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AI agent Poke makes setting up automations as easy as sending a text
Poke brings AI agents to everyday users via text message by handling tasks and automations without complex setup, apps, or technical know-how.
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Trump admin makes sweeping request for medical records of federal workers
The unprecedented proposal would give the Trump admin access to doctors' notes.
Automatic registration for US Military draft to begin in December
Article URL: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5822914-automatic-registration-military-draft/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47697670 Points: 14 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Tired of logic in useEffect, I built a class-based React state manager
Article URL: https://thales.me/posts/why-i-built-snapstate/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47696760 Points: 9 # Comments: 15
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WireGuard VPN developer can’t ship software updates after Microsoft locks account
The popular open source VPN maker is the second high-profile developer to say Microsoft locked his account without notifying him and are blocking their ability to send software updates to users.
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A self-driving car in Texas hit and killed a mother duck, sparking neighborhood outrage
An Avride autonomous vehicle near Austin hit the duck, facing backlash from the community. "It didn't slow down or hesitate at all, just steamrolled right through," according to a witness.
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Poke makes AI agents as easy as sending a text
Poke brings AI agents to everyday users via text message by handling tasks and automations without complex setup, apps, or technical know-how.
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Canva doubles down on AI and marketing automation with Simtheory, Ortto acquisitions
Canva says the acquisitions add strengths in agentic AI, data infrastructure, marketing automation, and customer engagement.
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LinkedIn scanning users' browser extensions sparks controversy and two lawsuits
LinkedIn says claims fabricated by extension maker suspended for scraping data.
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Iran-linked hackers disrupt operations at US critical infrastructure sites
As the US and Israel's war has ramped up, so too have hacks on US industrial sites.
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Meta's Superintelligence Lab unveils its first public model, Muse Spark
Meta touts strong benchmarks but admits "performance gaps" in agentic and coding systems.
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How our digital devices are putting our right to privacy at risk
Law professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson chats with Ars about his new book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You .
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Motorola suddenly raises budget phone prices up to 50%—you can probably thank AI
Motorola's budget phones are much less budget-friendly today.
Show HN: Is Hormuz open yet?
I built this because I was interested in the data. Didn't fully get it to what I wanted, but thought I'd share it nonetheless. Maybe someone has better data sources they could share! Turns out live ship tracking APIs are expensive so I manually just
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John Deere to pay $99M in right-to-repair settlement
Article URL: https://www.thedrive.com/news/john-deere-to-pay-99-million-in-monumental-right-to-repair-settlement Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47696035 Points: 67 # Comments: 13