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OpenAI Is About to Make Employees Millionaires

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-12-15 00:36:36

It’s a figure so large it almost loses meaning: $500 billion. That is the staggering valuation OpenAI, the company behind the revolutionary ChatGPT, could soon command. The company is in discussions with investors for a deal that would allow its current and former employees to sell their privately held shares, a source familiar with the matter told Gizmodo. This type of deal, known in financial jargon as a secondary sale or a tender offer, would more than double OpenAI’s recent $260 billion val

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FedEx St. Jude Championship 2025: TV Schedule Today, How to Watch, Stream All the PGA Tour Golf From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-14 23:00:00

The battle to become the 2025 season champion picks up a gear this weekend as the FedEx Cup Playoffs get underway with the St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind. Keep reading to find out the best live TV streaming services you can use to watch each day of the tournament live wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if they're not available where you are. The first instalment of the three-part playoffs features a 68-man field from 70 qualifiers, with that number set to be cut down t

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NASA Rewrites the Rules for Developers of Private Space Stations

wired.com Eric Berger 2025-12-14 16:30:00

About five years from now, a modified Dragon spacecraft will begin to fire its Draco thrusters, pushing the International Space Station out of its orbit and sending the largest object humans have built in space inexorably to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. And then what? China’s Tiangong Space Station will still be going strong. NASA, however, faces a serious risk of losing its foothold in low-Earth orbit. Space agency leaders have long recognized this and nearly half a decade ago awarded abo

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The Best Golf Rangefinders (2025)

wired.com Ryan Waniata 2025-12-14 23:03:00

Golf is an incredibly difficult game, as any avid golfer can attest, so anything that gives you an edge is worthy of investment. The best golf rangefinders offer pinpoint precision in any conditions, helping you accomplish the Herculean task of driving a tiny dimpled ball into a small hole from hundreds of yards away. We started this list by pitting some of the very best rangefinders you can buy at multiple price ranges against one another over several rounds to gauge traits like accuracy, durab

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The Best Hearing Aids of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

wired.com Christopher Null 2025-12-15 00:00:00

How much money should you expect to spend on a hearing aid? The answer depends primarily on whether you’re looking into over-the-counter or prescription hearing aids. Unsurprisingly, the latter is a wallet guzzler, with average costs between $2,000 to $8,000. But OTCs can ring up quite a tab in their own right, and our most highly rated devices will still run you about $800 to $2,000 a pair. So far, we haven’t found an OTC device under this $800 price that is truly effective at treating hearing

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Duolingo stock skyrockets 30% on boosted guidance as AI powers user growth

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-12-15 05:41:16

Duolingo shares skyrocketed more than 30% after the language learning platform boosted its guidance due to strong user growth driven by artificial intelligence. The mobile learning platform hiked its full-year guidance to between $1.01 billion and $1.02 billion, up from a prior range of $987 million to $996 million. Duolingo also lifted its bookings guidance to between $1.15 billion and $1.16 billion. "We exceeded our own high expectations for bookings and revenue this quarter, and did it whil

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Synthetic Biology for Space Exploration

news.ycombinator.com Onofri 2025-12-11 18:30:48

The Apollo 11 Moon landing encouraged humankind to consider and investigate life beyond Earth more than 50 years ago1. However, in contrast to its lightning-fast success in terms of the remarkable technology development of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs, human space exploration has been confined in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the past 50 years. Nevertheless, other space agencies, such as the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), have joined the two

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Arm Desktop: x86 Emulation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 04:26:56

This post is part 5 of the "Let me try to use an AArch64 system as a desktop" series: Whenever people use a non-x86 system, sooner or later someone asks: “But can it run [name of x86-64 only binary]?”. So, let’s check how to make it possible. Software stack When you look for ‘how to run x86-64 apps on Fedora/Arm’, you usually end up with Asahi’s documentation about it. It is a good thing to read to understand the stack. But if your Arm system runs a 4K page size kernel, then most of that doc

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There Is a 100 Percent Chance That Your Body Is Deeply Contaminated With Dangerous Substances

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-15 10:42:09

Image by Getty / Futurism Developments The start of this year marked more than a quarter of the way through the 21st century. And though 2025 might not be full of flying cars and robot servants, there are a few sci-fi tropes that ended up panning out: novels like George Orwell's "1984," and Phillip K Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" are alive and well as real-world police use expansive surveillance networks to bust criminals before they even do anything wrong, while the sex robot m

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The Download: how AI is improving itself, and hidden greenhouse gases

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-12-15 10:10:00

Last week, Mark Zuckerberg declared that Meta aims to achieve smarter-than-human AI. He seems to have a recipe for achieving that goal, and the first ingredient is human talent: Zuckerberg has reportedly tried to lure top researchers to Meta Superintelligence Labs with nine-figure offers. The second ingredient is AI itself. Zuckerberg recently said on an earnings call that Meta will focus on building self-improving AI—systems that can bootstrap themselves to higher and higher levels of performa

