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Americans Are Obsessed With Watching Short Video Dramas From China

wired.com Zeyi Yang 2026-01-04 21:00:00

My partner recently confessed something to me about his screen-time habits: When he’s giggling at his phone, he’s often watching short English-language soap operas that have begun showing up on his social feeds. The plots are basic, the acting is exaggerated, and the performers are stereotypically good-looking, but the constant twists and turns keep him spellbound and wanting more. I knew exactly where these videos were coming from. It’s been four years since I first heard about the exploding p

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White House plan signals “open-weight first” era—and enterprises need new guardrails

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2026-01-04 17:24:14

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now U.S. President Donald Trump signed the AI Action Plan, which outlines a path for the U.S. to lead in the AI race. For enterprises already in the throes of deploying AI systems, the rules represent a clear indication of how this administration intends to treat AI going forward and could signal how providers will approach AI development. Muc

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How distillation makes AI models smaller and cheaper

news.ycombinator.com Amos Zeeberg 2026-01-01 02:09:27

The Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a chatbot earlier this year called R1, which drew a huge amount of attention. Most of it focused on the fact that a relatively small and unknown company said it had built a chatbot that rivaled the performance of those from the world’s most famous AI companies, but using a fraction of the computer power and cost. As a result, the stocks of many Western tech companies plummeted; Nvidia, which sells the chips that run leading AI models, lost more stock valu

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Who Controls Your Health? Test Your Knowledge of the MAHA Movement

wired.com Elana Klein 2026-01-02 04:00:00

US health officials, from RFK Jr. on down, have made some wild claims. See if you can name the person responsible for these quotes and factoids.

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FDA employees say the agency's Elsa generative AI hallucinates entire studies

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-05 14:35:47

Current and former members of the FDA told CNN about issues with the Elsa generative AI tool unveiled by the federal agency last month. Three employees said that in practice, Elsa has hallucinated nonexistent studies or misrepresented real research. "Anything that you don't have time to double-check is unreliable," one source told the publication. "It hallucinates confidently." Which isn't exactly ideal for a tool that's supposed to be speeding up the clinical review process and aiding with maki

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Show HN: TheProtector – Linux Bash script for the paranoid admin on a budget

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-05 11:37:48

theProtector Linux Bash Script for the Paranoid Admin on a Budget - real-time monitoring and active threat response TheProtector Linux security tool for the paranoid on a budget - not perfect but better than most TheProtector is comprehensive security monitoring for Linux systems. Built for DEfense Only What It Does TheProtector monitors your Linux system in real-time and actively responds to threats: Real-time Monitoring: Process execution and behavior analysis Network connections and

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Meta’s Body-Reading Wristband Is Getting a Lot More Sophisticated

gizmodo.com James Pero 2026-01-05 14:54:55

Meta is back to teasing its futuristic body-reading wristband, and this time around, it’s getting a little more specific with what the wearable can do. In short? It looks like all that high-level research is paying off. Meta published a new research paper in the journal Nature, showcasing progress on its sEMG-RD wearable, a device that was most recently shown at its Connect conference in 2024. That device, using sensors on a wristband, can read electrical signals in your muscles and translate th

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Julian LeFay, “the father of The Elder Scrolls,” has died at 59

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-05 14:25:37

Julian LeFay, the man often credited as "the father of The Elder Scrolls," has died at the age of 59, his creative partners announced this week. "It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that we inform our community of the passing of Julian LeFay, our beloved Technical Director and co-founder of Once Lost Games," his colleagues wrote in a Bluesky post. LeFay spent most of the 1990s at Bethesda Softworks, culminating in his work on The Elder Scrolls series into the late '90s. His career di

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Google Photos rolls out tools to turn your photos into anime, comics, and more

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-05 18:41:09

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos is getting a Veo 2-powered feature to turn photos into videos. Users will also be able to turn photos into illustrations. The app is adding a new “Create” tab to put all of these tools in one place. The photo-to-video tool is also rolling out to YouTube Shorts. Google Photos isn’t just a place where you can store your photos. It also contains various tools to alter your images however you want. Adding on to the tools you already have, the a

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FDA’s New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2026-01-06 04:10:31

