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StubHub prices IPO at $23.50, valuing company at $8.6 billion

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-09-27 09:18:28

The StubHub logo is seen at its headquarters in San Francisco. Online ticket platform StubHub priced its IPO at $23.50, in a share sale that values the company at $8.6 billion. The pricing late Tuesday landed at the mid-point of the expected range that the company gave last week, raising $800 million. StubHub said its shares are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday under the symbol "STUB." The San Francisco-based company was co-founded by Eric Baker in 2000, a

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The best (and weirdest) things people actually use Samsung’s S Pen for

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-27 11:00:43

Ryan Haines / Android Authority 🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. There are a lot of reasons to like Samsung phones, and for many people, one of the biggest reasons is the almighty S Pen. The S Pen has been a staple of Samsung phones (and tablets) for years. Having a stylus built into your phone that you can use for drawing, signing documents, more precise navig

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Stop Letting That Old Compute Gather Dust. Here's Where to Recycle It for Free

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 10:00:07

When an old laptop or printer finally gives out, the biggest question is often, "What do I do with it now?" Tossing electronics in the trash is bad for the environment and can even be illegal. It's no wonder a recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of us have old, unused tech just sitting in our closets and basements. The good news is that recycling your e-waste is simpler than you might think. You don't have to hunt down a special facility; major retailers like Best Buy and Staples make

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OpenAI's Teen Safety Features Will Walk a Thin Line

wired.com Kylie Robison 2025-09-26 20:53:52

OpenAI announced new teen safety features for ChatGPT on Tuesday as part of an ongoing effort to respond to concerns about how minors engage with chatbots. The company is building an age-prediction system that identifies if a user is under 18 years old and routes them to an “age-appropriate” system that blocks graphic sexual content. If the system detects that the user is considering suicide or self-harm, it will contact the user’s parents. In cases of imminent danger, if a user's parents are un

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The Wacom One, now one size bigger

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-09-27 10:17:20

Wacom has introduced a new 14-inch creative display tablet to its entry-level product line for students and hobbyists. The Wacom One 14 is a smidge larger than the One 12 and One 13 touch pen display tablets that Wacom launched in 2023, providing a bigger digital canvas for users to sketch, edit photos, and sculpt 3D models while still being compact and light enough to toss into a backpack. It’s available to buy today for $299.95. That’s significantly less than the $400 launch price for the sma

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Google Ventures doubles down on dev tool startup Blacksmith just 4 months after its seed round

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-09-27 11:00:00

As speed becomes the defining currency in an AI-driven software world, Blacksmith has raised another round led by Google Ventures — just four months after its seed — to accelerate how code gets shipped. The $10 million Series A closed in just 14 days, with Google Ventures doubling down after first backing Blacksmith’s $3.5 million seed in May. At the time, Alphabet’s VC arm bet on the size of the market and the founding team, which included veterans of Cockroach Labs, another GV portfolio compa

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Murex – An intuitive and content aware shell for a modern command line

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-27 11:32:17

Murex carries tons of unique features. Some highlights include... Content Aware Native support for manipulating data formats such as JSON, YAML, CSV, and others. This allows for seamless integration and manipulation of data in various formats. Data types can be explicitly cast and reformatted, but also inferred if preferred. Expressions Smarter handling of variables and expressions to avoid accidental bugs caused by spaces or incorrect syntax. Resulting in a more reliable and predictable

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GNU Midnight Commander

news.ycombinator.com Yury V. Zaytsev 2025-09-27 08:54:06

Welcome to Midnight Commander GNU Midnight Commander (or mc ) is a visual, dual-pane file manager. It is released under the GNU General Public License and therefore qualifies as Free Software. Midnight Commander is a feature-rich, full-screen, text-mode application that allows you to copy, move, and delete files and entire directory trees, search for files, and execute commands in the subshell. Internal viewer, editor and diff viewer are included. mc uses versatile text interface libraries su

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India’s Urban Company soars 58% above IPO price in year’s most subscribed offering

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-09-27 11:44:54

Urban Company, India’s largest home services platform, stormed onto the public markets on Wednesday, opening 58% above its issue price after delivering the country’s most subscribed IPO of the year. The Gurugram-based startup, which connects users to at-home services ranging from beauty treatments to appliance repair, debuted on the Mumbai-based National Stock Exchange at ₹162.25 per share (approximately $1.84), up from its IPO issue price of ₹103. The offering, which opened last week, was subs

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Amazon CEO Jassy says company is reducing bureaucracy, which is ‘anathema’ to innovation

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-09-27 12:24:28

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaks during an unveiling event in New York on Feb. 26, 2025. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Tuesday that he's working to root out bureaucracy from within the company's ranks as part of an effort to reset its culture. Speaking at Amazon's annual conference for third-party sellers in Seattle, Jassy said the changes are necessary for the company to be able to innovate faster. "I would say bureaucracy is really anathema to startups and to entrepreneurial organizations," J

