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Today: Voice bots can be tricked into spreading falsehoods · UK job vacancies hit lowest since the pandemic · AI: Nvidia open-sources DreamDojo world model for robot training.
Top 10 — News
- Ukraine blames Russia for ‘terrorist attack’ in Lviv Woman arrested after one person killed and at least 25 injured by ‘double-tap’ bombing in western city
- US will not back out of its tariff deals with UK and others, says Trump trade representative Promise comes as minister admits to ‘uncertainty’ about new 15% levy on imports from around the world Graeme Wearden: Trump’s trade war ris…
- The uncertainties facing businesses and consumers after Trump’s tariff changes Businesses say questions remain after US President Donald Trump announced he will impose global tariffs of 15%.
- Trump says Netflix will face ‘consequences’ if it doesn’t fire board member Susan Rice Netflix board member Susan Rice had predicted that corporations that “take a knee” to Trump will be “held accountable” when Democrats retur…
- America desperately needs new privacy laws This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world.
- ChatGPT and Gemini voice bots are easy to trick into spreading falsehoods Turns out Alexa's long-standing habit of not doing what you ask can actually be a feature: while ChatGPT Voice and Gemini Live happily repe…
- Poem: The Attraction of Blackberries The first time she tried to seduce me, (atoms falling in a vacuum) she asked about blackberries— (every mass exerts some gravity) Did I kno…
- We hid backdoors in ~40MB binaries and asked AI + Ghidra to find them Article URL: https://quesma.com/blog/introducing-binaryaudit/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47111440 Points: 14 # Comm…
- Man accidentally gains control of 7k robot vacuums Article URL: https://www.popsci.com/technology/robot-vacuum-army/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47111400 Points: 16 #…
- I put New Zealand behind a $1 paywall
Article URL: https://rename.world/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47111042 Points: 22 # Comments: 4
AI tools & model updates
- anthropics/anthropic-sdk-typescript: bedrock-sdk: v0.26.4 Release update (see link for changelog).
- anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python: v0.83.0 Release update (see link for changelog).
- microsoft/semantic-kernel: vectordata-dotnet-10.0.0 Release update (see link for changelog).
- BerriAI/litellm: v1.81.12-stable Release update (see link for changelog).
- ollama/ollama: v0.16.3 Release update (see link for changelog).
- microsoft/onnxruntime: ONNX Runtime v1.24.2 Release update (see link for changelog).
- langchain-ai/langchain: langchain-core==1.2.14 Release update (see link for changelog).
Full list — News (50)
Woman arrested after one person killed and at least 25 injured by ‘double-tap’ bombing in western city
Foreign minister says Ukraine must first resume oil transit via Druzhba pipeline
US allies including the UK, EU and Japan hardest hit after Supreme Court rules against previous levies
Also in today’s newsletter: Mexico kills top drug cartel leader and PE firm struggle to exit China deals
Leaks reveal €500mn contract for man-portable ‘Verba’ system to rebuild Tehran’s air defences
The Supreme Court’s ruling offers a rare opportunity to fix a historic error
BCG research points to Britain falling behind peers in growth sectors
Polling finds that Tory voters who have drifted left or become disengaged outnumber those turning to Nigel Farage’s party
Death of Jalisco New Generation Cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ follows US calls for action against traffickers
Labour government aims to end need for parents to ‘battle’ for support as it bids to avoid backbench revolt over reforms
Trump and wife Melania were in Washington at the time of the incident early on Sunday
Washington has deployed dozens of planes to the region as Donald Trump threatens to strike Iran
Trump gives first State of the Union address of second term, Labour in by-election fight and Ukraine war enters a fifth year
Slogans chanted on campuses in Tehran as new academic semester begins amid clashes with pro-regime groups
Militant group calls Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa a western ‘puppet without a soul’
Promise comes as minister admits to ‘uncertainty’ about new 15% levy on imports from around the world Graeme Wearden: Trump’s trade war ris…
Businesses say questions remain after US President Donald Trump announced he will impose global tariffs of 15%.
More Indians in small towns are now shopping for affordable brands instead of unlabelled goods in the bazaars.
