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Image-blaster: Creates 3D environments, SFX, and meshes from a single image
Article URL: https://github.com/neilsonnn/image-blaster Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150069 Points: 40 # Comments: 7
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High dimensional geometry is transforming the MRI industry (2017) [pdf]
Article URL: https://www.ams.org/government/DonohoPresentation06-28-17Final.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48148309 Points: 58 # Comments: 17
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts
OpenAI is launching personal finance tools for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the U.S. first
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Power prices are up 76% on America’s biggest grid, and a watchdog is pointing fingers
Prices have nearly doubled in the largest U.S. grid thanks to surging demand from data centers.
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US orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China trip
People who travelled to Beijing for a summit between the United States and China had to throw away items they received during the trip before boarding Air Force One, presumably for security reasons.
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Rocket Report: Russia claims success with new ICBM; spaceplane déjà vu in Europe
SpaceX's upgraded Starship is set to launch on its first test flight as soon as Tuesday, May 19.
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Routine vaccines may cut dementia risk—experts have startling hypothesis on how
Vaccines may be training a part of our immune system long thought to be untrainable.
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Pennsylvanians use town hall meeting to rail against data center boom
“This is a public trust and transparency issue.”
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I built Zenith: a live local-first fixed viewport planetarium
Article URL: https://smorgasb.org/zenith-tech/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150097 Points: 12 # Comments: 0
ASCII by Jason Scott
https://web.archive.org/web/20260501220231/https://ascii.tex... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48148726 Points: 50 # Comments: 8
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We are retiring our bug bounty program
Article URL: https://turso.tech/blog/the-wonders-of-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48148391 Points: 275 # Comments: 177
Amazon workers under pressure to up their AI usage are making up tasks
Article URL: https://www.fastcompany.com/91541586/amazon-workers-pressured-to-up-ai-use-extraneous-tasks Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48148337 Points: 121 # Comments: 79
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A new book on Steve Jobs at NeXT
Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/steve-jobs-next-computer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48146908 Points: 90 # Comments: 83
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Runway started by helping filmmakers. Now it wants to beat Google at AI.
AI video generation startup Runway is betting that video generation is the path to world models. And that being an AI outsider is an advantage, not a liability.
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Even GoPro is pivoting to defense
The action camera maker, like so many other companies these days, is looking to defense applications as it evaluates a possible sale.