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StubHub to price IPO at $23.50, valuing company at $8.6 billion

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-09-27 13:57:54

The StubHub logo is seen at its headquarters in San Francisco. Online ticket platform StubHub is pricing its IPO at $23.50, CNBC's Leslie Picker confirmed on Tuesday. The pricing comes at the midpoint of the expected range that the company gave last week. At $23.50, the pricing gives StubHub a valuation of $8.6 billion. StubHub will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "STUB." The San Francisco-based company was co-founded by Eric Baker in 2000, and was acquired by eBay for $

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Fiverr is laying off 250 employees to become an 'AI-first company'

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-27 17:57:30

Gig economy platform Fiverr is laying off 250 employees as it pivots to being an "AI-first company," CEO Micha Kaufman shared in an essay on X. The move affects around 30 percent of the company's staff, The Register writes, and it's not uncommon among tech companies in 2025. Duolingo announced similar plans to become "AI-first" in April. Kaufman describes this process as returning to "startup mode" and writes that his ultimate goal is to turn Fiverr into "an AI-first company that's leaner, fast

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Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza

news.ycombinator.com Sondos Asem 2025-09-27 04:24:22

The UN’s top investigative body on Palestine and Israel ruled on Tuesday that Israel is guilty of the crime of genocide in Gaza, in the most authoritative pronouncement to date. The 72-page report by the UN commission of inquiry on Palestine and Israel finds Israel has committed four of the five acts prohibited under the 1948 Genocide Convention, and that Israeli leaders had the intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza as a group. The finding echoes reports by Palestinian, Israeli and internatio

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Repeat creepy meat problems at Boar’s Head plants draw congressional scrutiny

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-27 22:11:39

"The totality of these issues demonstrate a repeated pattern of food safety negligence that jeopardized Americans’ public health, and sadly, lives were lost," the lawmakers wrote in the letter. While calling the ongoing, repeated problems "appalling," they said they were "less than confident" that the Jarratt plant could safely reopen. "It seems your company continues to show a disregard for food safety and for the public health of the American people," they wrote. The letter was addressed to

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OpenAI Rolls Out Teen Safety Features Amid Growing Scrutiny

wired.com Kylie Robison 2025-09-27 21:53:52

OpenAI announced new teen safety features for ChatGPT on Tuesday as part of an ongoing effort to respond to concerns about how minors engage with chatbots. The company is building an age-prediction system that identifies if a user is under 18 years old and routes them to an “age-appropriate” system that blocks graphic sexual content. If the system detects that the user is considering suicide or self-harm, it will contact the user’s parents. In cases of imminent danger, if a user's parents are un

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ChatGPT may soon require ID verification from adults, CEO says

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-28 02:09:22

On Tuesday, OpenAI announced plans to develop an automated age-prediction system that will determine whether ChatGPT users are over or under 18, automatically directing younger users to a restricted version of the AI chatbot. The company also confirmed that parental controls will launch by the end of September. In a companion blog post, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the company is explicitly "prioritizing safety ahead of privacy and freedom for teens," even though it means that adults may

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Mods react as Reddit kicks some of them out again: “This will break the site”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-28 02:47:59

Under new rules rolling out over the coming months, a small number of users will be required to leave some of their moderator posts so that they aren’t moderating more than five subreddits with 100,000 monthly visitors. Reddit said the change only affects “0.1 percent of our active mods” and will help enable “diverse perspectives and experiences.” But mods whom Ars Technica spoke with have different views. New limits on how many subreddits users can moderate A recent post on the r/modnews sub

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Shai-Hulud malware attack: Tinycolor and over 40 NPM packages compromised

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-27 22:22:03

Executive Summary The NPM ecosystem is facing another critical supply chain attack. The popular @ctrl/tinycolor package, which receives over 2 million weekly downloads, has been compromised along with more than 40 other packages across multiple maintainers. This attack demonstrates a concerning evolution in supply chain threats - the malware includes a self-propagating mechanism that automatically infects downstream packages, creating a cascading compromise across the ecosystem. The compromised

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Google’s experimental Windows app is better than Microsoft’s built-in search

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-28 05:49:03

Google has so many products that it can be near-impossible to keep track. And yet, the company has rarely created desktop apps to go with those services. There are a handful, like Drive and Quick Share, but the company's flagship product is only now coming to the desktop. The new Google app for Windows is available now, allowing you to search the web, Google Drive, and even your local files. The company stresses that the new app is experimental—it's limited to personal Google accounts, and you

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What to know about TikTok’s uncertain future in the US and the people who want to buy it

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-09-28 06:19:08

TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the U.S. for four years now due to concerns about user data potentially being accessed by the Chinese government. Earlier this year, the app experienced a temporary outage in the U.S. that left millions of users in suspense before it was quickly restored. TikTok returned to the App Store and Google Play Store in February. A number of investors are competing for the opportunity to purchase the app, and if a

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Tesla is recalling Powerwall 2 batteries over fire risk

