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Once Again, Oil States Thwart Agreement on Plastics

news.ycombinator.com Stephen Robert Miller 2025-11-18 05:39:32

Diplomats from around the world concluded nine days of talks in Geneva — plus a marathon overnight session that lasted into the early hours of Friday — with no agreement on a global plastics treaty. During a closing plenary that started on Friday at 6:30 a.m. — more than 15 hours after it was originally scheduled to begin — nearly all countries opposed an updated draft of the U.N. treaty that was put forward by the negotiating committee chair, the Ecuadorian diplomat Luis Vayas Valdivieso. Many

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Every Free Battlefield 6 Open Beta Challenges Reward You Can Earn

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-18 22:46:00

The Battlefield 6 open beta has taken the gaming world by storm, as hundreds of thousands of players have queued up to trade shots, blow up buildings and rack up killstreaks. The final beta period is in full swing: It began on Thursday, Aug. 14 and goes through Sunday, Aug. 17, so you'll want to join the playtest now if you want to experience the next era of Battlefield chaos before the full release on Oct. 10. Familiar maps and modes are making a return, as players play tug-of-war in Rush sec

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A treaty to end plastic pollution is still out of reach — that’s not necessarily a bad thing

theverge.com Justine Calma 2025-11-19 06:12:29

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. The nations of the world have been on the precipice of reaching a global agreement to curb plastic pollution for a few years now. Delegates from 184 governments met in Geneva this month to try to hammer out a final treaty, but in the end, they walked away without a deal. This

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Galaxy Watch Classic fan discovers bezel trick that looks like magic

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-20 04:56:08

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR A Reddit clip shows the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic’s bezel still works when held above the screen, thanks to magnetic sensing. The bezel uses a Hall sensor to detect changes in a magnetic field, rather than a mechanical connection. The same system is used on the latest Galaxy Watch 8 Classic. The rotating bezel is one of the Galaxy Watch Classic’s signature features, but it turns out that it doesn’t actually need to touch the smartwatch to work. It’s one

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MasterClass memberships are 40 percent off right now

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-20 14:32:23

MasterClass promises online learning with instructors who are the very best in their fields, and an annual subscription is currently 40 percent off across all tiers. Subscribers to MasterClass will have access to over 200 classes taught by iconic authors, chefs, athletes and leaders representing a diverse collection of skill sets and backgrounds. You could watch a class on writing taught by James Patterson, or learn cooking techniques from Thomas Keller. If you're trying to impress at your next

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Samsung is working on an all-new pair of smart glasses to take on Ray-Ban Meta

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-21 03:22:18

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is reportedly developing affordable smart glasses inspired by Ray-Ban Meta. The glasses may include a camera, speakers, and a microphone, but no display. Set for a late 2026 debut, these smart glasses are separate from Samsung’s XR headset plans. Smart glasses remain a particularly niche genre of wearable technology, even in mid-2025, but they are steadily growing in popularity. While the Ray-Ban Meta continues to lead the charge and has prove

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I spent two weeks with the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, and I really think it’s worth $500

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-21 04:00:47

Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic The Galaxy Watch 8 Classic is one of the most expensive Wear OS watches available in 2025, but it's also one of the best. It looks incredible, the rotating bezel is magical, and One UI 8 Watch is a killer piece of software. As long as the price doesn't scare you, the Watch 8 Classic is tough to beat. At first glance, the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic looks like a smartwatch so many of us have been waiting for. It’s a Samsung watch with a reasonably-sized design, a bright

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Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about happiness

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-21 03:19:42

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Steve Wozniak: 'I am the happiest person ever' and 'I never sold out'

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-22 09:19:42

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One of the Most Prolific VR Headset Makers (Not Meta) Now Has Smart Glasses (Not Ray-Bans)

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-11-22 18:28:40

XR, or extended reality, headsets are on the outs, but smart glasses are eating more and more of what was once VR’s slice of the face-mounted wearables pie. HTC, one of the few lingering pioneers of VR headsets with its Vive series, couldn’t stand up to Meta’s Quest for cheap consumer virtual reality, but it may be able to shoulder in some room with a new pair of smart glasses that goes tit for tat with Meta’s Ray-Ban and Oakley HSTN smart eyewear. The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have proved pop

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I tried Meta's new Oakley smart glasses in my production studio - my verdict as a content creator

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2025-11-22 23:06:00

Jason Howell/ZDNET Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. When I saw that Oakley and Meta's collaboration on the HSTN Limited Edition smart glasses with improved 3K video for $499, I was excited they might be the perfect pair of POV glasses for the studio. Oakley's sport-forward design isn't my favorite, but I could easily overlook any aesthetic shortcomings if they nailed my primary use case of easy, hands-free recording fo

