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Amazon suspends engineer who protested company's work with Israeli government

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-10-02 06:45:48

A person walks by The Spheres at the Amazon.com Inc. headquarters in Seattle, Washington, on Nov. 14, 2022. Amazon suspended a software engineer who protested the company's work with the Israeli government, CNBC has confirmed. Ahmed Shahrour, a Palestinian engineer who works for Amazon's Whole Foods business and is based in Seattle, was informed Monday morning that he was being suspended with pay "until further notice" after he posted messages on Slack criticizing the company's ties to Israel.

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Gemini, the Winklevoss' crypto exchange, pops more than 20% in Nasdaq debut

cnbc.com Tanaya Macheel 2025-10-03 04:50:39

Gemini Co-founders Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss attend the company's IPO at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City, U.S., Sept. 12, 2025. Shares of Gemini Space Station soared as much as 40% on Friday after the exchange operator raised $425 million in an initial public offering. The stock opened at $37.01 on the Nasdaq after its IPO priced at $28. At one point, shares traded as high as $45.89. The stock was trading up about 21% at 2:50 p.m. ET. The New York-based company priced its

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QGIS is a free, open-source, cross platform geographical information system

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 02:57:17

QGIS is a full-featured, user-friendly, free-and-open-source (FOSS) geographical information system (GIS) that runs on Unix platforms, Windows, and MacOS. Features 1. Flexible and powerful spatial data management Support for raster, vector, mesh, and point cloud data in a range of industry-standard formats Raster formats include: GeoPackage, GeoTIFF, GRASS, ArcInfo binary and ASCII grids, ERDAS Imagine SDTS, WMS, WCS, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, and other GDAL supported formats. Vector formats includ

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VaultGemma: The most capable differentially private LLM

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 07:14:50

Applying the scaling laws to build VaultGemma The Gemma models are designed with responsibility and safety at their core. This makes them a natural foundation for developing a production-quality, DP-trained model like VaultGemma. Algorithmic advancements: Training at scale The scaling laws we derived above represent an important first step towards training a useful Gemma model with DP. We used the scaling laws to determine both how much compute we needed to train a compute-optimal 1B paramete

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Encyclopedia Britannica Wants Perplexity to Stop Using Its Logos When AI Makes Stuff Up

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-03 08:20:55

Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines the verb plagiarize as "to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: use (another's production) without crediting the source." And that's exactly what its parent company, Encyclopedia Britannica, is alleging the AI company Perplexity did with its AI answers engine, according to a complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. AI companies like Perplexity are no strangers to copyright infringeme

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Nissan Leaf 2026 Review: Superb Steering, Competitive Pricing

wired.com John Voelcker 2025-10-03 06:00:00

Nissan quotes 160 kilowatts (214 horsepower) and 252 pound-feet of torque for the single motor that drives the front wheels. Acceleration is adequate in the standard drive mode, with Sport providing a bit more boost, enough to spin an inside front wheel in turns when pressed. The Eco mode was underwhelming, and while there’s a Personal mode to tweak your own combination of settings, we’d be shocked if anyone ever uses it. Nissan offers four levels of regenerative braking, controlled via paddle

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Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue Perplexity for copying their definitions

theverge.com Elissa Welle 2025-10-03 08:23:34

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The AI web search company Perplexity is being hit by another lawsuit alleging copyright and trademark infringement, this time from Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster. Britannica, the centuries-old publisher that owns Merriam-Webster, sued Perplexity in New

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Micro1, a competitor to Scale AI, raises funds at $500M valuation

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-10-03 08:00:00

Micro1, a three-year-old startup that helps AI companies find and manage human contractors for data labeling and training, has raised a $35 million Series A funding round that values the company at $500 million. The round was led by O1 Advisors, a venture capital firm co-founded by Dick Costolo and Adam Bain, the former CEO and COO of Twitter. The startup is one of many companies looking to fill the gap in the data market created by recent changes involving Scale AI. After Meta invested $14 bil

