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Minnesota activates National Guard as cyberattack on Saint Paul disrupts public services

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2026-01-19 11:50:47

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has activated the state’s National Guard following a cyberattack on the state’s capital, Saint Paul. City officials have not yet disclosed the nature of the cyberattack, but the July 25 breach continues to disrupt city operations and some public services. Saint Paul is one of the largest cities in the U.S. with more than 300,000 residents, and is the latest in a list of major cities targeted by hackers and ransomware gangs in recent years. In a statement on Tuesday, Wal

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Bitmapist: We built an open-source cohorts analytics tool that saved millions

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-19 15:33:37

At Doist, we love making smart bets. Sometimes, the smartest decision isn’t to pick the biggest or shiniest tool out there but to build a small tool that does exactly what’s needed. That’s how Bitmapist came to life—a powerful, open-source cohort analytics library that’s been quietly driving smarter decisions and saving us millions of dollars. Why We Built Bitmapist Several years ago, we faced a common startup challenge: we needed robust cohort analytics to gain a deeper understanding of how p

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We Tried Splendid Spoon. Here's What We Thought of the Vegan, Gluten-Free Meal Service

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-19 20:17:00

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 7.8 / 10 SCORE Splendid Spoon See at Splendid Spoon Pricing Starting at $8/meal Type Pre-made Regional Availability Continental United States Number of Meal Options per Week 40+ Menu Options/ Diet Types Plant-based, gluten-free non-GMO Score Breakdown Freshness 8 /10 Taste/results 8 /10 Value 6 /10 Recipe variety 9 /10 Healthiness 8 /10 Pros All meals are

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New report doubles down on iPhone rebound in China, despite overall market decline

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-20 02:13:15

A few weeks ago, a report from Counterpoint Research suggested Apple may be turning things around in China. Now, new data from Canalys shows iPhone shipments in mainland China rose during the second quarter of 2025, even as the broader smartphone market declined. Here’s the breakdown. iPhone picks up, but Apple still in fifth Canalys’ numbers show that Apple shipped 10.1 million iPhones in Q2 2025, placing it fifth in China’s smartphone rankings, behind Huawei, vivo, OPPO, and Xiaomi. As note

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6th Biggest Earthquake Ever Recorded Strikes Pacific, Triggers Widespread Tsunamis: What We Know So Far

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-01-20 02:54:25

One of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history struck off the coast of Russia on Tuesday, July 29, triggering a tsunami that sent waves into Japan, Hawaii, and the U.S. west coast. The magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit offshore of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s far east on the evening of Tuesday, July 29, at a depth of about 13 miles (21 kilometers), according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter was located roughly 74 miles (120 kilometers) west-northwest of the city of Pe

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Show HN: Terminal-Bench-RL: Training long-horizon terminal agents with RL

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-19 20:12:03

🤓 Terminal-Bench-RL: Training Long-Horizon Terminal Agents with Reinforcement Learning TL;DR: I successfully built stable RL training infrastructure that scales to 32x H100 GPUs across 4 bare metal nodes for training long-horizon terminal-based coding agents. In doing so, I developed Terminal-Agent-Qwen3-32b to become the highest scoring Qwen3 agent on terminal-bench . WITHOUT training! (currently under submission): Unfortunately I am too GPU poor to train a SOTA coding agent 😅 (estimated £30

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Two Birds with One Tone: I/Q Signals and Fourier Transform

news.ycombinator.com Qasim Chaudhari 2026-01-20 10:09:04

When a new member arrives at the Signal Processing Club, this is what they find at the club gate: I/Q signals. Perhaps a secret plot to keep most people out of the party? Some return from here to try another area (e.g., machine learning, which pays more and is easier to understand but less interesting than signal processing). Others persist enough to push the gate open for implementation purposes (even a little understanding is sufficient for this task) but never fully grasp the main idea. So w

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SpaceX's Crew-11 Is Heading to the ISS on July 31. Here's How to Watch

