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Police shut down Cluely’s party, the ‘cheat at everything’ startup

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-09-15 13:09:59

The latest San Francisco startup culture drama happened on Monday night. And it centered around “the most legendary party that never happened,” Cluely founder and CEO Roy Lee tells TechCrunch. Cluely had hoped to throw an after-party for a Y Combinator event occurring on Monday and Tuesday called AI Startup School. The event drew crowds thanks to scheduled speakers like Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, and Elon Musk. Cluely is an AI startup born of controversy and rage-bait comedy marketing. True to

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OpenAI moves forward with GPT-4.5 deprecation in API, triggering developer anguish and confusion

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2025-09-15 16:52:29

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Word spread quickly across the machine learning and AI community on the social network X yesterday: OpenAI was sending developers an email notifying them that the company would be removing one of its largest and most powerful large language models (LLMs), GPT-4.5 Preview, from the official OpenAI application programming interface (API) on

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A Rural Public Transit Odyssey

news.ycombinator.com A.M. Hickman 2025-09-12 09:35:10

If, in all my miles and years of traveling, I could soundly say that I have learned anything at all, it is this: the easiest way is usually the most boring way. This is true of most things — but it is especially true of travel. Because in all my miles on the American road, I’ve found that the most interesting routes, roads, trails, and methods are basically all tedious, unorthodox, obscure, and time-consuming. There are times when ‘boring’ is quite good, of course. As ‘interesting’ as it could

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Bzip2 crate switches from C to 100% Rust

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-15 15:06:54

Today we published bzip2 version 0.6.0 , which uses our rust implementation of the bzip2 algorithm, libbz2-rs-sys , by default. The bzip2 crate is now faster and easier to cross-compile. The libbz2-rs-sys crate can also be built as a C dynamic library, if you have a C project that would benefit from these improvements. Why though? Why bother working on this algorithm from the 90s that sees very little use today? The thing is that many protocols and libraries still need to support bzip2 to be

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‘Ironheart’ Will Continue Tony Stark’s Legacy, and Robert Downey Jr. Approves

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-09-15 17:45:26

“I want to continue Stark’s legacy,” says Riri Williams, the main character in the upcoming Marvel Studios show Ironheart. Played by Dominique Thorne, Riri is a genius inventor, just like the late, great Iron Man, but without his billionaire resources. That conflict will be at the heart of the new show, which debuts on Disney+ June 24, and Tony Stark himself just endorsed it. Two fantastic Ironheart videos just came online, one of which focuses on the practical suits built for the production. E

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Google launches production-ready Gemini 2.5 AI models to challenge OpenAI’s enterprise dominance

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-09-15 21:55:56

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Google moved decisively to strengthen its position in the artificial intelligence arms race Monday, declaring its most powerful Gemini 2.5 models ready for enterprise production while unveiling a new ultra-efficient variant designed to undercut competitors on cost and speed. The Alphabet subsidiary promoted two of its flagship AI models—G

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Bzip2 crate switches from C to 100% rust

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-15 20:06:54

Today we published bzip2 version 0.6.0 , which uses our rust implementation of the bzip2 algorithm, libbz2-rs-sys , by default. The bzip2 crate is now faster and easier to cross-compile. The libbz2-rs-sys crate can also be built as a C dynamic library, if you have a C project that would benefit from these improvements. Why though? Why bother working on this algorithm from the 90s that sees very little use today? The thing is that many protocols and libraries still need to support bzip2 to be

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Google’s updated Gemini 2.5 Flash pricing is good news and bad news

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-16 01:03:45

TL;DR Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is rolling out in preview. The stable versions of Gemini 2.5 Flash and Pro are also rolling out. The cost of input for Flash has gone up by $0.15, but the output has been reduced by $1.00. Google introduced Gemini 2.5 earlier this year, with Pro (experimental) being the first model in the series. A couple of months later, the company rolled out a faster model in early access, known as Gemini 2.5 Flash. Now the firm has an update on these two models and is launching

