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This thermostat mistake was costing me hundreds: 3 tips to get the best temperature control

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2025-12-25 16:52:00

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Have you ever found yourself in a thermostat tug-of-war? One room feels like a sauna, another like an icebox, all while your trusty thermostat claims your home is at a perfectly average and comfortable 72 degrees? The truth is, you're probably not imagining things, and the culprit could be hanging right there on your wall. As it turns out, where your thermostat is located can make a world of difference to both your comfort and your energy bills. Also: How to disable ACR on yo

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Microsoft becomes the second $4 trillion company

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-12-25 16:56:07

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft’s stock price has risen so much today that it has passed a $4 trillion market valuation for the first time in its 50-year history. The software maker is the second company to be valued at $4 trillion, after Nvidia reached a market cap of over $4 trillion earlier this month. Microsoft has reached this milestone thanks to better-than-expected earnings, and the company

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Skechers unveils kids' sneakers with hidden Apple AirTag compartment

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-12-25 21:51:00

In brief: Parents who worry about where their kids are might be interested in a new line of children's sneakers from Skechers. Each pair of these shoes has a hidden compartment on the inside designed to fit an Apple AirTag, allowing the wearer to be tracked. The sneakers in the new Find My Skechers line have a cutout inside the heel of the shoe. Lift up the insert to reveal a small compartment containing the AirTag holder, where the tracker can be securely placed. The compartment has a screw-i

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Roblox stock soars 16% after revenue beat, strong user growth

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2025-12-25 21:01:59

Roblox stock soared 16% Thursday after the company reported second-quarter revenue that beat expectations amid strong user growth. The gaming platform saw $1.44 billion in net bookings, up 51% over the year prior. Analysts polled by LSEG expected $1.24 billion in net bookings for the quarter. User and engagement numbers were also strong for the company, with daily active users at 111.8 million, up 41% year-over-year, and hours engaged at 27.4 billion, up 58% year-over-year. StreetAccount expe

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Figma CEO says AI superintelligence is not a looming threat to the company

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-25 21:30:57

Figma co-founder and CEO Dylan Field said Thursday that artificial intelligence doesn't pose a serious threat to the future of the design software company, which is on the verge of debuting on the public markets. "We're in this moment where you might, if you're singularity-pilled, go, 'Hey, superintelligence is coming and it'll be able to do things that no human can do," Field told CNBC's "Squawk Box." "I have a harder time believing that we're going to approach that really quickly right now, b

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Spotify Made a Huge Mistake With AI

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-25 21:20:38

While Spotify users worm their way through a maze of AI-generated slop, the streaming giant's executives are dealing with an exodus of musicians after CEO Daniel Ek was working on a massive investment into an AI military weapons firm. Through his tech investment company, Prima Materia, Ek lead a $690 million funding round into Helsing, a German drone and AI weapons tech company, as reported by the Financial Times. Four years earlier, Ek — who also holds a position as Chairman of Helsing — led t

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The Inside Story of Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin

wired.com Jessica Klein 2025-12-25 21:06:18

Early into Trump’s second term as US president, the CEO of energy infrastructure company Hut 8 Asher Genoot and Hut 8 chief strategy officer Michael Ho shared thin crust pizza with Eric Trump at the Trump golf club in Jupiter, Florida. They talked for hours, says Genoot, and tabled a business venture that greatly interested Trump: a bitcoin mining alliance. They first met through mutual friends in late 2024: Genoot says he’d shown Eric photos of their “beautiful, liquid cool data center” in Ama

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Startup and Nobel laureate collaborate to create GPU financial exchange

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-12-26 02:22:00

What just happened? A new financial marketplace aims to offer crucial risk management tools to a resource at the center of the tech industry's explosive growth. If successful, the initiative could make access to high-performance compute more predictable and affordable. The world of artificial intelligence is built on computing power, and at the heart of that engine are graphics processing units. These chips are in such high demand that they have often been compared to oil during the gold rush,

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GEPA: Reflective prompt evolution can outperform reinforcement learning

news.ycombinator.com Grigory Sapunov 2025-12-25 22:57:58

Authors: Lakshya A Agrawal, Shangyin Tan, Dilara Soylu, Noah Ziems, Rishi Khare, Krista Opsahl-Ong, Arnav Singhvi, Herumb Shandilya, Michael J Ryan, Meng Jiang, Christopher Potts, Koushik Sen, Alexandros G. Dimakis, Ion Stoica, Dan Klein, Matei Zaharia, Omar Khattab Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19457 TL;DR What was done? The authors introduced GEPA (Genetic-Pareto), a novel algorithm for optimizing prompts in complex, multi-module AI systems. Instead of relying on traditional reinforceme

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Introduction to Computer Music

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-25 23:37:22

About This Textbook The Introduction to Computer Music was initially designed as an online text for first-year study of computer music. This e-book aspires to present information in sufficient depth to be useful to composers, beginning audio engineers and other musicians, professional or otherwise, interested in making music with technology. The first edition of this text was begun in 2004 with an Indiana University Instructional Development Grant and has served our electronic studio resources

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China claims Nvidia built backdoor into H20 chip designed for Chinese market

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-26 02:28:28

Beijing has summoned Nvidia over alleged security issues with its chips, in a blow to the US company’s push to revive sales in the country after Washington granted approval for the export of a made-for-China chip. China’s cyber regulator on Thursday said it had held a meeting with Nvidia over what it called “serious security issues” with the company’s artificial intelligence chips. It said US AI experts had “revealed that Nvidia’s computing chips have location tracking and can remotely shut dow

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Google is experimenting with machine-learning powered age estimation tech in the U.S.

