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Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher
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Flawed Routers Flood University of Wisconsin Internet Time Server (2003)
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Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted board ouster
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/12/automattic-confirms-mullenweg-has-returned-as-ceo-after-attempted-ouster-by-board/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49688259 Points: 263 # Comments: 369
Mark Zuckerberg: "Cambridge Analytica" (2017)
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Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting
Yesterday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a lengthy open letter saying it was time to "pace the frontier" and slow down AI development. OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk both agreed, publicly voicing their support on X. Even Alphabet's Demis Hassabis offered tentative support for Amodei's proposal. Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, however, seem to think the AI executives are being overreactive and fear that a pause could lead to China outpacing the US in the AI race. According
There Is No AI (It's Just People) with Jaron Lanier
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Apple is reportedly working on iPhone game controllers
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple is developing two game controllers for the iPhone and will likely sell them under the Beats brand. Rumors that Apple might enter the game controller business have circulated for some time. But last week, MacRumors reported finding two references in macOS 26.7's code to two game controllers identified as first-party devices. Despite the code being found in macOS, not iOS, Gurman says the controllers are designed for iPhones. Additionally, he says that it is Beat
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