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Allbirds, Inc. Announces Expansion into AI Compute Infrastructure

Article URL: https://ir.allbirds.com/news-releases/news-release-details/allbirds-inc-executes-50m-convertible-financing-facility Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47778038 Points: 41 # Comments: 31

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Anna's Archive loses $322M Spotify piracy case without a fight

Article URL: https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-loses-322-million-spotify-piracy-case-without-a-fight/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47776035 Points: 72 # Comments: 76

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Wacli – WhatsApp CLI

Article URL: https://github.com/steipete/wacli Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47775628 Points: 177 # Comments: 124

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After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI

Allbirds is ditching wool sneakers for AI servers, rebranding as NewBird AI after locking in a $50M convertible financing facility.

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Sweden blames Russian hackers for attempting ‘destructive’ cyberattack on thermal plant

Sweden's minister for civil defense said Russian hackers are "now attempting destructive cyber attacks against organizations in Europe."

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Snap is cutting 1,000 jobs, 16% of its workforce

The company cites advancements in AI for the cuts.

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Reid Hoffman weighs in on the ‘tokenmaxxing’ debate

Reid Hoffman says tracking AI token use can gauge adoption, but cautions it should be paired with context and not treated as a direct productivity metric.

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Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant can use Creative Cloud apps to complete tasks

Adobe says the assistant can work across apps like Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Express, Illustrator and its other apps to do tasks for you.

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This energy startup’s bet on 100-year-old grid tech is paying off

Ayr Energy is using a shortage of power conversion equipment to break open a decades-old market.

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Gitar, a startup that uses agents to secure code, emerges from stealth with $9 million

The company uses AI to review code that, more often than not these days, has also been generated by AI.

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This startup is betting tokenmaxxing will create the next compute giant

Parasail raised $32 million in a Series A, signaling a fractured future of models and compute.

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Amazon unveils a slimmer Fire TV Stick HD, opens Ember Artline TVs for preorder

On Wednesday, Amazon announced the launch of its new Fire TV Stick HD and Ember Artline televisions, both now available for preorder.  Following the initial release of the first-generation Fire TV Stick HD two years ago, Amazon has created a new mode

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Chipmakers AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm are all investing in this buzzy self-driving tech startup

Wayve's $1.2 billion Series D round, which was announced in February, keeps growing.

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HBO Max comes to India via exclusive JioHotstar deal

HBO Max will be available to JioHotstar subscribers as an add-on starting at ₹49 (about $0.50) per month, and would feature content from HBO, Max Originals, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, and DC Studios.

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Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6

Article URL: https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-robotics-er-1-6/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779094 Points: 13 # Comments: 0