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Pronto’s 10-minute house-help pitch sparked a 3.6x valuation jump in just 90 days

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2026-01-06 02:30:00

In 2025, the average urban Indian no longer needs to wait very long for much (except at government offices and in traffic): They simply have to order what they need from an app, and it’ll be delivered within minutes. The explosion of quick-commerce in the country has meant that millions of Indians are getting increasingly used to not having to wait for deliveries, or step out of their homes, as startups vie to make almost everything, from food and groceries to smartphones and gaming consoles, av

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RISC-V single-board computer for less than 40 euros

news.ycombinator.com Christof Windeck 2026-01-02 14:59:18

The StarFive Vision Five 2 single-board computer is no rocket and requires a willingness to experiment. Nevertheless, it is still one of the most attractive 64-bit RISC-V systems running Linux. Anzeige As part of a crowdfunding campaign, the new Vision Five 2 Lite version will be available for as little as 20 US dollars, excluding shipping costs, import sales tax and customs clearance fees charged by the transportation service provider. In return, you get the version with 2 GB RAM without a WL

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12 of the Best Peacock Shows to Stream Today

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-07 06:00:04

Peacock costs more after a July price hike, but the streamer's reliably entertaining lineup of NBC and Bravo favorites could mean you're keeping it around. If you aren't dropping it, the platform's original series are also worth checking out. Some highly rated options include season 2 of the Natasha Lyonne detective show Poker Face and the 2024 Eddie Redmayne assassin series The Day of the Jackal. If you're poking around Peacock for something to watch, here are 12 standout shows to try. Peacock

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This designer turned the new Beats Pill into a cool art piece you can’t get everywhere

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-01-07 11:56:41

Beats is rolling out a fresh limited-edition version of its recently relaunched Beats Pill Bluetooth speaker, teaming up with Bulgarian-born fashion designer Kiko Kostadinov. Known for blending modern form with historical references, Kostadinov brings his signature aesthetic to the portable speaker’s design. The Kiko Kostadinov Beats Pill features a custom grille inspired by intricate geometric patterns found in ancient Thracian art, a nod to Kostadinov’s heritage. The speaker’s body is finish

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Circle shares rise as second-quarter revenue jumps 53% on strong stablecoin growth

cnbc.com Tanaya Macheel 2026-01-08 03:59:51

Circle Internet Group shares jumped Tuesday after reporting its first quarterly earnings as a publicly listed company. While charges related to the stablecoin issuer's debut contributed to a second-quarter loss, it reported a 53% increase in revenue, driven by strong growth in stablecoins. Revenue rose to $658.1 million from $430 million in the same period a year ago. Shares rose more than 7% in premarket trading. The stock has soared nearly 420% since it went public on June 5. "The validatio

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The Rise of the US Military’s Clandestine Foreign War Apparatus

wired.com Seth Harp 2026-01-08 03:00:00

The 2020s are shaping up to be one of the most violent decades in modern history, with American-sponsored proxy conflicts and shadow wars smoldering all over the world, from Ukraine to Yemen to Gaza. The United States enables and prolongs these wars not by sending troops to fight in them, but by trafficking arms to the belligerents, providing intelligence to its favored proxies, and using covert operations, especially assassinations, to shape geopolitical conditions. At the forefront of these cl

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Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

news.ycombinator.com Sasha Rogelberg 2026-01-07 17:39:41

There’s getting cozy at a Starbucks to sip a latte and catch up on emails, and then there’s lugging your printer and desktop to the coffee chain to clock into work. Starbucks South Korea is experiencing this exact phenomenon and is now barring patrons from bringing in large pieces of work equipment, treating the cafés like their own amenity-stuffed office space. “Starbucks Korea has updated its policy so all customers can have a pleasant and accessible store experience. While laptops and small

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StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-08 00:08:13

StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers [LWN subscriber-only content] StarDict is a GPLv3-licensed cross-platform dictionary application. It includes dictionaries for a number of languages, and has a rich plugin ecosystem. It also has a glaring security problem: while running on X11, using Debian's default configuration, it will send a user's text selections over unencrypted HTTP to two remote servers. On August 4, Vincent Lefevre reported the problem to the oss-security mailing list an

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TDK backs Ultraviolette with $21M to take India-made electric motorcycles global

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2026-01-08 00:30:00

Two months ago, Indian electric motorcycle startup Ultraviolette expanded into 10 European countries. Now, fueled with $21 million in an all-equity round led by the corporate venture arm of Japanese electronics giant TDK Corporation, Ultraviolette is putting its expansion plans into overdrive. The nine-year-old startup plans to grow its European footprint fourfold, enter other motorcycle-driven markets such as Latin America and Southeast Asia, and increase its portfolio to 14 models by early 20

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Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-01-08 00:01:26

Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse 5 hours ago Share Save Zoe Kleinman Technology editor Joshua Nevett Political reporter Share Save EPA Staff at the UK's national institute for artificial intelligence (AI) have warned the charity is at risk of collapse, after Technology Secretary Peter Kyle threatened to withdraw its funding. Workers at the Alan Turing Institute raised a series of "serious and escalating concerns" in a whistleblowing complaint submitted to the Charity Co

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Pronto’s 10-minute house help pitch sparked a 3.6x valuation jump in just 90 days

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2026-01-08 02:30:00

In 2025, the average urban Indian no longer needs to wait very long for much (except at government offices and in traffic): They simply have to order what they need from an app, and it’ll be delivered within minutes. The explosion of quick-commerce in the country has meant that millions of Indians are getting increasingly used to not having to wait for deliveries, or step out of their homes, as startups vie to make almost everything, from food and groceries to smartphones and gaming consoles, av

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Seoul-based Datumo raises $15.5M to take on Scale AI, backed by Salesforce

techcrunch.com Kate Park 2026-01-08 06:00:00

Most organizations say they aren’t fully prepared to use generative AI in a safe and responsible way, according to a recent McKinsey report. One concern is explainability — understanding how and why AI makes certain decisions. While 40% of respondents view it as a significant risk, only 17% are actively addressing it, per the report. Seoul-based Datumo began as an AI data labeling company and now wants to help businesses build safer AI with tools and data that enable testing, monitoring, and im

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Why tail-recursive functions are loops

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-04 18:10:54

One story every computing enthusiast should hear is the lesson of how loops and tail-recursion are equivalent. We like recursive functions because they’re amenable to induction, and we can derive them in a way that is in direct correspondence with the definition of the datatype over which they recur. We like loops because they’re fast and make intuitive sense as long as variables don’t change in too tricky a way. In general, recursive functions are slower than loops because they push stack fram

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Participate in Standards Development for P2807.9

computer.org Joshua Roller 2026-01-08 20:07:31

“Guide for Application of Knowledge Graphs for Rail Transit,” designated by the Project Number P2807.9, is a groundbreaking standard that has significantly impacted the rail transit industry. By providing a comprehensive framework for the development and implementation of Knowledge Graphs (KG), specifically tailored for the rail transit sector, referred to as rail-transit-oriented KG (RTKG), this guide addresses the critical need for consistent knowledge patterns and unified interface standards.

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Why Tail-Recursive Functions Are Loops

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-05 00:10:54

One story every computing enthusiast should hear is the lesson of how loops and tail-recursion are equivalent. We like recursive functions because they’re amenable to induction, and we can derive them in a way that is in direct correspondence with the definition of the datatype over which they recur. We like loops because they’re fast and make intuitive sense as long as variables don’t change in too tricky a way. In general, recursive functions are slower than loops because they push stack fram

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Trump administration stops illegal freeze of $5B EV charger funds after losing in court

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2026-01-09 05:12:08

The Trump administration has finally issued new guidance that states can use to dole out $5 billion in funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, after spending months withholding the money. A coalition of states sued over the funding freeze in the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which was one of the administration’s many attempts to stop funding appropriated by Congress at the start of Donald Trump’s second term. A judge ruled in June that those states were

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Meta makes conservative activist an AI bias advisor following lawsuit

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-09 11:04:37

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Conservative activist Robby Starbuck will serve as an advisor at Meta to address “ideological and political bias” within the company’s AI chatbot, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The move comes as part of a settlement Meta reached with Starbu

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Trump admin stops illegal freeze of $5B EV charger funds after losing in court

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2026-01-09 11:12:08

The Trump administration has finally issued new guidance that states can use to dole out $5 billion in funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, after spending months withholding the money. A coalition of states sued over the funding freeze in the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which was one of the administration’s many attempts to stop funding appropriated by Congress at the start of Donald Trump’s second term. A judge ruled in June that those states were

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Meet the early-adopter judges using AI

technologyreview.com James O'Donnell 2026-01-09 21:16:15

In this, Goddard appears to be caught in the same predicament the AI boom has created for many of us. Three years in, companies have built tools that sound so fluent and humanlike they obscure the intractable problems lurking underneath—answers that read well but are wrong, models that are trained to be decent at everything but perfect for nothing, and the risk that your conversations with them will be leaked to the internet. Each time we use them, we bet that the time saved will outweigh the ri

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‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Almost Ended With a Movie

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-09 21:00:23

Just before the latest season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds kicked off, we learned that the Enterprise‘s journey had set its end date: the show would conclude with a fifth and final season. However, that apparently wasn’t always going to be the case, and the show nearly ended sooner. That’s according to Rebecca Romijn, who plays Una Chin-Riley (a.k.a. Number One) on the show. Speaking this past weekend at the Star Trek convention STLV in Las Vegas, the actress—via TrekCore—revealed that init

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Justice Dept. Settles with Greystar to End Participation in Algorithmic Pricing

