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Intel to outsource marketing to Accenture and AI, cutting in-house staff

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-09-04 05:52:00

What just happened? Intel is preparing for a major transformation of its marketing operations, marking a significant shift in how the company approaches customer engagement and internal organization. Under the direction of newly appointed CEO Lip-Bu Tan, the technology giant will outsource a substantial portion of its marketing work to Accenture, a global consulting firm, with artificial intelligence playing a central role in the transition. This move is expected to result in significant layoff

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Final Fantasy fans, now is the time to get into Magic: The Gathering

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-09-03 14:00:00

The Final Fantasy Magic: The Gathering set is here, and there’s never been a more perfect assemblage of Magic cards. The set features cards taken from every mainline Final Fantasy title, including the two MMOs, so there’s something for every generation of Final Fantasy lovers. And while Magic has featured other video game crossovers in the past (hello, Assassin’s Creed and Fallout!), with the way this set is constructed, from card mechanics to art, you can tell this one is a developer favorite,

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How Borderlands 4 mixes the action up with Fadefields and The Vault | Graeme Timmins interview — The DeanBeat

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-09-04 02:00:00

Borderlands 4 has some clear runway now that Grand Theft Auto VI is coming next year instead of this year. The action role-playing first-person shooter looter game (now priced at $70 instead of the previously floated $80) is coming on September 12 on the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and the Windows PC. I visited 2K’s Hangar 13 studio in Novato, California, and played a couple of hours of Borderlands 4. I have been writing up my impressions this week. I also interviewed the

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Cloud quantum computing: A trillion-dollar opportunity with dangerous hidden risks

venturebeat.com Julius Černiauskas 2025-09-04 05:00:00

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Quantum computing (QC) brings with it a mix of groundbreaking possibilities and significant risks. Major tech players like IBM, Google, Microsoft and Amazon have already rolled out commercial QC cloud services, while specialized firms like Quantinuum and PsiQuantum have quickly achieved unicorn status. Experts predict that the global QC ma

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Wiki Radio: The thrilling sound of random Wikipedia

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-04 17:15:15

The thrilling sound of random Wikimedia Inspired by WikiTok , I thought I'd make something to discover sounds uploaded to Wikimedia. From political speeches and bird noises to genuine bangers, it's mostly wholesome, though I cant guarantee it won't play you something horrible once in a while.If you want shorter sounds, try it in Revolution 9 Mode.

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US Army Appoints Palantir, Meta, OpenAI Execs as Lt. Colonels

news.ycombinator.com Wyatt Reed 2025-09-05 04:53:28

Four senior executives at Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI have been formally appointed lieutenant colonels in the US Army following the creation of a “special” unit created for rich Big Tech mavens seeking military leadership roles. On June 13, the Army announced the creation of Detachment 201, otherwise known as the “Executive Innovation Corps,” which it describes as “a new initiative designed to fuse cutting-edge tech expertise with military innovation.” Four ultra-wealthy executives from top tec

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Microsoft lays out its path to useful quantum computing

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-05 05:52:35

On Thursday, Microsoft's Azure Quantum group announced that it has settled on a plan for getting error correction on quantum computers. While the company pursues its own hardware efforts, the Azure team is a platform provider that currently gives access to several distinct types of hardware qubits. So it has chosen a scheme that is suitable for several different quantum computing technologies (notably excluding its own). The company estimates that the system it has settled on can take hardware q

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Rolling the ladder up behind us

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-05 07:51:02

Rolling the ladder up behind us Published on 2025-06-20 , 5674 words, 21 minutes to read Who will take over for us if we don't train the next generation to replace us? A critique of craft, AI, and the legacy of human expertise. A picture of two patches of wild grass bifurcated by a retaining pond. - Photo by Xe Iaso, Canon EOS R6 Mark 2, unknown lens Cloth is one of the most important goods a society can produce. Clothing is instrumental for culture, expression, and for protecting one's modes

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Midjourney's new animation tool turns images into short videos - here's how

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-05 17:46:00

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNET A growing number of AI sites and services are able to generate short videos based on your descriptions or still images. Now, you can add Midjourney to the mix. On Wednesday, the popular AI image creator announced that users can now animate their images into five-second videos. The new feature is available to all Midjourney subscribers, including those on the $10-per-month Basic plan, and offers a variety of ways to cook up cool videos. Also: I test AI tools f

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Ahead of Google Assistant’s death, Gemini finally inherits this much-loved feature

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-06 01:13:08

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini has finally received another long-awaited Google Assistant feature. The chatbot can now identify songs playing nearby using the Google app’s Song Search feature. Previously, Gemini would recommend using third-party music recognition apps when asked to identify a song. Gemini lacked several Google Assistant features at launch, but steady updates from Google have brought it closer to being a comprehensive replacement for the legacy voice assistant.

