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Sri Mandir keeps investors hooked as digital devotion grows

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-08-20 20:45:29

AppsForBharat, the Indian startup behind the Hindu devotional app Sri Mandir, has raised $20 million in a new round — just over nine months after securing $18 million — as the app continues to attract not only devotees but also strong investor interest. Susquehanna Asia Venture Capital led the Series C round with participation from existing investors, including Indian billionaire and tech veteran Nandan Nilekani’s Fundamentum Partnership, Elevation Capital, and Peak XV Partners. Religious devo

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Steam can now show you how much frame generation changes your games

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-08-21 00:35:06

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Valve has added a new performance monitor to Steam that can help you understand why a game may or may not be running smoothly. Not only does it break out a game’s overall frame rate, it can tell you how many of those frames were generated by techniques like Nvidia’s DLSS or AMD’s FSR, according to a post. The change is included as part of an update to the Steam Client that’s

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Apple might ditch internal AI efforts for Siri revamp, use OpenAI or Anthropic instead

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-08-21 16:20:50

Apple is in talks with Anthropic and OpenAI to power the revamped version of Siri, potentially sidelining its own in-house AI models in the process. Here are the details. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has asked both OpenAI and Anthropic to train customized versions of their large language models that could run on Apple’s Private Cloud Compute infrastructure. Rather than relying on third-party cloud platforms like AWS or Azure, these models would live on servers powered by Apple s

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Shadow of a Doubt

news.ycombinator.com Andrew Kay 2025-08-19 10:00:49

Adjust Share Listen to an audio version of this article. “I want y’all to walk to the sign that represents the kind of OCD you most identify with,” announces the moderator, a young woman named Angie Bello who sits cross-legged on the carpet and whose service doodle, Sully, has docked his submarine snout in her lap. Around the room, volunteers hoist placards that say things like violent harm ocd, sexuality ocd, and contamination ocd. They smile benignly, and for an instant all one hundred of us

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The ‘Superman’ We Need Right Now: A Report From the Set of James Gunn’s New DC Film

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-08-22 04:00:31

When Superman started kissing the football on a stick, it all clicked together. The day was June 24, 2024 and io9 was in Cleveland to watch the filming of James Gunn’s Superman. At the end of a giant battle over the streets of Metropolis, the Man of Steel knelt down to kiss and profess his love to an inanimate object that special effects would later transform into his dog, Krypto. That little dash of heartfelt weirdness, in the middle of a massive action scene, did a near-perfect job of showing

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Trump’s Proposed Budget Threatens Key Part of Mission to Send Astronauts to Mars

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-08-22 04:55:50

For more than 20 years, NASA has relied on a network of spacecraft circling Mars to send data to and from the Red Planet. Without the constellation of five orbiters, the agency would not have been able to land its rovers on Mars or guide them through its terrain. Although the White House is keen on advancing human missions to the Martian surface, it also wants to get rid of that vital lifeline The Mars Relay Network is a fleet of orbiters equipped with radio systems powered by the Sun to mainta

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OpenAI reportedly ‘recalibrating’ compensation in response to Meta hires

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-08-22 19:16:40

In Brief With Meta successfully poaching a number of its senior researchers, an OpenAI executive reportedly reassured team members Saturday that company leadership has not “been standing idly by.” “I feel a visceral feeling right now, as if someone has broken into our home and stolen something,” Chief Research Officer Mark Chen wrote in a Slack memo obtained by Wired. In response to what appears to be a Meta hiring spree, Chen said that he, CEO Sam Altman, and other OpenAI leaders have been w

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Scientists Playing God are Building Human DNA From the Ground Up

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-22 22:45:21

Image by Getty / Futurism Studies Biological science has made such astonishing leaps in the last few decades, such as precise gene editing, that scientists are now tackling the next logical — yet inherently controversial — step: fabricating human DNA from the ground up. Details are a bit vague, but a team of scientists in the United Kingdom have embarked on a new project to construct what they describe in a statement as the "first synthetic human chromosome." The scientists hope that the five

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Couples Retreat for Humans Dating AIs Becomes Skin-Crawlingly Uncomfortable

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-23 01:00:25

A well-intentioned writer decided to get a group of humans and their AI companions together for a cabin retreat. Somehow, it went worse than anyone could have imagined. As Johns Hopkins science writer Sam Apple described in a new essay for Wired, the apps that each human participant used to communicate with their AI companions varied — but the intensity, obsession, and affection they felt for their digital paramours seemed very real, albeit sometimes tortured. The weekend getaway started, as A