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Thought HTC was dead? It just launched a surprisingly compelling Ray-Ban Meta rival

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-23 09:07:58

HTC Vive TL;DR HTC’s Vive division has announced a new pair of smart glasses called Eagle. These glasses come with a design similar to Ray-Ban Meta glasses but with better specifications and more colors. Unfortunately, HTC is limiting sales to Taiwan, unlike other Vive headsets that also sell globally. HTC has long given up on phones (except it hasn’t completely and still sells entry-level phones in certain markets). But its Vive division has continued to work on AR, VR, and XR headsets. It

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Solos is equipping its smart glasses with an AI for the blind and low-vision community

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-23 09:00:09

Solos is teaming up with Envision, a company that makes assistive technology for the blind and low-vision community, to add an AI called Ally to its AirGo smart glasses platform. This chatbot was designed for those with vision issues. The companies say this integration creates a "first-of-its-kind, hands-free, voice-activated wearable." Solos says the specs can perform a number of tasks that should make life easier for the low-vision community, including recognizing and reading text in real tim

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These smart glasses use AI to help low-vision users

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-11-23 09:00:00

is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Accessibility-focused tech provider Envision has partnered with eyewear company Solos to launch new smart glasses specifically designed for blind and low-vision users. Envision says the camera-equipped Ally Solos Glasses can read and translate text, desc

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HTC is getting in on AI glasses, too

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-11-23 09:40:44

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. With Meta, Google, Samsung, and maybe even Apple working on AI-powered glasses, smart spectacles are quickly becoming the hottest gadget in tech. Now, even HTC is jumping in on the trend with a new pair of Vive Eagle smart glasses that come with built-in speaker

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My favorite lens and screen-cleaning kit keeps my tech smudge-free, and it costs $8

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2025-11-23 22:00:13

The Koala cleaning kit with a pair of glasses. Kayla Solino/ZDNET I've been wearing prescription glasses since I was 18 months old, so trust me when I tell you I know a lot about keeping lenses clean and protected -- I've had over 20 years of practice. While it may seem like you can clean your sunglasses or glasses with any old "glass cleaner," or something as simple as soap and water, I am here to tell you that it can be a huge (and costly) mistake. Most glass cleaning products (even dish soa

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Show HN: Real-time privacy protection for smart glasses

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-21 08:40:47

Privacy Infrastructure for Smart Glasses Build smart glasses apps without privacy concerns. Smart glasses apps face privacy hurdles. This real-time privacy filter sits between the camera and the app, automatically ensuring compliance. How it works: Replace your raw camera feed with our filtered stream. The filter processes live video, applies privacy protections, and outputs a compliant stream in real time. Use this processed stream for AI apps, social apps, or anything else. Features: Anon

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Microplastics are everywhere — including in the air around plastic treaty negotiations

theverge.com Justine Calma 2025-11-24 18:11:38

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Thousands of delegates have descended upon Geneva this week for what’s supposed to be the culmination of years of negotiations that, if successful, are supposed to end in a groundbreaking

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Leaky Ice Dam Prompts Evacuations in Alaska as Record Floods Loom

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-11-25 18:10:41

A water basin in Alaska is overflowing its ice dam, the Mendenhall Glacier, and flooding the state capital, Juneau. Experts expect the likely record-breaking event to peak today, and officials have asked residents in parts of the city and borough to evacuate. The flood doesn’t come as a surprise. Years ago, a small glacier on the other side of Mendenhall Glacier—which is just 12 miles (19 kilometers) from Juneau—receded and left a basin in its wake, according to the Associated Press. Since then

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New 3D Laser Scanner Developed for Harvesting Robots

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-28 02:24:51

Robotics engineers at the University of Würzburg have developed a novel 3D laser scanner system for precise plant analysis in the field for the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy in Potsdam. Whether strawberries, asparagus or apples: when it comes to harvesting, skilled workers are often in short supply. Many researchers are therefore working on harvesting robots that could provide welcome support to agricultural businesses in the future. ‘There are already a few pro

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Claude vs. Gemini: Testing on 1M Tokens of Context

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-28 03:59:58

Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up to get it in your inbox. Today, Anthropic is releasing a version of Claude Sonnet 4 that has a 1-million token context window. That’s approximately the entire extant set of Harry Potter books in each prompt. We got early access last week, so you know we had to put it to the test. We did three main tests on Claude Sonnet 4: Long context text analysis: We hid two movie scenes in 1 million tokens of context, and asked Claude to find those scenes and

