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The Power of a Free Popsicle

The Power of a Free Popsicle

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🔥 Discover this awesome post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: âś… **What You’ll Learn**: Los Angeles boasts plenty of terrific hotels. At this writing, the top three on Tripadvisor are the Beverly Hills Hotel, Hotel Bel-Air, and the Peninsula Beverly Hills. If you can get a room at any of them for under $700 per night, Tripadvisor says you’re getting a “great value.” The fourth name on the list is the Magic Castle Hotel. You can snag a room there for $199, but Tripadvisor doesn’t call that out as a great rate. The Magic Castle Hotel, as Chip Heath,…
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YouTube viewers watch 2 billion hours of short-form video on their TVs every month

YouTube viewers watch 2 billion hours of short-form video on their TVs every month

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✨ Read this must-read post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Media & Entertainment,Netflix,YouTube Shorts đź“Ś **What You’ll Learn**: Short video is a format designed for mobile - these vertically oriented videos are designed to fit the smartphone format. But according to YouTube, this type of content has become very popular on the big screen. It sounds counterintuitive, but it's hard to argue against the data: YouTube viewers watch more than 2 billion hours of YouTube Shorts — the platform's three-minute clips — on their TVs every month. “The living room is YouTube's fastest-growing screen, and the Shorts experience also helps…
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Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas educational platform

Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas educational platform

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đź’Ą Explore this insightful post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle of finals.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said in an online post that it “reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor involved in this incident.”The company didn’t provide any details on the agreement, including whether it…
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OpenAI says hackers stole some data after the latest security issue in the code

OpenAI says hackers stole some data after the latest security issue in the code

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🔥 Discover this awesome post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Security,cybercrime,cybersecurity,hackers,open source,OpenAI,supply chain attack,TeamPCP đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: Earlier this week, hackers hijacked several open source projects used by dozens of companies and pushed updates designed to spread malware. This is the latest in a series of recent so-called "supply chain" attacks targeting software developers and their projects. On Wednesday, OpenAI confirmed that two employees had their devices “affected by this attack.” But, after the investigation, the company said in a blog post that it found “no evidence that OpenAI user data was accessed, that our production systems or intellectual…
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Cuba says it has completely run out of fuel, blames U.S. embargo

Cuba says it has completely run out of fuel, blames U.S. embargo

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✨ Explore this must-read post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: âś… **What You’ll Learn**: Cuba's energy minister said Wednesday that Havana, the capital, was without electricity for as much as 22 hours a day because the country had run out fuel. File photo by Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA-EFE May 14 (UPI) -- Cuban Energy Minister Vincente de la O Levy said the country's diesel and fuel oil stocks had run completely dry and that the energy system was on life support due to the oil embargo imposed by the United States in January. "We have absolutely no diesel," O Levy said…
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Cerebras raises $5.5 billion, kicks off 2026 IPO season strong

Cerebras raises $5.5 billion, kicks off 2026 IPO season strong

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✨ Read this awesome post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: AI,Hardware,TC âś… **What You’ll Learn**: Cerebras raised $5.5 billion in its initial public offering on Thursday, pricing shares at $185 on Wednesday evening, well above its range ($115-$125, later raised to $150-$160), even as the offering size increased to 30 million shares. Pre-market trading indicates that shares will open with a giant bang, as retail investors bid up to grab them. (We will update this story after trading begins.) Even at its IPO price, the company enters its first day of trading at a fully diluted valuation of $56.4 billion…
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RTX 5090 + M4 MacBook Air: Can it Game?

RTX 5090 + M4 MacBook Air: Can it Game?

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🔥 Explore this must-read post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: What if you could strap a full desktop GPU to your MacBook Air? Turns out, you can.Just a quick FTC required note: When you buy through my links, I may earn a commission.As much as I hate to admit it, step one in most of my projects now is to ask AI about it. Maybe it’ll tell me something I don’t know.Fortunately, borderline-impractical is kind of my thing.What’s a Thunderbolt eGPU?#Ok, so the plan is to plug a big PC gaming GPU, an NVIDIA RTX…
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Spotify will adopt Apple’s new video podcasting technology, offering creators easier cross-platform distribution

Spotify will adopt Apple’s new video podcasting technology, offering creators easier cross-platform distribution

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✨ Read this trending post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Apps,Media & Entertainment,Apple,apple podcasts,podcasts,Spotify,video podcasts đź“Ś **What You’ll Learn**: Spotify announced on Thursday that it plans to adopt Apple's HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) video technology, which Apple recently introduced on Apple Podcasts to enhance the video experience. This certification means that Spotify-hosted shows will soon be able to distribute and monetize their audio video files on Apple Podcasts, expanding creators' reach without having to make any changes to their existing settings. With HLS certification, Spotify listeners should be able to enjoy a consistently high-quality video experience, regardless of their Internet…
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Video transcript: A message from President Kornbluth about funding and the talent pipeline | MIT Office of the President | MIT

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🔥 Explore this insightful post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: đź“Ś **What You’ll Learn**: Hello, everyone.It’s been a while since I’ve spoken with you all.But the Institute is facing ongoing challenges in two related areas: funding, and our talent pipeline.So I thought you’d appreciate hearing the facts.First, funding.For more than a year, we’ve all worked on responding to extraordinary new and sustained pressures on our budget (due largely to the heavy new 8% tax on our endowment returns, a burden for MIT and only a few other peer schools).Across the Institute – centrally and in local units – it…
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A spyware investigator has uncovered Russian government hackers trying to hijack Signal accounts

A spyware investigator has uncovered Russian government hackers trying to hijack Signal accounts

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đź’Ą Discover this must-read post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Security,Amnesty International,cybersecurity,hackers,hacking,russia,signal,Spyware đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: Earlier this year, Doncha O Sirbhil, a security researcher who investigates spyware attacks, found himself in an unusual situation. For once, he became a target for hackers. "Dear user, this is the Signal Security Support ChatBot. We have noticed suspicious activity on your device, which could lead to a data leak," read a message he received on his Signal account. “We have also detected attempts to access your private Signal data,” the message claimed. “To prevent this, you must pass the verification procedure, and…
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