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Italy Bans China's DeepSeek AI Chatbot Over Privacy Fears

DeepSeek received an order to stop serving its AI chatbot's users in Italy, after failing to assuage concerns over its privacy policies.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Decrypt favicon Decrypt

9to5Rewards: Enter to win Google Pixel 9 and a Yaber T2 Projector [Giveaway]

Thereโ€™s still time to enter our giveaway of Googleโ€™s Pixel 9 and Yaberโ€™s T2 Projector. This month weโ€™ve teamed up with our friends at Yaber to celebrate the launch of its newest smart projector models, including the K300s, L2 Plus, and T2 Series. You can head below now to enter the giveaway and check out Yaberโ€™s new projectors the K300s, L2 Plus. moreโ€ฆ

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: 9to5Google favicon 9to5Google

Netflix has canceled The Sandman

Though Netflix is planning to bring back a number of its ongoing series in the coming months, the streamer has decided to cancel its adaptation of Neil Gaimanโ€™s The Sandman. Netflix announced today that The Sandman will conclude with its upcoming second season. In a statement about the show coming to an end, Sandman showrunner [โ€ฆ]

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

Big Changes Are Coming To The U.S. Military's Fleet In 2025

The United States military is undergoing some serious changes in 2025, but the adjustments might not be what you think. Here's what's happening.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: SlashGear favicon SlashGear

Mistral board member and a16z VC Anjney Midha says DeepSeek wonโ€™t stop AIโ€™s GPU hunger

Midha says R1 won't stop AI from spending billions.It means they will do more with the compute power they can obtain. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

FDA approves first non-opioid pain medicine in more than 20 years

The drug, Journavx (suzetrigine), inhibits an ion channel in peripheral nerves.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

Designing Great Watchdog Timers for Embedded Systems

Article URL: https://www.ganssle.com/watchdogs.htm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42893393 Points: 10 # Comments: 1

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

The Cast of Companion on the Horrors and Cuteness of AI Robots

Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Harvey Guillรฉn, Lukas Gage, and Megan Suri star in the sci-fi thriller, in theaters now.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

7 2025 movies we canโ€™t wait to see in IMAX, ranked

Sinners, Superman, and Jurassic World Rebirth are some of the 2025 movies we're looking forward to seeing in IMAX.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Best Electric Bike for 2025

Find an electric bike for all kinds of rides. We have tips on how to choose the best one based on your riding preferences.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3B in Income

Article URL: https://truthout.org/articles/tesla-paid-zero-federal-income-tax-in-2024-despite-2-3-billion-in-income/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42893365 Points: 120 # Comments: 67

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

PENGU: Everything You Need to Know About the Pudgy Penguins Solana Token and Airdrop

UPDATE: Claims for the Pudgy Penguins token on Solana are ending much sooner than planned. Here's what you need to know about PENGU.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Decrypt favicon Decrypt

DeepSeek Jailbreak Reveals Its Entire System Prompt

Now we know exactly how DeepSeek was designed to work, and we may even have a clue toward its highly publicized scandal with OpenAI.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Dark Reading favicon Dark Reading

BioWare hit with layoffs as it shifts to next Mass Effect

BioWare now has fewer than 100 employees after laying off โ€œaround two dozenโ€ staffers and shifting others to different projects at EA, Bloomberg reports. The changes follow BioWareโ€™s own โ€œStudio Updateโ€ published this week where GM Gary McKay said the studio had โ€œworked diligently over the past few months to match many of our colleagues [โ€ฆ]

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

There's Still Time to Spot Six Planets in a Spectacular Planet Parade This Week

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but get a telescope and you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Microsoft is letting anyone use ChatGPTโ€™s $200 reasoning model for free

Microsoft is adding OpenAIโ€™s o1 model to its Copilot AI experience as a feature called Think Deeper. It is available for free to all users with a Microsoft account.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Donald Trumpโ€™s data purge has begunย 

Key resources for environmental data and public health have already been taken down from federal websites, and more could soon vanish as the Trump administration works to scrap anything that has to do with climate change, racial equity, or gender identity. Warnings floated on social media today about an impending purge at the Centers for [โ€ฆ]

