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Ask HN: Distributed data centers in our basements

This is likely a bit unrealistic, but why can't we make a half rack server to go in someones basement that can also heat up their hot water and use the basement floor as a heat sink as well? It seems like a lot of the blight of data centers is the en

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Social gaming platform Rec Room, once valued at $3.5B, is shutting down

Rec Room, the social platform for user-generated games and virtual experiences, will shutter on June 1.

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Alexa+ gets new food ordering experiences with Uber Eats and Grubhub

You can now order from Uber Eats and Grubhub using Alexa+, an experience Amazon says will be similar to chatting with a waiter at a restaurant or placing an order at a drive-thru.

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Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion

The fitness tracking startup just closed a $575 million Series G with Cristiano Ronaldo and LeBron James among its investors. The obvious question looming over a round of this size at this valuation: Is an IPO coming?

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Uber increases stake in WeRide as robotaxi partnership ramps up in Dubai

Uber and WeRide have launched robotaxi operations without a human safety operator in Dubai as part of a broader expansion in the Middle East.

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North Korean hackers blamed for hijacking popular Axios open-source project to spread malware

A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open-source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack.

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Exclusive: Runway launches $10M fund, Builders program to support early-stage AI startups

Runway is launching a $10 million fund and startup program to back companies building with its AI video models, as it pushes toward interactive, real-time “video intelligence” applications.

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Airbnb is introducing a private car pickup service

Airbnb is partnering with transportation company Welcome Pickups to let users book a private car service during their trip.

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Costco sued for seeking refunds on tariffs customers paid

Proposed class action accuses Costco of unjust enrichment.

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Ask HN: Academic study on AI's impact on software development – want to join?

Would you like to participate in a study on AI’s impact on software development? We are researchers at New York University and City, University of London conducting an interview study on how new AI tools are changing the work of software developers.

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Objections to systemd age-attestation changes go overboard

Article URL: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1064706/ba8e449d224f5067/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47590148 Points: 4 # Comments: 1

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Cohere Transcribe: Speech Recognition

Article URL: https://cohere.com/blog/transcribe Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47589818 Points: 78 # Comments: 19

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Forth VM and compiler written in C++ and Scryer Prolog

Article URL: https://github.com/no382001/forth-vm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47589732 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

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Scotty: A beautiful SSH task runner

Article URL: https://freek.dev/3064-scotty-a-beautiful-ssh-task-runner Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47589567 Points: 16 # Comments: 4

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Securing Elliptic Curve Cryptocurrencies Against Quantum Vulnerabilities [pdf]

Article URL: https://quantumai.google/static/site-assets/downloads/cryptocurrency-whitepaper.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47589370 Points: 15 # Comments: 8