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Nintendo is cracking down on Switch 2 mods, bans target reprogrammable cartridges

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-09-10 18:09:00

Facepalm: Besides offering a substantial hardware upgrade and exciting new features, the Switch 2 is also shaping up to be a decidedly anti-modding platform. The new console includes robust anti-piracy measures, and users are already starting to feel the effects on their accounts. Multiple reports confirm what many suspected from the start: Nintendo is actively working to block "easy" modding attempts and prevent potential piracy on its new console. Nintendo certainly isn't losing money on Swi

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Honda Unexpectedly Enters the Space Race With First Successful Rocket Launch

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-09-10 19:01:07

In a bizarre twist, Honda, the Japanese car manufacturer, has taken its engineering off-road—and into space. The company launched and landed a prototype reusable rocket on Tuesday, June 17, marking a key milestone toward its newfound goal of achieving suborbital spaceflight by 2029. In the surprise announcement, Honda R&D—the company’s research arm—said it successfully completed the first launch and landing test of its 20.6-foot (6.3-meter) experimental reusable launch vehicle after reaching an

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Nintendo is already banning Switch 2 flashcart users

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-09-10 23:09:00

Facepalm: Besides offering a substantial hardware upgrade and exciting new features, the Switch 2 is also shaping up to be a decidedly anti-modding platform. The new console includes robust anti-piracy measures, and users are already starting to feel the effects on their accounts. Multiple reports confirm what many suspected from the start: Nintendo is actively working to block "easy" modding attempts and prevent potential piracy on its new console. Nintendo certainly isn't losing money on Swi

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Building Effective AI Agents

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-10 22:50:05

Over the past year, we've worked with dozens of teams building large language model (LLM) agents across industries. Consistently, the most successful implementations weren't using complex frameworks or specialized libraries. Instead, they were building with simple, composable patterns. In this post, we share what we’ve learned from working with our customers and building agents ourselves, and give practical advice for developers on building effective agents. What are agents? "Agent" can be de

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OpenAI weighs “nuclear option” of antitrust complaint against Microsoft

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-11 07:26:28

OpenAI executives have discussed filing an antitrust complaint with US regulators against Microsoft, the company's largest investor, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, marking a dramatic escalation in tensions between the two long-term AI partners. OpenAI, which develops ChatGPT, has reportedly considered seeking a federal regulatory review of the terms of its contract with Microsoft for potential antitrust law violations, according to people familiar with the matter. The potential antitr

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Elon Musk’s xAI is reportedly seeking a $4.3B equity raise

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-09-11 11:26:47

In Brief Elon Musk’s startup xAI is trying to raise a $4.3 billion equity investment, according to a report from Bloomberg. This equity funding would be in addition to the $5 billion that Musk is allegedly trying to raise in debt funding for the combined entity of X and xAI. The company appears to be raising money again after landing a $6 billion cash infusion in December, because it has already spent much of its money. xAI makes Grok, the AI chatbot that’s embedded inside the social network

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Fleet lands $27M Series B to expand open device management with cloud and self-hosting flexibility

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2025-09-11 15:00:00

Device management vendor Fleet has raised $27 million in Series B funding to accelerate development of its open device management platform. The round was led by Ten Eleven Ventures and brings Fleet’s total funding to $52.3 million. The company reports 6x revenue growth over the past two years and plans to use the funding to expand adoption across enterprises looking for flexible deployment options. Some of my favorite gear eufyCam 2C Upgrade your home security with wireless cameras that include

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Spotify's Daniel Ek leads $694 million investment in defense startup Helsing

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-09-11 23:41:59

Helsing uses AI to analyze large amounts of sensor and weapons system data from the battlefield. European defense technology startup Helsing on Tuesday said that it's raised 600 million euros ($693.6 million) in a bumper new round of funding. The investment was led by Prima Materia, the venture capital firm founded by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and by Shakil Khan, an early investor in the popular music streaming app. Ek is also chairman of Helsing. Existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, A

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Generative AI coding tools and agents do not work for me

news.ycombinator.com Miguel Grinberg 2025-09-12 07:33:45

People keep asking me If I use Generative AI tools for coding and what I think of them, so this is my effort to put my thoughts in writing, so that I can send people here instead of having to repeat myself every time I get the question. From the title you already know that this isn't a pro-AI blog post. But it isn't an anti-AI post either, at least I don't think it is. There are already plenty of articles by AI promoters and AI critics, so I don't feel there is a need for me to write one more o

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The cracks in the OpenAI-Microsoft relationship are reportedly widening

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-09-12 05:40:51

In Brief OpenAI and Microsoft may be reaching an inflection point in their relationship, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The report, citing anonymous sources, says OpenAI executives have considered publicly accusing Microsoft of anticompetitive behavior throughout their partnership. OpenAI executives also mulled whether to seek a federal regulatory review of their contract with Microsoft. OpenAI is trying to loosen Microsoft’s grip on its intellectual property and computin

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Best Reading Glasses to Buy Online in 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-13 07:02:00