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

How Accurate Is Groundhog Day? Experts Grade the Woodchucks

Sand Mountain Sam is already predicting an early spring, so let's hope he knows his stuff.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Germany: Number of unemployed highest in 10 years

Article URL: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-number-of-unemployed-highest-in-10-years/a-71470806 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42893146 Points: 22 # Comments: 9

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Player First euthanizes MultiVersus amid ongoing live-service purge

Player First Games announced today that the upcoming season of its live-service fighting game MultiVersus will be its last. Season 5 will run from February 4 through May 30, after which the game will only be available to play offline. Starting today, players will no longer be able to spend money on in-game transactions, and[โ€ฆ]

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

The Faux Free Speech Warriors Attacking Free Speech

Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/the-faux-free-speech-warriors-attacking-free-speech/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42893081 Points: 25 # Comments: 0

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Fine-tuning Multimodal Embedding Models

Adapting CLIP to YouTube Data (with PythonCode)This is the 4th article in a larger series on multimodal AI. In the previous post, we discussed multimodal RAG systems, which can retrieve and synthesize information from different data modalities (e.g. text, images, audio). There, we saw how we could implement such a system using CLIP. One issue with this approach, however, is that vector search results from a...

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

LA Times Flips Anti-RFK Jr. Op-Ed into Pro-Kennedy Propaganda

Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/la-times-flips-anti-rfk-jr-op-ed-into-pro-kennedy-propaganda/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42893079 Points: 28 # Comments: 0

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Kraken revenue surges 128% to $1.5 billion in 2024 amid strategic overhaul

Kraken doubled its revenue in 2024 to $1.5 billion in earnings, a 128% increase from the previous year, according to its latest released financial data. The exchange also disclosed that it holds $42.8 billion in customer assets, with an average revenue of more than $2,000 per customer. Krakenโ€™s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization [โ€ฆ] The post Kraken revenue surges 128% to $1.5 billion in...

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CryptoSlate favicon CryptoSlate

After DeepSeek R1's Release, ChatGPT Offers Free Trials for o3-mini

OpenAI's o3-mini release could pull attention away from DeepSeek.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

FCC demands CBS provide unedited transcript of Kamala Harris interview

FCC probes editing of 60 Minutes interview as CBS considers settling Trump suit.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

Google log-in prompts on Android add new layer of security

Google prompt adds a new layer of security for log-ins.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Premier League Soccer: Livestream Nottingham Forest vs. Brightonย From Anywhere

The Tricky Trees look to get back to winning ways against the Seagulls at the City Ground.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

C++ Reflection: Back on Track - David Olsen - Meeting C++ 2024

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Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Reddit Programming favicon Reddit Programming

The Sandman canceled at Netflix, will end with season 2

The Sandman is ending with season 2 at Netflix. The announcement comes in the wake of the sexual assault and misconduct allegations against Neil Gaiman.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

6.6 Duramax Vs. 6.7 Power Stroke: How Do These Diesel Engines Compare?

The 6.6 Duramax and 6.7 Power Stroke are two engines powering some of the most well-known pickups in the country, but how do they compare?

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: SlashGear favicon SlashGear

The Best Gadgets of January 2025

CES 2025 brought us tons of fun gadgets, but January also offered new Samsung Galaxy S25 phones and Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

Bitcoin, XRP and Dogecoin Fall Fast as Trump Tariffs Confirmed

The price of Bitcoin dove Friday after President Trumpโ€™s team confirmed that tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada are imminent.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Decrypt favicon Decrypt

Donโ€™t miss this $300 discount for the new Dell XPS 13 laptop with Copilot

The Dell XPS 13 9350, a Copilot+ laptop with the Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Series 2 processor and 16GB of RAM, is on sale from Dell at $300 off -- down to $1,160.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

MLCommons and Hugging Face team up to release massive speech dataset for AI research

MLCommons, a nonprofit AI safety working group, has teamed up with AI dev platform Hugging Face to release one of the worldโ€™s largest collections of public domain voice recordings for AI research. The dataset, called Unsupervised Peopleโ€™s Speech, contains more than a million hours of audio spanning at least 89 languages. MLCommons says it was [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch