Subj : Amazon Alexa+ ¨, Instagram Reels app ¨, Nvidia squeezes partners ¨ To : All From : TLDR Date : Thu Feb 27 2025 11:35:30 --P9Y4nspn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Amazon will start rolling out its more capable and conversational version= of Alexa to US Prime members for free in the next few weeks=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR = =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Pacaso] [4] TLDR 2025-02-27 TOP INVES= TORS ARE BACKING THIS =E2=80=9CUNLISTED=E2=80=9D STOCK (SPONSOR) [4]=20 = A new venture by former Zillow execs is targeting the $1.3 trillion vaca= tion home market [4], and investors like SoftBank and Maveron are paying = attention. 40% of wealthy Americans plan to buy vacation homes. 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Big Tech & Startups

Amazon's subscription-based= Alexa+ looks highly capable=E2=80=94and questionable (6 minute read)

Amazon will start rolling out its more = capable and conversational version of Alexa to US Prime members for free in= the next few weeks. Alexa+ will be available to non-Prime subscribers for = $20 a month. Amazon has not specified a release date but noted that availab= ility will start with the Echo Show 8, 10, 15, and 21 smart displays. Alexa= + will be compatible with tens of thousands of other devices and services a= t launch - Amazon trained it to use partner APIs and it has agentic abiliti= es for apps that don't have a full set of external APIs.
Instagram may launch separa= te Reels app to take on TikTok (1 minute read)

Instagram is reportedly considering lau= nching a separate Reels app focused on short-form video. TikTok's future re= mains uncertain in the US. President Trump has granted an extension to comp= ly with the law that requires a sale or ban of the platform and floated the= possibility of a joint venture between the US and ByteDance, but there are= few details on how that might work. The law was enacted due to arguments t= hat TikTok could be used by China as a tool for spying and political manipu= lation.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

Reinforcement Learning Trip= les Spot's Running Speed (7 minute read)

The research version of Boston Dynamics= ' Spot quadruped robot comes with a low-level application programming inter= face that allows direct control of Spot's joints - it also unlocks some sig= nificant performance improvements, including a much faster running speed. T= he Robotics and AI Institute has been applying reality-grounded reinforceme= nt learning techniques to enable much higher performance from Spot. This ar= ticle looks at the improvements these techniques have made and also a brand= -new hardware platform - an autonomous bicycle that can jump.
Intuitive Machines' Athena = Lander Launches on Journey to the Moon (5 minute read)

Intuitive Machines' Athena lander, laun= ched yesterday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, is now on an arcing path to the= moon. It will attempt to land in a region about 100 miles from the Moon's = south pole on March 6. The main payload on Athena is a drill designed to di= g and pull up lunar soil about four inches at a time, dropping it on a pile= on the surface to be analyzed. Athena is also carrying three robotic rover= s and a small flying 'hopper'. More details about Athena's payloads are ava= ilable in the article.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

Are we approaching =E2=80= =9CAutomation Armageddon=E2=80=9D? (Sponsor)

87% of businesses have used process aut= omation to drive growth in the last year. Camunda's State of Process Orc= hestration & Automation Report 2025 reveals how - based on a= survey of 800 IT decision makers, business leaders, and software architect= s. While AI is driving more automation, many are concerned about complexity= and lack of control. See the full findings
Semaphore (GitHub Repo)

Semaphore is a CI/CD platform that can = be self-hosted or run on a cloud provider. It futures blazing-fast CI/CD an= d supports YAML-based configuration, parallel execution, and more. Semaphor= e can scale from a solo developer to massive engineering teams and is built= for the modern cloud. It works seamlessly with containers, Kubernetes, and= multi-cloud environments.
Chicory (GitHub Repo)

Chicory allows developers to run WebAss= embly (Wasm) programs with zero native dependencies or JNI. It can run Wasm= anywhere the JVM can go. Chicory aims to be able to run even in very restr= ictive environments.
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Automattic's =E2=80=9Cnucle= ar war=E2=80=9D over WordPress access sparks potential class action (4 minu= te read)

Automattic and its founder Matt Mullenw= eg may face a potential class action lawsuit claiming that they deliberatel= y abused their power and control over the WordPress ecosystem to purposeful= ly and repeatedly disrupt contracts. The class would include all persons in= the US who had ongoing active WPE WordPress Web Hosting plans on or before= September 24, 2024, through to December 10, 2024. The lawsuit warns that t= he entire internet as a whole could be harmed due to Automattic withholding= access to open source software anytime a company doesn't cave into payment= demands.
Nvidia's AI Boom Brings Ric= hes to Partners Like Dell, at a Cost (6 minute read)

Dell's $5 billion deal to supply server= s to xAI is an immense win for the computer seller, but the deal only has a= narrow margin of profitability. People familiar with the deal say that the= deal is expected to yield gross margins only in the mid-single-digits perc= entage. Nvidia has expanded its product range, reducing opportunities for c= ompanies like Dell to bundle higher-margin items. The company's massive lev= erage is likely to continue at least until rival chipmakers launch competin= g products.
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YouTube surpasses 1B monthl= y podcast viewers (1 minute read)

YouTube will be implementing changes to= mid-roll ads to place them at more appropriate breakpoints in videos to pr= event disruptions.
Nvidia sales grow 78% on AI= demand, company gives strong guidance (5 minute read)

Nvidia's fourth-quarter earnings beat W= all Street expectations - the company's report signals that it is confident= that it will be able to continue its historic run of growth well into 2025= ..
Resigning as Asahi Linux pr= oject lead (7 minute read)

Hector Martin is leaving the Asahi Linu= x project effective immediately - this post details the many reasons for th= e departure.
I Went To SQL Injection Cou= rt (18 minute read)

The 104th Illinois General Assembly is = considering a bill that will stop public bodies in Illinois from hiding inf= ormation from Freedom of Information requests by keeping that information i= n databases.
Ask HN: Former devs who can't get= a job, what did you end up doing for work? (Hacker News Thread)

Unemployed developers are finding jobs i= n trading, restaurant work, and manual labor or working on their own projec= ts.
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vscli is a CLI/TUI that makes it easy t= o launch dev containers for IDEs like VSCode and Cursor

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