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Scientists Launch Wild New Project to Build a Human Genome From Scratch

gizmodo.com Natalia Mesa 2025-08-22 23:00:04

A team of UK-based researchers is going where no scientist has dared to go—writing artificial human DNA from scratch. They’re hoping the project will answer fundamental questions about the human genome and transform our understanding of health and disease. But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full synthetic human genomes, wary of propelling us into a dystopian, Gattaca-esque future full of designer babies. Now,

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Ars reflects on Apollo 13 turning 30

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-22 23:05:29

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Oscar-winning film, Apollo 13, director Ron Howard's masterful love letter to NASA's Apollo program in general and the eponymous space mission in particular. So we're taking the opportunity to revisit this riveting homage to American science, ingenuity, and daring. (Spoilers below.) Apollo 13 is a fictional retelling of the aborted 1970 lunar mission that became a "successful failure" for NASA because all three astronauts made it back to Earth a

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Against AI: An Open Letter from Writers to Publishers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-22 22:48:36

To Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan, and all other publishers of America: We are standing on a precipice. At its simplest level, our job as artists is to respond to the human experience. But the art we make is a commodity, and our world wants things quickly, cheaply, and on demand. We are rushing toward a future where our novels, our biographies, our poems and our memoirs—our records of the human experience—are “written” by artificial intell

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Authors call on publishers to limit their use of AI

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-08-22 20:51:36

In Brief An open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire calls on book publishers to pledge to limit their use of AI tools, for example by committing to only hire human audiobook narrators. The letter argues that authors’ work has been “stolen” by AI companies: “Rather than paying writers a small percentage of the money our work makes for them, someone else will be paid for a technology built on our unpaid labor.” Among other c

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Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8GB vs. 16GB Tested Across PCIe 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0

techspot.com Steven Walton 2025-08-22 19:36:00

Recently we examined how PCI Express bandwidth influences the performance of the 8 GB Radeon RX 9060 XT when local video memory (VRAM) is exceeded. The entire purpose of that testing was to push past the VRAM limit, which, unfortunately for 8 GB graphics cards, is a relatively easy task in 2025. This can happen even when using settings that would otherwise be highly playable, as demonstrated by the 16 GB model. This is an interesting test for several reasons, the most notable being that PCIe ba

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Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8GB vs. 16GB Tested Across PCIe 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0

techspot.com Steven Walton 2025-08-22 19:41:00

Recently we examined how PCI Express bandwidth influences the performance of the 8 GB Radeon RX 9060 XT when local video memory (VRAM) is exceeded. The entire purpose of that testing was to push past the VRAM limit, which, unfortunately for 8 GB graphics cards, is a relatively easy task in 2025. This can happen even when using settings that would otherwise be highly playable, as demonstrated by the 16 GB model. This is an interesting test for several reasons, the most notable being that PCIe ba

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At 20 years old, Reddit is defending its data and fighting AI with AI

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-08-22 17:00:01

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman stands on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after ringing a bell on the floor setting the share price at $47 in its initial public offering (IPO) on March 21, 2024 in New York City. For 20 years, Reddit has pitched itself as "the front page of the internet." AI threatens to change that. As social media has changed over the past two decades with the shift to mobile and the more recent focus on short-form video, peers like MySpace, Digg and Flickr have fade

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AI agents are hitting a liability wall. Mixus has a plan to overcome it using human overseers on high-risk workflows

venturebeat.com Ben Dickson 2025-08-22 19:27:45

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more While enterprises face the challenges of deploying AI agents in critical applications, a new, more pragmatic model is emerging that puts humans back in control as a strategic safeguard against AI failure. One such example is Mixus, a platform that uses a “colleague-in-the-loop” approach to make AI agents reliable for mission-critical work

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London's largest ancient Roman fresco is “most difficult jigsaw puzzle”

news.ycombinator.com Kate Mothes 2025-08-18 18:49:35

Timelapse of the MOLA specialist team reassembling a section of wall plaster. All images © MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), shared with permission London’s Largest Ancient Roman Fresco Makes for the ‘World’s Most Difficult Jigsaw Puzzle’ ArtHistory Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Bookmark One of the remarkable things about a city like London, which has been inhabited for nearly 2,000 years, is that no matter where a developer chooses to build, chances are there’s some relic of the past buried

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Anthropic’s Claude AI became a terrible business owner in experiment that got ‘weird’

