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DOJ forced Apple to hand over customer call and message data without the required authorization
An official government report has concluded that the Trump-era Department of Justice (DOJ) did not obtain the required authorizations before demanding customer call and message data from Apple and others. It also failed to obtain authorization from the Attorney General before imposing a gag order on Apple, preventing it from disclosing the fact that it had been forced to hand over the personal data … more…
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The Morning After: You can buy your next EV on Amazon
Users in 48 US cities can now buy a new Hyundai car from a local dealership through Amazon. Just like buying a car from a dealership, inside Amazon Autos you can browse by make, model, trim, color and features. And! Finance options! Whee! The interface also offers an instant valuation of your current vehicle’s trade-in value, then you just drop it off when you collect your new ride. Amazon even claims transparent...
Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source:The best iPhones for 2024: Which model should you buy?
It’s a question you’ve probably heard many times before: “Which iPhone should I buy?” Most of the time, the answer is simple: Get the best one you can afford. And if you’re happy with your current iPhone, you don’t have to upgrade at all. If you’re ready for a new smartphone, though, we’ve sorted through all nine models in Apple’s current smartphone lineup and picked out the ones that should satisfy most people.Before...
Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source:Microsoft predicts AI will make web browsers and search engines obsolete in years
In a lengthy interview with The Verge, Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman describes a future where conversational generative AI interfaces might render conventional web browsers obsolete. The technology must overcome numerous obstacles before realizing this vision, but Suleyman expressed confidence in its evolution, though he tempered expectations for artificial general...Read Entire Article
Published on: December 11, 2024 | Source:GM is pulling the plug on its robotaxi efforts
Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/10/business/gm-general-motors-robotaxi/index.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42382737 Points: 5 # Comments: 2
Published on: December 10, 2024 | Source:General Motors Cuts Funding to Cruise, Nixing Its Robotaxi Plan
The automaker has sunk billions into making a self-driving car service work. Now it says it will focus on “personal” autonomous vehicles instead.
Published on: December 10, 2024 | Source:Trump’s DOJ obtained more private communications from third-parties including Apple
A new report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) secretly obtained the phone call and text message records of 43 congressional staffers, two members of Congress in 2017 and 2018 and members of the news media. DOJ prosecutors obtained call and text logs from telecommunications companies and third-party providers including Apple through subpoenas,...
Published on: December 10, 2024 | Source:Cruise’s robotaxi service will likely shut down as GM pulls its funding
Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images General Motors said it would no longer fund its Cruise robotaxi service as it seeks to focus its spending on autonomous vehicle development specifically for personally owned vehicles. Now Cruise employees will be combined with GM’s internal teams working on advanced driver assist systems, like Super Cruise, as well as its project to develop autonomous vehicles to sell to...
Published on: December 10, 2024 | Source:What Kind Of Car Was The General Lee And What Engine Did It Have?
For most people, the General Lee from "The Dukes of Hazzard" is instantly recognizable. Here is what kind of car it was and what engine it used.
Published on: December 10, 2024 | Source:How to Use Structured Generation for LLM-as-a-Judge Evaluations
Structured generation is fundamental to building complex, multi-step reasoning agents in LLM evaluations—especially for open sourcemodelsSource: Generated with SDXL1.0Disclosure: I am a maintainer of Opik, one of the open source projects used later in thisarticle.For the past few months, I’ve been working on LLM-based evaluations (“LLM-as-a-Judge” metrics) for language models. The results have so far been extremely...
Published on: December 10, 2024 | Source:Devin is now generally available
Article URL: https://www.cognition.ai/blog/devin-generally-available Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42378994 Points: 116 # Comments: 110
Published on: December 10, 2024 | Source:In-Depth Analysis of MySQL 8.0 Performance Degradation
Users tend to notice a decline in low-concurrency performance more easily, while improvements in high-concurrency performance are often harder to perceive. Therefore, maintaining low-concurrency performance is crucial, as it directly affects user experience and the willingness to upgrade [1]. According to extensive user feedback, after upgrading to MySQL 8.0, users have generally perceived a decline in performance,...
Published on: December 10, 2024 | Source:Launch HN: Double (YC W24) – Index Investing with 0% Expense Ratios
Hi HN, we’re JJ and Mark, the founders of Double (https://double.finance). Double lets you invest in 50+ broad stock market indexes with 0% expense ratios. We handle all the management, including rebalancing and tax-loss harvesting—proactively selling losing stocks to potentially save on taxes—for $1/month.Our goal is to bring the low fee trend pioneered by Robinhood to ETFs and mutual funds. We posted a Show HN about...