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Quick fixes: bring back Google Photos classic search instead of ‘Ask Photos’ Gemini AI

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-11-28 09:58:40

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Issue You just want to search your archived photos, instead of interacting with an AI assistant. Quick fix Inside the app, tap the Google account button at top-right, then go to Photos settings > Preferences > Gemini features in Photos, and turn off

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Central American Beaches Are Being Overrun With Local and Foreign Plastic

wired.com Andrea J. Arratibel 2025-11-29 12:00:00

A Powerade bottle from 2001 was found on Yaya, a Peruvian beach south of Lima. A Coca-Cola bottle from 2002 was found on Robinson Crusoe Island, a World Biosphere Reserve, in Chile. These were the oldest of all the bottles collected. These discarded pieces of packaging were collected in a new macro-study that looked at the origin of plastic bottle pollution on beaches and cities along Latin America’s Pacific coastline. The research—the first to be conducted on a regional scale, thanks to a citi

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AI Industry Warns That New Lawsuit Could Destroy It Entirely

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-29 23:10:33

Last month, a federal judge ruled that potentially millions of writers can join a copyright infringement lawsuit brought against the AI startup Anthropic. The suit, filed by three authors, accused the Claude chatbot maker of using pirated books downloaded from "shadow libraries" such as LibGen to train its large language models. Upping the ante through the roof, US district judge William Alsup said that the trio's suit can represent every single writer of the some seven million books that Anthr

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8 Common Foods That Can Contain Microplastics and How to Avoid Them

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-29 20:09:00

Microplastics aren't just an ocean pollution issue anymore. They're now a daily life, from diet to kitchen tools. Recent research shows that common foods, drinks and food storage containers may be delivering thousands of tiny plastic particles into your body without you even realizing it. Studies estimate the average person consumes between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles annually through food and beverages alone -- and when airborne particles are included, that number can climb as hig

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Bcachefs to be removed from mainline Linux kernel

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-30 09:09:50

* [GIT PULL] bcachefs changes for 6.17 @ 2025-07-28 15:14 Kent Overstreet 2025-08-05 21:19 ` Malte Schröder 2025-08-10 6:20 ` Gerhard Wiesinger 0 siblings, 2 replies; 39+ messages in thread From: Kent Overstreet @ 2025-07-28 15:14 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Linus Torvalds; +Cc: linux-bcachefs, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel Schedule notes for users: I've been digging through the bug tracker and polling users to see what bugs are still outstanding, and - it's not much. So, the experimental label is c

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Liquid Glass gets more changes in iOS 26 beta 6, here’s what’s new

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-11-30 14:54:47

iOS 26 beta 6 arrived today with new ringtones, faster launching apps, important Camera reversal, and more. Apple has also made some additional updates to Liquid Glass, here’s what’s new in iOS 26 beta 6. Latest Liquid Glass refinements impact Lock Screen, tab bars, more Apple continues refining the look of its Liquid Glass design in iOS 26. Major changes seem to be behind us with the public launch fast approaching. But there are some noticeable enhancements in the latest iOS 26 beta nonethel

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Get Your Heart Rate Up With These HIIT Workout Programs

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-30 23:00:00

CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review products and services. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Cardio is more enjoyable when you can take a run in a beautiful location or take your time riding your bike around. However, that's not always an option. This is why high-intensity interval training workouts exist. These are fast-paced, quick workouts in a short amount of time, such as 30 seconds at a time with 30 seconds of rest

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I tested Meta's new Oakley smart glasses in the studio - my take as a content creator

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2025-12-01 09:00:00

Jason Howell/ZDNET When I saw that Oakley and Meta's collaboration on the HSTN Limited Edition smart glasses with improved 3K video for $499, I was excited they might be the perfect pair of POV glasses for the studio. Oakley's sport-forward design isn't my favorite, but I could easily overlook any aesthetic shortcomings if they nailed my primary use case of easy, hands-free recording for my smartphone reviews and how-to content. Also: I spent a weekend with Meta's new Oakley smart glasses - t

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Apple applies for patent on that ‘single slab of glass’ iPhone

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-01 23:10:33

iOS 26 is giving us a glass-like UI, but Apple’s long-term vision for the iPhone hardware is what former design chief Jony Ive referred to as a “single slab of glass.” A new Apple patent application appears to refer to work on this, describing a “six-sided glass enclosure” … An all-glass iPhone Ive may be long gone from his role at Apple, but the company is believed to be still working toward his vision of a device which would look like a single slab of glass. The company’s first major step

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