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-20 20:05:00

Who's ready for another space launch? The next cohort of astronauts is making their way to the International Space Station on Thursday, and the event will be live-streamed in more places than usual. SpaceX is sending up Crew-11 to relieve Crew-10. You may remember Crew-10 as being the crew that relieved Crew-9, which had two stowaways on board who had been stuck in space for months. The launch is scheduled for Thursday at 12:09 p.m. EST from Kennedy's Launch Complex 39A, barring any last-minute

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Opera takes its browser beef with Microsoft to Brazil in antitrust complaint

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-21 02:41:06

Opera is filing an antitrust complaint against Microsoft in Brazil, alleging it creates an unfair environment for alternate browsers to compete with Edge. The Norway-based company claims Microsoft's deals to make Edge the exclusive pre-installed browser on Windows machines creates an unfair environment for alternate browsers to compete. Opera also argued that Microsoft uses design tactics and dark patterns to further discourage people from downloading and using rival products. It is asking Brazi

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ChatGPT’s new AI study mode won’t just give you the answer

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-01-20 23:21:25

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. OpenAI is adding a new study mode for ChatGPT that “helps you work through problems step by step instead of just getting an answer,” according to an OpenAI blog post. It will be available today for ChatGPT Free, Plus, Pro, and Team users and for ChatGPT Edu users “in the next few weeks.” When you ask a question with study mode turned on, ChatGPT can give you interactive promp

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ChatGPT’s Study Mode Is Here. It Won’t Fix Education’s AI Problems

wired.com Reece Rogers 2026-01-21 09:00:00

The school year starts soon for many students, and ChatGPT has announced a new “study mode” that aims to prevent—or at least, encourage against—students taking homework shortcuts. The mode is designed around the Socratic method, so when activated, OpenAI’s generative AI chatbot rejects direct requests for answers, instead guiding the user with open-ended questions. The new study mode is available to most logged-in users of ChatGPT, including those on the free version. OpenAI has significantly

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ChatGPT's Study Mode will guide students to an answer stey by step

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-21 16:06:14

OpenAI is rolling out a new Study Mode the company says is designed to give students a better understanding of complex topics. Like Claude's Learning Mode , which Anthropic introduced in April, Study Mode will see ChatGPT adopt a Socratic approach to conversations. Rather than answer a question outright, the chatbot will attempt to guide the user to their own solution, starting with questions that allow the system to calibrate its responses to their objective and understanding. Conversations the

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The U.S. May Change Strategy in Its Battle With China for AI Dominance

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2026-01-21 16:59:24

This weekend, Shanghai was host to China’s annual “World Artificial Intelligence Conference,” a government-organized AI showcase packed with tech giants from both China and the U.S. including Huawei, Tesla, and Amazon. The theme was “Global Solidarity in the AI Era,” and Chinese Premier Li Qiang opened the conference with a sweeping proposal: the establishment of a global AI cooperation organization, potentially headquartered in Shanghai. The Chinese foreign ministry has since released an actio

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ChatGPT’s new Study Mode is designed to help you learn, not just give answers

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-21 16:00:34

The rise of large language models like ChatGPT has led to widespread concern that "everyone is cheating their way through college," as a recent New York magazine article memorably put it. Now, OpenAI is rolling out a new "Study Mode" that it claims is less about providing answers or doing the work for students and more about helping them "build [a] deep understanding" of complex topics. Study Mode isn't a new ChatGPT model but a series of "custom system instructions" written for the LLM "in col

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Former NASA Boss Says We May Be Destroying America’s Only Shot at Space

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-21 20:13:31

One of the driving personalities behind the Hubble Space Telescope is sounding the alarm on president Donald Trump's disastrous space policy. That former NASA associate administrator for spaceflight is Joe Rothenberg, who warns that the agency's current predicament — mass layoffs and deferred resignations resulting in a loss of 20 percent of its workforce and a complete overhaul of agency culture — may already be too bad to fix. "What is happening at NASA has long term and potentially unrecove

