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Thinking Machines shows off preview of near-realtime AI voice and video conversation with new 'interaction models'
Is AI leaving the era of "turn-based" chat? Right now, all of us who use AI models regularly for work or in our personal lives know that the basic interaction mode across text, imagery, audio, and video remains the same: the human user provides an input, waits anywhere between mi…
venturebeat.com
Someone Created a Version of ‘Elden Ring’ That Runs on a PS1
Well, thou art of passing skill.
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iPhone Models Ranked 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th in Counterpoint’s List of 10 Bestselling Phones Worldwide in Q1 2026
Samsung phones took spots 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9. The one phone not from Apple or Samsung in the top 10 was the Xiaomi Redmi A5 at #10. As I always say, take these numbers with a grain of salt, but according to Counterpoint, the bestselling phones, in order, are: iPhone 17 iPhone 17 P…
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iOS 26.5 Includes Beta Support for End-to-End Encrypted RCS Messaging
Apple Newsroom: Starting today, end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging begins rolling out in beta for iPhone users running iOS 26.5 with supported carriers and Android users on the latest version of Google Messages. When RCS messages are end-to-end encrypted, they can’t be read while…
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Fostering breakthrough AI innovation through customer-back engineering
Despite years of digitization, organizations capture less than one-third of the value expected from digital investments, according to McKinsey research. That’s because most big companies begin with technological capabilities and bolt applications onto them, rather than starting w…
MIT Technology Review
Bravo is creating unscripted microdramas for the Peacock app
As microdrama apps like ReelShort and DramaBox quietly rake in billions, Peacock announced on Monday that it is launching two unscripted Bravo microdramas, which will stream in the Peacock app.
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OpenAI launches enterprise AI service-focused $4Bn ‘OpenAI Deployment Company’, acquires Tomoro to scale corporate AI adoption
OpenAI has launched a new enterprise-focused venture called the ‘OpenAI Deployment Company’,… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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Oppo issues renewed apology over Mother’s Day ad controversy, senior China head demoted
Oppo today issued a fresh apology over a controversial Mother’s Day marketing campaign, saying it deeply regrets the incident and acknowledging failures in both its content approval process and its initial response. In a statement, the company said the ad content and its dismissi…
technode.com
The difference between people who keep moving forward in life and those who stall sometimes isn’t talent, luck, or hard work. It’s the habits they choose to say goodbye to.
A friend of mine, mid-thirties, used to answer every email within minutes. Weekends, holidays, dinner with his kids. Didn’t matter. Then one Sunday afternoon he put his phone in a drawer, told his wife he wasn’t checking it until Monday, and went for a walk. He told me later it f…
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HR Tech’s RoI Focus, Adda247 Axes 200 Jobs & More
The Indian HR Tech Scene HR tech is at a crossroad. After years of just digitising payroll, the industry is…
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MiniMax Affiliated Company Increases Registered Capital 300% to 4B RMB
Shanghai Xiyu Jizhi, the entity behind AI startup MiniMax, has increased its registered capital from 1B to 4B RMB, a 300% surge signaling major AI infrastructure scaling.
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ByteDance boosts AI infrastructure spending by 25% to $28 billion this year
TikTok parent company ByteDance has increased its planned spending on AI infrastructure by 25% this year, raising the total to RMB 200 billion ($28 billion), as rising memory chip costs continue to push up expenses, according to people familiar with the matter. The company had in…
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EP214: Claude Code vs. OpenClaw: 5 Design Dimensions
Both are highly capable, but they have key architectural differences.
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If AI writes your code, why use Python?
Article URL: https://medium.com/@NMitchem/if-ai-writes-your-code-why-use-python-bf8c4ba1a055 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100433 Points: 210 # Comments: 227
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UCLA discovers first stroke rehabilitation drug to repair brain damage (2025)
Article URL: https://stemcell.ucla.edu/news/ucla-discovers-first-stroke-rehabilitation-drug-repair-brain-damage Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48098261 Points: 255 # Comments: 51
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Honda Wants to Complicate Your E-Motorcycle
If you ride a motorcycle, you know it is a bit of an art to manage the transmission on a typical bike. Electric motorcycles lose some of that. You usually …read more
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How Pinterest Built a Production MCP Ecosystem
In this article, we look at how Pinterest designed that ecosystem and what they had to get right beyond the protocol itself.
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Want Driving Simulator Feedback? Make The Robot Do It
Humanoid robots are a thing now, and here’s an interesting research project that explores using one as a form of haptic media. Specifically, using a humanoid robot to move a …read more
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Postmortem: TanStack npm supply-chain compromise
https://github.com/TanStack/router/issues/7383 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100706 Points: 577 # Comments: 215
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Can someone please explain whether Cloudflare blackmailed Canonical?
Article URL: https://www.flyingpenguin.com/can-someone-please-explain-whether-cloudflare-blackmailed-canonical/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48098537 Points: 249 # Comments: 142
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This Credit Card Computer Follows All Dimensions
A computer the size of a credit card is nothing new. There have been many single-board computers following the familiar dimensions. [Krauseler]’s credit card computer is different, though. It packs …read more
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