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Quora’s Poe releases a developer API with access to a bouquet of AI models

Quora's Poe platform is releasing an API to let developers access more than 100 models across text, image, video, and voice.

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

Weapons director assures fans it's just as good as his first horror movie hit: 'If you liked Barbarian, this is more – and in a good way'

Zach Cregger's Barbarian was a tough act to follow, but the director says he feels confident in the movie he's made.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

Nine out of 10 nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland reject pay award

Royal College of Nursing urges ministers to improve 3.6% offer to avoid industrial action ballot later this yearNine out of 10 nurses have rejected a 3.6% pay award for this year and warned they could strike later this year unless their salaries are improved.In an indicative vote among members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 91% said the 3.6% rise was not enough. Continue...

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

Gemini Embedding: Powering RAG and context engineering

Article URL: https://developers.googleblog.com/en/gemini-embedding-powering-rag-context-engineering/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44747457 Points: 146 # Comments: 55

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

Kyiv protesters celebrate as parliament votes to restore anti-corruption bodies’ power

Reversal of curbs adopted the previous week comes as Russia attacks capital with drones and missilesUkraine’s parliament has passed a law restoring independence to two anti-corruption bodies, essentially annulling another law adopted last week that prompted the biggest street protests since Russia’s full-scale invasion three years ago.Several hundred protesters outside the parliament building in Kyiv erupted into...

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

South Parks anti-Trump episode was its biggest season premiere in years

According to Paramount, the Season 27 premiere of "South Park" pulled in record viewership numbers for the show.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Show HN: Mcp-use – Connect any LLM to any MCP

Hey Pietro and Luigi here, we are the authors of mcp-use (https://github.com/mcp-use/mcp-use).When the first MCP servers came out we were very excited about the technology, but as soon as we wanted to get our hands dirty, we found out that MCP could be used only through Claude Desktop or Cursor. As engineers, we did not like that. MCP seemed like something you wanted to use to build products and applications yourself,...

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

Launch HN: Gecko Security (YC F24) – AI That Finds Vulnerabilities in Code

Hey HN, I'm JJ, Co-Founder of Gecko Security (https://www.gecko.security). We're building a new kind of static analysis tool that uses LLMs to find complex business logic and multi-step vulnerabilities that current scanners miss. We’ve used it to find 30+ CVEs in projects like Ollama, Gradio, and Ragflow (https://www.gecko.security/research). You can try it yourself on any OSS repo at...

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

Amazon invests in Netflix of AI startup that lets you make your own shows

Amazon is has invested in Fable Studio to fund its Showrunner platform that launched this week. Showrunner lets users create their own animated shows with generative AI.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Allan Ahlberg, beloved children's author, dies aged 87

Working first with his wife Janet, and later with illustrators including Raymond Briggs and Bruce Ingman, he wrote more than 150 booksAuthor Allan Ahlberg, who delighted generations of children with colourful characters and nimble rhymes, has died aged 87.Working with his wife Janet, an award-winning illustrator, Ahlberg produced a host of bestselling nursery classics including Burglar Bill, Peepo!, and Each Peach Pear...

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

What Zuckerberg's 'personal superintelligence' sales pitch leaves out

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesn't know how superintelligence will unfold, but still wants you to trust his utopic, AI-powered vision.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

The best smart home devices of 2025: Expert tested

The best smart home devices to make your everyday tasks a lot easier. Here are our tested top picks to help you work smarter, not harder.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

The Threesome trailer unveils a surprisingly sweet and sexy comedy

Zoey Deutch, Jonah Hauer-King, and Ruby Cruz hook up in "The Threesome" β€” but that's just the start!

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

The Marvel Legends Series Iron Man helmet is on sale for a record-low price at Amazon

The Marvel Legends Series Iron Man helmet is on sale at Amazon for $61.99, down from the list price of $99.99. That's a 38% discount.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Trump suspends trade loophole for cheap online retailers globally

US spiking costs to import cheap goods from anywhere rattles e-commerce giants.

