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Kentucky woman rejects $26 million offer to turn her farm into a data center
A "major artificial intelligence company" reportedly offered a Kentucky women $26 million to build a data center on their farm.
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Anthropic hands Claude Code more control, but keeps it on a leash
Anthropic’s new auto mode for Claude Code lets AI execute tasks with fewer approvals, reflecting a broader shift toward more autonomous tools that balance speed with safety through built-in safeguards.
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Spotify tests new tool to stop AI slop from being attributed to real artists
The idea behind the new tool is to give artists more control over which tracks are associated with their name on Spotify.
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Databricks bought two startups to underpin its new AI security product
With an overflowing war chest from its recent $5 billion raise, Databricks is buying startups and looking for more. It acquired Antimatter and SiftD.ai.
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Crusoe makes big battery buys for its data centers
Form Energy and Redwood Materials both received orders from the data center developer.
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OpenAI plans to shut down Sora just 15 months after its launch
Move comes amid a reported plan to refocus on business and productivity use cases.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation to swap leaders as AI, ICE fights escalate
Public interest in government tech abuses is peaking. EFF's new leader plans to build on that.
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FCC imposes sweeping ban on foreign-made routers, affecting all new models
Trump admin to decide which router makers get exemptions from FCC import ban.
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Apple releases iOS, iPadOS, macOS 26.4 with a long list of medium-size tweaks
The 26.4 updates are more significant than the last few updates have been.
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I wanted to build vertical SaaS for pest control, so I took a technician job
Article URL: https://www.onhand.pro/p/i-wanted-to-build-vertical-saas-for-pest-control-i-took-a-technician-job-instead Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47509571 Points: 26 # Comments: 9
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Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora
Article URL: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/openai-shutting-down-sora-ai-video-app-1236546187/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47509234 Points: 53 # Comments: 8
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Is anybody else bored of talking about AI?
Article URL: https://blog.jakesaunders.dev/is-anybody-else-bored-of-talking-about-ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47508745 Points: 321 # Comments: 249
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GitHub is once again down
Article URL: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/kp06czybl7dw Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47508608 Points: 251 # Comments: 126
Show HN: Antimatter – Match the opposites (Mahjong solitaire mechanic)
I love word association games. Here's a playable wordplay game where you match opposite word tiles. After playtesting a lot of mechanics, I think opposites play really nicely with Mahjong solitaire. The current generation of frontier LLMs can't make
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Arm is releasing the first in-house chip in its 35-year history
Arm is producing its own CPU for the first time. It developed the CPU with Meta, which is also the chip's first customer.