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Ember (YC F24) Is Hiring Full Stack Engineer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-05 04:00:18

AI RCM. A/R Analysis in 3 days or less. Reduce claim denials by 55%. Connect directly with founders of the best YC-funded startups. At Ember, we’re building the future of healthcare operations. Behind every provider is a mountain of administrative complexity — from billing to revenue cycle management — and these inefficiencies directly impact care, cost, and outcomes. At Ember, we’re simplifying the back office of healthcare through intelligent automation, helping providers focus on what matt

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Microsoft Locks Down Building After Protesters Breach President’s Office

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-11-05 04:45:30

People inside and outside of Microsoft have been agitating for the software giant to cut ties with the Israeli government. As the war and slaughter in Gaza drag on, activists have increasingly sought to expose and condemn the software giant. This week, it appears that the company had to temporarily lock down its headquarters, as protesting workers entered the office of company president Brad Smith to conduct a sit-in. The protest efforts that took place on Tuesday were also streamed live on Twi

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What’s the Best Hair Straightener for You? It Depends (2025)

wired.com Kat Merck 2025-11-05 02:30:00

Compare Our Top 10 Hair Straighteners Other Straighteners We Tried Photograph: Kat Merck Paul Mitchell Neuro Style+ for $150: The latest in Paul Mitchell’s lineup of otherwise standout hair straighteners, this ceramic iron with Paul Mitchell’s new NeutraHeat temperature-regulating technology goes up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit and has dual voltage for travel. However, the body feels weirdly cheap and lightweight compared with older Paul Mitchell models, it took over a minute to heat up, and it

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Windows 11 now has better Bluetooth quality for game chat and voice calls

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-11-05 04:43:58

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is addressing muffled audio quality on Bluetooth headsets by introducing a new LE Audio feature for Windows 11. Built on top of the Bluetooth Low Energy radio spec, LE Audio uses a new compression algorithm that results in higher quality audio that Microsoft says will “drastically

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This Philips Hue Bridge Pro price leak won’t light up your face

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-05 12:47:10

Jonathan Feist / Android Authority TL;DR The Philips Hue Bridge Pro might cost ~$104. The device will be available for purchase starting September 4. The new model comes with many exciting upgrades, such as the MotionAware feature and support for three times more lights. It’s been almost a decade since the launch of the Philips Hue Bridge. While the current Hue setup remains one of the best options for anyone looking to install smart lights, enthusiasts have been eagerly awaiting the next ve

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The best smart lock for iPhone users just got a big upgrade - here's why it matters

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-11-05 12:45:18

Level Lock Pro ZDNET's key takeaways The Level Lock Pro is available for $350. This smart lock looks like a regular deadbolt, but supports Apple HomeKey, Matter-over-Thread, physical key, NFC fobs, and door status detection without extra sensors. You'll have to purchase a keypad separately if you prefer one to unlock, and Android users won't be able to use Apple HomeKey. View now at Level Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As an iPhone user, Apple HomeKey has become one of

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Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded. Now they want to silence him

news.ycombinator.com Jameson Dow 2025-11-05 09:49:23

Image: Empire Wind Oil-funded groups are engaging in strategic harassment to stop scientists from revealing the nature of their politically-linked disinformation networks – in what should be a surprise to nobody. A new report came out last week from the Climate & Development Lab (CDL) at Brown University, titled “Legal Entanglements: Mapping Connections of Anti-Offshore Wind Groups and their Lawyers in the Eastern United States.” The study focuses on several examples of law firms with connect

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WebLibre: The Privacy-Focused Browser

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-05 11:38:58

WebLibre: The Privacy-Focused Browser WebLibre is an independent browser project built on the foundation of Mozilla’s Gecko Engine and Mozilla Android Components . It offers a fully featured web browser with support for Firefox mobile add-ons, designed with privacy and usability at its core.

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This Visiting Interstellar Comet Just Keeps Getting Weirder

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-11-05 12:00:32

Ever since interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS whizzed into our cosmic neighborhood in July, astronomers have been racing to uncover its characteristics. Now that the powerful James Webb Space Telescope has taken a good look at this icy interloper, it seems to be weirder than anyone imagined. A preprint submitted to the Astrophysical Journal Letters for peer review on Monday, August 25, describes the first results from JWST’s survey of 3I/ATLAS. A team of astronomers observed the comet with the telesc

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Rokid Glasses Hands-On: Smart Glasses, Buggy Voice Assistant

