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OpenAI releases a free GPT model that can run right on your laptop

theverge.com Alex Heath 2025-08-18 15:00:52

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI is releasing a new open-weight model dubbed GPT-OSS that can be downloaded for free, be customized, and even run on a laptop. The model comes in two variants: 120-billion-parameter and 20-billion-parameter versions. The bigger version can run on a single Nvidia GPU and performs similarly to OpenAI’s existing o4-mini model, while the smaller version performs similarly to o3-mini and runs on just 16GB

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The EU AI Act aims to create a level playing field for AI innovation: Here’s what it is

techcrunch.com Anna Heim 2025-08-18 14:24:10

The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, known as the EU AI Act, has been described by the European Commission as “the world’s first comprehensive AI law.” After years in the making, it is progressively becoming a part of reality for the 450 million people living in the 27 countries that comprise the EU. The EU AI Act, however, is more than a European affair. It applies to companies both local and foreign, and it can affect both providers and deployers of AI systems; the European Commi

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OpenAI launches two ‘open’ AI reasoning models

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-08-18 15:00:00

OpenAI announced Tuesday the launch of two open-weight AI reasoning models with similar capabilities to its o-series. Both are freely available to download from the online developer platform, Hugging Face, the company said, describing the models as “state-of-the-art” when measured across several benchmarks for comparing open models. The models come in two sizes: a larger and more capable gpt-oss-120b model that can run on a single Nvidia GPU, and a lighter-weight gpt-oss-20b model that can run

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Substack rival Ghost connects to the open social web with its latest public release

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-08-18 15:16:02

After months of beta testing, newsletter platform Ghost has shipped a new version of its software, Ghost 6, that allows its publishers to share their long-form content natively with the broader open social web. That means in addition to publishing their newsletters to the web, RSS, and sending them out via email, Ghost’s users can also natively connect with services like the decentralized X rival Mastodon; Meta’s Threads; Flipboard; WordPress sites that have integrated with ActivityPub, Surf, an

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Axon jumps 14% after TASER maker tops results and boosts outlook on security needs

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-08-18 19:37:26

Axon Enterprise 's stock popped 14% after the TASER maker surpassed Wall Street's estimates and boosted its guidance due to robust demand for its security solutions. "Demand for new technology from our customers is accelerating, and it's outpacing even my most optimistic expectations," said CEO Rick Smith on an earnings call with analysts. "There's now one breakout product driving conversations. It's everything." The security solutions company also hiked guidance for the year, saying it now ex

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If the AI Bubble Pops, It Could Now Take the Entire Economy With It

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-18 19:09:39

AI companies are pouring so much money into AI, experts are starting to warn that it may be propping up the entire US economy. As investor Paul Kedrosky told the Wall Street Journal, spending on AI infrastructure has already eclipsed spending on telecom and internet infrastructure during the dot-com crisis over two decades ago, raising the specter of a massive bubble. Kedrosky also floated the possibility that we haven't really felt the effects of president Donald Trump's tariffs due to the sc

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For the first time in the US, Spotify is letting your family get access to this feature

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-18 19:20:32

Tech Team / Android Authority TL;DR Spotify is expanding its Audiobooks Plus plans to users in the US. Audiobooks Plus is an add-on that grants 15 additional hours of audiobook listening per month. Audiobooks Plus for Plan Members allows other members of your Premium Family or Duo plan access to 15 hours of audiobook listening. Through Spotify Premium, you have access to 15 hours of audiobook listening per month. While this is plenty of time for most people, it isn’t enough for some to satia

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Google could fix one of the most annoying things about switching from a Galaxy to a Pixel phone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-18 19:27:57

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a native option for stock Android to flip the three-button navigation bar, a feature long requested by users switching from Samsung devices. This addresses a major pain point, as Samsung’s default navigation layout is the reverse of stock Android’s, forcing users to retrain their muscle memory. Evidence of the unreleased feature was found in an Android Canary build, but it will likely not launch until a future Android 16 quarterly

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iPhone 17 event scheduled for September 9, according to carrier documents

