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🎮 PlayStation Network has been down for over 14 hours

🤖 Ilya Sutskever's SSI eyes $20B valuation without revenue

💥 Apple drops lawsuit against former iOS engineer accused of leaking Vision Pro details

🔄 Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction

🔌 Trump administration stops $5B EV charging program

🎁 + 9 other news you might like

🔮 + 5 handpicked research papers and tools

🎮 PlayStation Network has been down for over 14 hours LINK

PlayStation Network has been experiencing a complete outage for over 14 hours, affecting all services including sign-in, gaming, video streaming, and the store.

The PlayStation support team acknowledged the issue on social media but has not provided any updates or explanations since their initial statement 11 hours ago.

Other companies, like Marvel Rivals, are in communication with PlayStation regarding the issue and have assured users that services will resume once a solution is found.

🤖 Ilya Sutskever's SSI eyes $20B valuation without revenue LINK

Safe Superintelligence (SSI), founded by Ilya Sutskever, is in talks for a funding round that may value the startup at $20 billion, despite having no revenue.

The company's focus on developing "safe superintelligence" without commercial products stands out, with Sutskever leaving OpenAI to pursue this non-commercial research direction.

Investor interest in SSI is high due to Sutskever's AI expertise, and funding discussions are ongoing, with potential changes to terms expected as talks progress.

💥 Apple drops lawsuit against former iOS engineer accused of leaking Vision Pro details LINK

Apple filed a lawsuit against Andrew Aude, a former iOS Software Engineer, for leaking confidential information to The Wall Street Journal and The Information.

Aude was responsible for leaking details about Apple's Journal app and Vision Pro, along with other confidential company policies and products.

The lawsuit has been dismissed after a settlement, and Aude has publicly apologized for sharing sensitive information during his time at Apple.

🔄 Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction LINK

Isaac Gemal, a New York-based developer, launched WikiTok, a site that lets users swipe through an endless stream of Wikipedia article summaries, similar to TikTok's interface.

WikiTok provides a random assortment of Wikipedia articles in a vertically scrolling format, available on both mobile and desktop browsers, without relying on an algorithm to tailor content.

Despite suggestions to customize the article feed, Gemal emphasizes the importance of maintaining a space free from algorithmic influence, offering a genuinely random source of information.

🔌 Trump administration stops $5B EV charging program LINK

The Trump administration has paused the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, halting the approval of new funding requests and plans for EV charger deployment to align with its policies.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) plans to publish updated guidance by spring, allowing for public comment before issuing revised guidelines to resume funding and deployment activities under the NEVI program.

This suspension risks the progress made by NEVI, which had improved in late 2024, and could lead to reduced EV charger installations, impacting electric vehicle sales due to increased charging anxiety among consumers.

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Latest research and tools

GITHUB • 181 points View Source
Show HN: ExpenseOwl – Simple, self-hosted expense tracker: ExpenseOwl: a simple, self-hosted tool for tracking daily expenses with a focus on monthly pie-chart visualization to maintain an overview of financial habits in a straightforward way.

GITHUB • 148 points View Source
Ghostwriter – use the reMarkable2 as an interface to vision-LLMs: Ghostwriter: an experimental tool for the reMarkable2 that observes handwriting and, when prompted, generates responses on the device's screen.

GITHUB • 40 points View Source
Show HN: A simple Hackernews client for iOS and Android: Emerge Tools Hacker News repo: a practical Android and iOS example project using Emerge's products for app size analysis, snapshot testing, dead code detection, and performance testing, available on the App Store and Google Play.

GITHUB • 38 points View Source
The Deck: An Open-Source Cross-Platform Multiplayer Card Game Engine in Flutter: The Deck: an open-source cross-platform multiplayer card game engine in Flutter for creating a digital environment to play classic card games with friends using a shared device for an immersive experience.

GITHUB • 36 points View Source
Collection of one-file C/C++ libraries with no dependencies, primarily for games: cute_headers: a collection of single-file C/C++ libraries for games, designed to be included directly into source code without dependencies, offering simplicity in integration and ease of sharing without the need for complex build scripts.

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