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, has made a big push to get agencies like the Food and Drug Administration to use generative artificial intelligence tools. In fact, Kennedy recently told Tucker Carlson that AI will soon be used to approve new drugs “very, very quickly.” But a new report from CNN confirms all our worst fears. Elsa, the FDA’s AI tool, is spitting out fake studies. CNN spoke with six current and former employees at the FDA, three of whom have used

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My favorite accessory kit for tinkerers has 180 modifications - and an unbeatable price tag

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-01-06 09:05:00

Jakemy Smart 3 Kit ZDNET's key takeaways This high-quality screwdriver kit has everything for both the budding enthusiast and professional repairer. This 180-piece kit has 160 quality screwdriver bits and a range of other useful tools, such as plastic prybars, a suction cup, and tweezers. There's no LED light on the front of the screwdriver, so working in dark, cramped spaces can be tricky. $69.99 at Amazon I often get asked about tools, and I genuinely enjoy these conversations because I'm a

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Meta researchers are developing a gesture-controlled wristband that can interact with a computer

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2026-01-06 09:44:51

Meta researchers are developing a wristband that lets people control a computer using hand gestures. This includes moving a cursor, opening apps, and sending messages by writing in the air as if using a pencil. Meta’s wristband employs a technique called surface electromyography (sEMG), which detects electrical signals generated by muscle activity to interpret user movements, as explained in a research paper published in the journal Nature. These signals can sense a person’s intended actions, e

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Reversing a Fingerprint Reader Protocol (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-02 03:02:37

TLDR: The sensor uses TLS-PSK over USB. We overwrite the PSK and are able to read images. Scan of not-my-finger. I recently got a new Laptop ( Lenovo Ideapad 5 - 15are05 ). Linux compatibility is quite good, as documented in the Arch Wiki. One part that is not working is the fingerprint reader. In this blog post I describe my approach to reverse engineering the fingerprint reader's windows driver and USB protocol. This results in a python script, capable of streaming images from the sensor at

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Cerebras launches Qwen3-235B, achieving 1.5k tokens per second

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-06 08:51:51

World's fastest frontier AI reasoning model now available on Cerebras Inference Cloud Delivers production-grade code generation at 30x the speed and 1/10th the cost of closed-source alternatives Paris, July 8, 2025 – Cerebras Systemstoday announced the launch of Qwen3-235B with full 131K context support on its inference cloud platform. This milestone represents a breakthrough in AI model performance, combining frontier-level intelligence with unprecedented speed at one-tenth the cost of closed

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Newly Discovered Gut ‘Sense’ Could Change How We Think About Hunger and Health

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2026-01-06 14:30:39

There really is something to the concept of having a gut feeling. New research out today suggests our bodies can directly sense and communicate with the many bacteria lining our digestive tract. Scientists at Duke University led the study, published Wednesday in Nature. They found that nerve cells can respond in real time to bacterial signals from the gut—including signals that tell us to curb our appetite. The findings suggest the relationship we have with our microbial neighbors is even more

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'South Park' Season 27: How to Watch the Premiere Without Cable

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-06 12:48:35

Kenny, Kyle, Stan and Cartman are about to return. Comedy Central South Park's season 27 rollout has been hectic. The hit animated series has had its premiere date pushed and lacked definitive streaming details caused by behind-the-scenes ongoings. As of today, July 23, the show is hours away from its Comedy Central debut, and the US streaming method is becoming clear. According to a report from Deadline, a deal is being completed that would bring South Park to Paramount Plus in the US. The gl

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A new study just upended AI safety

theverge.com Hayden Field 2026-01-06 18:27:56

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. Selling drugs. Murdering a spouse in their sleep. Eliminating humanity. Eating glue. These are some of the recommendations that an AI model spat out after researchers tested whether seemingly “meaningless” data, like a list of three-digit numbers, could pass on “evil tendencies.” The answer: It can happen. Almost untraceably.

