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Op-ed: Northeasternโ€™s redesign of the Khoury curriculum abandons the fundamentals of computer science

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Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Reddit Programming favicon Reddit Programming

Anthropic expected to reach $60B valuation after funding deal: WSJ

The OpenAI rivalโ€™s valuation could have risen by more than 233% since 2023, should a reported funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners go through.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Stop spam and keep your personal details private with Incogniโ€™s exclusive 55% off deal

Weโ€™re now into the thick of January, meaning thereโ€™s a big chance that youโ€™ve already abandoned whatever self-improvement routine youโ€™d planned for 2025. But, if your plans included reducing those neverending spam calls, keeping important personal details like your Social Security number and address private, keeping your family more secure, and reducing the risk of [โ€ฆ]

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Streets GL โ€“ 3D OpenStreetMap

Article URL: https://streets.gl/#47.35245,8.50958,21.25,42.00,459.10 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42626964 Points: 9 # Comments: 1

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Threads prototypes custom display names and cover images for profiles

Instagram Threads is developing new features that would bring its user experience more in line with that of X (formerly Twitter) and the social network Bluesky. The Meta-owned company is internally prototyping the ability to set a display name and add a cover image to profiles. A spokesperson for the company confirmed to TechCrunch on [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

US state sues T-Mobile over 2021 data breach which leaked data of millions

Washington state is taking T-Mobile to court following 2021 data breach.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

Disney Almost Made Ryan Goslingโ€™s Haunted Mansion Dreams Come True

The Nightmare Before Christmas Haunted Mansion Holiday will indeed return as usual ahead of Halloween at Disneyland.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

Does Car Color Really Affect Insurance Rates?

There are dozens of factors that influence the cost of your vehicle insurance, but is the color of your ride one of them?

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: SlashGear favicon SlashGear

RCAโ€™s new camo TVs will blend in perfectly with forest decor

RCA has announced a new lineup of IP55-rated outdoor TVs with bezels finished with camo patterns. | Image: RCA RCA has announced a new line of bright QLED TVs designed to be installed and blend into outdoor settings with bezels finished in a โ€œspirit of wildernessโ€ and Mossy Oak camouflage design. Theyโ€™re dust- and water-resistant and will work in temperatures ranging from -22 to 122 degrees Fahrenheit. The company hasn...

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

Zig's Comptime is Bonkers Good

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Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Reddit Programming favicon Reddit Programming

Lenovo unveils world's first rollable display laptop, the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable, at CES 2025

The world's first rollable display laptop, the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable, was revealed this week at CES 2025.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

Instagram blocked LGBTQ hashtags and treated them as โ€˜sexually suggestive contentโ€™

Metaโ€™s Instagram has been blocking LGBTQ-related hashtags for months, according to reporting by User Mag. This was done under the companyโ€™s โ€œsensitive contentโ€ policy as an attempt to restrict โ€œsexually suggestive content.โ€ The blocked hashtags included stuff like #lesbian, #gay, #bisexualpride, #transwomen and dozens more. Those hashtags donโ€™t seem that sexually suggestive to me but, hey, what do I know. The terms...

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

New GeForce 50-series GPUs: Thereโ€™s the $1,999 5090, and thereโ€™s everything else

Nvidia leans heavily on DLSS 4 and AI-generated frames for speed comparisons.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

Meta Cracks Down on Internal Dissent Against Appointment of UFCโ€™s Dana White to Board

Despite its new plan to loosen content moderation across its apps, Meta says its policies differ for internal and external discussion.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

Geekom introduces new Mini PCs at CES 2025 โ€” Snapdragon X Elite, Ryzen AI 9, and Core Ultra 9 all represented

Geekom's CES 2025 Mini PC showcase includes flagship options from the three major CPU manufacturers.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Tom's Hardware favicon Tom's Hardware

Major Portuguese bank blocks fiat transfers to crypto platforms

Banco of Investimentos Globais (BiG), one of Portugalโ€™s largest banks, started blocking fiat transfers to crypto platforms, according to a notification shared by Delphi Labsco-founder Josรฉ Maria Macedo. The notification cited compliance with guidelines published by the European Central Bank (ECB), the European Banking Authority (EBA), and the Bank of Portugal about risks associated with [โ€ฆ] The post Major Portuguese...

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: CryptoSlate favicon CryptoSlate

How To Learn Math for Machine Learning, Fast

Even with zero math backgroundPhoto by Antoine Dautry onUnsplashDo you want to become a Data Scientist or machine learning engineer, but you feel intimidated by all the math involved? I get it. Iโ€™ve beenthere.I dropped out of High School after 10th grade, so I never learned any math beyond trigonometry in school. When I started my journey into Machine Learning, I didnโ€™t even know what a derivative was.Fast forward to...