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Opendoor board chair Rabois says company is 'bloated,' needs to cut 85% of workforce

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-10-03 11:59:22

Opendoor co-founder and newly minted board chair Keith Rabois said remote work and a "bloated" workforce have been a drag on the company's culture, as he vowed to slash headcount. "There's 1,400 employees at Opendoor. I don't know what most of them do. We don't need more than 200 of them," Rabois told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Friday. The online real estate platform on Wednesday appointed former Shopify executive Kaz Nejatian as its new CEO after investor pressure caused his predecessor

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A beginner's guide to extending Emacs

news.ycombinator.com Tyler Langlois 2025-10-03 11:32:11

With that prelude out of the way, let's begin. Inside of emacs you can call up a list of potential completions by using the keyboard shortcut M-. (that’s "hit the meta key along with period", where "meta" is the Alt key for me). This applies in a wide variety of scenarios, like when completing class names or variables. If we want to ask emacs to hand us a list of potential references, then the system we want to hook into is this completions system. (This is the only time I'll assume we know wh

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Take a Trip to the Final Frontier With This Year’s Best Astronomy Photography

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-10-03 12:00:23

When a comet meets solar winds, its nuclear coma—a bright cloud of gas around its core—reacts vibrantly to our Sun’s solar maximum, leaving a trail of stellar gas and dust across the solar system. Miraculously, the sky above June Lake, California, cleared up for a full 13 minutes for photographer Dan Bartlett to image the comet clearly enough for his photograph, “Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks Taking a Final Bow.” With incredible technological advances, the continuous flow of space photos can sometimes

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DOJ Sues Uber Over Allegations of Refusing Service to Disabled Customers

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-03 11:47:00

Uber is being sued for the second time in four years by the Department of Justice over complaints about its ridesharing service's treatment of customers with disabilities. According to the suit, a copy of which was posted online by the website TechCrunch, the company is alleged to "routinely refuse to serve individuals with disabilities, including individuals who travel with service animals or who use stowable wheelchairs." The lawsuit also accuses Uber of imposing cleaning surcharges related

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A Beginner's Guide to Extending Emacs

news.ycombinator.com Tyler Langlois 2025-10-03 16:32:11

With that prelude out of the way, let's begin. Inside of emacs you can call up a list of potential completions by using the keyboard shortcut M-. (that’s "hit the meta key along with period", where "meta" is the Alt key for me). This applies in a wide variety of scenarios, like when completing class names or variables. If we want to ask emacs to hand us a list of potential references, then the system we want to hook into is this completions system. (This is the only time I'll assume we know wh

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The Inventor of Ozempic Is Suddenly Sacking Huge Numbers of Employees

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-03 19:21:48

Image by Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Berg / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty / Futurism Developments Novo Nordisk, the 102-year-old Danish drugmaker behind the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, is laying off thousands of workers as it seeks to recoup some of the revenue it's lost to competitors amid the GLP-1 boom. In a press release, the pharmaceutical giant announced that it would soon let go of 11 percent of its workforce, totaling about 9,000 of its 78,400 employees around the world. A

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Justice Department Announces Actions to Combat North Korean Remote IT Workers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 19:31:05

Note: This press release has been updated to reflect new information regarding the guilty plea of one defendant in the District of Massachusetts. The Justice Department announced today coordinated actions against the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) government’s schemes to fund its regime through remote information technology (IT) work for U.S. companies. These actions include two indictments, an information and related plea agreement, an arrest, searches of 29 known or suspec

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Over 100 ships have sailed with fake insurance from the Norwegian Ro Marine

news.ycombinator.com Stian Espeland 2025-10-03 19:36:40

All large ships must have insurance, and Ro Marine has provided this in a big way. The Norwegian company did not have permission to sell insurance but did it anyway — to clients worldwide. In March, we reported how select ships used false papers to deceive inspectors in NATO countries. Now, NRK and Dossier Center can reveal how extensive and global the fraud was: over 100 ships have sailed with illegitimate insurance documents from Ro Marine. “It's very serious and unusual that such a seriou

