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MuJoco Playground

Article URL: https://playground.mujoco.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42731527 Points: 20 # Comments: 3

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

A Love Letter to My Favorite Line in Star Trek: Voyagerβ€˜s Pilot

Geneviève Bujold could, literally, never.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

Samsung just slashed the price of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6

Want a new smartwatch? The Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 and Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Classic are both on sale right now, with discounts of up to $160 from Samsung.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

50 years ago, one of cinema’s best auteurs made his debut with this movie

John Carpenter made his directorial debut with 1975's Dark Star, an influential sci-fi cult classic that turns 50 this year.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Build Your First Chrome Extension With Rust and WebAssembly

Chrome extensions have traditionally been built using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. However, with the rise of WebAssembly (Wasm), we can now leverage Rust's performance, safety, and modern development features in browser extensions. In this tutorial, we will create a simple Chrome extension that uses Rust compiled to WebAssembly.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: DZone favicon DZone

Solving the first 100 Project Euler problems using 100 languages

Article URL: https://github.com/jaredkrinke/100-languages Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42731460 Points: 51 # Comments: 21

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Senator Lummis claims FDIC destroyed Operation Chokepoint 2.0 docs

"You must ensure your staff cease and desist destruction of all materials and end retaliatory actions immediately," Lummis wrote.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Stablecoin for cyber-scammers launches, Sony L2 drama: Asia Express

Marketplace for cyber-scammers launches its own stablecoin, Sony L2 collides with reality, Lazarus stole $650M crypto in 2024. Asia Express.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

XRP Nearly Sets New All-Time High Price After 45% Spike

Ripple-linked asset XRP surged to a fresh seven-year-high price Thursday, coming within two cents of its 2018 peak.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Decrypt favicon Decrypt

Enterprises can now run real-time data through Google Cloud’s most advanced VMs

Early adopters like Couchbase are already seeing significant price-performance gains with Google Cloud's new VMs.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

FCC chair makes one last stand against Trump’s call to punish news stations

Chair: Complaints "seek to weaponize the licensing authority of the FCC."

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

David Lynch's Embrace Of CGI Was As Controversial As Everything Else He Made

David Lynch embraced CGI in his movies, but he did it in his typical fashion. But were the graphics he used bad or simply artistic? Here's what we know.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: SlashGear favicon SlashGear

Brain-Controlled Bionic Hand Offers Most Advanced Artificial Touch Yet

The new brain-computer interface device goes "beyond anything that has been done before," the researchers claim.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

Spellar for iOS

AI Conversation companion and note taker in your pocket Discussion | Link

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Android 16 hints at split-screen update for tablets, could show 3 apps at once

Multitasking on Android has been around for ages, but it hasn’t changed much in a long time. Whether on a phone, a foldable, or a full-size tablet, Android technically only supports running two apps at once unless a skin adds additional functionality. For Android 16, it seems Google is working on a revamp for split-screen mode with support for up to 3 apps at once on tablet displays. more…

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: 9to5Google favicon 9to5Google

Get the Meta Quest 3S VR headset while it’s on sale for $350

The Meta Quest 3S is on sale from Best Buy for only $350. You'll also get Batman: Arkham Shadow and a three-month trial of Meta Quest+ as part of the bundle.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

BTC dips from $100K, Stocks have Best Day in Months, AI Agents hit $18B!

BTC reaches $100k before pullback, dominance falls. Trump considers strategic reserves for SOL & XRP. XRP at 7 year high, overtakes BTC in Google trends. SEC files opening brief in appeal against XRP. Bitfinex to get back 80% of hacked BTC. BTC could top $300k in 2025: Hashkey survey. SEC could freeze non-fraud crypto cases. Trump to commute Ross Ulbricht on day 1. MicroStrategy targets $2b stock issuance. Texas...

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Decrypt favicon Decrypt

New York powerhouse VC Insight Partners nabs another $12.5B after $8B in exits

Insight Partners closed another giant flagship fund after big returns in 2024. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

20 years later, one superhero flop reveals the empty nostalgia of Deadpool & Wolverine

As much as Deadpool & Wolverine may have wanted us to believe otherwise, one infamous 2000s superhero flop proves that not all movies deserve to be reclaimed.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Berachain Hasn't Launched Yet But Has Already Attracted $1.7 Billionβ€”Here's Why

Crypto investors are flocking to opportunities to provide early liquidity to Berachain, seeking rewards ahead of its official launch.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Decrypt favicon Decrypt

A Lot of Americans Are Googling β€˜What Is Oligarchy?’ After Biden’s Farewell Speech

The outgoing president warned of the growing dominance of a small, monied elite.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

Bitcoin CME gap drop to $78K possible due to fringe risks surrounding US economy

A Bitcoin futures CME gap below $80,000 could be filled before BTC price treks to new all-time highs in 2025.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

AGDQ just ended, but there's already a schedule for Frost Fatales and it owns

Awesome Games Done Quick has already wrapped up for 2025 (with a cool $2.5 million raised for the Prevent Cancer Foundation), but the philanthropic group has other programs year-round that raise money for worthy causes. Two of those are hosted by the Frame Fatales, a community for women and femmes in speedrunning under the GDQ umbrella. The group's Frost Fatales event runs from March 9-16 and will raise money for the...

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Failed fintech startup Bench racked up over $65 million in debt, documents reveal

Canadian Fintech Bench had over $65 million in debt but less than $3 million in cash, documents reveal. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Starship Flight 7

Article URL: https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-7?submit Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42731091 Points: 179 # Comments: 141

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Jeff Bezos Embraces the Darkness as U.S. Oligarchs Get Ready to Attend Trump Inauguration

Bezos isn't the only billionaire ready to profit from the Trump shitshow.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

Amid tokenization race, Tradable brings $1.7B private credit onchain

According to S&P Global, tokenization can eliminate many investment barriers in the private credit market.

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS

Residents across the United States are being inundated with text messages purporting to come from toll road operators like E-ZPass, warning that recipients face fines if a delinquent toll fee remains unpaid. Researchers say the surge in SMS spam coincides with new features added to a popular commercial phishing kit sold in China that makes it simple to set up convincing lures spoofing toll road operators in multiple...

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: Krebs on Security favicon Krebs on Security

Apple pauses AI notification summaries for news after generating false alerts

Apple is pausing AI notification summaries for news and entertainment apps after facing backlash for generating inaccurate news alerts. In addition, the company is introducing changes to notification summaries as a whole to allow for greater transparency. With the latest round of developer previews foriOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3, Apple is disabling […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Tariffs Could Impact Your Next Big Tech Purchase - Here's How

With Donald Trump threatening America's biggest trading partners with high tariffs, what's the likely effect when you go to buy a computer or smartphone?

Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source: SlashGear favicon SlashGear