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DeepSeek to open source parts of online services code

techcrunch.com Kyle Wiggers 2025-07-18 09:36:46

In Brief Chinese AI lab DeepSeek plans to open source portions of its online services’ code as part of an “open source week” event next week. DeepSeek will open source five code repositories that have been “documented, deployed and battle-tested in production,” the company said in a post on X on Thursday. Code repositories are storage locations for software development assets, and typically contain source code as well as configuration files and project documentation. “As part of the open-sou

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Apple pulls iCloud end-to-end encryption feature for UK users after government demanded backdoor

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-07-18 09:58:24

Apple confirmed Friday that it “can no longer” offer a security feature that allows users in the United Kingdom to encrypt their iCloud data. In a statement provided to TechCrunch, Apple spokesperson Fred Sainz said the company’s Advanced Data Protection feature will no longer be available to new users and current U.K. users “will eventually need to disable this security feature.” “We are gravely disappointed that the protections provided by ADP will not be available to our customers in the U.

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Apply to Speak at TechCrunch Sessions: AI before the deadline

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-07-18 10:00:00

AI Innovators, seize your moment! Have insights that could inspire 1,200 AI founders, investors, and enthusiasts eager to advance the future of AI? Take center stage, influence the AI conversation, and exchange ideas at TechCrunch Sessions: AI on June 5 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. We’re gathering top AI visionaries from the startup world to lead compelling sessions and interactive roundtables. Join us in helping entrepreneurs, founders, and innovators navigate the evolving world of AI.

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Report: AI coding assistants aren’t a panacea

techcrunch.com Kyle Wiggers 2025-07-18 10:11:09

In Brief As they gain in popularity, AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot may appear to be boosting productivity. But in reality, they could be causing overall code quality to decline. That’s the top-line finding from a new report released by software engineering platform GitClear, which analyzed 211 million code lines from 2020 to 2024. According to GitClear’s analysis, there was a remarkable decline in code reuse last year — a potential cause for concern, given that code reuse is a co

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Five of the most important fintech VCs investing heavily in the sector

techcrunch.com Mary Ann Azevedo 2025-07-18 10:30:00

Global investing in fintech startups is starting to see an uptick. Just this week, KPMG issued its Pulse of Fintech report for the second half of 2024. In the fourth quarter of 2024, investment climbed to $25.9 billion from $18 billion in the third quarter, according to KPMG. Granted, this is not the enthusiasm of years past, especially the wild days of 2021. But judging by our inboxes, there is no shortage of venture capitalists still betting big on the space. Below is a list of just a few VC

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How automotive exec Crystal Brown founded CircNova, an AI drug discovery biotech

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-07-18 11:00:00

Tiny Michigan biotech startup CircNova has raised a $3.3 million seed round for its technology that uses AI to target “circular RNA.” The development holds promise as a new method to quickly develop therapies for conditions that currently have no drug treatments. The new funding is also a victory lap for co-founder and CEO Crystal Brown, who took an unconventional path to becoming a biotech founder. RNA, or ribonucleic acid, is a key molecule that helps convert genetic information into protein

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The real reason why oil and gas companies are bullish on carbon capture

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-07-18 11:41:46

Two years ago, oil and gas company Occidental bought carbon capture startup Carbon Engineering. The transaction was hailed as a win-win: A climate tech company scored a significant exit, and a fossil fuel company gained a foothold in a sector that could be worth up to $150 billion by 2050. Now we have a better idea why Occidental was keen to pick up the pricey technology: They want to use it to pump more oil. Previously, the company had said it would use the technology to zero out its climate

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Crypto exchange Bybit says it was hacked and lost around $1.4 billion

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-07-18 12:00:33

Crypto exchange Bybit announced on Friday that “a sophisticated attack” led to the theft of ethereum (ETH) from one of the company’s offline wallets. Bybit’s chief executive and co-founder Ben Zhou said in a livestream that the hackers stole around 401,346 ETH, which at the time of the theft amounts to about $1.4 billion. Both crypto security firm Elliptic, as well as crypto security researcher ZachXBT, the total amount of ETH stolen is worth around $1.4 billion, making this the largest known

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Augury and Hightouch joined the unicorn club

techcrunch.com Anna Heim 2025-07-18 12:05:00

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Startup life is a story of births and deaths. This week confirmed this, and it confirmed that unicorn rounds are not dead. Most interesting startup stories from the week Image Credits:Natalie Christman / Humane As happens often in the startup world, it’s been a week of beginnings and endings. Thinking machines: Thinking Machines Lab, the n

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The Vision Pro is getting Apple Intelligence in April

techcrunch.com Brian Heater 2025-07-18 12:07:17

Apple Intelligence is heading to the Vision Pro, as part of an upcoming operating system update. Apple confirmed on Friday that its generative AI platform will arrive on the extended reality headset as part of VisionOS 2.4. A beta version of the software is currently available for developers. The public version is set for an April release Like the iPhone and Mac before it, the Vision Pro will receive Apple Intelligence updates in waves. The first set includes several familiar offerings, focused

