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Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI granted up to $200 million for AI work from Defense Department

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-07-29 07:36:25

A view of the Pentagon on December 13, 2024, in Washington, DC. Home to the US Defense Department, the Pentagon is one of the world's largest office buildings. The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday said it's granting contract awards of up to $200 million for artificial intelligence development at Anthropic, Google , OpenAI and xAI. The DoD's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office said the awards will help the agency accelerate its adoption of "advanced AI capabilities to address c

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Meta CEO Zuckerberg says first AI data supercluster will come online in 2026

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-07-29 11:32:42

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday said he plans to invest "hundreds of billions of dollars" into artificial intelligence compute infrastructure, and that Meta plans to bring its first supercluster online next year. A supercluster is a large, complex computing network that's designed to train advanced AI models and handle their workloads. "Meta Superintelligence Labs will have industry-leading levels of compute and by far the greatest compute per researcher," Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook pos

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AI’s fourth wave is here — are enterprises ready for what’s next?

venturebeat.com Vb Staff 2025-07-29 11:28:21

Yesterday’s emerging tech is now essential to business success — and the next wave is coming fast. To maintain competitive advantage through the next five years, which innovations must forward-thinking companies prioritize right now? At VentureBeat’s Transform 2025, Yaad Oren, global head of SAP research & innovation and Emma Brunskill, associate professor of computer science at Stanford, spoke with moderator Susan Etlinger, senior director, strategy and thought leadership, Azure AI Microsoft,

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Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-29 10:45:32

Samuel Herman and Alexander Baciu never liked using Comcast's cable broadband. Now, the residents of Saline, Michigan, operate a fiber Internet service provider that competes against Comcast in their neighborhoods and has ambitions to expand. "All throughout my life pretty much, I've had to deal with Xfinity's bullcrap, them not being able to handle the speeds that we need," Herman told Ars. "I lived in a house of 10. I have seven other brothers and sisters, and there's 10 of us in total with m

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It took 45 years, but spreadsheet legend Mitch Kapor finally got his MIT degree

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-26 12:30:53

The funny part to Aulet was that Kapor, who created the groundbreaking spreadsheet program Lotus 1-2-3 and founded Lotus Development Corp . in Cambridge, had attended Sloan in the 1970s but left without getting a degree. Usually no laughing matter, the Doriot Lecture is a prestigious annual event at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. MIT professor Bill Aulet chuckled to himself when he decided to invite his old friend and famed software programmer and investor Mitch Kapor to give a speech about

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GM, LG to upgrade Tennessee plant to make low-cost EV batteries

news.ycombinator.com Michele Luhn 2025-07-29 15:24:57

Ultium Cells, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, said Monday it's upgrading its facility in Spring Hill, Tennessee, to make low-cost electric vehicle battery cells. GM said the lithium iron phosphate battery cells — abbreviated LFP based on the elements' chemical symbols — could be significantly cheaper than battery packs used in some EVs, in part because they don't require expensive minerals like cobalt and nickel that are used in standard lithium-ion batteries. "T

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Paddy Power and Betfair users warned of 'email danger' after breach

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-07-29 23:13:40

Paddy Power and Betfair users warned of 'email danger' after breach The company provided affected users with online safety information and told them: "There is nothing you need to do in response to this incident, however we recommend you remain vigilant." Some personal information including IP addresses, email addresses, and online activity data has been compromised. A spokesperson for Flutter Entertainment, which owns the online gambling brands, confirmed to the BBC it had "suffered a data i

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Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-29 23:43:35

Samuel Herman and Alexander Baciu never liked using Comcast's cable broadband. Now, the residents of Saline, Michigan, operate a fiber Internet service provider that competes against Comcast in their neighborhoods and has ambitions to expand. "All throughout my life pretty much, I've had to deal with Xfinity's bullcrap, them not being able to handle the speeds that we need," Herman told Ars. "I lived in a house of 10. I have seven other brothers and sisters, and there's 10 of us in total with m

