Trajectory raises $45M to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical experts
The one-year-old startup is now valued at $300 million.
Claude Fable 5.5, GPT 6.2 Astra Could Be Right Around the Corner, Leaks Suggest
Users say Claude is routing some requests to a stronger unreleased model, a Mythos 5.5 label appeared in Anthropic’s site code, and OpenAI appears to be testing GPT-6.2 Astra.
North Korea denies role in $6.3B Binance hack, points finger at US
Pyongyang has pushed back against the FBI’s attribution of the Binance attack, with Kim Yo Jong calling the US allegations politically motivated.
Apple’s inventory surges 154% as memory chip costs climb
Apple says unprecedented memory chip costs will continue to rise, raising questions about future device prices as its inventory climbs to $14.5 billion.
Apple is ‘not able to predict’ when it’ll have enough iPhone Duos to go around
Apple CEO John Ternus doesn’t have a timeline for when iPhone Duo supply constraints could lift. During an interview with Reuters, Ternus said the company is “working hard to get it to as many customers as quickly as possible, but at this point, we’re not able to predict when supply and demand will be in … Read more
Music Through Your Cheekbones: How Bone-Conduction Headphones Work and Why They Sound Different
Most headphones function in a very simple manner: sound waves created by the headphones propagate through the air into the ear canal and into the inner ear. However, there are some headphones that have a non-traditional approach to producing sound for listening to music. These headphones can deliver sounds through vibrations to the head bones … Read more
Your AI Agent’s Memory Needs Two Clocks
Consumer agents run for years with the same user. A companion, a coach, or a journaling app collects thousands of small facts, most of which are only true for a while or evolve over time. Things like a race next Sunday, a trial ending in January, a trip last week, etc. With time, the memories … Read more
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New Jersey drops Coinbase staking order ahead of crypto’s midterm test
New Jersey lifted its staking ban and dropped a $5 million penalty, clearing the way for Coinbase to restore staking access for users in the US state.
Bitcoin Firm Strive Climbs Up the Treasury Ranks With Another Big Buy
Strive added 124 Bitcoin for about $10 million and now trails Twenty One Capital by 390 BTC for third place among Treasury companies.
Anthropic warns that it’s very close to RSI capability, aka self-building AI
RSI is the point at which AI grows so good at training itself that it spawns a dramatic acceleration of AI capabilities. To the AI doomers, RSI represents the cataclysm from which there is no return.
Your AI Assistant Is Waiting Around – An AI Agent Goes to Work
Something clicked for me the day I stopped treating AI like a really smart search box. I have been in AI long enough to have built a company in it and exited it. My old company made ROYBI Robot, an AI robot that taught young children language and STEM, the kind of work that drew … Read more
Apple set an iPhone sales record even without a new standard iPhone
Apple had a record-breaking quarter for iPhone sales – despite not releasing a standard model during its latest refresh. In its fourth-quarter earnings report released on Monday, Apple says it earned $57.58 billion in iPhone revenue, a 17 percent jump from the same time last year. The increase in revenue follows the launch of Apple’s … Read more
AI poses greater threat to Bitcoin than quantum computing, Swan founder says
The Swan Bitcoin founder warned that hackers are using large language models to exploit security flaws with just a few prompts.
Big crypto wants the one thing it can’t buy: your vote
Our loyalty has been to the technology. This election, the trap is to let the biggest intermediaries claim it for themselves, argues Berkeley Law lecturer Hermine Wong.
Crypto investigators flag suspected $106M theft, $786K Solana bot drain
A European entity may have lost $106 million from exchange accounts, while a wallet associated with a Solana arbitrage bot may have lost another $786,000.
Mystery $106 Million Crypto Theft Hits EU Entity Days After Binance Hack
Onchain investigator ZachXBT says an unidentified EU entity lost more than $106 million from centralized exchange accounts on Sunday,.
Educational Byte: What Are Synthetic Tokens in Crypto Networks?
Something “synthetic” is something artificial by nature, a thing that mimics the “real” version. When we add this term to already artificial tokens, it doesn’t mean that these tokens aren’t “real,” but that they follow the price of another asset. It could be from gold, a national currency, a stock, a commodity, another cryptocurrency, or … Read more
Meta will end Quest 2 OS updates in 2027
Meta is planning to release the last OS update for its Quest 2 and Quest Pro VR headsets by March 2027, the company announced today. The last OS update for those devices is planned to be v213, and after that, Meta will continue to ship security patches and critical bug fixes through the end of … Read more
115 Blog Posts To Learn About Movies
Let’s learn about Movies via these 115 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. Movies make the idea of the world go ’round. We publish about the technology behind it, and their impact on media … Read more
One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet
A current Videostrong Android TV device. Google says one of its Android manufacturing partners secretly built a backdoor in 1.3 million devices and turned them into a botnet. The company says it has now dismantled the backdoor and “cut ties” with the manufacturer, the Shenzhen, China-based Videostrong Technology Co., which has been banned from building … Read more
Claude-Built Linux Exploit Targets Bug That Ubuntu Still Hasn’t Patched
Anthropic says Claude wrote an attack that can take over a Linux server with no password. Red Hat patched on Sunday, but Ubuntu still has no fix.
Coinbase hit with 50% price target cut as post-earnings rout deepens
Slowing trading activity and fallout from the Binance hack are clouding Coinbase’s revenue prospects, prompting Morgan Stanley to lower its rating on the stock.
BMW is taking on Tesla’s FSD with urban driver assist starting in 2027
BMW says that it will expand its navigation-guided, partially automated driving capabilities into urban environments starting in 2027, launching first in Germany with other markets to follow. The new system can help steer, speed up, and slow down the vehicle on both highways and city streets using its built-in GPS navigation. While driving in town, … Read more
Tom Lee Calls Bottom on AI Stock Selloff, Citing Tight Supply and Crypto Resilience
The Fundstrat strategist says constraints on AI spending have slowed growth without ending the boom, while crypto’s response to the Binance hack suggests sellers may already be exhausted.
Germany says lawmakers’ iPhones may have been hacked with spyware
German lawmakers and a filmmaker are among the people who received notifications from Apple warning that their phones may have been hacked.
Bitcoin risks drop below $76K as 7% oil slide fails to spark BTC price rally
Bitcoin fell around 1.7% on Monday as stocks pared early gains fueled by hopes of a diplomatic resolution to the US-Iran war.
Web host Squarespace lays off 19% of its employees
The website builder said that the job losses are part of a broader restructuring of its organization.
The Apple Watch Ultra 4 is $100 off, matching its best price to date
The Apple Watch Ultra 4 is the company’s most capable smartwatch. Whether you intend to put its many tracking features to the test, or you simply want the longest battery life of any Apple Watch, it’s currently on sale for $699.99 ($100 off) in multiple colors at Amazon, matching its all-time low price. Apple Watch … Read more
New York Times and other outlets sue web browser Brave over alleged content scraping
The New York Times is suing privacy-focused web browser company Brave for allegedly scraping the outlet’s copyrighted and unlawfully distributing it to its own customers, like Anthropic and Perplexity.