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What Does Palantir Actually Do?

wired.com Caroline Haskins 2025-12-03 22:00:00

Palantir is arguably one of the most notorious corporations in contemporary America. Cofounded by libertarian tech billionaire Peter Thiel, the software firm's work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the US Department of Defense, and the Israeli military has sparked numerous protests in multiple countries. Palantir has been so infamous for so long that, for some people, its name has become a cultural shorthand for dystopian surveillance. But a number of former Palantir employees tell WIR

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It shocked the market but has China's DeepSeek changed AI?

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-02 09:06:23

It shocked the market but has China's DeepSeek changed AI? 1 day ago Share Save Lily Jamali • @lilyjamali North America Technology Correspondent Reporting from San Francisco Share Save Shutterstock US President Donald Trump had been in office scarcely a week when a new Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) app called DeepSeek jolted Silicon Valley. Overnight, DeepSeek-R1 shot to the top of the Apple charts as the most downloaded free app in the US. The firm said at the time its new chatbot riv

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Compiling a Lisp: Lambda lifting

news.ycombinator.com Max Bernstein 2025-12-03 12:35:03

first – previous EDIT: /u/thunderseethe correctly points out that this is closure conversion, not lambda lifting, so I have adjusted the post title from “lambda lifting” to “closure conversion” accordingly. Thanks! I didn’t think this day would come, but I picked up the Ghuloum tutorial (PDF) again and I got a little bit further. There’s just one caveat: I have rewritten the implementation in Python. It’s available in the same repo in compiler.py. It’s brief, coming in at a little over 300 LOC

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Conversations remotely detected from cell phone vibrations, researchers report

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-03 14:14:38

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An emerging form of surveillance, “wireless-tapping,” explores the possibility of remotely deciphering conversations from the tiny vibrations produced by a cell phone’s earpiece. With the goal of protecting users’ privacy from potential bad actors, a team of computer science researchers at Penn State demonstrated that transcriptions of phone calls can be generated from radar measurements taken up to three meters, or about 10 feet, from a phone. While accuracy remains limit

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Prominent Al Jazeera journalist killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

news.ycombinator.com Lorenzo Tondo 2025-12-03 18:38:35

A prominent Al Jazeera journalist who had raised concerns about being killed has died in an Israeli airstrike. Anas al-Sharif, known for documenting the release of hostages and for removing his body armour after a ceasefire, was killed while inside a tent for journalists outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City along with three colleagues. “Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report that journalists Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh were killed along with camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Moh

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Compiling a Lisp: Lambda Lifting

news.ycombinator.com Max Bernstein 2025-12-03 18:35:03

first – previous I didn’t think this day would come, but I picked up the Ghuloum tutorial (PDF) again and I got a little bit further. There’s just one caveat: I have rewritten the implementation in Python. It’s available in the same repo in compiler.py. It’s brief, coming in at a little over 300 LOC + tests (compared to the C version’s 1200 LOC + tests). I guess there’s another caveat, too, which is that the Python version has no S-expression reader. But that’s fine: consider it an exercise fo

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A Kentucky Town Experimented With AI. The Results Were Stunning

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-12-03 18:34:47

A county in Kentucky conducted a month-long “town hall” with nearly 8,000 residents in attendance earlier this year, thanks to artificial intelligence technology. Bowling Green, Kentucky’s third largest city and a part of Warren County, is facing a huge population spike by 2050. To scale the city in preparation for this, county officials wanted to incorporate the community’s input. Community outreach is tough business: town halls, while employed widely, don’t tend to gather a huge crowd, and w

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5 Best Electric Toothbrushes, Backed by Dentists and Hygienists

wired.com Boutayna Chokrane 2025-12-03 12:30:00

What About U-Shaped Toothbrushes? There are many U-shaped toothbrushes available now that use a mouthpiece full of bristles to brush one section of teeth—or sometimes the entire mouth—all at once in around 30 seconds. We've tried a few and think they're fine to use in addition to regular brushing. None of them are as effective as standard electric toothbrushes. Bill Busch of North Kansas City Dental and Joseph Salim, owner of Sutton Place Dental Associates, agree that these aren't replacements.