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-10 05:50:53

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division filed a proposed settlement today to resolve the United States’ claims against Greystar Management Services LLC as part of its ongoing enforcement against algorithmic coordination and other anticompetitive practices in rental markets across the country. Greystar, the largest landlord in the United States, manages almost 950,000 rental units across the country. As alleged in Plaintiffs’ complaint, Greystar and other landlords, including five co-defenda

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A Global Look at Teletext

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-10 04:01:23

Brief explanation Teletext is a weird technology. Although often ridiculed as completely archaic, it’s very popular in many countries still today. It seems like the public broadcasters in Europe just can’t get people to stop using it, no matter what new services they provide. You most likely know teletext in the British version, with blocky text graphics in few colours, that came intertwined with the analogue TV-signal. This is called World System Teletext. But that was only the beginning. T

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MKBHD reviews CarPlay Ultra

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-01-10 08:06:27

Tech’s favorite YouTuber MKBHD has reviewed CarPlay Ultra for the first time. We’ve seen a few CarPlay Ultra walkthroughs since Aston Martin shipped the first instance of next-gen CarPlay earlier this year. MKBHD always has an approachable and understandable take on tech, of course. His latest video on his cleverly named Auto Focus channel is no exception. CarPlay Ultra in the wild is incredibly rare as it’s only supported in select Aston Martin vehicles for now. There are currently no EVs wi

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Why investors just bet $85M on this Indian company’s generic drug strategy

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2026-01-10 14:30:00

With over 400 million chronic patients, India is one of the world’s largest medicine markets. But while most e-pharmacies chase speed, affordability remains the real challenge. Truemeds took a different route: helping patients switch to lower-cost substitutes, a bet now paying off with new funding at about four times its previous valuation. The six-year-old startup has raised $85 million in a new round that includes $65 million in primary and $20 million in secondary funding led by Accel, along

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ECScape: Understanding IAM Privilege Boundaries in Amazon ECS

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-05 23:16:00

This post is Part 2 of our educational series on Amazon ECS security. In Part 1 – Under the Hood of Amazon ECS on EC2, we explored how the ECS agent, IAM roles and the ECS control plane provide credentials to tasks. Here we’ll demonstrate how those mechanisms can lead to a known risk when tasks with different privilege levels share the same EC2 host. This cross-task credential exposure highlights the inherent risks of relying on per-task IAM scoping and task execution boundaries when workloads s

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Best Resistance Bands of 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-10 12:45:00

Resistance bands are usually made out of latex, but there are some that are latex-free and some that come with a fabric cover to prevent injury if it snaps. Resistance bands come in light, medium and heavy weights. The tension weight will vary per brand, but this is how they are usually labeled. There are different types of resistance bands that vary in length and style. Some come in closed loops, some with handles and then there are mini bands. CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or busi

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Stanford sticks with legacy admissions

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2026-01-10 14:18:08

Stanford University has confirmed its admissions policies for fall 2026 will continue considering legacy status, a decision that could influence access to one of Silicon Valley’s most important talent pipelines. Stanford is also ending its test-optional policy, requiring SAT or ACT scores for the first time since 2021. According to the Stanford Daily, the university is so committed to keeping legacy preferences that it’s withdrawing from California’s Cal Grant program, forgoing state financial

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Abogen – Generate audiobooks from EPUBs, PDFs and text

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-10 10:56:14

abogen Abogen is a powerful text-to-speech conversion tool that makes it easy to turn ePub, PDF, or text files into high-quality audio with matching subtitles in seconds. Use it for audiobooks, voiceovers for Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, or any project that needs natural-sounding text-to-speech, using Kokoro-82M. Demo demo.mp4 This demo was generated in just 5 seconds, producing ∼1 minute of audio with perfectly synced subtitles. To create a similar video, see the demo guide. How to install?

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My Lethal Trifecta talk at the Bay Area AI Security Meetup

news.ycombinator.com Simon Willison 2026-01-09 22:47:38

In the pirate case there’s no real damage done... but the risks of real damage from prompt injection are constantly increasing as we build more powerful and sensitive systems on top of LLMs. I think this is why we still haven’t seen a successful “digital assistant for your email”, despite enormous demand for this. If we’re going to unleash LLM tools on our email, we need to be very confident that this kind of attack won’t work. My hypothetical digital assistant is called Marvin. What happens i

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Terry Matalas Reveals New ‘Vision Quest’ Details

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-01-10 08:40:08

At Saturday’s STLV convention, former Star Trek: Picard showrunner Terry Matalas revealed some Marvel-approved details about his upcoming series, Vision Quest. The sci-fi series reunites him with actors Todd Stashwick and Orla Brady, who respectively played Captain Shaw and Laris/Tallinn in Picard. According to Matalas, Brady will be playing F.R.I.D.A.Y.—Tony Stark’s AI assistant previously voiced in the films by Kerry Condon—and Stashwick is Paladin, a mercenary in Marvel Comics. When Stashwic

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Pronto’s 10-minute house-help pitch sparked a 3.6x valuation jump in just 90 days

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