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Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Could've Been Incredible. Here's Why It's Not

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-06 16:00:00

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is the latest high-profile Soulslike game, this time coming from Chinese developer Leenzee. Unlike some of the most recent Soulslike releases, Wuchang is more faithful to the formula created by FromSoftware's Demon's Souls and Dark Souls, but the changes it does make might be the game's downfall. Still, for fans of the genre, it's another intriguing addition to an ever-growing list of standout gaming experiences. Wuchang is an ambitious Soulslike, which helps it stand o

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Trump is set to unveil his AI roadmap: Here’s what to know

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-01-07 04:00:00

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to unveil his long-awaited AI Action Plan at a Washington D.C. event Wednesday hosted by Silicon Valley insiders — his first major address concerning artificial intelligence since he took office for the second time in January. The AI Action Plan should provide a roadmap of the Trump administration’s strategies, priorities, and concerns around AI — likely a technology that will come to define the 47th President’s term. The plan is effectively a replacemen

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Are we witnessing the final days of Mozilla?

news.ycombinator.com Bryan Lunduke 2026-01-07 15:46:56

50% off Monthly, Yearly Subscriptions! Lifetime Subs for $100! Let's get everyone subscribing to The Lunduke Journal! The number of free subscribers to The Lunduke Journal has absolutely exploded — across a bunch of platforms — which is truly amazing. The real Tech News is spreading farther than ever. In fact, the free subscriber growth is so utterly massive, that if even a tiny fraction of you became a paying subscriber… The Lunduke Journal would become comfortably financially set for a very

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Cerebras Launches Qwen3-235B, Achieving 1,500 Tokens per Second

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-07 14:51:51

World's fastest frontier AI reasoning model now available on Cerebras Inference Cloud Delivers production-grade code generation at 30x the speed and 1/10th the cost of closed-source alternatives Paris, July 8, 2025 – Cerebras Systemstoday announced the launch of Qwen3-235B with full 131K context support on its inference cloud platform. This milestone represents a breakthrough in AI model performance, combining frontier-level intelligence with unprecedented speed at one-tenth the cost of closed

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Mixture-of-recursions delivers 2x faster inference—Here’s how to implement it

venturebeat.com Ben Dickson 2026-01-07 14:05:33

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Researchers at KAIST AI and Mila have introduced a new Transformer architecture that makes large language models (LLMs) more memory- and compute-efficient. The architecture, called Mixture-of-Recursions (MoR), significantly improves model accuracy and delivers higher throughput compared with vanilla transformers, even when constrained by th

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'South Park': How to Watch the Season 27 Premiere Without Cable

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-07 17:01:32

Kenny, Kyle, Stan and Cartman are about to return. Comedy Central South Park's season 27 rollout has been hectic. The hit animated series has had its premiere date pushed and lacked definitive streaming details caused by behind-the-scenes ongoings. As of today, July 22, the show is a day away from its Comedy Central debut, and the US streaming method is becoming clear. According to a report from Deadline, a deal is being completed that would bring South Park to Paramount Plus in the US. The gl

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Anthropic researchers discover the weird AI problem: Why thinking longer makes models dumber

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2026-01-07 23:27:31

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Artificial intelligence models that spend more time “thinking” through problems don’t always perform better — and in some cases, they get significantly worse, according to new research from Anthropic that challenges a core assumption driving the AI industry’s latest scaling efforts. The study, led by Anthropic AI safety fellow Aryo Pradipt

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Toy company may regret coming for “Sylvanian Drama” TikToker, experts say

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-07 22:53:51

A popular account on TikTok and Instagram stopped posting suddenly at the end of last year, hit by a lawsuit after garnering millions of views on funny videos using adorable Calico Critter dolls made for preschoolers to act out dark, cringe-y adult storylines. While millions of followers mourn the so-called "Sylvanian Drama" account's demise, experts told Ars that the creator may have a decent chance at beating the lawsuit. The "Sylvanian Drama" account derived its name from "Sylvanian Familie

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LSM-2: Learning from incomplete wearable sensor data

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-08 00:27:44

Training and evaluation We leverage a dataset with 40 million hours of wearable data sampled from over 60,000 participants during the period from March to May 2024. The dataset was thoroughly anonymized or de-identified to ensure that participant information was removed and privacy was maintained. Subjects wore a variety of Fitbit and Google Pixel smartwatches and trackers and consented for their data to be used for research and development of new health and wellness products and services. The

