200.000 Millionäre in Österreich
Boomende Aktienmärkte haben den Club der Dollar-Millionäre weltweit und auch in Österreich kräftig wachsen lassen. Weltweit 25,3 Millionen Menschen verfügten laut einer Analyse des Beratungsunternehmens Capgemini 2025 über ein anlagefähiges Vermögen von mindestens einer Million Dollar (860.000 Euro). In Österreich waren es 200.000. ⌘ Read more

James Gunn & Supergirl Director Debated Key DCU Scenes
Supergirl director Craig Gillespie “debated” many things about the movie with James Gunn. Supergirl is the first big DCU project that Gunn isn’t involved in hands-on as a director or writer. The film picks up after 2025’s Superman, following the Girl of Steel and Krypto on an intergalactic adventure. What do we know about James […]

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Amazon’s New Stargate Series Is Officially Dead
Amazon has reportedly killed its planned new Stargate series despite giving it a series order in 2025. According to Variety, studio executives were worried it would only appeal to longtime fans. ScreenRant reports: Reports of what became Gero’s Stargate series started in 2022, after Amazon acquired MGM Studios. Dean Devlin, who co-wrote the 1994 Stargate movie with Emmeri … ⌘ Read more

Enfin un manuel de survie solide
Le 6 mars 2025, Macron prend la parole devant tous les Français et, pouf, explique qu’il faut qu’ils se préparent tous au pire : non pas une hausse des impôts, mais l’éventualité d’une guerre, d’une catastrophe ou d’un gros imprévu qui nécessite un minimum de plan de contingence. En gros, le chef de l’État explique qu’il […] ⌘ Read more

Worried Man of Tomorrow Fans Get Great News on Superman’s Suit
James Gunn has finally addressed the concern regarding Superman’s suit in Man of Tomorrow following days of fan speculation. After photos and videos from the upcoming film’s set went viral, many people feared it would use the same suit as the 2025 film. Gunn just put those concerns to rest. James Gunn confirms Superman’s suit […]

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2025 mehr als 12,5 Mrd. Euro in Österreich verschenkt ⌘ Read more

AI Engineers aren’t safe from being replaced by AI
Article URL: https://dmanco.dev/2025/08/17/fear-not-even-ai-engineers-will-be-replaced-by-ai.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48380987

Points: 3

# Comments: 1 ⌘ Read more

Rio Tinto’s NZ aluminium arm posts $176m profit
Rio Tinto’s New Zealand aluminium business remained strongly profitable in 2025, with parent company Pacific Aluminium posting a $176 million profit as sales revenue rose to $1.49 billion and production increased at Tiwai Pt.

Pacific Aluminium (New Zealand), which owns 100% of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS), reported pre-tax profit of $246m for the year ended Dec 31, 2025. ⌘ Read more

NZX50 board fees plateau amid economic uncertainty
Directors on the boards of New Zealand’s largest listed companies have seen their fees grow at less than half the pace of the country’s median wage over the past decade, even as governance workloads and scrutiny have risen sharply.

BusinessDesk analysis of 10 years of annual reports from companies in the NZX50 found director fee pools increased by just 7.3% in real terms between 2016 and 2025. ⌘ Read more

Banken und Versicherer machten hohe Gewinne
Die österreichischen Banken haben 2025 historisch hohe Gewinne erzielt. Auch ihre Kapitalausstattung habe sich im vergangenen Jahr positiv entwickelt, teilte die Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) am Dienstag mit. Die von der FMA beaufsichtigten Banken machten einen Jahresüberschuss von 10,6 Milliarden Euro. Auch die Versicherer machten mehr Gewinn. ⌘ Read more

Zahl der Verurteilten 2025 leicht zurückgegangen ⌘ Read more

[$] A trademark dispute over MeshCore
MeshCore is a relatively new project, started in January 2025, that aims
to build a scalable mesh network using low-power long-distance radios. While
many other projects of the same general nature have been tried before, MeshCore
grew quickly because of its more efficient message routing and enthusiastic
community. In early 2026, an early proponent of the project made a sudden shift
that left the rest of the community stunned and embroile … ⌘ Read more

Wintertourismus 2025/26 auf Rekordhoch ⌘ Read more

Le nouveau visage du RN en Mayenne plonge sa fédération dans la crise
Après avoir été exfiltré de Reconquête puis du RN à Angers, Thomas Brisseau a été choisi en mai 2025 pour prendre la tête du parti lepéniste en Mayenne. Dénonçant sa gestion «brutale» et son «absentéisme», un groupe de militants de la première heure s’apprête à demander à la direction du RN d’intervenir. ⌘ Read more

