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Here’s why Slate changed the battery in its cheap EV truck

Slate's embrace of LFP cells shows just how significantly the battery market in the U.S. has changed in recent years.

Leaked Code Suggests Anthropic Is Preparing to Bring Fable 5 Back

A leaker found new strings inside Claude Code that hint at weekly Fable 5 usage built into subscription plans, not sold…

Thomann takes legal action against Fender

Thomann, a major music retailer and guitar manufacturer, is taking legal action against Fender's cease-and-desist…

Researcher Throws Cold Water on Microsoft Quantum Claims

A physicist's formal critique argues Microsoft has not demonstrated the topological qubit behind its Majorana 2 quantum…

Wikipedia Workers to Seek Union Recognition

British-based employees at the Wikimedia Foundation have formally requested union recognition from the Communication…

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I rewrote PostHog's SQL parser, 70x faster, while barely looking at the code

PostHog rewrote its SQL parser using AI-assisted coding with Claude, achieving a 70x speed improvement over the previous…

Computer use in Gemini 3.5 Flash

Google has integrated computer use as a native tool in Gemini 3.5 Flash, enabling developers to build AI agents that can…

Facebook rolls out an AI companion app for creators

The new app, which is currently being tested with select creators, will have Facebook's recently-launched AI creator…

Deezer says its new feature lets fans remix songs with artist consent

Global music streaming service Deezer is taking a contrarian approach to AI, even as it adds a feature that lets fans…

Google starts lowering Play Store fees, making good on Epic Games settlement

A few additional markets will get the lower fees this year ahead of a global rollout in 2027.

Agility Robotics plans to go public via SPAC in a $2.5B deal

Agility Robotics, the humanoid robotics startup that spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, expects to generate…

Big AI labs are hiring philosophers

https://archive.is/T1FJG Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48662452 Points: 23 # Comments: 12

NTSB launches probe into fatal Texas Tesla crash

The safety board, known for its thorough investigations, is probing the crash alongside the National Highway Traffic…

The Xteink X4 E-Ink Reader

The Xteink X4 is a £40, pocket-sized 4.3-inch e-ink reader that can be mounted on phones via MagSafe, featuring a 650mAh…

Exploiting vulnerabilities in Johnson and Johnson web apps

Security researcher Eaton revealed two critical vulnerabilities in Johnson & Johnson web applications: a campus…

Figma adds code layers, support for animations, more AI features in new update

Figma's update adds a new code layer, support for motion and shaders, and the ability to create custom plugins for…

I taught a bucket to speak Git

The author successfully implemented a Git server using an object storage bucket (Tigris) by leveraging the billy…

CAPTCHAs have failed for 20 years

# Summary CAPTCHAs have consistently failed to stop machines for over 20 years, with each new generation of…

John Carmack on the mistakes around Quake that ruined id software

OpenAI Turns Up the Heat With Jalapeño, Its First Custom AI Chip

Built with Broadcom, the LLM-focused accelerator is the first step in OpenAI's effort to design the hardware behind…

Boffin claims Microsoft's "quantum leap" is invalid due to "basic Python errors"

A University of St Andrews researcher has published a peer-reviewed critique in Nature arguing that Microsoft's February…

Journalism is rearranging the deckchairs. It needs to reinvent itself

Journalism is in crisis not due to lack of technology or distribution models, but because newsrooms have lost sight of…

Zoox upgrades its robotaxi as it prepares for commercial service

The new Zoox robotaxi has more cushioning, lighter colors, and a better microphone and speaker for communicating with…

This new tracking label could help solve cargo theft

The Samsara Tracking Label hides a BLE system that can offering real-time location in a disposable package.

OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom

Named Jalapeño, the new processor was designed specifically for the unique needs of OpenAI's inference systems.

Mark Zuckerberg would covertly create ARENA, Meta’s prediction market

Meta is reportedly secretly working on ARENA, a points-based prediction marketplace.

For Most of the World, Open-Source AI Is the Only Way Forward

Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, argues that open-source AI is essential for global AI sovereignty and cultural…

RubyLLM: A single, beautiful Ruby framework for all major AI providers

RubyLLM is a unified Ruby framework that provides a single, consistent interface for integrating multiple AI providers…