Nobelpreisträger auf autokratischen Pfaden
Am Montag wählt Äthiopien ein neues Parlament, doch der Sieger steht eigentlich schon fest: die Wohlstandspartei von Premier Abiy Ahmed. Er ist seit 2018 Ministerpräsident, schon ein Jahr darauf wurde ihm für die Aussöhnung mit dem Nachbarstaat Eritrea der Friedensnobelpreis verliehen. Seitdem hat sich aber viel geändert: Der Tigray-Konflikt kostete 600.000 Menschenleben, und Ahmed agiert zunehmend autoritär. ⌘ Read more

UK-Based Rockstar Games North Workers Formally Announce Union
Rockstar Games has a 2,000-employee studio in Scotland called Rockstar North. And Thursday its workers announced they’d formed a union, reports the gaming news site Aftermath:

The union [part of the wider Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) union] includes workers from Rockstar Games offices in Leeds, London, Edinburgh, Dundee, and Lincoln, … ⌘ Read more

Company accidentally blows $500M on Claude AI in one month
Article URL: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/company-accidentally-blows-500-000-000-on-claude-ai-in-one-month/ar-AA24nahv

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48333177

Points: 5

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Wix Is the Latest To Cut 20% of Jobs While Citing AI
Wix is laying off roughly 20% of its workforce, about 1,000 employees, as CEO Avishai Abrahami cites both the rapid evolution of AI and currency pressure from a stronger Israeli shekel against the dollar. The web developer joins a growing list of tech companies making similar cuts, including Amazon, Block, Cisco, Cloudflare, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle and Intuit. Fast Company re … ⌘ Read more

Real-time LLM Inference on Standard GPUs: 3k tokens/s per request
Article URL: https://blog.kog.ai/real-time-llm-inference-on-standard-gpus-3-000-tokens-s-per-request/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48321076

Points: 13

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MIT Researchers Develop a Low-Cost Technique To Get Lithium Out of Rocks
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT News: Currently, lithium hard rock extraction involves baking the rock at over 1,000 Celsius and chemically leaching it to extract lithium. The rest of the rock is discarded. Now, a team of researchers from MIT and elsewhere has developed a low-temperature process for extracting batt … ⌘ Read more

Govt backs study into grower bid for Hastings McCain plant
The Government has announced its support for Hawke’s Bay growers in their efforts to explore the possibility of a farmer-led purchase of the McCain Foods vegetable processing site in Hastings.

Agriculture Minister Todd McClay said the Government would provide $50,000 for the first stage of a feasibility study. ⌘ Read more

NZ’s early AI adopters are already reaping the benefits
When Air New Zealand updated its uniforms last year, it faced a large and potentially expensive job: updating its library of 18,000 brand images.

“So, what are we going to do?” the airline’s data and AI lead, Mike Parsons, asked rhetorically at one of the last formal Techweek26 sessions in Auckland last week. ⌘ Read more

Sparpläne bringen Tausende auf die Straße
Die Universitäten haben am Mittwoch mit einer Demo in Wien gegen ab 2028 geplante Kürzungen in ihrem Budget protestiert. Die Österreichische Hochschülerinnen- und Hochschülerschaft (ÖH) sprach von 21.000 Teilnehmenden noch vor Beginn des Protestzugs von der Uni Wien durch die Innenstadt zum Wissenschaftsministerium und vor das Bundeskanzleramt. Am Donnerstag gibt es Kundgebungen in Graz, Linz, Salzburg und Klagenfurt. ⌘ Read more

LG Promo Codes and Coupons for June 2026
Save 20% with an LG promo code today, plus up to $1,000 off appliances, 40% off bestselling TVs and monitors. ⌘ Read more

Mythos Detected 23,000 Vulnerabilities Across 1,000 OSS Projects
wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Anthropic says its Claude Mythos model discovered thousands of severe vulnerabilities across more than 1,000 open source software (OSS) projects. According to the AI giant, Mythos Preview has identified more than 23,000 potential vulnerabilities. Of these, 1,900 have been reviewed by external security f … ⌘ Read more

