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US attack on renewables will lead to power crunch that spikes electricity prices

news.ycombinator.com Spencer Kimball 2025-10-30 21:22:36

Witthaya Prasongsin | Moment | Getty Images President Donald Trump's attack on solar and wind projects threatens to raise energy prices for consumers and undermine a stretched electric grid that's already straining to meet rapidly growing demand, renewable energy executives warn. Trump has long said wind power turbines are unattractive and endanger birds, and that solar installations take up too much land. This week, he said his administration will not approve solar and wind projects, the lates

Topics: power projects said solar wind

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Regulators Say Binance Must Tighten Money Laundering, Terrorism Rules

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-10-30 22:39:13

Beleaguered crypto company Binance must tighten up its compliance controls covering anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism and add an independent auditor if it wants to keep doing business in Australia, regulators said this week. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) is mandating the crypto giant put outside auditors in place within 28 days of its decision. The watchdog said that the new rules are intended to address “serious concerns” it has about its oversight

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US halts work on almost finished wind farm because national security

news.ycombinator.com Michael Copley 2025-10-30 21:23:46

Trump administration halts work on an almost-finished wind farm toggle caption Seth Wenig/AP The Trump administration has ordered companies to stop construction of a wind farm that's being built off the coast of Rhode Island. The acting director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Matthew Giacona, wrote in a letter to one of the developers, a Danish firm called Ørsted, that the government was halting work on the almost-finished project in order to "address concerns related to the protec

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A Treasure Trove of Key Minerals Is Being Wasted in the U.S., Study Claims

gizmodo.com Tik Root 2025-10-30 22:00:10

The United States is home to dozens of active mines. Some extract copper, while others dig for iron. Whatever the resource, however, it usually makes up a small fraction of the rock pulled from the ground. The rest is typically ignored. Wasted. “We’re only producing a few commodities,” said Elizabeth Holley, a professor of mining engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. “The question is: What else is in those rocks?” The answer: a lot. In a study published today by the journal Science, Ho

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Texas Instruments’ new plants where Apple will make iPhone chips

news.ycombinator.com Katie Tarasov 2025-10-29 10:14:56

In this article TXN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT When Texas Instruments announced a $60 billion manufacturing megaproject in July, it was a bold bet that companies would want to mass produce foundational microchips on U.S. soil. In August, Apple vowed to do just that. During the same Oval Office press conference where President Donald Trump announced a 100% tariff on chips from companies not manufacturing in the U.S., Apple CEO Tim Cook upped his companies' U.S. spending comm

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Apple claims an ex-employee stole Apple Watch trade secrets for Oppo

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-30 16:26:36

Apple is going after another one of its previous employees for allegedly sharing trade secrets with a new employer. Apple's lawsuit listed Chen Shi, a former employee who worked on the Apple Watch team, along with Oppo, as defendants, claiming they "conspired to steal Apple’s trade secrets." According to the lawsuit, Shi worked as a Sensor System Architect for the Apple Watch from January 2020 to June 2025, but was seeking employment with Oppo as early as April 2025. Apple claimed that its form

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The Average Person Is Far More Scared of AI Than Excited by It, Studies Find

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-30 16:00:23

AI is dominating the economy and at the top of policy agendas. Ads for it are everywhere. Your favorite artist is probably experimenting with it. And as hundreds of billions of dollars get poured into the tech, it can feel like the whole world is holding its breath for when it somehow becomes superintelligent and magically ushers us into a utopic age. The optimism is breathless and inescapable. But if you're feeling anxious about AI, you're not alone. An overwhelming 71 percent of Americans ar

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Here’s Why Crypto Set the Market on Fire Yesterday

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-10-30 15:56:24

Cryptocurrency markets skyrocketed into new territory Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled that interest rate reductions could be imminent, pushing the Dow to its first 800-point plus gain this year. That ended the Dow’s longest streak without a new high since Dec. 4, 2024, according to Dow Jones Market Data, and signaled a major surge of optimism at the prospect of some economic policy relief. Cryptos were major stars of that rally. Ethereum (ETH) climbed over 15% to reac

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TikTok puts hundreds of UK content moderator jobs at risk

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-29 20:32:06

TikTok puts hundreds of UK content moderator jobs at risk 22 hours ago Share Save Tom Gerken Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images TikTok is putting hundreds of jobs in the UK which moderate content that appears on the social media platform at risk. According to TikTok, the plan would see work moved to its other offices in Europe as it invests in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scale up its moderation. "We are continuing a reorganisation that we started last year to strengthe

