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Ads are coming to AI. Does that really have to be such a bad thing?
Matthias Balk/Getty ImagesAmerican artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic this month attracted applause – and a surge in users – for clever advertisements poking fun at...
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Business
Etsy is selling Depop to eBay at a markdown, in latest move to focus on basics. Both stocks are rallying.
Etsy on Wednesday said it was selling the online secondhand-clothing site Depop to eBay for around $1.2 billion, in an effort to focus more deeply...
Business
Finance
Doordash stock climbs 14%, reversing plunge after earnings and revenue miss
Investors have raised concerns over the company's ambitious investing plans as it ramps up its artificial intelligence and autonomous tech
Robotics
Technology
Oil Rises to Highest Since August on Iran Conflict Concerns
Oil rose to the highest intraday level since August on concerns that the US and Iran are inching closer to a fresh conflict.
From power grids to epidemics: Study shows how small patterns trigger systemic failures
Why do some systems collapse suddenly after what seems like a minor disturbance? A single transmission line failure can cascade into widespread blackouts. A delayed...
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Psychology
From power grids to epidemics: Study shows how small patterns trigger systemic failures
Why do some systems collapse suddenly after what seems like a minor disturbance? A single transmission line failure can cascade into widespread blackouts. A delayed...
Environment
Psychology
Most roadless areas in Great Britain are smaller than 1 km², fragmenting wildlife habitats
Britain's landscape is highly fragmented by roads, with researchers from Cardiff University finding that more than 70% of the UK's roadless areas are smaller than...
Biology
Most roadless areas in Great Britain are smaller than 1 km², fragmenting wildlife habitats
Britain's landscape is highly fragmented by roads, with researchers from Cardiff University finding that more than 70% of the UK's roadless areas are smaller than...
Biology
Microsoft guide to pirating Harry Potter for LLM training (2024) [removed]
https://archive.is/D9vEN Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067759 Points: 227 # Comments: 141
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Artificial Intelligence
Trump fans flames of election access as Republican support grows for national voter ID mandate
President Donald Trump wants a national voter ID requirement, a mandate he wants to impose via executive order.
Politics
Travel + Leisure CEO on Earnings, Leisure Momentum
Michael Brown, president and CEO of Travel + Leisure Co., discusses the company’s latest earnings report and record stock close. He tells Romaine Bostick and...
Business
Finance
Housing Starts Rise to Five-Month High in Broad Increase
New residential construction in the US rose to a five-month high in December, as homebuilders boosted production to take advantage of lower borrowing costs. Housing...
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Finance
Figma stock jumps 15% as company sees AI monetization accelerating growth
The design software company maintained its gross margin even as more people adopted the Figma Make artificial intelligence tool.
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Closing this as we are no longer pursuing Swift adoption
Article URL: https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/issues/933 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067678 Points: 201 # Comments: 152
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‘This is stressful for my parents’: My siblings harass our mother and father for money. Should they be cut out of their will?
“My parents have asked me to help them secure their assets when they pass on.”
Which teams are in the T20 World Cup Super Eight, and what’s the schedule?
Al Jazeera's guide to the next phase of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 in India and Sri Lanka.
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Eight skiers found dead after California avalanche
Fifteen skiers went missing on Tuesday following a massive avalanche in California's Lake Tahoe region. One person remains missing but is presumed dead.
Martial law, protests and a president tried for insurrection: How did South Korea get here?
A court is due to deliver its verdict in the insurrection trial of Yoon Suk Yeol.
Policy
Trump family says U.S. dollar needs an upgrade, and they are the ones to do it
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. told CNBC on the sidelines of the World Liberty Forum to explain why they think the U.S. needs an...
World News
Biology
Castro knocks ICE for deporting 2-month-old, family: ‘Heinous’
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) slammed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deporting a 2-month-old and his family. On Tuesday afternoon, Castro wrote on the social...
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RNC sues to stop Virginia redistricting referendum
The Republican National Committee (RNC) sued Wednesday in the hopes of stopping Virginia Democrats from moving forward with their new congressional map. The new lawsuit seeks to block...
Politics
Software
Wellington CEO on ‘Big Foray' Into Private Markets
Jean Hynes, CEO of Wellington Management, discusses investment strategy and the growing role of private assets in portfolios with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on...
Business
Finance
Dyson announces the PencilWash wet floor cleaner
Last year Dyson introduced the PencilVac, which it immediately declared the "world’s slimmest vacuum cleaner." Presumably, then, the title of world’s slimmest wet floor cleaner...
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