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-08-22 21:00:00

For those of you wondering if AI agents can truly replace human workers, do yourself a favor and read the blog post that documents Anthropic’s “Project Vend.” Researchers at Anthropic and AI safety company Andon Labs put an instance of Claude Sonnet 3.7 in charge of an office vending machine, with a mission to make a profit. And, like an episode of “The Office,” hilarity ensued. They named the AI agent Claudius, equipped it with a web browser capable of placing product orders and an email addr

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London's Largest Ancient Roman Fresco Is “Most Difficult Jigsaw Puzzle”

news.ycombinator.com Kate Mothes 2025-08-18 23:49:35

Timelapse of the MOLA specialist team reassembling a section of wall plaster. All images © MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), shared with permission London’s Largest Ancient Roman Fresco Makes for the ‘World’s Most Difficult Jigsaw Puzzle’ ArtHistory Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Bookmark One of the remarkable things about a city like London, which has been inhabited for nearly 2,000 years, is that no matter where a developer chooses to build, chances are there’s some relic of the past buried

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Rob Biederman will help founders rethink how to scale at TechCrunch All Stage 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-08-23 00:40:11

If you’re a founder looking to grow your startup, chances are you’re wrestling with more than just product or capital. Talent, scale, and smart execution are the real battlegrounds. That’s exactly what TechCrunch All Stage 2025 is built to address on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station. Rob Biederman, managing partner at Asymmetric Capital Partners and one of the sharpest minds in talent, tech, and scaling strategy, will share his insights in a roundtable session. This is THE place where you

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DC Comics at Theme Parks Has Had a Bizarre History but ‘Superman’ Could Change That

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-08-23 04:30:40

There’s nostalgia for the Batman movie era at Six Flags as we head toward a new DC Studios era with Superman, On a recent visit to Magic Mountain, I found myself reminiscing fondly about the stunt shows from the ’90s. Both Batman Forever and Batman & Robin were draws as WB movie-inspired attractions for folks who didn’t want to only do roller coasters. The most vivid memory I have is Batman swinging into action and riding in the Batmobile for the explosive, stunt-heavy Magic Mountain version of

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Bigger bitcoin HODL: Time for 10% to 40% of portfolio in crypto, says financial advisor Ric Edelman

cnbc.com Talia Kaplan Jordan Smith Afshan Musani 2025-08-23 08:22:28

Four years ago, financial advisor Ric Edelman went out on a limb in saying everyone should hold cryptocurrencies. But how much? Low single digits was his recommendation. In his "The Truth about Crypto" book in 2021, Edelman said as low as a 1% allocation was reasonable. A lot has changed. This week, Edelman said financial advisors should be recommending anywhere from 10% to 40% allocations to cryptocurrencies, and he is aware it's quite a shift in his own thinking. "Today I am saying 40%, th

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Here’s why M4 MacBook Pro is one of the best upgrades you can make right now

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-08-23 08:57:45

Last October, Apple announced the M4 MacBook Pro. On the surface, it looks like yet another MacBook Pro spec bump. However, there are a number of key features that make it worth upgrading to, even if you already have an older 14″ MacBook Pro. Why M4? There’s recently been a pretty big flip in MacBook Pro pricing, which gradually took place over the past year or so: First, Apple introduced a new entry-level MacBook Pro at $1599 in 2023 with baseline M3 Then, it upped the base memory to 16GB a

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Why ‘Superman’ Has So Many Superheroes in It

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-08-23 08:00:55

Even before seeing it, it’s clear there are many, many things that set James Gunn’s Superman apart from other versions of the character. One is that, though this is very much a Superman movie, Superman interacts with a bunch of other superheroes. There’s the Guy Gardner Green Lantern, Mister Terrific, Hawkgirl, and more. It was an interesting choice for Gunn to make, especially since this is our first real glimpse at the larger DC Universe he’s helping to create. So we asked him about it. Speak

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Bigger bitcoin HODL: Time for 10% to 40% of portfolio in crypto, say financial advisor Ric Edelman

cnbc.com Talia Kaplan Jordan Smith Afshan Musani 2025-08-23 12:49:09

Four years ago, financial advisor Ric Edelman went out on a limb in saying everyone should hold cryptocurrencies. But how much? Low single digits was his recommendation. In his "The Truth about Crypto" book in 2021, Edelman said as low as a 1% allocation was reasonable. A lot has changed. This week, Edelman said financial advisors should be recommending anywhere from 10% to 40% allocations to cryptocurrencies, and he is aware it's quite a shift in his own thinking. "Today I am saying 40%, th