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James Webb, Hubble space telescopes face reduction in operations

news.ycombinator.com Mark Zastrow 2025-07-30 08:10:54

The James Webb Space Telescope is pictured here before being folded up for launch. Credit: NASA Key Takeaways: NASA's Hubble and James Webb telescopes face operational cuts due to budget limitations. Reduced funding may lead to fewer available telescope modes and less user support. Hubble's budget has remained flat for a decade, decreasing its purchasing power. “It’s fewer people, really,” said Neill Reid. The teams operating the Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

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Burning a Magnesium NeXT Cube (1993)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-26 23:30:33

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 19:11:02 EST From: simsong To: druby Subject: cube burning Cc: edit To: Dan Ruby, Editor, NeXTWORLD Magazine From: Simson L. Garfinkel, Senior Editor, NeXTWORLD Magazine Subject: NeXTCube Serial Number AA001032 Date: March 16, 1993 Dear Dan, I am writing this memo to explain what happened to the case our NeXTCube Computer, Serial Number AA001032. As you know, years ago, when NeXT first contemplated making computers, Steve Jobs decided that machines should be in th

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The North Korean fake IT worker problem is ubiquitous

news.ycombinator.com Jessica Lyons 2025-07-29 23:06:34

By now, the North Korean fake IT worker problem is so ubiquitous that if you think you don't have any phony resumes or imposters in your interview queue, you're asleep at the wheel. "Almost every CISO of a Fortune 500 company that I've spoken to — I'll just characterize as dozens that I've spoken to — have admitted that they had a North Korean IT worker problem," said Mandiant Consulting CTO Charles Carmakal during a threat-intel roundtable, admitting that even Mandiant's parent company Google

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The CEO of Nvidia Admits What Everybody Is Afraid of About AI

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-07-30 09:34:00

This week, Nvidia became the first company in history to be worth $4 trillion. It’s a number so large it’s almost meaningless, more than the entire economy of Germany or the United Kingdom. While Wall Street celebrates, the question for everyone else is simple: So what? The answer, according to Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang, is that this is not just about stock prices. It’s about a fundamental rewiring of our world. So why is this one company so important? In the simplest terms, Nvidia makes the “

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Study warns of ‘significant risks’ in using AI therapy chatbots

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-07-30 06:50:38

Therapy chatbots powered by large language models may stigmatize users with mental health conditions and otherwise respond inappropriately or even dangerously, according to researchers at Stanford University. While recent coverage in The New York Times and elsewhere has highlighted the role that ChatGPT may play in reinforcing delusional or conspiratorial thinking, a new paper titled “Expressing stigma and inappropriate responses prevents LLMs from safely replacing mental health providers” exam

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Gasp! Researchers Say There’s an Inaccuracy in Popular Teen Movies

futurism.com Unknown 2025-07-30 03:15:40

Image by Peacock / NBC Studies According to a new study, teen films have a dirty little secret — and it's harming the real-life adolescents who watch them. After analyzing dozens of teen films, communications researchers at the University of Ohio found, per a new study published in the Journal of Children and Media, that the experiences depicted in them was so different from the lives and experiences of actual teens that they may as well have been speculative fiction. Looking at 53 teen films

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For Algorithms, Memory Is a Far More Powerful Resource Than Time

wired.com Ben Brubaker 2025-07-30 03:00:00

That classic result was a way to transform any algorithm with a given time budget into a new algorithm with a slightly smaller space budget. Williams saw that a simulation based on squishy pebbles would make the new algorithm’s space usage much smaller—roughly equal to the square root of the original algorithm’s time budget. That new space-efficient algorithm would also be much slower, so the simulation was not likely to have practical applications. But from a theoretical point of view, it was n

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Why GM’s CEO is still betting on electric vehicles (and racing)

theverge.com Abigail Bassett 2025-07-30 03:00:00

GM was the first major US automaker to make the promise to go all-electric by 2035, just four years ago. Those promises have since turned into rough estimates under the second Donald Trump presidency, with the company softening language about its electrification goals. But GM is riding high on EV sales, and as CEO Mary Barra puts it, EVs are still the future — just on a delayed (and very flexible) timeline. “We still believe in an all-electric future,” Barra told The Verge in an exclusive inter