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-12-26 02:05:39

Google is testing a machine-learning-powered tech in the U.S. to determine the age of users and filter content across all its products accordingly. The company said it will consider data from Google accounts, including types of details users have searched for or categories of videos they have watched on YouTube, to determine the age. If the company’s tool decides that a user is under 18, they would get an email with details about how Google products might change for them. For these users, Goog

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Amazon Throws Money at ‘Netflix of AI’

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-12-26 05:59:49

Amazon poured more than $1 billion into its streaming series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, only for it to get a pretty tepid reception. So Amazon appears to be going for a new approach to streaming content: If you think you can do better, prove it. According to a report from Business Insider, the company is funding an AI streaming platform called Showrunner that, in theory, will let people create their own shows using generative AI tools. Showrunner is the creation of Fable Studio,

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Josh Hawley Says Trump Tariff Rebate Checks Won’t Go to ‘Biden Voters’

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-12-26 06:40:56

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) recently introduced legislation that he claims is designed to allow Americans to “benefit” from Trump’s tariff scheme. Now, he’s giving everyone good reason to believe that his ploy to send rebate checks at a time of rising inflation is just a political stunt. The administration’s tariffs are unprecedented in modern economic history and are currently generating revenue for the U.S. government by taxing U.S. businesses on their imports. Critics have noted that the a

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Trump administration's digital health tracking system gives tech giants access to medical records

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-12-26 17:15:00

Forward-looking: The Trump administration wants the US public to upload personal health data and medical records to a series of apps and systems managed by private health companies and tech giants. The move is supposed to allow easier access to health records across the nation, bringing personal healthcare into the digital age, but there are plenty of concerns about the security of the data and the possibility that it could be exploited. During an event announcing the initiative yesterday, Pres

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Introduction to Computer Music an Electronic Textbook

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-26 17:37:22

About This Textbook The Introduction to Computer Music was initially designed as an online text for first-year study of computer music. This e-book aspires to present information in sufficient depth to be useful to composers, beginning audio engineers and other musicians, professional or otherwise, interested in making music with technology. The first edition of this text was begun in 2004 with an Indiana University Instructional Development Grant and has served our electronic studio resources

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GEPA: Reflective Prompt Evolution Can Outperform Reinforcement Learning

news.ycombinator.com Grigory Sapunov 2025-12-26 16:57:58

Authors: Lakshya A Agrawal, Shangyin Tan, Dilara Soylu, Noah Ziems, Rishi Khare, Krista Opsahl-Ong, Arnav Singhvi, Herumb Shandilya, Michael J Ryan, Meng Jiang, Christopher Potts, Koushik Sen, Alexandros G. Dimakis, Ion Stoica, Dan Klein, Matei Zaharia, Omar Khattab Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19457 TL;DR What was done? The authors introduced GEPA (Genetic-Pareto), a novel algorithm for optimizing prompts in complex, multi-module AI systems. Instead of relying on traditional reinforceme

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Open source BOM management (for me)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-22 12:52:49

Since graduating from university I’ve gotten more and more into embedded software development. This has even spilled over into designing PCBs (printed circuit boards) for my embedded devices to sit on. Initially I had assumed that the leap from software to hardware design would be insurmountable without any formal education but it turned out to be quite enjoyable. It turned out that the problem I’d be facing wasn’t a technical one, but of an organisational nature. Designing circuits Designing

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Figma prices IPO at $33, above expected range

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-12-26 14:04:49

Dylan Field, co-founder and CEO of Figma, appears at the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco on May 9, 2024. Figma, the developer of design software that was supposed to get acquired by Adobe, priced its IPO on Wednesday at $33 per share, above its expected range. The company's stock will debut on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "FIG" on Thursday. The offering raised $1.2 billion, with most of the proceeds going to existing stockholders. Figma is aiming to take ad

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Meta's big AI spending blitz will continue into 2026

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-12-26 16:02:15

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to continue his company's artificial intelligence spending blitz well into the next year as rival tech giants do the same. Zuckerberg told analysts Wednesday during a second-quarter earnings call that AI's rapid pace of progress has informed much of Meta's recent business decisions, including the company's $14.3 billion June investment into the data-annotating startup Scale AI as part of a revamped AI strategy involving a wave of high-profile hires. AI's swift ad