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MIT brain scans suggest that using GenAI tools reduces cognitive activity

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-09-06 13:20:00

Why it matters: As the use of generative AI becomes increasingly common in education, law, politics, media, and other fields, many worry that reliance on the technology may reduce cognitive independence. A recent study from MIT strongly supports this concern, indicating that the use of digital tools significantly alters brain activity. The newly published paper explains that as participants in an experiment wrote a series of essays, electronic brain monitoring revealed substantially weaker conn

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Cannabis scientists are trying to find a predictable, reliable product (2020)

news.ycombinator.com Gary Greenberg 2025-09-06 13:06:57

As more of the compounds in cannabis are isolated, a few companies are looking at ways to eliminate one stubborn source of variability: the plants themselves. Ebbu’s intellectual property includes a patent for using an inkjet printer to spit out cannabinoids and terpenes in precisely measured ratios determined by the user. Brought in from the black-market wilderness by deep-pocketed, consumer-savvy companies, cannabis may become just another designer drug. At INSA, the Jack Herer vape oil may b

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‘The Phantom of the Paradise’ Might Find New Life as a Stage Play

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-09-07 09:00:08

The Phantom of the Paradise, the vastly underrated horror-tinged rock opera from the minds of Brian De Palma (Carrie) and Paul Williams (The Muppet Movie), might be getting a new musical adaptation. Movie Maker reports that Williams and Sam Pressman, whose father Ed Pressman produced the 1974 cult film, are currently developing it as a stage production. “I’m excited about having a chance to deliver what fans have been suggesting for years… POTP as a stage musical,” Williams said in a statement

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8 ways to write better ChatGPT prompts - and get the results you want faster

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-09-08 05:05:00

dabldy/Getty Images ChatGPT is the world's most popular generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool. While there's always the possibility it will simply make stuff up, there's a lot you can do when crafting prompts to ensure the best possible outcome. That's what we'll be exploring in this how-to. Also: The top 20 AI tools of 2025 - and the #1 thing to remember when you use them In this article, I'll show you how to write prompts that encourage the large language model (LLM) that powers Chat

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Is this the electric grid of the future?

technologyreview.com Andrew Blum 2025-09-08 21:00:00

Following the unanimous approval by Lancaster County commissioners of a 304-megawatt solar plant outside Lincoln, one of the largest in the state, local opponents appealed. The project’s developer, the Florida-based behemoth NextEra Energy Resources, made news in March when its CEO both praised the Trump administration’s policy and insisted that solar and storage remained the fastest path to increasing the energy supply. Lincoln Electric is headquartered in a gleaming new building named after A

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Conserving Qubits by Using Dissipative VQAs for Thermal Prep

computer.org Ilse Paredes 2025-09-08 23:47:02

Variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) play a significant role in improving the efficiency and accuracy of quantum computers. However, they come with high noise levels, which degrade their performance. Even though current techniques can mitigate their noise, they involve excessive computational overhead, which limits their feasibility. However, in a paper written for IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering, Yigal Ilin and Itai Arad propose incorporating dissipative operations to alleviate the e

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Quantum Hardware Readiness for Two-Step Quantum Search Algorithm

computer.org Ilse Paredes 2025-09-09 04:03:11

The traveling salesman problem (TSP) has challenged computer scientists for decades. Finding the shortest route that visits all cities exactly once sounds simple, but it becomes computationally explosive as the number of destinations grows. With applications spanning logistics, manufacturing, and network optimization, any breakthrough in solving TSP efficiently could transform entire industries. A recent paper published in IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering by Rei Sato, Cui Gordon, Kazuhi

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The ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Team Had to Fight to Keep One of the ‘Final Fantasy’ Set’s Best References

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-09 21:25:51

Magic: The Gathering‘s new Final Fantasy set is an absolute love letter to the beloved RPG series, with hundreds of cards making a flavorful nod to their source material in one way or another. But one of the most fun references in a set filled with them almost didn’t make it in—thanks to a quibble between Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix’s translation teams. In a fascinating new article about translating the Final Fantasy set for its English and Japanese-language versions shared on the offi

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Amazon Rebuilt Alexa Using a ‘Staggering’ Amount of AI Tools

wired.com Reece Rogers 2025-09-09 21:29:22

Daniel Rausch, Amazon’s vice president of Alexa and Echo, is in the midst of a major transition. More than a decade beyond the launch of Amazon’s Alexa, he’s been tasked with creating a new version of the marquee voice assistant, one that’s powered by large language models. As he put it in my interview with him, this new assistant, dubbed Alexa+, is “a complete rebuild of the architecture.” How did his team approach Amazon’s largest ever revamp of its voice assistant? They used AI to build AI,

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Forget JBL, Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker by Anker Is Near-Free for Early Prime Day, Limited Stock Available

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2025-09-10 01:10:51

Some of the best moments in life are made better with music. That includes showering. Who doesn’t sing in the shower? If you said that you don’t, you’re definitely fibbing. We love to sing when we’re alone. Some of us with others listening. But if you want a good way to enjoy music while you’re showering or just want a speaker that you can take with you no matter the weather, now’s a good time to partake in this 43% discount. See at Amazon Run to Amazon now to secure your Soundcore Select 4 Go

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Our First Look at Giganto in ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Is in… a Pizza Ad?

