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Hot French startup ZML releases free product to speed inference across lots of AI chips

ZML, a hot French AI startup endorsed by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, has now released ZML/LLMD, software that could make running AI less costly.

Familiar Names Top Active US Investor Ranks In Q2

To get an expanded sense of how busy startup backers spent Q2, we put together several rankings for active investors. These include active venture backers, lead investors, highest spenders and prolific seed dealmakers.

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IEEE Honors Robotics Pioneer Toshio Fukuda

Toshio Fukuda has been blazing trails for most of his career. He is considered to be one of the most prolific scholars in robotics, writing more than 2,000 research papers and authoring several books on the field. He’s an influential figure thanks to his pioneering work developin…

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If We Could Travel to the Stars, Where Should We Go First?

Eventually, we'll launch a mission dedicated solely to studying an interstellar object. When that day comes, which one should we look at first?

Meta just launched a new AI generator, Muse Image, and users are already pushing back over use of their photos

The new image-generating model has numerous use cases, including advertising and decorating, and creator-based opportunities.

Can the Next Cheap PCs Beat the MacBook Neo? It’s Not Looking Good.

Intel’s cheaper Wildcat Lake chips don’t quite match the MacBook Neo in pure performance.

International tech

China’s AI boom isn’t producing the next Jack Ma — it’s producing a generation of one-person businesses running on generative agents, and Silicon Valley is misreading what that actually means

In one example from Shenzhen, a former product manager laid off from a major platform company is now running what she calls a business of one, using generative AI to write ad copy, design storefronts, and produce short-form video dramas from a repurposed industrial park where the…

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Aequs Jumps 12% To All-Time High On Nuvama’s Bullish Call

Shares of contract manufacturer Aequs surged as much as 12% to hit an all-time high of ₹271 apiece on the…

People who keep the thermostat lower than everyone else in the house finds comfortable aren’t being cheap or stubborn, they came of age when comfort was something you earned by tolerating a little discomfort first

The person who keeps the house two degrees cooler than anyone else finds comfortable isn't being cheap — they came of age when comfort was earned by tolerating a little discomfort first, and their nervous system never quite unlearned the equation.

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Flipkart Expands Zero Commission Policy To All Fashion Products

Walmart-backed ecommerce marketplace Flipkart has expanded its zero-commission policy to cover all fashion products, irrespective of their price, as it…

Behind the Delivery Riders: Meituan Quietly Built a Trillion-Parameter AI Model

Meituan LongCat-2.0, a 1.6 trillion-parameter model trained entirely on domestic AI chips, reveals how food delivery data is powering frontier AI research.

Ola Electric Faces Supplier Insolvency Petitions, Links Dispute To Ongoing Arbitration

Listed EV maker Ola Electric is facing insolvency petitions from two of its suppliers, with the Bhavish Aggarwal-led company saying…

Audiences Worldwide Are Still Getting Lost in ‘Backrooms’

Kane Parsons' eerie thriller continues to rack up returns for A24.

Former OpenAI exec Kevin Weil is now on the board of Stoke Space

Kevin Weil's new role at Stoke Space suggests reusable rockets are the next hot thing in Silicon Valley.

AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round

AI chip maker SambaNova has raised at an $11B valuation months after Intel was rumored to be trying to buy it for about $1.6 billion.

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The Atari Jaguar Runs Linux

Among the many forgotten might-have-beens of the games console world, the Atari Jaguar occupies a special place. It was the final gasp of Atari Corporation, the Jack Tramiel-era incarnation of …read more

Good Judgment Beats Good Prompts

2026.04 - "Judgement is the last human skill AI can't replace". Everyone is saying it. I am trying to understand it. I want you to get good at it. Let's get philosophical and practical.

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GPT-5.6 Sol, along with Terra and Luna, will launch publicly this Thursday

Article URL: https://twitter.com/OpenAI/status/2074704958419792299 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48827402 Points: 210 # Comments: 184

It’s Full Steam Ahead for This Motorized Canoe

In some parts of Canada, you’ll rarely hear someone use the phrase “whatever paddles your canoe” instead of the more usual “whatever floats your boat”– and apparently, at least for …read more

GitLost: We Tricked GitHub's AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos

Article URL: https://noma.security/blog/gitlost-how-we-tricked-githubs-ai-agent-into-leaking-private-repos/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48827858 Points: 265 # Comments: 104

This DIY Time Server is More Accurate Than You Need

You almost certainly don’t have an application for the sort of accurate timekeeping that’s made possible by this enhanced version of [Cristiano Monteiro]’s satellite-backed time server. By his own admission, …read more

ESP32 Keeps Tabs on Your Local Airspace

We know, we know. Despite being called ESP32-Plane-Radar, this project from [Mateusz Juszczyk] isn’t actually using radar. But thanks to the round LCD this desktop gadget does a fantastic job …read more

ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Claude: How They Differ

In this article, we will look at the various architectural forks the teams building these models encountered and the decisions they took.

Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt

Article URL: https://tris.sherliker.net/blog/obfuscated-self-evaluating-bash-script-by-cdn-akamai-being-supplied-to-consumers-via-retail-stores/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48829312 Points: 398 # Comments: 81

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