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Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-03 18:28:29

Texas lawmakers, seemingly not content with getting NASA's endorsement to move a retired space shuttle to Houston, are now calling for an investigation into how the Smithsonian allegedly objected to relocating the orbiter it has owned for more than a decade. Senator John Cornyn and Representative Randy Weber on Thursday sent a letter to John Roberts, the Smithsonian Institution's chancellor and chief justice of the United States, suggesting that the Smithsonian's staff may have violated the law

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The Download: GPT-5 is here, and Intel’s CEO drama

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-12-04 03:10:00

3 Meta’s AI superintelligence team is growing The new TBD Lab is currently working on the newest version of its Llama model. (WSJ $) + Meta has also been busy acquiring an AI audio firm. (The Information $) + Elsewhere, Tesla has disbanded its supercomputer team. (Bloomberg $) 4 A man suffered psychosis after ChatGPT suggested he take sodium bromide The 60-year old ended up with bromism. (Ars Technica) + He’d been taking it for three months before he went to the ER. (The Independent) + AI

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The Dia browser now offers a $20/month subscription plan

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-04 11:03:59

The Browser Company has announced a subscription plan for Dia, its new AI-powered browser. Here are the details. Dia now offers a Dia Pro subscription plan A couple of months ago, The Browser Company launched Dia, its new crack at an AI-powered browser. That came after it decided to shut down the Arc browser, much to the dismay of passionate and highly engaged early adopters who enjoyed the company’s completely different take on what a browser should look like and behave. With Dia, which rem

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Doximity buys Pathway Medical for $63 million to help doctors get AI-powered answers

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-12-05 14:38:49

Doximity at the New York Stock Exchange for its initial public offering on June 24, 2021. Doximity is diving deeper into artificial intelligence, announcing on Thursday the acquisition of startup Pathway Medical for $63 million. Pathway has built an AI-powered clinical reference tool that doctors can use to ask questions about guidelines, drugs and trials. Pathway's answers are synthesized from medical literature, and Doximity said the Montreal-based startup has one of the largest structured d

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5 carriers you should sign up for instead of Verizon

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-07 12:30:09

Joe Maring / Android Authority If you’re a Verizon customer, chances are you probably aren’t thrilled with the current state of the carrier. We recently reported on a host of plan and price changes, none of which are positive. Verizon is eliminating loyalty discounts, increasing the price of activation fees and other bill charges, and removing Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass perks that were previously included in its plans. To put it simply, Verizon isn’t in the best position right now, and

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Git-fetch-file – Sync files from other repos with commit tracking and safety

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 17:45:27

Fetch and sync individual files or globs from other Git repositories, with commit tracking and local-change protection git-fetch-file(1) is a utility for importing specific files from other Git repositories into your own project while keeping a manifest (.git-remote-files) that remembers where they came from and what commit they belong to. It’s like a mini submodule, but for just the files you want. Features Pull a single file or glob from a remote Git repo Track origin, commit, and comment

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Jules, our asynchronous coding agent

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-08 16:05:39

Jules is officially out of beta and launching publicly, powered by Gemini 2.5. During the beta, thousands of developers tackled tens of thousands of tasks, resulting in over 140,000 code improvements shared publicly. Thanks to developer feedback, we’ve polished the user interface, fixed hundreds of bugs and launched new capabilities including reusing previous setups so new tasks run faster, GitHub issues integration and multimodal support. Jules now uses the advanced thinking capabilities of G

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Jules, our asynchronous coding agent, is now available for everyone

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-08 22:05:39

Jules is officially out of beta and launching publicly, powered by Gemini 2.5. During the beta, thousands of developers tackled tens of thousands of tasks, resulting in over 140,000 code improvements shared publicly. Thanks to developer feedback, we’ve polished the user interface, fixed hundreds of bugs and launched new capabilities including reusing previous setups so new tasks run faster, GitHub issues integration and multimodal support. Jules now uses the advanced thinking capabilities of G

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Apple to announce $100B further commitment for US manufacturing

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-12-09 08:30:45

In Brief Apple plans to increase its commitment to U.S. manufacturing, according to a White House official cited and first reported by Reuters. The tech giant is set to announce Wednesday another $100 billion in spending to help boost production of its products here in the U.S., after previously committing to invest $500 billion in the country over the next four years. The $500 billion commitment includes opening a new advanced manufacturing facility in Houston to produce servers that support

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Apple to announce $100B further commitment for U.S. manufacturing

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-12-09 14:30:45

In Brief Apple plans to increase its commitment to U.S. manufacturing, according to a White House official cited and first reported by Reuters. The tech giant is set to announce Wednesday another $100 billion in spending to help boost production of its products here in the U.S., after previously committing to invest $500 billion in the country over the next four years. The $500 billion commitment includes opening a new advanced manufacturing facility in Houston to produce servers that support

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The Download: OpenAI’s open-weight models, and the future of internet search

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-12-09 23:10:00

The news: OpenAI has finally released its first open-weight large language models since 2019’s GPT-2. Unlike the models available through OpenAI’s web interface, these new open models can be freely downloaded, run, and even modified on laptops and other local devices. Why it matters: These releases re-establish OpenAI as a presence for users of open models. That’s particularly notable at a time when Meta, which had previously dominated the American open-model landscape with its Llama models, ma

