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The tech bros and their highly paid sock puppets are banking on us giving in to their βinevitability doctrineβ. But in Australia, and around the world, resistance is rising Of all the drivers of the populist wave, one of the most powerful is the sense of inevitability that surrounds what we are told is the march of progress. In presenting the future as a fait accompli, it poisons the civic well by dealing us out of the game. While the US clings on to its status as the oldest constitutional democracy, the unholy alliance between the tech overlords and the White House is creating its own AIβ¦

Exclusive: Gambling firm working with AFL βon the evolving use of AI in our contentβ as it deletes video depicting Lachie Neale saying βI want to thank me for believing in meβ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The AFL has told its official gambling partner, Sportsbet, to stop featuring its high-profile athletes in AI-generated social media content without their permission. Sportsbet has also been told to delete AI videos depicting AFL stars delivering lines from movies, television shows or speeches to react to real events. Continue reading...

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When Nvidia originally showed off DLSS 5 earlier this year, the technology immediately got branded as gen AI for video games. To gamers, Nvidia had lost the plot. I personally couldn't get over how faces were transformed using DLSS 5. The 15-year-old student from Hogwarts Legacy suddenly looked much older, and Grace from Resident Evil [β¦]

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Discovery Plus is raising prices across its ad-free and ad-supported plans. Starting Tuesday, the ad-supported plan will go from $5.99 to $6.99 / month, while the ad-free tier will jump from $9.99 to $11.99 / month. The price hike comes just one week after Paramount closed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, which owned Discovery [β¦]

The new X Subscription combines X's paid features with AI tools like Grok and Cursor, offering plans ranging from $8 to $200 per month.

Apple unveiled the HomeView, a seven-inch tablet that will be able to recognize up to six members of a household and change its content based on who is using it.
Yemeni rights group accuses the Houthis of killing five civilians and injuring more than a dozen others.

It's more than just an enlarged Apple Watch.

Character.AI, a controversial generative AI startup that lets users create their own chatbot characters, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

OpenAI is hoping that Dots will make automating online tasks a lot easier. Here's what you'll need to use them, how to set them up and what they're capable of.

The new $149 HomePod mini with Siri AI and a 'SoundGlow' visual feature will be available starting October 30.

The new devices work with HomeView, the company's new smart home hub which can be used to control accessories and interact with apps.

The team behind director Takashi Yamazakiβs new film created their kaiju roars by setting up speakers on top of an outdoor dam. The people walking by werenβt prepared for what they heard.

Formula One has signed a 10-year agreement with Rwanda to bring the sport back to Africa for the first time since 1993.
Australia complete 214-run victory over South Africa in Durban. What does heavy defeat mean for the world champions?

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Experts say there is no evidence that Russian trolls have been affected by Ukraineβs Yandex attacks.

Apple debuted its latest Apple TV 4K - its first in four years - and it'll be available starting Friday, November 13th. It's powerful, with the A19 chip (the now-discontinued 2022 model has the A15 Bionic), and it features better wireless connectivity than its predecessor, too. Siri AI is a big part of this rollout, [β¦]

The NPCI, which operates the UPI network, said it was postponing the planned October 15 rollout of the 0.4% fee due to the festive shopping season.

The new Apple TV 4K costs $299, comes with Siri AI, and will be available on November 13.

Apple is taking a big swing at the smart home market with its latest product that competes with Amazon Echo Show and Google Nest Hub.

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CarPlay and Android Auto do a great job of projecting your phone onto your vehicle's dash. However, certain stresses can cause it to overheat and play up.

Apple just announced its long-rumored smart home hub, the HomeView, during its "Welcome home" event taking place today. As part of the event, it showed a video featuring the new device, and if you want to see it for yourself, you can watch it right here. The HomeView is a 7-inch square display. It costs [β¦]

A service and open source tool to get open data streams in two commands. No sign up needed for subscribing. Streams to try: - https://hypermass.io/stream/_J0fm450s - extreme UV images of the sun from SOHO - visual data - https://hypermass.io/stream/_ATtCoEK - GDACS live disaster data (filtered to just the ongoing items) The CLI (Apache 2.0, https://github.com/hypermass-io/hypermass-cli ) tool allows you to subscribe to multiple live streams of files, with the files arriving in a local folder. The filenames are ULIDs so they can be easily sorted into time order in scripts and code. Publishingβ¦

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Getty Images intends to file for bankruptcy and go private as part of a restructuring agreement after its plans to merge with rival stock platform Shutterstock fell through earlier this year. On Monday, Getty announced it had secured $533 million from the Getty family and Charles Koch's investment firm to cut its debt and take [β¦]

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More than 500 shops across France were hit in a major cyberattack on freezers, which caused tonnes of food to perish.

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Trump calls for Zelenskyy to be replaced, while Europe devotes summit to funding Ukraine.

All about the Home View, Homepod mini, Apple Home Collection and more.

Manager Enzo Maresca reacts to criticism of Manchester City's celebrations after their win at Liverpool by saying: "What do you want us to do?"

Iran has been accused of being behind a plot against an airbase in the UK.

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Co-author: βThe unique geometry of the valves is the key; they act as collapsible pistons" to deliver venom.
Iran has warned that cables and data centres in the region could be attacked, as Houthi allies hold internet chokepoint.

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Each round you get a spectrum with a target on it (Calm ----X-- Stressful). Name something that sits at the target: a job interview, a walk in the park, a goose? The closer you are, the higher your score. Mechanically it's like a crossover between Wavelength and Family Feud. The model is prompted to place the submitted clue as most people would see it, so you are aiming for the consensus reading of the spectrum and your clue. Every player gets the same 5 rounds a day. Free, no signup, play the game then see what others submitted. --- When we prompt Jev we can't just ask it to place the clue oβ¦

Apple unveiled a slate of new smart home gadgets at its aptly named "Welcome Home" event today, including its first (and highly anticipated) smart home hub. That flagship announcement came alongside much-needed refreshes for Apple's HomePod Mini and TV 4K devices, and a selection of new smart home and security accessories designed together with trusted [β¦]

New microphones, a new remote and the new Siri AI are on the company's streaming box.

