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A Canadian's AI hoax duped the media and propelled a 'band' to success

news.ycombinator.com Digital Writer 2026-02-09 05:56:56

A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate AI music hoax says he apologizes to anyone hurt by his experiment but that it's been "too fascinating" to turn away from. A man using the pseudonym Andrew Frelon posed as the spokesperson for a band called The Velvet Sundown — which he later said he had no involvement with — creating a media frenzy that propelled the AI-assisted "band" to a million monthly listeners on Spotify. He spoke with CBC News over the phone Friday on condition that his r

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Volunteer finds Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents

news.ycombinator.com Associated Press 2026-02-09 06:11:48

By MICHAEL CASEY GROTON, Mass. (AP) — Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th century journals. Opening it, she found a scroll in pristine condition. A closer look revealed the 5-foot-long (1.5-meter-long) document was a handwritten declaration titled “A Resolution and Protest Against Slavery,” signed by 116 New England ministers in Boston and adopted March 2, 1847. Until its discovery in May at the archives in Gr

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Injection Rejection (2006)

news.ycombinator.com Alex Papadimoulis 2026-02-09 08:07:39

Matthias Winkelmann's company decided to go the ole' outsourcing route and hand off all development work for a fixed-bid project to a certain overseas company. As it turned out, the hourly rate for certain overseas programmers were less than half that of the in-house folks, so management did the math and figured they could profit that much more. The in-house programmers were told to spend "only a little bit of time" on the project -- no technical advice, no coding assistance, and no even lookin

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July 5, 1687: When Newton Explained Why You Don't Float Away

news.ycombinator.com Robb Corrigan 2026-02-09 09:11:53

The Day the Universe Got Organised (Mostly) People were worried, mostly about everything, but particularly about why things stayed on the ground. Apples fell. Horses galloped. Cannonballs soared (briefly) and came crashing down. But no one was quite sure why the moon didn’t join in and plummet to Earth in the same enthusiastic fashion. And then on July 5, 1687, Isaac Newton published a book with a title so long it felt like a Latin riddle: Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. In three

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he's 'politically homeless' in July 4 post bashing Democrats

cnbc.com Salvador Rodriguez 2026-02-07 18:50:52

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X Friday, saying he finds himself "politically homeless" as the Democratic party is no longer aligned with encouraging a "culture of innovation and entrepreneurship." Altman, whose company is a leader in artificial intelligence, made the post in celebration of the Fourth of July, saying he is "extremely proud to be an American" and believes the U.S. "is the greatest country ever on Earth." He used the post to share some of his political ideology, saying he belie

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Pet ownership and cognitive functioning in later adulthood across pet types

news.ycombinator.com Rostekova 2026-02-09 04:21:51

Age-related cognitive decline is an increasingly pressing concern in public health, which may begin in early adulthood and accelerate with increasing age1,2. While much research is still investigating the precise mechanisms of cognitive ageing, previous studies have identified several contributing factors, including for example genetics, general health and lifestyle choices3,4,5,6,7. Cognitive decline is a major public health concern on both individual and societal levels due to its association

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Drive Capital’s second act – how the Columbus venture firm found success after a split

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2026-02-09 05:25:59

The venture capital world has always had a hot-and-cold relationship with the Midwest. Investors rush in during boom times, then retreat to the coasts when markets turn sour. For Columbus, Ohio-based Drive Capital, this cycle of attention and disinterest played out against the backdrop of its own internal upheaval several years ago — a co-founder split that could have ended the firm but may have ultimately strengthened it. At a minimum, Drive achieved something newsworthy in today’s venture lan

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Latest Sales Data Reveal Clear Winners And Losers in a Messy EV Market

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-02-09 04:49:22

The second quarter of 2025 painted a chaotic picture of the electric vehicle market in the United States. While General Motors enjoyed a breakout quarter, most other automakers, especially Tesla and Ford, stumbled hard. EV sales are now a mix of breakthroughs and breakdowns. And all of this is happening under a White House that has turned decisively against green subsidies. GM Breaks Away From the Pack Despite a political environment hostile to clean energy, GM managed to deliver a stunning 1

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The messy reality of SIMD (vector) functions

news.ycombinator.com Ivica Bogosavljević 2026-02-09 00:14:52

We’ve discussed SIMD and vectorization extensively on this blog, and it was only a matter of time before SIMD (or vector) functions came up. In this post, we explore what SIMD functions are, when they are useful, and how to declare and use them effectively. A SIMD function is a function that processes more than one piece of data. Take for example a mathematical sin function: double sin(double angle); This function takes one double and returns one double. The vector version that processes four

