The post-election rally masks a sharp split in the AI trade. Who stands to win?
Investors are making divergent bets on AI stocks Wednesday.
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Ted Cruz aims to stack FCC with Republicans before Democrats take Senate control
Cruz and Trump seem to have no plans to fill FCC's empty Democratic seat.
AMD to pay $2.9-billion for AI chip firm Taalas in one of the largest Canadian tech takeovers
Xbox previews two new ways to control cloud games
I revealed yesterday that the new Xbox Nano controller supports a Wi-Fi connection directly to Xbox Cloud Gaming, and now Microsoft is making it official today. Two new Xbox previews will let players try out using a phone as a controller on smart TVs, as well as cloud connect on the Xbox Nano to connect directly to cloud servers. "Instead of a Bluetooth connection to your TV, cloud connect uses…
Google’s Pixel 11 phones are up to 27 percent off
You can save a heck of lot of money on Google’s Pixel 11 phones through November 8th, whether you want the best-for-the-least Pixel 11, or the slightly pricier Pixel 11 Pro that takes better photos. Even the big Pixel 11 Pro XL with a longer-lasting battery is hundreds off its original price. The Pixel 11 Pro deal is the most attractive of the bunch, as the $1,099.99 phone with 256GB storage and…
Voters rebuff data centers in every ballot measure except one during the 2026 midterms
Voters in the states at the heart of the AI data center boom pushed back on the buildout on Election Night.
Ripple-65B Preview: U.S. Open-Weight SOTA on Agentic Coding
Article URL: https://www.ricursive.com/ripple Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50369925 Points: 159 # Comments: 57
Show HN: After a decade of reversing, I got co-op working in DOS Wing Commander
Article URL: https://fireflyk64.github.io/wcmulti/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50369895 Points: 151 # Comments: 17
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US Voters Back AI Data Center Restrictions in At Least 29 Communities
Voters across the United States backed measures to curb data centers, raising new obstacles for the infrastructure powering AI as electricity bills, water supplies, and public oversight dominate the debate.
“.. Now they have to find new ways to recast their [data center] projects as pro-worker and community-friendly to make sure the AI buildout actually happens — and to find spokespeople more appealing…
“.. Now they have to find new ways to recast their [data center] projects as pro-worker and community-friendly to make sure the AI buildout actually happens — and to find spokespeople more appealing than the DOGE twins.” @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
Nothing teases a screen-free AI device ahead of launch next month
Nothing CEO Carl Pei said in a post on X that the company's launching its first AI device in December. That's just a little over a year after Pei announced plans for "AI-native" devices and an AI operating system. He didn't give away much about what exactly the new device is, only that one feature it won't have is a screen: "Our first AI-native product ships next month. It's a tool, but one…
Apple will check shared iCloud links for ‘harmful content’
Apple will start checking iCloud items that are accessible to anyone who has the link for "harmful content" starting with iOS 27.3 and other 27.3 updates, the company says. "When you share an item that can be accessed by Anyone with the Link in version 27.3 or later of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS, that content is made accessible to Apple to check for harmful content," according to a support…
Conductor is joining Meta
Article URL: https://www.conductor.build/announcement Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50369503 Points: 151 # Comments: 168
Waymo confirms it will split with Uber in January 2028
The split will set up direct competition in those markets, as Uber has many other autonomous vehicle partners on its network.
‘You Can See Everything’ is getting an outer space release and it hasn’t even come out in Europe yet
It is easier to watch the Elizabeth Holmes documentary "You Can See Everything" in low-Earth orbit than in London.
People say they want small smartphones—the Enough Phone will put that to the test
It won't win the specs race, but it will actually fit in your hand.
Europe to invest €525 million in chip startups to catch up with US and China
ChatGPT will now make you animated GIFs
ChatGPT can now create GIFs using a prompt or a photo uploaded to the AI chatbot. The update, which is rolling out alongside OpenAI's new Images 2.6 model, allows you to adjust the GIF's animation speed, edit individual frames, and share it with others. Before this change, ChatGPT couldn't natively generate GIFs in a single step. An example shared by the company shows how ChatGPT can generate a…
My therapist thinks I should chuck the Amazon Bee Frontier out a window
Also, can I just say this LED indicator light is way too small and unnoticeable? This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. "How does that make you feel?" I get asked this a lot in therapy. Plenty of life events, big and…
A new Go API for JSON
Article URL: https://go.dev/blog/jsonv2 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50369106 Points: 160 # Comments: 67
Europe to invest €525 million in chip startups to catch up with US and China
AI debt binge isn't crowding out Treasuries, TBAC says
Vistra plunges 13.5% as Texas election rattles AI power trade, KeyBanc downgrades
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AI debt binge isn’t crowding out Treasuries, TBAC says
Japan to seek software vulnerability data from US AI firms amid cyberattack surge, Nikkei reports
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AI debt binge isn't crowding out Treasuries, TBAC says
Progress on provable inference for large language models
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/research/provable-inference Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50368626 Points: 151 # Comments: 75
Sequoia hits rewind, undoing 20 years of expansion
Sequoia is consolidating into a smaller, Bay Area–centered firm, shutting down the programs and offices it built during a 20-year expansion while announcing roughly $10 billion in new funds.
God of War Laufey delayed until May
God of War Laufey's release date is being delayed to May 20th, 2027, developer Santa Monica Studio announced today. It was previously set to launch on PS5 on February 16th. Here is Santa Monica Studio's full message about the delay: Since the reveal of God of War Laufey in June, we've been deeply grateful to see so much excitement for Faye's journey through the Everywhen. We don't take for…