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Ring's new generative AI feature is here to answer your 'who's there?' or 'what was that?' questions

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-08-31 10:00:14

Ring Ring just added new Video Descriptions, a feature powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that will offer richer notifications of what your Ring cameras capture. The company hopes this generative AI-powered feature will provide you with more meaningful information to help you distinguish between urgent and everyday activities. Also: I found a worthy Ring alternative in this video security camera (and it has no subscriptions) "Today's advancements in AI represent something truly extraordi

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Yarn (YC W24) is hiring engineers in NYC

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-31 14:00:12

Video is the most compelling medium ever invented. But even a single minute of video can take hours to make and expertise across multiple tools. AI is changing this forever, and how we create and consume video will look completely different in 2 or 3 years time. We're starting by helping the fastest growing startups in the world make more compelling, authentic and entertaining content 100x faster than today. We're taking a novel technical approach in the video space. We think making videos i

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Your Internet Connection Type Makes a Difference: Which Is the Best Type for You?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-31 14:00:00

At CNET, we've encountered every internet connection type, and our experts can tell you firsthand the difference the connection type you choose can make. In this guide, we'll cover the different types of connections available, the speeds they offer, their overall quality and price range. This decision determines the quality (and satisfaction) of your home internet and can also help you plan a broadband budget. While we consider fiber the gold standard for home broadband, some addresses may miss

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This Gemini feature in the YouTube app convinced me to finally ditch the Google Assistant

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-31 23:00:47

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Ever since Google announced that it would begin phasing out its Assistant for Gemini as the default voice assistant, I have found myself struggling to pick between the two. On one hand, I like the familiarity and reliability of the Assistant but on the other, Gemini is the only one still getting new features. The latter is exactly what finally pushed me to start using Gemini more seriously — despite the occasional hiccup and hallucination. In particular, I’ve

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AT&T users are about to get a potentially life-saving feature on their phones. Here's what it is

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-08-31 21:30:15

SOPA Images / Contributor / Getty If you're an AT&T Wireless customer, you're about to receive a potentially life-saving feature on your phone. The company announced several upgrades to its Next Generation 9-1-1 ESInet emergency communications platform this week, with the most important one coming to your phone. Later this year, AT&T customers will be able to send picture and video messages to 9-1-1. Also: You should use these 10 personal safety features on your Pixel phone (before it's too l

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Best Internet Providers in Buffalo, New York

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-31 19:36:00

What is the best internet provider in Buffalo? CNET’s top pick for the best internet provider in Buffalo is Verizon Fios. The ISP earns the top spot thanks to its fast, symmetrical upload and download speeds, strong customer satisfaction and competitive pricing. The only catch? Fios isn't available everywhere within the city. If Verizon Fios isn’t available at your address, Spectrum is a solid backup. Spectrum offers the most affordable internet plans in Buffalo. Just keep in mind that prices

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Best Portable Air Conditioners: Cooling Your Home One Room at a Time

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-01 02:03:00

Not only did the Midea MAP14HS1TBL excel in performance compared with most portable air conditioners we tested, but it also has a lot of features and specialty options. This model isn't cheap, but it's a well-rounded luxury AC unit with everything you need -- and then some. To start, the MAP14HS1TBL has the highest cooling capacity of any other model we tested. Those 12,000 BTUs come in handy for cooling larger spaces up to 550 square feet, and it showed in the performance. The Midea model beat

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Best Internet Providers in Alaska

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-01 08:46:00

Alaska has a lot to offer, including rugged natural beauty, national parks and fresh seafood. However, its offerings are less expansive when it comes to internet service for the state's 730,000 residents. Whether it's fiber, fixed wireless, DSL or satellite, you'll have to make some compromises when picking an internet service provider in Alaska. According to our CNET experts, GCI is the top pick for most in the state -- if it's available in your area. What is the best internet provider in Alas

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Discovery of HMS Endeavour wreck confirmed

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-01 09:17:11

Back in 2022, we reported on the Australian National Maritime Museum's (ANMM) announcement that its researchers had confirmed that a shipwreck proposed as a likely candidate in 2018 is indeed the remains of the HMS Endeavour. However, the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP)—the museum's research partner in the project—promptly released a statement calling the announcement premature. RIMAP insisted that more evidence was needed. The final report is now available, and both RIMAP and A

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Shocking Video Shows Entire Road Buckling in Heat, Creating a Jump That a Car Instantly Flies Off

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-01 14:10:21

"Danger. Speed bump growing zone." Bumpy Road The summer's first heatwave has been so intense in the United States that an asphalt road buckled so suddenly that an oncoming car went airborne in Missouri, all captured in a now-viral video. In spite of the peril, the video made for a comical sight: the roads belches, sending a fine mist of dust into the air as it sends forth a brand new speed bump — off which the four-door compact car catches air, like a scene out of a Grand Theft Auto video ga

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GoPro Quik app adds new MotionFrame and POV editing tools for 360 video

