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Adam (YC W25) Is Hiring to Build the Future of CAD

We’re building the founding engineering team at Adam. At Adam, we’re tackling a frontier problem: building a new way to interface with CAD via AI. This demands creativity, deep technical ability, and novel thinking. As part of the founding engineering team you may: Sprint for two weeks to build a new product vertical from scratch Develop new interfaces for AI-driven CAD workflows Design, implement, test, and deploy full features Work with our product team to ensure a fast, consistent, and

Learning lessons from the loss of the Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad

In 2021 the Accident Investigation Board – Norway (AIBN) published a detailed report covering the loss of HNoMS Helge Ingstad after she collided with an oil tanker in November 2018. There is much to be learned from this event that is applicable to the RN and global navies. In this in-depth, although far from exhaustive, article we describe the incident and look at some of the key lessons. The accident in summary On 8th November 2018, the frigate Helge Ingstad (HING) was heading south down Hjel

The Creators of ‘Wednesday’ Tease Their Season 3 Plans

The second season of Netflix’s Wednesday came to a close earlier this week, and with season three on the way, creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar have just one objective: “Make it the best season of [the show] we possibly can, and continue digging deeper into our characters,” according to Millar. In a recent Tudum blog, the duo teased some things viewers can expect the third time around. While keeping mum on spoilers, they told audiences to examine season two’s final episode, which lays “a n

Trump’s New History Exhibit Features Fake Quotes From AI-Generated Founding Fathers

The White House recently commissioned a new history exhibit in Washington, D.C. created by the far-right “education” group PragerU. The exhibit features 82 paintings and 40 AI videos, presenting a rather distorted view of America’s founding. The AI-generated videos even include fake quotes from the founding fathers, including one that seems like a joke. But the folks at PragerU are serious about their mission, even if the intention is to own the libs. What kind of quotes are we talking about?

Why did books start being divided into chapters? A new history

Perhaps it is the inevitable fate of any convention, but literary history does not, it turns out, have many examples of people appreciating great chaptering. In The History of English Prose Rhythm (1912) – one of the sources for James Joyce’s virtuosic-or-unreadable parodies of the evolution of English prose in Ulysses – George Saintsbury remarks on Thomas Malory’s decision to insert a chapter break at a decisive moment in his fifteenth-century Morte d’Arthur. At the end of chapter ten of the Mo

Tesla asks for $243 million verdict to be tossed in fatal Autopilot crash suit

Dillon Angulo, 33, looks at a roadside memorial sign reading "Drive Safely In Memory Naibel Benavidez" next to the site of a car crash where a Tesla driver using Autopilot killed her, and left him catastrophically injured in 2019, on Aug. 12, 2025, in Key Largo, Florida. Tesla has filed a motion to appeal the verdict in a product liability and wrongful death lawsuit that could cost the company $242.5 million if it is not reduced or overturned. Elon Musk's automaker has asked for the verdict to

Parents sue OpenAI after ChatGPT allegedly encouraged teenage son's suicide, company announces safety changes

What just happened? The parents of a 16-year-old who killed himself after ChatGPT advised him on methods and helped draft his suicide note are suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman. The company says it is now making changes to its chatbot, including strengthening safeguards and expanding interventions. Adam Raine's parents accuse OpenAI and Altman of "designing and distributing a defective product that provided detailed suicide instructions to a minor, prioritizing corporate profits over child safety

‘The Vampire Diaries’ Almost Cast Marvel’s Sebastian Stan, New Book Reveals

The Vampire Diaries helped define the CW’s genre days, and for many fans, it’s also the moment they discovered Star Trek: Strange New Worlds actor Paul Wesley. He was cast alongside costar Ian Somerhalder to play the vampire brothers Damon and Stefan Salvatore, but things could have been very different: Marvel’s Sebastian Stan almost got the call to play the character. In an upcoming oral history titled I Was Feeling Epic by Samantha Highfill excerpted in EW, she reveals that Stan took a meetin

Apple Watch helps user discover life-changing brain tumor

The Apple Watch’s health features have once again played a part in flagging a potential health problem. A 57-year-old woman from Brighton, East Sussex says her Apple Watch alerted her to an issue that ultimately led doctors to uncover a brain tumor. Sam Adams told The Sun that her Apple Watch repeatedly flagged an unusually low heart rate after she returned from a trip to Costa Rica. At the time, she was recovering from personal losses including losing a parent, a pet, and her marriage. Adams b

Apple Watch helps user discover brain tumor after unusual heart rate alerts

The Apple Watch’s health features have once again played a part in flagging a potential health problem. A 57-year-old woman from Brighton, East Sussex says her Apple Watch alerted her to an issue that ultimately led doctors to uncover a brain tumor. Sam Adams told The Sun that her Apple Watch repeatedly flagged an unusually low heart rate after she returned from a trip to Costa Rica. At the time, she was recovering from personal losses including losing a parent, a pet, and her marriage. Adams b

