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Amazon reportedly in talks to buy AI startup Decart for up to $7 billion

Amazon is said to be negotiating an acquisition of Decart, a startup whose DOS software optimizes AI models to run on different chips in weeks instead of months, in a deal valued at as much as $7 billion. Decart also builds Lucy and Oasis, AI models that generate simulated 3D environments for gaming and robotics training. Anthropic had reportedly discussed buying Decart for about $6 billion last month but walked away after due diligence, for reasons that remain unclear.

hardware.slashdot.org · 2026-10-12

Hacker News user seeks advice on rescuing 1991 Spellbound floppy disks

A parent on Ask HN is trying to restore a 1991 DOS educational title, Spellbound by The Learning Company, for their children, but a modern USB 3.5-inch diskette drive is producing read errors that prevent Linux from mounting the disks. Using ddrescue they managed to extract some data, though it remains unverified, and they still have unread 5.25-inch disks from the same box. They're asking whether switching to a period-correct IDE floppy drive, such as one built into an old Leading Edge WinPro 486, would read the aging media more reliably.

news.ycombinator.com · 2026-09-07