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Inside the AI startup frenzy: ‘Everyone’s pivoting, then pivoting again’

theverge.com Alex Heath 2026-01-31 16:00:00

Welcome to Decoder! I’m Alex Heath, Deputy Editor at The Verge and author of the Command Line newsletter. This is the first in a series of Thursday Decoder episodes that I’ll be hosting while Nilay is out on parental leave. I’ve been covering AI a lot at The Verge, and I’m excited to start sharing some of the conversations I regularly have with leaders in the space here. The plan is for each episode to focus on a specific theme, from the rise of deepfakes to how AI is reimagining the browser.

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Magic .env files built for sharing: Human-first, AI-friendly

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-31 23:59:06

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Aqara’s G410 Doorbell Camera Hub launches with HomeKit Secure Video, Matter, and RTSP support

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2026-02-01 11:40:00

Aqara has announced the release of its new Doorbell Camera hub, the Aqara G410 (use code AQARAUS7 to save 15% through 7/13). This smart video doorbell also functions as a Matter smart home hub. For those of us in the Apple ecosystem, the standout feature is full support for HomeKit Secure Video and Matter, making it one of the few battery-powered doorbells on the market to support Apple’s smart home video storage feature. Some of my favorite gear Aqara Smart Lock U50 Upgrade your doors with App

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Show HN: Typeform was too expensive so I built my own forms

news.ycombinator.com Preet Suthar 2026-02-01 10:02:51

Ikiform is an open-source alternative to Typeform and Google Forms, designed to help you create beautiful forms effortlessly. I really love this, I'm going to use it for my design studio! The AI is really neat I just got a form up in no time, and it just has built-in rate limiting and content filtering that's INSANE!

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Mighty mitochondria: Cell powerhouses harnessed for healing

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-01 12:10:31

James McCully was in the lab extracting tiny structures called mitochondria from cells when researchers on his team rushed in. They’d been operating on a pig heart and couldn’t get it pumping normally again. McCully studies heart damage prevention at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and was keenly interested in mitochondria. These power-producing organelles are particularly important for organs like the heart that have high energy needs. McCully had been wondering whether t

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New Prime Day Deals Updated Live—Tracked By Our Veteran Team

wired.com Louryn Strampe 2026-02-01 10:14:48

From now until the sale inventory expires, a very nice looking, very precise kettle is on a very rare sale. The matte-white, maple-antlered version of the Fellow Corvo EKG Pro kettle is on sale for a mere $160. This is a lovely electric kettle that'll heat water to any precise temperature you'd like, and look good while doing it. Anyway, this Corvo is the wide-spouted, slightly more versatile version of one of my favorite kettles on earth, the Fellow Stagg EKG Pro—which sports a gooseneck spout

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Tempur-Pedic Promo Codes: Up to 50% Off

wired.com Julia Forbes 2026-02-01 11:00:00

Life is hard, but you know what isn’t? Tempur-Pedic mattresses. This brand’s been around for a long while, which isn’t shocking given the high-quality materials that perform for those that need advanced pressure relief and support. If you’re someone who deals with regular aches and pains, this is a good place to start looking for a new mattress. For those that also want to avoid putting a strain on their budget, now’s a good time to look, as Tempur-Pedic is launching its summertime 4th of July s

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Show HN: Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-01 15:17:31

Petrichor An offline music player for macOS Summary ✨ Features Everything you'd expect from an offline music player! Map your music folders and browse your library in an organized view. Create playlists and manage the play queue interactively. Browse music using folder view when needed. Pin anything (almost!) to the sidebar for quick access to your favorite music. Navigate easily: right-click a track to go to its album, artist, year, etc. Native macOS integration with menubar and

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Microsoft shares $500M in AI savings internally days after cutting 9,000 jobs

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2026-02-01 16:06:01

Microsoft’s chief commercial officer Judson Althoff said during a presentation this week that AI tools are boosting productivity across sales, customer service, and software engineering, Bloomberg reports. Althoff noted AI has been so useful that Microsoft was able to save more than $500 million last year in its call center alone. The internal remarks come a week after Microsoft laid off more than 9,000 workers, the company’s third round of layoffs this year that put the total number of affecte