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-08-18 14:31:59

We’ve previously suggested Tuesday, September 9 as the most likely date for the iPhone 17 event, and a new report says that internal documents held by carriers confirms this. That would mean pre-orders on September 12, shipping on September 19 … Sep 9 had always looked likely Back in July, we looked at what history could tell us about the iPhone 17 release date. Based on the patterns seen between 2021 and 2024, we narrowed it down to the week commencing September 8. We noted that Tuesday was

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One mic, four modes: BOYA Magic now available after successful Kickstarter

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-08-18 19:00:00

Looking for a way to step up your creative capture game? BOYA is out with a new modular microphone with AI-powered noise cancelation that works with a range of devices. The BOYA Magic is being billed as the world’s first AI-powered, shape-shifting wireless microphone, and it’s now available after a successful Kickstarter campaign. The standout feature here is the transformable design that eliminates the need for multiple microphones. At just 13mm thin and weighing only 7g, BOYA Magic seamlessl

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Anthropic rolls out Claude Opus 4.1 with improved software engineering accuracy

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-08-18 19:43:53

In May, AI firm Anthropic introduced its Claude 4 family of models with a focus on improvements to coding, reasoning, and following instructions. Three months later, Anthropic is back with Claude Opus 4.1, which it says upgrades “agentic tasks, real-world coding, and reasoning.” Anthropic says Claude Opus 4.1 improves software engineering accuracy to 74.5%. That compares to 62.3% with Claude Sonnet 3.7 and 72.5% with Claude Opus 4. More specifically, the updated model is better at “in-depth res

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WhatsApp adds new warning about potential group chat messaging scams

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-18 19:00:13

WhatsApp has shared a new update about how it prevents scams, as well as unveiling a new feature aimed at protecting users from possible swindles. People will now receive alerts when they are added to a new WhatsApp group by someone not in their contacts. This safety overview will include key details about the group chat, such as the number of members, whether any other members are contacts and the chat's start date. It also offers some common sense reminders of how to avoid scams. Users can ex

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Google's NotebookLM is now available for younger users

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-18 19:30:08

Google's NotebookLM (NLM) is designed to be the ultimate study guide. So, with the new school year already beginning, it's fitting that the AI tool is now available for younger users. Just be sure to check its work, kids. For consumers, anyone 13 and older can now use the AI-powered learning tool. However, any minimum age restrictions in your country will override that. NLM is also now available as a core service for all ages as part of the Google Workspace for Education suite. The Gemini-powe

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Fox One streaming service launches August 21

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-18 19:45:12

Fox Corporation has announced the launch of Fox One, a streaming service that will carry Fox-branded news, sports and entertainment content for $19.99 per month or $199.99 per year. The service will feature both live and on-demand access from the entire slate of Fox properties including Fox News, Fox Business, Fox Sports, Fox Weather and more. Subscribers will also be able to bundle the new offering with Fox Nation, the media corporation's on-demand streaming service with original shows. “In br

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Google's Pixel Watch 4, Fold Pro 10 and Buds 2a are rumored to launch later than the rest of its new gear

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-18 19:50:20

Google has an event lined up for August 20 and has promised to reveal "new Pixel phones, watches, buds" and more. However, rumors have been swirling that the company won't have many of these products ready to go after being unveiled. Winfuture has reported that the Pixel Watch 4, Fold Pro 10 and Buds 2a will be announced at the Made by Google event, but won't be available until October . The Pixel 10 line of smartphones will reportedly be available on August 28, which is just around a week afte

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Watch AI models compete right now in Google's new Game Arena

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-08-18 19:17:10

Google ZDNET's key takeaways: Google's new Game Arena will allow models to compete in games head-to-head. You can tune in to the Game Arena at 12:30 p.m. ET Tuesday. The goal is to open the door to potential new business applications. As artificial intelligence evolves, it's becoming increasingly difficult to accurately measure the performance of individual models. To that end, Google unveiled on Tuesday the Game Arena, an open-source platform in which AI models compete in a variety of str

