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Fool me twice: Smart home users say they’re done trusting Google

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-30 16:56:47

Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority TL;DR Many readers of a recent Android Authority article made clear that they’re not willing to give Google another chance with their smart home setups. Much of the skepticism is driven by a fear of product abandonment, poor software performance, or Gemini making basic controls worse. Some commenters remain hopeful about the platform’s future. It’s always a risk to bet on a comeback. When one of my colleagues recently explained why he was willing to give

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Daniel Ek is stepping down as Spotify CEO

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-30 16:15:19

Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek will be transitioning to the role of executive chairman on January 1 of next year. The current Co-President and Chief Product and Technology Officer Gustav Söderström and Co-President and Chief Business Officer Alex Norström will take his place as co-CEOs. “Over the last few years, I’ve turned over a large part of the day-to-day management and strategic direction of Spotify to Alex and Gustav — who have shaped the company from our earliest days and are now more

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Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications, 2nd ed

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-27 12:27:29

Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications, 2nd ed. © 2022 Richard Szeliski, The University of Washington Welcome to the website (https://szeliski.org/Book) for the second edition of my computer vision textbook, which is now available for purchase at Amazon, Springer, and other booksellers. To download an electronic version of the book, please fill in your information on this page. You are welcome to download the PDF website for personal use, but not to repost it on any other website; p

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Japan’s beer-making giant Asahi stops production after cyberattack

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-09-30 16:09:12

In Brief Asahi Group Holdings, the brewery giant that produces the Japanese beer Asahi and other beverages, was hit by a cyberattack Monday that forced the company to stop production in its Japanese factories. The disruption is reportedly still ongoing, but with no timeline for recovery. Asahi Group disclosed the attack in a press release, saying it was experiencing “a system failure” that forced the company to suspend order and shipment operations, as well as its call center operations. “At

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AI note-taking app Granola adds a repeatable prompts feature

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-09-30 16:45:56

Chatbot platforms like ChatGPT and Poe have allowed users to create repeated prompts in the form of GPTs and apps. Lately, browsers like Dia and Opera Neon have added a way for people to get repeated tasks done in the form of skills and cards. Now, meeting notetaker Granola is bringing its own spin with a feature called Recipes, which lets you create a prompt shortcut you can use again and again. You can invoke a recipe by using “/” in Granola chat and typing its name. You can create your own

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The Next Computing Revolution: Bringing Processing Inside Memory

computer.org Vanessa Castro 2025-09-30 20:00:47

Dr. Onur Mutlu is a renowned computer scientist and Professor at ETH Zurich whose pioneering research in computer architecture, memory systems, and hardware security has shaped industry standards and influenced technologies used by billions worldwide. In this article, he shares his insights on advancing memory-centric computing, exploring the challenges, breakthroughs, and future possibilities of next-generation computer memory systems. With advancements in memory-centric (i.e., processing-in-

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The Lasting Legacy of the IEEE Computer Society (CS) Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2025-09-30 20:31:19

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 30 September 2025 – In 1975, research into local computer networks was in its infancy—a vastly different dynamic than today’s environment where networks power everyday lives. But for the IEEE Computer Society (CS) and the community that supports the IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), that was entirely the point. To this day, they strive to build a conference that adapts to the shifting research landscape and addresses global needs. “Fifty years ago, it was

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Alexa Home Theater will let you use Amazon's Echo speakers for surround sound

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-30 20:33:25

What if you could just use a ton of Echo speakers as a surround sound setup for your TV? That’s basically what Amazon is trying to accomplish with its new Alexa Home Theater feature, which was announced during its 2025 device launch today. As the name implies, Alexa Home Theater works with up to five of its new Echo Studio or Echo Dot Max devices to create a surround sound environment with “compatible Fire TV sticks.” According to the company, Alexa will automatically set up the Home Theater fea

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Biologists Turn Skin Cells Into Human Eggs in Groundbreaking Experiment