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Apple Watch Series 10 now available at discount via Apple’s refurbished store

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-16 01:39:21

Apple’s refurbished store has added several new products recently, and the latest could prove popular: the Apple Watch Series 10 is now available. Currently only 46mm Apple Watch Series 10 is available refurbished Apple’s refurbished store provides the opportunity to buy products directly from Apple that have been certified for resale. These products include a standard Apple warranty, return policy, and other perks. Last week the Apple Watch Ultra 2 in black titanium was added to the store a

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Pixar’s ‘Elio’ Shines With Sci-Fi Sincerity and Heart

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-09-16 01:15:17

Elio is Pixar at its most original, delivering an extraordinary journey filled with wholehearted sci-fi wonder. Director Domee Shi and co-director Madeline Sharafian craft a timeless coming-of-age adventure that’s a solid follow-up to their fan fave Turning Red, marking a new standard for Pixar stories. Through its main character’s close encounter, the film cleverly broaches the resonating experience of feeling alone against a backdrop of imaginative visuals illustrating the universe’s enormity

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for June 18, #1460

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-16 01:00:02

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for June 18, #738

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-16 01:00:04

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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JetBlue Is Slashing Flights and Cutting Costs. Here's What Travelers Should Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-16 01:27:58

JetBlue is tightening its belt: The airline on Tuesday announced a round of cost-cutting measures, including fewer routes and reduced spending. JetBlue says it's scaling back its flight schedule and reducing services to several US states and major metropolitan airports, such as John F. Kennedy International Airport. That means fewer options for travelers in and out of cities where the airline had been aggressively expanding, such as New York, Boston and Fort Lauderdale. The company is also trim

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Disturbing Test Shows What Happens When Tesla Robotaxi Sees a Child Mannequin Pop Out From Behind a School Bus

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-16 03:04:35

After promising self-driving robotaxis for more than a decade, it's probably no surprise that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has blown way past his promised rollout date of June 12. Now scheduled to formally roll out on the streets in Austin, Texas on either June 22 or 28 — not even Musk seems to know at this point — the tech billionaire's self-driving charade is running seriously behind. As consumer interest in Tesla continues to plummet, one generational hater is showing just how far Musk's last ditch e

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Facebook videos are all just going to be reels now

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-16 04:58:07

Facebook is once again rebranding the "video" section of its app. This time, the tab formerly known as " video ," which was also once called " watch ," will become "reels." The change comes as the company says that all video on the social network will now fall under the umbrella of "reels" regardless of how long the clip is or how it was shot. According to Meta , the change will make things simpler for users and creators sharing video clips on the platform. Previously, users had to decide wheth

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Making 2.5 Flash and 2.5 Pro GA, and introducing Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

news.ycombinator.com Tulsee Doshi 2025-09-16 02:06:05

We designed Gemini 2.5 to be a family of hybrid reasoning models that provide amazing performance, while also being at the Pareto Frontier of cost and speed. Today, we’re taking the next step with our 2.5 Pro and Flash models by releasing them as stable and generally available. And we’re bringing you 2.5 Flash-Lite in preview — our most cost-efficient and fastest 2.5 model yet. Making 2.5 Flash and 2.5 Pro generally available Thanks to all of your feedback, today we’re releasing stable version

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Toy-maker Mattel accused of planning “reckless” AI social experiment on kids

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-16 05:22:43

After Mattel and OpenAI announced a partnership that would result in an AI product marketed to kids, a consumer rights advocacy group is warning that the collaboration may endanger children. It remains unclear what shape Mattel's first-ever AI product will take. But on Tuesday, Public Citizen co-President Robert Weissman issued a statement urging more transparency so that parents can prepare for potential risks. Weissman is particularly concerned that ChatGPT-fueled toys could hurt kids in unkn

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Four reasons why it’s a surprisingly bad time to buy a gaming handheld

