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Meta invests $14.8 billion in Scale AI and recruits its CEO

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-19 01:00:29

Meta has finalized its $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI, which now values the startup that provides other companies with data labeling and model evaluation services for AI training at $29 billion. As part of the deal, Scale AI's founder and CEO Alexandr Wang will be joining Meta. According to The New York Times, Wang will lead Meta's fledgling "Superintelligence lab." A few days ago, several reports came out that Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg has been personally overseeing the recruitment for a

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Meta Invests $14.3B in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintelligence Lab

news.ycombinator.com Mike Isaac 2025-09-19 01:09:56

Meta said on Thursday that it planned to invest $14.3 billion in Scale AI, a start-up that works with data to train artificial intelligence systems, in a deal that Meta hopes will add needed muscle to its disappointing A.I. division. As a condition of the deal, Alexandr Wang, Scale AI’s 28-year-old chief executive, plans to join Meta in a top leadership role in the new division, which Meta is calling its Superintelligence lab. Mr. Wang, whom people inside Meta have taken to calling a visionary

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iOS 26 will fit CarPlay to better match the shape of your car's screen

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-19 05:00:36

Smart Display Zoom will let you fit more app icons on your display for certain models. iOS 26 has introduced a new feature that will help CarPlay take better advantage of the shape of your vehicle's display, Apple announced at WWDC 2025. When enabled, the new Smart Display Zoom will shrink down elements on the screen to fit an extra row of app icons. "Vehicle screens come in many shapes and sizes," CarPlay engineer Olivia Hess explained in a developer video spotted by MacRumors. "In iOS 26, so

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Microsoft confirms auth issues affecting Microsoft 365 users

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-19 05:37:06

Microsoft is investigating an ongoing incident that is causing users to experience errors with some Microsoft 365 authentication features. As the company revealed earlier today in an incident alert published in the admin center, users may experience errors during self-service password resets, while admins may be unable to add multi-factor authentication (MFA) sign-in methods to some users. Redmond says this incident is caused by a recent change aiming to improve MFA sign-in functionality. Sinc

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Zero-Shot Forecasting: Our Search for a Time-Series Foundation Model

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-18 22:04:56

Introduction In the last few years, the field of time-series forecasting has seen a fundamental shift. Where we once depended solely on classic statistical methods, think ARIMA, SARIMA, and Prophet, new “foundation” models have emerged, promising to bring the power and flexibility of large language models (LLMs) into the world of time-series data. The allure is obvious: can we build a single, reusable forecasting model that works across a variety of datasets and domains, instead of painstakingl

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Kyber (YC W23) Is Hiring a Technical Account Manager

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-19 05:01:11

At Kyber, we're building the next-generation document platform for enterprises. Today, our AI-native solution transforms regulatory document workflows, enabling insurance claims organizations to consolidate 80% of their templates, spend 65% less time drafting, and compress overall communication cycle times by 5x. Our vision is for every enterprise to seamlessly leverage AI templates to generate every document. Over the past 8 months, we’ve: 20x’d revenue and are profitable. Landed multiple si

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Shooting the Moon: Art of Lunar Photography (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Karl Perera Ma 2025-09-18 11:07:25

The popularity of shooting the moon remains as strong as ever. Whatever the current phase of the moon, it is an impressive object to photograph. In my own journey into astrophotography, I have taken many pictures of the moon with a camera or a through a telescope. It is an easy target, so beginners can capture it without the use of tracking. I will explain how to begin shooting the moon so that you get amazing pictures of your own. So, grab your camera, step into the realm of lunar photography,

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Meta buys Scale AI in a $14.3B deal

news.ycombinator.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-09-19 02:02:28

Alexandr Wang, CEO of ScaleAI speaks on CNBC's Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23, 2025. Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang told employees in a memo on Thursday that he's leaving for Meta, confirming reports from earlier in the week about his departure and a large investment from the social networking company. Meta is pumping $14.3 billion into Scale AI as part of the deal, and will have a 49% stake in the artificial intelligence startup, but will not have