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-01 14:02:20

If you have fun shooting 360 video with a GoPro MAX, but isn’t exactly a fan of the editing process after, here’s some good news: GoPro just rolled out two new tools for its Quik mobile app aimed at making 360 editing a bit less of a hassle. Let the gyroscope and accelerometer do the editing for you The first is MotionFrame, a rebranded version of what used to be called OverCapture. It lets you play your 360 video back on your phone and physically move your device so its gyroscope can do the w

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Biocide overdose blunder suspected in A321 dual-engine incident

news.ycombinator.com David Kaminski-Morrow 2025-09-01 14:05:21

UK investigators probing a serious dual engine problem on a departing Airbus A321 have discovered its fuel system had previously been overdosed with biocide, after a maintenance engineer misunderstood a measurement term. The engineer was confused by the term ‘ppm’ – meaning ‘parts per million’ – while conducting a biocidal shock treatment of the Titan Airways A321’s fuel tanks, as the jet neared the end of a month-long maintenance check. While the anti-contamination treatment required a biocid

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Discovery of HMS Endeavor wreck confirmed

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-01 14:17:11

Back in 2022, we reported on the Australian National Maritime Museum's (ANMM) announcement that its researchers had confirmed that a shipwreck proposed as a likely candidate in 2018 is indeed the remains of the HMS Endeavour. However, the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP)—the museum's research partner in the project—promptly released a statement calling the announcement premature. RIMAP insisted that more evidence was needed. The final report is now available, and both RIMAP and A

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Under Trump 2.0, Tech Companies Pull Back on Pride

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-09-01 18:35:32

Tech companies were happy to have their name appear alongside President Donald Trump’s strange, authoritarian-esque military parade. But they are suddenly seeming a bit shy about supporting Pride events. Wonder what that is about? CNBC reports that San Francisco Pride will not feature Facebook parent company Meta as one of its sponsors this year—a major absence from a company that once had a major presence at the parade. For what it’s worth, the disappearance of Meta’s branding appears to be a

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4Real-Video-V2: Feedforward Reconstruction for 4D Scene Generation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-02 06:35:33

1Snap Inc. 2KAUST 4Real-Video-V2 is capable of computing a 4D spatio-temporal grid of video frames and 3D Gaussian particles for each time step using a feed-forward architecture. Its architecture has two main components, a 4D video diffusion model and a feedforward reconstruction model. Your browser does not support the video tag. This represents a major upgrade over 4Real-Video, introducing a new 4D video diffusion model architecture that adds no additional parameters to the base video model

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Ozempic Might Be a Dementia Buster, Too

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-09-02 04:55:27

Semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, might also double as a brain booster. Research out today describes a link between semaglutide use and a reduced risk of dementia in people with type 2 diabetes. Scientists at Case Western Reserve University conducted the study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. They found that diabetes patients taking semaglutide have a significantly lower risk of dementia than those taking other diabetes medicati

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Tired of Prime Video Ads? You Can Ditch Them for an Extra Cost

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-02 04:57:39

Amazon rolled out advertisements in Prime Video content for customers in the US in January 2024. Since then, it has reportedly increased the ad load. If you're reading this, you might be missing the commercial-free days of yore. Whether you're accessing Prime Video through an Amazon Prime membership ($15 a month or $139 a year) or a $9-a-month standalone Prime Video membership, you can remove ads on movies and TV shows for an extra $3 a month. Amazon notes that "some content will continue to in

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CapCut combines simplicity and function in a free video editor

techspot.com Unknown 2025-09-02 10:31:00

Cut, reverse and change speed: getting it just right is easier than ever, posting only your wonderful moments. CapCut for desktop is a free, powerful video editing software designed for Windows and macOS. It offers a full-featured timeline editor with advanced tools like keyframe animation, chroma key, motion tracking, and audio syncing. Ideal for content creators, CapCut combines professional-grade features with an intuitive interface, making it easy to produce high-quality videos for social m

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75 million deepfakes blocked: Persona leads the corporate fight against hiring fraud

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-09-02 18:00:00

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more As remote work has become the norm, a shadowy threat has emerged in corporate hiring departments: sophisticated AI-powered fake candidates who can pass video interviews, submit convincing resumes, and even fool human resources professionals into offering them jobs. Now, companies are racing to deploy advanced identity verification technol

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Meta is absent from SF Pride this year, as tech industry retreats from public support of LGBTQ+

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-09-02 21:41:56

Parade goers hold Pride flags during the annual Pride Parade in San Francisco on Sunday, June 29, 2024. Minh Connors | San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is staying mum these days when it comes to the LGBTQ+ community. It wasn't always that way. San Francisco Pride Executive Director Suzanne Ford told CNBC she remembers when Zuckerberg personally called the nonprofit to ensure that the company then known as Facebook had a spot at the annual event

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Uber, Waymo robotaxi service opens to passengers in Atlanta

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2025-09-03 07:00:01

Uber and Alphabet's Waymo are now offering robotaxi rides to the public in Atlanta, as the companies continue expansion of their partnership. The Waymo robotaxis available through the Uber app will cover approximately 65 square miles around Atlanta, but will not yet travel on highways or to the airport. The vehicles feature Waymo's driverless technology, known as the Waymo Driver, integrated into battery electric Jaguar I-PACE SUVs. The companies said in September that they would be jointly br