Ferraris E-Auto irritiert Anleger und Fans
Der italienische Luxussportwagenhersteller Ferrari steigt spät, aber doch in den E-Automarkt ein. Am Montag und Dienstag präsentierte der Konzern das Modell Luce mit vier Elektromotoren und einer Gesamtleistung von mehr als 1.000 PS. Doch an den Börsen löste Luce nicht gerade Begeisterung aus. Auch Fans reagierten enttäuscht, vor allem wegen des für Ferrari untypischen Designs. Der Luce könne den Mythos Ferrari zerstören, hieß es. ⌘ Read more

Les étudiants étrangers contre les frais différenciés: «C’est une façon de nous dire: “Rentrez chez vous!”»
Dès la rentrée, la grande majorité des étudiants non européens vont devoir s’acquitter de 3 000 euros par an pour une licence, et de 4 000 euros pour un master. La plupart d’entre eux pourraient aussi se voir privés d’aide au logement. Un coup de grâce pour les budgets les plus serrés. ⌘ Read more

Sponsored: Limited Time Offers available at One Greys Ave
The final release of apartments at One Greys Ave are gaining traction, underpinned by a suite of limited-time incentives designed to reduce the cost of entry and deliver immediate value. Remaining one, two and three-bedroom apartments are priced from $605,000, with purchasers able to choose from three compelling offers:

• An 8% gross rental return for two years
  
• A complimentary second car park valued at $120,000 with any carp … ⌘ Read more

SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Satellites on Memorial Day
“The expansion of SpaceX’s Starlink network of internet relay satellites continued Monday with a Memorial Day launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station,” reports Spaceflight Now.

The mission added another 29 Starlink satellites to more than 10,000 already in low Earth orbit:

This was SpaceX’s 60th orbital flight of the year, consisting of 59 Falcon 9 rocket … ⌘ Read more

Sponsored: Limited Time Offers available at One Greys Ave
The final release of apartments at One Greys Ave are gaining traction, underpinned by a suite of limited-time incentives designed to reduce the cost of entry and deliver immediate value. Remaining one, two and three-bedroom apartments are priced from $605,000, with purchasers able to choose from three compelling offers:

• An 8% gross rental return for two years
  
• A complimentary second car park valued at $120,000 with any carp … ⌘ Read more

Zehntausende warten auf Rückkehr
50.000 Menschen im südkalifornischen Garden Grove dürfen weiter nicht in ihre Häuser zurück. Grund ist ein Chemietank, der zu explodieren droht. In der Nacht näherten sich Einsatzkräfte dem Behälter mit der hochgiftigen und leicht entzündlichen Chemikalie und entdeckten einen Riss. Das gibt ihnen nun Hoffnung. ⌘ Read more

Public service squeeze: Fat to trim or muscle to cut
Can we really shave 8,000 from the core government sector, taking it from in excess of 63,000 to around 55,000?

The sentiment is fine, but one suspects this will be a bit like the commitment for New Zealand to invest US$20 billion (NZ$34b) in India over the coming 15 years; an aspirational target. ⌘ Read more

Hürden bei Eindämmung von Ebola-Ausbruch
Gewalt durch bewaffnete Milizgruppen, eine große Zahl an Binnenflüchtlingen und eine schlechte Infrastruktur stellen die Helfer und Helferinnen vor große Hürden bei der Eindämmung des Ebola-Ausbruchs in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo (DR Kongo). Allein in der besonders betroffenen Provinz Ituri an der Grenze zu Uganda und dem Südsudan leben laut UNO mehr als 920.000 Binnenflüchtlinge. Zudem ist die Sorge vor einer Ausbreitung der tödlichen Viruserkrankung in andere Länder groß. ⌘ Read more

Vorerst rund 48.000 Anmeldungen für Sommerschule ⌘ Read more

This Cannes Film Cost $500,000 to Make. $400,000 Was AI Compute Costs.
Higgsfield AI is debuting a 95-minute fully AI-generated film at Cannes called “Hell Grind” that reportedly cost $500,000 to make, $400,000 of which was spent on compute alone. The project took just two weeks to produce and is intended to showcase the startup’s AI production tools. But it also underscores the current limits of AI f … ⌘ Read more

On the Money: Grant Baker’s book launch, Ray Smith, Nikhil Ravishankar, a great AI speech, and more
On the Money (OTM) is our column of general frippery we observed within the worlds of business and government this week.

