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Talking to AI agents is one thing — what about when they talk to each other? New startup BAND debuts 'universal orchestrator'
For the past eighteen months, the corporate world has been obsessed with the "builder" phase of the generative AI revolution. Enterprises have raced to deploy autonomous agents to handle everything from customer support to complex codebase refactoring. However, as these digital …
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Spotify Reveals Its Most Streamed Music of the Last 20 Years
The K-Pop stans and Beyhive might be a bit bummed by the results.
gizmodo.com
Authorities arrest special forces soldier who allegedly made $400K on Polymarket bet involving Maduro operation
The soldier is accused of using classified government information to inform a wager on the prediction market Polymarket.
techcrunch.com
Nilay Patel: ‘Beware Software Brain’
Nilay Patel, in a terrific essay (and Decoder one-sider) at The Verge: In fact, the polling on this is so strong, I think it’s fair to say that a lot of people hate AI, and that Gen Z in particular seems to hate AI more and more as they encounter it. There’s that NBC News poll sh…
The Verge
Sector Snapshot: EV Funding On Track For Modest Gains 
Funding to EV-related startups reflects a mix of optimism and restraint. While investors are backing big rounds for a handful of upstart brands, funding remains far below prior peaks and exit activity appears muted.
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This Roboticist-Turned-Teacher Built a Life-Size Replica of ENIAC
Tom Burick has always considered himself a builder. Over the years he’s designed robots, constructed a vintage teardrop trailer, and most recently, led a group of students in building a full-scale replica of a pivotal 1940s computer. Burick is a technology instructor at PS Acade…
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Meta to layoff 8000 employees, won’t hire for 6000 open roles amid heavy AI investment
Meta is reportedly planning a major internal restructuring that includes laying off… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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People who start businesses in their 50s and 60s have an advantage no 25-year-old can replicate — they’ve already failed inside someone else’s company on someone else’s dime, and every mistake they watched a boss make is a mistake they’ll never repeat, and that accumulated library of other people’s errors is worth more than any startup capital because it buys something money can’t
While young entrepreneurs chase venture capital and viral growth, seasoned professionals in their 50s and 60s are quietly building bulletproof businesses using a secret weapon no amount of funding can buy: three decades of watching other people's expensive mistakes unfold in real…
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Krafton, Naver and Mirae Asset announce ₹6,000 crore India-focused Unicorn Growth Fund
Krafton, Naver, and Mirae Asset Venture Investments have launched a ₹6,000 crore… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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EZVIZ launches new AI hardware lineup for smart home ecosystem
EZVIZ launched new AI-powered smart home devices, backed by roughly $121 million in annual R&D investment.
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OpenAI releases ‘GPT-5.5’ with major improvement in coding and autonomous task performance
OpenAI has introduced a new frontier model, GPT-5.5, which is being described… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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Banzai Casino site officiel : guide pratique pour jouer en toute confiance 1. Découverte du Banzai Casino site officiel Le…
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Mystery solved: Anthropic reveals changes to Claude's harnesses and operating instructions likely caused degradation
For several weeks, a growing chorus of developers and AI power users claimed that Anthropic’s flagship models were losing their edge. Users across GitHub, X, and Reddit reported a phenomenon they described as "AI shrinkflation"—a perceived degradation where Claude seemed less cap…
venturebeat.com
‘Fullmetal Alchemist’ Is the Greatest Anime of All Time
In an era overflowing with new anime, no series has managed to outrun the shadow of 'Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood,' the show that defined what 'peak' actually means.
gizmodo.com
Bret Taylor’s Sierra buys YC-backed AI startup Fragment
Sierra, the AI customer service agent startup founded by technologist Bret Taylor, announced today that it has acquired the YC-backed French startup Fragment.
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A Solar Powered Plant Monitor That Almost Works
Keeping plants alive is easy if you’re diligent and never forget to check on your green friends. However, a little electronic help never hurts. To that end, [Narrow Studios] built …read more
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Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the bad guys
Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-employees-are-starting-to-wonder-if-theyre-the-bad-guys/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47878633 Points: 717 # Comments: 494
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Meta to cut 10% of jobs
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/meta-job-cuts-10-percent-8000-employees/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47879986 Points: 376 # Comments: 349
techcrunch.com
2026 Green Powered Challenge: Cook With The Sun!
One of the problems facing any solar power installation comes in storing enough power for high-intensity operations such as cooking. The high-tech and expensive way involves battery banks and inverters, …read more
hackaday.com
'Hairdryer used to trick weather sensor' to win Polymarket bet
Article URL: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/04/23/hairdryer-used-trick-weather-sensor-34000-polymarket-bet/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47878208 Points: 231 # Comments: 227
telegraph.co.uk
How DoorDash Launches a New Country in One Week
In this article, we will look at how this architecture was designed and the challenges they faced.
bytebytego.com
B-Trees vs LSM Trees: Comparison and Trade-Offs
In this article, we will look at B-Trees and LSM trees in detail, along with the trade-offs associated with each of them.
bytebytego.com
GPT-5.5
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47879092 Points: 1066 # Comments: 721
openai.com
An update on recent Claude Code quality reports
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/april-23-postmortem Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47878905 Points: 561 # Comments: 424
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