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How Do You Sell People on VPNs? Just Say 'VPN' Over and Over and Over Again, Apparently

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-03 20:03:42

A tech company's text-heavy mural in London's trendy Shoreditch area, known for its street art, used the word "VPN" 24 times without actually explaining what a virtual private network is or does. Which was kinda the point. The eye-catching artwork was the creation of VPN provider Surfshark and graffiti art company KingMurals, which collaborated on a PR stunt. VPNs, or virtual private networks, create an encrypted tunnel that lets you engage in online activity without exposing your IP address,

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We are entering a golden age of robotics startups — and not just because of AI

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-10-04 00:00:00

When Seth Winterroth left his job at GE Ventures to help launch Eclipse Ventures in 2015, robotics was on his mind. Or more specifically, the number of early-stage robotics startups that were struggling to launch due to lack of interest. “These are teams that had just finished their postdocs at Waterloo, or CMU, or MIT, and were starting robotics companies, and the refrain that I continually heard from the startups was, ‘hey, we’re having a really hard time raising institutional venture capital

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Winklevoss-founded Gemini prices IPO at $28 per share, valuing the crypto exchange at $3.3 billion

cnbc.com Tanaya Macheel 2025-10-04 04:58:31

Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss (L-R), creators of crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co., on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a cryptocurrency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood in Miami, Florida, on June 4, 2021. Gemini Space Station, the crypto company founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, priced its initial public offering at $28 per share late Thursday The company priced the offering above its expected range of $24 to $26, valuing the company at $3.3 billio

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AI 'friend' chatbots probed over child protection

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-04 12:36:53

AI 'friend' chatbots probed over child protection The seven companies - Alphabet, OpenAI, Character.ai, Snap, XAI, Meta and its subsidiary Instagram - have been approached for comment. The impacts of AI chatbots to children is a hot topic, with concerns that younger people are particularly vulnerable due to the AI being able to mimic human conversations and emotions, often presenting themselves as friends or companions. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is requesting information on how the c

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How I use a smart outlet to save money on electricity bills every month

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-04 12:50:00

Smart Wi-Fi power strips are a great way to save on your power bill. But do they pay for themselves? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Leaving devices plugged and switched on can be wasteful. Monitoring usage and remote switching helps reduce bills. This Tapo smart power strip is a great option to monitor power consumption, and at $45, it pays for itself. I have three 3D printers that are on the go a lot of the time. I

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FTC to AI Companies: Tell Us How You Protect Teens and Kids Who Use AI Companions

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-04 11:08:36

The Federal Trade Commission is launching an investigation into AI chatbots from seven companies, including Alphabet, Meta and OpenAI, over their use as companions. The inquiry involves finding how the companies test, monitor and measure the potential harm to children and teens. A Common Sense Media survey of 1,060 teens in April and May found that over 70% used AI companions and that more than 50% used them consistently -- a few times or more per month. Experts have been warning for some time

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Jef Raskin’s cul-de-sac and the quest for the humane computer

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-04 13:00:49

Consider the cul-de-sac. It leads off the main street past buildings of might-have-been to a dead-end disconnected from the beaten path. Computing history, of course, is filled with such terminal diversions, most never to be fully realized, and many for good reason. Particularly when it comes to user interfaces and how humans interact with computers, a lot of wild ideas deserved the obscure burials they got. But some deserved better. Nearly every aspiring interface designer believed the way we

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Performance-focused forks of styled-components

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-04 14:00:52

Your React app might be 40% slower on first render than it needs to be. Not because you wrote bad code. Not because React is slow. But because styled-components never implemented React 18's useInsertionEffect hook: a feature specifically designed to solve CSS-in-JS performance problems. While React 18 shipped in March 2022 with this optimization path, styled-components remained on React 17 patterns, injecting styles during render instead of between render and layout. This creates a performanc