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-11-05 14:00:46

Smart glasses are an exciting idea right now. In theory, they’re a new gadget that does lots of the stuff that our phones do, but in an always-there form factor. They can take pictures, make calls, translate menus, and—if the tech and the investment get there—they might slap a screen right onto eyeballs for notifications, navigation, and maybe even augmented reality à la Pokémon Go. I say “in theory” because just because smart glasses can do all of those things on paper doesn’t mean they can do

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22 of the Best Fantasy TV Shows on Netflix

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-05 14:00:03

Netflix is the go-to streamer for fantasy TV shows. The platform's roster is formidable. Other streamers may be hitting it hard in the genre space, but Netflix is always light years ahead. You've landed on this article because you're looking for quality fantasy TV shows to add to your watchlist. The real question is, where do you start? Finding the right program to invest your time in can be a challenge, considering how crowded the content landscape has become. Well, friend, you're in the right

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If These 8 Rumored iPhone 17 Pro Max Features Turn Out to Be True, I Just Might Switch

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-05 15:00:04

Now that we have a confirmed Sept. 9 date for when Apple will introduce the next fleet of iPhone models, it's time to get serious about about preparing for a phone switch. Do I hold onto my current iPhone Pro or jump to the latest iPhone 17 Pro based on what I'm hearing from the rumor mill? And just as important: If I do get a new iPhone, do I go for the larger iPhone 17 Pro Max model? Here's a rundown of some of the features rumored for the iPhone 17 Pro Max that I'm most curious about. Don't

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A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

wired.com Taylor Lorenz 2025-11-05 14:00:00

In a private group chat in June, dozens of Democratic political influencers discussed whether to take advantage of an enticing opportunity. They were being offered $8,000 per month to take part in a secretive program aimed at bolstering Democratic messaging on the internet. But the contract sent to them from Chorus, the nonprofit arm of a liberal influencer marketing platform, came with some strings. Among other issues, it mandated extensive secrecy about disclosing their payments and had restr

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‘Vibe-hacking’ is now a top AI threat

theverge.com Hayden Field 2025-11-05 14:00:00

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. “Agentic AI systems are being weaponized.” That’s one of the first lines of Anthropic’s new Threat Intelligence report, out today, which details the wide range of cases in which Claude — and likely many other leading AI agents and chatbots

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I tried using a $159 Chromebook as my main laptop for a week - and it was oddly satisfying

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-11-05 16:00:21

Asus CX15 Chromebook ZDNET's key takeaways Asus' CX15 Chromebook is available now for $159. It's one of the most affordable 15-inch laptops released this year, with a handful of features that make it especially good for students. The modest hardware puts a limit on its performance. $159 at Walmart Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Asus' CX15 Chromebook is an affordable, durable laptop that handles the basics for $159. With a standard hardware loadout and solid 15-inch for

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Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-05 14:14:19

Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification ICEBlock “is an innovative, completely anonymous crowdsourced platform that allows users to report Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity with just two taps on their phone.” The developer of ICEBlock disclosed his identity. In addition to receiving threats of federal prosecution over the app, the developer has faced other backlash, including his wife being fired from a federal government job. This is one recent example d

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 27, #808

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-05 08:51:00

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle is a mix. I saw the yellow category right away, and was so proud of myself, but the others weren't as simple. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Aug. 27, #338

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-05 09:12:00

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition features a lot of names, and I tend to do terribly on those puzzles. I do even worse when the puzzle editors change a letter in a bunch of names, as they did today. So I did terribly. But you can still solve the puzzle! Read on for hints and the answers. Co

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Microsoft hosts emergency press conference after protesters ‘storm a building’

theverge.com Jacob Kastrenakes 2025-11-05 08:22:24

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft president Brad Smith hosted an impromptu press conference on Tuesday afternoon, just hours after protesters gained access to a building at the company’s headquarters and held a sit-in demonstration inside his office. Seated on the edge of his desk, in the office that had been occupied by protester

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How procedural memory can cut the cost and complexity of AI agents

venturebeat.com Ben Dickson 2025-11-05 12:37:23

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now A new technique from Zhejiang University and Alibaba Group gives large language model (LLM) agents a dynamic memory, making them more efficient and effective at complex tasks. The technique, called Memp, provides agents with a “procedural memory” that is continuously updated as they gain experience, much like how humans learn from practice.