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

Malicious extensions can use ChatGPT to steal your personal data - here's how

Browser extensions can access the prompts of commercial and internal AIs to snag your sensitive data, says LayerX. But there are ways you can protect yourself.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Two Square Enix RPGs have been announced for Nintendo Switch 2, including the next entry in the Octopath Traveler series

Square Enix has announced two new HD-2D role-playing games (RPGs), The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales and Octopath Traveler 0.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

Not just YouTube: Google is using AI to guess your age based on your activity - everywhere

The new AI-powered age verification system will seemingly apply to multiple Google products and services.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Defunct crypto platform FTX Japan leaked thousands of user records after shutting down - here's how to stay safe

Names, email addresses, and more, leaked from the dead platform, putting FTX Japan users at risk.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

WWE SummerSlam 2025: When It Starts and How to Watch the Pro Wrestling Event

Buckle up: Wrestling's iconic summer event is now a two-night affair.

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

Get $15 of free Amazon cash when you spend $50 on household essentials

Spend $50 at Amazon on household essentials like toilet paper and cleaning products and get a $15 credit back to spend on anything.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

TikTok merges its Core Product and Trust & Safety teams

As part of the changes, TikTok's head of Operations and Trust & Safety Adam Presser will become the general manager of TikTok USDS, a separate entity of TikTok that's tasked with safeguarding U.S. national security interests, TechCrunch confirmed with TikTok.

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

The Kremlin’s Most Devious Hacking Group Is Using Russian ISPs to Plant Spyware

The FSB cyberespionage group known as Turla seems to have used its control of Russia’s network infrastructure to meddle with web traffic and trick diplomats into infecting their computers.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

The Kremlin's Most Devious Hacking Group Is Using Russian ISPs to Plant Spyware

The FSB cyberespionage group known as Turla seems to have used its control of Russia's network infrastructure to meddle with web traffic and trick diplomats into infecting their computers.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

Weapons has some of the best viral marketing I’ve ever seen, but the new horror movie’s director admits he β€˜was not a believer at the beginning’

Zach Cregger had his reservations when it came to the marketing of thew new horror movie Weapons.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

Plants vs. Zombies is getting an HD remaster with co-op

The iconic tower defense game Plants vs. Zombies is getting an HD remaster. Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted heads to the Switch and Switch 2 on October 23, as revealed during this morning's Nintendo Direct livestream. As the name suggests, it's a remake of the very first PvZ game, going all the way back to 2009. This is the first time we're seeing a version of the original title on a Nintendo platform since the DS. This...

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

This thermostat mistake was costing me hundreds: 3 tips to get the best temperature control

Where you place your thermostat greatly affects its accuracy - and your energy bill. A few small adjustments can help it operate much more efficiently.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Your Microsoft Passwords Will Vanish in a Few Hours. What to Do Right Now

Microsoft's go-to password manager won't be the same after Aug. 1.

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

This hidden Pixel camera setting gave my photos the pop they've been missing

Feel like your Pixel photos look a bit flat? Try this simple tweak to make your pictures and videos pop with color.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Christmas in July: The most gift-worthy gadgets of the year so far

Yes, we're already thinking about Christmas β€”it's kind of our job. So, catch up on the most gift-worthy gadgets of the year so far.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Lyft completes its $197 million acquisition of Europe's Freenow

Lyft has received the required regulatory clearance to finalize its acquisition of the European app-based taxi company Freenow. First announced back in April, Lyft’s approximately $197 million agreement with BMW and Mercedes-Benz allows the company to expand outside of North America for the first time. Freenow’s service will continue to operate as normal, but Bloombergreports that users will be prompted to download the...

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Octopath Traveler 0 Isn't Just a Prequel, It's a Whole New Approach

The next installment of the popular Nintendo Switch game lets you customize who the hero will be.

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

Python devs targeted with dangerous phishing attacks - here's how to stay safe

Someone is spoofing PyPI.org in an attempt to grab login credentials, experts warn.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

The DJI Osmo 360 is coming to record your content in 8K

The DJI Osmo 360 will launch in the US soon, costing $549.99 to record in native 8k with 360-degree capabilities.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Long Story Short trailer: BoJack Horseman creators new show is a colorful family comedy

"BoJack Horseman" creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg returns to Netflix with the family comedy "Long Story Short." Max Greenfield, Abbi Jacobson, and Paul Reiser lend their voices to new Netflix cartoon.

Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable