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DeepSeek AI gets hit with data privacy red flag by Italy and Ireland
Chinese AI company DeepSeek rose to the top of app stores this week, and now it's being hit with data watchdog requests from Italy and Ireland.
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What is DeepSeek? The Chinese ChatGPT Rival Taking the World by Storm
DeepSeekβs low-cost, high-power AI model has shaken up the global AI industry and ethics debates. Hereβs how they did it.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:B3 Gaming Chain on Coinbase's Ethereum Network Base Reveals Token Plans
B3, a layer-3 gaming chain built on Ethereum network Base by former Coinbase employees, is gearing up to launch a token.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Bitcoin: What Went Wrong?
The priorities of Bitcoiners are starting to shift in the wrong direction, and represent an actual existential threat to the success of a censorship resistant and resilient system.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Instagram gives creators more insight into their reelsβ performance
Meta continues to target creators in the days following the U.S. TikTok ban. In addition to paying TikTok creators big bonuses to publish reels, Instagram announced on Wednesday that itβs introducing new ways for creators to better understand how their short videos are performing. The platform is introducing additional metrics that allow creators to see [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:SmolGPT: A minimal PyTorch implementation for training a small LLM from scratch
Article URL: https://github.com/Om-Alve/smolGPT Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42868770 Points: 392 # Comments: 52
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Trump expands crypto footprint, gives memecoin utility for merch purchases
President Trump is further integrating crypto into his business empire, allowing holders of his official memecoin TRUMP to purchase merchandise.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Adding iodine to salt played a role in cognitive improvements: research (2013)
Article URL: https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/how-adding-iodine-to-salt-boosted-americans-iq Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42868718 Points: 175 # Comments: 118
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:After the New Galaxy Launch, Samsung Offers Galaxy Watch Ultra for Just $250 With a Trade-in Offer
Receive up to $400 off with a trade-in on the most premium Galaxy Watch Ultra.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Anthropicβs CEO says DeepSeek shows US export rules are working
In an essay on Wednesday, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, weighed in on the debate over whether Chinese AI company DeepSeekβs success implies that U.S. export controls on AI chips arenβt working. Amodei, who recently made the case for stronger export controls in an op-ed co-written with former U.S. deputy national security adviser Matt [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Mirai Variant 'Aquabot' Exploits Mitel Device Flaws
Yet another spinoff of the infamous DDoS botnet is exploiting a known vulnerability in active attacks, while its threat actors are promoting it on Telegram for other attackers to use as well, in a DDoS-as-a-service model.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:AI Ethics for the Everyday UserβββWhy Should You Care?
A beginnerβs guide to understanding the importance of ethics in artificial intelligenceContinue reading on Towards Data Science Β»
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Everything you need to know before buying a space heater
Space heaters are a popular way to heat up your home, but they come with serious risks. Here's what to know before adding one to your home.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:This is the best Samsung Galaxy S25 color you should buy
Buying the Galaxy S25 series? The base and Plus come in seven colors, while the Ultra comes in seven other colors. Which should you buy? Here's the answer!
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Hereβs why I run DeepSeek locally and how you can do it
Hosting a local AI model offers privacy and doesn't require a subscription.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Google leaned heavily on AI to stop malicious apps on the Play Store last year
Last year, Google prevented more bad apps from making it to the Play Store than ever before.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:The futuristic Doogee S200 has one of the best phone designs Iβve ever seen
This rugged smartphone is seriously tough (and affordable).
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Metal and the Simulated Annealing Algorithm
In this article, Iβll walk you through Bryan Lukeβs Simulated Annealing Algorithm, a powerful probabilistic approach to finding optimal solutions among numerous possibilities. Weβll explore its implementation using the classic N-Queens problem as an example. Unlike greedy algorithms, simulated annealing intelligently explores the solution space to avoid being trapped in poor solutions. What Is Simulated Annealing?...
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger's startup chose China's DeepSeek instead of OpenAI
Pat Gelsinger credited DeepSeek's creative engineering for driving competition and making AI more affordable.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Google Play Protect cannot be disabled during phone and video calls
Googleβs annual blog post recapping Play Store and Android protections in 2024 is now available. It highlights new safety measures, like how Google Play Protect cannot be turned off during calls. moreβ¦
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Samsung is Going Nuts, The New Galaxy S25 Ultra is 70% Off if You Pre-Order It Now
The new Galaxy S25 Series comes with prices that seem almost too good to be true.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Apple accused of outsourcing βunethical practicesβ to other companies for AI profit
Apple may face new shareholder scrutiny over its AI practices following a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The document was filed ahead of Appleβs next Annual Shareholder Meeting thatβs scheduled for February 25 at 8 a.m. PT. The National Legal and Policy Center has submitted a proposal urging Apple to disclose how it acquires and uses external data for AI training. The filing, disclosed on the...
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:"We're building a new static type checker for Python"
Article URL: https://twitter.com/charliermarsh/status/1884651482009477368 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42868576 Points: 223 # Comments: 106
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:This 5K monitor competes with my Apple Studio Display (and it's much cheaper)
The Asus ProArt PA27 has an impressive picture with 5K resolution and a vibrant color palette, making it one of the better choices at this level for Windows users.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Get your Costco groceries delivered and save $15 on your order of $50 or more
As of Jan. 29, save $15 on all your Costco delivery orders of $50 or more.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Γtzi the Lyme Mummy (2019)
Article URL: https://vetmed.illinois.edu/i-tick/2019/08/09/iceman-lyme-mummy-tattle-the-tick-blog/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42868464 Points: 61 # Comments: 21
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:IKEA refreshes super-cheap Bluetooth speaker that we love, as part of new series that will βreimagineβ home tech
IKEA has announced a new range of colorful home electronics βand it just launched two new colors of its Vappeby Bluetooth speaker as a taster.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:As Lutnick Faces U.S. Senate, Elizabeth Warren Scrutinizes His Tether Ties
Howard Lutnick, President Trump's pick to run the Department of Commerce, is probed by the senator on the Tether connection of his firm, Cantor Fitzgerald.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Making Java nullable fields backwards compatible
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Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Alibaba Debuts Qwen 2.5-Max AI Model That 'Outperforms' DeepSeek
The company claims it secured a top score of 89.4 in the Arena-Hard benchmark, which compares AI models based on how they respond to human prompts.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:An analysis of DeepSeek's R1-Zero and R1
Article URL: https://arcprize.org/blog/r1-zero-r1-results-analysis Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42868390 Points: 675 # Comments: 251
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Microsoft kills off Smart Lookup feature in Word as it pushes Copilot
The defunct feature used to let users search for definitions and online articles about highlighted words and phrases.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:The end of fake VPNs? Google Play Store now shows which VPNs are secure enough to be trusted
Google's new "Verified" is designed to highlight VPN apps that prioritize user privacy and safety. Here's how it works.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:OpenAI βreviewingβ allegations that its AI models were used to make DeepSeek
ChatGPT creator warns Chinese startups are βconstantlyβ using its technology to develop competing productsOpenAI has warned that Chinese startups are βconstantlyβ using its technology to develop competing products and said it is βreviewingβ allegations that DeepSeek used the ChatGPT makerβs AI models to create a rival chatbot.OpenAI and its partner Microsoft β which has invested $13bn in the San Francisco-based AI...
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Deep Learning for NLP Best Practices
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