Twilio confirms data breach after hackers leak 33M Authy user phone numbers

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Twilio confirmed a data breach, with hackers leaking 33 million phone numbers associated with its Authy app, including account IDs and non-personal data. The company has secured the affected endpoint and urged users to install security updates, warning of potential phishing and smishing attacks.

Advantages of incompetent management

The author argues that competent management sets goals to achieve, which can lead to undesirable consequences such as inefficiency, waste, and a lack of innovation, as people focus on meeting goals rather than optimizing processes. The author suggests that incompetent management, on the other hand, can lead to a more relaxed and spontaneous work environment, where people are more likely to ...

Insights from over 10,000 comments on "Ask HN: Who Is Hiring" using GPT-4o

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The user analyzed 10,000 comments on Hacker News to understand current job market trends and found that the majority of jobs do not support remote work, and visa sponsoring jobs are relatively stable. The user used LangChain's LLM to classify comments and created visualizations to demonstrate the results, including charts showing job types, locations, and technologies required.

SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-like spreadsheet

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The sc-im project, a customizable input method, is in need of sponsorship and donations to continue development, as the sole maintainer is struggling to work due to financial constraints. The project offers various features, including direct color support, wide character support, and Lua scripting, and can be installed and configured on various systems.

Batteries: How cheap can they get?

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Sodium batteries are expected to become ridiculously cheap, which will revolutionize the energy grid by enabling local demand response, improving grid stability, and making solar and wind energy more viable. With cheap batteries, households and businesses can store excess energy, flatten peaks and dips in the grid, and make electricity more dependable and affordable.

The saddest "Just Ship It" story ever (2020)

The user shares their frustrating experience of building an app over 2 years, constantly adding features and delaying release, only to find someone else has solved the same problem and released a similar app. The user reflects on their mistakes and encourages others to "just ship it" and avoid wasting time, sharing their own story of finally shipping their app and becoming a fan of the ...

Jeffrey Snover and the Making of PowerShell

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Jeffrey Snover, the creator of PowerShell, shares his story of overcoming resistance and skepticism within Microsoft to develop a command-line tool that would revolutionize Windows system administration. Despite facing numerous challenges, including a reorganization, demotion, and outsourcing, Jeffrey persisted in his vision and eventually created a comprehensive management solution that has ...

Finding near-duplicates with Jaccard similarity and MinHash

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The author explores the method of approximate deduplication via Jaccard similarity and the MinHash approximation trick, which is commonly used to identify similar documents in a large collection. The approach involves converting documents into feature sets, computing a "signature" for each set using MinHash, and then grouping documents by their signatures to find approximate duplicates.

The magic of small engineering teams

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PostHog, a company with 47 people across 10 countries, uses small teams of 2-6 people to retain the speed and innovation of a startup while scaling. These small teams, or "one-pizza teams," are responsible for owning an area of the product or company and making decisions independently, with minimal layers of management and lots of autonomy.

Building a data compression utility in Haskell using Huffman codes

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The article discusses the implementation of a data compression program in Haskell using Huffman coding, which maps each character to a unique sequence of bits, with common characters mapped to shorter bit sequences and rare characters mapped to longer ones. The program uses laziness to keep the memory footprint constant while encoding and decoding binary files, and can be used to compress ...

Sans-IO: The secret to effective Rust for network services

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Firezone's connectivity library, connlib, uses a sans-IO design to manage network connections and WireGuard tunnels, allowing for fast and exhaustive tests, deep customization, and high assurance of its functionality. The sans-IO design abstracts away IO and time, enabling the use of pure state machines and event loops, which provides flexibility, composes well, and is easy to test and maintain.

Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines

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West Japan Railway's new humanoid robot is designed for maintenance work, such as trimming tree branches and painting metal frames, to reduce accidents and worker shortages. The robot's operator controls its powerful limbs and hands remotely, allowing it to perform tasks that were previously difficult or dangerous for human workers.

Ask HN: Is there any software you only made for your own use but nobody else?

The user has created several software applications for personal use, including a shopping list app, Chrome extension, and various scripts, with a total of around 40 hours spent on development.

