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Orange Pi 6 vs. Raspberry Pi: 45 TOPS AI, dual 2.5 Gbit LAN, LPDDR5, and dual PCIe 4 SSDs

With high performance: The Orange Pi 6 is a new mini PC that should clearly outperform the Raspberry Pi in several areas. It uses an SoC with 12 CPU cores. There are two fast Ethernet ports, along with two PCIe 4.0 ports.

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World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names

World models are the next big thing in AI beyond LLMs and, with this round, Odyssey has cemented itself as one of the startups to watch.

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Google Calendar gets 200 event colors & Voice adds Gemini ‘Take notes for me’

Google Calendar this week is adding a nice quality-of-life update that gives users more than 11 colors for customizing events. Additionally, enterprise Google Voice users now have AI-powered “Take notes for me.”

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AI chemist improves a challenging reaction in medicinal chemistry

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/ai-chemist-improves-reaction/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48573757 Points: 9 # Comments: 1

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Two-thirds of Americans think AI is advancing too quickly

According to the latest Pew Research poll, 49 percent of Americans report using chatbots at least occasionally, but 63 percent think the tech is advancing too quickly. Overall, use of AI chatbots has increased dramatically since 2024, when

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Gemini CLI and Code Assist shut down for consumers this week amid Antigravity focus

Coding is something that AI models have proven very useful for, but as Google shifts focus to its Antigravity tools, the company is shutting down Gemini Code Assist tools for consumer-level use.

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Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positive Impact on Society

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/only-16-percent-of-americans-think-ai-will-have-a-positive-impact-on-society-a-new-study-shows/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48573332 Points: 120 # Comments: 86

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Trellis AI (YC W24) hiring a product lead to build agents for healthcare access

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trellis-ai/jobs/Cg94htp-product-lead Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48573221 Points: 0 # Comments: 0

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Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows

Although Wall Street loves AI, every day Americans are significantly less optimistic about the industry, a new report from Pew Research shows.

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The White House Wants Anthropic to Block All Jailbreaks. That May Not Be Possible

Trump administration officials tell WIRED that if Anthropic wants to rerelease Fable 5, it will need to ensure the model's guardrails can't be circumvented. Security experts say that can't be done.

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Google bets on Gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker

Google is betting generative AI can breathe new life into the smart speaker. The company's new $99.99 Google Home Speaker replaces the rigid commands of the Google Assistant era with more conversational Gemini interactions.

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Vibe-decoding the White House-Anthropic fight over Fable

Hello and welcome to Regulator, an email for Verge subscribers about technology, politics, and what happens when science crashes headlong into self-interest. Not a subscriber? Sign up here today! Got the scoop on a petty feud that's going t

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Launch HN: Adam (YC W25) – Open-Source AI CAD

Hey HN! I'm Zach from Adam (https://adam.new/). We're building AI agents for mechanical CAD software. We’ve built the company on two fundamental beliefs:- AI will be the primary medium for creating mechanical designs just like it is in soft

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OnePlus defies RAM crisis, offers the 15R with more memory

There's been a lot of talk recently about RAM prices going through the roof because of AI data centers gobbling up the entire supply, yet OnePlus doesn't seem to have gotten the memo. The company has just started offering the 15R with more

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The biggest change to Google’s smart speakers in years starts with Gemini

Google has unveiled the Google Home Speaker, marking the beginning of a new generation of smart home devices built around Gemini. The speaker introduces a more conversational approach to voice interactions and is designed to make everyday t

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GMK announces new mini PC with OCuLink and top-end AMD APU

The GMKtec EVO-X3 has now been formally announced in China, and it's essentially a reshaped EVO-X2 with some notable upgrades. It's powered by the same AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395, and has an OCuLink port.

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Lenovo AI Mini PC launches with 12-core CPU, Tianxi Claw, compact design

Lenovo has announced the Lenovo AI Mini PC in China, targeting users who want a dedicated device for local AI workloads and personal AI services. The compact system arrives with Lenovo’s Tianxi Claw platform pre-installed and is designed to

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TREX: An AI code reviewer that runs your code

Article URL: https://www.greptile.com/blog/trex-code-execution Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48571851 Points: 14 # Comments: 1

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This storage brand does not abandon consumers for AI datacenter profits

CheckMag | Lexar celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2026. For the celebrations, the storage manufacturer gave us a closer look at its manufacturing capabilities and vision.

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Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it.

If physical AI is going to match the accomplishments of LLMs, there's a data problem that needs to be solved.

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AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less

Article URL: https://charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/ai-demands-more-engineering-discipline Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48570948 Points: 198 # Comments: 88

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Pramaana Labs raises $27M seed round from Khosla Ventures to bring formal verification to AI

Pramaana will focus on highly sensitive verticals like law, drug discovery, and tax preparation — where errors can be costly and reliability is at a premium.

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Microsoft CEO warns advanced AI may concentrate wealth and expertise in a handful of companies

In a recent essay posted on X, Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella raised some serious concerns about the long-term impact of advanced AI on businesses. His main worry? Powerful AI models are getting so good at absorbing specialized corporate kno

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AI avatars in Google Vids are now available for free users

Google Vids announced today that it’s making AI avatars available to free accounts, with the Workspace video creation tool now used by 7 million users every month.