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-09-30 20:00:38

A team of scientists has pulled off a microscopic trick worthy of Houdini. In new research out today, they show it’s possible to create functional human egg cells from a person’s skin cells. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University led the study, published Tuesday in Nature Communications. Using a variety of techniques, they successfully fertilized eggs generated from skin cells, which then grew in the lab for several days. Though the findings are only a proof of concept for now, the m

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Google’s Latest AI Ransomware Defense Only Goes So Far

wired.com Lily Hay Newman 2025-09-30 18:44:52

Ransomware attacks have loomed for years as an urgent digital threat with no easy solution—especially as they have evolved to include data grab-and-leak attacks that may not even involve data-encrypting malware at all. Traditional ransomware that locks up files and systems is still rampant, though, and Google on Tuesday launched a new defense for its Google Drive for desktop apps that aims to quickly detect ransomware activity and halt cloud syncing before an infection can spread. While antivir

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Scientists Made Human Eggs from Skin Cells and Used Them to Form Embryos

wired.com Emily Mullin 2025-09-30 20:00:00

In a controversial step that raises the possibility of a new kind of infertility treatment, scientists report that they have produced functional human eggs in the lab that were able to be fertilized with sperm. The proof-of-concept study, published today in the journal Nature Communications, involves using human skin cells to generate eggs, some of which were capable of producing early-stage embryos. None of the embryos were used to try to establish a pregnancy, and it’s unlikely that they wou

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A year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-09-30 18:00:00

Nvidia rival Cerebras Systems raised a new round of private financing despite its previous plan be trading on the public market by 2025. Silicon Valley-based Cerebras announced it raised a $1.1 billion Series G round on Tuesday that valued the AI hardware company at $8.1 billion. The round was co-led by Fidelity and Atreides Management with participation from Tiger Global, Valor Equity Partners, and 1789 Capital, among others. Cerebras, which was founded in 2015 and offers chips, hardware syst

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Firefly Aerospace stock tanks 24% after test rocket explosion

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-10-01 00:39:29

A model of the Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander during the company's initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. The explosion occurred during a first-stage test flight of satellite-launching Alpha Flight 7 rocket at its facility in Briggs, Texas, Firefly wrote in an update . "Proper safety protocols were followed, and all personnel are safe," Firefly wrote. "The company is assessing the impact to its stage test stand, and no other facilities

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Spotify founder Daniel Ek stepping down as CEO, company names co-CEOs to replace him

cnbc.com Jaures Yip 2025-10-01 00:38:46

Daniel Ek, founder and chief executive officer of Spotify, attends the Cannes Lions 2016 on June 22, 2016 in Cannes, France. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek will step down from his position and move to the role of executive chairman, the company said Tuesday. Spotify shares dipped around 4% following the announcement. Ek, who co-founded the streaming platform in 2006, will be replaced by current co-presidents and longtime executives Gustav Söderström and Alex Norström as co-CEOs, the company said in a

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Amazon unveils a new Fire TV lineup, including the $40 Fire TV Stick 4K Select

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-01 00:45:41

It's hard to muster much excitement for Amazon's Fire TV hardware these days — the company's main goal has been to offer cheap TVs and set top boxes for mainstream consumers who haven't been swayed by more compelling offerings from Roku, Apple and Google. Apparently, not much is changing this year, judging from everything announced during Amazon’s 2025 device launch event. There’s a new lineup of Fire TV sets, as well as the Fire TV Stick 4K Select, which the company describes as “the fastest st

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Amazon adds the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and Scribe 3 to its writing tablet lineup

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-01 00:50:31

Amazon is making two additions to its lineup of writing tablets: the Kindle Scribe 3, and the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft. The company showed off the new ereaders at its fall hardware event in New York. The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is the first time Amazon has added a full-color display to its notebook-like ereader. According to the company, the full-color display is meant to look crisp but "subtle," without the harsh brightness of a typical tablet. The included pen will support writing in 10 differ

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Is the “million-year-old” skull from China a Denisovan or something else?

