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New York Times and The Athletic workers demand company scrap Kalshi deal

Unionized workers at The New York Times and The Athletic have jointly opposed a potential partnership between The…

Balrogg: Demonically compacting (up to 15%) lossless Vorbis/Opus recompressor

Balrogg is a lossless recompressor for Ogg Vorbis and Opus audio files that can reduce file sizes by 8-12% for .ogg…

ICE Has a $2M Contract for Spyware That Can Hack Phones Without a Click

Nvidia buys Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, for $13 billion

Nvidia says Hugging Face will stay open even as the chipmaker takes control of a key AI hub.

Elevated Errors for Multiple Models

Multiple Claude AI models including Mythos/Fable 5.1, Opus 5, and other versions experienced elevated error rates on…

PayPal Cuts 600 Jobs in India: Is Global Fintech Entering a New Cost-Cutting Era?

PayPal has reportedly cut about 600 jobs in India, reducing roughly 10% of a workforce exceeding 6,000 employees.

TikTok comments are getting more interactive with voice comments, polls, and more

TikTok’s comments section is getting an upgrade.

Volunteer at TechCrunch Founder Summit in Boston

Our rebranded Boston event, TechCrunch Founder Summit (formerly All Stage), is back on November 4th!

Nvidia confirms it will buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion

Nvidia said Hugging Face hosts over 3 million models and is used by over 18 million developers.

Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $12.9B in push into AI software

Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, gaining a platform used by more than 18 million developers to…

Show HN: Reactor Atlas

Reactor Atlas is an interactive map displaying all nuclear reactors worldwide, created by fedecaccia.com.

Amazon’s Zoox expands its robotaxi service to Las Vegas airport

Zoox is expanding to this critical ride-hailing destination a few weeks after it started charging for robotaxi rides.

Nvidia to Acquire Hugging Face

Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face, a major open-source AI platform, for approximately $12.93 billion.

X Password-Recovery Attack Targeted Hundreds of Thousands of Users

The U.S. Justice Department is working with X to identify cybercriminals behind a disrupted mass account-recovery attack.

How Swiss tables work in Go built-in map

Go 1.24 replaced its map implementation with a design based on Swiss Tables, improving upon the previous runtime…

Mamdani Imposes One-Year Moratorium on Generative AI in NYC Schools

Nearly 600,000 students lose access to generative AI tools, while five named vendors keep metered pilots running in high…

4.5B Posts Scraped from TikTok

A technical guide details how to access TikTok's private Android API to scrape data at scale, documenting 24 endpoints…

Ask HN: Who is using MCP in production?

Several users report using MCP (Model Context Protocol) in production environments, primarily for integrating AI…

A dark horse enters China's AI race: StartLux

StartLux, a new company founded by Chen Danyan (known as the "godfather of programmers"), has emerged as a dark horse in…

Mark Cuban: Why US hospitals "don't know their costs"

Google Antigravity TOS: 3rd party usage can get Google account suspended

Audacity 4.0

Audacity 4.0 has been released with a major interface rebuild using Qt technology and introduces a new clip-editing…

Claude for Commerce Agents

Anthropic has launched a blueprint for building commerce agents using Claude that helps retailers create shopping…

Kalshi seeks CFTC approval for WTI crude perpetual futures: Report

Kalshi reportedly plans to file for approval of a WTI crude oil perpetual futures contract that would trade around the…

Pre-Release of Polars 2.0

Polars 2.0 is releasing its first release candidate with the primary goal of cleaning up legacy design decisions and…

Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?

A Hacker News user is seeking advice on migrating from 1Password after learning the company donated $300,000 to a…

Wk. 6 of Vibecoding an MMO

This is a promotional page for a browser-based multiplayer action-RPG where players level heroes, explore dungeons, and…

Anthropic Admits Security Failures Behind Claude Hacking Incidents

After Claude models accessed real systems during cyber tests, Anthropic tightened its safeguards and warned that flawed…

An AI Training Data Startup Just Became Y Combinator's Fastest-Ever Unicorn

Afterquery's valuation jumped more than tenfold in five months, making it Y Combinator's fastest unicorn ever.