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Behold, a Script for ‘The Batman Part II’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-08-23 16:31:19

It feels like the only thing we’ve heard about The Batman Part II for years now is that various people are waiting on a script to be delivered. Now, with all the energy of a schoolboy rushing to file homework that was due earlier in the week, Reeves has provided evidence: some words that will potentially be in The Batman Part II exist. Reeves took to social media this afternoon to seemingly confirm that the latest version of his sequel to the 2022 DC film was finally ready to be sent off to Jam

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Amazon Wants Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Bond’ Movie as Soon as Possible

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-08-24 00:15:25

Now that we know a Denis Villeneuve-helmed Bond reboot is officially coming, there’s a very obvious next question: who’s gonna step into the role of 007? A new report from Variety suggests some of the top contenders, and the selection of actors in the running is fascinatingly mixed, at least in the sense that the character is traditionally played by a Brit. Australian-born Jacob Elordi, star of Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Frankenstein for Netflix, is a strong pick and stands apart from the re

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Acer Swift Go 16 (2025) Review: Affordable OLED Laptop Without Massive Compromises

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-24 07:00:05

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 8.3 / 10 SCORE Acer Swift Go 16 (2025) $1,150 at Acer Pros Gorgeous OLED display Excellent productivity performance Fairly well priced for what's on offer Cons Disappointing battery life Bizarre, narrow number pad Pricing inconsistencies Acer's latest iteration of the Swift Go 16 line spans a wide gamut of roles and prices. It's designed to fill out a

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There's Still Time to Grab 'Superman' Early Screening Tickets if You Have Prime

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-24 07:39:20

Don't want to wait until July 11 to watch James Gunn's Superman movie? If catching what's likely to be one of the biggest blockbusters of the summer three days early sounds like a game-changer, Amazon could be your hero. Until July 8 -- also the start of Amazon Prime Day -- Prime members in the US can now buy tickets for early access screenings of Superman that will take place in select theaters on July 8 at 7 p.m. local time, DC Studios and Amazon said earlier in June. A Prime membership costs

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Latest Tech News

Sri Mandir keeps investors hooked as digital devotion grows

Steam can now show you how much frame generation changes your games

Apple might ditch internal AI efforts for Siri revamp, use OpenAI or Anthropic instead

Shadow of a Doubt

The ‘Superman’ We Need Right Now: A Report From the Set of James Gunn’s New DC Film

Trump’s Proposed Budget Threatens Key Part of Mission to Send Astronauts to Mars

OpenAI reportedly ‘recalibrating’ compensation in response to Meta hires

Scientists Playing God are Building Human DNA From the Ground Up

Couples Retreat for Humans Dating AIs Becomes Skin-Crawlingly Uncomfortable

Scientists Launch Wild New Project to Build a Human Genome From Scratch

Ars reflects on Apollo 13 turning 30

Against AI: An Open Letter from Writers to Publishers

Authors call on publishers to limit their use of AI

Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8GB vs. 16GB Tested Across PCIe 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0

Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8GB vs. 16GB Tested Across PCIe 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0

At 20 years old, Reddit is defending its data and fighting AI with AI

AI agents are hitting a liability wall. Mixus has a plan to overcome it using human overseers on high-risk workflows

London's largest ancient Roman fresco is “most difficult jigsaw puzzle”

Anthropic’s Claude AI became a terrible business owner in experiment that got ‘weird’

London's Largest Ancient Roman Fresco Is “Most Difficult Jigsaw Puzzle”

Rob Biederman will help founders rethink how to scale at TechCrunch All Stage 2025

DC Comics at Theme Parks Has Had a Bizarre History but ‘Superman’ Could Change That

Bigger bitcoin HODL: Time for 10% to 40% of portfolio in crypto, says financial advisor Ric Edelman

Here’s why M4 MacBook Pro is one of the best upgrades you can make right now

Why ‘Superman’ Has So Many Superheroes in It

Bigger bitcoin HODL: Time for 10% to 40% of portfolio in crypto, say financial advisor Ric Edelman

Behold, a Script for ‘The Batman Part II’

Amazon Wants Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Bond’ Movie as Soon as Possible

Acer Swift Go 16 (2025) Review: Affordable OLED Laptop Without Massive Compromises

There's Still Time to Grab 'Superman' Early Screening Tickets if You Have Prime

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