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CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues

CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues

Records obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interest…
Delta

Delta

Article URL: https://zed.dev/blog/introducing-delta Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49276574 Points: 302 # Comments: 95…
The Best Photos of the Big August Solar Eclipse

The Best Photos of the Big August Solar Eclipse

It’s been a century since the Iberian peninsula has been in the full shadow of the moon. Here’s what it looked like in the path of totality.…
Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out

Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out

"If this was opt-in, nobody would opt in," Twitch CPO Mike Minton said on a livestream responding to user feedback. "That's honestly the answer."…
The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy

The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy

Open models may soon be added to an updated AI framework, sources tell WIRED, as the White House continues to grapple with how to regulate a technolog…
US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating

US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating

Trump admin claims New York suing Kalshi created "market emergency."…
Brendan Carr is one firing away from an unchecked FCC

Brendan Carr is one firing away from an unchecked FCC

President Donald Trump already holds a Republican majority in the agency tasked with regulating America's communications systems. But with a new nomin…
FEMA's ‘Shadow Administrator’ Was Paid by a DOGE Member's Startup for Months

FEMA's ‘Shadow Administrator’ Was Paid by a DOGE Member's Startup for Months

Details from recent court filings show that DOGE's influence within government—and potential conflicts of interest—extend further than previously know…
London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces

London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces

Article URL: https://www.btp.police.uk/news/btp/news/england/btp-expands-live-facial-recognition-lfr-trial-into-london-underground-stations/ Comments …
Compression is prediction

Compression is prediction

Article URL: https://ngrok.com/blog/compression-is-prediction Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49263497 Points: 244 # Comments: 104…
OpenAI’s head of ethics leaves less than a year after joining

OpenAI’s head of ethics leaves less than a year after joining

https://archive.ph/W48UVhttps://aimagazine.com/news/why-did-openai-head-of-ethics-ch... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257160 Po…
Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering

Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering

Article URL: https://developers.googleblog.com/why-go-is-an-ideal-language-for-ai-assisted-software-engineering/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato…
Trump wants Big Pharma to split MMR vaccine; Big Pharma thinks it's idiotic

Trump wants Big Pharma to split MMR vaccine; Big Pharma thinks it's idiotic

It took just hours for the leading pharma group to reject the recommendations.…
A Google insider spills the tea on how the company forsook its founding ideals

A Google insider spills the tea on how the company forsook its founding ideals

Claire Stapleton's new book, Don't Be Evil, recounts her journey from company cheerleader to outspoken dissident.…
Less than 2.5% of Taylor Farms' recalled lettuce went to Taco Bells

Less than 2.5% of Taylor Farms' recalled lettuce went to Taco Bells

FDA report finally reveals where Taylor Farms sent its lettuce—and it raises questions.…
Rust SIMD on the GPU

Rust SIMD on the GPU

Article URL: https://www.vectorware.com/blog/simd-on-gpu/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49247477 Points: 211 # Comments: 105…
England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C

England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75gk620r22o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257377 Points: 266 # Comments: 177…
An unreleased Anthropic model made progress on one of math’s biggest unsolved problems

An unreleased Anthropic model made progress on one of math’s biggest unsolved problems

For more than 150 years, the Riemann hypothesis has stood as one of the major unsolved problems in mathematics. Anthropic hasn't solved it — but the c…
Trump to give Republicans a 3-1 FCC majority, isn't filling empty Democratic seat

Trump to give Republicans a 3-1 FCC majority, isn't filling empty Democratic seat

Trump has resisted urge to fire FCC Democrat despite recent Supreme Court win.…
Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don't exist

Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don't exist

Trump falsely claimed the MMR vaccine is "quite lethal" and linked shots to autism.…
Ars Live: Ross Scott discusses the Stop Killing Games movement

Ars Live: Ross Scott discusses the Stop Killing Games movement

Our discussion takes place live on August 11 at 3 pm ET.…
Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy

Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy

On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about "government by machines" and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.…
DOGE's wild, unverifiable savings claims discredited in US government report

DOGE's wild, unverifiable savings claims discredited in US government report

DOGE's inflated "Wall of Receipts": 96% of grant savings unverifiable, GAO says.…
New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics

New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics

19 new maps continue the story from MachineGames' other campaign additions.…
Welcoming the Nepalese Government to Have I Been Pwned

Welcoming the Nepalese Government to Have I Been Pwned

Article URL: https://www.troyhunt.com/welcoming-the-nepalese-government-to-have-i-been-pwned/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49203…
Jill Lepore on the ‘Artificial State’ and why Silicon Valley’s leaders are bad sci-fi readers

Jill Lepore on the ‘Artificial State’ and why Silicon Valley’s leaders are bad sci-fi readers

Historian Jill Lepore has a theory about why tech companies often use soaring language to describe their products — almost as if they&#…
Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open

Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open

Article URL: https://herdr.dev/blog/herdr-is-joining-y-combinator/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49201003 Points: 249 # Comments:…
The Download: a censorship conspiracy theory and the first virus created by AI

The Download: a censorship conspiracy theory and the first virus created by AI

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. …
Report: White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism

Report: White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism

Trump determined to link life-saving shots to autism, despite science and political risk.…
Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Tech Team Is What DOGE Should Have Been

Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Tech Team Is What DOGE Should Have Been

The mayor of New York City has assembled a crew of Silicon Valley and United States Digital Service veterans to overhaul city services with better sof…