The string theory hype machine will never die
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Venice AI is a privacy-focused, uncensored AI platform that uses tokens to replace pay-per-prompt pricing....
Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI "There's two things that I care about the most: the gym and my work," says Mahir Laul. The 18-year-old took a leave of absence from New York University this past...
Hello all! I've been an avid fan of Pocket Operators by Teenage Engineering since I found out about them. I even own an EP-133 K.O. II today, which I love. A couple of months ago, Reddit user andiam03...
Universal basic income provides recurring cash payments, no strings attached. Wong Yu Liang AI advances could widen wealth gaps, which has prompted calls for a universal basic income . UBI offers recu...
Elon Musk suggested letting AI run your 401 (k). Our readers weren't on board. AndreyPopov/Getty Images Elon Musk said this month that the AI revolution will make saving for retirement "irrelevant...
During a recent subway outage in San Francisco I decided to build a webapp in the spirit of "Do I Need an Umbrella," basically to answer the question "Should I take the subway or a bus?" In the intere...
The FBI went to Microsoft last year with a warrant, asking them to hand over keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three laptops as part of an investigation into potential fraud involving the COVID ...
Even with the ability to take excellent photos with our phones and instantly share them across the world, there’s something magical about the old-school instant camera. With just a click of a button, ...
Article URL: https://www.righto.com/2026/01/notes-on-intel-8086-processors.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46735133 Points: 10 # Comments: 1...
AI engineers ranked No. 1 in LinkedIn's list of fastest-growing jobs in New York City. Bim/Getty Images LinkedIn published rankings of the fastest-growing jobs, including for New York City. AI enginee...
Today, I am sitting in the courtroom that may decide the fate of Android. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney is here. Google Android boss Sameer Samat is here. Together, they'll try to convince Judge James Donato t...
In a now-annual tradition, Microsoft is kicking off the year with a showcase of some of its biggest upcoming games. Last year’s edition of the Xbox Developer Direct had some big names, like Doom...
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If you're an anime fan, Crunchyroll is the best streaming platform out there. With just one subscription, you can instantly gain access to over 1,000 different anime series. In a time when anime has n...
On a blustery afternoon late last year, on the lawn just outside City Hall in Rowlett, Texas, a strange-looking craft cleared the trees just before me. It hovered overhead for a moment before lowering...
Article URL: https://www.morphllm.com/playground/na/warpgrep?repo=xai-org%2Fx-algorithm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46698684 Points: 3 # Comments: 0...
Envisioning an alternate-universe, retro futuristic apocalypse teeming with mutated monsters, soldiers in hulking power armor and sinister human experiments disguised as bomb shelters, the Fallout fra...
Producer Rick Rubin DPA / Picture Alliance A version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter. Sign up for the weekly BI Tech Memo newsletter here . In Silicon Valley, AI is fu...
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