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Sonos is raising prices this year to make up for tariff expenses

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-15 10:30:31

Sonos plans to raise prices across its products later this year in order to minimize the impact of tariffs on its earnings, the company has revealed alongside its financial results [PDF] for the third quarter of 2025. It hasn't listed the products and their new prices yet, but it said that it's evaluating any changes it might need to its promotional strategies and that it has flexibility to move production between Vietnam and Malaysia as needed. To note, the Trump administration had imposed a 20

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Library of Congress explains how parts of US Constitution vanished from its website

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-12-15 10:55:35

The Library of Congress has given a fuller explanation as to why large sections of the U.S. Constitution suddenly vanished from its official website. As TechCrunch previously reported, parts of Section 8, as well as the entirety of Section 9 and Section 10, were deleted from Article 1 of the Constitution on the U.S. government’s official website over the past month. The changes to the sections, which pertained to the Congressional powers, the rights of individual states, and the rights to due p

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SoftBank's Vision Fund posts best performance in 4 years

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-12-15 20:28:39

Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks at the SoftBank World event in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. SoftBank Group on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter profit that topped expectations, driven by gains in its Vision Fund tech investment arm. The Japanese giant reported 421.8 billion yen ($2.87 billion) in the quarter ended June, versus 127.6 billion yen expected, according to LSEG consensus estimates. It is the second straight quart

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The greenhouse gases we’re not accounting for

technologyreview.com James Temple 2025-12-15 18:00:00

Researchers around the world set to work unraveling the mystery, reviewing readings from satellites, aircraft, and greenhouse-gas monitoring stations. They eventually spotted a clear pattern: Methane emissions had increased sharply across the tropics, where wetlands were growing wetter and warmer. That created the ideal conditions for microbes that thrive in anaerobic muck, which gobbled up more of the carbon-rich organic matter and spat out more methane as a by-product. (Reduced pollution from

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How to disable ACR on your TV - and why it makes such a big difference doing so

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2025-12-15 18:00:17

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Did you know that whenever you turn on your smart TV, you invite an unseen guest to watch it with you? These days, most popular TV models utilize automatic content recognition (ACR), a form of ad surveillance technology that gathers information about everything you watch and transmits it to a centralized database. Manufacturers then use your data to identify your viewing preferences, enabling them to deliver highly targeted ads. Also: Your TV's USB port is seriously underutili

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The best antivirus software 2025

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2025-12-15 18:15:16

Antivirus software for your desktop PC, laptop, and mobile devices provides an additional layer of protection that goes beyond your operating system's default security. Today's antivirus solutions offer far more than just signature-based scans. They protect against threats such as phishing, ransomware, trojans, and worms. They may also warn you when you visit an untrusted website, when your personal details -- including passwords -- are found online due to data breaches, and when you are trying

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Scientists have recreated the Universe's first molecule

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-12 11:20:51

Immediately after the Big Bang, which occurred around 13.8 billion years ago, the universe was dominated by unimaginably high temperatures and densities. However, after just a few seconds, it had cooled down enough for the first elements to form, primarily hydrogen and helium. These were still completely ionized at this point, as it took almost 380,000 years for the temperature in the universe to drop enough for neutral atoms to form through recombination with free electrons. This paved the way

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New AI Coding Teammate: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

news.ycombinator.com Jerop Kipruto 2025-12-15 18:28:46

In June, we launched Gemini CLI, an open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini to your terminal. The enthusiastic adoption from developers has been incredible. To keep up with the flood of feature requests and contributions, we put our own tool to the test — using Gemini CLI to automate issue triage and pull request reviews. When community members noticed our new workflows, they asked us to share what we’ve built. Today, we’re introducing Gemini CLI GitHub Actions. It’s a no-cost, pow

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Want a Little More Sleep? Try This iOS 26 Alarm Trick

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-15 20:00:09

Apple released the first public beta of iOS 26 on July 24, which brought a new Liquid Glass design, call screening, and other features to developers' and beta testers' iPhones. It also updated the alarm feature in the clock app so you can change your snooze length, affording you a few more z's before you get up and tackle the day. Prior to this change, if you hit your iPhone alarm's snooze feature, you would always get an extra 9 minutes of shut-eye. With the iOS 26 beta, you can customize your

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SoftBank Vision Fund posts $4.8 billion gain to drive second straight quarter of group profit

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-12-15 22:19:30

Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks at the SoftBank World event in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. SoftBank Group on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter profit that topped expectations, driven by gains in its Vision Fund tech investment arm. The Japanese giant reported 421.8 billion yen ($2.87 billion) in the quarter ended June, versus 127.6 billion yen expected, according to LSEG consensus estimates. It is the second straight quart

