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Fundamental Research Labs nabs $30M+ to build AI agents across verticals

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-01-13 15:15:00

Applied AI research company Fundamental Research Labs (formerly known as Altera) announced today that it has raised $33 million in Series A funding led by Prosus with participation from Stripe co-founder and CEO Patrick Collison. The company has a curious structure as it is working on multiple AI applications in different fields. When it raised its seed funding, Fundametal Research Labs was developing bots that could play Minecraft with you. Today, the company has a games team, a prosumer team

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Leaker shares iPhone 17 Air battery images with steel case

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-13 20:20:00

In a little over one month, Apple will unveil its ultra-thin new iPhone 17 Air model. And today, leaker Majin Bu shared a look at what’s said to be the battery component of the new device. First look at alleged iPhone 17 Air battery Today on his website, leaker Majin Bu shared several photos of what’s allegedly the actual battery of the iPhone 17 Air. The battery is housed in a steel enclosure, similar to the design used in last year’s iPhone 16 Pro. Bu says the battery capacity is approxima

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Nothing Phone 3 review: Not quite a flagship

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-13 20:30:06

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Nothing did things differently with its third generation of phones. First came the midrange Nothing Phone 3a (and 3a Pro), which combined stylish hardware with a competitive price. Now, the company has launched the Nothing Phone 3, which it's calling its first "true flagship." At $799,

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The HORI Piranha Plant camera for Switch 2 drops to $40

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-13 20:50:31

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . The HORI Piranha Plant camera for the Nintendo Switch 2 is on sale for just $40 , which is a discount of $20 and a record-low price. This is a great deal for those who own a Switch 2 and want to take advantage of the camera functionality in games like Mario Kart World and that recently

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AI-powered Cursor IDE vulnerable to prompt-injection attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-13 18:00:00

A vulnerability that researchers call CurXecute is present in almost all versions of the AI-powered code editor Cursor, and can be exploited to execute remote code with developer privileges. The security issue is now identified as CVE-2025-54135 and can be leveraged by feeding the AI agent a malicious prompt to trigger attacker-control commands. The Cursor integrated development environment (IDE) relies on AI agents to help developers code faster and more efficiently, allowing them to connect

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Apple's tariff costs and iPhone sales are soaring - how long until device prices are too?

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-01-13 20:37:40

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Tariffs cost Apple approximately $800 million last quarter. That bill will go up to about $1.1 billion this quarter. Apple says 1 in 10 iPhone sales in April were due to tariff fears. Apple earnings calls usually have a theme, and there's usually a word associated with that theme that ends up being repeated many times throughout the call. During yesterday's call, the theme and repeated word was "tariffs." iPhone sales were up Because of

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This unexpected robot vacuum made me forget about my $2,000 Roborock

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2026-01-13 20:49:00

Mova P50 Pro Ultra ZDNET's key takeaways The Mova P50 Pro Ultra is available for only $799, down $200 from its regular price. This is one of the strongest robot vacuums on the market with 19,000Pa of suction, with reliable edge cleaning, mop removal, and obstacle avoidance. While its obstacle avoidance far exceeds its price point, the P50 Pro Ultra doesn't always avoid loose cables on the floor. View now at Us.mova I test a lot of robot vacuums, but there's no doubt that these devices have go

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GPT-5 is already (ostensibly) available via API

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-13 18:13:33

Using the model gpt-5-bench-chatcompletions-gpt41-api-ev3 via the Chat Completions API will give you what is supposedly GPT-5. Conjecture: The "gpt41-api" portion of the name suggests that there's new functionality to this model that will require new API parameters or calls, and that this particular version of the model is adapted to the GPT-4.1 API for backwards compatibility. Here you can see me using it via curl : https://preview.redd.it/glxute607egf1.png?width=1181&format=png&auto=webp&s=

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Show HN: An interactive dashboard to explore NYC rentals data

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-10 21:33:09

Game icon Think You Know the NYC Market? Prove it on GuessTheRent! Every day, 3 new NYC listings challenge you to guess the rent. Compete with others and test your market knowledge.

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The Longest Sightline on Earth

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-10 00:08:34

See, all the examples above are limited by the curvature of the earth, and that is why the horizon seems to be the limiting factor. But there are two additional variables in play that can allow for some truly amazing sightlines: the height of the target and the temperature of the air. The height of the target is intuitively obvious, as we all realize we can see Calgary's skyline from way further away than 4.7 km. In fact, Calgary's skyline can be seen at least 50 km away since the height of the

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Replacing tmux in my dev workflow

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-13 14:04:16

Hear me out, I can already read the descenting opinions: But I need session persistence! But I need split windows! But I need to group windows per project! But I need lots of terminals inside of a remote server! I had the exact same response whenever someone would argue against using tmux . For context, I've been a huge fan of tmux and have been using it as a daily part of my workflow for 7+ years. Whether I'm developing on my local machine or in SSH, I was using tmux . However, a couple o