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-09-10 01:41:48

Ahead of the release of Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the accompanying food tie-in blitz unleashes a first look at the movie’s take on Giganto in a Little Caesars pizza ad. Currently, the chain is pushing its themed pizza with toppings (or lack thereof) representing different members of the Fantastic Four. Getting a cute little comic book nod in this ad was unexpected, to say the least. Giganto’s first appearance came in Marvel’s First Family comic book debut, which gets homa

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Via the False Claims Act, NIH puts universities on edge

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-10 01:42:07

Earlier this year, a biomedical researcher at the University of Michigan received an update from the National Institutes of Health. The federal agency, which funds a large swath of the country’s medical science, had given the green light to begin releasing funding for the upcoming year on the researcher’s multi-year grant. Not long after, the researcher learned that the university had placed the grant on hold. The school’s lawyers, it turned out, were wrestling with a difficult question: whethe

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Anthropic now lets developers use Claude Code with any remote MCP server

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-09-10 05:00:00

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Anthropic pioneered the Model Context Protocol (MCP) open standard for connecting AI assistants and agents to data systems seamlessly and securely. Since MCP's introduction last year, the standard has become increasingly adopted across the industry, including by Microsoft, OpenAI, and Google. Now, the company is expanding capabilities for developers. Claude Code support for remote MCP On Wednesday, Anthropic announced that it would allow users to integrate Claude Code with

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This Anker Solix C300 Portable Power Station Drops to a New Record Low, Limited Stock Before Prime Day

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-09-10 13:40:20

If you love the great outdoors but also like to know you’ve got enough power on your phone for all of the modern conveniences, then you’ll probably want a good bit of extra power. While you could go for a power bank of some kind, if you’re really committed, then you’re going to want to go for a portable power station. See at Amazon The good news is that, while many of these are incredibly pricey, you can still get a lot of use out of the more affordable models, and better yet, they can get som

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AVG Antivirus Review 2025: Robust Free Version but Middling Premium Plans

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-10 13:00:00

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 7.6 / 10 SCORE AVG Antivirus Buy at AVG Score Breakdown Performance 9 /10 Security 7 /10 Customer Support 7 /10 Usability 9 /10 Value 7 /10 Features 7 /10 Pros Robust protection from both online and offline threats Resource-light scans TuneUp makes it easy to improve device performance Variety of safe browsing and anti-tracking tools Cons Data sharing w

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Android may soon recommend you use an ‘optimized’ voice assistant — here’s what that really means

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-10 17:00:30

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR OEMs can now highlight specific digital assistants as “optimized” for their Android devices in the default app settings. Google says it created the feature at an OEM’s request so OEMs can recommend assistants verified to work with their first-party applications. While Google says it won’t do this on its own Pixel phones, the feature comes as the company is facing growing regulatory pressure. For many years, Google Assistant was widely seen as the best

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Incant – add magic spells to your code

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-09 02:33:34

// incant looks in your env array for an OPENAI_API_KEY & other vars // easy for end users to configure for your cli const { , } = createIncant ( { env Deno . env . toObject ( ) , } ) ;

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The Interpretable AI playbook: What Anthropic’s research means for your enterprise LLM strategy

venturebeat.com Ross Teixeira 2025-09-11 09:01:08

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei made an urgent push in April for the need to understand how AI models think. This comes at a crucial time. As Anthropic battles in global AI rankings, it’s important to note what sets it apart from other top AI labs. Since its founding in 2021, when seven OpenAI employees broke off over concerns about AI safety,

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The best instant cameras you can buy right now

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2025-09-11 09:30:00

Even with the ability to take excellent photos with our phones and instantly share them across the world, there’s something magical about the old-school instant camera. With just a click of a button, you can capture a moment in a photo that you can see and touch almost immediately. Images captured by an instant camera aren’t as pristine or perfect as those produced by modern digital cameras, but their soft images and imperfections are often a big part of the allure. Yet not all instant cameras

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AWS' custom chip strategy is showing results, and cutting into Nvidia's AI dominance

cnbc.com Kristina Partsinevelos 2025-09-11 21:50:00

Amazon Web Services is set to announce an update to its Graviton4 chip that includes 600 gigabytes per second of network bandwidth, what the company calls the highest offering in the public cloud. Ali Saidi, a distinguished engineer at AWS, likened the speed to a machine reading 100 music CDs a second. Graviton4, a central processing unit, or CPU, is one of many chip products that come from Amazon's Annapurna Labs in Austin, Texas. The chip is a win for the company's custom strategy and puttin

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