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news.ycombinator.com Richard Gaines 2025-10-01 15:23:34

At the Wikimedia Foundation, we believe that access to knowledge is a human right. Our mission is to ensure everyone, everywhere can access and share reliable information freely and openly on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Access to free and open knowledge, supported by the fundamental right to freedom of expression, empowers people to exercise many other rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including the rights to education, artistic expression, economic advan

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NASA Accused of Taking Illegal Steps to Implement Trump’s Budget Proposal

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-10-02 03:45:12

With a government shutdown looming, Senate Democrats claim NASA is taking steps to implement the Trump administration’s budget proposal before Congress acts on appropriations bills. The preemptive cuts are part of “an illegal plot” to gut the agency, they say. “The Destruction of NASA’s Mission,” a report released Monday by the Democratic staff of the Senate Commerce Committee, alleges that the White House budget office has been pushing NASA to carry out the “devastating” cuts outlined in the 2

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Whistleblowers Say NASA Is Poised to Kill an Astronaut

futurism.com Sharon Adarlo 2025-10-02 11:13:31

NASA whistleblowers claim that President Donald Trump’s drastic changes to the space agency are imperiling safety to such a degree that insiders have become “very concerned that we’re going to see an astronaut death within a few years.” That’s according to a blockbuster report from the US Senate. “I see safety issues around us all the time,” one whistleblower lamented in it. The chilling warning comes as a new culture of fear and silence has descended on NASA after Trump officials instituted

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Managing Dotfiles with Make

news.ycombinator.com Matheus Afonso Martins Moreira 2025-09-29 09:15:26

Managing dotfiles with Make Make is an old tool, an assembly language of sorts for build systems. Many have tried to replace it. Many have tried to reinvent it. Most people prefer to avoid it if at all possible. So why use it to manage dotfiles of all things? There's at least one good reason to do this: make is ubiquitous. Pretty much every machine that has ever compiled software will have a copy of this thing. Using make as a dotfile management tool eliminates the need to install yet another

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AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds

futurism.com Victor Tangermann 2025-10-05 05:00:00

The AI industry has made major promises about its tech boosting the productivity of developers, allowing them to generate copious amounts of code with simple text prompts. But those claims appear to be massively overblown, as The Register reports, with researchers finding that productivity gains are modest at best — and at worst, that AI can actually slow down human developers. In a new report, management consultants Bain & Company found that despite being “one of the first areas to deploy gen

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Report accuses Apple of ignoring labor issues at key Chinese supplier [U]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-04 08:37:50

Update: Foxconn provided a statement to 9to5Mac regarding the report. Find it below. A new report by China Labor Watch accuses Apple of overlooking irregular and abusive work conditions at Foxconn Zhengzhou, one of its key suppliers. Here are the details. 6 years later, it appears little has changed China Labor Watch was founded in 2000, and describes itself as “an independent not-for-profit organization that advocates for workers’ rights, and supports the Chinese labor movement.” Throughout

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AI magnifies your teams strengths - and weaknesses, Google report finds

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-10-04 23:00:00

enot-poloskun/iStock / Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Nearly all developers now rely on AI tools. AI amplifies strengths and magnifies dysfunction. High-quality platforms are a must for AI success. Google released its 2025 DORA software development report. DORA (DevOps Research & Assessment) is a research program at Google (part of the Google Cloud organization). DORA explores the capabilities and factors that drive software de

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Senate staff probes DOGE, finds locked doors and windows covered with trash bags

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-04 11:19:46

Multiple whistleblowers alleged that DOGE uploaded a highly sensitive Social Security Administration (SSA) database to an unmonitored cloud environment, according to a report by Senate Democratic staff. The staff report describes an investigation into DOGE activities at three agencies, including a site visit at the General Services Administration (GSA) in which DOGE officials appeared to be hiding certain areas from view. As we reported last month, then-SSA Chief Data Officer Chuck Borges alleg

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Report accuses Apple of ignoring labor issues at key Chinese supplier

