Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok
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JANUARY 18, 2025
With a TikTok ban looming in the United States, Perplexity AI is the latest bidder hoping to give the video app a new corporate home.
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AI comes alive: From bartenders to surgical aides to puppies, tomorrow’s robots are on their way
JANUARY 18, 2025
Humanoid robots are no longer the stuff of science fiction. Imagine a world where robots not only collaborate with us in factories but also greet us in stores, aid in surgeries and care for our loved ones.
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Unix Spell Ran in 64kB RAM
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JANUARY 18, 2025
How do you fit a dictionary in 64kb RAM? Unix engineers solved it with clever data structures and compression tricks. Here's the fascinating story behind it.
Quantum Computing Could Achieve Singularity In 2025—A ChatGPT Moment
JANUARY 18, 2025
There are more eyes on quantum computing (QC) today than there were on generative AI the day before ChatGPT was released in November 2022. This should give everyone pause as to what is possible for QC in 2025. Lets dive in.
What’s New in Apache Airflow® 3.0—And How Will It Reshape Your Data Workflows?
Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate
Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.
O1 isn't a chat model (and that's the point)
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JANUARY 18, 2025
How Ben Hylak turned from ol pro skeptic to fan by overcoming his skill issue.
Before Apple's AI Went Haywire and Started Making Up Fake News, Its Engineers Warned of Deep Flaws With the Tech
JANUARY 18, 2025
And they released it anyway. News Flash, Buddy Apple's recent stab at AI, Apple Intelligence, has largely been disappointing.
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No-Code Technology And The Fate Of The Modern Programmer
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Job displacement is a serious issue everywhere, but professional computer science majors should get ready for a tightening of the belt in their field.
TikTok goes dark in the US
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JANUARY 18, 2025
TikTok has gone dark in the U.S., the result of a federal law that bans the popular social media app for millions of Americans.
Amazon Says All It Needs to Do Before Releasing an AI-Powered Alexa Is to Solve the Giant Engineering Problem That Nobody Else on Earth Has Been Able to Solve
JANUARY 18, 2025
Easier said than done. Amazon is still hard at work in its efforts to realize an AI-powered Alexa digital assistant.
Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search
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JANUARY 18, 2025
Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript in order to use Google Search, possibly in an effort to block certain SEO tools.
Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data
Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage
There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.
'Physical AI' is the next frontier for the artificial intelligence cycle. How to play it
JANUARY 18, 2025
Investors are looking for another way to play AI after huge runs in Nvidia and the other stocks powering and producing digital bots like ChatGPT.
Windows BitLocker – Screwed Without a Screwdriver
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JANUARY 18, 2025
Breaking up-to-date Windows 11 BitLocker encryption -- on-device but software-only
Smartphones have reached their peak, so what could possibly be next?
JANUARY 18, 2025
It may not seem like it, but AI isn't the "final frontier" for personal devices.
The AMD Radeon Instinct MI300A's Giant Memory Subsystem
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JANUARY 18, 2025
AMD acquired ATI in 2006, hoping ATI's GPU expertise would combine with AMD's CPU know-how to create integrated solutions worth more than the sum of their parts.
How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control
Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri
5 AI Image Generators You Can Use Now
JANUARY 18, 2025
Although AI image generation took a backseat to video generation, generators like Midjourney and Flux continued to evolve, offering creative professionals powerful tools for producing high-quality images.
SRCL: Open-source React project to build web apps with terminal aesthetics
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JANUARY 18, 2025
SRCL is an open-source React component and style repository that helps you build web applications, desktop applications, and static websites with terminal aesthetics.
ChatGPT's new feature, Nvidia's healthcare AI, and Synthesia's millions: This week's AI launches
JANUARY 18, 2025
Each week, Quartz rounds up product launches, updates, and funding news from artificial intelligence-focused startups and companies. Heres whats going on this week in the ever-evolving AI industry. OpenAI launched a new feature in beta for ChatGPT this week called tasks.
Games Workshop and the big ambition of a miniatures business
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JANUARY 18, 2025
The tabletop gaming company is a huge success story - but could it get even bigger?
Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work
Speaker: Frank Taliano
Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.
5 reasons why Google will dominate the AI arms race with solutions like Gemini and NotebookLM
JANUARY 18, 2025
The LLM landscape is dominated by a handful of key players, with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Anthropic estimated to command around 90% of
Life in Another Light, 2024 Infrared-Photography-Contest Winners
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JANUARY 18, 2025
Some of the top and honored images from this years infrared-photography competition
OpenAI Explains Why Nobody Is Ready For Whats Coming
JANUARY 18, 2025
Its hard to ignore the buzz around artificial intelligence these days.
VS Code Pets
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JANUARY 18, 2025
Adds playful pets in your VS Code window. Contribute to tonybaloney/vscode-pets development by creating an account on GitHub.
How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs
Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
Self-learning AI unveils NFL against the spread, over-under, money line picks for 2025 NFL Divisional Round
JANUARY 18, 2025
After the Commanders and Chiefs won on Saturday, the 2025 NFL Playoffs continue with Eagles vs. Rams and Bills vs. Ravens on Sunday.
NASA's Next-Level Discovery: Webb Exposes Dazzling Interstellar Web of Dust
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JANUARY 18, 2025
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the infrared glow of an ancient supernova's light echo, revealing unprecedented 3D details of interstellar dust and gas. The space between stars is filled with gas and dust, varying from dense to sparse, and often hidden from view unless illuminated.
Perplexity AI makes a bid to merge with TikTok U.S.
JANUARY 18, 2025
Perplexity AI officially made a play for TikTok on Saturday, submitting a bid to its parent company, ByteDance, to allow Perplexity to merge with
The Greenland Shark, the Longest-Living Vertebrate on Earth (2017)
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JANUARY 18, 2025
How a triple infanticide in Germany shed light on an elusive cold-water predator.
Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting
Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street
In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.
Automate Anything with ChatGPT and Make to Simplify Your Life
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Show HN: Interactive systemd – a better way to work with systemd units
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This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Could Soar by 67% in 2025. Here's Why.
JANUARY 18, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) isn't a theme that's going to wrap up this year.
The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide
Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring
Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?
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