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OpenAI is launching a version of ChatGPT for college students

technologyreview.com James O'Donnell 2026-01-21 21:18:45

A handful of college students who were part of OpenAI’s testing cohort—hailing from Princeton, Wharton, and the University of Minnesota—shared positive reviews of Study Mode, saying it did a good job of checking their understanding and adapting to their pace. The learning approaches that OpenAI has programmed into Study Mode, which are based partially on Socratic methods, appear sound, says Christopher Harris, an educator in New York who has created a curriculum aimed at AI literacy. They might

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ChatGPT's new study mode aims to teach students, not do the work for them - and it's free

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-01-21 21:00:18

Getty Images/Rodrigo Key takeaways ChatGPT's new study mode works through questions with students. It's available to logged-in ChatGPT Free, Plus, Pro, and Team users. Study mode will get improvements in the near future. Since generative AI tools such as ChatGPT launched, a debate has emerged: Will they impede students' education by doing their work for them? OpenAI's latest ChatGPT feature seeks to tackle that issue head-on. OpenAI unveiled study mode in ChatGPT, Tuesday. It's a learning

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Trump caving on Nvidia H20 export curbs may disrupt his bigger trade war

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-20 21:04:07

The next front in Donald Trump's trade war will be chip tariffs—which could come by next month—but national security experts are warning that the president may have already made a huge misstep that threatens to disrupt both US trade and national security. In a letter Monday to Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, 20 policymakers and professionals with a background in national security policy urged Trump to reverse course and block exports of Nvidia's H20 chips to China. In April, t

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2025 Polestar 3 drives sporty, looks sharp, can be a little annoying

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-22 02:41:08

Earlier this month, Ars took a look at Volvo’s latest electric vehicle. The EX90 proved to be a rather thoughtful Swedish take on the luxury SUV, albeit one that remains a rare sight on the road. But the EX90 is not the only recipe one can cook with the underlying ingredients. The ingredients in this case are from a platform called SPA2, and to extend the metaphor a bit, the kitchen is the Volvo factory in Ridgeville, South Carolina, which in addition to making a variety of midsize and larger Vo

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OpenAI launches Study Mode in ChatGPT

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-01-22 03:00:00

OpenAI announced Tuesday the launch of Study Mode, a new feature within ChatGPT that aims to help students develop their own critical thinking skills, rather than simply obtain answers to questions. With Study Mode enabled, ChatGPT will ask users questions to test their understanding, and in some cases, refuse to offer direct answers unless students engage with the material. OpenAI says Study Mode is rolling out to logged in users on ChatGPT’s Free, Plus, Pro, and Team plans starting Tuesday. T

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Galaxy S26 Ultra’s chipset info spotted in One UI code, and it’s not surprising

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-22 09:19:09

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR A new report has confirmed that Samsung will continue to rely on Qualcomm for its next Ultra smartphone. The Galaxy S26 Ultra is confirmed to be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, based on evidence found in the device’s firmware. This does not rule out the existence of an S26 Ultra powered by an Exynos 2600 or a Samsung-made Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, despite lean chances of any of that happening. Phone brands these days don’t do a very good job of containing

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Do variable names matter for AI code completion? (2025)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-18 03:35:25

Do Variable Names Matter for AI Code Completion? When GitHub Copilot suggests your next line of code, does it matter whether your variables are named current_temperature or just x ? I ran an experiment to find out, testing 8 different AI models on 500 Python code samples across 7 naming styles. The results suggest that descriptive variable names do help AI code completion. The Experiment Each code sample was transformed into different naming conventions: Descriptive ( process_user_input )

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Fed up with brands that use corn syrup and skim milk, this mother developed her own ‘clean’ baby formula

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2026-01-22 11:30:00

When Esther Hallam welcomed her daughter, Nara, into the world, she faced the challenge of searching for trustworthy brands that offered high-quality, organic infant formula in the U.S. Despite being available for nearly 160 years, the quality of infant formula options in the U.S. is still lacking, she believes. Many manufacturers opt for skim milk to cut costs, which allows them to add oils to meet nutritional requirements. Several formulas contain palm oil, soy, and corn syrup, which aren’t r