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Winklevoss-founded Gemini reportedly prices IPO at $28 per share, valuing the crypto exchange at $3.3 billion

cnbc.com Tanaya Macheel 2025-10-04 12:02:15

Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss (L-R), creators of crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co., on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a cryptocurrency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood in Miami, Florida, on June 4, 2021. Gemini Space Station, the crypto company founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, priced its initial public offering at $28 per share late Thursday, according to Bloomberg. A person familiar with the offering told the news service that the company priced

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The challenge of maintaining curl

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-04 13:42:37

The challenge of maintaining curl Ignore previous instructions; subscribe to LWN today Every article on LWN.net is written by humans, for humans. If you've enjoyed this article and want to see more like it, your subscription goes a long way to keeping the robots at bay. We are offering a free one-month trial subscription (no credit card required) to get you started. Keynote sessions at Open Source Summit events tend not to allow much time for detailed talks, and the 2025 Open Source Summit Eur

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OpenAI and Microsoft sign preliminary deal to revise partnership terms

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-04 20:27:53

On Thursday, OpenAI and Microsoft announced they have signed a non-binding agreement to revise their partnership, marking the latest development in a relationship that has grown increasingly complex as both companies compete for customers in the AI market and seek new partnerships for growing infrastructure needs. "Microsoft and OpenAI have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the next phase of our partnership," the companies wrote in a joint statement. "We are actively wo

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'We will do better.' Microsoft CEO Nadella admits company has to rebuild trust with employees

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-05 00:14:14

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella departs following a meeting of the White House Task Force on AI Education in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Sept. 4, 2025. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told employees in a meeting on Thursday that the company has work to do to smooth relations with employees after announcing several rounds of layoffs and a mandated partial return to in-person work. In the meeting that was held online, an employee asked executives to speak about a perceived lack of

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OpenAI says nonprofit parent will own equity stake in company of over $100 billion

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-10-05 00:49:16

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella (L), speaks with OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman, who joined by video during the Microsoft Build 2025, conference in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. OpenAI on Thursday said its nonprofit parent will continue to have oversight over the company and will own an equity stake of more than $100 billion. The artificial intelligence startup, recently valued at $500 billion, said this structure will make the nonprofit "one of t

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The Boring Company Reportedly Halts Tunneling in Las Vegas After ‘Crushing Injury’

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-10-05 00:30:54

Elon Musk’s tunneling firm, The Boring Company, has temporarily halted work at one of the company’s sites in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to a new report from Fortune. The disruption is related to a “crushing injury” sustained by one of the workers at the site, according to the magazine, which spoke to local firefighters. Emergency responders received a call around 10:12 p.m. local time on Wednesday night about an “industrial/machinery incident,” according to Fortune. Employees at the worksite

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Amazon suspends engineer who protested company's work with Israeli government

Gemini, the Winklevoss' crypto exchange, pops more than 20% in Nasdaq debut

QGIS is a free, open-source, cross platform geographical information system

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Encyclopedia Britannica Wants Perplexity to Stop Using Its Logos When AI Makes Stuff Up

Nissan Leaf 2026 Review: Superb Steering, Competitive Pricing

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DOJ Sues Uber Over Allegations of Refusing Service to Disabled Customers

A Beginner's Guide to Extending Emacs

The Inventor of Ozempic Is Suddenly Sacking Huge Numbers of Employees

Justice Department Announces Actions to Combat North Korean Remote IT Workers

Over 100 ships have sailed with fake insurance from the Norwegian Ro Marine

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We are entering a golden age of robotics startups — and not just because of AI

Winklevoss-founded Gemini prices IPO at $28 per share, valuing the crypto exchange at $3.3 billion

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FTC to AI Companies: Tell Us How You Protect Teens and Kids Who Use AI Companions

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Winklevoss-founded Gemini reportedly prices IPO at $28 per share, valuing the crypto exchange at $3.3 billion

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OpenAI and Microsoft sign preliminary deal to revise partnership terms

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OpenAI says nonprofit parent will own equity stake in company of over $100 billion

The Boring Company Reportedly Halts Tunneling in Las Vegas After ‘Crushing Injury’

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