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The Download: AI agent infrastructure, and OpenAI’s ambitions

technologyreview.com Charlotte Jee 2025-12-12 18:00:00

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 OpenAI is adding mental health guardrails to ChatGPT It’s set to give less direct advice, and encourage users to take breaks from lengthy chats. (NBC) + What happens when doctors fail to spot AI’s mistakes? (The Verge) + OpenAI has released its first research into how using ChatGPT affects people’s emotional well-being. (MIT Technology Review) 2 The US wants to bui

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The Download: fixing ‘evil’ AI, and the White House’s war on science

technologyreview.com Charlotte Jee 2025-12-12 20:05:00

+ We’re starting to give AI agents real autonomy. But are they really ready for it? + What even is AI? Everyone thinks they know, but no one can agree. Here’s why that’s a problem. The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The US is losing its scientific supremacy Money and talent are starting to leave as a hostile White House ramps up its attacks. (The Atlantic $) + The foundations of America’s prosperity a

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Yosemite embodies the long war over US national park privatization

news.ycombinator.com Michael Childers 2025-12-15 15:17:05

The Trump administration’s cuts to the National Park Service’s budget and staffing have raised concerns among park advocates and the public that the administration is aiming to further privatize the national parks. The nation has a long history of similar efforts, including a wildly unpopular 1980 attempt by Reagan administration Interior Secretary James Watt to promote development and expand private concessions in the parks. But debate over using public national park land for private profit da

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Welcome to url.town, population 465

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-13 23:24:29

Latest addition! 👏 MIT OpenCourseWare | Free Online Course Materials MIT's Course Catalogue available for free Added by @tekgadgt in Computers › Educational resources.

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Google has just two weeks to begin cracking open Android, it admits in emergency filing

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-12-17 04:51:29

4. For a period of three years ending on November 1, 2027, Google may not share revenue generated by the Google Play Store with any person or entity that distributes Android apps, or has stated that it will launch or is considering launching an Android app distribution platform or store. 5. For a period of three years ending on November 1, 2027, Google may not condition a payment, revenue share, or access to any Google product or service, on an agreement by an app developer to launch an app fir

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Someone Gave ChatGPT $100 and Let It Trade Stocks for a Month

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-19 02:04:16

With $100 and a dream, one enterprising Redditor turned ChatGPT into a day trader, and the results so far have been pretty remarkable. In a post on r/Dataisbeautiful, the Redditor in question — real name Nathan Smith — described his project as a "6-month experiment to see how a language model performs in picking small, [under-covered] stocks with only a $100 budget." According to a chart shared on Reddit, this literal gamble is already paying off. Using GPT-4o, one of OpenAI's most advanced mo

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How to Scan Force Pushed Commits for Secrets

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-19 12:10:21

Key Insights The new Force Push Scanner tool scans for secrets in dangling commits on GitHub that remain exposed after certain force push operations. Run the following command to scan your GitHub repositories: python force_push_scanner . py -- db - file pushes . sqlite3 -- scan < github_org / user Zero-Commit Force Push operations: where developers attempt to erase mistakes by resetting their git history without pushing new commits. There are tens of millions of dangling commits publicly acc

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Tesla’s ‘robotaxi’ rides in San Francisco have a human at the wheel

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-19 18:20:52

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Tesla’s newly-launched ride-hailing service in San Francisco isn’t quite ready for the “robotaxi” designation. After launching its robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, with a “safety monitor” in the passenger seat last month, a video of Tesla’s service in San Francisco shows a vehicle arriving with a human at the wheel, as reported earlier by Business I

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Dropbox is shutting down its password manager next month – here are the best alternatives

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-12-20 09:18:00

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust In a nutshell: Dropbox will discontinue its password manager on October 28, permanently (and hopefully securely) deleting any credentials still stored on that date. The company recommends switching to 1Password because it supports importing data directly from Dropbox; however, other options are also worth considering. Dropbox will begin a phased winddown of its password manager next month, and data

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St. Paul, MN, was hacked so badly that the National Guard has been deployed

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-19 23:47:37

Hacking attacks—many using ransomware—now hit US cities every few days. They are expensive to mitigate and extremely disruptive. Abilene, Texas, for instance, had 477 GB of data stolen this spring. The city refused to pay the requested ransom and instead decided to replace every server, desktop, laptop, desk telephone, and storage device. This has required a "temporary return to pen-and-paper systems" while the entire city network is rebuilt, but at least Abilene was insured against such an atta

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GOP’s Josh Hawley and Democrats vote to advance congressional stock trading ban

news.ycombinator.com Alan 2025-12-21 04:07:19

Washington — Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri joined Democrats Wednesday to advance legislation that would ban members of Congress from buying, selling or owning individual stocks. In an 8-7 vote, Hawley and Senate Democrats on the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted the legislation out of committee, with all other Republicans on the committee voting against it. It's not yet clear if the legislation, which Hawley introduced, will receive a floor vote

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Show HN: AgentGuard – Auto-kill AI agents before they burn through your budget