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7 password managers to help keep your apps safe

theverge.com Barbara Krasnoff 2025-12-03 16:00:00

is a reviews editor who manages how-tos and various projects. She’s worked as an editor and writer (and occasional sci-fi author) for more years than she cares to admit to. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Passwords still seem to be the most popular method of ensuring that the right person is using the right app or service, despite the slow adoption of passkeys, which are considered more secure. And because we should be using different one

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Indie App Spotlight: ‘OnlyFlights’ is a simple flight tracker for your iPhone

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-12-03 04:30:00

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact. Last year, I checked out an indie app called Time2Pack – an all-in-one trip planner. Now, the developers have a new app called OnlyFlights – a simple yet robust flight tracker for iPhone users. Features OnlyFlights offers everything you’d expect from a flight tracker, including notifications for status

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How I code with AI on a budget/free

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-03 08:27:37

Last updated: July 2025 How I Code with AI on a budget/free My Browser Setup: The Free AI Buffet First things first, I have a browser open loaded with tabs pointing to the free tiers of powerful AI models. Why stick to one when you can get multiple perspectives for free? My typical lineup includes: At least one tab of OpenAI Playground. If you set your account's data settings to allow OpenAI to use your data for model training, you get free tokens to use on GPT-4.5, o3, and other models. At

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5 iOS 26 features that made updating my iPhone worthwhile (and how to try them)

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-12-03 06:30:17

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Apple has been busy prepping iOS 26 for its likely debut in September. Until then, the iPhone's upcoming new OS has been accessible for anyone to try via a developer beta (now up to version 5) and the initial public beta. Though iOS 26 still has at least a month of tweaks before it's finalized, the beta flavors already provide a peek at what to expect. You can download iOS 26 beta on your iPhone now. Here's how to install it -- and which models support it. Also: My biggest reg

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Ratfactor's Illustrated Guide to Folding Fitted Sheets

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-03 06:58:52

If you search the Web for the history of fitted sheets, you’re going to find a reference to exactly two patents: 1959 - Bertha Berman of New York: FITTED BED SHEET CONSTRUCTION (PDF, 355Kb) 1992 - Gisele Jubinville of Alberta: MATTRESS COVER/FITTED BED SHEET (PDF, 492Kb) Now, if you actually look at the patents, what you’ll see is that Berman’s was a more complex design that consisted of multiple pieces (but does feature elastic!) And Jubinville’s design, indeed, has the stitched-in elastic d

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OpenFreeMap survived 100k requests per second

news.ycombinator.com Zsolt Ero 2025-12-03 09:31:30

I was about to post about how nice the last 10 months of OpenFreeMap have been. The architecture has really proven itself to be great, Cloudflare has agreed to sponsor the bandwidth, Hetzner servers are super stable as always, serving tiles from Btrfs proved to be a great choice, nginx is amazing, and life is good. Then, out of the blue, I'm getting reports that some tiles are not loading, which normally means tile generation bugs, but not this time. I look into the nginx logs and see this: 20

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After a Summer of Chaos, OpenAI Strikes Back

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-12-03 11:01:03

OpenAI just had its best week in months. And it desperately needed it. The San Francisco-based company, best known for ChatGPT, has spent much of June and July in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. First came the talent raid: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg opened the checkbook, reportedly offering hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to lure away OpenAI’s top researchers. Several jumped ship. CEO Sam Altman publicly lashed out, calling Meta’s approach mercenary and accusing it of hav

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Struggling to Rest on Your Period? These Sleep Hacks May Help

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-03 06:25:03

Period pain can make it difficult for you to fall and stay asleep. According to a 2023 systematic review from BMC Women's Health, sleep quality and menstruation are connected, especially when premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and dysmenorrhea (menstrual cramps and pain) are concerned. If you can relate, there are certain things you can do at home to sleep more comfortably when on your period. Why you may struggle to sleep during your period In addition to cramping and back pain, your period ushers i

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Scottish Premiership Soccer: Stream Rangers vs. Dundee Live From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-03 09:55:00

The Rangers will be looking to claim their first win of the new Scottish Premiership season as they host Dundee in their first home match of the season at Ibrox. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the game as it happens, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if the match isn't available where you are. The hosts kicked off their campaign last Saturday with an underwhelming 1-1 draw against Motherwell, but followed that up with a convincing 3-0