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One of my favorite budget Lenovo laptops is on sale - act fast while the deal lasts

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-09-03 04:00:13

ZDNET's key takeaways The IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 with the Snapdragon X Plus processor is available now, starting at $749. It's durable and reliable, runs cool, and features a comfortable keyboard and nice OLED display. However, it might not stand out in a market of similarly-specced devices that are lighter and cheaper. View now at Lenovo View now at Best Buy more buying choices Over at Best Buy, the Lenovo IdeaPad 5x is on sale for $688, a 20% discount. The laptop is on clearance, so supplies are

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Better than Ring? This video security doorbell has similar features and no monthly fees

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-09-03 08:15:11

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lorex 2K Wi-Fi video doorbell is available for $180. The doorbell comes in wired and wireless installations, communicates reliably, and includes a preinstalled 32GB microSD card for local storage so you can bypass subscription fees. Although it has a 2K resolution, the image is so wide angle that objects look distorted. $199.99 at Amazon Video doorbells are among the best ways to start your smart home journey. They are easy to use and often easy to install, and provi

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I Solved a 7-Day Calculation Problem in a Weekend

news.ycombinator.com Jithin Sankar 2025-08-30 23:32:43

How I Solved a 7-Day Calculation Problem in a weekend Jithin Sankar Follow 3 min read · 3 days ago 3 days ago -- Listen Share In a previous project, my team was building a SaaS application. The scenario was this: we had a slider for setting a price, from $0.00 to $10.00. When you moved the slider, the app would show you the projected sales for that price. The slider input was combined with two other attributes, Region and SKU name. The problem was performance. Each time the slider moved, it wo

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Tesla’s robotaxis have already caught the attention of federal safety regulators

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-09-03 14:44:39

Federal safety regulators have reached out to Tesla a day after the automaker began providing rides in its branded robotaxis in Austin. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contacted Tesla after numerous videos posted online appear to show Tesla robotaxis violating traffic laws in South Austin, where the company is providing rides to invited customers. Bloomberg was the first to report that NHTSA reached out to Tesla. NHTSA confirmed to TechCrunch that is has contacted the au

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Trump Says U.S. Won’t Respond to Iran’s Retaliatory Strike in Qatar

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-09-03 18:05:55

“Iran has officially responded to our Obliteration of their Nuclear Facilities with a very weak response, which we expected, and have very effectively countered,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday afternoon. “There have been 14 missiles fired—13 were knocked down, and 1 was ‘set free,’ because it was headed in a nonthreatening direction. I am pleased to report that NO Americans were harmed, and hardly any damage was done.” The Iranian military launched about a dozen missiles toward Al Udeid Ai

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Tesla's first robotaxi rides are already running into a few bumps

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-03 22:53:08

Tesla launched its robotaxi service over the weekend, with only a small number of cars and heavy human supervision on and off the road. While less impressive than previously promised, the company's caution ultimately seems for the best — at least one robotaxi attempted to drive on the wrong side of the road, based on a video posted to X and spotted by Bloomberg. The ride video shared by Rob Maurer is largely uneventful, with the Tesla navigating turns and lane merges with few issues. Except for

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AI Harry Potter Vlogs Are an Unholy Combo of Fanfic and Veo 3 Slop

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-09-03 22:30:58

There are lots of ways to make a generic vlog on YouTube nowadays, but only one way to make a vlog using the likeness of Harry Potter characters—or at least only one way to do that without technically doing it at all. Thanks to Veo 3, Google’s newest video generation model, smooth-brain YouTube content is getting a lot smoother. Loads of people have already demonstrated ad nauseam how Veo 3 can generate man-on-the-street-style vlogs or unboxing videos that look fairly close to the real thing. Na

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First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor

news.ycombinator.com Kameryn Griesser 2025-09-01 22:29:35

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Heat-trapping methane may be best known for the dangers it poses to humans and Earth’s atmosphere, but in the dark depths of the ocean, the greenhouse gas is a nourishing meal for some of the world’s most mysterious creatures, new research suggests. Scientists say they have discovered three previously unknown, unnamed species of sea spider off

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Videos Show Tesla Robotaxis Swerving, Hard-Braking for Cops in First Day of Austin Launch

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-09-04 02:20:10

Elon Musk’s Tesla launched its driverless “Robotaxi” service in Austin, Texas, on Sunday to the over-the-top praise from its diehard fans who bragged about spending all day calling for rides. For everyone else, the whole thing ranged from extremely underwhelming to confusing to downright dangerous. Footage has already started populating online of Tesla’s driverless vehicles making confounding decisions and occasionally messing up so bad that they end up driving on the wrong side of the road. Th

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Ring's new generative AI feature is here to answer your 'who's there?' or 'what was that?' questions

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Discovery of HMS Endeavor wreck confirmed

Under Trump 2.0, Tech Companies Pull Back on Pride

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Tired of Prime Video Ads? You Can Ditch Them for an Extra Cost

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First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor

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