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Apple’s new generative AI ‘answer engine’ might arrive sooner than we initially thought

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-11-01 17:37:09

Early last month, Bloomberg reported on Apple’s new in-house generative AI search product – with a new ‘Answers, Knowledge, and Information’ team. Despite this team’s recent formation, we might get to see the fruits of their labor much sooner than one might’ve anticipated. Despite all of the Apple Intelligence Siri woes, Apple still seems determined to make an impact in the generative AI space. That’s why it’s trying to develop a Perplexity and ChatGPT rival, which we’ve previously referred to

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Air pollution directly linked to increased dementia risk

news.ycombinator.com Fieldhouse 2025-11-01 18:13:42

A study has found that exposure to air pollution can increase the risk of developing Lewy body dementia.Credit: Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times/Shutterstock An analysis of 56 million people has shown that exposure to air pollution increases the risk of developing a particular form of dementia, the third most common type after Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. The study, published in Science on 4 September1, suggests that there is a clear link between long-term exposure to PM 2.5 — airborne

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Show HN: Semantic grep for Claude Code (RUST) (local embeddings)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 16:20:37

ck - Semantic Grep by Embedding ck (seek) finds code by meaning, not just keywords. It's a drop-in replacement for grep that understands what you're looking for — search for "error handling" and find try/catch blocks, error returns, and exception handling code even when those exact words aren't present. Quick start cargo install ck-search # Find error handling patterns (finds try/catch, Result types, etc.) ck --sem " error handling " src/ # Traditional grep-compatible search still works ck -

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I Tried Gemini's 'Nano Bananas' for Image Editing. The AI Slipups Were Obvious

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-01 17:28:02

After seeing all the banana-fanfare for Google's newest generative AI tool, I knew I had to take it for a spin. Named Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, the model upgrades your ability to edit your photos natively in Gemini. AI enthusiasts have referred to it as the "nano bananas" model, spurred on by a series of banana-themed teasers from Google execs. In the few weeks it's been out, people have created over 200 million AI images, and over 10 million people have signed up to use the Gemini app, according

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Kuo: AirPods Pro 3 set to launch this week

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-11-01 18:58:54

Ahead of Apple’s “Awe dropping” event on Tuesday, Ming-Chi Kuo is joining the fun with a last-minute rumor. After initially saying AirPods Pro 3 weren’t slated to be released until 2026, Kuo now says they’re ready to go and will be unveiled next week alongside the iPhone 17. Kuo’s latest report corroborates rumors from other sources, including Bloomberg. Kuo elaborates, saying that we can expect another update to AirPods Pro next year, as Apple continues its work on adding cameras to the earbud

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The key to getting MVC correct is understanding what models are

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 11:26:44

Smalltalk MVC is defined in Design Pattern as: MVC Consists of three kinds of objects. The Model is the application object, the View is its screen presentation, and the Controller defines the way the user interface reacts to user input. However this definition has been abused over the years - Back in 2003 I gave a talk citing how bad Apple’s definition was. At the time it stated: A view object knows how to display and possibly edit data from the application’s model… A controller object acts a

Topics: application controller model state view

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The "impossibly small" Microdot web framework

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 15:38:30

The "impossibly small" Microdot web framework Benefits for LWN subscribers The primary benefit from subscribing to LWN is helping to keep us publishing, but, beyond that, subscribers get immediate access to all site content and access to a number of extra site features. Please sign up today! The Microdot web framework is quite small, as its name would imply; it supports both standard CPython and MicroPython, so it can be used on systems ranging from internet-of-things (IoT) devices all the way

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Over 80% of sunscreen performed below their labelled efficacy (2020)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 10:57:59

The use of effective sunscreen can reduce the harm caused to the skin by ultraviolet rays (UV) and slow down skin aging. The Consumer Council tested 30 models of sunscreen for daily use and over 80% of them were found to perform below their respective labelled efficacy. The measured sunscreen efficacy of 4 models were below SPF15, of which 2 were sunscreen products with very high protection i.e. labelled with SPF50+. Among the 23 models using the “PA System” which is commonly adopted by Asian co

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Being good isn't enough

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 11:01:35

Being good isn’t enough 06 Sep, 2025 Giving good career advice is hard. Maybe it’s because careers can look more alike than they really are. Two people can have the same title but what helps one could be rubbish for another. Or maybe it’s that “good advice” itself is fuzzy. It depends entirely on the person receiving it. For some people it means finding work they love. For others it’s about meaning. For many it’s just getting promoted. Still, here’s what I usually say. You have to be good at

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The MVC definition has been abused

