What I track in a day
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the…
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Robot Sourcing Index — Article Archive (Page 60)
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Robot snakes searched for Venezuela earthquake survivors in collapsed buildings
US robotics researchers flew to Venezuela with snakebots after getting a call.
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The arguments against open source AI are bad
Article URL: https://tombedor.dev/arguments-against-open-source-ai-are-very-bad/ Comments URL:…
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TikTok’s protection of minors should not be opt-in, warns EU
TikTok has attracted the ire of the European Union over its protection of children who use the video sharing platform.…
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Whack-a-drone
In Pasadena, California, there's a cute red brick courtyard where one storefront isn't like the rest. The glass doors…
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The Download: an organ transplant breakthrough, and homegrown Chinese chips
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going…
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Flux 3
Article URL: https://bfl.ai/blog/flux-3 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49031796 Points: 318 #…
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Some of Our Favorite Brain-Boosting Toys for Kids of All Ages
From musical instruments and games to play pieces that encourage balance and dexterity, these toys will engage your…
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What Is Entropy, Really?
Never mind the “heat death of the universe.” Entropy is just a bridge between two levels of reality.
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Facebook considers giving up and becoming TikTok
Facebook is planning some big changes to try and keep its users from jumping to rival social platforms like TikTok -…
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BenQ TK705STi 4K Projector Review: A Midrange Pick for Gamers
The TK705STi’s highly responsive, low-latency performance makes gameplay ultra-realistic. For movies and TV? It’s a…
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European researchers want to study social media’s harms but can’t get the data
EU law gives researchers unprecedented rights to scrutinize Big Tech. Researchers say Tik Tok, X, and Meta are still…
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Trump Endorsed the MyPillow Guy as Minnesota Governor. The State GOP Isn’t Buying It
After Trump publicly backed pillow salesman turned election denier Mike Lindell for governor of Minnesota, the local…
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Microsoft pressures LG into killing unwanted McAfee ads
Microsoft has intervened to stop Windows 11 users with LG monitors from being bombarded with annoying McAfee trial…
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Kagi Brings Back Old-School Search, One Human-Made Website at a Time
If you’re tired of sponsored and AI-summarized search results, Kagi gives you a curated—and human-centric—way to find…
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Show HN: Echo – Fable-level results at 1/3 the cost using open-weight models
I’ve been building Echo (https://echo.tracerml.ai/), an experiment in making one AI system out of a pool of open-weight…
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98.css
Article URL: https://jdan.github.io/98.css/#status-bar Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49028927…
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How AI guardrails are impeding the work of offensive cybersecurity researchers
We spoke with several cybersecurity researchers, who look for unknown vulnerabilities and develop tools to exploit…
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Software rendering in 500 lines of bare C++
Article URL: https://haqr.eu/tinyrenderer/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49022038 Points: 233 #…
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What happened to TheNumbers.com
Article URL: https://stephenfollows.com/p/what-just-happened-to-thenumberscom-should-worry-us-all Comments URL:…
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Namecheap Gave My Account to an Unverified Third Party Just Because They Asked
I’ve been a NameCheap customer for 13 years. I’ve also helped out an old college club paying for a .com they use (that…
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An FDA Panel Just Endorsed These Unproven Peptides
Outside experts—some with a vested interest in peptides—recommended adding a number of the amino acids to the FDA's…