‘It’s Undignified’: Hundreds of Workers Training Meta’s AI Could Be Laid Off
More than 700 people working for a Meta contractor in Ireland are at risk of losing their jobs, documents show.
Don't pay Vect a ransom - your data's likely already wiped out
'Full recovery is impossible for anyone, including the attacker' Organizations hit by the wave of Trivy and LiteLLM supply-chain compromises that paid Vect in hopes of recovering their data likely did not get much back, according to Check Point Research. That's because the ransomware Vect uses is...
iOS 27 will add three new features to Apple’s Photos app, per report
iOS 27 will include multiple new AI-powered photo editing features, according to a new report. These features will let you quickly improve, expand, and reframe your images. more…
Google Home makes it easier to understand why devices aren’t working
Thanks to Google Home's latest update, users may be able to get offline devices working again with less troubleshooting. Now, whenever a device goes offline, users may get "instant account-relinking prompts" in the app's device controller pages, which will tell users right away if an expired part...
The Nex Playground gaming console is $60 off this week
One of the best-selling gaming consoles over the winter holidays was the Nex Playground, a small camera-equipped cube that runs motion-controlled games made primarily for kids. It got a $50 price increase this month — going from $249 to $299 — but shoppers are getting a brief discount during Amaz...
Match Group invests $100M in Sniffies, a cruising app for gay men
The app is Match Group's newest attempt to get mobile users excited about online romance again.
Google expands Pentagon’s access to its AI after Anthropic’s refusal
After Anthropic refused to allow the DoD to use its AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Google has signed a new contract with the department.
Trump admin pays wind developers to quit, back fossil fuel projects
DoI offers up to $885M if they abandon offshore wind projects As the Iran war pushes up energy prices, the Trump administration is paying offshore wind developers to walk away from projects and invest instead in fossil fuel infrastructure.…
Waymo in Portland
Article URL: https://waymo.com/blog/shorts/waymo-in-portland/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47938184 Points: 218 # Comments: 316
Humanoid robots start sorting luggage in Tokyo airport test amid labor shortage
Humanoid robots could load cargo and clean aircraft cabins at Haneda Airport.
Claude.ai unavailable and elevated errors on the API
Article URL: https://status.claude.com/incidents/9l93x2ht4s5w Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47938097 Points: 252 # Comments: 207
NVIDIA starts offering a 12GB version of the 5070 for laptops
NVIDIA is releasing a new variant of its 5070 GPU for laptops. Nestled in a blog post about the latest version of its Game Ready Drivers, the company notes its partners will soon start selling 5070 laptops with 12GB of VRAM, alongside the 8GB model that NVIDIA has offered since the launch of the ...
The UK’s Answer to Darpa Wants to Rewire the Human Brain
ARIA has a billion-dollar budget and big aspirations for tackling everything from epilepsy to Alzheimer's.
Vintage chatbot lives in the past like an elderly relative
Talkie's training data stops at the end of 1930, and its creators hope it'll help us better understand how AI thinks If you're tired of interacting with a bot that spews Nazi propaganda or refers to itself as MechaHitler, you could sign off of Elon Musk's xAI. Or, just to be sure, use an LLM whos...
Why Sharing a Screenshot Can Get You Jailed in the UAE
The war in Iran has drawn attention to arrests in the United Arab Emirates over online content, but the legal framework behind that enforcement has existed for years.
Paragon is not collaborating with Italian authorities probing spyware attacks, report says
Despite promising to help determine what happened with the hacks targeting journalists and activists in Italy, Israeli American spyware maker Paragon has reportedly not responded to authorities’ requests for information.
IBM's AI coding 'partner' Bob hits general availability
80,000 internal guinea pigs, Bobcoins, mainframe dreams and a name that really should have raised more flags IBM has announced global availability of Bob, the AI coding assistant - sorry partner - which it claims has delivered a productivity boost to the 80,000 big bluers pressed into guinea pig ...
Show HN: Auto-Architecture: Karpathy's Loop, pointed at a CPU
Article URL: https://github.com/FeSens/auto-arch-tournament/blob/main/docs/auto-arch-tournament-blog-post.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47937380 Points: 46 # Comments: 11
Philips Hue lights enhanced with immersive SpatialAware feature, now available
In January, we learned about an upcoming Philips Hue mode called SpatialAware. As of today, the “more natural and immersive” smart lighting feature has arrived. Philips Hue video doorbell owners also have two new features ready for action. more…
Warp is now Open-Source
Article URL: https://github.com/warpdotdev/warp Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47937349 Points: 202 # Comments: 117