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OpenAI funded FrontierMath Benchmarks and had access to the set
Article URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/cu2E8wgmbdZbqeWqb/meemi-s-shortform Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42763231 Points: 52 # Comments: 8
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:
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It's time to make computing personal again
Article URL: https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/3292/the-pc-is-dead-its-time-to-make-computing-personal-again Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42763095 Points: 38 # Comments: 8
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:7 most anticipated thriller movies of 2025, ranked
Havoc and From the World of John Wick: Ballerina are two of 2025's most anticpated thrillers. See what else made the list.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:How do interruptions impact different software engineering activities
Article URL: https://rdel.substack.com/p/rdel-75-how-do-interruptions-impact Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42762962 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:TikTok says itβs restoring service in the US
It hasn't even been a full day since ByteDance shut down TikTok in the US, and now it says the app is coming back. In a statement posted on X Sunday afternoon, TikTok wrote, βIn agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service.β The statement also thanked Trump, who will be sworn in on Monday and who previously said he was considering giving TikTok an extension amid reports of...
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:Best Stand-Up Paddleboards for 2025
We give these paddleboards a standing ovation when it comes to quality and usability for all skill levels.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:I compared two of the most powerful mobile chipsets β hereβs what happened
The Snapdragon 8 Elite and Dimensity 9400 are two of the most popular smartphone chips. I compared them head-to-head.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:I compared the two of the most powerful mobile chipsets β hereβs what happened
The Snapdragon 8 Elite and Dimensity 9400 are two of the most popular smartphone chips. I compared them head-to-head.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:The best multiplayer games on Android
Android games are amazing, but they don't have to only be single-player experiences. Multiplayer games are great to play on the go, so here are the best ones.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:Hacking the Yamaha DX9 to Turn It into a DX7 (2023)
Article URL: https://ajxs.me/blog/Hacking_the_Yamaha_DX9_To_Turn_It_Into_a_DX7.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42762161 Points: 25 # Comments: 2
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:All Lisp indentation schemes are ugly
Article URL: https://aartaka.me/lisp-indent.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42762077 Points: 21 # Comments: 6
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:NFL Divisional Weekend: How to Watch Ravens vs. Bills Today on CBS and Paramount Plus
This weekend's NFL playoff slate concludes in Buffalo on CBS and Paramount Plus.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:Please don't force dark mode
Article URL: https://iamvishnu.com/posts/please-dont-force-dark-mode Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42762054 Points: 176 # Comments: 153
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:TikTok is back, but where are Marvel Snap, CapCut, and Lemon8?
Image: ByteDance TikTok has returned β at least partially β in the US following a nationwide ban, but other popular ByteDance-owned apps, such as the digital card game Marvel Snap, video editing app CapCut, and the social platform Lemon8, are still blocked. None of these apps, including TikTok, are currently available to download on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, either. Though many users expected CapCut and...
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:Mail app for macOS will soon get an overdue AI upgrade
Apple demoed an AI-charged Mail experience months ago, but delayed one of the crucial tricks for Macs. It seems a macOS update will finally serve it in April.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:Why would Arm's owner want to buy a rival to AMD and Intel? I can think of one reason
SoftBank eyes Ampere Computing to strengthen its foothold and challenge AMD and Intel head-on.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Jan. 20, #589
Here are some hints β and the answers β for Connections No. 589 for Monday, Jan. 20.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Jan. 20, #1311
Here are some hints and the answer for Wordle No. 1,311 for Monday, Jan. 20.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:From recruiting for Palantir to landing a plane on Highway 85: meet defense techβs wildest power broker
Peter Conway has recruited for some of the buzziest defense and hard tech firms in Silicon Valley over the last decade, like Palantir and Mach Industries. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:TikTokβs service providers still risk billions in penalties for bringing it back online
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images No matter what TikTok says in its laudatory pop-up messages, President-elect Donald Trump cannot simply declare an extension of the TikTok ban deadline and protect American companies that support it from billions of dollars in fines. Trump seems to want TikTok available for his inauguration on Monday, because βAmericans deserveβ to see the event. But TikTok is officially...
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:Instagram is rushing out a new video editing app that sure sounds a lot like CapCut
Instagram head Adam Mosseri took to Threads on Sunday with yet another announcement this weekend, the timing of which surely had nothing at all to do with TikTok and other ByteDance-owned apps (briefly) going dark: a new, free video-editing app called Edits is on the way. Instagram's Edits will cater to people who edit videos on their phone, and will offer βa full suite of creative tools.β That includes higher-quality...
