOrId droll = do d <- die succOrId d To use t

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Anthropic Rakes in $183B Valuation as It Takes on Musk, Altman

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-10-20 00:00:51

Anthropic, the AI startup behind the Claude family of models, has secured a $13 billion Series F financing at a staggering $183 billion post-money valuation, nearly tripling its worth since March. Anthropic is backed by Amazon and Google-parent Alphabet. The company said that the round was led by ICONIQ Capital and co-led by Fidelity and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with institutional heavyweights such as BlackRock, GIC, Qatar Investment Authority, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and Coatue am

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New Eero Signal promises to keep you connected during internet outages

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-10-20 04:24:04

Eero has announced a new Eero Signal product that it says will let you “say goodbye to internet outages.” “Eero Signal delivers cellular backup whenever your wired internet connection goes down,” the company explains. It’s available in both 4G LTE and 5G RedCap versions. In a press release announcing the news, Eero explained that Eero Signal can be connected to any USB-C Eero on your network to provide backup connectivity during an internet outage. The device has a built-in eSIM and “automatic

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US sues robot toy maker for exposing children's data to Chinese devs

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-20 04:53:32

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued toy maker Apitor Technology for allegedly allowing a Chinese third party to collect children's geolocation data without their knowledge and parental consent. A complaint filed by the Justice Department, following a notification from the Federal Trade Commission, alleges that Apitor violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA) by failing to notify parents or obtain their consent before collecting their children's location information. Ap

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The wall confronting large language models

news.ycombinator.com Coveney 2025-10-19 22:40:41

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The best of reMarkable just went pocket-sized

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-20 08:56:25

reMarkable TL;DR Today, reMarkable officially launched the Paper Pro Move, a 7.3-inch, pocketable version of the Paper Pro. The device weighs just 230g, offers two weeks of battery life, and adds new tools like handwriting search and Slack integration. Pricing starts at $449 with the standard Marker stylus, or $499 with the Marker Plus. Last week, we reported reMarkable’s video cryptically teasing a new product heading to shelves, as well as the inevitable leaks that followed. Today, the com

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Ask HN: Looking for Headless CMS Recommendation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-17 01:19:52

I am exploring options for a headless CMS for a community website where a non technical admin will post details about events in the community like a meeting or volunteering done by the community. They don't have funding. What is the cheapest option out there?

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Electromechanical Reshaping Offers Safer Eye Surgery

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The Browser Company, maker of Arc and Dia, is being acquired

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9to5Mac Daily: September 3, 2025 – Apple’s deal with Google is safe

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