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IEEE TCPP: 2025 Awards and Achievements in Parallel Processing

computer.org Enrique Quezada 2026-02-01 16:57:40

The Role of TCPP in Advancing Parallel Processing The Technical Community on Parallel Processing (TCPP) serves as a global platform dedicated to advancing research and education in parallel processing while also contributing to the development of technical standards in the field. It focuses on a range of topics related to the design, analysis, and implementation of parallel systems and solutions. This includes the design and analysis of parallel architectures, algorithms, and the development o

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Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

news.ycombinator.com Mike Isaac 2026-02-01 11:52:04

Linda Yaccarino, the chief executive of X and a top lieutenant to its owner, Elon Musk, said on Wednesday that she was leaving the company two years after joining the social media platform. In a post on X, Ms. Yaccarino, 61, said: “When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company. I’m immensely grateful to him for entrusting me.” She did not provide a reason for her departure. Ms. Yacc

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Anker Recalls More Power Banks: Here's How to Get a Free Replacement or Gift Card

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-01 20:28:00

Electronics company Anker expanded an official global recall of some of its Power Bank products, adding five more models to a recall of the Anker PowerCore 10000 power banks with the model number A1263 announced earlier in June. The recall was initiated following 19 reports of the portable chargers catching fire and exploding. Anker's products are made in China. In addition to the June recall of the A1263 and a previous October 2024 recall of the A1642 PowerCore 10000, new products recalled are

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Making Explainable Minesweeper

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-29 02:56:04

🎮Game 🧩Puzzle 💣Minesweeper 🤖Algorithm 💻Game Dev Background I recently purchased and played a game called 14 Minesweeper Variants during a Steam Summer sale. It was a fun game. However, I became curious while looking at the hints provided in the game. What exactly are these? Actually, when I played Minesweeper, which was a default Windows game, I could solve cases where there was a definite answer, but I remember stepping on countless mines in ambiguous situations. For example, situations like

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Prime Day Deals: These Stylish Bluetooth Headphones Impressed Me With Their Crazy Battery Life, and They've Never Been Cheaper

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-02 00:04:00

Amazon Prime Day sale: Marshall's Major V headphones are worth it even at full price, but they're a steal right now at $100 -- or around 38% off -- during Prime Day. I might not be a true battle-tested headphone expert like CNET's own David Carnoy, but I still love headphones and I'm confident in what I like about them. My most recent pickup, the Marshall Major V on-ear bluetooth headphones, quickly became a pair that I adore. What is Marshall? Marshall is a British audio hardware company tha

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Nvidia briefly touched $4 trillion market cap for first time

cnbc.com Samantha Subin Kif Leswing 2026-02-02 06:25:35

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends a roundtable discussion at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 11, 2025. Nvidia stock rose on Wednesday lifting the company's market cap briefly past $4 trillion for the first time as investors scooped up shares of the tech giant that's building the bulk of the hardware for the generative artificial intelligence boom. However, Nvidia stock ended finishing the day only up 1.

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Qantas confirms data breach impacts 5.7 million customers

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-02 06:14:28

Australian airline Qantas has confirmed that 5.7 million people have been impacted by a recent data breach, in which threat actors stole customers' data. On July 1st, Qantas disclosed that it had detected a cyberattack the previous day on a third-party platform used by a Qantas airline contact centre. While the company did not share any further details, BleepingComputer learned that the attack shared similarities with other attacks on the aviation industry linked to threat actors classified as

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Nvidia Makes History

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-02-02 03:14:33

Nvidia made history on Wednesday, becoming the first company in the world to reach a $4 trillion market capitalization. This unprecedented milestone solidifies its position as a dominant force in the global economy and a key player in the artificial intelligence revolution. While OpenAI and its viral chatbot ChatGPT might be the public face of AI, Wall Street looks to Nvidia as the true barometer of this transformative technology. Nvidia designs and manufactures the advanced graphics processing