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Elon Musk's plan to build Boring Co. tunnels in Nashville sparks partisan feud

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2025-12-26 17:28:00

Elon Musk has expanded a number of his companies within Texas, including Tesla, SpaceX, the Boring Co. and Neuralink. Tesla broke ground on a lithium refinery in Texas earlier this year with Governor Greg Abbott in attendance. Christophe Gateau | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Elon Musk's tunneling venture, The Boring Company, announced plans earlier this week to build a 10-mile underground loop in Nashville, in coordination with Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee, who put out a press rele

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The Trump-Crypto Honeymoon Is Over

wired.com Jake Lahut 2025-12-26 05:00:00

As with any fledgling romance, Trumpworld and big money cryptocurrency interests were bound to have their first fight at some point. It was late June heading into July, and two highly anticipated bills were in the pipeline to help fulfill President Donald Trump’s promises to make the US the “crypto capital of the planet” and usher in what his supporters believed would be a “golden age” of digital assets. Congress had one shot at passing something before the August recess. Coinbase, the cryptoc

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Kleiner Perkins-backed Ambiq pops on IPO debut

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-12-26 17:00:24

Ambiq Micro, a 15-year-old manufacturer of energy-efficient chips for wearable and medical devices, closed its first day of trading on Wednesday at $38.53 a share, a 61% increase from the $24 IPO price the company set the previous day. The success of the IPO signals strong investor demand in the public market for new small-cap companies benefiting from AI innovation. Ambiq closed its first day as a public company with a valuation of $656 million (excluding employee options). This represents a

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Déjà vu? T-Mobile may be changing your plan whether you want it to or not

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-26 17:42:20

Back in 2023, T-Mobile received a ton of flak for announcing it would soon forcibly switch some of its legacy customers to newer, more expensive plans. Within weeks, the company reversed its stance amid growing complaints, claiming the move had only been a test . Two years later, it seems the company is at it once again. Several T-Mobile customers have taken to Reddit to complain about a new email making the rounds. The message informs recipients of a plan change set to take effect on August 13

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Figma’s IPO price hit a $19.3B valuation out of the gate

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-12-26 21:04:41

Figma will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday in one of the most anticipated IPOs of 2025. The IPO is 40x oversubscribed, VCs confirmed to TechCrunch and Bloomberg previously reported. That means demand for shares is 40x the number of shares the company and its existing investors are selling. So it should surprise no one that Figma, which offers design software, has priced its initial shares at $33 per share, above its previously announced range. On Monday, the company sa

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Aurora’s autonomous trucks are now driving at night. Its next big challenge is rain.

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-12-26 21:48:10

Over the next year, Aurora Innovation CEO Chris Urmson wants to “unlock” the Sunbelt of the United States, a southern route where its self-driving trucks will carry goods for companies like Uber Freight and Hirschbach Motor Lines. Aurora, which launched its driverless commercial self-driving truck service this spring, has already made some progress towards that goal. The company reported Wednesday in its second-quarter letter to shareholders that it now has three self-driving trucks operating c

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Microsoft stock pops 9% on earnings beat as Azure annual revenue tops $75 billion

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-12-27 02:46:53

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on April 4, 2025. Microsoft shares jumped 9% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter. Here's how the company performed in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $3.65 vs. $3.37 expected $3.65 vs. $3.37 expected Revenue: $76.44 billion vs. $73.8

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Arm shares slip as smartphone royalties disappoint

cnbc.com Jennifer Elias 2025-12-27 02:51:32

The replica of the ARM is an electronic chip board during a collaborative ceremony launching a partnership between Malaysia and ARM Holdings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 5, 2025. Arm Holdings shares dipped as much as 9% in after-hours trading on the company's first-quarter earnings results Wednesday. Here's how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share : 35 cents adjusted vs. 35 cents expected : 35 cents adjusted vs. 35 cents expected Re

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EBay stock surges on earnings beat, rosy guidance

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-27 02:16:07

Shares of eBay popped 10% in extended trading on Wednesday after the online marketplace posted stronger-than-expected results for the second quarter, and offered an upbeat forecast for the current period. Here's how the company did in the second quarter compared to analyst estimates compiled by LSEG. Earnings per share: $1.37 adjusted vs. $1.30 expected $1.37 adjusted vs. $1.30 expected Revenue: $2.73 billion vs. $2.64 billion expected GMV, or the dollar value of items sold, grew 6% year ove

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Substack accidentally sent push alerts promoting a Nazi publication

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-26 22:10:04

It was easy to view Substack's 2023 Nazi controversy as a kicked can that could turn up again. Well, white supremacist content led to another headache for the company this week. User Mag reported on Tuesday that the app sent a push alert to some users promoting a Nazi newsletter. The company told Engadget the notification was an "extremely offensive and disturbing" error. The Substack newsletter in question describes itself as "a National Socialist weekly newsletter." It includes "opinions and

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This thermostat mistake was costing me hundreds: 3 tips to get the best temperature control

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