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Just Like Black Friday, Amazon Gives You a Free Arlo 2K Security Camera When You Buy One

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-09-19 05:25:16

Keeping your home or apartment safe is more important than ever and investing in high-quality security equipment is a smart move for peace of mind. Arlo has established itself as a global leader in home security and it is popular for its reliable and feature-rich cameras. While Arlo products are usually on the pricier side, every now and then, Amazon offers deals so good they’re hard to ignore. F or a limited time only, the Arlo Essential Security Camera 2K (2nd Gen) is available for an all-tim

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Scale AI confirms ‘significant’ investment from Meta, says CEO Alexandr Wang is leaving

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-09-19 00:12:21

Data-labeling company Scale AI confirmed on Friday that it has received a “significant” investment from Meta that values the startup at $29 billion. The startup also said its co-founder and CEO Alexandr Wang is stepping down from his role to join Meta and help the bigger company with its AI work. Reports indicate that Meta invested about $14.3 billion for a 49% stake in the startup, which produces and labels data that’s used to train the large language models that underpin a significant portion

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Scale AI's Alexandr Wang confirms departure for Meta as part of $14.3 billion deal

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-09-19 07:01:07

Alexandr Wang, CEO of ScaleAI speaks on CNBC's Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23, 2025. Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang told employees in a memo on Thursday that he's leaving for Meta, confirming reports from earlier in the week about his departure and a large investment from the social networking company. Meta is pumping $14.3 billion into Scale AI as part of the deal, and will have a 49% stake in the artificial intelligence startup, but will not have

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Tech billionaires are making a risky bet with humanity’s future

technologyreview.com Bryan Gardiner 2025-09-19 13:00:00

While there’s a sprawling patchwork of ideas and philosophies powering these visions, three features play a central role, says Adam Becker, a science writer and astrophysicist: an unshakable certainty that technology can solve any problem, a belief in the necessity of perpetual growth, and a quasi-religious obsession with transcending our physical and biological limits. In his timely new book, More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley’s Crusade to Control the Fate

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Anker recalls over a million power banks due to fire and burn hazards

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-19 14:00:17

You should stop using the PowerCore 10000 'immediately' and contact Anker for a free replacement. Anker has recalled its PowerCore 10000 power bank (model A1263) due to an issue with the lithium battery that can cause it to "overheat, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers," the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) wrote. The company received 19 reports of fires and explosions, including two reports of minor burn injuries and 11 property damage claims totaling over $60,700. It's a

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Poop Transplants Not All They’re Cracked Up to Be

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-09-19 13:00:21

Fecal transplants have emerged as a potential treatment for a wide range of conditions, including irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes, and even depression. These so-called poop transplants have understandably received a lot of attention, but new research casts a bit of a wet blanket over the practice. The procedure involves taking microbes from the poop of a healthy person and transferring them into a patient’s colon. This should restore balance to their gut microbiome, but according to a study

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Rocket Report: New delay for Europe’s reusable rocket; SpaceX moves in at SLC-37

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-19 14:00:38

Welcome to Edition 7.48 of the Rocket Report! The shock of last week's public spat between President Donald Trump and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has worn off, and Musk expressed regret for some of his comments going after Trump on social media. Musk also backtracked from his threat to begin decommissioning the Dragon spacecraft, currently the only way for the US government to send people to the International Space Station. Nevertheless, there are many people who think Musk's attachment to Trump co

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A Mattress Testing Expert Breaks Down Natural and Organic Certifications (2025)

wired.com Julia Forbes 2025-09-19 13:32:00

As a professional mattress tester, I’ve seen an upward trend in the past few years of people looking into organic mattresses, toppers, and sheets. Whether it’s because of a renewed focus on what is truly “healthy” and toxin-free, or a concern over the use of fiberglass (I know we all remember that blowing up on TikTok), more brands are increasingly getting products certified. However, just because someone’s throwing on a label and using buzzwords like “natural” and “organic” doesn’t mean it’s t