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Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-02 06:08:27

Extensions installed on almost 1 million devices have been overriding key security protections to turn browsers into engines that scrape websites on behalf of a paid service, a researcher said. The 245 extensions, available for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, have racked up nearly 909 million downloads, John Tuckner of SecurityAnnex reported. The extensions serve a wide range of purposes, including managing bookmarks and clipboards, boosting speaker volumes, and generating random numbers. The common

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MLB will test its robot umpire system at the next All-Star Game

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-02 11:37:32

While human umpires will still make the first call at the All-Star Game on July 15, Major League Baseball plans to let teams use a robot umpire to challenge rulings, ESPN reports. The automated ball-strike (ABS) system has been around for years in one form or another, but relying on a computer's judgement of a pitch has yet to become a permanent fixture of major league play. MLB is essentially porting over the ABS challenge system used during spring training for the upcoming All-Star Game in At

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A Third Interstellar Visitor Is Here, and Astronomers Might Know Where It Came From

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-02-02 11:17:26

After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some well-deserved time off. It would appear the universe had other plans for him. The very next day, the Atlas Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, detected a mysterious object whizzing toward the Sun. Early observations suggested that it came from outside our solar system, potentially marking the third discovery of an interstellar object

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McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants' Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’

wired.com Andy Greenberg 2026-02-02 11:28:50

If you want a job at McDonald’s today, there’s a good chance you'll have to talk to Olivia. Olivia is not, in fact, a human being, but instead an AI chatbot that screens applicants, asks for their contact information and résumé, directs them to a personality test, and occasionally makes them “go insane” by repeatedly misunderstanding their most basic questions. Until last week, the platform that runs the Olivia chatbot, built by artificial intelligence software firm Paradox.ai, also suffered fr

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Neobank Revolut seeks $65B valuation, a year after its $45B deal

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2026-02-02 11:57:39

In Brief Europe’s fintech darling Revolut is looking to raise a new funding round that would give it a $65 billion valuation, the Financial Times reports. The UK-based company is reportedly in talks to raise around $1 billion by issuing new shares and selling existing ones. The US-based firm Greenoaks is said to be leading the round, though the deal has not been finalized, and terms could change. TechCrunch reported in April that the company saw a 72% increase in revenue last year, netting $1

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COO exit creates unanswered questions about Apple Watch and Health future

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-02-02 16:23:05

Apple made an interesting omission in yesterday’s chief operating officer transition announcement. Design, which previously reported to COO Jeff Williams, will soon report to CEO Tim Cook, but the press release stopped short of explaining where Williams’ other product responsibility will go when he leaves. What happens to Apple Watch and Health after the COO transition? Operations veteran Sabih Khan will take over as COO later this month, but Jeff Williams will hang around the company throug

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AI mania pushes Nvidia to record $4 trillion valuation

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-02 16:35:15

On Wednesday, Nvidia became the first company in history to reach $4 trillion market valuation as shares rose more than 2 percent, reports CNBC. The GPU maker's stock has climbed 22 percent since the start of 2025, continuing a trend driven by demand for AI hardware following ChatGPT's late 2022 launch. The milestone marks the highest market cap ever recorded for a publicly traded company, surpassing Apple's previous record of $3.8 trillion set in December. Nvidia first crossed $2 trillion in F

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The Bezos-funded climate satellite is lost in space

theverge.com Justine Calma 2026-02-02 16:03:47

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. A satellite tracking global methane pollution has gone dark, imperiling a mission that garnered enormous support from Jeff Bezos and other big names in tech. Methane is the primary ingredient of so-called “natural gas” that is even more potent than carbon dioxide when it come

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As Waymo Debuts in Philadelphia, It May Want to Look Into the Time Furious Locals Tore Apart an Adorable Robot