Strength Reading glasses typically range from +0.25 to +2.50 diopters (the unit of measurement for eye prescriptions), though the average starting strength is usually around +0.75. In rare cases, reading glass strength can go up to +4.00. “Tips for buying reading glasses online are similar to buying ready-made reading glasses at the drugstore: it’s a convenient option, but it’s not a good idea for everyone,” says Ravi Goel, MD, clinical spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. “

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Darklang Goes Open Source

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-13 14:41:44

As part of shutting down Dark Inc. and forming Darklang Inc. , we've finally open-sourced all of our repositories. Our source code is now under the Apache License 2.0. For years, we wrestled with questions of sustainability and how to build something that truly empowers developers. We've long believed in open source philosophically, but felt that Darklang's unique architecture and business model required a different approach. Why We Initially Chose Source-Available We originally designed Dark

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What Deep Learning Reveals About Consumer Engagement

computer.org Enrique Quezada 2025-09-14 15:54:02

Predicting how users will engage with ads can be challenging. Traditionally, advertising companies use cookies and embedded monitoring codes that produce a record of how users engage with ad content. But when it comes to predicting user engagement ahead of time, a novel approach is needed. Zhong Ding of Xinjiang University and Xing Feng Fan of Sichuan International Studies University demonstrated a new, unique approach to predicting user engagement in a paper written for the 2024 International

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Studio555 raises $4.6M to build playable app for interior design

venturebeat.com Rachel Kaser 2025-09-14 16:00:00

Studio555 announced today that it has raised €4 million, or about $4.6 million in a seed funding round. It plans to put this funding towards creating a playable app, a game-like experience focused on interior design. HOF Capital and Failup Ventures led the round, with participation from the likes of Timo Soininen, co-founder of Small Giant Games; Mikko Kodisoja, co-founder of Supercell; and Riccardo Zacconi, co-founder of King. Studio555’s founders include entrepreneur Joel Roos, now the CEO, C

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The Skyscraper That Could Have Toppled over in the Wind (1995)

news.ycombinator.com Joseph Morgenstern 2025-09-14 06:40:16

Within this seemingly simple computation, however, lurks a powerful multiplier. At any given level of the building, the compression figure remains constant; the wind may blow harder, but the structure doesn’t get any heavier. Thus, immense leverage can result from higher wind forces. In the Citicorp tower, the forty-per-cent increase in tension produced by a quartering wind became a hundred-and-sixty-per-cent increase on the building’s bolts. Precisely because of that leverage, a margin of safe

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How Covid-19 Changed Hideo Kojima’s Vision for ‘Death Stranding 2’

wired.com Silvio Mazzitelli 2025-09-14 11:30:00

When legendary game designer Hideo Kojima announced to the world that Death Stranding 2 would soon be released, he made it known that Covid-19 had completely changed his idea for this sequel. “We released Death Stranding before the Covid-19 pandemic, when the world was moving toward isolation and division—as with Brexit. The idea behind it was ‘Let's connect. We’ll face disaster if we don’t connect.’ The theme, the story, and the gameplay of the first chapter all revolved around that idea,” Koj

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Infineon security microcontroller flaw enabled extraction of TPM secret keys

news.ycombinator.com Denis Laskov 2025-09-14 00:02:41

A few months ago, security researcher Thomas Roche presented his fundamental research on secure elements used in the YubiKey 5. The security element is the Infineon SLE78, which contains a proprietary implementation of the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA). Using side-channel attacks and a great deal of smart research, the author discovered a vulnerability in Infineon Technologies' cryptographic library and, as a result, was able to extract the ECDSA secret key from the secure

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Suspect in Minnesota Shooting Linked to Security Company, Evangelical Ministry

wired.com Tess Owen 2025-09-14 06:49:05

A man named Vance Boelter allegedly shot and killed Melissa Hortman, a Democratic Minnesota state representative, and her husband Mark Hortman at their home at some point early Saturday morning while, according to law enforcement, impersonating a police officer. He also allegedly shot state senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette Hoffman at their home. They are alive, but remain in critical condition. Law enforcement has said they found a manifesto and hit list in the alleged suspect’s car, wh

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Solidroad (YC W25) Is Hiring

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-14 04:00:07

Every day, millions of customers have terrible experiences. Support teams get blamed. Budgets get slashed. Quality drops further. Everyone shrugs and calls it "the cost of doing business." We think that's wrong. We started Solidroad because we believe customer experience can be both excellent and efficient. We're building the AI that turns every customer conversation into a learning opportunity. We're creating software that makes customer teams more effective. And we're just getting s

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Apple announces global in-person sessions to dive deeper into WWDC25 updates

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-15 03:25:45

Apple is taking WWDC25 on the road. Following the close of its week-long developer conference, the company has scheduled a worldwide series of in-person events and online appointments to give developers, designers, and product managers a closer look at what’s new. Here’s how you can register. Branded as “Explore the biggest updates from WWDC25”, (via MacMagazine) these sessions aim to highlight key technologies unveiled during the conference, including updates to Apple Intelligence, visionOS, d

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AirTag 2 Rumors: The Most Recent Leaks and What They Mean

