Hacker NewsThursday, May 22

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OpenAI is acquiring io, an AI device startup co-founded by former Apple designer Jony Ive, in a $6.5 billion stock deal. The acquisition, OpenAI's largest to date, will help the company develop AI-powered devices with the expertise of Ive and other ex-Apple designers.

A discussion linking AI and topology, explaining how neural networks can be understood through the lens of mathematical surfaces and transformations. Like play-doh, data can be manipulated in higher dimensions to create meaningful separations and relationships, enabling machines to learn and reason through topological spaces.

Litestream, an open-source tool that enhances SQLite by enabling data recovery from object storage, has received major updates including faster point-in-time restores, improved synchronization through conditional writes, and new features for read replicas and multi-database replication.

Google introduces Gemma 3n, a new AI model optimized for mobile devices, offering fast performance, reduced memory usage, and enhanced capabilities in processing text, audio, and images. The model enables private, on-device AI experiences and supports multiple languages, marking a significant step in making advanced AI more accessible.

Signal Desktop introduces a new "Screen security" feature on Windows to prevent unauthorized screenshots, particularly addressing Microsoft's Recall feature. The setting blocks screenshot capabilities and is enabled by default on Windows 11, though users can disable it if needed, balancing privacy protection with accessibility concerns.

Devstral, a new AI model developed by Mistral AI and All Hands AI, offers advanced software engineering capabilities, outperforming other open-source models. Available under Apache 2.0 license, it can be deployed locally or in enterprise settings, making it ideal for various coding tasks and development needs.

90s.dev is a new web-based platform for game development that combines a retro 90s aesthetic with modern features. It offers an API for creating games, game engines, and tools, wrapped in an operating system metaphor, with a focus on community sharing and open-source development.

A mathematical exploration of solving a viral emoji math problem that was modified by Sridhar Ramesh to become notoriously difficult. The post explains the step-by-step solution process using elliptic curves, line intersections, and rational points, showing how to find the solution despite its complexity requiring over 300 digits.

The U.S. trade deficit persists due to export sales lagging behind import demand and a gap between domestic saving and investment spending. While trade policies can influence cross-border commerce, the deficit is fundamentally tied to macroeconomic factors where the U.S. relies on foreign borrowing to fund domestic investments due to insufficient domestic savings.