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OpenAI raises $8.3B at $300B valuation

news.ycombinator.com Andrew Ross Sorkin 2026-01-13 20:22:39

Andrew here. It’s a huge morning of news: We have an exclusive on OpenAI’s latest fund-raising round, with some new boldfaced investor names and one big check; we sort through the latest tariff news and what comes next; we also dive into Figma’s I.P.O. for the ages, and more. And stay tuned for the jobs numbers, which come out shortly. OpenAI’s latest mega-round While Wall Street has been focused on how tech giants are spending on artificial intelligence, the most prominent name in the field,

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The Pacific Dodged a Monster Tsunami After One of the Biggest Quakes Ever. Here’s Why

gizmodo.com Alan Dykes 2026-01-13 20:55:52

The earthquake near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on July 30, 2025, generated tsunami waves that have reached Hawaii and coastal areas of the U.S. mainland. The earthquake’s magnitude of 8.8 is significant, potentially making it one of the largest quakes ever recorded. Countries around much of the Pacific, including in East Asia and North and South America, issued alerts and, in some cases, evacuation orders in anticipation of potentially devastating waves. Waves of up to

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Best MacBooks We've Tested (August 2025)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-13 20:00:00

The first fork in the road you'll come to when shopping for a MacBook is whether to follow the Air path or head down the Pro road. For people who are looking for an everyday home laptop or a work laptop for running basic office apps, a MacBook Air will suffice. An Air is also a better pick for students on tight budgets. For creative types who need the added processing and graphics muscle of Apple's new M4 Pro and Max chips, a MacBook Pro is worth the added cost. To help you find the right MacBoo

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Best Noise-Canceling Headphones We've Tested (August 2025)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-13 20:34:00

Bowers & Wilkins PX7 S2: Bowers & Wilkins released the PX7 S2 headphones in 2022 with some significant improvements over the first-generation version.That was followed by a slightly upgraded version, the PX7 S2e ($400), with the "e" standing for evolved. The audio quality has been slightly upgraded thanks to improved digital processing (the headphones have been retuned), which we assume involves an upgraded chip. You may see this model nicely discounted because Bowers & Wilkins has released the

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The $299 Halo smart glasses will remember the names of people you meet

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2026-01-13 20:36:21

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Startup Brilliant Labs has announced a successor to its $349 open-source Frame smart glasses, which debuted early last year with features like AI-powered translations and the ability to identify what you were looking at. Its new $299 Halo smart glasses are priced closer to Meta’s entry-level Ray-Ban models and come with upgraded AI capabilities,

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The new face of defense tech — Ethan Thornton of Mach Industries — takes the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2026-01-13 20:00:00

Autonomous weapons, decentralized strategy, and startup speed — this isn’t the future of defense, it’s the now. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Ethan Thornton, CEO and founder of Mach Industries, steps onto the AI Stage to talk about how next-gen defense is being built from the ground up with AI at its core. Inside the AI arms race — and the founder aiming to rewrite it Ethan Thornton isn’t your typical defense industry leader. As the CEO and founder of Mach Industries, he launched the company out

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TikTok launches ‘TikTok Pro’ in Europe with built-in charity program

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-01-13 20:30:11

In Brief TikTok is launching a new version of its app called “TikTok Pro” in Germany, Portugal, and Spain. The app features TikTok’s new “Sunshine Programme,” which allows users to support charitable organizations. Users can earn ‘virtual sunshine’ by inviting others to join and by interacting with charity-related content, such as liking or reposting videos, following charity accounts, or searching for charitable causes. They can then use this virtual sunshine on a charity, after which TikTok

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Apple's MacBook Air M4 is on sale for a record-low price right now

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-14 00:55:35

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Whether you need a new MacBook for the upcoming semester or you've just been itching to upgrade from an older machine, now's a good time to buy. Amazon has a sale on the latest M4 MacBook Air that knocks up to 20 percent off many configurations. The base model is where you'll get the

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Want a job in tech? You need these skills, McKinsey study shows

zdnet.com Joe Mckendrick 2026-01-14 00:33:00

Nadzeya Haroshka / Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways Python programming is the most sought-after skill for a range of tech initiatives. Demand for Amazon Web Services skills far outstrips available supply Prompt engineering falls flat as a sought-after skill In the age of artificial intelligence, certain skills are gold. However, for some emerging technology areas, there's a significant mismatch between available skills and needed skills. For example, while prompt engineers are considered

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Onshape – Product Development Platform

news.ycombinator.com Onshape 2026-01-13 21:45:59

Instead of sending CAD files around, you just share a link. That’s something we’ve really leaned into as we’ve grown as a team… Onshape makes it really easy to share up-to-date information across different locations. Cole Houston Lead Mechanical Engineer Cirkul Read Case Study

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Belgium bans Internet Archive's ‘Open Library’

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-13 22:41:05

The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued an unprecedentedly broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna's Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the Internet Archive's Open Library. In addition to ISP blocks, the order also directs search engines, DNS resolvers, advertisers, domain name services, CDNs and hosting companies to take action. Traditional site-blocking measures that require local ISPs to block subscriber access to popular

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Launch HN: Societies.io (YC W25) – AI simulations of your target audience