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Scale AI confirms ‘significant’ investment from Meta, says CEO Alexanr Wang is leaving

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-09-19 15:12:21

Data-labeling company Scale AI confirmed on Friday that it has received a “significant” investment from Meta that values the startup at $29 billion. The startup also said its co-founder and CEO Alexandr Wang is stepping down from his role to join Meta and help the bigger company with its AI work. Reports indicate that Meta invested about $14.3 billion for a 49% stake in the startup, which produces and labels data that’s used to train the large language models that underpin a significant portion

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Apple CarPlay will soon let you watch videos while parked

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-09-19 13:28:00

In a nutshell: For safety reasons, Apple has limited CarPlay to audio-only features until now. With iOS 26, users will be able to stream video as long as the car is parked. App developers may need to issue patches to support the feature, and compatible vehicles have yet to be confirmed. With the iOS 26 update arriving this fall, users can stream videos via AirPlay to the dashboards of parked vehicles. This marks a notable shift from CarPlay's traditional audio-only focus. The update also brings

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SAG-AFTRA board approves agreement with game companies on AI and new contract

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-09-19 13:04:00

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) National Board approved the tentative agreement with the video game bargaining group. The contract on terms for the Interactive Media Agreement will now be submitted to the membership for ratification. The new contract accomplishes important guardrails and gains around AI, including the requirement of informed consent across various AI uses and the ability for performers to suspend informed consent for Digi

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Urban Design and Adaptive Reuse in North Korea, Japan, and Singapore

news.ycombinator.com Dave Deek 2025-09-19 15:01:56

"Little Thailand" in Golden Mile Complex; Sengkang, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons; We debate policy and push for development, but what about the actual city that emerges? For my fellow urbanists and YIMBYs, I hope this interview offers something a bit new. The aesthetics, forms, and textures born from history, politics, resources, and constraints. Beyond regulations and economic models, how do planning ideas manifest visually? What does ada

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Jemalloc Postmortem

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-19 14:37:17

Home Published Jun 12, 2025 The jemalloc memory allocator was first conceived in early 2004, and has been in public use for about 20 years now. Thanks to the nature of open source software licensing, jemalloc will remain publicly available indefinitely. But active upstream development has come to an end. This post briefly describes jemalloc’s development phases, each with some success/failure highlights, followed by some retrospective commentary. Phase 0: Lyken In 2004 I began work on the Ly

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Meta is paying $14 billion to catch up in the AI race

theverge.com Alex Heath 2025-09-19 14:05:10

Meta is paying $14.3 billion to acquire 49 percent of Scale AI and hire its CEO, Alexandr Wang, to revamp its troubled AI efforts. As part of the deal, Wang will report directly to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and remain on Scale’s board of directors, both companies announced on Thursday. Sources say Wang will lead a new AI lab at Meta tasked with building “superintelligence.” Meta spokesperson Ashley Zandy says the company “will share more about this effort and the great people joining this team i

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Worldwide power grid with glass insulated HVDC cables

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-19 14:04:09

Worldwide power grid with glass insulated HVDC cables. Moving electricity around the world has huge financial and environmental benefits. Unfortunately, current power transmission systems are both lossy and expensive to build. This post explores an alternative design for cables to make undersea power transmission substantially cheaper. Idea Fused silica (glass) is a really good insulator (500 MV/m, vs 150 MV/mm for XLPE plastic), and is very cheap. By using it as cable insulation, cables can

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Meta’s new world model lets robots manipulate objects in environments they’ve never encountered before

venturebeat.com Ben Dickson 2025-09-19 21:22:07

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more While large language models (LLMs) have mastered text (and other modalities to some extent), they lack the physical “common sense” to operate in dynamic, real-world environments. This has limited the deployment of AI in areas like manufacturing and logistics, where understanding cause and effect is critical. Meta’s latest model, V-JEPA 2,