Published on: December 10, 2024 | Source:Synthetic Data in Practice: A Shopify Case Study
Testing new Snowflake functionality with a 30k recordsdatasetImage created with DALL·E, based on author’spromptWorking with data, I keep running into the same problem more and more often. On one hand, we have growing requirements for data privacy and confidentiality; on the other—the need to make quick, data-driven decisions. Add to this the modern business reality: freelancers, consultants, short-term projects.As a...
Published on: December 10, 2024 | Source:The Morning After: Google reveals its powerful Willow quantum chip
In its own heady blog post, Google debuted Willow, its latest quantum chip. It was flanked by hyped headlines that suggest something akin to the obelisk in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The breakthrough might not be about the power, however: Google says it has reduced errors — a major issue with building quantum computers — by adding more qubits to the system. In fact, Google makes no claim of quantum supremacy this time —...
Published on: December 10, 2024 | Source:Predicted Probability, Explained: A Visual Guide with Code Examples for Beginners
MODEL EVALUATION & OPTIMIZATION7 basic classifiers reveal their prediction confidence mathClassification models don’t just tell you what they think the answer is—they also tell you how sure they are about that answer. This certainty is shown as a probability score. A high score means the model is very confident, while a low score means it’s uncertain about its prediction.Every classification model calculates these...
Published on: December 10, 2024 | Source:When layoffs go wrong: a cautionary tale in poor communication
While the tech sector is generally healthier than a few months ago, many companies are still downsizing or, at worst, applying for bankruptcy.And what's evolved is a lesson in how not to make people ...
Published on: December 10, 2024 | Source:A new California bill would add warning labels to social media platforms
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan have proposed a new bill, AB 56, that would require social media companies to put a warning label on their platforms to disclose their mental health risks. Citing social media platforms’ “harnessing of addictive features and harmful content for the sake of profits,” Attorney General Bonta says that consumers should have access to information...
Published on: December 09, 2024 | Source:Google's Willow quantum chip breakthrough is hidden behind a questionable benchmark
Google debuted Willow, its latest quantum chip, on Monday, and if you’ve spent any time online since, you’ve undoubtedly run into some breathless reporting about it. Willow “crushes classical computers on a cosmic timescale,” proclaims one headline; Google “unveils ‘mind-boggling’ quantum computer chip,” reads another. It’s all anchored by a claim that Willow can complete a computation that would theoretically take a...
Published on: December 09, 2024 | Source:Meta’s new Quest update has faster hand tracking and at-a-glance PC connections
Photo: David Pierce / The Verge Meta has announced the v72 Quest update, and it’s packed with features like faster hand tracking, an easier way to pair your headset with a Windows 11 PC, and better support for showing your keyboard while you’re in full virtual reality. The update is rolling out gradually, which also goes for certain features so you may not be able to use them immediately. Meta says you can now connect...
Published on: December 09, 2024 | Source:Musicians demand music labels drop their Internet Archive lawsuit
Musicians Tegan & Sara, Open Mike Eagle, Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill and more have signed a letter organized by Fight for the Future demanding music labels drop their lawsuit against the Internet Archive, the online library and nonprofit best known for the Wayback Machine. “We, the undersigned musicians, wholeheartedly oppose major record labels’ unjust lawsuit targeting the Internet Archive,” the Musicians for...
Published on: December 09, 2024 | Source:Fire risk assessment of battery home storage compared to general house fires
Article URL: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4995517 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42369622 Points: 67 # Comments: 56
Published on: December 09, 2024 | Source:Every Zero Motorcycles Model Announced For 2025, Ranked By Price
Are you a fan of Zero Motorcycles? How about electric motorcycles in general? If so, you'll appreciate this list of the new models announced for 2025.
Published on: December 09, 2024 | Source:Apple hints at radically different AGI view than AI competitors
Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is a regular discussion point for many AI companies, but it seems that Apple has a radically different view than the majority. Here’s what the company just revealed. more…
Published on: December 09, 2024 | Source:Bose Smart Soundbar review: Using earbuds as surround sound speakers
No discussion of a new midrange soundbar would be complete without a mention of its biggest competition, so even though this is a review of a Bose product, let’s address that from the start. Sonos has consistently been our top pick for best midrange soundbar for years. The company’s Beam has been a great option for smaller rooms or limited space since it debuted in 2018. The 2021 revamp added Dolby Atmos to the mix,...
