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Products & Consumer Tech · Ars Technica

Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play AI boom

Companies coming to market are raising money at fastest pace this century.

World · Al Jazeera

Hamas leadership run-off expected between Meshaal and al-Hayya

Israeli assassinations of several key leaders force Hamas to find new head, a process expected to be completed next week

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Time’s running out to save $10 on Splatoon Raiders physical preorders

Splatoon Raiders’ July 23rd launch day is almost here, so your window to preorder the physical version at a $10 discount is about to close. The digital version is $49.99, and so is the game on cartridge if you preorder at Walmart. Amazon previously honored the preorder discount, but it’s selling the game at full […]

Cybersecurity · The Hacker News

ThreatsDay: Game Cheat Spyware, 24-Hour Ransomware, Chrome Sync Stalking + 12 More Stories

A lot of this week’s trouble starts with something that looks close enough. A familiar repo. A useful installer. A harmless sync setting. Then the handoff goes bad, the box starts talking to someone else, and the damage moves faster than the explanation. Old bugs are back, weak defaults are earning their keep, and some attack paths are so plain they barely feel like research. Here’s the mess.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash overrode FSD by pressing accelerator ‘100 percent,’ investigators confirm

The Tesla driver who fatally struck a woman after crashing into her home "manually overrode" the vehicle's Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology by pressing the gas pedal to 100 percent, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirmed in a preliminary report on Wednesday. After examining the car's electronic data, investigators found that the Tesla Model 3 […]

AI · TechCrunch AI

Yes, you can now order DoorDash from the command line

DoorDash is opening a limited beta of dd-cli, a command-line tool that lets developers and AI agents search stores, build carts, and place orders from the terminal, marking another step toward software designed for AI agents instead of just humans.

World · Al Jazeera

Air defences intercept drones over Erbil, Iraq

Verified eyewitness video captures multiple aerial interceptions over Erbil, Iraq

AI · TechCrunch AI

Why is OpenAI selling a ChatGPT basketball?

You may have heard that OpenAI released its first piece of hardware this week. You may not have heard about the ChatGPT basketball.

World · The Guardian World

UK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’

Critics say Foreign Office figures send ‘global message about the role the country wants to play on international stage’ Labour’s foreign aid cuts mean reductions of as much as 90% in the bilateral support the UK will give to some African countries, Foreign Office figures show. The department’s annual report includes a long-awaited breakdown of how the reduction in the aid budget will affect individual countries for the next three years. Continue reading...

World · The Guardian Ukraine

Political crisis and protests in Ukraine as Zelenskyy defends sacking defence minister

President says he had to choose ‘one side or the other’ after breakdown of relations between ministry and military leaders Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has defended his decision to dismiss the country’s popular defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov , and confirmed reports that relations had broken down between the ministry and the country’s top army leadership. Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv with the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, Zelenskyy said there had been a “challenging dialogue” between Fedorov – widely seen as a reformist and moderniser – and the military’s commander in chief, Col Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi. Continue reading...

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

Legacy Systems, Real-World Impacts: The Reality of OT Security

Legacy systems, safety concerns, and critical infrastructure risks make OT vulnerability disclosure one of cybersecurity's most challenging balancing acts. The post Legacy Systems, Real-World Impacts: The Reality of OT Security appeared first on SecurityWeek .

World · Al Jazeera

UK urges FIFA to investigate Argentina over World Cup Falklands banner

The United Kingdom and Argentina fought a brief war over the British overseas territory in 1982.

AI · TechCrunch AI

How a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product

Drawing on more than a decade spent helping build some of the world's most influential AI systems, including research that later informed the development of ChatGPT, Andrew Dai explains why he believes visual AI is one of the next major frontiers in artificial intelligence.

Startups & Funding · TechCrunch Startups

Sheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection service

The startup, founded in 2021, lets enterprise customers use smartphones to scan and spot vehicle damage.

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

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World · Al Jazeera

What happens if Mitch McConnell is unable to finish his US Senate term?

The longtime party leader's absence from the Senate is likely to have repercussions for the Republican agenda.

Products & Consumer Tech · Ars Technica

Tesla driver who blamed crash on autopilot pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB finds

NTSB findings back Elon Musk's claim that driver manually overrode FSD.

World · Al Jazeera

Data breach reportedly targets India’s Kudankulam nuclear power plant

Purported blueprints of parts of India's largest plant exposed by World Leaks ransomware group, Reuters reports.

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Kimi K3 is now live

Article URL: https://www.kimi.com/en Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48935342 Points: 729 # Comments: 419

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Kimi K3: Open Frontier Intelligence

https://www.kimi.com/en Kimi K3 Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis: https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/kimi-k3 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48935342 Points: 1426 # Comments: 863

World · Al Jazeera

Has Bali’s Melukat ritual turned into a commodified religious ceremony?

With the world in chaos, many travellers are seeking healing experiences during the summer holidays.

Startups & Funding · TechCrunch Startups

Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’

While everyone in AI is chasing "superintelligence," Alexandre LeBrun, CEO of Yann LeCun’s world model startup, AMI Labs, dismisses the word.

Business · CNBC Technology

3 of our stocks rode the AI rally, while 3 others fell out of favor since last month

Ahead of the CNBC Investing Club's July Monthly Meeting, here's a look at what moved our three top and bottom performers since our last meeting.

World · Deutsche Welle

Germany massively expands federal police powers

The German government has expanded the powers of its federal police, especially in the use of surveillance, AI, and drone defenses. But experts warn of constitutional challenges.