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LLM-powered tools amplify developer capabilities rather than replacing them
Article URL: https://matthewsinclair.com/blog/0178-why-llm-powered-programming-is-more-mech-suit-than-artificial-human Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43752492 Points: 185 # Comments: 130
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How to purchase Reboot Cards in Fortnite
Ever missed collecting a teammate's Reboot Card in Fortnite? You can now purchase them in the game and here's how to do it.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Neuroscientists are racing to turn brain waves into speech
AI and brain implants are being leveraged to create voice neuroprostheses.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Final weeks to secure your spot in the AI spotlight at TechCrunch Sessions: AI
The countdown is real! Exhibit tables for TechCrunch Sessions: AI are almost gone, and the May 9 deadline is closing in fast. If youβve been meaning to showcase your AI innovation, this is your last window to make it happen. No more βmaybe next year.β No more waiting for the perfect moment. This is it! [β¦]
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Nvidia RTX 5070 vs RTX 5060 Ti 16GB β less VRAM but much better performance
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB might be the latest GPU release from Team Green, but availability of the step-up RTX 5070 has been pretty decent. It's a far superior gaming choice at the current prices, as our analysis shows.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:You can now generate AI videos with just 6GB of VRAM
The breakthrough comes from Lvmin Zhang of GitHub and Maneesh Agrawala of Stanford University. The duo developed FramePack, a neural network architecture that enables high-quality video diffusion with as little as 6GB of VRAM. This is a significant achievement, especially given the model's size β 13 billion parameters β which...Read Entire Article
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Russia resumes fighting after βceasefireβ Ukraine says Moscow breached nearly 3,000 times β as it happened
Russian military confirms βEaster truceβ is over and fighting has begun again as Ukrainian says Moscow launched 96 drones and three missiles overnight. This live blog is closedThree people killed after Russia resumes attacks in UkraineWhen Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago, he demanded that Ukraine renounce joining Nato, sharply cut its army, and βprotectβ Russian language and...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Bitcoin longs cut $106M β Are Bitfinex BTC whales turning bearish above $86K?
Despite Bitcoinβs (BTC) price reaching its highest level in over three weeks, traders on Bitfinex reduced their leveraged long (bullish) positions on margin contracts by more than $100 million between April 17 and April 19. This reduction has led to speculation that Bitcoin whales may be anticipating a price correction or, at the very least, are not confident in further short-term gains. Letβs look closer at whether...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Meta is using its AI age-detection tech to shuffle more young users into teen accounts
Meta says it's doing more to make sure as many of its younger users as possible are using the teen accounts that it has rolled out for Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. Starting today, it's testing artificial intelligence tech in the US to detect whether a person is a teen β even if they've lied about their birthday to make it seem like they're an adult β and then move them to a teen account. The company says it has...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Illegal Crypto Mining βPowerful Toolβ for Cybercrime Syndicates: UN Report
Crypto is helping to fuel transnational organized crime, according to a new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Bitcoin rallies past $87k as Metaplanet and Strategy purchase 6,856 BTC worth almost $600M
Bitcoinβs rally past $87,000 comes amid reignited aggressive buying from institutional players. On April 21, Japan-based Metaplanet and US firm Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) both disclosed major Bitcoin acquisitions, adding a combined total of nearly 7,000 BTC to their corporate reserves. This move signals their continued confidence in Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation and monetary [β¦] The post Bitcoin rallies...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:The Coddle Pixel platform bed is $1,000 off and it comes equipped with outlets
The Coddle Pixel platform bed with power and USB chargers is on sale for $499 in a queen or king size, down from the normal price of $1,499. That's a 67% discount.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:βWhat If Iβm Not Sure that My VP Sales is The Right Person?β: An Honest 5 Point Test
Dear SaaStr: What if Iβm not sure that my VP Sales is the right person? If youβre not sure your VP of Sales is the right person, youβre already in a tricky spot. The reality is, at the VP level, you canβt βfixβ them if theyβre not a fit. And thatβs likely your fault for... Continue Reading
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Irish Freemasons apologise for hosting Conor McGregor interview at Dublin hall
Organisation says it regrets renting premises for event with US commentator Tucker Carlson and will give fee to charityThe Freemasons of Ireland have apologised for hosting an interview between Conor McGregor and the US commentator Tucker Carlson at the organisationβs premises in central Dublin.Philip Daley, the grand secretary of the Irish Freemasons, said the organisation regretted renting its hall for the event last...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Berlin reports rise in attacks on refugees amid surge in far-right crime
Call for greater protection for asylum seekers and policies targeting rightwing violence as report sounds βalarm bellβBerlin has reported a marked increase in attacks on asylum seekers and refugee shelters, amid a sharp rise in far-right crime and a hardening of German migration policy.Official figures provided at the request of two local Green party lawmakers showed there were 77 assaults on asylum seekers and...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:El Salvador works with Nvidia to develop sovereign AI infrastructure
