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The AI scaffolding layer is collapsing. LlamaIndex's CEO explains what survives.
The scaffolding layer that developers once needed to ship LLM applications — indexing layers, query engines, retrieval pipelines, carefully orchestrated agent loops — is collapsing. And according to Jerry Liu, co-founder and CEO of LlamaIndex, that's not a problem. It's the point…
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Musely secures $360M from General Catalyst without giving up equity
The DTC skin, hair, and menopause care brand will use the non-dilutive capital to super-charge customer acquisition.
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Meta buys robotics startup to bolster its humanoid AI ambitions
Meta bought humanoid startup Assured Robot Intelligence to beef up its AI models for robots, the company said.
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Operationalizing AI for Scale and Sovereignty
Companies are taking control of their own data to tailor AI for their needs. The challenge lies in balancing ownership with the safe, trusted flow of high‑quality data needed to power reliable insights. This conversation from MIT Technology Review’s EmTech AI conference examines …
MIT Technology Review
Meta Solved Their Problem With Kenyan Contractors Seeing Footage of AI Glasses Wearers on the Toilet
Remember the appalling but utterly-unsurprising story two months ago where a team of investigative reporters in Sweden uncovered a company in Kenya contracted by Meta to review video content captured by Meta’s “smart” glasses? They spoke to some of the workers, who told tales of …
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Beyond Lovable and Mistral: 21 European startups to watch
It is not that European startups never get attention — Lovable and Mistral AI are proof of that. But there are many more that insiders are tracking.
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US Defense Department signs contracts with Nvidia, Microsoft and AWS to integrate advanced AI into classified networks
The US Department of Defense has signed new deals with Nvidia, Microsoft,… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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The definitive sign of a settled adult isn’t certainty about what they want, it’s the absence of panic when they don’t yet know
The settled adult isn't the one with all the answers — it's the one whose nervous system doesn't sound an alarm when the answers aren't there yet. On the quiet skill of tolerating not-knowing.
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Psychology says the loneliest people aren’t the ones living alone, they’re the ones surrounded by family who only ever ask about their health, their schedule, and their weekend plans, but never once about who they actually became
The deepest loneliness isn't living alone — it's sitting at a family dinner where everyone loves you and nobody knows you anymore.
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Centre Notifies 100% FDI In Insurance Sector
The Centre has allowed up to 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in insurance companies under the automatic route, weeks after…
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Meta acquires ‘Assured Robot Intelligence’ to strengthen robotics and physical AI capabilities: Report
Meta reportedly acquired Assured Robot Intelligence as it steps up efforts in… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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Why the most successful founders aren’t the most visionary — they’re the most psychologically consistent
While visionary founders dominate headlines and TED talks, venture capital data reveals a startling truth: 70% of startups fail not because of bad ideas, but because their founders couldn't maintain stable behavioral patterns through the chaos of building a company.
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Peripherals Hacks
Custom peripheral projects are among the most rewarding. Especially if you’re like me and you sit at the computer eight hours per day, anything that you can use on a …read more
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A Beginner’s Guide to Kubernetes
In this article, we will learn how Kubernetes is a system of promises, and that every piece of it is a small program keeping one of those promises.
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The Tech Stack Powering Wise
In 2024, Wise’s deployment system automatically blocked hundreds of releases that would have caused production incidents.
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This Handy Synth Packs An ESP32
Since the first electronic hobbyist wired up a multivibrator to a keyboard many decades ago, electonic synthesisers have been a staple of home-made projects. Now with the proliferation of significantly …read more
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Ti-84 Evo
Article URL: https://education.ti.com/en/products/calculators/graphing-calculators/ti-84-evo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47979583 Points: 512 # Comments: 417
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3D Printed Orrery Runs On A Single Motor
The solar system is kind of hard to observe in motion all at once. Sometimes, it’s nice to have a little model to look at, so you can see the …read more
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Rust Helps Make A $1 Handheld Console
These days, even an old Game Boy will set you back $100 or more, and a new handheld console will be many multiples of that. However, you can build a …read more
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Credit cards are vulnerable to brute force kind attacks
Article URL: https://metin.nextc.org/posts/Credit_Cards_Are_Vulnerable_To_Brute_Force_Kind_Attacks.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47979839 Points: 227 # Comments: 182
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Why does it take so long to release black fan versions?
Article URL: https://www.noctua.at/en/expertise/blog/how-can-it-take-so-long-to-release-black-fan-versions Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47983352 Points: 459 # Comments: 214
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