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-02 21:09:51

The City of Brotherly Love is known for lots of things: cheesesteaks, the Liberty Bell, Paddy's Pub, and residents who don't take kindly to outsiders messing around in their business. Way back in 2015, Philadelphians' territorial nature briefly became national news when hitchBOT — a child-size hitchhiking robot that relied on the kindness of strangers and had already traversed several entire countries with their help — arrived in Philadelphia and quickly got decapitated by furious locals. The

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This Linux distro makes openSUSE accessible to all - even newbies should take a look

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-02-02 21:03:45

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET OpenSUSE is a powerful operating system, but I still haven't recommended it to new Linux users. Why? It's too powerful, and it doesn't include essential day-to-day software. That's a shame, because openSUSE is also very reliable, stable, and secure. Fortunately, Antônio Medeiros has created a spin of openSUSE that's more accessible for less-experienced users. That distribution is Linux Kamarada, and it offers the power of openSUSE with the ease of us

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Nvidia Makes History: The World’s First $4 Trillion Company Is Here

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-02-02 21:14:33

Nvidia made history on Wednesday, becoming the first company in the world to reach a $4 trillion market capitalization. This unprecedented milestone solidifies its position as a dominant force in the global economy and a key player in the artificial intelligence revolution. While OpenAI and its viral chatbot ChatGPT might be the public face of AI, Wall Street looks to Nvidia as the true barometer of this transformative technology. Nvidia designs and manufactures the advanced graphics processing

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ANC Nothing Earbuds With ChatGPT Integration Cost Nothing for Prime Day, Lowest Price Since Launch

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2026-02-02 21:50:36

Every single person has a reason why they’d benefit from owning a pair of noise-cancelling headphones or earbuds. Riding the subway, turning off the world around you while listening to the newest Sabrina Carpenter album. Sitting at your desk at work, crunching some numbers while catching up on your favorite podcast breaking down the discourse surrounding the newest Sabrina Carpenter album. For Prime Day, Nothing’s noise-cancelling earbuds with ChatGPT integration has been chopped down by 37%. Th

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Northwood Space successfully tests second-generation phased array antenna

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-02 21:00:37

Northwood Space has completed initial testing of the second generation of its phased array antenna technology, which can simultaneously communicate with spacecraft across a range of orbits, from near Earth all the way out to geostationary space. The prototype gateway was able to connect with several satellites in space during recent testing, said Bridgit Mendler, co-founder and chief executive of Northwood Space. This successful demonstration has given Northwood confidence to move into commerci

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Inside the AI startup frenzy: ‘Everyone’s pivoting, then pivoting again’

Magic .env files built for sharing: Human-first, AI-friendly

Aqara’s G410 Doorbell Camera Hub launches with HomeKit Secure Video, Matter, and RTSP support

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Mighty mitochondria: Cell powerhouses harnessed for healing

New Prime Day Deals Updated Live—Tracked By Our Veteran Team

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Microsoft shares $500M in AI savings internally days after cutting 9,000 jobs

IEEE TCPP: 2025 Awards and Achievements in Parallel Processing

Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Making Explainable Minesweeper

Prime Day Deals: These Stylish Bluetooth Headphones Impressed Me With Their Crazy Battery Life, and They've Never Been Cheaper

Nvidia briefly touched $4 trillion market cap for first time

Qantas confirms data breach impacts 5.7 million customers

Nvidia Makes History

Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots

MLB will test its robot umpire system at the next All-Star Game

A Third Interstellar Visitor Is Here, and Astronomers Might Know Where It Came From

McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants' Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’

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COO exit creates unanswered questions about Apple Watch and Health future

AI mania pushes Nvidia to record $4 trillion valuation

The Bezos-funded climate satellite is lost in space

As Waymo Debuts in Philadelphia, It May Want to Look Into the Time Furious Locals Tore Apart an Adorable Robot

This Linux distro makes openSUSE accessible to all - even newbies should take a look

Nvidia Makes History: The World’s First $4 Trillion Company Is Here

ANC Nothing Earbuds With ChatGPT Integration Cost Nothing for Prime Day, Lowest Price Since Launch

Northwood Space successfully tests second-generation phased array antenna

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