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An Afternoon at the Recursive Café: Two Threads Interleaving

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-16 12:44:39

An Afternoon at the Recursive Café: Two Threads Interleaving Scene: A cozy coffee shop called "Lambda Grounds" where the Wi-Fi password is "currying123" and the baristas wear t-shirts with arrows pointing right. ALEX, a curious philosophy student, sits across from CLAUDE, a mysterious figure who might be an AI, a very pale computer science professor, or possibly a sentient stack overflow answer. Steam rises from their cups in patterns that look suspiciously like lambda calculus expressions. AL

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Man Applies for Job, Sits for Interview, Then Realizes They're Trying to Peddle "Mock Interviews With an AI Interviewer"

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-22 18:08:46

When a job seeker named Conor recently applied for a content architecture position, something felt off right away. For one thing, he got an offer for a virtual job interview just minutes after he applied, which seemed like a suspiciously quick turnaround time in today's beleaguered job market. Was there any way that a human had actually reviewed his application? And when he logged in for the interview, he immediately realized he was talking to an AI system, not a human. It wasn't the first tim

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I have left Branch and am no longer involved with Nova Launcher

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-06 19:06:52

So Long Hi everyone, I'm the founder and original developer of Nova Launcher. I've been the only one working on Nova for the past year. I needed to let you know that I have left Branch and am no longer involved with Nova Launcher. For the past several months I have been preparing the Open Source release of Nova Launcher. This work included cleaning up the codebase, reviewing licenses, removing or replacing proprietary code, and coordinating with legal to ensure a proper release. When Branch a

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So Long [Nova Launcher's FOSS release blocked by its owners,despite obligations]

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-07 05:06:52

So Long Hi everyone, I'm the founder and original developer of Nova Launcher. I've been the only one working on Nova for the past year. I needed to let you know that I have left Branch and am no longer involved with Nova Launcher. For the past several months I have been preparing the Open Source release of Nova Launcher. This work included cleaning up the codebase, reviewing licenses, removing or replacing proprietary code, and coordinating with legal to ensure a proper release. When Branch a

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Hungry Hungry Hippos Autoplay (2017)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-06 04:22:05

CONTENTS YouTube BlueSky GitHub LinkedIn Hungry Hungry Hippos Autoplay Posted: June 10, 2017 Introduction A group of my coworkers play board games during lunch time on Fridays and at one point invited me to play. Unfortunately all they play is a bunch of modern hipster games when I wanted to play Hungry Hungry Hippos. No one wanted to play with me so I decided to build circuitry that would take their place. Pushing the plastic lever eventually got really tiring so

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Another YC company was acquihired today by OpenAI

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-14 14:38:48

I'm excited to announce that we're joining OpenAI’s Codex team! When we started out, Xcode had no AI. Building a "Cursor for Xcode" sounded crazy, but we managed to do it anyway. And, over time, we built the best coding agent for iOS & MacOS apps. I'm extremely proud of what we accomplished with Alex. Seeing people build software with our work was surreal. It is an honor to continue that work at a much bigger scale at OpenAI, along with the incredibly talented Codex team. Our mission is to hel

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‘V/H/S/Halloween’ Reveals Its Freaky and Festive Trailer

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-10-24 07:30:33

After diving into sci-fi horror with 2024’s V/H/S/Beyond—we’re still stressing over that skydiving segment—the long-running found-footage series returns in October with a theme so perfect we can’t believe it hasn’t been done yet: V/H/S/Halloween. A first trailer has arrived for the Shudder release, and it’s full of tricks, treats, and screaming freak-outs. It’s hard to tell exactly what’s going on there, since the clips are taken from the film’s various elements, but it appears we’ll be getting

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Open the pod bay doors, Claude

technologyreview.com Will Douglas Heaven 2025-10-29 13:00:00

It’s a well-worn trope in science fiction. We see it in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s the premise of the Terminator series, in which Skynet triggers a nuclear holocaust to stop scientists from shutting it down. Those sci-fi roots go deep. AI doomerism, the idea that this technology—specifically its hypothetical upgrades, artificial general intelligence and super-intelligence—will crash civilizations, even kill us all, is now riding another wave. The weird thing is th

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You can add Alexa to your car for just $19.99