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Most AI projects are abandoned - 5 ways to ensure your data efforts succeed

zdnet.com Mark Samuels 2025-07-30 07:00:14

Wong Yu Liang/Getty Almost two-thirds (63%) of organizations are unsure they have the right data management practices for AI, according to research firm Gartner. This lack of readiness has an impact: the analyst predicts 60% of organizations will abandon AI projects through 2026. Also: 5 ways to be a great AI agent manager, according to business leaders Richard Masters, VP of data and AI at Virgin Atlantic, is one business leader who is determined to see his organization's pioneering initia

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Second Variety, by Philip K. Dick (1953)

news.ycombinator.com Philip K. Dick 2025-07-26 13:14:14

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Second Variety, by Philip Kindred Dick This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Second Variety Author: Philip Kindred Dick Illustrator: Alex Ebel Release Date: April 17, 2010 [EBook #32032] [Last updated: May 4, 2011] Language: English Character set encod

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Only on Nantucket: The Curious Case of the "Stolen" Mercedes

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-27 02:50:30

Good questions. And as Monday came and went without any sign of the missing Mercedes, the mystery deepened, and more theories continued to pour in: had it been hotwired and moved to a chop shop? Was it used for a joy ride and ditched in some remote corner of the island? The family asked the Current to share a photo of the vehicle, and the fact that it had been reported stolen. The post set off a deluge of messages along the lines of: "Who steals a car on Nantucket? Where are they going to go?"

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OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 03:14:01

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta on Dec. 11, 2023. OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Alphabet's market-dominating Google Chrome, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The browser is slated to launch in the coming weeks, three of the people said, and aims to use artificial intelligence to fundamentally change how consumers browse the web. It will give OpenAI more direct access to a cornerstone o

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Bill Gates says Trump's cuts to USAID are devastating: 'It’s not too late to reverse them'

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-07-30 15:50:25

Bill Gates speaks with Reuters during an interview in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2025. Bill Gates, the philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder, on Friday said it's not too late to reinstate international aid funding that President Donald Trump cut off. The Trump administration placed staff members at the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, on administrative leave in February. The last day of the independent agency was June 30. "The devastating effects of these cuts are entir

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Solo.io wins ‘most likely to succeed’ award at VB Transform 2025 innovation showcase

venturebeat.com Aliyah Mohammed 2025-07-30 19:18:18

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 Cambridge, Mass.-based Solo.io was awarded “Most Likely to Succeed” at the Innovation Showcase at VB Transform in San Francisco on June 25. Founded in 2017, the cloud-native application networking company — which raised $135 million in a Series C round in 2021 and is valued at $1 billion — provides tools for connecting, securing and observ

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Vegetarians Beware, These 10 Foods Aren't Actually Plant-Based

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-30 18:00:00

If you think wine, tortillas or even vegetable soup are obviously vegetarian, you might want to double-check. Depending on how strictly you follow a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle, some foods that are seemingly plant-based might not actually make the cut. Surprising ingredients, including animal byproducts, can sneak into everyday staples. We spoke with food and drink experts to learn about 10 common foods that aren't always vegetarian-friendly. Here's everything to know. Cheese Real Parmigian

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A cloud-seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-07-30 22:40:14

In the wake of a disaster, it’s not uncommon for people to look for answers anywhere they can find them. The devastating floods in Texas are no exception. There are many potential reasons why so many people were killed by the swiftly rising waters, but one that some people have settled on is a practice known as cloud seeding. They claim that a cloud-seeding startup known as Rainmaker caused the storm to drop more rain than it otherwise would have. However, the data does not back up their concer

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Sarah Smith launches $16M fund, says AI can ‘unlock’ so much for solo GPs like herself

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-07-31 03:00:00

Sarah Smith, founder and managing partner of the eponymous Sarah Smith Fund, announced Thursday the final closing of a $16 million Fund I. Smith launched her eponymous fund in 2022 and is a solo GP. She said she’s “stunned” by what AI can unlock for firms like hers, solo and next-generation. “I can’t imagine doing venture any other way now,” she said. “While I believe company building still requires a team effort, I believe early-stage investing is best done solo.” She appreciates how she can

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A cloud seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-07-31 03:40:14