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Microsoft headquarters go into lockdown after activists take over Brad Smith’s office

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-11-05 12:32:17

Protesters stormed Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters on Monday and made it into president Brad Smith’s office in Building 34, forcing a temporary lockdown. The “No Azure for Apartheid” group reportedly live-streamed their sit-in on Twitch, hoisting banners, chanting ‘Brad Smith, you can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide!’ and posting a mock legal summons charging Smith with “crimes against humanity.” TechCrunch has reached out to Microsoft for more information. According to The Verge, the prot

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Anthropic launches Claude for Chrome in limited beta, but prompt injection attacks remain a major concern

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-11-05 17:22:13

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Anthropic has begun testing a Chrome browser extension that allows its Claude AI assistant to take control of users’ web browsers, marking the company’s entry into an increasingly crowded and potentially risky arena where artificial intelligence systems can directly manipulate computer interfaces. The San Francisco-based AI company announc

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Anthropic Will Settle Lawsuit With Authors Over Pirated AI Training Materials

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-05 16:27:00

Anthropic agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of authors alleging that the AI company illegally pirated their copyrighted books to use in training its AI models. The parties in the lawsuit filed a motion indicating the agreement with the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday. We don't yet know the terms of the settlement. Justin Nelson, lawyer for the authors, told CNET via email that more information will be announced soon. "This historic settlement will benefit all class member

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Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-05 17:26:03

Authors are celebrating a "historic" settlement expected to be reached soon in a class-action lawsuit over Anthropic's AI training data. On Tuesday, US District Judge William Alsup confirmed that Anthropic and the authors "believe they have a settlement in principle" and will file a motion for preliminary approval of the settlement by September 5. The settlement announcement comes after Alsup certified what AI industry advocates criticized as the largest copyright class action of all time. Alt

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Recent books from the MIT community

technologyreview.com Mit Alumni News Staff 2025-11-05 22:00:00

Data, Systems, and Society: Harness AI for Societal Good By Munther A. Dahleh, professor of EECS and founding director of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2025, $27.99 So Very Small: How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs —and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease By Thomas Levenson, professor of science writing PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE, 2025, $35 Perspectives in Antenna Technology: Recent Advances and Systems Applications By

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A new challenger is coming for Meta’s smart glasses throne

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-05 22:22:08

TL;DR Rokid has announced the launch of a Kickstarter for its new AI/AR glasses. The glasses feature a dual-eye screen that acts as a heads-up display for directions, real-time translation, and more. They are set to ship in November for $599. When you think of smart glasses, the first thing that probably comes to mind is Meta. The social media giant’s Ray-Ban smart glasses hold a tight grip on the market. However, a new challenger may loosen that grip with the launch of its new product. Don’

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Anthropic reaches a settlement over authors' class-action piracy lawsuit

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-05 22:03:38

Anthropic has settled a class-action lawsuit brought by a group of authors for an undisclosed sum. The move means the company will avoid a potentially more costly ruling if the case regarding its use of copyright materials to train artificial intelligence tools had moved forward. In June, Judge William Alsup handed down a mixed result in the case, ruling that Anthropic's move to train LLMs on copyrighted materials constituted fair use. However the company's illegal and unpaid acquisition of tho

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The iPhone 17 'Awe dropping' event is on September 9: Here's what to expect from Apple

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-05 22:41:57

We're now just two weeks away from the Apple iPhone 17 event. Themed "Awe dropping" this year, it'll be livestreamed on YouTube at 1PM ET from Cupertino. We'll also have Engadget staff reporting and liveblogging from the event. This year is shaking up to be a departure from recent events, with the strong possibility of an all-new superthin iPhone expected to join the company's lineup. Also on tap could be new Apple Watch models — including the first truly new Ultra model in two years — and (mayb

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LiteLLM (YC W23) is hiring a back end engineer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-05 22:00:46

TLDR LiteLLM is an open-source LLM Gateway with 27K+ stars on GitHub and trusted by companies like NASA, Rocket Money, Samsara, Lemonade, and Adobe. We’re rapidly expanding and seeking a founding full-stack engineer to help scale the platform. We’re based in San Francisco. What is LiteLLM LiteLLM provides an open source Python SDK and Python FastAPI Server that allows calling 100+ LLM APIs (Bedrock, Azure, OpenAI, VertexAI, Cohere, Anthropic) in the OpenAI format We have raised a $1.6M seed

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Amazon’s New ‘Wicked of Oz’ Reimagining Sounds Like a Disaster Waiting to Happen

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-11-05 22:45:08

Wicked was fun, and Wicked: For Good is a movie we’re looking forward to seeing later this year. But the adjacent Wizard of Oz hype that began with the Las Vegas Sphere‘s worrisomely AI-injected extravaganza has taken another odd turn: Dorothy, a new Amazon series in development, with Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton among its executive producers, that will interpret L. Frank Baum’s story in a whole new way. As Deadline reports, this new take on The Wizard of Oz is “a contemporary, music-infused

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