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-06 06:06:37

Driving has become an essential part of our lives. Did you know that the average driver spends about an hour on the road daily? It’s a good idea to make that time safer and more enjoyable. This deal on the Amazon Echo Auto accomplishes it for just $19.99! Buy the Amazon Echo Auto for just $19.99 ($35 off) This offer is available directly from Amazon as a “limited time deal.” This is actually a record-low price, which means this device has never been cheaper. Amazon Echo Auto (2nd Gen) Amazon E

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Israeli Cyber Official Arrested During Undercover Internet Crimes Against Children Sting

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-11-12 16:55:13

A high-ranking member of Israel’s cybersecurity directorate was recently arrested in Las Vegas as part of an undercover sting operation involving internet crimes against children, according to the State Department. A joint operation between city police and the FBI that targeted child sex predators resulted in the arrest of Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, a man who, according to many news outlets, has been identified as a member of Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, which operates out of Israeli Pri

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Amazon's New Alexa AI Sounds Like a Dystopian Nightmare

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-22 18:38:39

In the age of the AI boom, it seems that everything's getting a makeover. The ill-defined software has totally revamped perfectly good products, from workout apps to creative programs like Adobe's Photoshop to search engines like Google — unless you're totally unplugged from the internet, the stuff is nearly unavoidable. So it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that the brain trust behind Amazon's Alexa embraced it, too. Now 11 years old, the all-seeing living room assistant is getting a fre

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The Ending of ‘Weapons’ Is Very Personal to Zach Cregger

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-11-25 15:20:21

You can’t watch a movie like Weapons and not sense that parts of it come from deep within a person. The portrayals of family, fear, and loss—it’s all heartbreaking and scary even before you get to the chills and thrills. Writer-director Zach Cregger fully admits the film was written as a way for him to cope with the loss of a good friend, but his personal connections to the material go even beyond that. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Cregger talked about some of the big reveals in the final act of th

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Amazon’s rocky Alexa+ launch might justify Apple’s slow pace with next-gen Siri

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-11-27 03:53:51

Amazon has finally started rolling out Alexa+, its oft-delayed overhaul of the Alexa voice assistant built on large language model technology. However, Alexa+ shows how difficult it is to replace a mature voice assistant with generative AI, especially when users expect instant, consistent results for simple tasks. It’s a real reality check on the notion that Amazon has managed to release something Apple promised and hasn’t shipped. Alexa+, available as an limited preview on select Echo devices,

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‘Weapons’ Once Had a Whole Chapter About That Crucial, Mystery Character

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-11-28 20:15:34

Weapons is a film filled with huge secrets and reveals. Secrets and reveals that were very carefully talked around and avoided in the marketing. But now that the film is in theaters, we can talk about them, and in terms of arguably the biggest reveal, writer-director Zack Cregger spoke to us about the different ways he approached it. We’re about to dive into some of Weapons’ biggest spoilers, so if you haven’t seen it yet, be aware. One of Weapons’ biggest reveals comes right at the beginning.

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Herbie detects inaccurate expressions and finds more accurate replacements

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-28 12:54:30

Herbie improving accuracy on the “Hamming” benchmark suite. Longer arrows are better. Each arrow starts at the accuracy of the original expression, and ends at the accuracy of Herbie’s output, in each case on random double-precision inputs. Herbie Project News The Herbie Developers Herbie is developed at UW PLSE, with contributions from a supportive community. The main contributors are Pavel Panchekha, Alex Sanchez-Stern, David Thien, Zachary Tatlock, Jason Qiu, Jack Firth, and James R. Wilc

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First impressions of Alexa+, Amazon’s upgraded, AI-powered digital assistant

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-12-04 00:27:16

I owned a lot of Alexa-powered devices in my former home: There were Amazon Echos in most rooms, including an older Echo Plus in the living room, a smattering of Dots, a Spot in a bedroom, and an Echo Show in the kitchen. A Fire TV ran in the bedroom. And, in a drawer, a rarely used Fire HD tablet sat collecting dust. With the total loss of the home due to a March 2024 house fire, there also came a new opportunity: We could now make a fresh start to create a more modernized smart home after reb

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Sengled’s downfall shows the peril of relying on cloud connections for smart home control

