Meta shares drop after warning of weak revenue growth, higher AI expenses
Meta's shares dropped about 10% in extended trade following the report, evaporating $125 billion worth of stock market value.
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Ryan Gosling Brings ‘SNL’ Its Most-Watched Episode Ever on Peacock
As host of the April 13 episode, Ryan Gosling brought “Saturday Night Live” its biggest Peacock audience ever when accounting for seven days of viewership. While an exact number of Peacock viewers is not available, the episode’s seven-day total across all platforms is 8.9
Enhancing sweet potato quality analysis with hyperspectral imaging and AI
Sweet potatoes are a popular food choice for consumers worldwide because of their delicious taste and nutritious quality. The red, tuberous root vegetable can be processed into chips and fries, and it has a range of industrial applications, including textiles, biodegradable
Meta’s Metaverse is still losing the company billions
Mark Zuckerberg’s gleeful rebrand of Facebook as Meta in 2021 has become a well documented blunder. What was promised — a virtual reality where we hold company meetings or visit far-away family members — has yet to be delivered, and many media outlets have proclaimed Meta’s
NASA's Chandra releases timelapse movies of Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A
New movies of two of the most famous objects in the sky—the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A—are being released from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Each includes X-ray data collected by Chandra over about two decades. They show dramatic changes in the debris and radiation
Grind Before You Graduate - How to Build Your Portfolio in a Challenging Hiring Market
The key to standing out amongst other recent grads? Real-world experience.
Just Add Water: Grow Your Own Furniture with These Pop-Up Sponge Designs
A team of industrial designers prototyped a furniture collection that dramatically transforms from flat sheets into fully functional objects, no tools required. Taking Gaetano Pesce’s spectacular “ Up 5 ” chair as a starting point, Under Pressure Solutions (UPS) is an
First Nvidia DGX H200 in the world, hand-delivered to OpenAI
Article URL: https://twitter.com/gdb/status/1783234941842518414 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149352 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
Artificial intelligence helps scientists engineer plants to fight climate change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has declared that removing carbon from the atmosphere is now essential to fighting climate change and limiting global temperature rise. To support these efforts, Salk Institute scientists are harnessing plants' natural
Spanish PM considers resigning amid wife corruption allegations
Spain's socialist leader has denied claims by a right-wing platform his wife used her position to influence business deals.
Two Popular Fallout 76 Builds To Stop You From Dying In The Wasteland
Fallout 76 isn’t like Bethesda’s previous open-world RPGs. While those single-player adventures were somewhat forgiving campaigns that let you build your character however you wanted, the multiplayer spin-off is full of bullet sponge-y enemies that require you to focus on a
Startup financing gender gaps greater in societies where women are more empowered: Study
Commercial bankers provide capital to fund the operations and growth of businesses. However, as these lenders evaluate entrepreneurs who apply for loans, gender bias leads to women being denied more often than their male counterparts.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk needs robots — and fast
It’s a classic Elon Musk move. Tesla released some pretty grim first-quarter numbers on Tuesday, showing that net income dropped more than 50% from last year. During the earnings call, however, Musk floated his “new” vision for the electric car company. Tesla is now focused on
Shoreline model predicts long-term future of storm protection and sea-level rise
Researchers in North Carolina have created a simulation model to analyze how coastal management activities meant to protect barrier islands from sea-level rise can disrupt the natural processes that are keeping barrier islands above water.
TikTok vows legal fight after Biden signs ‘unconstitutional’ ban: ‘We aren’t going anywhere’
TikTok vowed to wage legal battle after President Biden signed a measure that forces ByteDance to sell the app -- or face shutting down in the US.
'We aren't going anywhere,' TikTok CEO says as company vows to fight US ban
US President Joe Biden signed a bill ordering TikTok to be sold or blocked earlier today.
MDMA enhances empathy-like behaviors in mice via 5-HT release
Article URL: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adl6554?af=R Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149248 Points: 13 # Comments: 0
Gillie Da Kid Blames Most Beefs On Rappers Being 'Sensitive' About One Particular Thing
Gillie Da Kid believes that the majority of beefs in Hip Hop culture trace back to rappers being sensitive about one particular thing.
Embracer CEO Is Full Of Excuses
The past year or so has been a slow-moving trainwreck for Embracer Group, following the large company’s unprecedented studio acquisition spree. And, after announcing on April 22 that the company was planning to split itself up into three different companies, the CEO of Embracer
Drew Carey Had a Spiritual and Sexual Awakening at His First Phish Concert
The comedian, unprompted, swore that he would "would give you all my money, stick my dick in a blender, and swear off pussy for the rest of my life in exchange for this" experience
US alarmed by signs of 'imminent offensive' in Sudan's Darfur
The US has warned of a looming offensive in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, which until this month had largely been spared from Sudan's year-long war.
HashiCorp joins IBM to accelerate multi-cloud automation
Article URL: https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/hashicorp-joins-ibm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149154 Points: 25 # Comments: 0
IBM to Acquire HashiCorp, Inc for $6.4 billion
Article URL: https://newsroom.ibm.com/2024-04-24-IBM-to-Acquire-HashiCorp-Inc-Creating-a-Comprehensive-End-to-End-Hybrid-Cloud-Platform Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149136 Points: 122 # Comments: 28
62 percent of Biden voters want to replace both candidates on the ballot: Poll
Roughly 6 in 10 voters backing President Biden say they’d replace both the incumbent and his rival former President Trump on the 2024 ballot if they could, polling released Wednesday shows. A Pew Research report found 62 percent of Biden supporters said they’d swap out both
Balancing AI and physics: Toward a learnable climate model
Artificial intelligence (AI) is bringing notable changes to atmospheric science, particularly with the introduction of large AI weather models like Pangu-Weather and GraphCast. However, alongside these advancements, questions have arisen about the alignment of these models with
PAHO and Argentine authorities join forces to tackle dengue crisis
Argentine health authorities and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have joined forces to devise a strategy to tackle the outbreak of dengue fever after at least 315,000 cases have been confirmed so far this year, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
Mega-warehouses heap more pollution on hard-hit Illinois neighborhoods
Proliferation of hubs for online shopping disproportionately sited in low-income neighborhoods or communities of color Hundreds of mega-warehouses have been built in Illinois for online shopping in recent years and the rise in delivery trucks is polluting neighborhoods already
Variety’s 2024 Entertainment Marketing Summit to Examine Industry Trends, Successful Campaigns Like ‘Oppenheimer’
With the pandemic in media executives’ rearview mirrors, media trends are still emerging at the speed of sound, and this year’s Variety Entertainment Marketing Summit, presented by Deloitte, will spotlight the strategies of top industry marketers. The event will take place
IBM to buy HashiCorp in $6.4B deal
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/ibm-buy-hashicorp-64-billion-deal-expand-cloud-software-2024-04-24/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149095 Points: 110 # Comments: 21
Shoppers in Asia are powering the global luxury industry (again)
The COVID-19 pandemic created massive challenges for companies, and the luxury industry was no exception . With consumers strapped for cash and only spending money on essentials, demand for luxury goods plummeted . Read more...
