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Google’s A.I. Search Leaves Publishers Scrambling

New top story on Hacker News: WordPress next, and beyond: breaking the technical enclosure

The New ChatGPT Offers a Lesson in A.I. Hype

OpenAI Says It Has Begun Training a New Flagship A.I. Model

Some of Silicon Valley’s Most Prominent Investors Are Turning Against Biden

U.S. Calls for Breakup of Ticketmaster Owner

‘Silicon Valley Princess’: Inside the Life of Nicole Shanahan, R.F.K. Jr.’s Running Mate

Scarlett Johansson Said No, but OpenAI’s Virtual Assistant Sounds Just Like Her

The Old-Fashioned Library at the Heart of the A.I. Boom

What Do You Do When A.I. Takes Your Voice?

Smartphones Can Now Last 7 Years. Here’s How to Keep Them Working.

A.I.’s ‘Her’ Era Has Arrived

New top story on Hacker News: Ashby (YC W19) Is Hiring Technical EMs Who Love Coaching

Elon Musk’s Diplomacy: Woo Right-Wing World Leaders. Then Benefit.

Meet My A.I. Friends

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Touvlo – Technical Interviewing for Hardware Engineers (By Humans)

New top story on Hacker News: A High-Level Technical Overview of Homomorphic Encryption

New top story on Hacker News: Rewriting the Technical Interview

New top story on Hacker News: Trayd (YC S23) Is Hiring Technical Customer Success Associate

Judge Grills U.S. and Google on Antitrust Claims

Strongest U.S. Challenge to Big Tech’s Power Nears Climax in Google Trial

Binance Founder Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison

New top story on Hacker News: GitHub Copilot Workspace: Technical Preview

‘Thunder Run’: Behind Lawmakers’ Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill

Congress Passed a Bill That Could Ban TikTok. Now Comes the Hard Part.

How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me)

In Silicon Valley, You Can Be Worth Billions and It’s Not Enough

New top story on Hacker News: Phi-3 Technical Report

Spurred by Teen Girls, States Move to Ban Deepfake Nudes

Google Fires 28 Employees Involved in Protest of Israeli Cloud Contract

New top story on Hacker News: Simplified Technical English

New top story on Hacker News: Turning off electrical grids to prevent wildfire− a complex, technical operation

Computer Theorist Wins $1 Million Turing Award

Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools

How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

New top story on Hacker News: HTTP/2 Continuation Flood: Technical Details

Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?

Switching From iPhone to Android Is Easy. It’s the Aftermath That Stings.

New top story on Hacker News: DECT NR+: A technical dive into non-cellular 5G

New top story on Hacker News: You won't find a technical co-founder

New top story on Hacker News: LLM Paper on Mamba MoE: Jamba Technical Report from AI2

Meta’s Smart Glasses Are Becoming Artificially Intelligent. We Took Them for a Spin.

Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza

Inside a C.E.O.’s Bold Claims About Her Hot Fintech Start-Up

Reddit’s I.P.O. Is a Content Moderation Success Story

U.S. Sues Apple, Accusing It of Maintaining an iPhone Monopoly

In Latest A.I. War Escalation, Elon Musk Releases Chatbot Code

After Testy Interview With Elon Musk, Don Lemon Says His Deal With X Is Canceled

House Passes Bill to Force TikTok Sale From Chinese Owner or Ban the App

New top story on Hacker News: Technical Manual TM 11-410: The Homing Pigeon (1945)

New top story on Hacker News: Launch HN: Glide (YC W24) – AI-assisted technical design docs

Why the U.S. Is Weighing Whether to Ban TikTok

Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies

New top story on Hacker News: Latam Airlines: 12 treated in New Zealand after mid-air 'technical' issue

New top story on Hacker News: Technical Skills Are Overrated. Focus on Your Attitude

The Youths Have Spoken: Wallets Are Uncool. Go Digital.

Key OpenAI Executive Played a Pivotal Role in Sam Altman’s Ouster

New top story on Hacker News: Optimizing technical docs for LLMs

Bitcoin Hits Record High, Completing a Stunning Comeback

Meta Says Access Is Restored After Facebook and Instagram Outage

Forced to Change: Tech Giants Bow to Global Onslaught of Rules

How Regulations Fractured Apple’s App Store

Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for Violating the Company’s Principles

Behind Apple’s Doomed Car Project: False Starts and Wrong Turns

Microsoft Word’s Subtle Typeface Change Affected Millions. Did You Notice?

How the Media Industry Keeps Losing the Future

Apple Kills Its Electric Car Project

China’s Rush to Dominate A.I. Comes With a Twist: It Depends on U.S. Technology