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FDA approves eye drops that fix near vision without glasses

news.ycombinator.com Bronwyn Has Always Loved Words 2025-12-15 17:34:58

The first aceclidine-based eye drop to improve near vision in adults with presbyopia, which affects more than 100 million adults in the US alone, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and will be available within three months. Known as VIZZ, from pharmaceutical company LENZ, the drops are an aceclidine ophthalmic solution that effectively treats presbyopia in adults. The once-daily drops offer relief from blurry near. vision for up to 10 hours. "The FDA approval of VIZZ i

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SQLite offline sync for Android quick start

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-12 20:34:19

To see all available qualifiers, see our documentation . Saved searches Use saved searches to filter your results more quickly We read every piece of feedback, and take your input very seriously. You signed in with another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. You signed out in another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. You switched accounts on another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. Dismiss alert

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Cracking the Vault: How we found zero-day flaws in HashiCorp Vault

news.ycombinator.com Written By 2025-12-15 22:01:42

Introduction: when the trust model can’t be trusted Secrets vaults are the backbone of digital infrastructure. They store the credentials, tokens, and certificates that govern access to systems, services, APIs, and data. They’re not just a part of the trust model, they are the trust model. In other words, if your vault is compromised, your infrastructure is already lost. Driven by the understanding that vaults are high-value targets for attackers, our research team at Cyata set out to conduct

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OpenAI’s new GPT-5 models announced early by GitHub

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-12-15 22:29:37

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. GitHub has accidentally announced OpenAI’s new range of GPT-5 models. A now-deleted GitHub blog post reveals that GPT-5, which will be available in four different versions, offers “major improvements in reasoning, code quality, and user experience.” Reddit posters noticed a new GitHub blog

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The Browser Company launches a $20 monthly subscription for its AI-powered browser

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-12-15 21:26:41

The Browser Company has launched a Pro subscription plan for Dia, its new web browser that heavily integrates AI features. The plan costs $20 per month and provides unlimited access to Dia’s AI-powered chat and skills features. The introduction of a paid tier means free users will now face usage limits on AI features. While The Browser Company hasn’t specified exact limits, CEO Josh Miller told The New York Times in July that the browser will remain free for those who use AI features “a few tim

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How to upgrade your deadbolt with a smart lock - and the one I recommend most

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-12-15 22:15:15

Nuki Smart Lock ZDNET's key takeaways The Nuki Smart Lock is now available for $159 on its own, and $229 when combined with the Keypad 2. This smart lock fits into an existing deadbolt, supports Matter for easy integrations with smart home systems, and features hands-free unlocking. Though innovative, the Nuki smart lock requires a subscription for full remote access; it's also very loud when locking and unlocking, and the Keypad 2 is somewhat slow. $159 at Amazon I'm all for smart home techn

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The Inkhaven Blogging Residency

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 20:20:53

If you want to be excellent at something, it's extremely useful to do it every day. Athletes, musicians, and writers famously live by this advice. Separately, one of the world's strongest motivators is to be surrounded by ambitious, like-minded people. For the month of November, we're running a residency for talented writers to hone their craft by writing and publishing a blogpost every single day. We provide food and housing at-cost, so that you can focus on writing. We'll offer whatever we c

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Out-Fibbing CPython with the Plush Interpreter

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 18:18:07

Out-Fibbing CPython with the Plush Interpreter In the last post I talked about Plush, the toy programming language with actor-based parallelism I've been tinkering with. The implementation is still immature, but it's reached a point where I can write fun programs that produce 2D/3D graphics and parallelize things over multiple CPU cores. Something I'd like to try soon, for the fun of it, is to animate a spinning cube with software rendering (rasterization). Before I get to that though, I'd like

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The Day MOOCs Died: Coursera's Preview Mode Kills Free Learning

news.ycombinator.com Dhawal Shah 2025-12-11 21:23:21

Last week, Coursera’s new CEO, Greg Hart, delivered something the company’s investors had been eagerly awaiting: growth. In his first full quarter as CEO, Greg’s leadership helped drive Coursera’s stock price up 36% following the earnings call, pushing the company’s valuation past the $2 billion mark. However, this pursuit of prioritizing Wall Street could come at a cost to learners worldwide. The company is rolling out a “Preview Mode,” a feature that would lock almost all course content, inc

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The 20 Best Nintendo Switch Games Right Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-15 22:53:00

Nintendo has been one of the biggest names in gaming for decades, but for the last eight years, the Switch has held an especially strong grip on players, young and old. The standard console, Switch Lite and Switch OLED have blended incredible games you won't find anywhere else with a delightfully portable console format. Altogether, this generation of Nintendo systems sold upward of 143 million units globally, according to company financial data. After what was considered a failed launch of the

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