Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (February 08, 2024)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for February 08, 2024 :</p>
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VirtualBox KVM Public Release
Summary: Cyberus Technology announces the open-source release of its KVM backend for VirtualBox, offering faster, more secure virtual machines with broader hardware and guest support. The KVM backend allows VirtualBox to utilize the Linux KVM hypervisor, enabling enhanced virtualization performance and improved Windows security in virtualized environments. Users can now run VirtualBox, QEMU, and Cloud Hypervisor in parallel, opening up new use cases. Cyberus Technology's KVM backend is available on GitHub under an open-source license.
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Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced
Summary: Google has rebranded Bard as Gemini and introduced a mobile app and Gemini Advanced with Ultra 1.0. Gemini Advanced offers access to Ultra 1.0, Google's largest and most capable AI model, which excels at complex tasks like coding and logical reasoning. The Google One AI Premium Plan, priced at $19.99/month, includes Gemini Advanced and 2TB of storage. Gemini is now available on Android and iOS in the US, with more countries and languages coming soon.