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-05 19:37:50

A new report by China Labor Watch accuses Apple of overlooking irregular and abusive work conditions at Foxconn Zhengzhou, one of its key suppliers. Here are the details. 6 years later, it appears little has changed China Labor Watch was founded in 2000, and describes itself as “an independent not-for-profit organization that advocates for workers’ rights, and supports the Chinese labor movement.” Throughout the years, the group has criticized and called attention to numerous alleged labor vi

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‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’ Has Swapped Its Release Date Again

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-10-09 03:15:40

Noah Hawley is “pretty confident” Alien: Earth will return for a second season. Yet another mid-budget Stephen King project marches forward. Plus, what’s coming on The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. Spoilers, assemble! Rat Deadline reports a film adaptation of Stephen King’s “novella,” Rat, is now in development with Isaac Ezban attached to direct. The story concerns Drew Larson, a writer “cursed by his own ambition.” Each attempt at a novel has ended in disaster—illness, misfortune, or worse. Det

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Armed Guards and Muscle Milk: Senate Investigation Reveals DOGE Takeover Details

wired.com Makena Kelly 2025-10-09 08:00:00

From its inception, Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) operated as a rogue entity within the US government, slashing staff and funding, gaining access to government systems, and overriding agency decisionmaking—all without oversight from officials who have little understanding of its reach and methods. A report issued by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) on Thursday adds new insight on how this incursion happened, while rais

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AI helps strong dev teams and hurts weak ones, according to Google's 2025 DORA report

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-10-09 20:35:00

DamnwellMedia/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Nearly all developers now rely on AI tools. AI amplifies strengths and magnifies dysfunction. High-quality platforms are a must for AI success. Google released its 2025 DORA software development report. DORA (DevOps Research & Assessment) is a research program at Google (part of the Google Cloud organization). DORA explores the capabilities and factors that drive software deli

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The surprising ways AI helps strong dev teams and hurts weak ones, according to Google

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-10-09 22:00:26

DamnwellMedia/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Nearly all developers now rely on AI tools. AI amplifies strengths and magnifies dysfunction. High-quality platforms are a must for AI success. Google released its 2025 DORA software development report. DORA (DevOps Research & Assessment) is a research program at Google (part of the Google Cloud organization). DORA explores the capabilities and factors that drive software deli

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Denis Villeneuve May Not Start Casting His James Bond Until After ‘Dune: Part Three’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-10-11 03:30:20

Ever since Denis Villeneuve was announced as the director of the next James Bond movie, there’s been rampant speculation over just who might be stepping into the shoes left behind in Daniel Craig’s explosive departure. But a new report suggests that for all of Amazon’s quick movement once it got control of the franchise, it might be a good while longer until the search for the next 007 gets underway. A new report by Deadline today suggests that Villeneuve won’t begin the hunt for his new Bond i

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Oracle is reportedly looking to raise $15B in corporate bond sale

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-10-11 03:09:17

In Brief Oracle is reportedly looking to raise funds just weeks after the company inked an historic AI infrastructure deal with OpenAI. Cloud infrastructure giant Oracle is looking to raise $15 billion through corporate bond sales, according to reporting from Bloomberg, citing sources. The sale could include up to seven different parts, with the potential for one said part to be an uncommon 40-year bond, Bloomberg reported. TechCrunch reached out to Oracle for more information. This report c

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Taiwan starts weaponizing chip access after US urged it to, expert says

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-11 07:35:44

Taiwan has begun evolving its trade strategy to start wielding its dominant position as a leading supplier of cutting-edge chips as a weapon, Bloomberg reported. The move comes amid Donald Trump's heightening global trade war and after years of Taiwan's use of its chip dominance as a shield against Chinese aggression, with Taiwan allying with the US to stave off China's threats of invasion. Under the so-called "one-China principle," China has rejected Taiwan's independence, requiring allies to

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CEO Pumping Out Thousands of AI Slop Podcasts Says Her Critics Are “Luddites”

futurism.com Victor Tangermann 2025-10-11 11:07:20

The CEO of a company that’s pumping out thousands of lazily AI-generated podcasts thinks everybody is complaining too much about having AI slop shoved down their throats. Inception Point AI CEO Jeanine Wright told the Hollywood Reporter that “people who are still referring to all AI-generated content as AI slop are probably lazy luddites.” It’s an incendiary comment, likely aimed to provoke a debate. While the billions the AI industry is spending to help students cheat on their homework are co