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-09-16 05:20:41

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. I love modern handheld gaming, and I recommend it to anyone and everyone. Just maybe not today? If you decided today was the day to finally drop hundreds of dollars on your first handheld, I might advise you to wait. Four reasons: The best handhelds are sold out The second-best handhelds just got more expensive Third-tier handhelds are

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Tesla stock slips after report EV maker is pausing Cybertruck and Model Y production

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2025-09-16 09:35:20

A Tesla Cybertruck sits on a lot at a Tesla dealership on April 15, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Tesla shares slid 4% on Tuesday after a report that the electric vehicle maker was halting production of Cybertruck and Model Y models for a week in Austin, Texas. The production stoppage begins June 30, Business Insider reported, citing a staff meeting where the announcement was made. The pause, which is for maintenance on production lines, would be the third such shutdown at the Austin facility in the

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Time Series Forecasting with Graph Transformers

news.ycombinator.com Jan Eric Lenssen 2025-09-16 09:05:53

Time series forecasting is a cornerstone in modern business analytics, whether it is concerned with anticipating market trends, user behavior, optimizing resource allocation, or planning for future growth. As such, a wide range of different approaches have been introduced and investigated for forecasting, lately data-driven approaches using machine learning and generative models. This blog post will dive into forecasting on graph structured entities, e.g., as obtained from a relational database

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Alleged Minnesota Shooter Used Data Brokers to Find Lawmakers’ Addresses

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-09-16 09:50:06

Vance Boelter, the man accused of assassinating a Democratic Minnesota state representative and shooting a state senator on Sunday, acquired the addresses of his victims and other alleged targets by using information collected by online data brokers, according to court documents obtained by Politico. According to the report, police found the names of 11 registered data brokers written in a notebook that was recovered from Boelter’s vehicle. He also allegedly wrote, “most property records in Ame

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The Pixel 10 could feature Google’s fastest fingerprint scanner yet

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-16 13:14:52

TL;DR According to a new report, the Pixel 10 series may feature a faster ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. The upgrade builds on the tech introduced in last year’s Pixel 9 phones. Other rumored features include the Tensor G5 chip, better image stabilization, and the debut of Magic Cue. Amongst other upgrades, the Pixel 9 series was the first range of Google Pixel phones to feature an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. If a new rumor proves accurate, the Pixel 10 series will build on that foundation

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What Apple's controversial research paper really tells us about LLMs

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-09-16 13:06:46

CHRISTOPH BURGSTEDT/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Generative AI models quickly proved they were capable of performing technical tasks well. Adding reasoning capabilities to the models unlocked unforeseen capabilities, enabling the models to think through more complex questions and produce better-quality, more accurate responses -- or so we thought. Last week, Apple released a research report called "The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the

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Celebrated pianist and writer Alfred Brendel dies aged 94

news.ycombinator.com Imogen Tilden 2025-09-16 13:00:25

The celebrated pianist and author Alfred Brendel has died aged 94 at his home in London. The musician was born on 5 January 1931 in Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic) and spent his childhood mainly in Croatia and Austria. “I was not a child prodigy or eastern European or Jewish as far as I know,” he told interviewers. “I’m not a good sight reader, I don’t have a phenomenal memory and I didn’t come from a musical family, an artistic family or an intellectual family. I had loving parents, b

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Stay on Top of These 6 Blood Tests to Make Sure You're Monitoring Your Health

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-16 12:45:03

Having your blood drawn might not be much fun, but regular diagnostic tests of your blood can detect diseases early for treatment and give your doctor and medical providers critical information about how well your body is functioning. The proper frequency of these blood tests depends on your age and personal health status -- the most important thing is to ask your doctor which tests you need and when you need them. With all the different types of blood tests out there, it's good to go into you

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Google’s Gemini AI family updated with stable 2.5 Pro, super-efficient 2.5 Flash-Lite