It was not the easiest week to be a departmental chief executive. Minister for the Public Service Nicola Willis signalled 9,000 public-sector jobs might go, and several agencies might be folded into on … ⌘ Read more

Meta begins 8,000 global job cuts in AI efficiency push
By Kurt Wagner, Riley Griffin and Olivia Fletcher

Meta Platforms Inc. is alerting thousands of employees that they’re being laid off, part of a previously announced restructuring aimed at reducing costs while the company invests heavily in artificial intelligence. ⌘ Read more

E-hiking is here. You can tell by my 1,000-watt hips
By Nicole Nguyen

AI is entering the physical realm in a big way. Case in point: I spent Mother’s Day e-hiking with bionic leg boosters. ⌘ Read more

Samsung Chip Workers To Get $340,000 Average Bonus In AI Boom
Samsung is reportedly set to pay chip-division workers an average bonus of about $340,000 after reaching a tentative deal with its union, according to Bloomberg (paywalled). The deal ended a standoff that “could have cost the economy as much as 1 trillion won ($658 million) daily, with losses potentially multiplying to 100 trillion won ($68 billion) if in … ⌘ Read more

30% Off Samsung Promo Code | May 2026
Save 30% or 10% with Samsung coupon codes, up to $1,000 on appliances, plus limited-time deals on the Galaxy Z Fold7, Flip7, and S25. ⌘ Read more

USA entsenden zusätzlich 5.000 Soldaten nach Polen ⌘ Read more

Procès libyen en appel: les premières plaidoiries de la défense se concentrent sur le volet Djouhri
Commission occulte sur la vente d’Airbus à la Libye, 500 000 euros pour Claude Guéant, exfiltration de Béchir Saleh, vente de la villa Mougins… Aucun délit présumé en lien avec ces volets du dossier libyen ne peut être reproché à l’intermédiaire Alexandre Djouhri, d’après son avocat. Il a comparé l’affaire à un «traquenard». ⌘ Read more

Musk’s X admits breaking Australian child safety law, fined $650,000
Elon Musk’s social media company, formerly known as Twitter, failed to comply with an order to detail its child exploitation safeguards. ⌘ 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

LG Promo Codes and Coupons for May 2026
Save 20% with an LG promo code today, plus up to $1,000 off appliances, 40% off bestselling TVs and monitors. ⌘ Read more

Meta Employees Are Scrambling to Use Up Benefits Ahead of Layoffs
On the eve of about 8,000 jobs being cut, employees are cashing in on headphone stipends and other perks while they still can. ⌘ Read more

StanChart To Cut Over 7,000 Jobs, Boost AI To Replace ‘Lower-Value Human Capital’
The London-headquartered lender Standard Chartered announced plans to cut more than 7,000 jobs by 2030, with CEO Bill Winters saying the bank will replace some “lower-value human capital” through automation and AI while offering retraining to affected workers. “It’s not cost-cutting. It’s replacing in some cases lower-val … ⌘ Read more

Before Mass Layoffs, Meta Reassigns 7,000 Workers To Focus On AI
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Meta told employees on Monday that it was reassigning 7,000 workers to focus on new initiatives around artificial intelligence, the latest change in a company transformation spurred by the powerful technology. Employees will be moved to four new organizations focused on building new A.I. … ⌘ 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

Passoires thermiques: le nouveau coup de baguette magique du gouvernement
Dans le cadre de son plan d’électrification, l’exécutif annonce qu’il va procéder à une modification du «coefficient d’énergie primaire», qui sert à calculer la performance énergétique des logements. Un «ajustement» qui permettrait de faire disparaître 380 000 passoires thermiques. ⌘ Read more

Waldbrand breitet sich ‚gefährlich schnell‘ aus
In einem Vorort von Los Angeles ist ein Brand ausgebrochen, der sich nach Angaben der Feuerwehr „gefährlich schnell ausbreitet“. Wie die Behörden mitteilten, wurde das Feuer am Montagvormittag (Ortszeit) aus Simi Valley gemeldet, das rund 60 Kilometer nordwestlich der kalifornischen Millionenmetropole liegt. In Simi Valley leben mehr als 100.000 Menschen, für mehrere Gebiete der Stadt ordnete die Feuerwehr eine Evakuierung an. ⌘ Read more

Willis targets agency mergers, 8,700 fewer public service jobs
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has announced a “fundamental overhaul of the public service”, targeting 8,700 fewer core public service jobs by July 2029 alongside a major reduction in the number of government agencies.