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This 1.9-pound smartphone battery life can be measured in months

techspot.com Shawn Knight 2025-07-17 21:16:00

Bottom line: Advances in battery technology combined with more efficient hardware and smarter software have allowed smartphones to reach impressive runtime milestones. To borrow a phrase from the automotive world, however, "there's no replacement for displacement" – meaning capacity is still king. The problem, of course, is that few want to lug around a handset with a giant battery just to get more uptime between charges… or at least, that's what most manufacturers believe. For those who priori

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Programmer gets a NES to emulate a PC, and it's as ridiculous as it sounds

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-07-17 21:57:00

Ancient tech showcase: How far can you go in emulating old PC technology on an even older console? One programmer set out to answer this challenging question, relying on an array of software tricks to achieve his goal. Fortunately, no actual hardware was harmed in the process. NES86 is a newly unveiled project designed to bring early PC system emulation to the Nintendo Entertainment System. The emulator can seemingly recreate an Intel 8086 processor, along with essential PC hardware, with enoug

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What does Jack Ma's return to the spotlight in China mean?

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-07-18 02:42:26

What does Jack Ma's return to the spotlight in China mean? 5 hours ago João da Silva Business reporter CCTV A meeting between Chinese president Xi Jinping and some of the country's foremost business leaders this week has fuelled excitement and speculation, after Alibaba founder Jack Ma was pictured at the event. The charismatic and colourful Mr Ma, who was one of China's most prominent businessmen, had withdrawn from public life after criticising China's financial sector in 2020. His reappear

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Meta approves plan for bigger executive bonuses following 5% layoffs

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-07-18 04:46:47

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Executives at Meta stand to get bigger bonuses this year. The company said in a corporate filing Thursday that it had approved "an increase in the target bonus percentage" for its annual bonus plan for executives. Meta's named executive officers could earn a bonus of 200% of their base salary under the new plan, up from the 75% they earned previously, according to the filing. The updated b

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It’s the end of the road for Chromecast with Google TV

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-18 06:16:47

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is discontinuing the Chromecast with Google TV, including both the 4K and HD models, after nearly five years on the market. The Chromecast with Google TV is no longer available on Google Store, with the new Google TV streamer priced at $99.99 as its replacement. Existing Chromecast with Google TV users will still receive software updates, including Android 14, but future updates may not include many new features. Nearly five years after its de

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The best VPN services of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2025-07-17 23:55:28

Virtual private networks (VPNs) encrypt your data and hide your IP address. But there is far more to VPNs than that: they are essential tools to stop others from spying on your online activities, and they can help protect your sensitive information from theft. A VPN is vital when you are traveling or when you have to use public Wi-Fi networks. They forge an encrypted tunnel between your device and the service you are trying to access, which can prevent eavesdropping and stop you from being so e

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Software engineering job openings hit five-year low?

news.ycombinator.com Amsterdam 2025-07-18 03:11:13

Hi, this is Gergely with a bonus issue of the Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter. In every issue, I cover topics related to Big Tech and startups through the lens of engineering managers and senior engineers. This article is an excerpt from last week's The Pulse, issue – full subscribers received the below details seven days ago. To get articles like this in your inbox, subscribe here. Many subscribers expense the newsletter – if you have a learning & development budget, here's an email you could se

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Show HN: I built an AI voice agent for Gmail

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-17 23:04:04

It's secure and free Power through emails with Pocket, the ultimate voice-based AI assistant. Designed for dealmakers. for more Take Action Get through your email with an assistant that understands intent Speak Freely You're in control – pause, interrupt, or change your mind at any time Just Ask Find exactly what you're looking for with conversational search

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Helix: A vision-language-action model for generalist humanoid control

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-17 18:30:54

Introducing Helix We're introducing Helix, a generalist Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model that unifies perception, language understanding, and learned control to overcome multiple longstanding challenges in robotics. Helix is a series of firsts: Full-upper-body control : Helix is the first VLA to output high-rate continuous control of the entire humanoid upper body, including wrists, torso, head, and individual fingers. Multi-robot collaboration : Helix is the first VLA to operate simultaneo

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DeepSeek Open Infra: Open-Sourcing 5 AI Repos in 5 Days

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-18 05:24:39

Hello, DeepSeek Open Infra! 202502 Open-Source Week We're a tiny team @deepseek-ai pushing our limits in AGI exploration. Starting next week, we'll open-source 5 repos – one daily drop – not because we've made grand claims, but simply as developers sharing our small-but-sincere progress with full transparency. These are humble building blocks of our online service: documented, deployed and battle-tested in production. No vaporware, just code that moved our tiny moonshot forward. Why? Becaus

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Joe Rogan Is No Longer the King of Podcasts