Palantir stock falls for sixth-straight day in longest losing streak since April 2024

Palantir shares sank further into correction territory Wednesday after six straight days of heavy selling. The slide marks the longest such streak for the artificial intelligence software company since April 2024, and brings shares down 18% from the recent intraday record. Shares closed in correction territory on Tuesday after accumulating a 15% loss from the highs. Wednesday's moves also dropped Palantir out of the 20 most valuable U.S. companies ranking. The software analytics company achiev

Google says the quiet part out loud: IP68 protection doesn’t last

Designed to comply with dust and water protection rating IP68 under IEC standard 60529 when each device leaves the factory but the device is not water or dust proof. The accessories are not water or dust resistant. Water resistance and dust resistance are not permanent conditions and will diminish or be lost over time due to normal wear and tear, device repair, disassembly or damage. Phone is not drop/tumble proof and dropping your device may result in loss of water/dust resistance. Damage from

Palantir stock plummets 18% from highs in longest losing streak since April 2024

Palantir shares sank further into correction territory Wednesday after six straight days of heavy selling. The slide marks the longest such streak for the artificial intelligence software company since April 2024, and brings shares down 18% from the recent intraday record. Shares closed in correction territory on Tuesday after accumulating a 15% loss from the highs. Palantir's slide followed a broader market sell-off and came on the heels of a short seller report from Andrew Left's Citron Rese

Palantir stock plummets 20% from highs in longest losing streak since April 2024

Palantir shares sank into bear market territory Wednesday after six-straight days of heavy selling. The slide marks the longest such streak for the artificial intelligence software company since April 2024, and brings shares down 20% from the recent record. Shares closed in correction territory on Tuesday after accumulating a 15% loss from the highs. Palantir's slide followed a broader market selloff and came on the heels of a short-seller report from Andrew Left's Citron Research. He called t

Want your Pixel 10 to pop? dbrand’s Damascus skins are back in shimmering style

dbrand TL;DR dbrand’s refreshed Damascus skins are now available for the Pixel 10 series. You can choose from Holo White and Triple White designs. The skins are also rolling out across over 200 other devices with a buy-one-get-one-free deal. Picking up a Pixel 10 today? dbrand already has you covered. The company has given its most popular Damascus skin line a long-awaited refresh, with two striking new variations that debut on Google’s latest flagships. Don’t want to miss the best from And

What Is the Electric Constant and Why Should You Care?

It's fun to think about the fundamental physical constants. These are special values used in our models of the physical universe. They include things like the speed of light, the gravitational constant, and Planck’s constant, and they’re “fundamental” in the sense that we can't derive them theoretically, we can only measure them. We use these in solving physics problems all the time, so it’s easy to take them for granted. But why are there such numbers in nature, and why do they just happen to

A Nostalgic ‘Addams Family’ Prop Could Join Your Spooky, Ooky Collection

The Addams Family has come a long way since Charles Addams’ paper cartoons debuted in 1938 and is currently in its Gen Z era incarnation, thanks to director Tim Burton. Still, the real ones know that before Wednesday on Netflix introduced us to Jenna Ortega as the acerbic teen and explored her mystery-laden life in dark academia, Christina Ricci made her a ’90s icon. Propstore is rolling out a standout piece of nostalgia for The Addams Family as part of its upcoming Entertainment Memorabilia Au

Norway spy chief blames Russian hackers for hijacking dam

In Brief Russian hackers briefly hijacked a dam in Norway in early April and spilled millions of gallons of water before the attack was stopped, Norway’s spy chief revealed Thursday. The hackers opened a floodgate at the Bremanger dam in western Norway to release the equivalent of about three Olympic-sized swimming pools of water during the four hours they had control of the dam’s computer systems. Beate Gangaas, the head of Norway’s security police service, blamed the cyberattack on Russian

Pro-Russian hackers blamed for water dam sabotage in Norway

The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) says that pro-Russian hackers took control of critical operation systems at a dam and opened outflow valves. The attack occurred in April and is thought to have been a demonstration of Russia’s ability to remotely hack critical infrastructure in the country. At the Arendalsuka annual national forum in the city of Arendal, the head of the PST, Beate Gangås, spoke about the incident saying that it was less of an attempt to cause damage than a display o

The Team Behind ‘Wednesday’ Is Bringing the Addams Family Back to Animation

Jeffrey Wright talks The Batman, Part II. Plus, get a look at what’s coming on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Alien: Earth. Spoilers away! The Healing/Mar.ia/Holy Mother Variety reports a brand-new sci-fi/horror production company called Void Signal has partnered with Alliance Home Entertainment, “targeting digital and physical releases across North America, the U.K., and Ireland.” The company’s first release, The Healing, will be available this October 7 and star Alyona Mitroshina as “a wo