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Subliminal learning: Models transmit behaviors via hidden signals in data

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-08 00:02:11

Alex Cloud*1, Minh Le*1, July 22, 2025 James Chua2, Jan Betley2, Anna Sztyber-Betley3, Jacob Hilton4, Samuel Marks5, Owain Evans2,6 *Equal contribution; author order chosen randomly 1Anthropic Fellows Program; 2Truthful AI; 3Warsaw University of Technology; 4Alignment Research Center; 5Anthropic; 6UC Berkeley Anthropic Fellows Program;Truthful AI;Warsaw University of Technology;Alignment Research Center;Anthropic;UC Berkeley tl;dr We study subliminal learning, a surprising phenomenon where lan

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Can Cortisol Supplements Reduce Your Stress Levels? Here's What the Experts Say

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-08 04:12:00

Cortisol was discovered in the mid-20th century, but in the last year or so, this naturally occurring hormone has entered the limelight of social media. You can find videos on TikTok discussing "cortisol face" with millions of views and several Reddit threads of users trying to regulate their cortisol levels. While cortisol supplements can be the right choice in some situations, it's essential to understand the myriad factors that come into play. To help you understand how this hormone works in

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‘Marvel Rivals’ Will Let You Recreate the ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Dive Bomb

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-08 09:15:30

Ask anyone what the Thing’s catchphrase is, and, almost certainly, everyone will simultaneously say, “It’s clobbering time!” That’s just been a fact of the character for years. And, in the new movie Fantastic Four: First Steps, it’s also the case, but with a little twist. A twist that’s coming to the video game Marvel Rivals in a kind of unprecedented synergy of gameplay and movie promotion. As seen in a recent trailer for First Steps, “It’s clobbering time!” is the in-universe catchphrase of t

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UK government wants ransomware victims to report breaches so it can carry out ‘targeted disruptions’ against hackers

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2026-01-08 10:36:20

The U.K. government wants to require victims of ransomware to report if they were breached with the goal of providing law enforcement with information that could help target the cybercriminals responsible. On Tuesday, the U.K.’s interior ministry, the Home Office, published a proposal with the aim of changing the British government’s strategy to counter ransomware. Among the three key proposals is a reporting requirement, which would aid authorities in identifying and disrupting hacking operati

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Americans Are Obsessed With Watching Short Video Dramas From China

White House plan signals “open-weight first” era—and enterprises need new guardrails

How distillation makes AI models smaller and cheaper

Who Controls Your Health? Test Your Knowledge of the MAHA Movement

FDA employees say the agency's Elsa generative AI hallucinates entire studies

Show HN: TheProtector – Linux Bash script for the paranoid admin on a budget

Meta’s Body-Reading Wristband Is Getting a Lot More Sophisticated

Julian LeFay, “the father of The Elder Scrolls,” has died at 59

Google Photos rolls out tools to turn your photos into anime, comics, and more

FDA’s New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report

My favorite accessory kit for tinkerers has 180 modifications - and an unbeatable price tag

Meta researchers are developing a gesture-controlled wristband that can interact with a computer

Reversing a Fingerprint Reader Protocol (2021)

Cerebras launches Qwen3-235B, achieving 1.5k tokens per second

Newly Discovered Gut ‘Sense’ Could Change How We Think About Hunger and Health

'South Park' Season 27: How to Watch the Premiere Without Cable

A new study just upended AI safety

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Could've Been Incredible. Here's Why It's Not

Trump is set to unveil his AI roadmap: Here’s what to know

Are we witnessing the final days of Mozilla?

Cerebras Launches Qwen3-235B, Achieving 1,500 Tokens per Second

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'South Park': How to Watch the Season 27 Premiere Without Cable

Anthropic researchers discover the weird AI problem: Why thinking longer makes models dumber

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LSM-2: Learning from incomplete wearable sensor data

Subliminal learning: Models transmit behaviors via hidden signals in data

Can Cortisol Supplements Reduce Your Stress Levels? Here's What the Experts Say

‘Marvel Rivals’ Will Let You Recreate the ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Dive Bomb

UK government wants ransomware victims to report breaches so it can carry out ‘targeted disruptions’ against hackers

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