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Z.ai confirms Ox Alpha is a new GLM-series model and will release its weights
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Ikea’s Xbox collection includes a giant thumbstick stool
Some pieces in the Yxstaby collection are more obviously Xbox-inspired than others. | Image: Ikea Ikea has teamed up with Microsoft to launch a new assortment of gaming-inspired furniture and home accessories, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the first Xbox console. The nine-piece Yxstaby collection (good luck pronouncing that) includes a TV stand, laptop stand, side table, lounge chair, and multi-functional toolbox, with standout products like a stool, cushion, decorative platter, and mirrored display box being specifically designed around recognizable Xbox controller motifs. The Yxstaby range makes it easier to "bring play into a room and tuck everything away afterwards," according to Ikea's press release, with each piece creat … Read the full story at The Verge.
RAG Is Simpler Than You Think
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Ventures Platform goes bigger — and broader — with its second Africa fund
The Pan-African venture firm has raised $83 million and plans to invest in startups beyond its home market of Nigeria.
India’s Ringg gets backing from Peak XV as it pushes voice AI past the phone call
Ringg has raised $10 million from Peak XV as a part of its Series A extension.
Students prefer Gemini over ChatGPT and Claude for AI essays in blind tests
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Robotics startup Generalist reaches $3B valuation, sources say
The $200 million extension comes just months after the physical AI startup reached a $2 billion valuation.
OpenAI loses a top data center exec, as stream of high-profile departures continues
Before Malone left, OpenAI had already reshuffled its infrastructure org, shifting his reporting line away from President Greg Brockman and putting Vice President Sachin Katti in charge of the group.
Maiao: Gerrit-style code review workflow for GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, others
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Garmin’s new Fenix 9 adds brighter screens and smoother map panning
The Garmin Fenix 9. | Image: Garmin Garmin just took the wraps off its new line of rugged Fenix 9 smartwatches, with the base model featuring an OLED display with a brightness of up to 3,000 nits, making it twice as bright as its predecessor. Starting at $999.99 for the 43mm case option, the Fenix 9 has 50 percent more RAM and an upgraded map engine, allowing for faster panning. It also comes with a scratch-resistant sapphire lens, an increased 64GB of storage, and a bunch of new software-based features, like Garmin Epic. This feature groups all the workouts you've done over several days, weeks, or months to create an "Epic" that shows your health and performance data within … Read the full story at The Verge.
Show HN: TeXbrain, a LaTeX editor that runs pdfTeX in the browser via WASM
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Trump is upping the price of Big Tech’s favorite visa
In the span of a few hours on Monday, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would be implementing a fee of over $103,000 on H-1B visas, and news broke that the State Department plans on revoking the visas of up to 200,000 asylum seekers - which, according to The Associated Press, would be the largest mass visa revocation in US history. More than a year into President Donald Trump's second term, it's become clear that the only way Trump can get the deportation numbers he wants is by stripping legal immigrants of status. Beyond having ICE arrest, detain, and deport immigrants, the administration is pressuring noncitizens to " … Read the full story at The Verge.