Mechanical computer relies on kirigami cubes, not electronics

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Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a mechanical computer that uses interconnected polymer cubes to store, retrieve, and erase data without electronic components. The system, inspired by kirigami, allows for complex computing and data encryption, with potential applications in three-dimensional information display and haptic systems.

Diffusion Forcing: Next-Token Prediction Meets Full-Sequence Diffusion

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Diffusion Forcing combines strengths of full-sequence diffusion models and next-token models, allowing flexible control over behavior at sampling time. It achieves stable and consistent video prediction, longer sequence generation, and decision-making capabilities, outperforming baselines in various tasks.

The sad state of property-based testing libraries

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The author discusses the limitations of property-based testing libraries, which often lack stateful and parallel testing features, and proposes a new approach to implementing these features using in-memory reference implementations, or "fakes", to simplify the process of writing properties. The author also provides examples of using property-based testing to find bugs in concurrent code, ...

NexDock turns your smartphone into a laptop

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The Snapdragon X Elite's Adreno iGPU

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite, featuring the Adreno X1 GPU, is a competitive integrated graphics processing unit (iGPU) that offers strong compute throughput, flexible memory usage, and high DRAM bandwidth, but struggles with cache bandwidth, register file capacity, and driver software issues. While it can provide playable performance in some AAA games, its limitations and software issues ...

Gravitational wave researchers cast new light on Antikythera mechanism mystery

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Researchers from the University of Glasgow used statistical modeling techniques to analyze the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek analog computer, and found that it likely tracked the Greek lunar year with 354 holes in its calendar ring. The analysis also revealed the remarkable craftsmanship of the ancient Greeks, with the holes precisely positioned with an average radial variation of ...

Ask HN: Vision Pro owners, are you still using it?

The user uses the Apple Vision Pro for watching media, working, and multitasking, appreciating its 4K 3D HDR with HFR capabilities, but notes limitations in window management and pairing with a Bluetooth keyboard. They returned the device, hoping for a future revision with improved features and a lower price point, and currently use it as a fancy monitor for occasional lying-down work.

Bone tissue reparation using coral and marine sponges

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Researchers have developed a new method of repairing bone damage using coral and marine sponges as scaffolds, which are easily integrated into existing bone structure and resemble bones in terms of porosity and composition. This biomimetic approach avoids stress-shielding, allowing bone cells to build around the scaffold and promoting proper healing and growth.

High-altitude cave used by Tibetan Buddhists yields a Denisovan fossil

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Researchers discovered Denisovan fossils in a Tibetan cave, including a lower jawbone, and analyzed protein fragments from animal bones to determine what they ate, finding they consumed a wide variety of food sources. The analysis, using a technique called zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry, identified nearly 80% of the bone fragments tested, providing insights into the Denisovans' diet and ...

Ask HN: Who Wants a Penpal?

The user is looking for penpals and suggests posting contact information in a specific format to prevent spam. They also mention a slow-penpal app and offer their own email and handwritten mail addresses for those interested in exchanging letters.

Region-specific Machines pricing

Starting July 1st, pricing for Machines with additional RAM will vary by region. Previously, a flat price was offered across all regions due to billing system constraints.

"Superintelligence" 10 years later

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The book "Superintelligence" by Nick Bostrom, published in 2014, has had a significant impact on the AI research scene and the tech world, with many notable figures such as Elon Musk and Bill Gates endorsing it. Ten years later, the book's warnings about the risks of superintelligent AI have become increasingly relevant, with the development of advanced AI models like ChatGPT and concerns ...

Map of Pontypandy in Fireman Sam

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You're creating interactive stories for your young children using the Fireman Sam setting, but they're struggling to engage due to poor narration and short-term memory issues. To help, you created a custom map of Pontypandy by stitching together screenshots from the show, which your children enjoyed helping with despite some inconsistencies and liberties taken.

Show HN: I made a split keyboard for large palms

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LivePortrait: A fast, controllable portrait animation model

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Kuaishou Technology released the initial version of the LivePortrait inference code and models, with continuous updates and bug fixes welcome. The code includes a PyTorch implementation of the paper LivePortrait: Efficient Portrait Animation with Stitching and Retargeting Control, with pre-trained weights and face detection models available for download.

