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Meta says its business AI now facilitates 10 million conversations a week

Meta said over 8 billion advertisers have used at least one of its gen AI tools

Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk

About five hours into Elon Musk's testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: "I have never been more sympathetic to Sam Altman in my life." Musk's direct testimony was an improvement over yesterday - even if his lawyer kept asking leading questions to cue him in how to answer. But that memory was […]

Best Gifts for Hikers, Backpackers, Outdoorsy People (2026)

Let them pick out their own hiking boots. Instead, try gifting a useful blade or a nature journal to delight your outdoorsy friend.

Instagram cracks down on content aggregators

The update targets content aggregators that don't post original content and instead simply re-upload others' posts.

Is this ‘de-extinction’ project actually onto something?

Dallas-based genetics and biotech startup Colossal has raised hundreds of millions of dollars from venture capitalists, the CIA, and Peter Thiel, among others. Its buzzy "de-extinction" projects aim to "bring back" lost animals like the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, and the dire wolf - although it isn't creating copies of extinct creatures from ancient […]

Meta lost 20 million users last quarter

Meta is planning to pump billions more into AI investments this year, despite noting that millions of users have seemingly started to abandon its platforms. In an earning call on Wednesday, Meta reported that figures for "Family daily active people" - the term Meta has coined for all collective users of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, or […]

GCC 16 has been released

Article URL: https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-16/changes.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47961004

Points: 11

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Goal Zero Yeti 1500 Power Station Review (2026): More Power, Better Chemistry

Goal Zero’s new Yeti 1500 power station charges faster and has more juice to keep you powered up, no matter where you are.

OpenAI’s new security model is for ‘critical cyber defenders’ only

OpenAI is preparing to launch a new frontier cybersecurity model, GPT-5.5-Cyber. CEO Sam Altman said the model will not be available to the general public, but will be first rolled out to a select group of trusted "cyber defenders" in order for institutions to shore up their cyberdefenses. The limited rollout will take place "in […]

1.4 GW: battery storage at former Grohnde nuclear power plant

Article URL: https://www.heise.de/en/news/1-4-GW-Huge-battery-storage-at-former-Grohnde-nuclear-power-plant-11277367.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47960778

Points: 15

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