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Ultra-Wide 0.5x Lenses Have Utility Beyond ‘Photography’
Some follow-up thoughts on my earlier piece, regarding the second-gen iPhone Air’s additional camera lens being a 0.5× ultra-wide, not a 3× or 4× telephoto: Ultimately, it’s the fact that I use my 0.5× lens not so much for photography but for scanning documents and notes, and tak…
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The AI world is getting ‘loopy’
The loop takes agentic AI a step further by authorizing a swarm of agents to work continuously in the background, endlessly.
techcrunch.com
Greenspan Penned ‘Irrational Exuberance’ 30 Years Ago. It Aged Well.
Longstanding Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan passed away Monday at age 100. But for those of us old enough to remember the dot-com boom, his legacy looms large.
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Gurman Says Second-Gen iPhone Air, Coming in Early 2027, Will Sport a 0.5× Ultra-Wide Second Camera
Mark Gurman, reporting for Bloomberg: Apple Inc. is preparing a second-generation iPhone Air for spring 2027, aiming to boost the appeal of the slimmed-down device, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Current prototypes of the new model, code-named V62, add a second…
bloomberg.com
The running list: major tech layoffs in 2026 where employers cited AI
A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.
techcrunch.com
The Download: record-breaking subsea tunnels and flexible data centers
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. Inside the world’s deepest and longest subsea road tunnel —Niall Firth I’m currently around 1,000 feet beneath the North Sea, in a dark, dank …
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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
The Battle For India’s Kirana Stores Has Begun
India’s kirana stores are suddenly in demand. Over the past few months, Meesho acquired Kirana Club; Udaan acquired ShopKirana; and …
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Older adults who start giving away money before they die aren’t being reckless, they’re choosing to witness the help they’d otherwise never see
When an older person starts giving money away in earnest, funding a grandchild’s deposit, signing large cheques to a cause, the reaction around them is often unease. The worry is that they are being imprudent, or that someone is steering them, and that they are spending down some…
siliconcanals.com
Kunal Shah Quits CRED, Turtlemint IPO Day 2 & More
CRED Steps Into A New Era Fintech major CRED has raised a mega $900 Mn round led by Meta, and…
inc42.com
Mach Industries raised $300M at a $1.8B valuation — and its new in-house rocket-motor arm targets a U.S. supply bottleneck
A three-year-old unmanned-systems maker just raised $300 million. Two weeks earlier it bought a propulsion company, a move aimed at one of the defense industry's most stubborn shortages.
siliconcanals.com
Alibaba unveils HappyHorse 1.1 video generation model, launches global AI filmmaking competition
Alibaba on Monday released HappyHorse 1.1, the latest version of its video generation model, while simultaneously launching the HorsePower AI Video Competition in partnership with Huajing Entertainment Group. Compared with version 1.0, HappyHorse 1.1 delivers upgrades across seve…
technode.com

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Rickrolling the World Cup
Sometimes, hacking requires a certain amount of restraint, especially when you find a system woefully unsecured. It would be so easy to play some pranks, but [bobdahacker] chose not to …read more
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Nearly half of LG smart TV apps contain residential proxy SDKs
Article URL: https://spur.us/blog/smart-tv-apps-residential-proxy-sdks Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48635954 Points: 234 # Comments: 147
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Jobs and Software Is Fucked
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EP219: 12 Open-source LLMs
Twelve models worth knowing in 2026, each with one standout strength.
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Investigating Annealing as Fix for Poor CF Adhesion in 3D Prints
After recently publishing a few videos covering research into the poor adhesion between chopped carbon fiber (CCF) and the thermoplastic filaments as used with FDM 3D printing, some of the …read more
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LightComposer – Reach Out and Touch Your Lighting
While there is a time and place for wirelessly controlled devices, sometimes you want something you can just reach out and touch to interact with, no apps to install or …read more
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Lost confidence
RICE and other confidence-based frameworks are mostly noise. Here's how to make decisions without pretending to know the unknowable.
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Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed
Article URL: https://ipvm.com/reports/police-chiefs-track Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48634694 Points: 506 # Comments: 219
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GLM-5.2 – How to Run Locally
Article URL: https://unsloth.ai/docs/models/glm-5.2 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48636377 Points: 374 # Comments: 162
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