Judge dismisses lawsuits claiming Google’s AI Overviews siphon web traffic
Google may have a monopoly in search, but neither lawsuit made a compelling case the company was leveraging it.
Google thinks SpaceX’s Starship has to launch 1,600 times before space data centers get off the ground
Google launched its first advanced chip into orbit to pave the way for space data centers.
Workers are ‘calendar stalking’ their bosses for more face time
Amid growing pressure to return to the office, hybrid workers are developing sophisticated ways to optimize (and minimize) their time at work. First came “coffee badging”—where a hybrid or remote employee goes to the office just long enough to swipe his or her ID...
Former LinkedIn CEO leaves Microsoft, citing reluctance to be ‘full time, every day’ in Redmond office
Former LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky announced on Thursday that he is stepping down “after nearly 18 years at LinkedIn and Microsoft” and will leave the company at the end of the year. Roslansky led LinkedIn for six years, during which time he grew membership on the...
Bez: Generating a browser engine from specs and tests
Article URL: https://tangled.org/burrito.space/bez Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49925036 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
The Steam Autumn Sale has deals on Resident Evil Requiem and 007 First Light
The Steam Autumn Sale has deals on Resident Evil Requiem and 007 First Light Go to Source Bye-bye, money.
World’s first enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months
Fervo Energy completed its first power plant in less than two years. The next phases promise to connect to the grid even quicker.
Over 70% of Americans are concerned about AI’s existential risks, polling shows
A Quinnipiac University national poll strongly suggests that Americans’ fears about AI now go well beyond job losses and energy cost hikes because of new data centers. Fears about AI threatening humanity have gone mainstream. The poll, released Wednesday, found that...
Amazon wants to sell your Kindle’s physical buttons back to you for $35
Amazon has new Kindles. The company says it redesigned the lineup from the ground up. I look at them and see, well, Kindles. What new can you do with a slab of digital ink? Not much. Still, they made the front completely flat, with no seams, like a phone. And some of...
‘Sex is not a priority’: Gen Z on why they’re not hooking up
Playboy has resurrected its 1983 sex questionnaire for Generation Z, and according to the magazine, what it found was surprising. Back in the 1980s, the magazine said the question of whether 18-to-29-year-olds had ever had sex “was not even worth asking.” But things...
Drum Machina Go! as a New Music Tool for the Game Boy
The Nintendo Game Boy is quite possibly the most popular console in the international chiptune community. You might have seen musicians cranking out tunes with LSDJ or Nanoloop, but now there’s a new option for writing bangers on the DMG. It’s Drum Machina Go!, put...
CEO shuffle: Changes ahead for Mattel, Condé Nast, and the new merged Paramount-Warner Bros.
CEO shuffle: Changes ahead for Mattel, Condé Nast, and the new merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Go to Source Mattel Inc. is welcoming a new boss. So is Paramount. Roger Lynch will be stepping into his new role as CEO of Mattel, but he is...
OpenAI cuts ties with three safety researchers, WSJ reports
OpenAI has parted ways with three safety researchers after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information, report says.
OpenAI cuts ties with 3 safety researchers, WSJ reports
OpenAI has parted ways with three safety researchers after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information, report says.
Show HN: Vote on which of Hacker News’ challenges for AI have been met
Article URL: https://stoppels.ch/goalposts/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49924618 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
Zero Trust Creator Says Model Holds Firm Against AI-Assisted Attacks
Fifteen years after coining the framework, John Kindervag insists zero trust still works in the AI era—if you get the implementation right. The post Zero Trust Creator Says Model Holds Firm Against AI-Assisted Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Opus 5.5 loves to tell you ‘this matters’ (and other AI writing tells)
Opus 5.5’s biggest tell is the word “dependable,” which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples.
NYC’s click-to-cancel rule is now in effect to save consumers from subscription hell
Can the rest of the country have this please?
OpenAI Ignored Employees Who Warned of Major Security Concerns, Per Internal Messages
Months later, its models hacked Hugging Face and other organizations.
Git 3.0’s upcoming SHA-256 default will be a costly mistake
Article URL: https://blog.gitbutler.com/git-3-sha-256 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49924179 Points: 18 # Comments: 1
Osavul Lands $10 Million to Spot Hostile Intent Across Cyber, Physical Domains
Hybrid risk intelligence company Osavul has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by 33N Ventures. The post Osavul Lands $10 Million to Spot Hostile Intent Across Cyber, Physical Domains appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Pandora claims ‘we haven’t made this decision lightly’ after raising prices
The SiriusXM service joins a long list of streamers that have increased rates this year.
This startup wants to turn idle user car inventory into rental revenue
When Igor Dobrianskyi looks at a car dealership lot, he doesn't see rows of cars — he sees millions of dollars just sitting there, depreciating, while people who only need a car for a few months are stuck paying too much for too little choice, so he built...
ParadeDB Search Performance Improvements
Article URL: https://www.paradedb.com/blog/opening-a-closed-tin Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49924275 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Researchers Say They Tricked Chinese AI Into Providing Instructions For Bioweapons, Assassinations
As if Moonshot wasn't already controversial enough.
Sony brings AI upscaling to the base PS5
Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei are the first games to support Quick Spectral Super Resolution.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra vs Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra: The difference one year can make
An iterative upgrade once again for Samsung's laptop-sized tablet line.
Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Suspected of Running KillSec, Seize Ransomware Leak Site and Servers
Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Suspected of Running KillSec, Seize Ransomware Leak Site and Servers Go to Source Police in Spain have arrested a 16-year-old whom investigators suspect of running the KillSec ransomware group. KillSec is...
AWS offers local, open source leash for agent harnesses
If you don't want your AI agents running out of control and changing files or transferring data outside your rules, AWS has published an open source software library that it claims can add a new layer of policy control. Just as a dog’s harness is useless without a...
Amazon releases its own Jev clone as decision models flood the web
Amazon Web Services' Strand Labs has released the latest Jevalike decision model, Strands Decider 2B.