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Geekbench 7

Article URL: https://www.geekbench.com/blog/2026/07/geekbench-7/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49025812 Points: 16 # Comments: 12
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Building on ATProto

Article URL: https://lukekanies.com/writing/building-on-atproto/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49025984 Points: 57 # Comments: 22
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Show HN: Echo – Fable-level results at 1/3 the cost using open-weight models

I’ve been building Echo ( https://echo.tracerml.ai/ ), an experiment in making one AI system out of a pool of open-weight models rather than choosing a single model and using it for every task. It started with a simple experiment. I took a group of models, including GLM-5.2, Kimi K2.7 and others, and ran them on the same evaluations. Then I measured what would happen if, for each problem, you somehow knew in advance which models would be useful and how their outputs should be combined. That hypo...
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The right-wing boomers protesting data centers have a lot in common with the left

On a gray, humid Saturday morning in central Florida, a little under a dozen people gathered outside the Spring Hill Branch Library to protest the construction of a hyperscale data center in their community. There was no immediate threat - the Hernando County commission had unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on such developments in June […]
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The sci-fi movie that imagines AI isn’t so dystopian after all

Imagine you are the parent of an inquisitive seven-year-old who loves his family, playing baseball, and hanging out with his friends. It's the life you've always wanted. And then the worst thing that ever could happen happens: A freak accident takes your son away. But as it turns out, you don't have to live with […]
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Ford picks Apple Maps for its next EV platform and updated BlueCruise

Ford plans to embed Apple Maps directly into its Universal Electric Vehicle Platform, which will start with a $30,000 midsize pickup truck set for release in 2027. In an announcement on Thursday, Ford says it will use Apple Maps to offer "turn-by-turn directions using natural language, real-time traffic and incident information, intuitive search featuring detailed […]
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Apple’s OpenAI lawsuit is about who gets to define the post-smartphone era

Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, about the major trade secrets lawsuit between Apple and OpenAI and what this tells us about OpenAI’s future. By now I’m sure most Decoder listeners are familiar with Apple’s allegations in this case. The company says a number of ex-Apple employees at […]
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Lawmakers prepare bill requiring AI ‘kill switch’

Lawmakers are preparing to introduce an "AI Kill Switch Act" that would require AI companies to shut down or throttle their systems on orders from the Department of Homeland Security, according to a report from Politico. Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) are expected to introduce the legislation on Thursday. The news of […]
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Amazon’s best 4K streaming sticks are up to 40 percent off

There’s no shortage of great shows and movies to watch, but discovering something new isn’t always easy. Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Plus and Fire TV Stick 4K Max come with redesigned software that aims to make it easier to finding something you’ll like, and both 4K-ready streaming sticks are back to their lowest prices […]
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The new Halo remake is a reminder of what Xbox used to be

It's impossible to talk about a new Xbox game without also talking about the state of Xbox. Microsoft's gaming division is in freefall: Recent headlines are dominated by extensive layoffs, decimated studios, and confusing strategies, most of which stem from years of bad decisions and expensive acquisitions. But it wasn't always that way. Through its […]
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Ford bets on Apple for its next-generation of EVs

Ford is the first automaker to use a new set of developer tools that will let it embed Apple Maps navigation and mapping directly into its vehicles' infotainment systems.
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Amazon is bringing games to Prime Video

Amazon is hoping the addition of games can turn Prime Video into a one-stop entertainment destination, borrowing a strategy from Netflix, which has increasingly embraced party games over the past several years.
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Understanding Monads in TypeScript: A Practical Guide

You have read five blog posts about monads. Each one started with category theory, mentioned burritos, and left you more confused than before. Let's skip all of that. Here is the short version: a monad is a container that supports three operations. You already use two monads every day in TypeScript — Promise and Array . Once you see the pattern, every monad in @oofp/core will feel familiar. The Three Operations Every monad has three things: of(a) — Put a value i...
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QGIS: l'extension Universal xy converter qui convertit vos coordonnées en une seconde