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The Age of Bronze and Steel

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-17 09:18:24

The age of bronze and steel Here's a story I heard last night about 3D printing. (I'm not in the 3D-printing scene. I know people who are, though. And it's an interesting story, what the hell. If I can blog about dirty sea shanties, I can blog about the additive manufacturing industry.) A couple of months ago I retwooted this message about the end of a particular 3D-printed-metal process: Binder jetted steel with bronze infiltration is no more: the last source has discontinued the technology

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Google agrees to pause AI workloads when power demand spikes

news.ycombinator.com Tobias Mann 2025-08-18 19:18:57

Google will pause non-essential AI workloads to protect power grids, the advertising giant announced on Monday. The web giant already does this sort of thing for non-essential workloads like processing YouTube vids, which it moves to datacenters where power is available rather than continuing to run them in places demand for energy strains the grid. Under an agreement with Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Google will use the same techniques for AI workload

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FCC Abandons Efforts to Make U.S. Broadband Fast and Affordable

news.ycombinator.com Karl Bode 2025-08-18 18:59:50

Trump FCC Abandons Efforts To Make U.S. Broadband Fast And Affordable from the this-is-why-we-can't-have-nice-things dept Section 706 of the Telecom Act requires the FCC to determine whether broadband is being deployed “on a reasonable and timely basis” to everyone. If the answer is no, the law says the FCC must “take immediate action to accelerate deployment of such capability by removing barriers to infrastructure investment and by promoting competition in the telecommunications market.” Fo

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Show HN: Stagewise (YC S25) – Front end coding agent for existing codebases

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-18 17:38:36

stagewise The frontend coding agent for production codebases About the project Welcome to stagewise — The frontend coding agent for production codebases 💬 Tell the agent what you want to change 🧠 Click on element(s) to let the agent know where a change should happen 💡 Let stagewise do the magic! Perfect for devs tired of pasting element information and folder paths into prompts. stagewise uses real-time, browser-powered context. Features ⚡ Works out of the box 🧩 Customize and extend fu

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AI is not making engineers 10x as productive

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-18 17:10:42

No, AI is not Making Engineers 10x as Productive Curing Your AI 10x Engineer Imposter Syndrome 05 August 2025 AI A few months ago I went through a bit of a mental slump. I've always been confident of my abilities as an engineer, but I couldn't help but feel like my skills were falling hopelessly behind as I scrolled places like LinkedIn and Twitter. If these sources were to be believed, engineering had moved on from the medieval practice of typing code into an editor. Real engineers were now

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SAML Shield: Drop-in protection that works for any stack

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-18 19:05:56

Security with a simple API call. Compatible with any language or system. Easy-to-implement without any code rewrites to your identity provider or existing SAML setup.

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Why is GitHub UI getting so much slower?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-18 19:07:46

I couldn't help but notice - GitHub UI has been getting slower and slower recently. Some things that were snappy before are hellishly slow nowadays. GitHub is doing something weird and I just can't wrap my head around what's going on there. You guys developing at GitHub, you're using GitHub to develop it, right? Do you not see this? What's going on? Whenever I bump into slow website which drives me nuts, I open the devtools and profile it. Who knows, maybe I find something to report and the pr

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Los Alamos is capturing real-time images of explosions at 7mths of a second

news.ycombinator.com Rebecca Mcdonald 2025-08-18 17:47:07

Download a print-friendly version of this article. Los Alamos scientists are good at doing things that seem impossible, like taking a picture of something that happens in less than seven-millionths of a second—such as an explosion. And not just one picture, but a series of images that reveal pivotal data about the material that exploded and the physics of the explosion. This so-called dynamic imaging is essential to the Lab’s stockpile stewardship mission because it helps scientists test and un

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GitHub pull requests are down

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-18 18:39:25

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community. By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails. Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

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Illinois Bans AI From Providing Therapy

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-08-18 19:00:04

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed, on Friday, a new measure that bans AI from acting as a therapist or counselor and limits its use to strictly administrative or support roles. The Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act comes as states and federal regulators are starting to grapple with how to protect patients from the growing and mostly unregulated use of AI in health care. The new law prohibits individuals and businesses from advertising or offering any therapy services, i