HE.net problem

The website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks and has blocked the user's action. The user can email the site owner to report the block and include details of what they were doing when the page came up.

Reverse Engineering the Verification QR Code on My Diploma

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The author describes their experience with a QR code on a PDF that contained their exam grades, which led them to reverse-engineer the mobile app that verified the code. They found that the app used RSA encryption and a public key to decrypt the QR code, and that it was vulnerable to certain attacks, but ultimately concluded that it was not feasible to generate a valid diploma using the app.

The Origin of Ambergris (2012)

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Sperm whales produce ambergris, a rare and valuable substance, as a byproduct of their digestive system, which is then carried by ocean currents to various parts of the world's oceans. The journey of ambergris is unknown, and once found, it is impossible to determine its origin, age, or route to its destination, making it a mysterious and highly sought-after commodity.

Ready Player Mode

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The user discusses their experience with viewing media files in Emacs, including using image mode and openwith package, and eventually creates a new package called ready-player-mode to play media files from within Emacs. The package has features like playback control, metadata display, and navigation, and is available on GitHub for testing.

Kanban vs. Scrum: What's the difference?

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Kanban and Scrum are two popular project management methodologies that differ in their approach to managing projects, with Kanban focusing on flexibility and visual management, and Scrum emphasizing structure and predictability. Both methods have their strengths and weaknesses, and the choice between them depends on the project, team, and specific working environment, with Leiga offering a ...

Programmable Matter – 3D Catoms

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The 3D Catoms are shape-shifting microbots invented by nature and reverse-engineered by human teams, with an automated assembly process in France. The technology is showcased in videos, and users can simulate self-assembly with the VisibleSim simulator or request a guided tour of the laboratory.

Air-Bus Hijacking: Silently Taking over Avionics Systems

The paper presents a threat model for attacks on ARINC 429, a widely used avionics data bus standard, and demonstrates the feasibility of various attacks, including sniffing, inducing bit flips, injecting arbitrary packets, and canceling messages. The attacks can be implemented using a custom printed circuit board and an oscilloscope, and can be used to compromise the integrity and security ...

My Gold Prospecting and Mining Pages

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The user enjoys recreational gold prospecting and mining, sharing their adventures and tutorials on how to pan for gold, build sluices, and separate gold from e-waste. They also share their DIY projects, such as converting a vacuum and leaf blower into a gas-powered vacuum cleaner for gold prospecting.

Th64: Tiny Hash Function in C

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The SMhasher3 function is fast for small and large keys, with a hash rate of 43 cycles/hash for small keys and 2.61 bytes/cycle for large keys. The function uses a combination of bitwise operations and multiplication to generate a hash value from input data and a seed value.

Prusa is now manufacturing 3D printers in USA

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Prusa has joined forces with Printed Solid to improve availability of Original Prusa printers and filaments globally, with a focus on the US market. The partnership has expanded to include manufacturing of Prusament filaments and assembly of Original Prusa MK4 3D printers in Delaware, with the same quality standards as in Prague.

Ask HN: What book bit, stung and shook you deeply?

Kafka believes one should only read books that "bite and sting", waking us up with a blow to the head, and affecting us like a disaster. He argues that such books are necessary to thaw the frozen sea within us, unlike books that only bring happiness.

Reverse engineering a smartwatch

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The author reverse-engineered a smartwatch with geolocating capabilities by disassembling it, identifying exposed programming pins, and using a JLink debugger to dump the firmware. They then patched the firmware to update the IP address and port, allowing the watch to communicate with a server of their choice, and successfully repurposed the device.

Katharine Way, John Wheeler, and the Dawn of Nuclear Fission

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Katharine Way was a pioneering female physicist who worked with John A. Wheeler at the University of North Carolina in the 1930s, and her research on nuclear fission was on the verge of anticipating the discovery of nuclear fission. Despite limited scholarship on her work, a comparative analysis of Wheeler's remarks and Way's published articles reveals her contributions to the field and sheds ...