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:Escape the walled garden and algorithm black boxes with RSS feeds
Article URL: https://www.johnwalker.nl/posts/escape-the-walled-garden-with-rss Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42761219 Points: 206 # Comments: 73
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:'The Traitors' Release Schedule: When Episode 5 Premieres on Peacock
Here's how to catch more of the deception-filled reality competition.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:AI benchmarking organization criticized for waiting to disclose funding from OpenAI
An organization developing math benchmarks for AI didnβt disclose that it had received funding from OpenAI until relatively recently, drawing allegations of impropriety from some in the AI community. Epoch AI, a nonprofit primarily funded by Open Philanthropy, a research and grantmaking foundation, revealed on December 20 that OpenAI had supported the creation of FrontierMath. [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved....
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:Instagram announces a blatant CapCut clone
Instagramβs logo for Edits. | Image: Meta Instagram head Adam Mosseri just announced a video editing app called Edits. Mosseri said the app is meant to rival CapCut, a video editing app that went offline along with TikTok. Edits is available for preorder on the iOS App Store. βThereβs a lot going on right now, but no matter what happens, itβs our job to provide the best possible tools for creators,β Mosseri said in a...
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:The Pentagon says AI is speeding up its βkill chainβ
Leading AI developers, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, are threading a delicate needle to sell software to the United States military: make the Pentagon more efficient, without letting their AI kill people. Today, their tools are not being used as weapons, but AI is giving the Department of Defense a βsignificant advantageβ in identifying, tracking, [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:Meta announces a new CapCut rival called Edits
Meta Sunday announced a new video editing app called Edits, after ByteDanceβs video editing app CapCut was removed from Appleβs App Store and the Google Play Store as part of the TikTok ban. Instagram head Adam Mosseri (pictured above) said on Threads that the app will launch next month on iOS, with an Android version [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:TikTok isnβt back in the App Store yet
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images TikTok announced on Sunday that itβs βin the process of restoring service,β but the app is still unavailable in the App Store and Google Play. If you search for TikTok on the App Store, youβll see a message saying, βTikTok and other ByteDance apps are not available in the country or region youβre in,β while Google Play says, βDownloads for this app are paused due to...
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:Marvel Snap, CapCut, Lemon8 and other ByteDance apps have also shut down in the US alongside TikTok
Update, January 19 2025, 2:06PM ET: After shutting down its app and being delisted from various app stores about 12 hours ago, TikTok is now in the process of restoring services in the US. This story addresses more recent changes to this evolving situation; below is the original text of this report. Itβs been unclear in the leadup to the TikTok ban what the fate of parent company ByteDanceβs other apps would be, but...
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:TikTok is back, as Trump pledges to use executive power to save the app on day one
One day before inauguration, Trump promised to save TikTok via executive order, as the app's CEO prepares to attend the presidential ceremony.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:TikTok ban countdown: See the latest updates as time runs short
TikTok, an app used by a third of U.S. adults, is about to get banned β despite legal battles, political maneuvers, and Trump.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:How to bulk download and save your TikTok videos
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge First, TikTok was banned. Then, on Saturday evening, January 18th, it disappeared. Then, the next day, it reappeared. It may be back for good, but any time things get this uncertain, itβs always a good idea to make sure you have backups of all your content β just in case. While the app offers instructions on how to download single videos, TikTok apparently doesnβt like the idea...
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:Here's why 100TB+ SSDs will play a huge role in ultra large language models in the near future
Kioxia's AiSAQ solution uses 100TB+ SSDs instead of DRAM for more cost-effective AI processing.
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:TikTok is no longer available in the US
Update, January 19 2025, 1:17PM ET: After shutting down its app and being delisted from various app stores about 12 hours ago, TikTok is now in the process of restoring services in the US. This story addresses more recent changes to this evolving situation; below is the original text of this report. The switch has flipped on the US TikTok ban. TikTok's app stoped working and was removed from the App Store and Google...
Published on: January 19, 2025 | Source:TikTok Returns After Trump Promises to Postpone Ban
The platform is back online in US after president-elect says he'll issue an executive order to give it more time once he takes office.
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