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 16:26:44

Smalltalk MVC is defined in Design Pattern as: MVC Consists of three kinds of objects. The Model is the application object, the View is its screen presentation, and the Controller defines the way the user interface reacts to user input. However this definition has been abused over the years - Back in 2003 I gave a talk citing how bad Apple’s definition was. At the time it stated: A view object knows how to display and possibly edit data from the application’s model… A controller object acts a

Topics: application controller model state view

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 7, #349

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-01 17:42:33

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition is tough. That purple category makes you play with words in a way that you'll either love or hate. If you're struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription

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The Ivalice Chronicles team had to remake the original Final Fantasy Tactics' source code from scratch

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-01 15:02:53

The Square Enix team behind Final Fantasy Tactics — The Ivalice Chronicles didn't just remaster the iconic strategy RPG, they had to go through the trouble of remaking the source code from scratch, according to Bloomberg. In an interview with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, the game's director Kazutoyo Maehiro explained the arduous process of designing The Ivalice Chronicles, which is set to release at the end of the month. When getting to work on the remake, Maehiro and his team discovered they ha

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VirusTotal finds hidden malware phishing campaign in SVG files

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-01 14:58:00

VirusTotal has discovered a phishing campaign hidden in SVG files that create convincing portals impersonating Colombia's judicial system that deliver malware. VirusTotal detected this campaign after it added support for SVGs to its AI Code Insight platform. VirusTotal's AI Code Insight feature analyzes uploaded file samples using machine learning to generate summaries of suspicious or malicious behavior found in the files. After adding support for SVGs, VirusTotal found an SVG file that had

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Anonymous recursive functions in Racket

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-29 20:39:33

Anonymous recursive functions in Racket Context Some languages, like PowerShell, have “anonymous recursive functions”. That is, normally, a function needs to use a name to refer to itself to recur. But “anonymous recursion” means the language has some special mechanism by which the function can refer to itself without having to explicitly introduce a name. In some contexts, this is called an anaphoric reference. Code Here we show how we can easily implement this feature in Racket. The file a

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 7, #819

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-01 16:00:03

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle has a fun mix of words that all look like a certain Little Mermaid's name. If you can sort them out, you're well on your way to solving today's puzzle. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, l

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 7 #553

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-01 16:00:05

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle might be tough if you're not familiar with this particular ritual and celebration. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossw

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AYANEO just undercut the Odin 3 for the cheapest 8 Elite handheld, and you can pre-order today

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-01 15:46:31

AYANEO TL;DR The KONKR Pocket FIT and FIT Elite are available for pre-order now, with early bird discounts. Pricing on the G3 Gen 3 model starts at $239, with the 8 Elite model starting at $269. The AYN Odin 3, which also has an 8 Elite and launches tomorrow, starts at $299. They say competition is good for the consumer, and never has that been felt more by the Android gaming handheld community than in the past few weeks. First, AYANEO and AYN released competing dual-screen clamshells in the

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A Software Development Methodology for Disciplined LLM Collaboration

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 11:47:57

Disciplined AI Software Development - Collaborative A structured approach for working with AI on development projects. This methodology addresses common issues like code bloat, architectural drift, and context dilution through systematic constraints. The Context Problem AI systems work on Question → Answer patterns. When you ask for broad, multi-faceted implementations, you typically get: Functions that work but lack structure Repeated code across components Architectural inconsistency ove

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Let us git rid of it, angry GitHub users say of forced Copilot features

news.ycombinator.com Thomas Claburn 2025-11-01 11:44:07

Among the software developers who use Microsoft's GitHub, the most popular community discussion in the past 12 months has been a request for a way to block Copilot, the company's AI service, from generating issues and pull requests in code repositories. The second most popular discussion – where popularity is measured in upvotes – is a bug report that seeks a fix for the inability of users to disable Copilot code reviews. Both of these questions, the first opened in May and the second opened a

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Keep Your Eyes Healthy With These 12 Superfoods

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-01 13:00:00

Properly nourishing your body is essential to your overall well-being -- especially your eyesight. You can help strengthen and protect your eyes in simple ways, like taking screen breaks, wearing sunglasses and even eating certain nutrients, vitamins and minerals. The best part is that the best foods for eye health are probably already in your fridge. Some of the best foods for eye health include broccoli, salmon, carrots, sunflower seeds, kiwi, oysters, spinach, eggs, almonds, yogurt, oranges

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Will Apple Launch AirPods Pro 3 This Year? Here's What We're Expecting

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-01 13:00:09

It's looking like we won't see a new version of the AirPods Max this year, but predictions still dictate that there could indeed be AirPods Pro 3 at Apple's iPhone 17 launch event on Tuesday. Apple last updated its flagship AirPods Pro buds in 2022 and released two all-new versions of Apple's open earbuds -- the AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 with Active Noise Canceling -- at last year's iPhone 16 event. While there's no guarantee we'll get the AirPods Pro 3 this year, Apple has announced a new model

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AI's not 'reasoning' at all - how this team debunked the industry hype

zdnet.com Tiernan Ray 2025-11-01 16:00:17

Pulse/Corbis via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways We don't entirely know how AI works, so we ascribe magical powers to it. Claims that Gen AI can reason are a "brittle mirage." We should always be specific about what AI is doing and avoid hyperbole. Ever since artificial intelligence programs began impressing the general public, AI scholars have been making claims for the technology's deeper significance, even asserting the prospect

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GLM 4.5 with Claude Code

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 16:45:08

GLM Coding Plan — designed for Claude Code users, starting at $3/month to enjoy a premium coding experience! GLM-4.5 and GLM-4.5-Air are our latest flagship models, purpose-built as foundational models for agent-oriented applications. Both leverage a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture. GLM-4.5 has a total parameter count of 355B with 32B active parameters per forward pass, while GLM-4.5-Air adopts a more streamlined design with 106B total parameters and 12B active parameters. Both models sh

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Two authors accuse Apple of illegally training AI models on pirated books

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-01 20:16:58

A new proposed class action suit was filed in the federal court in Northern California today, accusing Apple of illegally using books to train its AI models. Here are the details. Authors base the accusation on Apple’s own documents As reported by Reuters, authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Robertson are accusing Apple of using a pirated dataset, in which their work was included. From the lawsuit: “But Apple is building part of this new enterprise using Books3, a dataset of pirated copyrighte

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OpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT’s personality

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-11-01 20:19:12

OpenAI is reorganizing its Model Behavior team, a small but influential group of researchers who shape how the company’s AI models interact with people, TechCrunch has learned. In an August memo to staff seen by TechCrunch, OpenAI’s chief research officer Mark Chen said the Model Behavior team — which consists of roughly 14 researchers — would be joining the Post Training team, a larger research group responsible for improving the company’s AI models after their initial pre-training. As part o

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Should we revisit Extreme Programming in the age of AI?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 23:38:50

The pace of software output has never been faster. AI tooling and decades of platform innovation have dramatically lowered the barrier to code creation. With just a few prompts or API calls, it is now possible to generate entire products, features, infrastructure, and functionality in hours rather than weeks. And yet, despite all this acceleration, delivery outcomes remain stubbornly poor. Too many initiatives underdeliver, budgets continue to overrun, and users are left underserved. If cheaper

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What Are AI Hallucinations? Why Chatbots Make Things Up, and What You Need to Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-01 23:15:00

If you've used ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Grok, Claude, Perplexity or any other generative AI tool, you've probably seen them make things up with complete confidence. This is called an AI hallucination -- although one research paper suggests we call it BS instead -- and it's an inherent flaw that should give us all pause when using AI. Hallucinations happen when AI models generate information that looks plausible but is false, misleading or entirely fabricated. It can be as small as a wrong date i

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AppLovin and Robinhood added to S&P 500

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-11-02 04:57:30

Shares of advertising technology company AppLovin and stock trading app Robinhood Markets each jumped about 7% in extended trading on Friday after S&P Global said the two will join the S&P 500 index. The changes will go into effect before the beginning of trading on Sept. 22, S&P Global announced in a statement. AppLovin will replace MarketAxess Holdings , while Robinhood will take the place of Caesars Entertainment . In March, short-seller Fuzzy Panda Research advised the committee for the la

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Anthropic Agrees to $1.5 Billion Settlement for Downloading Pirated Books to Train AI

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-11-02 04:10:00

Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by authors and publishers over its use of millions of copyrighted books to train the models for its AI chatbot Claude, according to a legal filing posted online. A federal judge found in June that Anthropic’s use of 7 million pirated books was protected under fair use but that holding the digital works in a “central library” violated copyright law. The judge ruled that executives at the company knew they were downloading pirat

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Classic Sesame Street episodes are coming to YouTube

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-11-02 04:11:06

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. YouTube is getting “hundreds” of full classic Sesame Street episodes beginning in January 2026. Once the episodes are available, “YouTube will have the largest digital library of Sesame Street content,” Sesame Workshop says. YouTube is already has a wealth of popular content focused t

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Anthropic Agrees to $1.5 Billion Settlement for Downloading Pirated Books to Train AI

Classic Sesame Street episodes are coming to YouTube

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