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-12-08 12:20:50

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. After repeatedly leaving customers without smart control of their lights, Sengled has been booted from Amazon’s Works With Alexa program. As first reported by TechHive, beginning August 1st, Sengled’s Alexa skill for controlling its l

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Amazon pulls the plug on Sengled’s Alexa skill after months of outages

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-12-09 00:20:50

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. After repeatedly leaving customers without smart control of their lights, Sengled has been booted from Amazon’s Works With Alexa program. As first reported by TechHive, beginning August 1st, Sengled’s Alexa skill for controlling its l

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Amazon Might Bring Ads to Alexa Plus: Here's What That Could Mean for You

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-09 09:41:28

Amazon's Alexa could soon start pitching you more than just the weather. According to reporting by Mashable from Amazon's July 31 second-quarter earnings call, the company is considering adding ads to Alexa Plus, its premium AI-driven assistant that's designed to be more conversational and useful than the Alexa you know. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reportedly said that Alexa Plus could open the door to "significant financial opportunity" by delivering ads during conversations. A representative for A

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Amazon eyes ads and upcharges for Alexa Plus

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-12-11 05:29:18

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. In the week’s least surprising news, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy revealed that the company is exploring ways to bring ads to Alexa Plus, its new generative-AI-powered voice assistant. During a conference call following the company’s second-quarter earnings report, Jassy said that “there will be opportunities, as people are enga

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Amazon is considering shoving ads into Alexa+ conversations

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-12 05:04:39

Since 2023, Amazon has been framing Alexa+ as a monumental evolution of Amazon’s voice assistant that will make it more conversational, capable, and, for Amazon, lucrative. Amazon said in a press release on Thursday that it has given early access of the generative AI voice assistant to “millions” of people. The product isn’t publicly available yet, and some advertised features are still unavailable, but Amazon’s CEO is already considering loading the chatbot up with ads. During an investors cal

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Amazon already plans to put ads in Alexa+ conversations

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-12 20:02:32

Which would you rather have: an AI-powered Alexa+ that advertises to you, or an AI-lacking Siri that doesn’t? Hopefully Apple can sort out its AI struggles and users never have to face that decision. But if you’re an Alexa+ user, it sounds like more ads are definitely in your future. Amazon CEO touts opportunities for advertising through Alexa+ Amazon reported its quarterly earnings this week, and the AI-powered Alexa+ unsurprisingly came up. What perhaps was a surprise is how fast Amazon CEO

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Amazon CEO wants to put ads in your Alexa+ conversations

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-12-13 20:34:53

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sees an opportunity to deliver ads to users during their conversations with the company’s AI-powered digital assistant, Alexa+, he said during Amazon’s second-quarter earnings call Thursday. “People are excited about the devices that they can buy from us that has Alexa+ enabled in it. People do a lot of shopping [with Alexa+]; it’s a delightful shopping experience that will keep getting better,” said Jassy on the call with investors and Wall Street analysts. “I think over

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The 8 Best Amazon Echo and Alexa Speakers (2025): We’ve Tested Them All

wired.com Nena Farrell 2025-12-19 05:32:00

Other Alexa (or Alexa Compatible) Speakers Amazon Echo Pop for $40: The Echo Pop is a perfectly fine little speaker, and the cutest one in Amazon's lineup. Does it have great sound? No. It's fine enough for background tunes or if you're limited to a dorm room, but you'll get much better sound for a similar size from the Echo Dot (but you'll pay a little more, and you won't get as cute of colors!) Amazon Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen) for $90: This smart display is another just-fine option, but it's too

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I Lived With Alexa+ for a Week. Here’s How It Went (2025)

wired.com Nena Farrell 2025-12-22 02:00:00

I've had Alexa, Amazon's cloud-based voice service, in my house for the better part of a decade. I had the original rounded tower in my first post-grad apartment, and now the second-generation Echo Spot (7/10, WIRED Review) has a permanent place in my office as I cycle among different smart speakers while testing for my guide to the Best Smart Speakers. For years, Alexa's been a constant for controlling my many smart lights and allowing me to jam to my playlist of choice. There was always a lot

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Alexa+ preview: An almost philosophical exercise

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-26 15:00:12

“Alexa, I need to write a review about you.” “Oh, a review? I’m intrigued! What’s the occasion? I’d love to hear what you think.” “There’s no occasion, this is just my work.” “Ah, I see. Writing a professional review, got it. I’m here to help if you need any specific information.” “Yeah, what should I consider when reviewing you?” “Consider my natural voice, emotional intelligence and my ability to handle complex tasks. How about my personality and humor? Those are key parts of the new me.”