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

The 42 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now (January 2025)

Accused, Say Nothing, and What We Do in the Shadows are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Hulu this month.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

Pathway to Legacy Application Retirement

It is a continuous effort to stay competent with technological advances and stay current. Hence, there is a need for companies to continually evaluate what is obsolete or inefficient and adapt to new tools and approaches. As the data grows over time, we start to observe the operations being slowed down, and with the changes in security standards and increased amount of creative security risks, the application may...

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: DZone favicon DZone

Lotte Group taps Arbitrum for Web3 entertainment experiences

Lotte Group, a big five conglomerate in South Korea, said at CES 2025 that it has picked the Arbitrum blockchain for its Lotte Caliverse.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

It's 2025 and yes, you can add a DVD drive (and three SSDs) to Lenovo's answer to Apple's 27-inch iMac

27-inch Lenovo ThinkCentre M90a Pro Gen 6 offers on-device personal AI.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

CES 2025: LGs air-purifying cat tower is purrfect for pet owners

Part sleek air purifier, part feline-friendly perch, LG's AeroCatTower not only cleans the air but doubles as a weight-monitoring throne for your cat.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Anthropic reportedly in talks to raise $2B at $60B valuation, led by Lightspeed

OpenAI rival Anthropic is in talks to raise $2 billion in new capital in a funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, according to The Wall Street Journal. The round, which The Journal reports would value Anthropic at $60 billion, would bring Anthropicโ€™s total raised to $15.7 billion, going by Crunchbaseโ€™s data. It would also [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Bitcoinโ€™s brief rally to $100K triggers record 5.4K BTC monthly outflow

Bitcoin price sold-off today, but heavy demand below $98,000 is prepping the market for the next leg higher.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Xpeng Aero HT unveils โ€˜flying carโ€™ thatโ€™s part van, part eVTOL at CES 2025

Xpeng Aero HT, the aerospace company under Chinese EV startup Xpeng, unveiled at CES 2025 its โ€œmodular flying car,โ€ the Land Aircraft Carrier. Itโ€™s essentially an electric minivan with a small folding eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) vehicle tucked in the back, which can be rolled out and launched into flight. The company says [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

How high do you want your frame rates? Nvidia boasts that RTX 5090 GPU can drive Valorant at over 800 fps with jaw-dropping low latency

Nvidia claims RTX 5090 exceeds 800 fps in Valorant โ€“ and that itโ€™s a pro gamerโ€™s dream GPU for low latency and smooth frame rates.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

How Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) Are Revolutionizing Decision-Making Research

A deep dive into the world of computational modeling and its applicationsContinue reading on Towards Data Science ยป

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Need more storage or Thunderbolt 5 ports? OWC delivers new gear for video pros

Premium hardware maker OWC unveils a new RAID storage unit and Thunderbolt 5 hub.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

The Last of Us season 2 arrives in April, and a Horizon Zero Dawn film is in the works

Sony's CES 2025 press conference was huge on the entertainment front if you're a PlayStation fan. In a series of rapid-fire announcements, the company announced it was making an anime based on Ghost of Tsushima Legends, the cooperative multiplayer mode from the acclaimed game. It then followed that up with news that Columbia Pictures was in the early stages of developing a movie based on the post-apocalyptic...

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

The Most Important Part of Engineering Management: Context

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Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Reddit Programming favicon Reddit Programming

Understanding the Evolution of ChatGPT: Part 1โ€”An In-Depth Look at GPT-1 and What Inspired It

Tracing the roots of ChatGPT: GPT-1, the foundation of OpenAIโ€™sLLMs(Image from Unsplash)The GPT (Generative Pre-Training) model family, first introduced by OpenAI in 2018, is another important application of the Transformer architecture. It has since evolved through versions like GPT-2, GPT-3, and InstructGPT, eventually leading to the development of OpenAIโ€™s powerfulLLMs.In other words: understanding GPT models is...

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Swift Student Challenge kicks off February 3 for three weeks only

Apple is preparing to kick off its annual Swift Student Challenge again this year, with entries opening in just under a month and lasting three weeks only. Here are the details. moreโ€ฆ

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

How to Discover Hidden Subdomains as an Ethical Hacker

Subdomains are an essential part of a websiteโ€™s infrastructure. They provide additional functions in a web application, such as APIs, admin portals, and staging environments. As an ethical hacker, discovering subdomains is a critical step in learning...

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: freeCodeCamp favicon freeCodeCamp

NHTSA opens investigation into Tesla remote parking features

The National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the remote parking features in some Tesla vehicles. The tools in question are Smart Summon and the unfortunately acronymed Actual Smart Summon, which uses cameras in the car to automatically control the parking process. The agency's Office of Defects Investigation has received 12 complaints of alleged crashes from the Smart Summon feature and one...

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

How To Adjust The Handle And Cutting Height On Ryobi Push Mowers

If you have a Ryobi push mower and want to make adjustments to its handle and cutting height, here are some tips.

Published on: January 07, 2025 | Source: SlashGear favicon SlashGear