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NYC Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak: Cases and Deaths Double, as Officials Pinpoint the Cause

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-08-18 19:10:42

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in NYC has doubled in reported cases and deaths since last week. Officials have struggled to identify the source of the outbreak, but it has now been confirmed. Officials at the NYC Health Department issued the latest update on the outbreak Monday. Fifty-eight people living in Central Harlem have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ since July 25, while two people have died from it. On the positive side, officials have identified several cooling towers contamin

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‘Freakier Friday’ Barely Scrapes By on Its Nostalgic Charms

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-08-18 19:15:29

Freaky Friday is back after over two decades since we last saw Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan swap bodies thanks to a suitably freaky family curse. However, Disney’s new follow-up, in theaters this week, leaning heavily on the charms of a stellar ensemble, is a sequel constantly threatening to fall apart under the weight of uneven execution. In Freaky Friday, it was just mother Tess Coleman (Curtis) and her daughter Anna (Lohan) who swapped bodies, a kooky way for mother and child to better

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Wildfire Smoke Chokes Canada and U.S., Triggering Air Quality Alerts

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-08-18 19:25:58

Canada is battling more than 700 active wildfires across the country, roughly two-thirds of which are burning out of control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center (CIFFC). Smoke billowing from the blazes has blanketed central Canada and the northern U.S., prompting widespread air quality alerts. Federal officials have issued air quality warnings across large swaths of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and western Ontario, where most of the uncontrolled fires are concentrated. Many cit

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Spider-Punk Is Getting His Own Animated Movie

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-08-18 19:50:33

Spider-Man Day 2025 has come and gone, bringing some nuggets about Tom Holland’s live-action return in Spider-Man: Brand New Day next year. But today brings news of a Spider-Man movie we’re actually even more excited about: a standalone animated movie centered around Spider-Punk, co-written by Daniel Kaluuya, who voiced the character in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and the upcoming Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. Deadline broke the news of the Oscar-winning actor’s new project (late

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Latest Tech News

OpenAI releases a free GPT model that can run right on your laptop

The EU AI Act aims to create a level playing field for AI innovation: Here’s what it is

OpenAI launches two ‘open’ AI reasoning models

Substack rival Ghost connects to the open social web with its latest public release

Axon jumps 14% after TASER maker tops results and boosts outlook on security needs

If the AI Bubble Pops, It Could Now Take the Entire Economy With It

For the first time in the US, Spotify is letting your family get access to this feature

Google could fix one of the most annoying things about switching from a Galaxy to a Pixel phone

iPhone 17 event scheduled for September 9, according to carrier documents

One mic, four modes: BOYA Magic now available after successful Kickstarter

Anthropic rolls out Claude Opus 4.1 with improved software engineering accuracy

WhatsApp adds new warning about potential group chat messaging scams

Google's NotebookLM is now available for younger users

Fox One streaming service launches August 21

Google's Pixel Watch 4, Fold Pro 10 and Buds 2a are rumored to launch later than the rest of its new gear

Watch AI models compete right now in Google's new Game Arena

The Age of Bronze and Steel

Google agrees to pause AI workloads when power demand spikes

FCC Abandons Efforts to Make U.S. Broadband Fast and Affordable

Show HN: Stagewise (YC S25) – Front end coding agent for existing codebases

AI is not making engineers 10x as productive

SAML Shield: Drop-in protection that works for any stack

Why is GitHub UI getting so much slower?

Los Alamos is capturing real-time images of explosions at 7mths of a second

GitHub pull requests are down

Illinois Bans AI From Providing Therapy

NYC Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak: Cases and Deaths Double, as Officials Pinpoint the Cause

‘Freakier Friday’ Barely Scrapes By on Its Nostalgic Charms

Wildfire Smoke Chokes Canada and U.S., Triggering Air Quality Alerts

Spider-Punk Is Getting His Own Animated Movie

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