Universal XY Converter est un plugin QGIS pratique qui simplifie la conversion, la manipulation et le traitement rapide de coordonnées géographiques et projetées directement au sein de votre environnement de travail. 🎥 Tutoriel vidéo Découvrez la prise en main pas à pas en vidéo : 📖 Documentation complète Consultez le manuel d'utilisation officiel sur GitHub : 👉 User Manual - QGIS Plugin Universal XY Converter 🌟 Fonctionnalités clés ...
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Your mobile release setup belongs in Terraform: Expo EAS + App Store Connect

If you ship a React Native / Expo app to the App Store, you know the ritual. Open the Apple Developer portal, create a bundle identifier, tick the capability checkboxes, generate a provisioning profile, pick the right certificate. Then hop over to the Expo dashboard, create the EAS app, wire up credentials, add your environment variables one screen at a time. It works, until you have to do it again for a second app, or a second environment, or a teammate needs to know why a capability is enab...
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Deep Learning & Computer Vision in Web Diffing: Solving Layout Shifts with Neural Embeddings and SSIM

When engineers talk about visual regression or website change monitoring, pixel-level diffing algorithms (like pixelmatch or Euclidean RGB distance) are usually the default solution. However, in real-world web environments, pixel-by-pixel comparisons fundamentally fail under normal user interactions and dynamic rendering conditions: Elastic Layout Shifts: A single 20px dynamic banner inserted at the top of a page pushes every subsequent DOM element down, causing 100% of the downst...
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Why Most Web Change Monitors Fail: Solving DOM Mutations and False Positives

If you have ever tried building a website change detection system or visual testing tool, you’ve likely stumbled into the "False Positive Trap." You configure a cron job to monitor a target URL, take snapshots every 15 minutes, and compare them. But within hours, your inbox is flooded with alerts for: Tailwind CSS dynamic hash class mutations (e.g. class="bg-blue-500_a3f9" turning into class="bg-blue-500_b81c" after a deployment) Lazy-loaded images rendering at offset offsets A...
Introducing Angular support for CopilotKit: bring any Agent into your app
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Introducing Angular support for CopilotKit: bring any Agent into your app

Angular apps can now run any agent, with the streaming, tool calls, and shared state already handled. Today we're releasing Angular support for CopilotKit , an open source client that brings any AG-UI agent into your Angular app. It's built with Angular's own patterns, standalone components, dependency injection and signals. You get the building blocks for agent-native apps in Angular: pre-built chat components or a fully headless setup, generative UI, shared state, human-in-the-loop, m...
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HELIX-Artificial Intelligence Isn't Separate from Enterprise Architecture

If you've been in tech over the last year, you've probably noticed that almost every conversation eventually ends up talking about AI. LLMs, AI Agents, RAG, MCP, prompt engineering...there's something new every week. Like many of you, I've been spending time learning these technologies, experimenting with different tools, and trying to understand where everything is heading. But while learning AI, one question kept coming back to me. Whre does AI actually fit within Enterprise Architectu...
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Slices Beyond the Basics

Hey Techie! 🌸 Welcome to my Go series! I'll be sharing what I'm learning in ways that make sense to me, the mistakes I make and the "aha!" moments that help everything click. Whether you're learning Go too or just curious about it, I hope you'll pick up something along the way. Feel free to add any insights or experiences in the comments. Today's topic is... drumroll, please! Slices . Let's dive in! So, what exactly is a slice? When I first came across slices in Go, ...
How to Do a Real-Time Video Face Swap in Your Browser
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How to Do a Real-Time Video Face Swap in Your Browser

To swap faces in real time, you need a reference portrait, a webcam, and a live AI preview. The portrait supplies the new face; your webcam supplies the movement and expressions. Here is the shortest workflow using Vivify Realtime Face Swap . The shortest browser workflow Face Swap mode and a sample portrait are already selected. Keep the sample or upload an authorized face, check the displayed rate, then click Start live preview . Allow camera access when th...