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ArXiv Declares Independence from Cornell
Score: 128 points
Full Disclosure: A Third (and Fourth) Azure Sign-In Log Bypass Found
Score: 102 points
Drugwars for the TI-82/83/83 Calculators (2011)
Score: 121 points
Push events into a running session with channels
Score: 296 points
Amazon acquires Rivr, maker of a stair-climbing delivery robot
Amazon and Jeff Bezos had previously invested in the startup. The deal signals the e-commerce giant's interest in doorstep delivery.
Jeff Bezos reportedly wants $100 billion to buy and transform old manufacturing firms with AI
The Amazon magnate has a new project centered around acquiring industrial firms and revamping them with AI technology.
Be intentional about how AI changes your codebase
Score: 102 points
Employees had to restrain a dancing humanoid robot after it went wild at a California restaurant
A dancing robot in a Haidilao hot pot restaurant boogied down a little too hard.
Cockpit is a web-based graphical interface for servers
Score: 228 points
Waymo Safety Impact
Score: 288 points
Clockwise acquired by Salesforce
Score: 108 points
Polymarket continues its partnership spree with a Major League Baseball deal
MLB is only the latest in a string of recently announced partnerships involving the prediction market.
From Oscilloscope to Wireshark: A UDP Story (2022)
Score: 105 points
Online bot traffic will exceed human traffic by 2027, Cloudflare CEO says
AI bots may outnumber humans online by 2027, says Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, as generative AI agents dramatically increase web traffic and infrastructure demands.
Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition
The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky's team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky's app and the underlying ATProto that powers it.
Geothermal startup Fervo catapults itself over the ‘valley of death’
Fervo landed a large new loan with terms that strongly suggest the company's most turbulent days are behind it.
Noq: n0's new QUIC implementation in Rust
Score: 186 points
Meta rolls out new AI content enforcement systems while reducing reliance on third-party vendors
Meta believes these AI systems can detect more violations with greater accuracy, better prevent scams, respond more quickly to real-world events, and reduce over-enforcement.
Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps
Score: 687 points
Google introduces a new way for users to sideload Android apps that still protects against scams
Google is making Android sideloading easier with a new advanced setting that lets users disable app verification after a multistep security process.
DoorDash launches a new ‘Tasks’ app that pays couriers to submit videos to train AI
Delivery couriers will be able to earn money by completing activities like filming everyday tasks or recording themselves speaking in another language.
Show HN: Three new Kitten TTS models – smallest less than 25MB
Score: 386 points
Meta decides not to shut down Horizon Worlds on VR after all
Horizon Worlds was once a cornerstone of Meta's plans to build a social metaverse -- four years later, the company almost shut it down.
Facebook offering TikTok and YouTube creators $3,000 to post content
Meta wants creators to "rediscover" Facebook, but a social media expert says viewers will not follow.
FBI seizes pro-Iranian hacking group’s websites after destructive Stryker hack
The FBI and the Justice Department took down two websites linked to the pro-Iranian hacktivist group Handala, which last week hacked medical tech giant Stryker.