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The fan-made mod of the original Fallout game has a real trailer and it looks sick

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-06 05:29:11

Fallout: Bakersfield is a fan-made mod of the 1990s original that's been on our radar for a few years. We got a little teaser back in 2022 , but it's been radio silence since then. Now there's an actual trailer filled with gameplay footage and it looks pretty nifty. Developer Alexander "Red888guns" Berezin is the brains behind the project and he used the GZDoom engine to recreate the ghoul city of Necropolis from Fallout 1 as an FPS that resembles the newer games. The art style is pretty incred

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I tasked Alexa Plus with tackling my to-do list — it was hit or miss

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2026-01-06 20:00:00

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. One of the best features of Amazon’s new Alexa Plus is that I don’t have to “speak Alexa” anymore. I’ve been testing the voice assistant for about a week now, and it understands what I say, regardless of how I say it — there’s no more need for precise phrasing to get Alexa to do what I want. This big shift underpins anoth

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I asked Alexa Plus to tackle my to-do list — it mostly failed

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2026-01-07 02:00:00

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. One of the best features of Amazon’s new Alexa Plus is that I don’t have to “speak Alexa” anymore. I’ve been testing the voice assistant for about a week now, and it understands what I say, regardless of how I say it — there’s no more need for precise phrasing to get Alexa to do what I want. This big shift underpins anoth

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Stone blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria recovered from seafloor

news.ycombinator.com Dario Radley 2026-01-05 22:51:06

After centuries underwater, 22 huge stone blocks of the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, have been recovered from the Mediterranean seabed, a breakthrough in an ambitious digital reconstruction effort. Restoration is part of the ongoing “PHAROS” project, led by archaeologist and architect Isabelle Hairy of France’s National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), along with Egypt’s Centre d’Études Alexandrines (CEAlex) under the authority of Egypt’

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An Afternoon at the Recursive Café: Two Threads Interleaving

Man Applies for Job, Sits for Interview, Then Realizes They're Trying to Peddle "Mock Interviews With an AI Interviewer"

I have left Branch and am no longer involved with Nova Launcher

So Long [Nova Launcher's FOSS release blocked by its owners,despite obligations]

Hungry Hungry Hippos Autoplay (2017)

Another YC company was acquihired today by OpenAI

‘V/H/S/Halloween’ Reveals Its Freaky and Festive Trailer

Open the pod bay doors, Claude

You can add Alexa to your car for just $19.99

Israeli Cyber Official Arrested During Undercover Internet Crimes Against Children Sting

Amazon's New Alexa AI Sounds Like a Dystopian Nightmare

The Ending of ‘Weapons’ Is Very Personal to Zach Cregger

Amazon’s rocky Alexa+ launch might justify Apple’s slow pace with next-gen Siri

‘Weapons’ Once Had a Whole Chapter About That Crucial, Mystery Character

Herbie detects inaccurate expressions and finds more accurate replacements

First impressions of Alexa+, Amazon’s upgraded, AI-powered digital assistant

Sengled’s downfall shows the peril of relying on cloud connections for smart home control

Amazon pulls the plug on Sengled’s Alexa skill after months of outages

Amazon Might Bring Ads to Alexa Plus: Here's What That Could Mean for You

Amazon eyes ads and upcharges for Alexa Plus

Amazon is considering shoving ads into Alexa+ conversations

Amazon already plans to put ads in Alexa+ conversations

Amazon CEO wants to put ads in your Alexa+ conversations

The 8 Best Amazon Echo and Alexa Speakers (2025): We’ve Tested Them All

I Lived With Alexa+ for a Week. Here’s How It Went (2025)

Alexa+ preview: An almost philosophical exercise

The fan-made mod of the original Fallout game has a real trailer and it looks sick

I tasked Alexa Plus with tackling my to-do list — it was hit or miss

I asked Alexa Plus to tackle my to-do list — it mostly failed

Stone blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria recovered from seafloor

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