In a pre-Budget speech to Business North Harbour, Willis said the Government would reduce core public service numbers to no more than 55,000 full-time-equivalent staff by July 2029 … ⌘ Read more

Meta Layoffs Stress Harsh AI Reality Inside Zuckerberg’s Company
Meta is expected to begin cutting about 8,000 jobs this week as it pours more money into AI infrastructure and looks to “offset” other investments, with additional layoffs reportedly possible later this year. According to CNBC, the morale has worsened inside the company. “Internally, there’s an emerging sense of dread across wide swaths of the comp … ⌘ Read more

Durchschnittsmiete in Manhattan steigt über 5.000 Dollar ⌘ Read more

Small Town Fights Over Flock’s AI-Enhanced Network of License Plate-Reading Cameras
160 miles north of New York City, a man was convicted of manslaughter “with the help of license plate reader technology,” reports a local news station. In the small town of Troy (population: 51,000), the mayor described the cameras as “a critical tool” in that investigation. But locals and city officials “have … ⌘ Read more

How Owners of EVs from Bankrupt Fisker Saved Their Cars With an Open Source Nonprofit
An anonymous reader shared this report from Electrek:
When Fisker Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2024, it left roughly 11,000 Ocean SUV owners holding the keys to vehicles that cost them anywhere from $40,000 to $70,000 — and that were rapidly losing the software brains that made them work. … ⌘ Read more

Some Datacenters Divert Power from Homes. Will It Drive Homeowners to Solar and Batteries?
An anonymous reader shared this report from Electrek:

A Nevada utility just told 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents that it’s redirecting 75% of their electricity supply to data centers, and they have less than a year to find a new power source. It’s one of the starkest examples yet of the AI boom … ⌘ Read more

BYD Sealion 8 Premium AWD: the $90,000 question
Pros

• Looks pretty sensational
  
• True luxury in the second row
  
• Smooth performance and handling
  

Cons ⌘ Read more

Trump Phones Start Shipping - But Were There Really 600,000 Preorders?
USA Today reports:

Trump Mobile phones are being shipped this week, the company exclusively confirmed to USA TODAY in an email May 11….
The company’s first smartphone — the T1 Phone — was originally scheduled for release in August. However, the golden gadget’s release was later delayed to October before being pushed back again to … ⌘ Read more

Sarkozy-Kadhafi: le résumé vidéo de la neuvième semaine du procès en appel
Mercredi 13 mai, le parquet général a réclamé la condamnation de Nicolas Sarkozy pour association de malfaiteurs, corruption, recel de détournement de fonds publics et financement illégal de campagne. Au terme de leurs réquisitions, les avocats généraux ont requis contre lui une peine de sept ans de prison ferme, 300 000 euros d’amende et cinq ans d’inéligibilité. Le résumé … ⌘ Read more

Japan Runs Out of Robot Wolves In Fight Against Bears
Japan’s worsening bear problem has created a shortage of handmade “Monster Wolf” robots, which are $4,000 solar-powered scarecrow-like devices with glowing eyes, sensors, and blaring sounds designed to frighten the animals away. “We make them by hand. We cannot make them fast enough now. We are asking our customers to wait two to three months,” company president Y … ⌘ Read more

USA stoppen Verlegung von 4.000 Soldaten nach Polen ⌘ Read more

Claude Helps Recover Locked $400K Bitcoin Wallet After 11 Years
A Bitcoin holder reportedly recovered 5 BTC worth nearly $400,000 with the help of Anthropic’s Claude. According to X user cprkrn, they changed their wallet password while “stoned” and forgot it, unable to regain access for more than 11 years. Tom’s Hardware reports:
After finding a mnemonic that actually turned out to be their old password a few weeks a … ⌘ Read more

Cisco To Cut Almost 4,000 Jobs In AI-Driven Restructuring
Cisco’s stock soared 17% after the company announced it will cut nearly 4,000 jobs as it shifts investment and staffing toward higher-growth AI opportunities. CNBC reports: CEO Chuck Robbins wrote in a blog post on Wednesday that the latest round of job cuts will begin on May 14. Cisco is the latest company to announce head count reductions tied to AI. “The companies … ⌘ Read more