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The 11 Best Healthy Beverages for Staying Hydrated in the Heat

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-09 03:54:00

When it comes to picking the right healthy beverage for your taste and preferences, there are multiple factors to consider. Below, we outline them so you can find the right drink for you. Dietary notes If you follow a specific diet or are looking for specific ingredients, this can help you narrow down the best drink for you. Examples include gluten-free, vegan, nut-free, low-sugar or zero-sugar, and no artificial flavors or sweeteners. You’ll also want to think about what is added to the drink

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Google's AI video maker Veo 3 is now available via $20 Gemini

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-09 10:17:02

Google says Veo 3, which is the company's state-of-the-art video generator, is now shipping to everyone using the Gemini app with a $20 subscription. Previously, Veo 3 was only available in the United States via Flow, but you can now try it inside the Gemini app in India, Indonesia, and all of Europe. Google says you'll get 3 video generations per day and limit resets every 24 hours. To get started, you need to subscribe to the $20 Gemini AI Pro plan. Once done, open the Gemini app or Gemini

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Continue (YC S23) is hiring software engineers in San Francisco

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-09 20:00:13

Why you should join Continue We believe there is an opportunity to create a future where developers are amplified, not automated. This is why we are enabling developers to create, share, and use custom AI code assistants with our open-source IDE extensions and hub of models, rules, prompts, docs, and other building blocks. Headquartered in San Francisco, Continue (YC S23) is funded by Heavybit and angels like Julien Chaumond (co-founder of Hugging Face), Lisha Li (founder of Rosebud AI), and F

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The 46 Best Deals From REI’s July 4 Outdoor Gear Sale (2025)

wired.com Scott Gilbertson 2026-02-07 14:16:14

The REI 4th of July sale is a great time to get a deal on hiking, camping, and backpacking essentials. This year, there are also great competing July Fourth sales on top brands at Backcountry and Public Lands. We test camping and hiking gear all year round here at WIRED, and these REI deals are on gear we've tested and approved. There’s something here for nearly all our favorite summer activities—tents, stoves, sleeping bags, and plenty of outdoor apparel. If you're not sure what you need, be

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HomeKit Weekly: Eve Aqua is still the easiest way to automate outdoor watering

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2026-02-10 04:33:00

It’s that time of year again. The sun is shining, grass is growing, and flowers are blooming. Summer weather is here. Here in the South, we’ll go from weeks of rain to stretches where it’s 95 degrees with no clouds in sight. I’ve never wanted to mess with a professionally installed irrigation system. Too much maintenance. That’s why I’ve continued using the Eve Aqua to handle outdoor watering without digging a hole or hiring anyone to install it. Some of my favorite gear eufyCam 2C Upgrade your

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We're Not Innovating, We're Just Forgetting Slower

news.ycombinator.com About Brian Tristam Williams 2026-02-10 11:13:25

We’ve mistaken complexity for progress — and forgotten how things really work. A 41-year-old home computer still boots instantly, while today’s “smart” tech buckles under its own abstractions. My Texas Instruments TI-99/4A Home Computer still boots. Forty-one years after I first plugged it into our family’s wood-grain TV, it fires up in less than two seconds, ready to accept commands in TI BASIC. No updates required. No cloud connectivity. No subscription fees. No ads. Just pure, determinis

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EverQuest

news.ycombinator.com Jimmy Maher 2026-02-10 14:10:13

This article tells part of the story of MMORPGs. It isn’t always or even usually the pioneers who reap the rewards of the trails they blaze. As often as not, some pragmatic Johnny-come-lately pops in to make off with the booty. Such was the case in the MMORPG space in the late 1990s. There Ultima Online demonstrated that there was an audience for a persistent fantasy world where people could live out alternative existences together through the magic of the Internet. Yet it was another game cal

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This is the letter Donald Trump sent Apple to keep TikTok on the App Store

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-10 17:29:01

Tony Tan, a Google shareholder, has obtained and published a set of letters the Trump administration sent to multiple tech companies, essentially saying: don’t worry about the law, the president has your back, keep TikTok online. However, Mr. Tan disagrees. And he’s taking legal action to prove it. A bit of back story The TikTok ban has had more ups and downs than any busy person would care to follow. For today’s news, here’s the part that matters: Towards the end of his term, President Bide

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Bcachefs may be headed out of the kernel

news.ycombinator.com Posted June 2026-02-10 16:32:10

Bcachefs may be headed out of the kernel The history of the bcachefs filesystem in the kernel has been turbulent, most recently with Linus Torvalds refusing a pull request for the 6.16-rc3 release. Torvalds has now pulled the code in question, but also said: I think we'll be parting ways in the 6.17 merge window. You made it very clear that I can't even question any bug-fixes and I should just pull anything and everything. Honestly, at that point, I don't really feel comfortable being involved

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Rust and WASM for Form Validation

news.ycombinator.com Sebastian Lauwers 2026-02-11 03:24:50

In recent years, Rust and WebAssembly have become much more usable for pure backend-style engineers. When I say “pure backend-style”, I mean people who never wrapped their heads around React, SPAs, and all that stuff. This, unsurprisingly, includes me. For a very long time, in order to use WASM you were strongly guided towards using Webpack and a whole array of Node-related tools in order to just get started. These days, luckily, the story has become much more streamlined. In today’s tutorial,

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GM’s Cruise Cars Are Back on the Road in Three US States—But Not for Ride-Hailing

wired.com Paresh Dave 2026-02-11 05:28:41

Cruise robotaxis are back on the road… well, kind of. Though General Motors pulled the plug on its self-driving taxi business last year, the automaker has been quietly repurposing a few of the vehicles as it seeks to develop new driver-assistance technologies. This week, WIRED spotted a GM Bolt electric hatchback on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and later saw a similar vehicle on Interstate 880 near Oakland. In each instance, the car was being driven by a human. But it held equipment on

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Beachgoers Startled by Rare Cloud That Looks Exactly Like a Giant Tsunami Wave

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-11 09:15:44

Beachgoers Startled by Rare Cloud That Looks Exactly Like a Giant Tsunami Wave "They look scarier than they really are." Cloud Nein A viral video making the rounds on social media shows beachgoers in Portugal encountering an enormous and unnervingly tsunami-like cloud rolling in. Footage shows an enormous, foreboding wall of dark clouds rapidly approaching a lush beach. It was frightening enough for plenty of beachgoers to pack up their belongings and seek shelter away from the waterfront.

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Zuckerberg Was Wrong About the Metaverse. Can We Really Trust Him With Superintelligent AI?

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-02-11 10:16:01

Mark Zuckerberg once sold us the metaverse. Now he wants us to believe he’s going to lead us into the age of superintelligence. Should we fall for it again? Elon Musk once called him “Zuck the Fourteenth,” a jab comparing Meta’s CEO to France’s King Louis XIV—a monarch infamous for his ego, extravagance, and disregard for limits. It’s a fitting label, especially as Zuckerberg floods the headlines, positioning himself as Silicon Valley’s new AI king. But let’s rewind. Just a few years ago, Zuc

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The American system of democracy has crashed

theverge.com Elizabeth Lopatto 2026-02-11 10:00:00

Once upon a time in America, there was a tyrant. And Congress rejected him totally. The tyrant, of course, was King George III, the target of the Declaration of Independence. We take it for granted now, but the Declaration was an enormous political innovation — in it, the country that became the United States of America laid claim to certain “unalienable” rights, rights that took precedence over any king or crown. To protect those rights, our Founders declared that the People were allowed to “

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This Laifen Lightweight Hair Dryer Is 6x Cheaper Than Dyson, Click the Amazon Coupon for Early Prime Deal

gizmodo.com Mike Fazioli 2026-02-11 15:07:57

Not every great Amazon deal is right out in the open — sometimes you need to do a little digging. Keep a sharp eye out for those on-page coupons that sometimes show up just below the price, and you can unearth a gem like this 25% off one on the Laifen SE Lite Hair Dryer. Click that box and the price of this little handheld tornado goes from $100 to just $75. The Laifen SE Lite is a compact, lightweight negative-ionic blowdryer that somehow packs a 100,000 RPM motor that generates air speeds of

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LooksMapping

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-11 16:55:47

See Which Restaurants Have The Most Attractive Diners – According to AI! I scraped millions of Google Maps restaurant reviews, and gave each reviewer's profile picture to an AI model that rates how hot they are out of 10. This map shows how attractive each restaurant's clientele is. Red means hot, blue means not.The model is certainly biased. It's certainly flawed. But we judge places by the people who go there. We always have. AndThis website just puts reductive numbers on the superficial calc

