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Supreme court blocks Trump bid to resume deportations under 1798 law
Administration’s appeal to quickly deport Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act rejected with two dissentingThe supreme court has rejected the Trump administration’s request to remove a temporary block on deportations of Venezuelans under a rarely used 18th-century wartime law.Over two dissenting votes, the justices acted on an emergency appeal from lawyers for Venezuelan men who have been accused of being gang members,...
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GameStop will have more Switch 2 stock at launch
GameStop will have additional Switch 2 stock available in-store and online when the console launches next month, according to a post on X. In-store launch events will begin at 3PM local time on June 4th, according to the company. Pickups start on June 5th at 12AM EST / June 4th at 9PM PST. Online orders […]
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Google I/O 2025: What to expect, including updates to Gemini and Android 16
Google I/O, Google’s biggest developer conference of the year, is nearly upon us. Scheduled for May 20 to 21 at theShoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, I/O will showcase product announcements from across Google’s portfolio. Expect plenty of news relating to Android, Chrome, Google Search, YouTube, and — of course — Google’s AI-powered chatbot, Gemini. Earlier […]
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Thousands of people have embarked on a virtual road trip via Google Street View
It’s Friday afternoon and I’m listening to Bowdoin College’s radio station, interspersed with ambient car honking noises. I am not in Maine. I am not in a car. I am at my desk. This is Internet Roadtrip. Internet Roadtrip is what I will call an MMORTG (massive multiplayer online road trip game). Neal Agarwal, the […]
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Ten people break out of New Orleans jail, including man convicted of killings
Local, state and federal officials launch ‘full-scale’ search and warn people who escaped are ‘armed and dangerous’Ten people in custody at the New Orleans jail, including a man convicted of four killings, escaped early on Friday morning.The escapes prompted local, state and federal officials to launch a “full-scale search operation” for nine who remained at large early on Friday evening – and to warn community members...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:How Silicon Valley’s influence in Washington benefits the tech elite
Since Donald Trump took office, more than three dozen employees, allies, and investors of Musk, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and Palmer Luckey have taken roles at federal agencies, helping direct billions in contracts to their companies.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:If you have to watch one Peacock movie this May 2025, stream this one
Steven Spielberg has made a half-dozen masterpieces, but this is undoubtedly one of his best movies.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Cassie Ventura concludes testimony in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex-trafficking trial
First week of testimony heard singer talk about in-patient treatment center she went to to ‘help me with my trauma’Singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, a former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs and a key witness in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of the music mogul,concluded her testimony on Friday after further examination by Combs’s legal team.Combs’s defense team resumed their cross-examination of...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:RFK Jr’s plan to ban fluoride supplements will “hurt rural America,” dentists say
In areas without fluoridated water, supplements are the only way to get adequate doses.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Call of Duty: Warzone is winding down on mobile
Activision is starting to wind down Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile just over a year after its global launch. The game “has not met our expectations with mobile-first players like it has with PC and console audiences,” according to a post on X. The company will be pulling the game from the App Store and […]
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:How to watch Google I/O 2025
It's still May, which means it's still Google time. After showing off Android's new look at The Android Show, the company still has its developer conference to check off the list. Google I/O 2025 is scheduled to start on May 20 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT, and Engadget will be covering it live, via a liveblog and on-the-ground reporting from our very own Karissa Bell. Google included some Gemini news in The Android Show — the...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Show HN: Solidis – Tiny TS Redis client, no deps, for serverless
Hey everyone!Over the past two years I threw myself back into full-time engineering with a simple goal: write code that gives back to the community. After a lot of late-night FOMO (“AI will do it all for us, right?”) and some painful production incidents, I finally turned my weekend project into an open-source library.[ What is Solidis? ]- Super-light (< 30 KB) RESP2/RESP3 client with zero runtime deps and...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Campaigner wins court case over festivals in south London park
Rebekah Shaman, of Protect Brockwell Park, took action against Lambeth council over number of large-scale eventsA campaigner who argued that music festivals held in a south London park unfairly cut off large sections of the space and made it a “mud bath” has won a court case that could result in events being banned there this summer.The Protect Brockwell Park (PBP) group, which includes the actor Mark Rylance,...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Getting AI to write good SQL
Article URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/techniques-for-improving-text-to-sql Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44009848 Points: 105 # Comments: 32
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Bungie admits its Marathon alpha included stolen artwork
The bright, glitched-out, typography-forward look of Bungie's upcoming extraction shooter Marathon is one of its defining features. As it turns out, it's also partially plagiarized, according to posts shared on the official Marathon X account. The announcement comes after artist Fern Hook, who goes by @4nt1r34l on X, initially accused Bungie of using in-game textures that looked similar to her original artwork on May...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:The Samsung 55-inch S90D OLED is $800 off this week
The Samsung 55-inch S90D 4K OLED is on sale this week for only $1,200. Purchase at B&H Photo-Video or Samsung to take advantage of this great deal!