Published on: December 09, 2024 | Source:The Morning After: X adds, then quickly removes, Grok’s new photorealistic image generator
A new image generator called Aurora briefly opened for testing for some Grok users, and the tool’s results shared on X appeared far more realistic than X’s previous image generators. It was a brief debut, though. By Sunday afternoon, Aurora was gone. For a short time, there was a Grok 2 + Aurora (beta) option in Grok’s model selection menu, which is now replaced by Grok 2 + Flux (beta). It looks like Aurora may have...
Published on: December 09, 2024 | Source:Unlocking Hidden Potential: Exploring Second-Round Purchasers
Finding customer segments for optimal retargetting using LLM embeddings and MLmodelIntroductionIn this article, we are talking about a method of finding the customer segments within a binary classification dataset which have the maximum potential to tip over into the wanted class. This method can be employed for different use-cases such as selective targetting of customers in the second round of a promotional campaign,...
Published on: December 09, 2024 | Source:You can now get a yellow charging brick for $5 to match your Playdate’s cable
As spotted by a Reddit user this weekend, Panic is now selling a macaroni yellow charging brick to go with the yellow cable that comes with the distinctively yellow Playdate. Say yellow again. The good news for anyone who wants a complete set of matching accessories is that it’s only $5 — the bad news is that shipping costs almost double that at its cheapest, so it’s kind of hard to justify buying on its own. Also note...
Published on: December 08, 2024 | Source:What Does A 'Club Style' Harley-Davidson Mean?
The Club Style build for Harley-Davidson motorcycles doesn't mean just one thing. Rather, it's a general philosophy of custom builds suited to long rides.
Published on: December 08, 2024 | Source:Fortnite’s new mode is an FPS that’s a lot like Counter-Strike
Image: Epic Games Epic Games is about to let Fortnite creators publish experiences with first-person modes, and to help show what’s possible, Epic itself is introducing a tactical FPS shooter that seems like it will play a lot like Counter-Strike or Valorant. The new mode, called “Ballistic,” is “an adrenaline-filled, round-based 5v5 competitive game mode where strategy, tactical teamwork, and individual prowess are...
Published on: December 07, 2024 | Source:How to stop the AI you’re using from training with your data
Image: The Verge There’s plenty to consider when it comes to deciding whether you want to engage with the many generative AI bots now available inside our apps. These include the ethics of copyright use, soaring energy demands, and the diminishing of human creativity, to begin with. Something else to bear in mind when engaging with these tools is they’re often going to use your flesh-and-blood human inputs to further...
Published on: December 07, 2024 | Source:Modeling DAU with Markov Chain
How to predict DAU using Duolingo’s growth model and control the prediction1. IntroductionDoubtlessly, DAU, WAU, and MAU—daily, weekly, and monthly active users—are critical business metrics. An article “How Duolingo reignited user growth” by Jorge Mazal, former CPO of Duolingo, is #1 in the Growth section of Lenny’s Newsletter blog. In this article, Jorge paid special attention to the methodology Duolingo used to...
Published on: December 06, 2024 | Source:OpenAI considers ditching provision that would prevent AGI from being used for commercial gain
According to the Financial Times, OpenAI is considering ditching a provision that would shut Microsoft, a major partner and investor, out of its most advanced technology when OpenAI achieves artificial general intelligence (AGI). Exactly when OpenAI creates AGI, which the startup defines as “highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work,” is […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...
Published on: December 06, 2024 | Source:How to Integrate AI and Data Science into Your Business Strategy
DATA SCIENCE CONSULTINGInsider consulting guide to conducting a successful 2-day executive workshopImage by author usingCanva“Our industry does not respect tradition—it only respects innovation.”—Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft, Letter to employees in2014While not all industries are as competitive and cutthroat as the software and cloud industries, innovating and applying the latest technological developments is a...
Published on: December 06, 2024 | Source:Reinforcement Learning: Self-Driving Cars to Self-Driving Labs
Understanding AI applications in bio for machine learning engineersPhoto by Ousa Chea onUnsplashAnyone who has tried teaching a dog new tricks knows the basics of reinforcement learning. We can modify the dog’s behavior by repeatedly offering rewards for obedience and punishments for misbehavior. In reinforcement learning (RL), the dog would be an agent, exploring its environment and receiving rewards or penalties...
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