«Les dirigeants européens qui refusent de parler de génocide à Gaza accordent une impunité à Israël»
«Je suis un universitaire spécialiste des génocides. Je sais quand j’en vois un»: ainsi s’exprimait Omer Bartov, historien de la Shoah, dans le «New York Times»” “en 2025. Il est l’invité de «Mediapart», alors que sort en France son dernier livre, «Israël, une course vers l’abîme» (Seuil). ⌘ Read more

Prozessstart unter strengsten Auflagen
Unter höchsten Sicherheitsvorkehrungen geht am Mittwoch und Donnerstag in Klagenfurt der Terrorprozess zur tödlichen Messerattacke von Villach 2025 über die Bühne. Medien und Publikum wurde ein strenges Handy- und Laptop-Verbot auferlegt, der Angeklagte sitzt hinter einer Glaswand, Sondereinheiten sichern das Gerichtsgebäude. Das Justizministerium kommentierte Kritik an den Eingriffen damit, dass über Sicherheitsmaßnahmen das Gericht unabhängig entscheide. ⌘ Read more

La justice demande le retrait des manuels scolaires numériques de Valérie Pécresse
Dans une décision rendue mardi 26 mai, le tribunal administratif de Montreuil juge illégale la diffusion de manuels numériques édités par la région Île-de-France. Depuis 2025, cette initiative était critiquée par les éditeurs privés et par de nombreux enseignants ou intellectuels. ⌘ Read more

Goodbye to the 2025/26 dairy season
Volatile commodity prices, strong milk flows, processor acquisitions and divestments, chief executive resignations, and a chunky capital return.

The 2025/26 dairy season has been anything but dull. ⌘ Read more

NZ King Salmon scales up after positive half
NZ King Salmon Investments has told investors that the fish firm is recovering on all fronts and that US tariffs are not slowing sales.

The company said net profit after tax for the six months to March 31 was $13.8 million. This compares with a net loss of $20.8m in the prior corresponding period to July 31, 2025. The … ⌘ Read more

Will Budget 2026 solve the case of the missing courthouse PPP?
Could the case of the missing courthouse public-private partnership be solved on Budget day?

The building of Waitākere and Rotorua courthouses through public-private partnership (PPP) was one of the headline projects on offer for infrastructure builders at a splashy Investment Summit held by the Government in March 2025. ⌘ Read more

Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC is now Open Source (2025)
Article URL: https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/03/microsoft-open-source-historic-6502-basic/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48257058

Points: 13

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AV2 Codec Looks Like It Will Be Officially Released Next Week
For years already AV2 has been in development as the successor to AV1 for this wonderful open-source, royalty-free video codec. While there was talk about releasing AV2 by the end of 2025, that didn’t happen but now latest indicators are pointing toward its formal debut next week… ⌘ Read more

What to Do in LA if You’re Here for Business (2025)
A tech industry guide to where to stay, eat, work, and play while visiting LA. ⌘ Read more

[$] BPF support in GCC 16 and beyond
José Marchesi and the GCC-BPF developers opened the BPF track at the 2026
Linux Storage,\
Filesystem, Memory-management, and BPF Summit
with a 90-minute summary of what has changed for GCC’s BPF support in the past year.
This kind of session has become something of a tradition. There were similar
updates in
2025 and
2024. This time around, GCC seems to be closing in on
feature p … ⌘ Read more

SpaceX Reveals Its Finances For the First Time
SpaceX has revealed its financials for the first time as it prepares for a potentially massive IPO. The New York Times reports: SpaceX’s revenue soared to $18.7 billion in 2025, up 33 percent from a year earlier, the company disclosed in a filing required of firms that are seeking to go public. In the first three months of this year, revenue rose to $4.7 billion from $4.1 billion i … ⌘ Read more

Zespri benefits from more kiwifruit, better value
Zespri has improved its profitability by selling more fruit at a higher value, its chief executive says.

The grower-owned kiwifruit marketer released its full-year results for the 2025/26 season this week. ⌘ Read more

Tower Insurance half-year profit dips after surge of storms
Tower Insurance has reported a fall in half-year profits as a spell of golden weather in 2025 gave way to a series of storms.