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Congress Might Eliminate Tax Credits for EVs and Solar Panels. What to Know
The plan, which is still pending in the House, would eliminate many tax incentives for clean energy programs after this year.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Meta is trying to get its antitrust case thrown out in the middle of the trial
The FTC just rested its case following weeks of testimony in a landmark antitrust case against Meta. But before Meta can begin its defense, the company's lawyers have opted for another move: asking the judge to throw out the case entirely. The company filed a motion on Thursday asking US District judge James Boasberg to toss out the FTC's case, arguing that the regulator has not proved that Meta acted...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Computex 2025: How to watch NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang deliver the opening keynote
Computex 2025 is kicking off in a few days, and it’s sure to bring a ton of announcements about the latest chips, laptops, gaming devices and more from leading brands. The event in Taipei will kick off on Monday, May 19 with a keynote at the Taipei Music Center from NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. There will be a livestream for anyone not attending in person, so you can watch along right here (see NVIDIA YouTube stream...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Methodical Banality
Article URL: https://aeon.co/essays/who-needs-ai-text-generation-when-theres-erasmus-of-rotterdam Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44009621 Points: 24 # Comments: 6
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:My top 5 picks for the best Memorial Day phone deals so far: Apple, Samsung, and more
The best phone deals strike a balance of value and performance. These picks are sure to please any holiday week shopper.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:You Can Get a Google AI Certification for $99. Or Just Do the Training for Free
The course provides an overview of generative AI in the workplace for nontechnical folks.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Philadelphia drag troupe offers ‘10,000lb of glitter’ for return of beloved Beardmobile
‘Big, gay’ mobile performance unit used for LGBTQ+ events was stolen last month from the Bearded Ladies CabaretPhiladelphia’s LGBTQ+ community is rallying around an unusual cause: the search for the missing Beardmobile, described as a “big, gay mobile performance unit, glitterfully outfitted for socially distanced performances and political actions”.The Beardmobile, a 14,000lb, custom-built performance truck decked out...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Verizon Wins FCC Approval for $20 Billion Frontier Merger: What This Means for Fiber
With FCC approval, the competing fiber internet service providers can become one.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Where to Stream 2025 WNBA Games for Free on Fridays
Stream doubleheaders each weekend throughout the 2025 season.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:US man who hacked SEC’s X account to spike Bitcoin price sentenced to prison
The Department of Justice announced Eric Council Jr. was sentenced to 14 months in prison for the hack.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Nothing is making over-the-ear headphones and they might be better (and cheaper) than AirPods Max
Setting a hi-fi bar
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Mexican woman charged in US with supplying arms to ‘terrorist’ drug cartel
María Del Rosario Navarro, 39, accused of conspiring to provide material support to Jalisco New Generation cartelA 39-year-old woman has become the first Mexican national to be indicted in the United States on charges of providing material support to a cartel designated as a foreign terrorist organization, according to the US Department of Justice.María Del Rosario Navarro is accused of conspiring with others to...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:US army parade could cost up to $45m and involve 6,600 soldiers
Celebration of 250th anniversary, falling on Trump’s birthday, to also feature tanks and hundreds of vehiclesA major military parade to celebrate the US army’s 250th anniversary – which will also coincide with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday – could cost up to $45m and involve thousands of soldiers, hundreds of army vehicles and dozens of warplanes and battle tanks.The 14 June parade in Washington DC will feature 6,600...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:New to streaming: How to watch A Minecraft Movie at home
Find out how to watch "A Minecraft Movie" at home, including where and when it will be streaming.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:The FDA clears the first blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease
There's a new way to screen for early detection of Alzheimer's disease. On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the first blood test for the disorder. Fujirebio Diagnostics' Lumipulse measures the ratio of two proteins that correlate with the presence or absence of Alzheimer's. Previously, patients being screened for Alzheimer's were limited to more invasive options: a PET Scan or spinal tap....
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Show HN: KVSplit – Run 2-3x longer contexts on Apple Silicon
I discovered that in LLM inference, keys and values in the KV cache have very different quantization sensitivities. Keys need higher precision than values to maintain quality.I patched llama.cpp to enable different bit-widths for keys vs. values on Apple Silicon. The results are surprising:- K8V4 (8-bit keys, 4-bit values): 59% memory reduction with only 0.86% perplexity loss - K4V8 (4-bit keys, 8-bit values): 59%...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Spotify caught hosting hundreds of fake podcasts that advertise selling drugs
Fake 10-second podcasts are easily found fronts for black markets, reports say.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for May 17, #236
Hints and answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, No. 236, for May 17.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for May 17, #1428
Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle No. 1,428 for May 17.
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