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Hugging Face Announces AI Model to ‘Chat’ With DNA

Carbon-X can analyze DNA sequences while running on your laptop at home.

Elon Musk’s Tesla eyes transportation ‘domination’ as Cybercab expansion heats up competition with Waymo

Elon Musk's Tesla is gearing up to expand its gold-colored Cybercab robotaxi service beyond Austin, Tex., next month,…

Utah man indicted on attempted hate crime charge after alleged threats against synagogue

A Utah man accused of threatening to “blow up” a synagogue nearly a year ago is now facing multiple federal charges,…

MacBook Neo helps Apple soften the blow of global PC market downturn, per report

A new Counterpoint Research report on global PC shipments for Q3 2026 shows Apple outperforming the broader market,…

Nvidia breaches new quantum computing milestone, using 90% fewer qubits — and it could now improve drug discovery, financial modeling and more

Nvidia simulated 104 qubits on JUPITER, validating a quantum computing technique that reportedly reduces physical qubit…

As blockchain investing falls out of vogue, a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier

The digital asset unit, helmed by Chris Dixon, broadens its scope.

Workforce Pell Grants give students new options for job training

For decades, federal Pell Grants have helped millions of students from low- and middle-income families afford college.…

AI is reshaping high-stakes elections around the world

Partisan actors are gaming AI platforms to regurgitate misleading information ahead of critical elections in Brazil,…

Switch 2 security takes a hit as hackers unlock homebrew access

"Userland" exploit relies on integer overflow found in "SmileBasic" interpreter.

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iPhone Duo Launch Begins as First Orders Reach Customers

It's already Friday, October 23 in Australia and New Zealand, which means customers who pre-ordered an iPhone Duo are…

US Treasury Secretary Bessent dismisses AI bubble fears

Bessent shrugged off the possibility of “systemic” economic risks stemming from the AI boom.

Musk: Austin Shooter Was Fired by Tesla After He Struck Woman Who 'Accidentally Stepped on His Prayer Rug'

Elon Musk said in an interview with biographer Walter Isaacson that the man who killed three people outside an Austin…

State Bank of India Hacked, Customer Data Leaked to Dark Web

The State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday announced it was hit by a cyberattack that exposed data from 3,897 of its…

Show HN: CATT 0.2.1: Test agents/services against a Muse/Instinct-alike, in CI

Hey HN, we recently open sourced our Consumer Agent Testing Tool to help teams iterate against proprietary assistants…

PHP security flaws trigger global scramble; CERT-In flags vulnerabilities

Google Cloud executives Chris Betz, chief information security officer, and Raluca Ada Popa, head of Gemini Security at…

SpaceX investor: Starlink is ‘not reliable for national security for anybody but Trump’

SpaceX investor Ross Gerber, CEO of Gerber Kawasaki, said he is “disgusted” by the recent events surrounding the…

Five ways to keep safe online in the wake of AI-supercharged hacking

Extremely rare instrument once banned from NYC to make single-day return to Big Apple

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Crews respond to active house fire in Taylorsville

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (ABC4) — Crews are responding to an active house fire in Taylorsville. Around 3:40 p.m. on Thursday,…

OpenAI working on new $30B raise at $1.25T valuation ahead of IPO

Should OpenAI command an over $1 trillion valuation with this round, it would break records as the most highly valued…

YouTube removing ‘Subscriptions’ bottom bar tab on Android, iOS after nearly a decade

YouTube is making a number of changes to its Android and iOS apps with the launch of custom feeds, including moving…

Stephen A. Smith backs Yaxel Lendeborg over ‘whining’ Luka Doncic criticism

Stephen A. Smith defended Golden State Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg after he called out Los Angeles Lakers star Luka…

Hackers appear to be struggling to exploit PHP flaws after global cybersecurity crisis

There were few, if any, reports of widespread damage by hackers exploiting PHP flaws, experts said, one day after…

Global AI Trade Under Pressure, Oil Extends Rally: Markets Wrap

The artificial intelligence trade stayed on the back foot as investors rotated out of one of the year’s hottest themes…

Utah student population drops by nearly 16,000, with senior class decline marking a new shift

Utah public schools have 15,800 fewer students this year, with a new senior class decline confirming a broader…

Man accused of decapitating Iwo Jima statue with sledgehammer near Quantico

A sledgehammer attack on an Iwo Jima statue near Marine Corps Base Quantico left one Marine statue decapitated, causing…

Illegal alien with former DACA status accused in Iwo Jima statue attack: sources

A sledgehammer attack on an Iwo Jima statue near Marine Corps Base Quantico left one Marine statue decapitated, causing…

Microsoft Says October Updates Didn't Actually Fix VPN Issues

joshuark shares a report from BleepingComputer: Microsoft says it mistakenly flagged a bug causing Always On VPN…

Sai de Silva’s holiday gift picks range from wax-sealed letters to a ‘sensual’ scent

Plus, what she's getting her "RHONY" castmates this season.

Man Utd chief keen on Howe - Friday's gossip

Manchester United linked with Antonio Conte, Unai Emery, Eddie Howe and Julian Nagelsmann among others if they part…

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Canva’s first AI image model plans designs before generating them

Canva is diving even deeper into AI with the launch of an image generation model that competes directly with those from…

Gillian Heast engaged, and more from the column

Avantika and guests Surya Garg, Aditya Madiraju, David Litwak, Neerja Patel, Avantika, Aryan Simhadri Chai society Gen…

OpenAI trims valuation target to $1.25tn after pitching higher price

AI lab floated $1.4tn price tag earlier this month, according to documents seen by the FT