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The gorgeous Wicked-edition Shark FlexStyle is 25% off post-Cyber Monday
The 'Wicked' edition Shark FlexStyle is on sale for 25% off on the Shark website post-Cyber Monday.
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12 Cyber Weekend deals that Mashable readers loved β including five that are still live
From headphones to robot vacuums, these are the 12 most popular deals our readers actually bought during Cyber Week 2024.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:The Touch Bar is back, sort of...and it looks terrible
ENIAC is building a touch bar, called the Flexbar, for Macs and almost any other platform you can imagine.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Stellantis and Samsung to get $7.54 billion federal loan for two EV battery factories
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The Department of Energy preliminarily approved another loan to help fund the construction of electric vehicle battery factories in the US. This time, a joint venture between Stellantis and Samsung SDI will receive $7.54 billion to build two EV battery plants in Kokomo, Indiana. The project is expected to create 3,200 jobs, as well as 2,800 operations jobs at the...
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Book Travel Tuesday flight deals at Southwest, American, and more
Flying in 2025? Get flight deals by booking on Travel Tuesday. Post-Cyber Monday travel deals include up to 30% off at Southwest and $599 American flights to Europe.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:"AI requires cold data to be warmer" β energy-efficient Tape-as-a-Service (TaaS) combines the benefits of traditional 18TB LTO-9 storage with the convenience and flexibility of cloud services
Cloud-based Tape-as-a-Service (TaaS) solution hits general availability.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Amazon SageMaker gets unified data controls
Itβs been close to a decade since Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazonβs cloud computing division, announced SageMaker, its platform to create, train, and deploy AI models. While in previous years AWS has focused on greatly expanding SageMakerβs capabilities, this year, streamlining was the goal. At its re:Invent 2024 conference, AWS unveiled SageMaker Unified Studio, a [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Amazonβs Q Business AI agents get smarter
A year ago, AWS announced Q, its AI assistant platform for business users and developers. Q Developer is getting a wide range of updates today and so is Q Business. The focus for Q Business is on new integrations that can help businesses bring in more data from third-party tools, the ability for third-party platforms [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Apple Pay can be used to buy cryptocurrency now
Apple users can buy cryptocurrency directly through Apple Pay thanks to crypto exchange Coinbase.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:FTC takes action against Gravy Analytics, Venntel for selling location data
Article URL: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/12/ftc-takes-action-against-gravy-analytics-venntel-unlawfully-selling-location-data-tracking-consumers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42309429 Points: 73 # Comments: 65
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:ChatGPTβs search results for news are βunpredictableβ and frequently inaccurate
Illustration: The Verge Based on testing done by Columbiaβs Tow Center for Digital Journalism researchers, OpenAIβs ChatGPT search tool has some issues when it comes to responding with the truth. OpenAI launched the tool for subscribers in October, saying it could give βfast, timely answers with links to relevant web sources.β Instead, Futurism points out that the researchers said ChatGPT search struggled to correctly...
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:AWS wants Amazon Q to become your buddy for the entire software development life cycle
At its re:Invent conference, AWS announced on Tuesday a series of updates to Q Developer, its coding assistant platform that competes with the likes of GitHub Copilot. The focus here is on going beyond code completion and helping developers with a wider range of routine tasks involved in the end-to-end software life cycle. The service, [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Walmart completes $2.3B acquisition of Vizio to help grow its ad business
Walmart just closed its acquisition of popular television maker Vizio in an effort to boost its advertising business. The acquisition was initially reported back in February; however, it took a few months to complete due to the waiting period under federal regulations. The all-cash deal is valued at $2.3 billion. With this strategic move, Walmart [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:AWS and GitLab team up to bring Amazon Q agents to GitLabβs Duo Assistant
GitLab, the popular developer and security platform, and AWS, the popular cloud computing and AI service, today announced that they have teamed up to combine GitLabβs Duo AI assistant with Amazonβs Q autonomous agents. The goal here, the two companies say, is to accelerate software innovation and developer productivity, and unlike so many partnerships in [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is much better without microtransactions
Image: Nintendo Though it started out pretty chill, over the years, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp steadily became bloated with monetization. There were all kinds of things to spend real money on, including loot boxes for unlocking rare items. When I logged in to the game last week after months away, my screen was dominated by notifications vying for my attention, most of them involving spending some kind of cash. Thatβs...