GitHub UX has operational security risks

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Don’t miss what’s happening People on X are the first to know.

The Ultimate Database Platform

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Data is displayed quickly, usually within a few hundred milliseconds, as long as the request is properly formatted. It's similar to Redis, a registered trademark of Redis Ltd, used for referential purposes only.

Even The Pentagon can't freeze Huawei out of its operations

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The US Pentagon is seeking a waiver to continue doing business with companies that use Huawei equipment, citing the difficulty of finding alternatives in certain parts of the world. The move is provoking a fresh showdown with Congress, with some lawmakers arguing that the Defense Department must move more quickly to eliminate Huawei's products.

React chaos in mid and large web apps: Any different experiences?

Register or sign in with developer credentials and ensure a unique and descriptive User-Agent to access the script or application. If blocked, try changing back to default or file a ticket to discuss alternative access methods.

British Pathé Newsreel Archives — 220k films dating from 1896 to 1984

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Keir Starmer's Labour have achieved a landslide in the UK general election. We look back at Labour's major victory in 1945. Here’s our regularly-updated selection of films that may be of use to news editors and journalists in covering important anniversaries, contextualising current events or illustrating trending topics.

The hunt for the most efficient heat pump in the world

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A retired chemistry teacher in the UK has installed a highly efficient heat pump that achieves a coefficient of performance (COP) of 5.5, making it one of the most efficient in the country. The heat pump, designed by a local installer, is part of a growing trend of installers pushing the limits of heat pump efficiency to reduce carbon emissions and energy bills.

New Warp Drive Model Requires No 'Exotic Matter,' Scientists Say We Can Build (2021)

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A team of researchers in Sweden has proposed a new design for a warp drive that does not require exotic matter, but is limited by Newtonian physics and cannot break the speed of light. The design, known as Applied Physics (APL), is a physical warp drive that can approach light speed and eliminate radiation exposure, but requires significant energy and is currently limited by the precision of ...

Thousands ofAmericans got caught in fintech and lost access to bank accounts

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Yotta, a fintech app, has been caught up in a dispute over its banking services, leaving thousands of customers' funds frozen and sparking a wider reckoning for the fintech industry. The collapse of Synapse, a middleman that connected fintech companies to banks, has revealed that the promise of safety and FDIC insurance may be a mirage, leaving customers like Natasha Craft, a 25-year-old ...

Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code

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The Apollo 11 guidance computer source code for the Command Module and Lunar Module has been digitized and made available in a repository, with PRs welcome for any issues or missing files. The code was transcribed from digitized images of hardcopy from the MIT Museum and was prepared by NASA under contract with the Instrumentation Laboratory at MIT.

Show HN: Foorr – A minimal to-do app with social accountability

Simplify your productivity with this simplest to-do app. Focus on tasks, prioritize and boost productivity together with friends. Declutter your mind today!

A rapid response system for elderly safety monitoring

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The RESAM method uses asynchronous detection and multi-sensor data fusion to recognize elderly individuals' actions with high accuracy (97.4%) and minimal delay (1.22 seconds). This innovative approach addresses the challenge of balancing accuracy and response time in Human Action Recognition, making it suitable for healthcare scenarios where swift and precise responses are critical.

How Did Silicon Valley Turn into a Creepy Cult?

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Tech leaders' pursuit of immortality and Mars colonization is alarming, as they invest in schemes that prioritize their own survival over the well-being of others. The cult-like ideology in Silicon Valley has led to a shift in the aims and purposes of technology, prioritizing dominance and control over innovation and progress.

Dumbification of Our Smartphones

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The author reflects on the evolution of smartphones, from initially being exciting to now being a source of modern suffering, and proposes the concept of "Dumbification" as a way to reclaim a healthier relationship with technology. The author shares their personal experiences and discoveries, including using a dumbphone and apps that promote minimalism, and hopes that Dumbification will ...

Wikipedians are hung up on the meaning of Madonna

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The Wikipedia page "Madonna" has been a subject of controversy for 17 years, with editors divided on whether it should focus on the singer, Mary, mother of Jesus, or serve as a disambiguation page. The page was eventually moved to focus on the singer, with the consensus being that most readers are looking for information about her.

