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Shareholders sue Uber’s board over sexual assaults, other incidents
The lawsuit, led by a Detroit pension fund, alleges Uber's board and management has cut too many compliance corners, resulting in thousands of lawsuits.
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Apple Is Going to Raise Device Prices — but When?
Speaking of Mark Gurman, in the wake of Tim Cook’s unprecedented interview with the WSJ to warn that Apple is going to raise prices in response to the steep rise in RAM and SSD prices, he tweeted (XCancel link): Regarding Apple price hikes, have to imagine these are fairly immine…
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AI Is Learning to Read the Room
Imagine sitting down at your desk and logging in for a performance review, with an AI system analyzing the conversation. You’ve been working long hours, balancing deadlines, and your manager asks how you’re doing. You say you’re fine, and maybe even smile, but there’s a hint of h…
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Elephant alert! AI warning systems aim to avoid deadly clashes
India is home to about 60% of the world’s wild Asian elephants, and around 80% of the animals’ habitat lies outside protected areas, according to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change. That brings people and wildlife into close contact, and clashes can turn leth…
MIT Technology Review
No Claude Fable 5? No problem: Sakana achieves frontier performance with new Fugu multi-model, auto synthesis system
Last night, the increasingly enterprise-focused AI startup Sakana launched Fugu, a multi-agent orchestration system that delivers frontier-level AI performance through a single, OpenAI-compatible API. Designed for developers, enterprises, and nations seeking resilience against v…
venturebeat.com
Rare Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Has an Astonishingly Ancient Origin
The interstellar visitor likely formed around 12 billion years ago in an ancient planetary system.
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Bytedance’s Doubao expands into ride-hailing with in-app taxi beta test
After expanding into e-commerce and group-buying—two key pillars of the local services sector—Doubao, the AI assistant app developed by ByteDance, is now moving further into the instant mobility space. On Monday, the “Doubao app taxi-hailing beta test” climbed to the top of Weibo…
technode.com
Ola Electric Secures BIS Certification For Its In-House Developed LFP Cell
Ola Electric said its subsidiary Ola Cell Technologies has received a certification from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for…
inc42.com
A Detroit pension fund just sued Uber’s board for running a ‘serial compliance offender’ culture — and the math behind the lawsuit is what every gig-economy director should be reading tonight
A Detroit pension fund has filed a derivative lawsuit against Uber's board and CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, accusing the ride-hailing company of operating as a serial compliance offender that knowingly cut corners on safety.
siliconcanals.com
ECARX’s $266 million Flyme deal: a high-priced bet yet to be proven
On Monday, Nasdaq-listed ECARX announced a full acquisition of Flyme’s software business from Xingji Meizu for RMB 1.8 billion ($266 million). The deal is structured through Hubei Qiguang Technology, a newly established entity spun off from Xingji Meizu, and includes the Flyme Au…
technode.com
The AI-powered World Cup runs on thousands of data workers
Human annotators in Brazil, Cambodia, and the Philippines are tracking every movement in the football tournament for teams, broadcasters, and the betting industry.
restofworld.org
Binance Tightens Reporting Rules For P2P Crypto Transactions In India
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has implemented new compliance procedures requiring users in India to submit detailed sender and beneficiary information for…
inc42.com

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Long-Theorized GPS Weakness Exploited on Large Scale
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VibeThinker: 3B param model that beats Opus 4.5 on reasoning with novel SFT+GRPO
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.16140 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48639240 Points: 263 # Comments: 123
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