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-07-17 22:30:01

Following the 2024 Presidential election, it seemed like there was one big winner who wasn’t on a ballot: Joe Rogan. The podcast host seemingly succeeded in putting his finger on the scale and using his platform to help propel Donald Trump back into the White House. But ever since Trump took office, Rogan’s numbers have been slipping. According to The Daily Beast, he got knocked out of the top spot on the charts by anti-Trump podcast MeidasTouch, and he’s not taking it particularly well. On Twi

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Best Noise-Canceling Headphones for 2025

cnet.com David Carnoy 2025-07-17 19:20:00

Google Pixel Buds Pro: The Pixel Buds Pro are Google's first earbuds to feature active noise canceling. While it's nice that they finally have a feature that a lot of true-wireless earbuds have had for a while, what ultimately sets the Pixel Buds Pro apart and makes them worth considering -- particularly for Android users -- is their distinct design and winning fit. That helps enhance their performance on both the sound quality and noise-canceling fronts. While not quite elite for voice-calling,

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Will quantum computers disrupt critical infrastructure?

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-07-18 07:40:04

Will quantum computers disrupt critical infrastructure? 3 hours ago Joe Fay Technology Reporter Google Many organisations are developing quantum computers Twenty five years ago computer programmers were racing to fix the millennium bug amidst fears that it would cause banking systems to crash and planes to fall out of the sky. Much to everyone's relief the impact turned out to be minimal. Today, some fear there is a new critical threat to the world’s digital infrastructure. But this time, we

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Elon Musk Just Caused a Huge Headache for the New Head of NASA

futurism.com Unknown 2025-07-18 05:06:08

SpaceX CEO and unelected White House advisor Elon Musk unexpectedly said today that he wants the International Space Station destroyed "as soon as possible." In a tweet today, the mercurial entrepreneur asserted that it's "time to begin preparations for deorbiting the space station," arguing that "it has served its purpose," with "very little incremental utility." Instead, Musk argued, the station should be destroyed within two years — but left the final decision "up to the President." It's a

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Marvel Rivals disrupted the Twitch scene from launch | StreamElements

venturebeat.com Rachel Kaser 2025-07-18 06:46:08

StreamElements this week put out its latest State of the Stream report for January 2025. In most respects, the report shows typical behavior for Twitch’s audience — viewership numbers take a dive in December and then rebound after the new year, which happened in this case. However, not only do we have a new top streamer for the month, but the most-viewed games list has been shaken up by the arrival of Netease’s Marvel Rivals. According to StreamElement’s report, which was done in partnership wi

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Together AI’s $305M bet: Reasoning models like DeepSeek-R1 are increasing, not decreasing, GPU demand

venturebeat.com Sean Michael Kerner 2025-07-18 08:30:38

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More When DeepSeek-R1 first emerged, the prevailing fear that shook the industry was that advanced reasoning could be achieved with less infrastructure. As it turns out, that’s not necessarily the case. At least, according to Together AI, the rise of DeepSeek and open-source reasoning has had the exact opposite effect: Instead of reducing the need for infrastructure, it is

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How test-time scaling unlocks hidden reasoning abilities in small language models (and allows them to outperform LLMs)

venturebeat.com Ben Dickson 2025-07-18 08:59:54

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Very small language models (SLMs) can outperform leading large language models (LLMs) in reasoning tasks, according to a new study by Shanghai AI Laboratory. The authors show that with the right tools and test-time scaling techniques, an SLM with 1 billion parameters can outperform a 405B LLM on complicated math benchmarks. The ability to deploy SLMs in complex reasoni

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Mark your calendar: T-Mobile’s free MLB.TV offer returns next month

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-18 06:23:58

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR T-Mobile is once again offering a free season of access to MLB.TV for subscribers. You’ll have to redeem this deal in the T-Life app between March 25 and March 31. This follows the currently available promotion for free MLS Season Pass. Whether you’re a sports fan, or just a fan of getting something nice for nothing, this was a good week for you, as just a couple days back we saw T-Mobile offer a free MLS Season Pass as the latest T-Mobile Tuesday perk.

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Aqara Smart Lock U300 drops to its all-time low price, and I bought it!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-18 08:10:58

I have been looking at smart locks for some time, and just a few days ago, I posted a couple of deals on options from Aqara and eufy. Well, I made up my mind! I pulled the trigger on the Aqara Smart Lock U300, and the deal is still on, so you can take advantage of it, too. It’s $50 off, which brings the cost down to $179.99. Get the Aqara Aqara Smart Lock U300 for $179.99 ($50 off) This offer is available from Amazon, and it is labeled as a “limited time deal.” It’s available in Black and Silve

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Oops! Nothing owns up to camera comparison blunder with iPhone 16 Pro Max

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-18 09:54:27

Nothing prides itself on being an industry disruptor, releasing smartphones that match the efficiency of flagship devices while costing significantly less. The company frequently takes jabs at other smartphone brands, calling their devices boring and nothing more than empty product iterations, all while claiming its mission is to make tech fun again. Well, fun it did have at the expense of Apple’s reigning flagship — the iPhone 16 Pro Max. Unfortunately, this time, Nothing’s attempt to take down

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