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-16 13:58:55

Google has announced a big expansion of its Gemini AI model family today. After months of tweaking and tuning, the high-power Gemini 2.5 Pro is leaving preview and is ready for developers to build on. Meanwhile, Google is offering a peek at its upcoming high-efficiency model, known as Gemini 2.5 Pro Flash-Lite. Try as it might, Google can't get away from confusing model names. Google's AI aspirations have been looking up in 2025 with the debut of Gemini 2.5. These models showed a marked improve

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How Private Equity Killed the American Dream

wired.com Louise Matsakis 2025-09-16 13:00:00

In her new book, Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream, journalist and WIRED alum Megan Greenwell chronicles the devastating impacts of one of the most powerful yet poorly understood forces in modern American capitalism. Flush with cash, largely unregulated, and relentlessly focused on profit, private equity firms have quietly reshaped the US economy, taking over large chunks of industries ranging from health care to retail—often leaving financial ruin in their wake. T

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Intel to lay off up to 20% of Intel Foundry workers

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-09-16 13:50:32

In Brief Intel will begin a new round of layoffs next month. The semiconductor giant plans to lay off 15% to 20% of workers in its Intel Foundry division starting in July, according to an internal memo originally reported on by The Oregonian. Intel Foundry designs, manufactures, and packages semiconductors for external clients. It’s unclear how many workers this will directly impact. Intel’s total workforce was 108,900 people as of December 2024, according to the company’s annual regulatory f

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Facebook announces that all videos on its platform will soon be shared as reels

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-09-16 13:56:39

Facebook announced on Tuesday that all videos on its platform will soon be shared as reels, regardless of their length or orientation. Up until now, users have been able to share both video posts and reels. The company is also renaming the “Video” tab on its platform to the “Reels” tab. The update won’t change what videos are recommended to you, Facebook says. In the coming months, users won’t have to choose between uploading a video or reel, as it will automatically be shared as a reel. In add

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Scientists achieve 1,000-fold increase in solar electricity using ultra-thin layers

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-09-16 17:03:00

Forward-looking: A team of German researchers from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg has unveiled a significant advancement in solar energy technology, revealing a method to dramatically increase the amount of electricity certain materials can generate when exposed to light. Their approach involves stacking ultra-thin layers of different crystals in a precise sequence, resulting in a solar absorber that far outperforms traditional materials. At the core of this discovery, published in S

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Police shut down Cluely’s party, the ‘cheat at everything’ startup

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A Rural Public Transit Odyssey

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Google launches production-ready Gemini 2.5 AI models to challenge OpenAI’s enterprise dominance

Bzip2 crate switches from C to 100% rust

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JetBlue Is Slashing Flights and Cutting Costs. Here's What Travelers Should Know

Disturbing Test Shows What Happens When Tesla Robotaxi Sees a Child Mannequin Pop Out From Behind a School Bus

Facebook videos are all just going to be reels now

Making 2.5 Flash and 2.5 Pro GA, and introducing Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Toy-maker Mattel accused of planning “reckless” AI social experiment on kids

Four reasons why it’s a surprisingly bad time to buy a gaming handheld

Tesla stock slips after report EV maker is pausing Cybertruck and Model Y production

Time Series Forecasting with Graph Transformers

Alleged Minnesota Shooter Used Data Brokers to Find Lawmakers’ Addresses

The Pixel 10 could feature Google’s fastest fingerprint scanner yet

What Apple's controversial research paper really tells us about LLMs

Celebrated pianist and writer Alfred Brendel dies aged 94

Stay on Top of These 6 Blood Tests to Make Sure You're Monitoring Your Health

Google’s Gemini AI family updated with stable 2.5 Pro, super-efficient 2.5 Flash-Lite

How Private Equity Killed the American Dream

Intel to lay off up to 20% of Intel Foundry workers

Facebook announces that all videos on its platform will soon be shared as reels

Scientists achieve 1,000-fold increase in solar electricity using ultra-thin layers

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