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Apple employee sues company for allegedly spying on personal worker devices
Apple facing allegations of spying on its employees in a new lawsuit filed in California.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:A peek inside the restoration of the iconic Notre Dame cathedral
Tomas van Houtyryve's striking photographs for National Geographic capture the restoration process.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Amazon announces Nova, a new family of multimodal AI models
At its re:Invent conference on Tuesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazonβs cloud computing division, announced a new family of multimodal generative AI models it calls Nova. There are four text-generating models in total: Micro, Lite, Pro, and Premier. Micro, Lite, and Pro are available Tuesday to AWS customers, while Premier will arrive in early 2025, [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:AWSβ new service tackles AI hallucinations
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazonβs cloud computing division, is launching a new tool to combat hallucinations β that is, scenarios where an AI model behaves unreliably. Announced at AWSβ re:Invent 2024 conference in Las Vegas, the service, Automated Reasoning checks, validates a modelβs responses by cross-referencing customer-supplied info for accuracy. (Yes, the word βchecksβ is [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:California teacher dies from suspected rabid bat bite
Article URL: https://ktla.com/news/california/california-teacher-dies-from-suspect-rabid-bat-bite/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42308849 Points: 58 # Comments: 71
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Join us tomorrow for Ars Live: How Asahi Linux ports open software to Appleβs hardware
Join us 3:30 pm ET Wednesday to unpack the effort to run Linux on Apple Silicon.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Firing Pat Gelsinger doesn't solve Intelβs problems
Despite Intelβs recent woes, I didnβt expect to see CEO Pat Gelsinger joining 15,000 or so of his colleagues being shown the door. Gelsinger is a storied engineer and business success who laid down an exhaustive rescue plan when he took the helm of the beleaguered chipmaker in 2021. It was never going to be a quick fix, given the companyβs long legacy of missteps. Gelsinger may be the public face of Intelβs current...
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:MTA's A.I. bus cameras issue mistaken parking violations
Article URL: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/mta-bus-camera-issue-mistake-parking-violations/6020986/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42308682 Points: 65 # Comments: 84
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:AWS announces Aurora DSQL, a new distributed SQL database that promises virtually unlimited scalability
At its re:Invent conference, Amazonβs AWS cloud computing unit today announced Amazon Aurora DSQL, a new serverless, distributed SQL database that promises high availability (99.999% for multi-region availability), strong consistency, PostgreSQL compatibility, and, the company says, β4x faster reads and writes compared to other popular distributed SQL databases.β AWS argues that Aurora DSQL will offer [β¦] 2024...
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Ireland Rejected the Far Right. The Election Conspiracy Theories Have Already Begun
Irelandβs far-right candidates expected to succeed on a wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric, but the people rejected them wholesale.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:You can still score Paramount+ with Showtime for $2.99 per month
Most Black Friday and Cyber Monday streaming deals are gone, but the Paramount+ with Showtime $2.99 deal is still live through Dec. 4.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Intel announces Arc B-series "Battlemage" discrete graphics with Linux support
Article URL: https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-b580-battlemage#google_vignette Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42308590 Points: 250 # Comments: 427
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Fordβs new electric Puma Gen-E looks like a mini-Mustang Mach-E
Image: Ford Ford continues to exhibit a dedication to diversifying its EV lineup in Europe β a dedication that, frankly, I wish could also be applied here at home β with the reveal of the new all-electric Puma Gen-E. The Puma is a familiar nameplate in Europe, as the automakerβs bestselling vehicle there since it surpassed the Fiesta in sales in 2021. Now, itβs getting a fully electric powertrain to complement the...
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Tons of the best Cyber Monday Samsung Galaxy deals are still live at Amazon
Cyber Monday is technically over, but you can still save big on Samsung products at Amazon like the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE, Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro, and more.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:The Raspberry Pi 5 now works as a smaller, faster kind of Steam Link
Stream games at up to 4K at 60 fps from your gaming PC to your big TV.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Gemini app will let you make calls, send messages without unlocking your phone
Gemini is rolling out a feature that'll allow users to make calls and send texts via Gemini *without* unlocking their phone.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Nintendo Switch Online will get the NES version of Tetris next week
Nintendo has announced that the NES version of Tetris will be joining Nintendo Switch Online this month.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Celeb greetings app Cameo pivots to creators
Celeb greetings app Cameo is pivoting to creators with a new product called CameoX. The company became a pandemic hit, as people stuck at home marked various celebrations, like birthdays and graduations, with celebrity shout-outs. It became a tech unicorn valued at $1 billion, but as life returned to normal, Cameo was hit with multiple [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Ex-Microsoft employees get $4M from Accel to build an AI tool for product presentations
Product teams often have tons of screen recordings and screenshots that end up unused. Video production using those screen recordings has been time-consuming and expensive. Thatβs why two former Microsoft employees started to buildLica, which is an AI tool that easily creates tutorials and product videos out of screenshots and screen recordings. The startup was [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal...
Published on: December 03, 2024 | Source:Corrupted Microsoft Word files used to launch phishing attacks
Word can easily restore these corrupted files, but you should still be on your guard.
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