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Demos show that Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has reached full scale

Demos show that Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has reached full scale

๐Ÿš€ Discover this awesome post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: AI,Robotics,Startups,foundational models,genesis,Genesis AI ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Genesis AI, a startup that has raised $105 million to build basic AI for robots, has unveiled its first prototype, the GENE-26.5, and it comes with surprising hands. In a demo video, the company demonstrated several advanced tasks performed by a group of robotic hands that it designed in-house. โ€œModel has always been the goal, because better model means better intelligence,โ€ Zhou Qian, co-founder and CEO of Genesis, told TechCrunch. But the company soon realized it needed to control the devices. โ€œSo we…
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RSS Feeds Send Me More Traffic Than Google โ€“ Terence Edenโ€™s Blog

RSS Feeds Send Me More Traffic Than Google โ€“ Terence Edenโ€™s Blog

๐Ÿ”ฅ Discover this awesome post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Yeah yeah, I know, data-point of 1. I recently read Susam's blog post where they said that "most of the traffic to my personal website still comes from web feeds" - I wondered if that was true for my site. I've been writing this blog for a while. I've never much bothered with "aggressive" SEO - I have a fairly semantic layout, all my reviews have metadata, and stuff like that - but I'm not cramming in keywords, using AMP, or whatever other chickens Google…
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DeepSeek could be valued at up to $45 billion from its first investment round

DeepSeek could be valued at up to $45 billion from its first investment round

๐Ÿ’ฅ Read this awesome post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: AI,Startups,China,deepseek,In Brief โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: DeepSeek is in talks to raise its first round of venture capital, and within a few weeks, its potential valuation has risen from $20 billion to $45 billion, the Financial Times and Bloomberg reported. The Chinese AI lab rose to prominence in early 2025 after launching a large language model that was trained on a fraction of the computing power and at a fraction of the cost of large American models such as those at OpenAI and Anthropic. Since then, I have maintained a…
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Building the TD4 4-Bit CPU

Building the TD4 4-Bit CPU

๐Ÿ”ฅ Explore this awesome post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: The TD4 is a famous 4-bit CPU featured in the book How to Build a CPU by Kaoru Tonami. The book focuses on constructing a functional processor entirely from basic 74-series TTL logic ICs. While the book is unfortunately only available in Japanese, a friend from Japan sent me a copy along with a TD4 PCB. I believe the PCB is based on the open-source design files available on BG5DIW's GitHub repository. "How to Build CPU" book and the PCB. Recently, I finally found the…
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Five AI economics engineers explain where things start

Five AI economics engineers explain where things start

๐Ÿ’ฅ Discover this insightful post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: AI,TC,applied intuition,ASML,Christophe Fouquet,Dimitry Shevelenko,Eve Bodnia,Francis deSouza,google cloud,Logical Intelligence,Milken Institute,Qasar Younis ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Earlier this week, five people with expertise at every layer of the AI โ€‹โ€‹supply chain sat down at the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills, where they spoke with this editor about everything from chip shortages to orbital data centers to the possibility that the entire architecture underpinning the technology is wrong. On stage with TechCrunch: Christophe Fouquet, CEO of ASML, the Dutch company that has a monopoly on extreme ultraviolet lithography machines without which modern…
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Diskless Linux boot using ZFS, iSCSI & PXE

Diskless Linux boot using ZFS, iSCSI & PXE

๐Ÿ’ฅ Discover this insightful post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Motivation # I wanted to test out the new Unsloth models for Qwen3.6 and Gemma4 on my gaming PC. llama.cpp on Windows is tedious to compile, and I have littered my Windows installation with too many toolchains already. Python venvs, Mingw, Cuda, UCRT64 & WSL to name a few. Windows still does not feel developer friendly to me. I think Iโ€™m ok with it being a frontend for Steamโ€™s Big Picture mode. I didnโ€™t want to disturb my Windows setup that I use for gaming.…
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SpaceX may spend up to $119 billion on its ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas

SpaceX may spend up to $119 billion on its ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas

๐Ÿ”ฅ Discover this insightful post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: AI,Hardware,Elon Musk,In Brief,Intel,semiconductors,SpaceX,xAI ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: SpaceX, Elon Musk's space company that also includes his artificial intelligence company xAI, is considering spending $55 billion, at least initially, to build a semiconductor factory in Grimes County, Texas, according to a proposal on the county's website. The company estimates it could spend a total of $119 billion on the project, which will be a โ€œmulti-phase, next-generation, vertically integrated semiconductor and advanced computing manufacturing facility,โ€ according to the filing. Musk has previously outlined plans for the project, dubbed 'Terafab', which will also…
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principles

๐Ÿ”ฅ Explore this awesome post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Introduction Contemporary permaculture is founded on three core ethics: Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share. These ethics serve as a guiding compass for its design principles, co-creating a holistic framework for regenerative living. Similarly, permacomputing is built upon 10 principles that encourage and raise awareness about more sustainable digital practices. Whether you are a tech specialist, someone who uses a computer for daily tasks, or deals with technology only occasion, there are steps that you or the group you are involved in can take…
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The Justice Department says a ransomware ring exploited Russian government databases

The Justice Department says a ransomware ring exploited Russian government databases

๐Ÿ’ฅ Read this insightful post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Security,cyberattacks,cybercriminals,cybersecurity,justice department,Kremlin,ransomware,Russian government ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: A US court has sentenced Latvian hacker Denis Zolotargov to more than eight years in prison after convicting him of carrying out ransomware attacks. The Justice Department accused the hacker of working for a notorious Russian ransomware gang called Karakurt, which was led by former leaders of the Akira and Conte ransomware gangs, who were sanctioned by the US Treasury Department over their alleged ties to Russian intelligence. Prosecutors said Karakurt members targeted U.S. government entities with attacks that disabled the 911 emergency…
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ADT says customer data stolen in cyber intrusion

ADT says customer data stolen in cyber intrusion

โœจ Discover this awesome post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: The home security company ADT said cybercriminals breached company systems on Monday and stole a โ€œlimited setโ€ of customer and prospective customer information. An investigation into the incident found the stolen information ranged from names, phone numbers, addresses and dates of birth to the last four digits of Social Security numbers and tax IDs. No payment data was stolen and an ADT spokesperson said โ€œcustomer security systems were not affected or compromised in any way.โ€ The company did not respond to questions about the number…
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