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-13 23:13:12

Hi HN, we’re Patrick and James! Artificial Societies ( https://societies.io ) lets you simulate your target audience so you can test marketing, messaging and content before you launch them. Here’s a quick product demo: https://www.loom.com/share/c0ce8ab860c044c586c13a24b6c9b391?... Marketers always say that half their spend will be wasted - they just don’t know which half. Real-world experiments help, but they’re too slow and expensive to run at scale. So, we’re building simulations that let y

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Deep Think in the Gemini app

news.ycombinator.com The Deep Think Team 2026-01-13 22:10:38

Today, we’re making Deep Think available in the Gemini app to Google AI Ultra subscribers – the latest in a lineup of extremely capable AI tools and features made exclusively available to them. This new release incorporates feedback from early trusted testers and research breakthroughs. It’s a significant improvement over what was first announced at I/O, as measured in terms of key benchmark improvements and trusted tester feedback. It is a variation of the model that recently achieved the gold

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Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-13 23:51:38

Some people enjoy live coding interviews. I’m not one of them. Two days ago, I stumbled upon a post on LinkedIn: Sounds absurd at first. Why would a senior engineer, who has been writing code for years, struggle with something as simple as a basic algorithm? Did they suddenly forget how to code? Maybe. But I have a different perspective. A quick story # Four years ago, I applied for Toptal. I passed the initial stage(s). I passed a 90-minute Codility assessment (three problems as I recall it

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James Gunn Keeps Teasing His Next Superman Movie

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-14 00:00:03

Could Godzilla x Kong introduce a deep-cut new monster? Kevin Bacon wants you to see the new Toxic Avenger. Plus, Hostel is heading to Peacock for a new horror streaming series with Paul Giamatti. Spoilers now! James Gunn/Superman In response to a fan on Threads (via Deadline), James Gunn revealed he’s begun writing his previously teased DC film, in which “Superman has a major role,” but the project is “not Superman 2.” Godzilla X Kong: Supernova In a since-expired Instagram story posted by

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HP OmniBook X Flip 16 Review: A Poorly Stitched Frankenstein of a 2-in-1

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-13 23:00:15

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 6.5 / 10 SCORE HP OmniBook X Flip 16 $1,510 at HP Pros Beautiful 3K OLED display Solid productivity performance Lengthy battery life Cons Stiff price for a machine with integrated graphics Drab design Latticeless keyboard and mechanical touchpad are subpar Gets hot and loud under load A key factor distinguishing Windows PC laptops from their Apple co

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Hidden iOS 26 Features Apple Didn't Mention at WWDC

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-13 23:00:16

Apple's next iPhone operating system is making several big changes to the iPhone experience. iOS 26 will give everything a more transparent, bubbly look in the Liquid Glass design -- and it also adds new live language translations to your calls and offers more protections against unwanted spam. But there are a number of changes that don't make splashy headlines. These include being able to set how many minutes you want to snooze, making an easy control center shortcut for reminders and having t

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Vivobarefoot's Sensus Shoes Are Like Gloves for Your Feet

wired.com Scott Gilbertson 2026-01-14 00:00:00

Love them or hate them, barefoot shoes are polarizing. But they are becoming big business, both for fashion (a subject in which I am, admittedly, not an expert) and for health and wellness. This is a relatively recent development. Before 2019, I did what most of us do and wore highly padded shoes because that’s what modern shoe companies sold us. But I did have a long history of going barefoot, from growing up at the beach. Like most people who start looking into barefoot shoes, I started havin

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The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children

wired.com David Cox 2026-01-14 00:19:14

For years, Philip Goulder has been obsessed with a particularly captivating idea: In the hunt for an HIV cure, could children hold the answers? Starting in the mid-2010s, the University of Oxford pediatrician and immunologist began working with scientists in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, with the aim of tracking several hundred children who had acquired HIV from their mothers, either during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding. After putting the children on antiretroviral dru

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Latest Tech News

Fundamental Research Labs nabs $30M+ to build AI agents across verticals

Leaker shares iPhone 17 Air battery images with steel case

Nothing Phone 3 review: Not quite a flagship

The HORI Piranha Plant camera for Switch 2 drops to $40

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Apple's tariff costs and iPhone sales are soaring - how long until device prices are too?

This unexpected robot vacuum made me forget about my $2,000 Roborock

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Best MacBooks We've Tested (August 2025)

Best Noise-Canceling Headphones We've Tested (August 2025)

The $299 Halo smart glasses will remember the names of people you meet

The new face of defense tech — Ethan Thornton of Mach Industries — takes the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

TikTok launches ‘TikTok Pro’ in Europe with built-in charity program

Apple's MacBook Air M4 is on sale for a record-low price right now

Want a job in tech? You need these skills, McKinsey study shows

Onshape – Product Development Platform

Belgium bans Internet Archive's ‘Open Library’

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Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills

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Hidden iOS 26 Features Apple Didn't Mention at WWDC

Vivobarefoot's Sensus Shoes Are Like Gloves for Your Feet

The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children

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