Jobs are available on the icy continent for chefs, plumbers, carpenters and even hairdressers.
Citizens Advice's Warm and Well scheme in North Yorkshire will receive the money over three years.
US president calls for removal of Susan Rice as streaming platform pursues takeover of Warner Bros Discovery Donald Trump has told Netflix…
Advertised roles dropped 3% last month to 695,000 – first dip below 700,000 since January 2021, job site Adzuna says The number of job vaca…
Johnny Rich proposes a sustainable funding model for higher education.
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson suggests priority is grants for poorer students rather than cutting interest Kemi Badenoch has said…
Financial difficulties at one of the UK’s most prestigious institutions are a sign of the times.
Company will shift focus to hybrids, citing drop-off in EV demand among sports car lovers who ‘miss the noise’ The Italian supercar manufac…
In the world being ushered in by Trump, power will prevail over cooperation.
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scie…
Former employees stepped up to create the National Public Health Coalition to advocate for public health after Trump’s cuts to the agency A…
Netflix board member Susan Rice had predicted that corporations that “take a knee” to Trump will be “held accountable” when Democrats retur…
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world.
Donald Trump threatened that there would be "consequences" for Netflix if it didn't fire board member Susan Rice.
Apple has invited the tech press to a “special Apple experience” on March 4, but it might unfold a bit differently than the company's stand…
On the latest episode of Equity, we debated what’s next for the creator economy, and whether there will be any room for the next generation…
"The number one thing is to get out of your head this ideal that gets passed around in the self-help world: 'go get a mentor,' and everyone…
Quantonation Ventures, a venture firm investing in quantum and physics-based startups, has closed its oversubscribed second fund at €220 mi…
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
China’s brain-computer interface industry is rapidly scaling from research to commercialization, driven by strong policy support, expanding…
Super Early Bird pricing for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ends February 27 at 11:59 p.m.
In addition to summoning Bixby or Gemini, Galaxy S26 users will be able to call on Perplexity by saying "hey, Plex." The integration of Per…
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Laurie Spiegel for the site.
Tetris has been immortalized in a playable McDonald's plastic chicken nugget, a playable fake 7-Eleven Slurpee cup, and a playable wristwat…
There's been a surge of interest over the last few years in inexpensive digital cameras.
Turns out Alexa's long-standing habit of not doing what you ask can actually be a feature: while ChatGPT Voice and Gemini Live happily repe…
The first time she tried to seduce me, (atoms falling in a vacuum) she asked about blackberries— (every mass exerts some gravity) Did I kno…
Article URL: https://quesma.com/blog/introducing-binaryaudit/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47111440 Points: 14 # Comm…
Article URL: https://www.popsci.com/technology/robot-vacuum-army/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47111400 Points: 16 #…
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yj2kzkrj0o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47111067 Points: 25 # Commen…
Article URL: https://rename.world/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47111042 Points: 22 # Comments: 4
Article URL: https://github.com/volatilityfoundation/volatility3 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47110781 Points: 14 # C…
Full list — AI tools & model updates (30)
NVIDIA flagship data center GPUs in the NVIDIA Ampere, NVIDIA Hopper, and NVIDIA Blackwell families all feature non-uniform memory access (…
Nvidia wants to move robot training out of the real world and into an AI world model.
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The Claude C Compiler: What It Reveals About the Future of Software On February 5th Anthropic's Nicholas Carlini wrote about a project to u…
Hollywood is done asking nicely.
A new benchmark presents AI models with a seemingly simple task: finding certain photos in a personal collection.
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I've been wanting to add indications of my various other online activities to my blog for a while now.
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You can now deploy AWS IAM Identity Center in 38 AWS Regions, including Asia Pacific (New Zealand).
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Starting today, Amazon EC2 G7e instances accelerated by NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs are now available in Asia Pacific…
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Gemini 3.1 Pro The first in the Gemini 3.1 series, priced the same as Gemini 3 Pro ($2/million input, $12/million output under 200,000 toke…
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Starting today, Amazon EC2 M8i-flex instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Malaysia, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo), Europe (Frankfurt) and…
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