El Salvador, the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, is working with the computer chip giant Nvidia to implement artificial intelligence for national development.El Salvador signed a letter of intent to collaborate with Nvidia on βsovereign AI to drive innovation and economic growth,β the National Bitcoin Office (ONBTC) of El Salvador announced on X on April 21.As part of the collaboration, El...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:CZ receives fake βGrokβ coins amid new wave of Elon Musk scam tokens
Scammers are once again capitalizing on the popularity of Elon Muskβs artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, with fake tokens again emerging as part of potential phishing attacks.A wallet linked to former Binance CEO Changpeng βCZβ Zhao received 90 million fake Grok (GROK) tokens on April 21, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield.The tokens are βlikely a scam,β since the βdeployer distributed it to multiple...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Ted Lasso season 4 like dead catβs return, says Brett Goldstein: βwe buried itβ
Ted Lasso was officially renewed for season 4 last month, after months of rumors and signs that the show would indeed return with a new season on Apple TV+. Now star and writer Brett Goldstein has shared an update on season 4βs status, and explained what itβs been like to see the show revived. moreβ¦
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Building a RAG Application Using LlamaIndex
Enhance language models with real-time document retrieval and dynamic knowledge integration using retrieval-augmented generation and LlamaIndex.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:It's official: experts say Elon Musk and AI are the biggest risks for branding
What does that mean for Tesla and X?
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:It's official: experts say Elon Musk and AI are risks for branding
A new study highlights the two biggest risks to brand reputation.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, April 22 (game #1184)
Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Thumbnail Generator Microservice for PDF in Spring Boot
In this article, we will delve into converting a PDF to individual PNG image files for each page. Typically, if we have a PDF document shared with our customers and need to preview the first page for users in push notifications, this article will help us create a preview thumbnail image from the PDF document. In this article, we will cover the Spring microservice for converting PDF documents to PNG images.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:The Global AI Race: Balancing Innovation and Security
The AI security race is on β and it will be won where defenders come together with developers and researchers to do things right.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Samsung is looking to iPad technology for new automotive OLED screens
Samsung aims to transform the auto display market by adapting iPad OLED tech for vehicles.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Instagram is using AI to find teens lying about their age and restricting their accounts
Meta is using AI technology to search for kids who are lying about their age on Instagram in order to bypass safeguards, the company announced on Monday. When Meta finds an account that it suspects belongs to a teen, the platform will enroll them into a restricted Teen Account, even if the account lists an [β¦]
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Android Auto 14.2 starts rolling out, removes confusing hint at βGlassesβ
After debuting in beta earlier this month, Google has started the rollout of Android Auto 14.2 to the masses, and with the removal of some confusing strings about βGlasses.β moreβ¦
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Thereβs good news for Retroid customers in the US, bad news for everyone else
As tariff deadlines loom, Retroid appears to be favoring US orders.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:From fast food worker to cybersecurity engineer with Tae'lur Alexis [Podcast #169]
On this week's episode of the podcast, I interview Tae'lur Alexis. She's a developer and security analyst. Instead of going to college, Tae'lur spent years working various fast food and retail jobs. Tae'lur taught herself Python and JavaScript using ...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Bitcoin Price Touches $87K for First Time Since Trump's Liberation Day
After Liberation Day, "key market sentiment indicators such as the Fear & Greed Index and S&P 500 RSI(14) formed a bottom," an analyst told Decrypt.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:TBD VC unveils $35M venture fund to back Israeli deep tech startups
TBD VC, a new early-stage venture capital firm, has announced a $35 million fund to back deep tech Israeli founders at the pre-seed and seed stages, both in Israel and around the globe. The fund launch comes amid a new wave of breakout Israeli tech stories, including Wizβs recent $32 billion acquisition by Google and[β¦]
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Tesla reportedly delays launch of new low-cost model by months
Tesla is pushing back the promised launch of a more affordable EV by months, according to a report from Reuters. The new model, which is supposedly a very stripped-down Model Y, was supposed to debut in the first half of this year but now might not come until late 2025 or early 2026, states the [β¦]
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: NEAR Gains 11.7%, Leading Index Higher Over Weekend
Aptos (APT) joined NEAR Protocol (NEAR) as a top performer, gaining 8.7% from Friday.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:The Best Shapewear (2025): Bodysuits, Briefs, and More
Get smoothed and snatched with the help of these bodysuits, shorts, and underwear.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Cisco Webex security flaw could let hackers hijack your system via a meeting invite
A Webex patch was already released but there are no other workarounds.
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