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Deep researcher with test-time diffusion

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-08 09:26:53

The recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have fueled the emergence of deep research (DR) agents. These agents demonstrate remarkable capabilities, including the generation of novel ideas, efficient information retrieval, experimental execution, and the subsequent drafting of comprehensive reports and academic papers. Currently, most public DR agents use a variety of clever techniques to improve their results, like performing reasoning via chain-of-thought or generating multiple answe

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Tether CEO confirms major capital raise at a reported $500 billion valuation

cnbc.com Pia Singh Dylan Butts 2025-10-12 06:07:31

Venezuelan Bolivar and U.S. Dollar banknotes and representations of cryptocurrency Tether are seen in this illustration taken Sept. 8, 2025. Tether, the issuer of the world's largest stablecoin, is evaluating a major fundraising round, its CEO Paolo Ardoino, has confirmed, in a deal that could reportedly put the crypto company's value on par with OpenAI. The El Salvador-based company is looking to raise between $15 billion and $20 billion for a roughly 3% stake through a private placement, acc

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Tether reportedly seeks lofty $500 billion valuation in capital raise

cnbc.com Pia Singh 2025-10-12 15:18:39

Venezuelan Bolivar and U.S. Dollar banknotes and representations of cryptocurrency Tether are seen in this illustration taken Sept. 8, 2025. Tether, the issuer of the largest stablecoin, is planning to raise as much as $20 billion in a deal that could put the crypto company's value on par with OpenAI, according to a report from Bloomberg News. The crypto company is looking to raise between $15 billion and $20 billion in exchange for a roughly 3% stake through a private placement, the report sa

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‘Workslop’: AI-Generated Work Content Is Slowing Everything Down

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-10-13 10:20:37

AI slop isn’t limited to cringey cat videos on Facebook anymore; it has made its way into the workplace. The Harvard Business Review recently coined a term for low-quality, AI-generated work documents—workslop. The respected business publication argues that this growing pile of phoned-in memos and reports is one reason many companies are seeing little return on their AI investments. The report lands as the AI industry keeps booming. The U.N. recently projected the global AI market will rocket

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Based C++

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-11 09:36:05

Based C++ This repo provides an implementation of the GNU Interface Layer (GIL) and standard library for g++ . C++ is the best interpreted language Usage Here is a simple "Hello, world!" in C++. # include " gil/std.hpp " using namespace gil ::std ; volatile auto run = main<{ str::puts ( str::literal ( " Hello, world! " )) }>; To run the program, run g++ -std=c++23 -Based hello_world.cpp -o - Note The above command only works if you invoke g++ from the root of this repo; otherwise, you w

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UK Millionaire exodus did not occur, study reveals

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-15 23:48:51

30 news pieces a day in 2024 on non-existent exodus A millionaire exodus widely reported by news outlets around the world in 2024, and credited for the UK Labour government’s decision to weaken tax reforms, did not occur, the Tax Justice Network reveals. The media reporting – consisting of over 10,900 news pieces across print, broadcast and online news in 2024 – was primarily based on a report published by Henley & Partners1, a firm that sells golden passports to the superrich and advises gove

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What climate targets? Top fossil fuel producing nations keep boosting output

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-16 07:51:00

The last two years have witnessed the hottest one in history, some of the worst wildfire seasons across Canada, Europe and South America and deadly flooding and heat waves throughout the globe. Over that same period, the world’s largest fossil fuel producers have expanded their planned output for the future, setting humanity on an even more dangerous path into a warmer climate. Governments now expect to produce more than twice as much coal, oil and gas in 2030 as would be consistent with the go

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New Report Finds That China’s Space Program Is Rapidly Outstripping NASA

futurism.com Joe Wilkins 2025-10-12 21:05:54

While the sitting US government strips NASA of its expert leadership and funding, it seems China is more than happy to take up the mantle. A new report from the Commercial Space Federation, a lobbying group fighting for the interests of the privatized space industry, found that China’s space program is experiencing a meteoric rise, and will soon pose a significant challenge to the US’ dominant position in space. Posed as a “risk assessment” of the pressure Chinese competition puts on “American