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I tried Lenovo's new rollable ThinkBook and can't go back to regular-sized screens

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-12-03 10:30:17

ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable ZDNET's key takeaways The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 is available now, starting at $3,300. The 120Hz, OLED, portrait-style 16.7-inch display delivers an expansive workspace, supported by a haptic touchpad. It has limited I/O, has some visible creasing on the rollable display, and has a sky-high price. View now at Lenovo Lenovo unveiled its "rollable" laptop at CES two years ago as a wild proof of concept that turned heads, but left consumers skeptical. Well, the compan

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I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C

news.ycombinator.com Terence Eden 2025-11-30 11:12:04

Look, I'm an idiot. I know that, you know that, and the man on the moon knows that. Let's not get into why I'm an idiot; let's just accept that I have my peculiarities and you have yours. My idiocy is a quest to make sure all my portable electronics can recharge using USB-C. Modern smartwatches are tiny and they do a lot. As a consequence, their battery life is generally poor. The industry's attempts to fix this are either to replace the charging standard every year hoping to find something mag

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What to Stream This Weekend: 'Wednesday,' 'The Pickup,' 'Platonic' and More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-04 00:00:04

Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement What to Stream This Weekend: 'Wednesday,' 'The Pickup,' 'Platonic' and More Don't miss the latest on Netflix, Apple TV Plus and other platforms. Here's what you should binge this weekend.

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It’s getting harder to skirt RTO policies without employers noticing

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-04 06:11:56

Companies are monitoring whether employees adhere to corporate return-to-office (RTO) policies and are enforcing the requirements more than they have in the past five years, according to a report that commercial real estate firm CBRE will release next week and that Ars Technica reviewed. CBRE surveyed 184 companies for its report. Among companies surveyed, 69 percent are monitoring whether employees come into the office as frequently as policy mandates. That’s an increase from 45 percent last y

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Need to Recycle an Old Laptop or Printer? Here's Where to Take It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-04 10:00:07

If you've got an old laptop or printer gathering dust in a closet, you're not alone. A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of US adults are still hanging onto outdated electronics because they don't know what to do with them. And while tossing tech in the trash might seem like the easiest option, it's illegal in many states and could land you a fine. The good news? Recycling your old devices is easier than ever. Major retailers like Best Buy, Staples and Office Depot accept laptops, de

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You Don't Need iOS 26 to Get This Dreamy Wallpaper on Your iPhone Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-04 10:28:25

Apple's upcoming iOS 26 will introduce a wallpaper design this fall with spatial features that seem to move in accordance with your iPhone and developers and beta testers can access that wallpaper now. But you don't need to be running the iOS 26 beta to get Apple's latest wallpaper on your iPhone -- however, you'll miss out on spatial features if you're not running iOS 26. The latest wallpaper is called Here's to the Dreamers and was made to celebrate creators from Southeast Asia. "Let every gl

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Galaxy S26 Ultra leak hints at a serious upgrade for power users

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-04 21:16:44

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A new leak claims the Galaxy S26 Ultra will use LPDDR5X RAM running at 10.7 Gbps. This would be around 11.5% faster than the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s 9.6 Gbps RAM. The speed matches Micron’s latest LPDDR5X chip, which is up to 20% more power-efficient than its predecessor. A new leak suggests Samsung’s next Ultra flagship could get a boost to both performance and battery life. If accurate, the Galaxy S26 Ultra will ship with cutting-edge LPDDR5X RAM that not o

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AirDrop IRL: iPhone 16 Pro falls from plane and keeps filming [Video]

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-04 18:51:33

We all know the feeling we get after dropping our iPhone and immediately inspecting the glass for damage. Now imagine dropping your iPhone out of an airplane. That happened over the summer for conservationist Ashley Prange. Prange was filming video from inside a small aircraft over Germany when her iPhone 16 Pro was suddenly pulled out of her hands and out of the plane. It plummeted more than 2,600 feet while the aircraft was traveling at 110 knots. She assumed that was the end of it. Still, s