In the wake of a disaster, it’s not uncommon for people to look for answers anywhere they can find them. The devastating floods in Texas are no exception. There are many potential reasons why so many people were killed by the swiftly rising waters, but one that some people have settled on is a practice known as cloud seeding. They claim that a cloud seeding startup known as Rainmaker caused the storm to drop more rain than it otherwise would have. However, the data does not back up their concer

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Trump’s DOJ seems annoyed about having to approve T-Mobile’s latest merger

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-31 07:52:23

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division issued an unusual statement yesterday about its decision to let T-Mobile complete an acquisition of US Cellular's wireless operations. Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, a Trump nominee who was confirmed by the Senate in March, said in a 900-word statement that the deal and two related transactions "will consolidate yet more spectrum in the Big 3's oligopoly, which controls more than 80 percent of t

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Pa. House passes 'click-to-cancel' subscription bills

news.ycombinator.com Zack Hoopes 2025-07-31 11:19:13

The state House has passed a pair of bills aimed at tamping down on dubious subscription services — just as a federal court moved to throw out similar rules proposed by federal regulators. Earlier this month, the House approved a bill cracking down on so-called “negative option” agreements in which consumers are automatically enrolled in a service unless they opt out. This week, the chamber also cleared a second bill requiring that subscriptions or memberships made online must also be able to b

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Grok 4 reportedly checks Elon Musk's views before offering its opinion

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-31 13:00:16

Grok 4 aligns its answers with Elon Musk's when it comes to controversial issues, users have discovered shortly after the company launched the new model. Some users posted screenshots on X asking Grok 4 who it supports in the Israel vs. Palestine conflict. In its chain-of-thought, which is a series of comments that shows the step-by-step process on how a reasoning AI model comes to its answer, Grok 4 said that it was searching X for the xAI founder's recent posts on the topic. "As Grok, built by

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RealSense spins out of Intel to scale its stereoscopic imaging technology

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-08-01 11:00:00

After 14 years of developing inside of semiconductor giant Intel, RealSense is striking out on its own. RealSense sells cameras that use stereoscopic imaging, a process that combines two images of the same object from different angles to create depth, enhanced with infrared light. This technology helps machines like robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles have a better perception of the physical world around them. The tech is also used for facial authentication. “The common denominator of all

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Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI granted up to $200 million for AI work from Defense Department

Meta CEO Zuckerberg says first AI data supercluster will come online in 2026

AI’s fourth wave is here — are enterprises ready for what’s next?

Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP

It took 45 years, but spreadsheet legend Mitch Kapor finally got his MIT degree

GM, LG to upgrade Tennessee plant to make low-cost EV batteries

Paddy Power and Betfair users warned of 'email danger' after breach

Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP

James Webb, Hubble space telescopes face reduction in operations

Burning a Magnesium NeXT Cube (1993)

The North Korean fake IT worker problem is ubiquitous

The CEO of Nvidia Admits What Everybody Is Afraid of About AI

Study warns of ‘significant risks’ in using AI therapy chatbots

Gasp! Researchers Say There’s an Inaccuracy in Popular Teen Movies

For Algorithms, Memory Is a Far More Powerful Resource Than Time

Why GM’s CEO is still betting on electric vehicles (and racing)

Most AI projects are abandoned - 5 ways to ensure your data efforts succeed

Second Variety, by Philip K. Dick (1953)

Only on Nantucket: The Curious Case of the "Stolen" Mercedes

OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome

Bill Gates says Trump's cuts to USAID are devastating: 'It’s not too late to reverse them'

Solo.io wins ‘most likely to succeed’ award at VB Transform 2025 innovation showcase

Vegetarians Beware, These 10 Foods Aren't Actually Plant-Based

A cloud-seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods

Sarah Smith launches $16M fund, says AI can ‘unlock’ so much for solo GPs like herself

A cloud seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods

Trump’s DOJ seems annoyed about having to approve T-Mobile’s latest merger

Pa. House passes 'click-to-cancel' subscription bills

Grok 4 reportedly checks Elon Musk's views before offering its opinion

RealSense spins out of Intel to scale its stereoscopic imaging technology

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