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-01 00:14:52

A fossil skull from China that made headlines last week may or may not be a million years old, but it's probably closely related to Denisovans. The fossil skull, dubbed Yunxian 2, is one of three unearthed from a terrace alongside the Han River, in central China, in a layer of river sediment somewhere between 600,000 and 1 million years old. Archaeologists originally identified them as Homo erectus, but Hanjiang Normal University paleoanthropologist Xiaobo Feng and his colleagues’ recent digita

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Google's Latest AI Ransomware Defense Only Goes So Far

wired.com Lily Hay Newman 2025-09-30 23:44:52

Ransomware attacks have loomed for years as an urgent digital threat with no easy solution—especially as they have evolved to include data grab-and-leak attacks that may not even involve data-encrypting malware at all. Traditional ransomware that locks up files and systems is still rampant, though, and Google on Tuesday launched a new defense for its Google Drive for desktop apps that aims to quickly detect ransomware activity and halt cloud syncing before an infection can spread. While antivir

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Amazon debuts its latest Fire TVs, including a new Omni QLED model

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2025-10-01 00:58:35

is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. At Amazon’s annual hardware event, it announced a fleet of new Fire TVs, including an Omni QLED model, as well as new 2 and 4-series televisions that are all available to preorder starting today and will ship next month. These TVs feature what the company calls omnisense presence detection. It will allow the TV to wake up when it detects that you walk int

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Composite gets backing from NFDG for its cross-browser agent tool

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-10-01 00:00:00

The central pitch of AI browsers like Perplexity’s Comet, Opera’s Neon, and The Browser Company’s Dia is that they’ll help you complete daily tasks more efficiently. While these are agents that are limited to one browser, Composite aims to build an agentic solution that helps professionals with their tasks, regardless of which browser they use. The startup was started earlier this year by Yang Fan Yun and Charlie Deane. Yun is a former product manager at Uber, while Deane founded a company sell

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AI chip company Cerebras raises $1 billion in pre-IPO funding round

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-01 04:00:01

Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman, front row, second from left, participates in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the company's data center in Oklahoma City on Sept. 22, 2025. AI chipmaker Cerebras filed to go public exactly a year ago. The company has yet to take the plunge, but has now bought itself more time to stay private. Cerebras said Tuesday that it's raised $1.1 billion in new funding at a valuation of $8.1 billion as it tries to take on Nvidia , the world's most valuable company, in the boomin

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Meet the cute new DoorDash robot, Dot – claimed to be a first [Video]

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-01 04:44:48

A DoorDash robot has been unveiled by the delivery company, named Dot. Looking vaguely like an extremely red stroller, the company says it’s the first commercial autonomous delivery robot to be able to use any mix of roads, sidewalks, and bike lanes … DoorDash says it’s intended to replace the use of cars for more local deliveries. “You don’t always need a full-sized car to deliver a tube of toothpaste or pack of diapers. That’s the insight behind Dot,” said Stanley Tang, Co-Founder and Head o

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Google's AI Mode gets better at understanding visual prompts

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-01 04:00:01

Since it began rolling out AI Mode at the start of March , Google has been slowly adding features to its dedicated search chatbot. Today, the company is releasing an update it hopes will make the tool more useful for visual searches. If you've tried to use AI Mode since Google made it available to everyone in the US , you may have noticed it responds to questions about images with a lot of text. Robby Stein, vice president of product for Google Search, admits it can be "silly" to see text in th

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DoorDash introduces a cute delivery robot named Dot

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-01 04:00:36

At the Dash Forward keynote, DoorDash has unveiled a cute electric delivery robot named Dot that was designed specifically for quick neighborhood trips. Dot is around one-tenth the size of a car, can move up to 20 mph and can navigate not just roads, but also bike lanes and sidewalks. It's small enough to fit through doorways and driveways and can help local businesses meet demand from people who prefer to shop from the comfort of their own homes. The robot was developed in-house by DoorDash Lab

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Microsoft has lost its way

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-09-30 22:00:46

JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images Satya Nadella is only the third CEO Microsoft has had in its 50 years of existence, which is mind-blowing when you think about it. Back in 2017, when he was still only a few years into his role at the top of the company's org chart, Nadella (with the help of a couple of ghostwriters) wrote a book called Hit Refresh, in which he rhapsodized about "us humans and the unique quality we call empathy, which will become ever more valuable in a world where the torren

