February 9, 2025
Hardware

Apple still cautiously working on standalone AR glasses after Vision Pro was a massive flop

TL;DR: Apple is cautiously developing new AR glasses after the Vision Pro’s failure. Plans for Mac-tethered AR glasses were scrapped due to performance issues. Apple aims for standalone AR glasses, focusing on improving technology like screens and silicon. The Vision Products Group, led by John Ternus, is prioritizing careful development to avoid another flop. Apple is being very cautious with its next move in the headset market, after its insanely expensive flop in the Vision

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Anthony Garreffa February 9, 2025
Software

The First Provable AI-Proof Game: Introducing Butterfly Wings 4 | HackerNoon

[Research] Structural Evaluation Collapse in Deterministic Games: A Constructive Proof This is my paper about the first PROVABLE AI – Proof Game. I hope someone will take this seriously, if true, this is very important to AI Safety and much more. The Claim We present a deterministic game incorporating two key mechanisms: Controlled Chaos Shifts (CCS) and Accepting Loss of Control (ALC). These mechanisms create positions that are structurally impossible for AI to evaluate meaningfully

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Vitae A. Reignee February 9, 2025
Software

Is Ethereum in Trouble? No. So Why Does Everyone Say Otherwise? | HackerNoon

The current media attack on Ethereum strongly resembles the ones previously directed at Bitcoin—where the media later “apologizes” (read: mocks) for their misleading narratives. But let’s put two and two together. What’s happening in the crypto market? Ethereum has many so-called “killers,” though most of them look more like self-destructive projects: Solana – Makes a lot of money and runs fast (with occasional lunch breaks), but builds its brand mainly through memes. Tron – A

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menaskop February 9, 2025

RGB Is Outdated for AI and Streaming | HackerNoon

After spending dozens of sleepless nights working with YUV color encoding formats, I realized how little information is available about this remarkable format. Yet, it can be incredibly useful for those involved in P2P video streaming or processing video streams with AI. At first glance, RGB and YUV might seem like just different ways of representing color. But beneath this distinction lies an ongoing battle: convenience vs. efficiency, accuracy vs. performance, perfect perception vs. compression

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Yauheni Kanavalik February 9, 2025
Software

AI That Sees, Hears and Acts: Interview with OmniChat AI, Startups of the Year 2024 Nominee | HackerNoon

Hey Hackers! OmniChat AI has been nominated in HackerNoon’s Startups of The Year 2024 awards in Austin, TX under the AI category. Please vote for us here: Read more about us below to understand why we deserve your vote. Can you tell us about the journey of your startup? What inspired you to go into AI, and what were some of the initial challenges you faced? Our journey began with a simple question: What if software

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OmniChat AI February 9, 2025

Does Melamine Foam Make Soundproof Panels More Effective? | HackerNoon

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Unit cell design and analysis 3 Unit cell experimental and numerical characterization 4 Rainbow AM labyrinthine panel 4.1 Panel design and fabrication 4.2 FE model of the AM panel 4.3 AM panel characterization 4.4 AM panel sound absorption results 5 Numerical evaluation of different labyrinthine sound absorption panel solutions 5.1 Macrocell with backing cavity 5.2 Results Conclusions, Acknowledgements, and References Appendix I 5.1 Macrocell with backing cavity

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Labyrinthine February 9, 2025

Here are five startups that are running Super Bowl ads this year | TechCrunch

Super Bowl weekend is here with the Philadelphia Eagles set to take on the Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans on Sunday evening. While many folks tune in to the Super Bowl for the actual football, others do so for the halftime performance, and some tune in just for the ads. The ad roster this year includes many of the names one comes to expect to see at the Super Bowl, from beer companies like

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Rebecca Szkutak, Mary Ann Azevedo February 9, 2025

Advanced magnet manufacturing begins in the United States

5 min read Glenn Zorpette is editorial director for content development at IEEE Spectrum. A lab worker inspecting a rare earth magnet at MP Materials’ new manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Business Wire In mid-January, a top United States materials company announced that it had started to manufacture rare earth magnets. It was important news—there are no large U.S. makers of the neodymium magnets that underpin huge and vitally important commercial and defense industries,

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Glenn Zorpette February 9, 2025
Robotics

RobotsTrader.com to streamline selling and buying of used robots – The Robot Report

RobotsTrader.com offers a way to sell and buy used industrial robots and save money. Source: RobotsTrader.com Industrial robotics users have typically turned to vendors or integrators to deal with upgrades to their systems, let alone used robots. RobotsTrader.com launched last month to connect sellers and buyers of pre-owned robots. The classified website claimed that it provides “unparalleled efficiency, transparency, and reliability.” In the past, the major robot manufacturers and their channel partners handled specific product lines,

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The Robot Report Staff February 9, 2025
Hardware

PlayStation Network Services Restored But Sony Leaves Gamers In The Dark

After what amounted to a daylong outage across the globe, all PlayStation Network services are now back up and running. Sony confirmed as much in a mea culpa posted to X/Twitter from its official Ask PlayStation (@AskPlayStation) account, but both the explanation for the outage and the compensation offered have left gamers wanting. Reports of issues with PlayStation Network services began on Friday evening around 6:00pm ET, about the time a person might return home

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Paul Lilly February 9, 2025

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