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Worried about AI's soaring energy needs? Avoiding chatbots won't help - but 3 things could

zdnet.com Radhika Rajkumar 2025-10-30 18:00:00

Overearth/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways AI investment is driving up energy demands and impacting local grids. AI energy use must be considered relative to tech's energy demands overall. Businesses and individuals have several options for managing their AI footprint. AI feels inescapable. It's everywhere: Your smartphone, Google, even your work tools. AI features promise to make life easier and more productive, but what does all this new tech mean for the

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Meta to unveil Hypernova smart glasses with a display, wristband at Connect next month

cnbc.com Salvador Rodriguez Lora Kolodny Jonathan Vanian 2025-10-31 02:14:39

In this article META Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta is planning to use its annual Connect conference next month to announce a deeper push into smart glasses, including the launch of the company's first consumer-ready glasses with a display, CNBC has learned. That's one of the two new devices Meta

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Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-10-31 01:07:21

It’s hard to find programmers these days who aren’t using AI coding assistants in some capacity, especially to write the repetitive, mundane bits. But those who refused to try the tools when Coinbase bought enterprise licenses for GitHub Copilot and Cursor got promptly fired, CEO Brian Armstrong said this week on John Collison’s podcast “Cheeky Pint.” (Collison is the co-founder and president of the payments company Stripe.) After getting licenses to cover every engineer, some at the cryptocur

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U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel, as Trump expands control over private sector

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-31 06:12:48

Lip-Bu Tan, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., departs following a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Friday that the U.S. government has taken a 10% stake in embattle chipmaker Intel, the Trump administration's latest effort to exert control over corporate America. Intel shares rose about 6% during trading on Friday. They were flat in extended trading. Intel, the only American company capable of making ad

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U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel

news.ycombinator.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-31 06:01:52

Lip-Bu Tan, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., departs following a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Friday that the U.S. government has taken a 10% stake in embattle chipmaker Intel, the Trump administration's latest effort to exert control over corporate America. Intel shares rose about 6% during trading on Friday. They were flat in extended trading. Intel, the only American company capable of making ad

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U.S. officially takes 10% stake in Intel

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-31 10:42:28

Lip-Bu Tan, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., departs following a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. White House officials previously told CNBC that Trump and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan will meet on Friday afternoon. Lutnick's post included a photo with Tan. "They've agreed to do it and I think it's a great deal for them," Trump told reporters Friday at the White House Earlier on Friday, President Donald Trump said the government should get about 10% o

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Meta set to unveil first consumer-ready smart glasses with a display, wristband next month

cnbc.com Salvador Rodriguez Lora Kolodny Jonathan Vanian 2025-10-31 10:29:49

In this article META Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta is planning to use its annual Connect conference next month to announce a deeper push into smart glasses, including the launch of the company's first consumer-ready glasses with a display, CNBC has learned. That's one of the two new devices Meta

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US government plans to take a 10% stake in Intel

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-10-31 14:14:36

The U.S. government plans to take a 10% stake in Intel, President Donald Trump told reporters Friday. Bloomberg was first to report the news, which pushed the semiconductor chip company’s stock up more than 7%. Trump said Intel has agreed to the proposal. Intel declined to comment. The news comes during a pivotal — and recently volatile — time for Intel. CEO Lip-Bu Tan is currently restructuring the chipmaker, shuttering certain divisions and laying off workers in a bid to focus on its core bu

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Intel stock rises as Trump says chipmaker has agreed to sell stake to government

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-31 18:52:53

Lip-Bu Tan, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., departs following a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Intel shares rose about 6% on Friday after Bloomberg reported that the Trump administration is poised to announce that the U.S. government will take an equity stake in the struggling chipmaker. Following the report, President Donald Trump said the government should get about 10% of the company, which has a market cap of just over $100 billion. "Th

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Trump says the US is taking a 10 percent stake in Intel

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-31 18:39:55

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. President Donald Trump has confirmed that the US will take a 10 percent stake in Intel. During a press conference on Friday, Trump said Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan agreed to give the government the stake, which is valued at around $10 billion. Earlier this month, Trump

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Mainstream Publications Are Getting Suckered by a Ridiculous Fake News Story About a "Pregnancy Robot"

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-01 01:19:34

From in vitro fertilization to designer babies, the world of reproductive science has seen advances over the years that have profoundly changed the way humans conceive and give birth. Unfortunately, artificial human wombs are not yet among those breakthroughs that have made the jump from concept to real life. But that hasn't stopped a number of news sites from running with a bonkers story about plans to build a humanoid "pregnancy robot" that carries real human fetuses to term in a synthetic wo

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AI Is Taking Over Our Social Media Feeds, but Maybe Not How You Expect

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-01 04:25:00

You don't have to be chronically online to know that generative AI has infiltrated nearly every part of our online lives. Social media is no exception: Meta's AI chatbot pushes its way into search on Instagram and Facebook, and Grok offers chat and content creation on X. AI video generation features have emerged on Snapchat, YouTube and TikTok. Beyond its reach to users, artificial intelligence is increasingly significant behind the scenes as a professional tool for social media brands and crea