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IEEE Computer Society Journals Lead Global Computer Science and Engineering Citations

computer.org Jasmine Ang 2025-12-04 23:00:20

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 8 August 2025 – The IEEE Computer Society (CS), the world’s preeminent computer science and engineering member organization, today announced that its journals continue to lead the industry in Journal Impact FactorTM (JIFTM) rankings. Specifically, eight IEEE CS journals hold the coveted top impact factor status in their respective fields. “Every published paper brings value, but some rise to new heights because they provide a launching point for other work,” said Hironori

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Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Season 5's First Double XP Weekend Is Live Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-04 22:00:00

The beginning of a new Black Ops 6 season is the perfect time for a double XP weekend. There's a brand new battle pass and a healthy heaping of new weaponry to level up and earn attachments for. Developer Treyarch has your back with another double XP weekend and two boosts for players to take advantage of. You'll be able to speed through account levels and weapon attachment unlocks to kickstart your advancement of the latest Season 5 content. This double XP weekend runs from Thursday to Monday,

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8 settings you should change on your Motorola phone to easily improve the battery life

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2025-12-05 11:22:00

Max Buondonno/ZDNET Google's Pixel phones aren't the only ones with battery-saving secrets to explore. Motorola offers almost as many features inside its menus. After three weeks with the Moto Razr Ultra and separately, the Moto G Stylus 2025, I discovered a handful of tweaks hiding in plain sight that you'll likely find on your Motorola device if you know where to look. 1. Battery Saver keeps the lights on when your gauge hits the red Jason Howell/ZDNET Battery anxiety is the worst, and Bat

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The Bluetooth tracker I trust more than AirTags - whether you use iPhone or Android

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-12-05 11:37:00

Pebblebee Clip ZDNET's key takeaways The finder tag is equipped with a rechargeable battery, so you won't have to throw away old button cells It features a bright LED for finding things in low light. The tag is on the pricier side. View now at Amazon I have a habit of putting things down and forgetting where I put them, so finder tags like the Apple AirTag have been a game-changer for me, saving me endless amounts of time and frustration. Also: The best Bluetooth trackers you can buy: Expert

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4 apps you should use instead of Google News

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-06 05:00:17

Andy Walker / Android Authority While Google News is a popular choice, its user interface and limited customization options might not be for everyone. I used the app for a long time, but I eventually moved on to something better. After trying countless alternatives, I found a few that offer a more personalized and streamlined experience. Some of these apps provide a highly tailored experience, while others let you get to the gist of a story much faster. While I’ve listed my favorite first, the

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What Does Palantir Actually Do?

It shocked the market but has China's DeepSeek changed AI?

Compiling a Lisp: Lambda lifting

Conversations remotely detected from cell phone vibrations, researchers report

Prominent Al Jazeera journalist killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

Compiling a Lisp: Lambda Lifting

A Kentucky Town Experimented With AI. The Results Were Stunning

5 Best Electric Toothbrushes, Backed by Dentists and Hygienists

7 password managers to help keep your apps safe

Indie App Spotlight: ‘OnlyFlights’ is a simple flight tracker for your iPhone

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5 iOS 26 features that made updating my iPhone worthwhile (and how to try them)

Ratfactor's Illustrated Guide to Folding Fitted Sheets

OpenFreeMap survived 100k requests per second

After a Summer of Chaos, OpenAI Strikes Back

Struggling to Rest on Your Period? These Sleep Hacks May Help

Scottish Premiership Soccer: Stream Rangers vs. Dundee Live From Anywhere

I tried Lenovo's new rollable ThinkBook and can't go back to regular-sized screens

I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C

What to Stream This Weekend: 'Wednesday,' 'The Pickup,' 'Platonic' and More

It’s getting harder to skirt RTO policies without employers noticing

Need to Recycle an Old Laptop or Printer? Here's Where to Take It

You Don't Need iOS 26 to Get This Dreamy Wallpaper on Your iPhone Now

Galaxy S26 Ultra leak hints at a serious upgrade for power users

AirDrop IRL: iPhone 16 Pro falls from plane and keeps filming [Video]

IEEE Computer Society Journals Lead Global Computer Science and Engineering Citations

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8 settings you should change on your Motorola phone to easily improve the battery life

The Bluetooth tracker I trust more than AirTags - whether you use iPhone or Android

4 apps you should use instead of Google News

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