American Express is introducing a new framework designed to ensure AI agents only make purchases their users have authorized, potentially preventing costly mistakes and disputes as AI-powered shopping grows.

Apple is introducing a refreshed Apple TV 4K today with a pair of interesting new hardware features: far-field microphones to talk to Siri hands-free and Find My built into the remote. The fourth-gen Apple TV 4K, announced at Apple's Welcome Home event in New York City, is the first model to support the Siri AI [β¦]

Apple is announcing the long-awaited HomePod Mini 2 with a new chip that can power Siri AI - but support for those new AI features won't be available at launch. The speaker is also getting a new sound glow feature that syncs its LED lights with a song's album art, and it can now be [β¦]

Apple has partnered with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric to launch the Apple Home Collection, an assortment of smart home devices meant to be easy to set up and use. The collection is something of a smart home starter pack, including security cameras, a video doorbell, a door lock, and two thermostats. Apple is announcing [β¦]

Two versions will be available in November for $299.

The new model arrives on October 30, but its Siri AI features are coming later.

It's finally here: Apple's long-rumored smart display, the Apple HomeView, has arrived. I got a first look at the device in New York City this week, and it's gorgeous. The HomeView puts a small, vibrant screen atop a speaker base for taking video calls, beautifully displaying photos, and providing information at a glance with Apple's [β¦]

I got an early glimpse of Appleβs biggest push into the smart home in years.

Elgato already dominates the market for hardware built for creators that use powerful desktop PCs, and it's now turning its attention to creators on the go with its first wireless microphone. The $99.99 Wave Go clips onto your clothes just like DJI's Mic Mini, with hands-free recording for vlogging and content creation. The Wave Go [β¦]

Apple collaborated with LG and Schneider Electric on products that work with its HomeView display.

Rwanda has secured a 10-year deal to host F1 races at a purpose-built race track on the outskirts of the capital, Kigali.

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Government forces engage in intense clashes as Houthi shelling targets residential areas and hospitals in Taiz.

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined demonstrating high school students in France as protests continue to grow.

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With customizable βfaces,β this 7-inch smart display is a unique hybrid between an iPhone and an Apple Watch.

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Apple is hosting an event on October 13th that seems like it will be all about its efforts for the smart home. The eventβs tagline is certainly a big hint β βWelcome homeβ β but the company is also heavily rumored to be launching a series of new smart home products soon. One of the [β¦]

EV batteries don't last forever, and once they get past the point of repair, there are a few ways that they can still serve a useful purpose.

Three former African presidents discussed security commitments, refugee protection and regional cooperation.

As AI data centers and EVs drive up demand for copper, Giraffe Bio has unearthed a $6.4 million seed round to help miners extract more of the mineral.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park remains closed after Saturday's incident.

Hazlewood's 6-49 β β helped the visitors clean up the South African batting, securing the win before tea on day five.

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Hundreds of people have gone missing in Yemen, with families not knowing whether they were killed in fighting or detained.

The startup will sell some of its assets to Disney for $20 million.

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Rear-mounted cameras have been a game changer for drivers and road safety overall, but be aware that there are different options and purposes for them.

BBC programming is still reaching audiences on shortwave, medium wave, via satellite and online.

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Fluxcut makes product demo and promo easy for creators and founders by saving lots of time of editing, VO, BGM, thumbnail so that they can focus on what matters to them i.e. product itself! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50070400 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
OPEC raises 2027 oil demand view, citing need to rebuild stocks Β Β Reuters
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Hi Hacker News, I'm Harjot. I've been using Meta's Muse Code CLI daily for a few weeks now. One thing that I found difficult to handle was managing or controlling multiple sessions across multiple projects, while using the terminal for the muse CLI. Initially, I used cmux to create workspaces/groups for my different projects to group them, and then created 4 split terminals in each of those projects, that ran muse code sessions in each of them. It worked, but it was ugly. I didn't like using that. It could be because I'm not really a terminal person and would much rather prefer a proper dedicβ¦
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Hi HN, For the past few months on evenings and weekends, Iβve been working on a music notation editor for iPad and Mac called Autograph. https://autographmusic.com It has mcp support, so you can drive it from Claude Code or claude desktop. Itβs not just an AI wrapper there is a full music notation engine written in Swift, engraving, playback and pdf export. Please ask any questions or feedback and Iβll be sure to be online for the morning/day. Iβm looking for whatβs missing in the for how you write music and whatβs broken especially for handwriting recognition on iPad. Oh and Autoβ¦
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover just broke the record for the farthest distance traveled by any vehicle on another world.

Sir Ken McCallum says Russia, Iran and emerging threats from AI were increasing the risks to Britain.

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This is todayβs edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of whatβs going on in the world of technology. Open models have real benefits. Do they outweigh the risks? Anthropic recently released a report arguing that a powerful new model released by the Chinese company Z.ai, poses a major cyberattackβ¦

The influential economics body has upgraded its UK growth forecast for this year, but risks remain.

Activists challenging India's government over electoral roll controversies have a long legacy of protest to draw on.

I'm holding AI accountable. For the last few months I've been documenting the errors LLMs have been making in my projects and others - the crimes they have been committing to projects (pun intended). Now I've turned it into a game to see if you would spot the issue. Free to play with keyword matching judgement. Pay is only to add symantic judging. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50070259 Points: 1 # Comments: 1