Topics: ai content media said social

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Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer’s network with a ‘kill switch’

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-11-01 10:26:34

In Brief A former software developer has been sentenced to four years in prison for sabotaging his former employer’s network after leaving the company. Davis Lu, 55, was convicted of installing a “kill switch” on the network of his former employer by planting malicious code designed to crash its servers in the event that he was fired. The kill switch was activated when the company terminated Lu’s employment and deactivated his credentials, causing the kill switch, “IsDLEnabledinAD” — referrin

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Inside Texas Instruments' $60 billion U.S. megaproject, where Apple will make iPhone chips

cnbc.com Katie Tarasov 2025-11-01 18:00:01

In this article TXN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT When Texas Instruments announced a $60 billion manufacturing megaproject in July, it was a bold bet that companies would want to mass produce foundational microchips on U.S. soil. In August, Apple vowed to do just that. During the same Oval Office press conference where President Donald Trump announced a 100% tariff on chips from companies not manufacturing in the U.S., Apple CEO Tim Cook upped his companies' U.S. spending comm

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Florida lawmaker floats ban on HOAs amid growing backlash

news.ycombinator.com Forrest Saunders 2025-11-01 18:20:27

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A South Florida lawmaker says it may be time to do away with homeowners associations altogether, as more Floridians speak out about rising fees, costly lawsuits, and even arrests tied to HOA disputes. Watch full report from Forrest Saunders Lawmaker looks to ban HOAs Rep. Juan Carlos Porras (R-Miami) said this week that he is considering filing legislation in the next session that would abolish HOAs statewide. “You know, it might just be time we take a look if HOAs are re

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Nvidia in talks with U.S. to sell a more advanced chip to China, Jensen Huang says

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-11-02 01:53:46

Nvidia is in talks with the U.S. government about shipping a new, more advanced chip to China, CEO Jensen Huang said on Friday. Earlier this week, Reuters reported the U.S. tech giant is developing a new artificial intelligence chip for China, dubbed the B30A, that will be more powerful than the H20 — the only semiconductor Nvidia is allowed to sell in the country at present. The U.S. has grown concerned in the past few years that advanced American chips could be used in Chinese military applic

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5 ways Mercedes F1 harnesses data and the latest tech to perfect race day performance

zdnet.com Mark Samuels 2025-11-02 02:00:00

NurPhoto/Contributor/NurPhoto via Getty Images Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Steve Riley, head of IT operations and service management at Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, gave ZDNET a tour of his racing team's state-of-the-art technology campus in Brackley, UK, and reflected on the impact digital and data have on the sport. "Technology is more crucial in Formula One than ever," he said. "Any sort of manufacturing fu

Topics: ai data riley said team

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Is moderate drinking healthy? Scientists say the idea is outdated

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-02 02:46:44

In brief Stanford Medicine experts argue that the long-held belief in moderate drinking’s health benefits is now considered misleading. With recent studies linking alcohol to increased cancer risk, researchers stress the importance of public awareness regarding alcohol consumption. New findings highlight that individual health factors significantly influence alcohol’s effects, prompting calls for reevaluating guidelines on drinking and health. Whether it’s a glass of red wine with dinner or a

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Nvidia looking to halt H20 chip production after China cracks down on purchases, reports say

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-11-02 05:16:06

An Nvidia chip is seen through a magnifying glass in Beijing, China, on August 1, 2025. Nvidia has asked some of its component suppliers to stop production related to its made-for-China H20 general processing units, as Beijing cracks down on the American chip darling, The Information reported Friday. The directive comes weeks after the Chinese government told local tech companies to stop buying the chips due to alleged security concerns, the report said, citing people with knowledge of the mat

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Elon Musk asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to join xAI bid to buy OpenAI, filing shows

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2025-11-02 05:06:15

Elon Musk, the world's richest person, asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to help him finance a $97.4 billion takeover of OpenAI in early 2025, court filings on Thursday revealed. The filing is part of a legal case between Musk and OpenAI that was initiated last year. The case is proceeding in a federal court in Northern California, and a judge recently said OpenAI can move ahead with counter claims against Musk, who co-founded OpenAI as a non-profit with Sam Altman and others in 2015. When Musk f

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4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-02 06:45:55

4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC 15 minutes ago Share Save Chris Vallance Senior technology reporter Share Save Getty Images A lawyer representing the online message board 4chan says it won't pay a proposed fine by the UK's media regulator as it enforces the Online Safety Act. According to Preston Byrne, managing partner of law firm Byrne & Storm, Ofcom has provisionally decided to impose a £20,000 fine "with daily penalties thereafter" for as long as the s

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