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Google releases AI-powered ransomware detection features for cloud files

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-10-01 04:00:45

imaginima/E+/Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways Google is adding ransomware detection to its Drive for desktop utility. The feature uses AI to detect likely attacks and stop syncing encrypted files. It's available as a beta release today for commercial customers at no extra cost. To an organization, nothing is more disruptive than falling victim to a ransomware attack. A successful attack means that the organization's files are forcibly encrypted and their business grinds to a halt until t

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I’ve removed Disqus. It was making my blog worse

news.ycombinator.com Ryan Southgate 2025-09-30 23:36:06

Intro This will be a short and sweet post. As I’m not big on goodbyes. Disqus started showing ads for their “free” tier comments system a few years back. At the time, the communication they sent out via email, seemed quite laid-back and had the tone of “don’t worry about it, it’s not a big thing”. Which in part lead me to almost forget it happened. At the time, the disqus comments system looked quite smart and sleek. I remember thinking that the ads system will possibly look smart and sleek t

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Show HN: A web version of Pips game (NYT domino game)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-27 16:23:58

Pips is a new puzzle from The New York Times. It is not a word puzzle. It is a number and domino puzzle. You use domino pieces with pips (dots). The goal is to put all dominoes on a board so every place is filled. You must follow rules in colored parts. Pips game helps you to think and plan.

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Bcachefs removed from the mainline kernel

news.ycombinator.com Posted September 2025-09-30 22:52:16

After marking bcachefs "externally maintained" in 6.17, Linus Torvalds has removed it entirely for 6.18. " Copyright © 2025, Eklektix, Inc. Comments and public postings are copyrighted by their creators. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds

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The First Ever At-Home Cortisol Test Just Launched. And You Don't Even Need to Draw Blood

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-01 03:00:05

Getting meaningful insight into your hormonal health typically means visiting a doctor, having blood work done and long waits for test results. One company is hoping to change that. Eli Health, a woman-founded health tech startup, has just launched its Hormometer, the first at-home, instant hormone testing system. "Hormometer's public launch brings cortisol tracking into daily life, making it as trackable as sleep, HRV [heart rate variability] or glucose," Eli Health cofounder and CEO Marina Pa

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Latest Tech News

Fool me twice: Smart home users say they’re done trusting Google

Daniel Ek is stepping down as Spotify CEO

Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications, 2nd ed

Japan’s beer-making giant Asahi stops production after cyberattack

AI note-taking app Granola adds a repeatable prompts feature

The Next Computing Revolution: Bringing Processing Inside Memory

The Lasting Legacy of the IEEE Computer Society (CS) Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)

Alexa Home Theater will let you use Amazon's Echo speakers for surround sound

Biologists Turn Skin Cells Into Human Eggs in Groundbreaking Experiment

Google’s Latest AI Ransomware Defense Only Goes So Far

Scientists Made Human Eggs from Skin Cells and Used Them to Form Embryos

A year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B

Firefly Aerospace stock tanks 24% after test rocket explosion

Spotify founder Daniel Ek stepping down as CEO, company names co-CEOs to replace him

Amazon unveils a new Fire TV lineup, including the $40 Fire TV Stick 4K Select

Amazon adds the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and Scribe 3 to its writing tablet lineup

Is the “million-year-old” skull from China a Denisovan or something else?

Google's Latest AI Ransomware Defense Only Goes So Far

Amazon debuts its latest Fire TVs, including a new Omni QLED model

Composite gets backing from NFDG for its cross-browser agent tool

AI chip company Cerebras raises $1 billion in pre-IPO funding round

Meet the cute new DoorDash robot, Dot – claimed to be a first [Video]

Google's AI Mode gets better at understanding visual prompts

DoorDash introduces a cute delivery robot named Dot

Microsoft has lost its way

Google releases AI-powered ransomware detection features for cloud files

I’ve removed Disqus. It was making my blog worse

Show HN: A web version of Pips game (NYT domino game)

Bcachefs removed from the mainline kernel

The First Ever At-Home Cortisol Test Just Launched. And You Don't Even Need to Draw Blood

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