How long can you expect your original Steam Deck to last?
The original Steam Deck has been around for a while, but unless you only play the heaviest games, it should be great for some time more.
Ukraine’s drone rescue of wounded soldier puts much touted idea into practice
Ukraine’s latest drone innovation may boost bleak odds of evacuating casualties.
AMD is bringing its next-gen FSR 4.1 upscaling tech to Xbox
Coming soon to the X/S and Ally devices.
Apple keeps acquiring companies with one clear goal in mind
Apple acquires a variety of companies every year, and recently many of its acquisitions—including the latest, Samplab—have revolved around one clear goal: improving and expanding Apple Creator Studio. more…
OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol is dramatically better at migrating legacy code
OpenAI confirmed that its newer models are much better at writing and migrating software in older programming languages. [...]
Quantum error correction goes well beyond breakeven
A demo of error-corrected qubits shows big reductions in errors as they grow.
How often should you restart your Apple Watch?
Your Apple Watch doesn't need frequent restarts like a computer, but you might still want to shut down when something's off.
Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei
The former Google CEO owns about 1% stake in the leading AI lab, Bloomberg reported.
The $20,000 Voxel bot will help you find misplaced things around your home
Tuesday Labs, a New York City-based robotics lab and design studio, has opened reservations for Voxel, its new bi-pedal robot designed to learn and take over routine tasks throughout your home. Similar to other robots like Weave Robotics' Issac 1 that are designed for household chores beyond mopp...
AMD's FSR 4.1 now works on Radeon RX 6000 cards, Xbox Series X and S, and Ryzen AI Max, AI 9, and Z2 SoCs
AMD has released a version of its cutting-edge FSR 4.1 upscaler that now works on Radeon RX 6000 GPUs, Xbox Series X and Series S consoles, and Ryzen AI Max, AI 9, and Z2 chips.
French Government Calls Emergency Meetings With Platforms Over Protests
TikTok and other sites were told to curb protest footage and AI-altered images, while online retailers like Vinted and eBay reportedly signed an agreement stop looted goods from flooding resale sites.
Meta tries to scapegoat staff who downloaded torrents to spare execs
Meta argues nobody “decided” to pirate books to train AI.
Palo Alto's firewall OS has been under attack from multiple ransomware groups since June
Unit 42 investigates network compromises across numerous industries
What Shall I Teach My Son?
Article URL: https://stevekrouse.com/ends Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50169707 Points: 17 # Comments: 8
Meta’s Muse hits 10M U.S. downloads in 40 days, a milestone reached by only 11 other apps
Meta's AI companion Muse has surpassed 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days, joining an exclusive group of apps that includes Threads. New data also shows Muse is retaining users at higher rates than its AI rivals.
Spotify is dancing around its AI 'slop and spam' problem
The company said it removed 50 million such tracks from recommendations, but hasn't necessarily wiped them entirely.
Chrome will now show a warning before you visit ‘suspicious’ sites
If you know for sure that a website flagged as suspicious is actually safe, you can mark it as such. | Image: Google Google is launching a new browser safety feature for Chrome that aims to keep you better informed about how malicious a website might be before you open it. The new suspicious si...
Don't put your phone in the TSA bin — do this instead
Let's be honest, TSA bins are just gross.
Google open-sources TorchTPU, a native PyTorch back end for TPUs
Article URL: https://github.com/google-pytorch/torch_tpu Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50169053 Points: 48 # Comments: 13
Swamped curl maintainers take low-level flaws public to survive vulnerability 'avalanche'
From October 26, only high and critical cases stay private as project seeks help sharing the workload