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A "critical" Microsoft Copilot exploit exposes AI gullibility — turning the chatbot into a data snitch for 2FA codes and sensitive emails

Critical Copilot vulnerability lets hackers turn URLs into email‑search commands, leaking 2FA codes and enterprise data via Bing.

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Google’s new $99 Gemini smart speaker is available to order now

And it comes with 6 months of Google Home Premium

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The Gemini-Powered Google Home Speaker Is Finally Here

Arriving six years after Google’s last smart speaker, the new HomePod-style device was redesigned to play host to Gemini’s chatbot.

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The all-new Google Home speaker has finally arrived for $100

Upgrades include 360-degree audio and deeper integration with Google's Gemini.

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Canadian pension giant joins race to fund India’s AI-fueled data center boom

The Canadian pension giant will acquire an 8.2% stake in CtrlS, a tech giant that operates more than 15 data centers across India.

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Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff

Article URL: https://wpvip.com/future-of-the-web-2026/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48569278 Points: 809 # Comments: 430

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Samsung introduces AI to check your pet’s heath with just a photo

Our pets are very near and dear to us, and we always want to make sure that they're taken care of. Soon, it will be possible to check up on their health using our Samsung phones. The company has integrated a new solution that will enable yo

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Developer finds workaround to train AI locally on MacBooks, bypassing Apple’s software restrictions

A pretty exciting breakthrough has surfaced for Apple Silicon. A developer has figured out how to bypass restrictions on the M4’s Neural Engine (ANE) to enable on-device AI model training, something Apple has kept locked down so far. Normal

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Asus Dawn 7S Ryzen Edition launched with Ryzen AI 5 330, 16GB DDR5 RAM

Asus is beefing up its affordable business and everyday laptop range with this new model. The Dawn 7S Ryzen Edition is designed for students, professionals, and anyone who wants good performance and practical features without paying a premi

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Qualcomm announces Snapdragon Reality Elite as its next-gen XR platform

Qualcomm has announced Snapdragon Reality Elite as its next-gen XR platform to redefine what's possible in spatial computing, as it's designed to power immersive spatial computing experiences and deliver advanced on-device AI performance. T

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Honor X80 Pro Max promises 6 years of smooth memory experience

Honor is ramping up the X80 Pro Max through teasers and the latest one talks about an interesting feature – Hummingbird Architecture 2.0 smooth memory solution. The OEM has upgraded its AI-driven system optimization technology, promising si

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iPhone 18 RAM upgrade confirmed again along with good news about its price

According to a new rumor from Taiwan, the upcoming iPhone 18 will get 12GB of RAM. The iPhone 17, for comparison, only has 8GB. The added memory will be used to power the new Siri AI features with the most powerful on-device model, which re

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Malicious JetBrains Marketplace plugins steal AI API keys from developers

At least 15 malicious plugins found on the JetBrains Marketplace were designed to steal AI API keys from developers. [...]

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Evan Spiegel doesn't want you to call Snap Specs AI glasses

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sat with us to discuss the Snap Specs, privacy, parental controls and more. Spoiler: He says "computing" a lot.

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Around a fifth of Steam Next Fest demos have a generative AI disclosure

We'll see how players react.

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Quote of the day by Bill Gates: "Content is where I expect much of the real money will be made on the Internet" — Why the web is being destroyed over this exact premise 30 years later

Bill Gates published an essay titled "Content is King" in 1996, and it remains a profoundly predictive piece in 2026. However, not even Gates saw the AI revolution coming, which has seriously changed the way that online content is delivered

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Rampant AI‑driven GitHub outages force Microsoft into an unlikely alliance — Amazon steps in to keep code in line

Microsoft turned to Amazon for extra cloud power after GitHub’s AI surge caused outages.

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MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ is a gaming handheld with Intel Arc G3 Extreme

When Intel introduced its new Arc G3 and G3 Extreme chips for handheld gaming PCs this week, the company said we could expect to see devices from Acer, ONEXPLAYER and MSI powered by those processors. Sure enough, Acer and ONEXPLAYER have bo

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MINIX introduces a budget mini PC with Intel Wildcat Lake inside

The MINIX N304-AI is a compact desktop computer with 16GB of LPDDR5x-6400 onboard memory, a 512GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD, support for up to three displays, and dual Gigabit Ethernet ports. MINIX hasn’t announced how much the new system will c

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ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini Pro handheld gaming PC with Ryzen AI Max+ 388 hits Indiegogo for $2466 and up

The ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini Pro is a handheld game console with an 8.8 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel, 30 -144 Hz AMOLED display, detachable controllers, and the most powerful graphics currently available for a device this size. But with an AMD Strix H

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Lenovo introduces an AI mini PC with Arm inside for the Chinese market

The Lenovo AI Host is a mini PC that measures 100 x 100 x 48mm and (3.94″ x 3.93″ x 1.89″). What makes it unusual for a Lenovo device is that instead of an Intel, AMD, or Qualcomm processor under the hood, this little computer has a Cix CD8

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