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OpenAI and Jony Ive poach Apple designers, target key suppliers for hardware push

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-18 03:13:26

A few months ago, OpenAI teamed up with Jony Ive to build the next generation of AI-powered hardware, under the brand io. Now, according to The Information, they are working with the same supply chain partners that Apple relies on for its own products. Here are the details. OpenAI and Jony Ive resort to Apple suppliers for io According to the report, io has already signed with a major Apple supplier and is courting a second: “Luxshare, a major assembler of iPhones and AirPods in China, has a

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Known. Emerging. Unstoppable? Ransomware Attacks Still Evade Defenses

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-18 03:01:11

No, it's not new or particularly exotic, but after years of attacks, ransomware continues to rank among the most destructive threats facing global organizations today. Even with security teams pouring significant resources into prevention and detection efforts, attackers are still finding ways to bypass their defenses. Double extortion has become the default approach, with groups encrypting systems and stealing sensitive data for leverage. Some actors are now skipping the encryption step entir

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Anker’s most recent recall ended up affecting almost half a million power banks

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-19 11:13:19

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has provided more details on Anker’s last power bank recall from earlier this year. The agency notes that it received 33 reports of fire and explosion incidents. About 481,000 units were part of the recall. Electronics manufacturer Anker isn’t exactly having its best year. In June, the company recalled PowerCore 10000 power banks due to safety risks. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) revealed

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Will AI damage human creativity? Most Americans say yes

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-10-19 22:40:00

marabird/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways AI's use is worrying Americans, a new report found. A majority of Americans don't want it replacing human cognition. Still, they are OK with some of AI's use cases. A new report on Americans' AI views highlights their concern over the technology's impact on human cognition, like creativity, problem-solving, forming meaningful relations, and making hard decisions. A majority

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Will AI damage AI human creativity? Most Americans say yes

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-10-20 03:40:49

marabird/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways AI's use is worrying Americans, a new report found. A majority of Americans don't want it replacing human cognition. Still, they are OK with some of AI's use cases. A new report on Americans' AI views highlights their concern over the technology's impact on human cognition, like creativity, problem-solving, forming meaningful relations, and making hard decisions. A majority

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Making sure AI serves people and knowledge stays human

NASA Accused of Taking Illegal Steps to Implement Trump’s Budget Proposal

Whistleblowers Say NASA Is Poised to Kill an Astronaut

Managing Dotfiles with Make

AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds

Report accuses Apple of ignoring labor issues at key Chinese supplier [U]

AI magnifies your teams strengths - and weaknesses, Google report finds

Senate staff probes DOGE, finds locked doors and windows covered with trash bags

Report accuses Apple of ignoring labor issues at key Chinese supplier

‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’ Has Swapped Its Release Date Again

Armed Guards and Muscle Milk: Senate Investigation Reveals DOGE Takeover Details

AI helps strong dev teams and hurts weak ones, according to Google's 2025 DORA report

The surprising ways AI helps strong dev teams and hurts weak ones, according to Google

Denis Villeneuve May Not Start Casting His James Bond Until After ‘Dune: Part Three’

Oracle is reportedly looking to raise $15B in corporate bond sale

Taiwan starts weaponizing chip access after US urged it to, expert says

CEO Pumping Out Thousands of AI Slop Podcasts Says Her Critics Are “Luddites”

Deep researcher with test-time diffusion

Tether CEO confirms major capital raise at a reported $500 billion valuation

Tether reportedly seeks lofty $500 billion valuation in capital raise

‘Workslop’: AI-Generated Work Content Is Slowing Everything Down

Based C++

UK Millionaire exodus did not occur, study reveals

What climate targets? Top fossil fuel producing nations keep boosting output

New Report Finds That China’s Space Program Is Rapidly Outstripping NASA

OpenAI and Jony Ive poach Apple designers, target key suppliers for hardware push

Known. Emerging. Unstoppable? Ransomware Attacks Still Evade Defenses

Anker’s most recent recall ended up affecting almost half a million power banks

Will AI damage human creativity? Most Americans say yes

Will AI damage AI human creativity? Most Americans say yes

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