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New Galaxy Z Fold 7 leaks may give first real look at Samsung’s slimmer foldable

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-02-12 02:56:52

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7 has been given the thinner, sleeker glow-up we expected, if leaked hands-on photos are any indication. The trio of images posted by leaker @Jukanlosreve seemingly show what the next-gen Galaxy foldable will look like in the real world from a few different angles. The new photographs mostly line up with what we’ve seen in previous renders, including the larger, slimmer chassis that’s reported to be around 4.5mm thick when open. That’s slimmer than its 5.6mm Gal

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One UI 8 will take Samsung’s Audio Eraser to the next level

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-12 03:28:13

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s One UI 8 will upgrade the Audio Eraser feature, allowing real-time noise removal during video playback. The feature originally debuted with the Galaxy S25 series and reached older flagships via the One UI 7 update. The new version would likely debut on the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7. Samsung’s Galaxy AI-powered Audio Eraser feature is getting a major upgrade with the upcoming One UI 8 update based on Android 16. According to a new leak,

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Google Messages could give profile pages a dash of Material 3 Expressive personality (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-12 03:29:02

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR In addition to other areas of the Google Messages app, Google is testing Material 3 Expressive design changes for the profile section. The profile section will soon feature updated buttons that change shape and include tap animations. Android 16 is here, but most of its Material 3 Expressive changes will be coming with the Android 16 QPR1 release later in the year. However, that doesn’t stop apps from updating themselves with Material 3 Expressive ele

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The US dollar is on track for its worst year in modern history

news.ycombinator.com Https 2026-02-12 02:47:04

The US dollar is on track for its worst year in modern history and may not be done falling yet. The greenback is down more than 7% this year and Morgan Stanley predicts it could fall another 10%. A weaker dollar could make US exports more competitive, boosting Trump’s plan to rebalance US trade, but makes imports more expensive, adding to the sting of tariffs. The question ahead is whether the dollar doesn’t just lose its value, but its role at the center of the global financial system. So far,

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Apple reverts China slump, sees first iPhone quarterly growth in two years [report]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-12 05:24:42

For the past two years, Apple has been having a tough time in China. Just recently, the U.S. trade war and local incentives from the Chinese government really got in the way of iPhone sales. However, Apple seems to be regaining control of the situation. A two-year long downturn in China As we covered recently, Apple’s extended rough patch in China may finally be easing. Since Q3 2022, the company has posted year-over-year revenue growth in just one quarter, with declines of up to 13% in the ot

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Latest Tech News

A Canadian's AI hoax duped the media and propelled a 'band' to success

Volunteer finds Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents

Injection Rejection (2006)

July 5, 1687: When Newton Explained Why You Don't Float Away

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he's 'politically homeless' in July 4 post bashing Democrats

Pet ownership and cognitive functioning in later adulthood across pet types

Drive Capital’s second act – how the Columbus venture firm found success after a split

Latest Sales Data Reveal Clear Winners And Losers in a Messy EV Market

The messy reality of SIMD (vector) functions

The 11 Best Healthy Beverages for Staying Hydrated in the Heat

Google's AI video maker Veo 3 is now available via $20 Gemini

Continue (YC S23) is hiring software engineers in San Francisco

The 46 Best Deals From REI’s July 4 Outdoor Gear Sale (2025)

HomeKit Weekly: Eve Aqua is still the easiest way to automate outdoor watering

We're Not Innovating, We're Just Forgetting Slower

EverQuest

This is the letter Donald Trump sent Apple to keep TikTok on the App Store

Bcachefs may be headed out of the kernel

Rust and WASM for Form Validation

GM’s Cruise Cars Are Back on the Road in Three US States—But Not for Ride-Hailing

Beachgoers Startled by Rare Cloud That Looks Exactly Like a Giant Tsunami Wave

Zuckerberg Was Wrong About the Metaverse. Can We Really Trust Him With Superintelligent AI?

The American system of democracy has crashed

This Laifen Lightweight Hair Dryer Is 6x Cheaper Than Dyson, Click the Amazon Coupon for Early Prime Deal

LooksMapping

New Galaxy Z Fold 7 leaks may give first real look at Samsung’s slimmer foldable

One UI 8 will take Samsung’s Audio Eraser to the next level

Google Messages could give profile pages a dash of Material 3 Expressive personality (APK teardown)

The US dollar is on track for its worst year in modern history

Apple reverts China slump, sees first iPhone quarterly growth in two years [report]

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