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Nvidia will officially bring DLSS 5 to older GPUs — but won’t give gamers full control

Nvidia will officially bring DLSS 5 to older GPUs — but won’t give gamers full control

Officially, Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5 AI rendering was supposed to launch this evening with only a single game, only on Nvidia's latest RTX 50 GPU…
Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Time

Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Time

More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communication Workers of America.…
Crusoe reportedly raises $3B at a $30B valuation

Crusoe reportedly raises $3B at a $30B valuation

The round came together after the data center developer reportedly secured a $13 billion contract with Jane Street.…
K2 Horizon: A connected fleet of six open models

K2 Horizon: A connected fleet of six open models

Article URL: https://ifm.ai/blog/k2/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49551760 Points: 238 # Comments: 79…
Steve Ballmer got suspended by the NBA because of a podcast and a jumbotron corruption scandal

Steve Ballmer got suspended by the NBA because of a podcast and a jumbotron corruption scandal

Last September, Steve Ballmer insisted in an ESPN interview that the Clippers weren't involved in a shady-looking $28 million endorsement deal for his…
The unusually muted Tesla Cybercab launch

The unusually muted Tesla Cybercab launch

At a private, closed-door event in Austin, Texas today, Tesla officially launched its gilded car of the future. It's a huge milestone for Elon Musk, w…
5 Best Video Doorbell Cameras (2026): Subscription-Free, Video, and More

5 Best Video Doorbell Cameras (2026): Subscription-Free, Video, and More

Never miss a delivery. These WIRED-tested picks will help you keep tabs on your front door from anywhere.…
150 research primates got diarrhea, flooding lab with priceless vaccine data

150 research primates got diarrhea, flooding lab with priceless vaccine data

Researchers now have clear new targets and insights for developing a Shigella vaccine.…
Xbox imposes harsh new time limits for Game Pass game streaming

Xbox imposes harsh new time limits for Game Pass game streaming

Over 1 million Game Pass subscribers will have to pay more for their heavy streaming use.…
Reports: RFK Jr. ordered measles deaths deletion; CDC still secretly counts them

Reports: RFK Jr. ordered measles deaths deletion; CDC still secretly counts them

CDC staff had already accepted the measles death reports when RFK Jr. meddled.…
Transplanted Pig Kidney Still Working After a Record-Setting 9 Months in a Patient

Transplanted Pig Kidney Still Working After a Record-Setting 9 Months in a Patient

Gene-edited pig kidneys could offer a lifeline to patients stuck waiting for a human donor.…
You can watch the coolant flow inside Ugreen’s liquid-cooled power bank

You can watch the coolant flow inside Ugreen’s liquid-cooled power bank

Does your power bank have "CryoPulse technology" or a "Cyber Window"? If you disappointingly answered "no" to both, you might want to consider upgradi…
Qwen 3.8 27B available on Cerebras at 1500 tokens/s

Qwen 3.8 27B available on Cerebras at 1500 tokens/s

Article URL: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/models/overview Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49554520 Points: 293 # Comments: 98…
New York Times and The Athletic workers demand company scrap Kalshi deal

New York Times and The Athletic workers demand company scrap Kalshi deal

Article URL: https://newsguild.org/new-york-times-and-the-athletic-workers-demand-company-scrap-kalshi-deal/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co…
Any Human Ever – One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived

Any Human Ever – One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived

Article URL: https://anyhumanever.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49550698 Points: 250 # Comments: 113…
Ask HN: Why were OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down?

Ask HN: Why were OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down?

https://status.openai.comhttps://status.claude.comhttps://status.x.aiChatGPT outage – Resolved - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49550614 (315 co…
Four major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime

Four major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime

Service interruptions hit ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini practically simultaneously.…
Abliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrails

Abliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrails

Abliteration.AI is making powerful AI models without guardrails easier to access, arguing that giving defenders the same tools as bad actors could ult…
GPT-6 Astra

GPT-6 Astra

System Card: https://deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-6-astra Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49554643 Points: 341 # Comments: 174…
VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur's licensing fees by 85 percent

VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur's licensing fees by 85 percent

Pro soccer team's CTO points to "issues with the Broadcom takeover."…
US senator calls on the NSA to give guidance for use of VPNs

US senator calls on the NSA to give guidance for use of VPNs

Open source, commercial, single-hop, multi-hop, mixnet? The array of options is dizzying.…
I Don't Have a Smartphone

I Don't Have a Smartphone

Article URL: https://ploum.net/2026-09-02-i_dont_have_a_smartphone.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49539872 Points: 238 # Comm…
OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model

OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model

OpenAI claims that Astra represents "a new frontier on computer and browser use," and that it handles tasks with unmatched "speed, accuracy, and safet…
GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era

GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era

OpenAI leaders think the company’s next generation model, which excels at computer use and coding, may mark a major milestone in AI development.…
Samsung’s beloved Q Series sound system is hundreds off for Labor Day

Samsung’s beloved Q Series sound system is hundreds off for Labor Day

Researching, buying, then finally assembling a sound system for your TV is daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. If you want one of the best kits you c…
Meta is paying to peek at how you use their latest AI model

Meta is paying to peek at how you use their latest AI model

Most AI tools allow you to opt-out of sharing your usage with the model provider to improve future versions. Meta has taken that idea and put a price …
Google’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella

Google’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella

Scientists at Google Deepmind and Google Research released a new artificial intelligence model for weather forecasting today that sees our changing at…
Dyson’s new straightener has liquid cooling pipes to reduce hair damage

Dyson’s new straightener has liquid cooling pipes to reduce hair damage

After expanding its health and beauty lineup earlier this week with a camera-equipped electric toothbrush, Dyson is also introducing two new hair care…
Pre-Release of Polars 2.0

Pre-Release of Polars 2.0

Article URL: https://pola.rs/posts/announcing-polars-2/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546753 Points: 263 # Comments: 75…
Audacity 4.0

Audacity 4.0

Article URL: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases/tag/Audacity-4.0.0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49548395 Points: 342 …