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Open sourcing Dicer: Databricks's auto-sharder

Article URL: https://www.databricks.com/blog/open-sourcing-dicer-databricks-auto-sharder Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46606902 Points: 17 # Comments: 2...

2dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Lord of the Rings Movie Re-Releases Include New Introductions With Peter Jackson, and Anecdotes Including the One Where Viggo Mortensen Had to Hide a Black Eye

Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has filmed new introductions for each movie in the trilogy, featuring reflections and anecdotes on filming. Warner Bros. Pictures and re-release company Fathom...

1dIGNEntertainment

Peter Jackson Says He'll Never Release a Lord of the Rings 'Extended-Extended Cut,' So RIP to My Dreams of Seeing Arwen Fighting at Helm's Deep

Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has said he will never release an "extended-extended cut" of the trilogy despite still having "bits and pieces" left to add. While the trilogy's Extended Editi...

2dIGNEntertainmentImpact

Netflix’s first original podcasts star Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin

Netflix is launching its first pair of original video podcasts, hosted by Saturday Night Live alum Pete Davidson and NFL commentator and former star Michael Irvin . While The Pete Davidson Show makes ...

1dThe VergeEntertainmentImpact

Another ICE shooting fuels chaos in Minneapolis

A US immigration officer shot and wounded a Venezuelan man fleeing a traffic stop in ⁠Minneapolis on Wednesday, the government said, escalating tension over an unwelcome deployment of militarized fede...

11hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Several European countries and NATO allies send troops to Greenland

Military personnel from several NATO countries including Germany, France, Sweden and Norway headed to Greenland on Thursday as Denmark and its allies prepared ⁠for exercises to try to assure US Presid...

9hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

New Zealand central bank chief told to ‘stay in her lane’ after backing US Fed’s Powell

New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters rebuked the country’s new Reserve Bank governor, Anna Breman, for wading into US domestic politics after she signed a statement with other global ce...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Pentagon Lays Out AI Strategy as It Plans for Future Space Missions

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon will deploy AI across classified networks as critics continue to warn about Grok....

2dDecryptTechnologyImpact

Nigeria reopens some schools in the north despite kidnap threats

Schools across parts ​of northern Nigeria started reopening on January 12, after months of closure triggered ⁠by the abduction of hundreds of students in November 2025. The move follows a circular fro...

2dFrance 24education

Meta’s metaverse layoffs apparently include some of its VR studios

Marvel’s Deadpool VR. Meta is laying off about 10 percent of its Reality Labs metaverse division, and the cuts apparently include closing down some of its VR gaming studios. It "appears" Twisted Pixel...

2dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,' the newest 'Game of Thrones' prequel, is on the horizon. Here's what to know about it.

Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell as Dunk and Egg in "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms." Steffan Hill/HBO HBO is expanding the "Game of Thrones" universe with another prequel series. &...

5hBusiness InsiderEntertainmentImpact

Norman Osborn Will Mentor the Spider-Man Family in Spider-Versity

The last few years have marked a very strange journey for Norman Osborn in Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man comics. Once the undisputed king of the hill when it comes to Spider-Man villains, Norman has see...

8hIGNEntertainment

How 911 calls actually work, according to a former emergency dispatcher

Ricardo Martinez II spent more than a decade as a 911 dispatcher, handling thousands of emergencies as US 911 centers face a nationwide staffing and funding crisis. Across the country, emergency call ...

6hBusiness InsidersocietyImpact

Sen. Mark Kelly is suing the Pentagon. Legal experts say veterans' rights are at stake.

Sen. Mark Kelly said his lawsuit is about fighting back on the Pentagon's crackdown on speech. Heather Diehl/Getty Images Senator Mark Kelly sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Pentagon's spe...

11hBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

Jamie Dimon defends JPMorgan's tech spending to avoid getting 'left behind'

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Noam Galai/Getty Images Jamie Dimon defended JPMorgan's spending, especially on tech, during Tuesday's earnings call. He said the bank would stay ahead as it competes a...

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David Ellison's Paramount suffers a setback in its legal fight with Warner Bros. Discovery

David Zaslav is chief of Warner Bros. Discovery, left, which just rejected Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison's latest bid for Warners. JC Olivera/Variety via Getty Images; Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via...

5hBusiness Insidereconomics

California's Attorney General is investigating Grok's sexualized deepfakes

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said there was an "avalanche of reports detailing the non-consensual, sexually explicit material that xAI has produced." Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty I...

1dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

China's much-hyped radars appear to have been of little help when the US launched its massive air assault against Venezuela

China's JY-27A radar didn't appear to be effective during the US raid on Venezuela. US Air Force Photo Venezuela's Chinese air defense radars weren't game-changing during the US raid to capture Maduro...

1dBusiness Insiderworld_newsImpact

THEN AND NOW: Vintage photos show how department stores have changed

Department stores, then and now. Bettmann/Getty Images ; Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images Department stores have changed dramatically over the last 100 years. Department stores once sold necessities. No...

2hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

Trump's sweeping proposals for credit cards and student debt could be a big deal for other lenders

Proposed policy changes could lead more consumers to turn to private or personal loans. Tatiana Maksimova/Getty Images New caps on student-loan borrowing could prompt more Americans to turn to private...

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