Tough, smart and ahead of her time - how Dame Stephanie changed women's role in the tech industry

Tough, smart and ahead of her time - how Dame Stephanie changed women's role in the tech industry 3 hours ago Share Save Zoe Kleinman • @zsk Technology editor Share Save BBC To many women in tech, myself included, Dame Stephanie Shirley, who has died aged 91, was inspirational. Her pioneering and controversial decision to hire exclusively women coders and data inputters, working from home, was way ahead of its time and changed many lives. She had a difficult life, and it made her tough. She w

Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley, technology pioneer, dies aged 91

Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley, technology pioneer, dies aged 91 40 minutes ago Share Save Zoe Kleinman • @zsk Technology editor Share Save AFP via Getty Images Visionary tech pioneer and philanthropist Dame Stephanie Shirley has died at the age of 91. The boundary-breaking entrepreneur arrived in London at the age of five, just weeks before the outbreak of World War Two, and went on to become a computer industry and women's rights pioneer in the 1950s and 1960s. She founded the software comp

‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Is a Delightful Mix of Gothic Whimsy and Brutal Horror

Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) is back at Nevermore Academy with a new deadly mystery in Tim Burton’s Wednesday. Season two of the hit Netflix series raises the stakes with bolder teen angst, as well as a surprising body count. Showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar return with exactly what fans loved from season one, amplified by the addition of new creative voices that truly capture the essence of Wednesday Addams. That includes Ortega’s influence as executive producer, and her collaborati

Using drone imagery and AI to rapidly assess damage after hurricanes and floods

A tool developed at Texas A&M University is set to transform how emergency responders assess damage after disasters. The technology, known as CLARKE (Computer vision and Learning for Analysis of Roads and Key Edifices) uses artificial intelligence and drone imagery to evaluate damage to buildings, roads and other infrastructure in a matter of minutes. CLARKE was created by a team of researchers led by Tom Manzini, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science and engineering, and Dr. Robin Murphy, a pi

Tesla must pay portion of $329 million in damages after fatal Autopilot crash, jury says

Tesla vehicles are parked outside of a dealership on July 24, 2025 in Austin, Texas. A jury in Miami has determined that Tesla should be held partly liable for a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash, and must compensate the family of the deceased and an injured survivor a portion of $329 million in damages. Tesla's payout is based on $129 million in compensatory damages, and $200 million in punitive damages against the company. The jury determined Tesla should be held 33% responsible for the fatal cras

Tesla must pay portion of $329M damages after fatal Autopilot crash, jury says

Tesla vehicles are parked outside of a dealership on July 24, 2025 in Austin, Texas. A jury in Miami has determined that Tesla should be held partly liable for a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash, and must compensate the family of the deceased and an injured survivor a portion of $329 million in damages. Tesla's payout is based on $129 million in compensatory damages, and $200 million in punitive damages against the company. The jury determined Tesla should be held 33% responsible for the fatal cras

Tesla must pay $329 million in damages after fatal Autopilot crash, jury says

A jury in Miami has determined that Tesla should be held partly liable for a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash, and must compensate the family of the deceased and an injured survivor damages of $329 million. The payout includes $129 million in compensatory damages, and $200 million in punitive damages against Tesla. Attorneys for the plaintiffs had asked the jury to award damages of around $345 million. The trial in the Southern District of Florida started on July 14. The suit centered around who sho

Tesla must pay $329M in damages in fatal Autopilot case, jury says

A jury in Miami has determined that Tesla should be held partly liable for a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash, and must compensate the family of the deceased and an injured survivor damages of $329 million. The payout includes $129 million in compensatory damages, and $200 million in punitive damages against Tesla. Attorneys for the plaintiffs had asked the jury to award damages of around $345 million. The trial in the Southern District of Florida started on July 14. The suit centered around who sho

Fatal Tesla Autopilot crash triggers $345 million lawsuit and safety questions

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust In brief: Tesla could pay damages of $345 million in a personal injury trial over a fatal Autopilot crash that happened in 2019. Lawyers for the plaintiffs claim that Elon Musk and Tesla made false statements to customers, shareholders, and the public about the safety capabilities of Autopilot, thereby increasing drivers' reliance on the system. On April 25, 2019, 42-year-old George McGee was drivi

Band Appears on Stage With Poorly-Disguised Robot Playing the Keytar

During a Chinese music festival, a humanoid robot named "Adam" graced the stage in what was half performance art and half marketing stunt — and did so while semi-disguised in a loose-fitting hoodie that did a terrible job obscuring its mechanical legs and hands that made it very clear that it was, indeed, a robot. As spotted by New Atlas, Adam the robot was dressed in a loose grey sweatshirt with the hood up, a long face mask, and Yeezy-style sneakers — but, let's be real, no pants — as it play