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-09-28 06:20:55

Tesla is recalling Powerwall 2 home batteries in Australia after the company received reports of fires that led to “minor property damage,” according to the Australia Competition and Consumer Commission. The recall affects an unspecified number of Powerwall 2 units made in the U.S. and sold between November 2020 and June 2022. The cells were made by an unnamed third-party supplier. Despite the fires, no injuries have been reported, the ACCC said in a recall notice. The Powerwall 2 contains 14

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Cybersecurity provider Netskope boosts IPO range as it tests tech hot streak

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-09-28 10:23:26

Sanjay Beri, CEO and founder of Netskope Inc., listens during a Bloomberg West television interview in San Francisco, California. Netskope is targeting a $7.3 billion valuation in its upcoming initial public offering, after lifting its planned price range. The cybersecurity company said it plans to sell 47.8 million shares at between $17 and $19 apiece. The deal would raise as much as $908 million at the top end. That's up from a previous range of $15 to $17 a share the company revealed in a

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Experimental Google app brings web and local search to your Windows PC

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-28 10:49:03

Google has so many products that it can be near-impossible to keep track. And yet, the company has rarely created desktop apps to go with those services. There are a handful, like Drive and Quick Share, but the company's flagship product is only now coming to the desktop. The new Google app for Windows is available now, allowing you to search the web, Google Drive, and even your local files. The company stresses that the new app is experimental—it's limited to personal Google accounts, and you

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Rivian breaks ground on $5B Georgia factory ahead of construction in 2026

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-09-28 10:03:23

Rivian has officially broken ground on its long-planned factory near Atlanta, Georgia, which will one day allow the company to make as many as 400,000 of its next-generation electric vehicles per year. The company held a shovel ceremony on Tuesday where CEO RJ Scaringe was joined by Georgia officials, including Governor Brian Kemp. But, as TechCrunch first reported in July, the company is still eyeing the first quarter of 2026 for an official construction start-date, with vehicle production sta

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Cybersecurity provider Netskope boosts IPO range as it tests tech hotstreak

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-09-28 14:32:58

Sanjay Beri, chief executive officer and founder of Netskope Inc., listens during a Bloomberg West television interview in San Francisco, California. Netskope is targeting a $7.3 billion valuation in its upcoming initial public offering, after lifting its planned price range. The cybersecurity company said it plans to sell 47.8 million shares at between $17 and $19 apiece. The deal would raise as much as $908 million at the top end. That's up from a previous range of $15 to $17 a share the co

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The New ‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Trailer’ Is a Dark Slaughterfest

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-09-28 14:40:18

We’re less than a month out from Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, Netflix’s animated series based on Ubisoft’s old Tom Clancy stealth games. After an initial showing promising the return of leading man Sam Fisher (voiced by Liev Schreiber), this new trailer tells us what the thing is about and what our hero’s up against. The series sees Sam getting back in the field when operative Zinnia McKenna (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) comes to him with a watch containing blueprints for a potentially dangerous weapon

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Pope Slams Elon Musk for Obscene Greed

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-28 17:16:50

In the months following the 2025 conclave that elected him, Pope Leo XIV warned that the astronomical and still widening gap between the rich and the poor means that "we're in big trouble." In remarks to Catholic newspaper Crux in July, which were published over the weekend, the Pope reflected on the "continuously wider gap between the income levels of the working class and the money that the wealthiest receive." "Yesterday [there was] the news that Elon Musk is going to be the first trilliona

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Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Universal file joint lawsuit against generative AI app Hailuo

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-28 18:38:19

Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up on the latest blockbuster AI lawsuit , this time against Chinese company MiniMax, owner of Hailuo AI. The three mega-studios, which collectively represent over half of the US box office take , filed suit in California against the AI-powered image and video generation platform alleging that it "pirates and plunders Plaintiffs’ copyrighted works on a massive scale." The lawsuit includes dozens of screenshots of infringing generated image

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Self-propagating supply chain attack hits 187 npm packages

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-28 18:46:43

Security researchers have identified at least 187 npm packages compromised in an ongoing supply chain attack, with a malicious self-propagating payload to infect other packages. The coordinated worm-style campaign dubbed 'Shai-Hulud' started yesterday with the compromise of the @ctrl/tinycolor npm package, which receives over 2 million weekly downloads. Since then, the campaign has expanded significantly and now includes packages published under CrowdStrike's npm namespace. From tinycolor to

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Mother of All Demos (1968)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-28 16:18:19

SUMMARY Douglas Engelbart's 1968 "Mother of All Demos" at SRI showcased interactive computing innovations, including the mouse debut, hypertext, real-time editing, and collaborative tools, envisioning augmented human intellect. STATEMENTS The Augmented Human Intellect Research Center at Stanford Research Institute has pursued computer systems that enhance intellectual work by providing instant responsiveness to user actions throughout the day. The demo features a computer mouse that controls

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Mother of All Demos (1968)

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