Tower reported a net profit after tax of $22.9m compared with $49.7m for the same reporting period last year. ⌘ Read more

Intuit To Lay Off Over 3,000 Employees To Refocus On AI
Intuit is reportedly cutting about 3,000 jobs, or 17% of its workforce, as it restructures around AI and simplifies its corporate organization. TechCrunch reports: The layoffs come during a bad year for the tech workforce. The tech industry has already cut more than 100,000 jobs this year, per Statista, and is on track to outpace both 2024 and 2025 if the layoff trend c … ⌘ Read more

Madison Square Garden Bans Lawyer Representing New York Cop Injured at a Boxing Match
Attorney John Scola is representing a police officer who is suing over injuries allegedly sustained while working security at an MSG property in 2025. ⌘ Read more

Dairy prices edge up at season finale
Dairy prices have edged out a small gain as the New Zealand season comes to an end.

The average price at the last Global Dairy Trade auction of the 2025/26 dairy season, held overnight, lifted 0.6% to US$4,198 (NZ$7,193) per metric tonne (MT). ⌘ Read more

Three Ubco companies in liquidation owing over $35m
Tauranga-based electric motorcycle maker Ubco has been placed in liquidation, owing creditors over $35 million.

The company entered receivership with debts of $35.7m in January 2025 but was rescued by a group of New Zealand investors by July of the same year. ⌘ Read more

«L’État druze» de Soueïda, en rupture avec le reste de la Syrie
Depuis la tentative de Damas d’imposer son autorité par la force en juillet 2025, et la mort de 2 000 personnes, Druzes et Bédouins sunnites, une «garde nationale» composite fait office de forces armées. Et le soutien israélien est de plus en plus présent. ⌘ Read more

Google New Zealand increases profit, sends $1.2b offshore to Singapore
Google New Zealand’s 2025 financial results were again dominated by payments to related parties offshore.

The tech giant’s local subsidiary reported revenue of $92 million for the 12 months to December 31, 2025, a 6% increase over 2024’s $87.2m. ⌘ Read more

Critical infrastructure’s AI moment arrives and why AI agents worry Five Eyes spies
It is December 2025, and a storm is sweeping through parts of the South Island, with emergency responders alongside a set of AI agentsresponding to it.

On Wednesday, One NZ’s AI and Data director, Summer Collins, told a crowd … ⌘ Read more

Private capital’s pent-up firepower faces frustration
Private capital transactions in New Zealand extended their 10-year, lumpy run-up in 2025, although pent-up funds awaiting deployment face potential frustration amid geopolitical, election and interest-rate uncertainty, new research shows.

“The [private capital] industry entered 2026 with a more measured but still constructive outlook,” NZ Private Capital executive director Colin McKinnon said. ⌘ Read more

So viele Hinrichtungen wie zuletzt 1981
Die Zahl der weltweiten Hinrichtungen war 2025 laut einem am Montag veröffentlichten Bericht von Amnesty International (AI) so hoch wie seit über 40 Jahren nicht mehr. Mindestens 2.707 Personen seien hingerichtet worden – ein neuer Höchststand seit 1981. Die Dunkelziffer könnte allerdings viel höher liegen, denn China dürfte Schätzungen zufolge die meisten Hinrichtungen vollziehen, will aber die Zahl nicht bekanntgeben. ⌘ Read more

Us Math/Reading Scores Continue 13-Year Decline. Researchers Blame Reduced Testing and Social Media
Test scores “are lower than they were a decade ago in school districts across the U.S.,” reports Times magazine, citing new data released Wednesday by Stanford researchers. “Reading scores were down roughly 0.6 grades in 2025 compared to 2015, and math scores were down about 0.4 … ⌘ Read more

Les espoirs et les craintes du Somaliland après la reconnaissance de son État par Israël
La déclaration de Tel-Aviv, en 2025, a ravivé l’espoir de ce territoire séparatiste de la Somalie de voir un afflux d’investissements étrangers. Sur le terrain, l’optimisme se heurte aux fragilités du territoire et à l’incertitude suscitée par la guerre en Iran. ⌘ Read more

ACC : sur le chemin de Northvolt, malgré les aides
Un article de Henry Bonner Comme je l’évoquais en février au sujet des résultats de 2025 chez Stellantis, le constructeur des Peugeot, Citröen, et Fiat, les déceptions du secteur des batteries créent des milliards d’euros de pertes, pour les investisseurs et constructeurs de voitures. Pour le moment, la conversion vers les voitures électriques, sous l’effet […] ⌘ Read more

Congress Introduces Bill To Permanently Block Chinese Vehicles From US
Longtime Slashdot reader sinij shares a report from Car and Driver: A group of Michigan lawmakers has introduced a bill in Congress that would effectively place a permanent ban on Chinese connected vehicles from being sold in the United States. While an executive order signed by Joe Biden in early 2025 already imposed heavy restrictio … ⌘ Read more

Les autorités n’ont jamais enregistré autant de faits de corruption en France
Les dernières statistiques des services de police et de gendarmerie situent les atteintes à la probité à un niveau record. 451 faits de corruption ont été recensés en 2025 en France. Soit près de trois fois plus qu’il y a dix ans. ⌘ Read more

Opferzahlen stiegen 2025 erneut
403 Menschen sind 2025 bei Verkehrsunfällen ums Leben gekommen, rund 15 Prozent mehr als 2024. Zudem wurden im Vorjahr 47.041 Verkehrsteilnehmende bei 37.825 Unfällen verletzt. Die am Mittwoch veröffentlichten Zahlen der Statistik Austria zeigen eine Negativentwicklung, die sich seit Jahren fortsetzt. Von Unfällen betroffen waren auffallend viele Kinder sowie Rad-, E-Scooter- und E-Bike-Fahrerinnen und -Fahrer ⌘ Read more

«On est les invisibles du cinéma»: une grève de plusieurs semaines sur un tournage Netflix
À l’automne 2025, cinq salariés ont mené huit semaines de grève sur le tournage de «Quasimodo», prochain succès français annoncé de Netflix, et ont saisi les prud’hommes ainsi que l’inspection du travail. Un conflit qui met en lumière le malaise entourant les conditions de travail dans ce secteur. ⌘ Read more

À Metz, Amazon condamné pour avoir licencié une gréviste
Après avoir fait grève en octobre 2025, une salariée travaillant de nuit dans un entrepôt du groupe a été licenciée pour faute grave. Début avril, le licenciement a été jugé illicite par le conseil de prud’hommes de Metz. La salariée a été réintégrée. ⌘ Read more

Ford’s Electrified Vehicle Sales Dropped 31% in April From One Year Ago
Ford’s sales of electrified vehicles — including hybrids and all-electric models — dropped 31% from April 2025, reports Electrek. “Hybrid sales fell 32% to 15,758 vehicles, while EV sales continued to crash with just 3,655 all-electric models sold last month, 25% fewer than in the year prior.”

After discontinuing the F-150 Lightning i … ⌘ Read more

The Trump Phone Either Is Or Isn’t Closer To Delivery
September 2025? January 2026? Delivery dates keep slipping for the Trump Organization’s “Trump Phone” — a gold-coloured Android smartphone priced at $499 (£370). But in March the Verge spotted signs the phone was moving forward:

FCC listings for a smartphone with the trade name “T1” show that it was tested late last year, and granted certification by the FCC in Janu … ⌘ Read more

JO 2030: il y a un an, une note de Matignon pointait l’impact environnemental du projet
Alors que Lyon candidate pour accueillir des épreuves de glace des prochains Jeux olympiques d’hiver dans les Alpes françaises, «Mediacités» révèle le contenu d’une note produite en mars 2025 par les services du premier ministre, qui pointait l’absence de «durabilité» de l’événement et ses «écueils». ⌘ Read more

Motherboard Sales ‘Collapse’ By More Than 25%
Motherboard sales are sharply declining as AI demand drives shortages and price hikes for memory, storage, CPUs, and other PC components. “Because of this, users who don’t have deep pockets are putting off upgrading their PCs and holding on to their current devices longer,” reports Tom’s Hardware. From the report: Asus, which sold 15 million motherboards in 2025, has only shipped a … ⌘ Read more

Apple Agrees To Pay iPhone Owners $250 Million For Not Delivering AI Siri
Apple has agreed to a proposed $250 million settlement over claims that it misled iPhone buyers about the availability of Apple Intelligence and its upgraded Siri features. The settlement would cover U.S. buyers of the iPhone 16 lineup and iPhone 15 Pro models between June 10, 2024, and March 29, 2025. The Verge reports: The settl … ⌘ Read more

Claude, Microsoft Copilot Fail Again to Predict the Winners of the Kentucky Derby
In 2016 an online “swarm intelligence” platform generated a correct prediction for the Kentucky Derby — naming all four top finishers in order. (But its 2017 predictions weren’t even close.) Slashdot checked in again on how modern AI systems performed in 2023, 2024, and 2025 — but their predictions were still pretty ba … ⌘ Read more