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-16 05:45:02

It's been more than four years since Apple launched the original AirTag. In Apple years, that's practically a lifetime. While the little tracker has become a go-to for finding lost keys, wallets and luggage, it is severely overdue for an update. That sort of delay is unusual for Apple, which tends to refresh most of its product lines every couple of years. Now, as we head into summer travel season, when item trackers are more useful than ever, rumors and hints are heating up that a second-gen A

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Ars Technica’s gift guide for Father’s Day: Give dad some cool things

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-16 16:30:04

Greetings Arsians! It's time—at least in some parts of the world—to celebrate dads. Father's Day is nearly here, and as there's a custom of gift-giving, many of us will have to choose something. Below, various Ars editors have identified a few things they've bought recently that they think could be great gifts for dads—with the caveat that there are an indefinably large spectrum of variations of what dads are like. Still, we did our best to include a few things that are pretty general, and a few

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Roundtable (YC S23) Is Hiring a President / CRO

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-16 22:00:00

Roundtable is a research and deployment company building the proof-of-human layer in digital identity. Roundtable seeks to research and build real-world Turing Tests, and to productize these developments in bot detection, fraud prevention, and continuous authentication. You’ll be joining Roundtable’s C-suite alongside CEO Mayank Agrawal and CTO Mathew Hardy. The primary job will be to design, manage, and execute the commercial muscle of the company. You should be prepared to spend your time do

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One Survivor Walks Away From Air India Plane Crash That Killed 241: Report

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-09-17 23:35:39

A London-bound plane carrying 242 people crashed in Ahmedabad, India, shortly after takeoff on Thursday. Air India flight 171 crashed into B.J. Medical College, where early reports suggest dozens more have been killed on the ground, according to the New Indian Express. There was one survivor from the plane, according to the BBC. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh survived the crash, according to the Hindustan Times and the BBC, which cites Ahmedabad’s police chief GS Malik as a source. The man, a 40-year-ol

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Gecko Robotics raises $125 million in deal valuing critical infrastructure startup over $1 billion

cnbc.com Ian Thomas 2025-09-19 00:57:08

Gecko Robotics announced on Thursday that it raised $125 million in a Series D funding round, raising the AI and robotics company's valuation to $1.25 billion. The new round of funding means the Pittsburgh-based company has reached unicorn status, roughly twelve years after it was founded by Jake Loosararian. The company's previous round of funding, a $173 million Series C in December 2023, valued it at $633 million. To date, the company has raised $347 million from investors including USIT, X

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SchemeFlow (YC S24) Is Hiring a Founding Engineer (London) to Speed Up Construction

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-18 22:08:43

Overview We’re looking for an excellent Full-Stack Engineer to join the team. Someone with unstoppable grit, a relentless bias to action, and a “make it happen” mentality. You’ll be joining the trenches in a Y-Combinator backed AI company in London. You’ll be inspired by the mission to deploy technology to unlock the bureaucracy of getting things built. And you’ll be pumped to have a chance to work with a relentlessly driven, high-performance, ambitious team. About the role Tech You will be

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Vibe Coding Is Coming for Engineering Jobs

wired.com Will Knight 2025-09-18 23:30:00

On a 5K screen in Kirkland, Washington, four terminals blur with activity as artificial intelligence generates thousands of lines of code. Steve Yegge, a veteran software engineer who previously worked at Google and AWS, sits back to watch. “This one is running some tests, that one is coming up with a plan. I am now coding on four different projects at once, although really I’m just burning tokens,” Yegge says, referring to the cost of generating chunks of text with a large language model (LLM)

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ANBERNIC nailed the Xperia Play vibes so hard that fans are demanding an actual phone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-18 19:31:49

TL;DR ANBERNIC revealed the full specs of the RG Slide, with a UNISOC Tiger T820 SoC. The design is heavily inspired by sliding devices like the Xperia Play and PSP Go. Many nostalgic fans comment that they wish the gaming handheld were an actual phone. ANBERNIC seems to have struck a chord with its upcoming RG Slide, but maybe not the one it expected. In a promotional video earlier today, the company revealed the sliding device’s full specs, leaving nothing to the imagination. We already kn

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Here are the new AirPods features Apple just announced

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-16 21:17:20

Apple has announced two new AirPods features coming to some existing models – including bringing back a feature from the EarPods days … Camera control You may recall that back in the wired EarPods days, you could use them as a remote shutter release for the camera. This feature is now being brought to AirPods, letting you trigger the camera remotely, ideal for group shots when you’ve mounted your iPhone on a tripod or supported it in some other way. Capturing content at a distance is easier t

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iOS 26 gives boarding passes three new features for your next flight

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-18 00:26:09

Using boarding passes on your iPhone has become common practice. But after years with no changes to the feature, iOS 26 is about to upgrade your Apple Wallet boarding passes in several key ways. Apple Wallet offers more reasons to use a digital boarding pass in iOS 26 Yesterday Apple unveiled iOS 26 and the many new features it introduces. One area of focus is the Wallet app, which will soon gain new Car Key supported brands. Another big Wallet change involves travel. Many of us save our bo

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Latest Tech News

Nintendo is cracking down on Switch 2 mods, bans target reprogrammable cartridges

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