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Most Home Assistant automations don't need templates — here's what changed my mind

I finally see where my templates break.…

Questions users ask AI assistants

We build an AI assistant that lives inside other companies' products, so understanding what users ask it is part of our job. The same short list of confusions comes up again and ag…

Persistent State Machines: LLM Attention with INT4 In-Memory Cells

Persistent State Machines: Complete Mathematical Proofs and Vivado Implementation Synthesis (Version 8.0) ABSTRACT We present a formal discrete framework for attention operators in…

I found Android Auto’s smartest feature hiding in plain sight, and it completely changed my drives

Spotify finally understands what I want…

‘A symbol of resistance’: the fight to save treehouse built on no man’s land next to Berlin Wall

Supporters fear structure could be torn down as safety hazard and want it to become memorial to postwar foreign labourers in honour of its Turkish creator…

New York nuns will not be forced to comply with assisted-suicide law while case progresses

Catholic nuns sued New York over a law forcing them to recommend assisted suicide to terminally ill patients, and a federal judge blocked them having to comply while the case is pe…

This AI Assistant Wants to Make Up for Your Boyfriend's Incompetence

An ad for Orchid suggests the AI agent can fix relationship problems by simply doing everything for inconsiderate partners.…

AI assistant named for long-dead pharmacy founder mutters incomprehensibly and "demands that you talk to him"

A Vermont pharmacy chain's new AI assistant led not to the efficiency improvements promised but to "delays, incorrect information and privacy concerns." The AI, named "Burt" after …

This AI assistant remembers your anniversary so you dont have to

Orchid promises an assistant that "actually gets you," but its relationship-managing launch ad left viewers uneasy.…

This AI Assistant Won’t Make Him a Good Boyfriend. But It Might Help You Believe He Is

Or, I dunno, just break up.…

Home Assistant is the only self-hosted app I'd never give up, and here's why

It's the golden standard of self-hosted apps.…

An LLM-assisted security review of GlobaLeaks: 41 findings for –$3,140

LLM-based code security review of GlobaLeaks: API costs, identified vulnerabilities, denial-of-service issues, hardening recommendations, and methodology.…

Netanyahu insists Trump calling shots in Iran war, calls Israel ‘junior partner’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated Wednesday that he is playing a “junior” role to the United States in the Iran war after both countries started the conflict wit…

Persistent State Machines for LLM Attention (Vivado Estimated 0.0267 PJ/Op)

Persistent State Machine: A Formal Computational Paradigm for High-Sparsity LLM Attention Acceleration (Version 3.3)   ABSTRACT: The von Neumann memory wall—the bandwidth and energ…

Gemini comes to Waymo for assistance and cabin controls

Ahead of public availability, Waymo today introduced Gemini and a redesigned interface for its Ojai vehicles.…

Show HN: MandoCode Desktop – Native Windows AI Coding Assistant on Ollama .NET

The MandoCode AI coding agent as a native Windows app — WinUI 3 over the same open-weight-model engine as the CLI (Ollama + Semantic Kernel). Review diffs before they land, run pla…

Ask HN: How would you learn AI-assisted development from the ground up?

Sparse Attention with Persistent State Machines – High‑Sparsity LLM Accelerator

Persistent State Machine: A Formal Computational Paradigm for High-Sparsity LLM Attention Acceleration (Version 3.3)   ABSTRACT: The von Neumann memory wall—the bandwidth and energ…

MinIO pitches persistent memory for agents with work to finish

AIStor keeps context, files, and secrets under customer control so interrupted jobs can pick up where they left off…

Gemini’s desktop app can now understand your screen through voice control

Gemini app for macOS now lets you talk naturally with voice mode, alongside optional screen awareness and smarter voice dictation.…

Show HN: A Persistent AI RPG Engine Built with React SPA and Supabase

Vampiro Life is a dedicated AI Storyteller for Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. Play rules-true chronicles with Hunger, Humanity, dice pools, persistent memory, and a living Wo…

Assisted dying debate should come after end-of-life care reform, says Burnham

Introducing legislation would be ‘very challenging’ before improvement of care system, says prime minister…

A Free-Exercise Challenge to NY's Medically Assisted-Suicide Law

A group of Catholic healthcare providers has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to enjoin enforcement of New York's new Medical… The post A Free-Exercise Challenge to NY's Medically A…

AI and democracy: the right to resist optimization

Taiwan's cyber-ambassador Audrey Tang on why the real danger of AI isn't that machines imitate humans, but that humans adapt to machines.…

Maniac accused of killing mom, sister before blowing up NYC home charged with murder as cops reveal pets died in blaze

Kegan Thomas, 33 – who was still recovering in the hospital after being shot by responding cops – was charged with murder, attempted murder, arson, aggravated cruelty to animals an…

Iran inmates sew lips shut in mass hunger strike at notorious US-sanctioned jail: report

Over 1,000 inmates at Ghezel Hesar Prison enter a third week of hunger strike against Iran's executions, with some sewing their lips shut in protest.…

Angus Taylor insists he made no payments to conservative Liberal group amid Icac investigation

Opposition leader says he is ‘not a party to proceedings’ being investigated by NSW corruption watchdog as fellow Liberals close ranks Follow our Australia news live blog for lates…

'We're just in a world of trouble': Las Vegas markets say SNAP cuts force them to reduce workers and store hours

The Trump administration's changes to food welfare benefits are forcing grocery markets in Las Vegas, Nevada, to fire workers and reduce their store hours. Many on the left have de…