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Microsoft in talks to maintain access to OpenAI’s tech beyond AGI milestone

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2026-01-22 11:44:10

Microsoft is reportedly in advanced talks with OpenAI for a new agreement that would give it ongoing access to the startup’s technology even if OpenAI achieves what it defines as AGI, or advanced general intelligence. If the deal goes through, it would clear a key hurdle in OpenAI’s transition toward becoming a fully commercial enterprise. The companies have been negotiating regularly, and they could come to an agreement in a few weeks, Bloomberg reports, citing three anonymous sources. The rep

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Wish you could escape the planet? Too bad life in space would suck

news.ycombinator.com Levi Stallings 2026-01-22 15:38:46

Climate change, war and fascism got you down? Wish you could buy a ticket on the Europa Clipper spacecraft that’s on its way to check if there’s living slime on a Jupiterian moon? Before you decide to leave Earth behind and move to outer space, consider the life of an astronaut on the International Space Station. Imagine cohabitating with eight other people in an enclosed area the size of a large airplane. You live on a strict schedule broken into 15 minute increments, using a red marker on a c

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Rare earths are China’s bargaining chip in the trade war — the U.S. is trying to fix that

cnbc.com Magdalena Petrova Jeniece Pettitt Jason Reginato 2026-01-22 21:00:01

Rare earths refer to 17 elements on the periodic table whose atomic structure gives them special magnetic properties. They're also the most important bargaining chip in the U.S. and China trade war. That's because these rare earth magnets power everything from electric vehicles and wind turbines to defense equipment, data centers and high-tech consumer electronics. The United States used to be an industry leader of rare earth production, but for the last several decades, the U.S. and the rest o

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Show HN: Terminal-Bench-RL: Training Long-Horizon Terminal Agents with RL

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-22 20:12:03

🤓 Terminal-Bench-RL: Training Long-Horizon Terminal Agents with Reinforcement Learning TL;DR: I successfully built stable RL training infrastructure that scales to 32x H100 GPUs across 4 bare metal nodes for training long-horizon terminal-based coding agents. In doing so, I developed Terminal-Agent-Qwen3-32b to become the highest scoring Qwen3 agent on terminal-bench . WITHOUT training! (currently under submission): Unfortunately I am too GPU poor to train a SOTA coding agent 😅 (estimated £30

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6 Natural Sweeteners That Can Replace Processed Sugar

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-23 00:00:00

When it comes to sweet treats, there's no need to cut sugar out of your diet completely. It's about consuming a balanced amount and focusing on the types of sugar you're eating daily. The daily recommendation is 6 teaspoons of sugar for women and kids age 2 and older. Or 9 teaspoons for men. As for the types of sweeteners, replacing processed sugar with less refined, natural sugar alternatives can be beneficial to your health. To help you figure out which sugar substitute is right for you, we l

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India overtakes China in smartphone exports to the U.S. as manufacturing jumps 240%, report shows

cnbc.com Anniek Bao 2026-01-23 08:45:30

Workers assemble smartphones at Dixon Technologies' Padget Electronics Pvt factory in Uttar Pradesh, India, on Jan. 28, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images India has overtaken China to become the top exporter of smartphones to the U.S., according to research firm Canalys, reflecting the shift in manufacturing supply chain away from Beijing amid tariff-fueled uncertainty. Smartphones assembled in India accounted for 44% of U.S. imports of those devices in the second quarter, a significant

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What if your passkey device is stolen? How to manage risk in our passwordless future

zdnet.com David Berlind 2026-01-23 09:00:18

Yuliya Taba/Getty Images Part of the "passkeys are more secure than passwords" story is derived from the fact that passkeys are non-human-readable secrets -- stored somewhere on your device -- that even you have very limited access to. OK, so what happens to those passkeys if your device is stolen? Over on Spiceworks.com, ZDNET's sister site for IT professionals, a community member posed some insightful passkey edge case questions regarding my ZDNET story about the industry needing to get its

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