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-21 04:54:04

🛡️ AgentGuard 🚨 The Problem Your AI agent has a bug. It makes 1000 API calls in a loop. Your $2000 credit card gets charged. This happens to developers every week: Infinite loops in AI workflows Testing with production API keys Agents that don't know when to stop One typo = hundreds of dollars gone Existing tools only tell you after the damage is done. 💡 The Solution AgentGuard automatically kills your process before it burns through your budget. // Add 2 lines to any AI project: cons

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Anthropic Users Melt Down After Company Institutes New Rate Limits

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-21 08:31:42

Anthropic is changing its usage limits — and its fanbase is already pointing fingers. In a post on X, the OpenAI rival announced that it's introducing new weekly rate limits to paid subscribers after it says a small handful of users abused their privileges and, essentially, ruined it for everyone else. "Claude Code has seen unprecedented demand, especially as part of our Max plans," Anthropic explained, referencing its highest subscription tier that runs $100 to $200 per month, depending on us

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St. Paul, MN was hacked so badly that the National Guard has been deployed

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-21 23:47:37

Hacking attacks—many using ransomware—now hit US cities every few days. They are expensive to mitigate and extremely disruptive. Abilene, Texas, for instance, had 477 GB of data stolen this spring. The city refused to pay the requested ransom and instead decided to replace every server, desktop, laptop, desk telephone, and storage device. This has required a "temporary return to pen-and-paper systems" while the entire city network is rebuilt, but at least Abilene was insured against such an atta

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The AI Hype Index: The White House’s war on “woke AI”

technologyreview.com The Editors 2025-12-22 23:37:10

Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of the industry. The Trump administration recently declared war on so-called “woke AI,” issuing an executive order aimed at preventing companies whose models exhibit a liberal bias from landing federal contracts. Simultaneously, the Pentagon inked a deal with Elon Musk’s xAI just days after its chatbot, Grok, spout

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Apple TV+: ‘Slow Horses’ writer to leave the show after season 5

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-22 23:38:57

Will Smith, the writer and executive producer behind Apple TV+’s hit show Slow Horses, has confirmed his decision to step away from the series after the upcoming season 5. Here are the details. ’A good moment to hand over the show’ Smith has been with the show since the beginning, serving as its de facto showrunner and leading the adaptation of Mick Herron’s Slough House spy novels. Now, as Season 5 wraps post-production and prepares for release on September 24, Smith says it’s time to pass t

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Stop selling “unlimited”, when you mean “until we change our minds”

news.ycombinator.com Brendan O'Leary 2025-12-26 05:15:19

Bottom line: Anthropic just added weekly limits to Claude Pro ($20/month) and Claude Max ($200/month), affecting their heaviest users of Claude Code…mid-workflow. Why it matters: This is the same playbook we’ve seen AI companies use before—hook users with "unlimited" access, then cap the power users who matter most. Theo from t3.chat summed it up perfectly: "No free lunch lasts forever." The Same Playbook, Different Day Here's how the AI pricing bait-and-switch works: Launch with generous/u

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Stop promising "unlimited", when you mean "until we change our minds"

news.ycombinator.com Brendan O'Leary 2025-12-26 17:15:19

Bottom line: Anthropic just added weekly limits to Claude Pro ($20/month) and Claude Max ($200/month), affecting their heaviest users of Claude Code…mid-workflow. Why it matters: This is the same playbook we’ve seen AI companies use before—hook users with "unlimited" access, then cap the power users who matter most. Theo from t3.chat summed it up perfectly: "No free lunch lasts forever." The Same Playbook, Different Day Here's how the AI pricing bait-and-switch works: Launch with generous/u

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Anthropic throttles Claude rate limits, devs call foul

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2025-12-26 22:18:31

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 Anthropic announced today it would introduce weekly rate limits for Claude subscribers, claiming that some users have been running Claude 24/7, with the majority of usage centered around its Claude Code product. Overall weekly limits will begin on August 28 and will be in conjunction with the current 5-hour limits. Anthropic said the throt

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Latest Tech News

Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle

The Download: GPT-5 is here, and Intel’s CEO drama

The Dia browser now offers a $20/month subscription plan

Doximity buys Pathway Medical for $63 million to help doctors get AI-powered answers

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Git-fetch-file – Sync files from other repos with commit tracking and safety

Jules, our asynchronous coding agent

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The Download: fixing ‘evil’ AI, and the White House’s war on science

Yosemite embodies the long war over US national park privatization

Welcome to url.town, population 465

Google has just two weeks to begin cracking open Android, it admits in emergency filing

Someone Gave ChatGPT $100 and Let It Trade Stocks for a Month

How to Scan Force Pushed Commits for Secrets

Tesla’s ‘robotaxi’ rides in San Francisco have a human at the wheel

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St. Paul, MN, was hacked so badly that the National Guard has been deployed

GOP’s Josh Hawley and Democrats vote to advance congressional stock trading ban

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Stop selling “unlimited”, when you mean “until we change our minds”

Stop promising "unlimited", when you mean "until we change our minds"

Anthropic throttles Claude rate limits, devs call foul

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