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India’s Pocket FM doubles revenue run rate to $500M as AI powers 93% of audio content

India’s Pocket FM doubles revenue run rate to $500M as AI powers 93% of audio content

Pocket FM uses AI to produce 99% of its new content, helping make content production about 80 times cheaper.…
Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you

Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you

Come inside the mind of a bot trying to convince the internet it's human.…
The Download: a “God-driven” cryptocurrency and a solar engineering roadmap

The Download: a “God-driven” cryptocurrency and a solar engineering roadmap

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. …
The incomplete history of Duo devices

The incomplete history of Duo devices

Apple announced the company's first device with a folding screen today, the iPhone Duo, but that's where the firsts end. The Duo is not only far from …
ControlAI’s Connor Leahy on why superintelligence is ‘not a weapon, it’s an adversary’

ControlAI’s Connor Leahy on why superintelligence is ‘not a weapon, it’s an adversary’

AI companies have been talking about superintelligent AI like it’s inevitable, but recent safety incidents like OpenAI&…
With another huge infusion of cash, Stoke Space goes even bigger

With another huge infusion of cash, Stoke Space goes even bigger

The space economy will grow exactly as fast as we can launch rockets.…
Intel CPUs are reportedly getting a 10 percent price hike in October

Intel CPUs are reportedly getting a 10 percent price hike in October

Intel's PC CPUs may get more expensive in a few weeks, with Digitimes reporting that Intel has a 10 percent price hike planned, following similar incr…
A word with a woman who’s trying to pull off a crossbody phone strap

A word with a woman who’s trying to pull off a crossbody phone strap

Oh, this thing? It's just a crossbody strap. It's a fun and youthful way to carry your phone. It's all the rage with Europeans and young people. I lov…
Mistral raises €3B as sovereign AI becomes big business

Mistral raises €3B as sovereign AI becomes big business

The French AI lab has raised €3 billion at a €21 billion valuation in a Series D round led by Samsung, Scaleup Europe and PSG Equity.…
EcoFlow makes the miniature power station even smaller

EcoFlow makes the miniature power station even smaller

If you're in the market for a tiny power station that punches well above its size and weight then have a look at EcoFlow's new fourth-generation River…
Six years later, Sony revisits its legendary XM4 headphones

Six years later, Sony revisits its legendary XM4 headphones

Six years ago Sony and Bose were in the middle of a noise-canceling battle, with each new model of headphones better than the last. In the fall of 202…
“Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBs

“Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBs

Broadcom admits it put “too big a focus on VCF.”…
Nvidia buys Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, for $13 billion

Nvidia buys Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, for $13 billion

Nvidia says Hugging Face will stay open even as the chipmaker takes control of a key AI hub.…
OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk

OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk

OpenAI recently estimated its Cursor partnership would make more than $1 billion in revenue a year, WIRED has learned. It still walked away after Elon…
Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race

Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race

The family-focused AI assistant wants access to the details of your everyday life, but says it won’t use that data to train AI models or share it with…
The Moto Watch Ultra is a return to Wear OS

The Moto Watch Ultra is a return to Wear OS

Just a few months after getting back into the smartwatch game, Motorola is targeting the premium end of the market with the first Moto Watch Ultra. It…
Anker announces its first over-the-counter hearing aids

Anker announces its first over-the-counter hearing aids

In what could be fortuitous timing for hearing aid users, Anker announced its first over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids at IFA 2026. It was only a cou…
Tado’s new thermostat is designed as a Nest killer

Tado’s new thermostat is designed as a Nest killer

When Google ignominiously exited the European thermostat market last year, it pointed its customers to Tado. This week, the German-based smart home co…
Adobe acquires Indian market intelligence startup Rilo

Adobe acquires Indian market intelligence startup Rilo

This is Adobe's second acquisition out of India after Rephrase.ai in 2023…
Elon Musk’s heterodox robotaxi philosophy gets put to the test

Elon Musk’s heterodox robotaxi philosophy gets put to the test

Believe it or not, the Tesla Cybercab is coming. Nearly two years after Elon Musk first unveiled the gold-tinted, gull-wing door sporting, steering wh…
How to build a diffusion language model

How to build a diffusion language model

Article URL: https://kuleshov-group.github.io/blog/blog/2026/how-to-build-a-diffusion-language-model/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?…
Transfer files over an Ethernet patch cable

Transfer files over an Ethernet patch cable

Article URL: https://maurycyz.com/misc/etherfiles/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505217 Points: 182 # Comments: 176…
Agent memory as a file format

Agent memory as a file format

Article URL: https://calpaterson.com/memoryfields.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49508317 Points: 185 # Comments: 92…
ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data

ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data

OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.…
MrBeast’s fans aren’t too hot on reading, apparently.

MrBeast’s fans aren’t too hot on reading, apparently.

HarperCollins probably dropped a pretty penny to get Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson and James Pattterson to collaborate on their newly-released novel, The …
John Ternus takes over as Apple’s new CEO

John Ternus takes over as Apple’s new CEO

The multitrillion-dollar home of the iPhone, Mac, and so many other tech gadgets has a new leaader, as Tim Cook has been replaced as CEO as of Septemb…
At TechBBQ, Europe’s AI conversations kept coming back to: Who’s actually in control?

At TechBBQ, Europe’s AI conversations kept coming back to: Who’s actually in control?

Investors, founders, and operators from across Europe arrived for the annual Nordic TechBBQ conference to talk about how humans can have agency over A…
Markiplier is now GoPro’s biggest shareholder

Markiplier is now GoPro’s biggest shareholder

YouTuber Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach has invested enough in GoPro to become its single largest shareholder, with an 8.5 percent stake in the company, …
Coordination Headwind: How Organizations Are Like Slime Molds

Coordination Headwind: How Organizations Are Like Slime Molds

Article URL: https://komoroske.com/slime-mold/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49499891 Points: 163 # Comments: 46…
ATM Flaws Reveal Key Weaknesses in the Software Supply Chain

ATM Flaws Reveal Key Weaknesses in the Software Supply Chain

A security researcher discovered nine vulnerabilities impacting ATM encryption and authentication software. But the problems extend far beyond your lo…