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Inside a Dark Adtech Empire Fed by Fake CAPTCHAs

krebsonsecurity.com Unknown 2025-09-19 21:14:00

Late last year, security researchers made a startling discovery: Kremlin-backed disinformation campaigns were bypassing moderation on social media platforms by leveraging the same malicious advertising technology that powers a sprawling ecosystem of online hucksters and website hackers. A new report on the fallout from that investigation finds this dark ad tech industry is far more resilient and incestuous than previously known. In November 2024, researchers at the security firm Qurium publishe

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Roundtable (YC S23) Is Hiring a President / CRO

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-19 20:00:00

Roundtable is a research and deployment company building the proof-of-human layer in digital identity. Roundtable seeks to research and build real-world Turing Tests, and to productize these developments in bot detection, fraud prevention, and continuous authentication. You’ll be joining Roundtable’s C-suite alongside CEO Mayank Agrawal and CTO Mathew Hardy. The primary job will be to design, manage, and execute the commercial muscle of the company. You should be prepared to spend your time do

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Anker issues recall for popular power bank due to fire risk - stop using it now

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-09-20 01:01:51

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a new recall for the Anker PowerCore 10000 power bank, model number A1263. According to the report, the lithium-ion battery inside can overheat, causing the device to become a fire and burn hazard to consumers. "Anker has received 19 reports of fires and explosions" caused by its faulty power bank. Among those incidents, there have been "two reports of minor burn injuries" (thankfully not requiring medical attention) and 11

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Angry Birds Is Coming to Apple Arcade in July

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 01:00:13

Angry Birds took mobile gaming by storm in 2009 with its simple controls and entertaining gameplay, and it helped spawn a media franchise. Now, more than a decade after the first game's launch, the series is bringing a new twist to Apple Arcade on July 3 with Angry Birds Bounce. Apple Arcade is filled with familiar and classic games, alongside exclusive titles, that you can play for $7 per month (£7, AU$10). You can find many of these games in the App Store, but they may have paywalls and ads t

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Isaacman’s bold plan for NASA: Nuclear ships, seven-crew Dragons, accelerated Artemis

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-20 01:01:25

Nearly two weeks have passed since Jared Isaacman received a fateful, brief phone call from two officials in President Trump's Office of Personnel Management. In those few seconds, the trajectory of his life over the next three and a half years changed dramatically. The president, the callers said, wanted to go in a different direction for NASA's administrator. At the time, Isaacman was within days of a final vote on the floor of the US Senate and assured of bipartisan support. He had run the g

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After a series of tumors, woman’s odd-looking tongue explains everything

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-20 01:39:39

Breast cancer. Colon cancer. An enlarged thyroid gland. A family history of tumors and cancers as well. It wasn't until the woman developed an annoying case of dry mouth that doctors put it all together. By then, she was in her 60s. According to a new case study in JAMA Dermatology, the woman presented to a dermatology clinic in Spain after three months of oral unpleasantness. They noted the cancers in her medical history. When she opened wide, doctors immediately saw the problem: Her tongue wa

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Meta invests $14.8 billion in Scale AI and recruits its CEO

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Anker recalls over a million power banks due to fire and burn hazards

Poop Transplants Not All They’re Cracked Up to Be

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A Mattress Testing Expert Breaks Down Natural and Organic Certifications (2025)

Scale AI confirms ‘significant’ investment from Meta, says CEO Alexanr Wang is leaving

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Urban Design and Adaptive Reuse in North Korea, Japan, and Singapore

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Angry Birds Is Coming to Apple Arcade in July

Isaacman’s bold plan for NASA: Nuclear ships, seven-crew Dragons, accelerated Artemis

After a series of tumors, woman’s odd-looking tongue explains everything

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