Show HN: Rent Elderly People – Skip Lines and Get Senior Perks

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Rent Elderly People is a platform that allows users to rent an elderly person for the day, offering benefits like senior-only discounts and priority service. The platform is launching a pilot program in Los Angeles, initially featuring a contractor from the neighborhood, with the goal of creating a network of experienced elderly individuals.

X Window System at 40

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The X Window System celebrated its 40th birthday, with the author reflecting on their contributions to the project, including the development of NeWS and X11, and the reasons why X11 became widely adopted despite its limitations. Despite the rise of alternative window systems like Wayland, X11 remains widely used due to its legacy and compatibility with existing applications.

Gecko Tapes

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Geckos' ability to scale walls and ceilings is due to the unique structure of their feet, which use van der Waals forces and capillary forces to create strong adhesion. Scientists have successfully created synthetic materials, such as gecko tape, that mimic this ability, which could have applications in various fields, including space exploration and construction.

To save spotted owls, US officials will kill hundreds of thousands of other owls

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US wildlife officials plan to kill up to 450,000 barred owls over three decades to protect the declining northern spotted owl population on the West Coast. The plan has divided wildlife advocates, with some supporting the measure as a necessary step to preserve the spotted owl's habitat, while others argue it's a reckless and inhumane approach.

Footfall patterns and stride parameters of Common hippopotamus on land

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The study analyzed the locomotion patterns of hippos on land, finding that they typically trot, with a symmetrical gait and no aerial phases, and that their speed is mainly determined by decreasing stance duration rather than swing duration. The findings suggest that hippos are adapted for walking and trotting on land, but not for galloping or running, and that their locomotion patterns are ...

Journalism has become ground zero for the vocation crisis

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Journalism is facing a crisis due to relentless economic pressures, layoffs, and burnout, causing many to leave the profession or avoid it entirely. Despite these challenges, many people still find journalism appealing due to its connection to broader values, self-expression, and the promise of recognition and self-worth.

Why GPS Is Under Attack

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Bogus GPS signals have affected over 60,000 commercial flights this year, threatening global navigation and modern life. The US is falling behind in GPS technology, with China's Beidou system and Russia's modernization efforts posing a risk to the American GPS network's dominance.

Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines

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West Japan Railway's new humanoid robot is designed for maintenance work, such as trimming tree branches and painting metal frames, to reduce accidents and worker shortages. The robot's operator controls its powerful limbs and hands remotely, allowing it to perform tasks that were previously difficult or dangerous for human workers.

I read the dictionary to make a better game (2023)

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The article discusses the development of the word search game Tauggle, which aims to provide a satisfying experience by allowing players to complete games with 100% accuracy. The game's dictionary was curated manually by the developer, removing 15% of the original 87,000 words to ensure that most players can complete games without encountering unknown words.

Singulatron: Have your own internal AI network

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Singulatron is a source-available AI tool for consumption and development, supporting various database backends and distributed primitives, available as a binary for Windows, Linux, and soon MacOS. It offers user management, role-based access control, and a prompt queue system, with a dual license under AGPL-3.0-or-later and commercial license for non-personal use.

UI Design Tips Using Tailwind CSS for Developers

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The article discusses various UI tweaks, including kerning, colored shadows, and typography, to improve visual harmony and legibility. It also highlights the importance of white-space, line-height, and subtle gradients in creating a visually appealing design.

Common Lisp Names All Sixteen Binary Logic Gates

The Common Lisp standard defines various byte manipulation functions, including logical operations, bit shifting, and counting bits. These functions are used to represent and manipulate bit vectors, sets, and integers, and are essential for working with binary data in Lisp.

SoftBank stock hits first record high in 24yrs – Arm and AI helped it get there

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SoftBank's shares hit a record high, driven by the success of its tech investment arm, Vision Fund, and the public market success of Arm, in which SoftBank has a majority stake. The company's focus on artificial intelligence and its early investments in AI-related companies could help narrow the discount to its fair value, analysts say.