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Boring Work Needs Tension

We can make our work exciting by chasing the every day tension. We are all moved by great movies, cinematography, and stories. Watching them is fun because you can imagine yourself resonating with a character. You are thrilled by the tension the story creates and curious how it will be resolved. Many find software development a dull job where you have to write exactly what your PM or client asks for. It’s exciting at first, but it can become boring after a few iterations. Whatever doesn’t exc

Get into the cockpit as new crop of “Top Gun” pilots get their wings

It's constant corrections that you're doing. It is very much an eye scan. You have to be looking at certain things. Where is your lead indicator coming from? If you wait for the airspeed to fall off, it's probably a little bit too late to tell you that you're underpowered. You need to look for some of the other cues that you have available to you. That's why there's so many different sensors and systems and numbers. We're teaching them not to look at one number, but to look at a handful of numbe

How to disable ACR on your TV - and why you should ASAP

Adam Breeden/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Smart TVs track viewing habits with ACR tech. Collected data fuels billions in targeted ads. Turning off ACR protects privacy but takes effort. Did you know that whenever you turn on your smart TV, you invite an unseen guest to watch it with you? These days, most popular TV models utilize automatic content recognition (ACR), a form of ad surveillance technology that gathers information about eve

Meta bypassed Apple privacy protections, claims former employee

A former Meta product manager has claimed that the social network circumvented Apple’s privacy protections, as well as cheating advertisers, and fired him when he repeatedly raised the issue internally. Meta is said to have found ways to identify Apple users even after they refused consent for app tracking, in order to avoid an estimated $10 billion loss of revenue … App Tracking Transparency hit Meta hard Meta relied heavily on selling personalized advertising, which required it to be able t

Show HN: Daffodil – Open-Source Ecommerce Framework to connect to any platform

Daffodil - Storefront that can connect to any ecommerce backend. Daffodil is an ecommerce development framework for building high-quality storefronts that can connect to any ecommerce backend. daff.io | demo.daff.io Demo Wanna see what we're trying to do? Check out the demo. Quickstart From a new Angular app, simply run npx ng add @daffodil/commerce Documentation Get started with Daffodil, learn the fundamentals and explore advanced topics on our documentation website. Contributing

‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Producers Promise Season 4 Will Be Better

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ third season was weird as hell. Not just for the wild swings in tone and genre the series went for in its latest round of boldly going, but for a season that veered largely in quality from one episode to the next, including a particularly notable nosedive in its back half. But now that the season is over, and work on the next has already concluded, its producers are beginning to acknowledge that stumble. Speaking to TrekMovie recently after a screening of season 3

Spotify’s free users can finally play the songs they want

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Spotify has removed restrictions that prevented free users from listening to specific tracks. With Lossless audio now finally rolling out to paying subscribers, the music streaming service has announced that it’s also allowing non-paying listeners to search, play, and share any song they want, without having to upgrade to a Premium subscription. The update is being rolled out globally and addresses one of t

Gemini’s improved home screen is coming soon, and it could get new tweaks (Updated: Rolling out)

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini could be getting a refreshed home screen, as we’ve also seen before. Google has begun testing it with a small set of users using the latest beta version of the Google app. Google is also testing suggestions for queries based on your Google activity, although this is currently in the early stages of testing. Update, September 15, 2025 (10:10 AM ET): Gemini’s new landing screen, plus the new options button, is now rolling out to users in the stab

Pgstream: Postgres streaming logical replication with DDL changes

pgstream - Postgres replication with DDL changes pgstream is an open source CDC command-line tool and library that offers Postgres replication support with DDL changes to any provided target. Features Schema change tracking and replication of DDL changes Support for multiple out of the box targets Elasticsearch/OpenSearch Webhooks PostgreSQL Initial and on demand PostgreSQL snapshots (for when you don't need continuous replication) Column value transformations (anonymise your data on the g

Show HN: Semlib – Semantic Data Processing

Semlib Semlib is a Python library for building data processing and data analysis pipelines that leverage the power of large language models (LLMs). Semlib provides, as building blocks, familiar functional programming primitives like map , reduce , sort , and filter , but with a twist: Semlib's implementation of these operations are programmed with natural language descriptions rather than code. Under the hood, Semlib handles complexities such as prompting, parsing, concurrency control, caching,

How brands and creators are fighting for your attention — and your money

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Hank Green, the cofounder of Complexly, where we make SciShow, Crash Course, and a bunch of other educational YouTube channels. I’m back in the Decoder guest host chair for another couple of episodes while Nilay is out on parental leave. Today, I’m talking with Digitas CEO Amy Lanzi, who runs a major marketing and ad agency. You might remember Amy; Nilay interviewed he

Samsung’s latest Good Lock module could supercharge the Gallery app

TL;DR Samsung has started testing a new Good Lock app dubbed Gallery Assistant beta. The app brings a number of photo and video editing options under one umbrella. These features include advanced watermarks, media compression, and saving images as a PDF. Samsung has a ton of apps under its Good Lock umbrella, giving users a variety of extra options beyond the One UI platform. These Good Lock apps cover categories like the camera, home screen, audio, and notifications. Now, it looks like Samsu

Pick up an Anker magnetic battery pack while they are up to 42 percent off

Whether you you intend to pick up the new iPhone Air or just need some extra juice for your existing iPhone, a MagSafe power bank is an essential accessory. Luckily, Anker both makes some of our favorites and has great sales going on right now on just this kind of gear. One of the most affordable is the Anker 622 Magnetic Battery, which is 42 percent off and down to $28 right now. This steep discount is also available at Anker's online store with a coupon code that the company provides. This mod

I tested the Samsung S95F OLED for a week, and I'm ready to give up my living room TV

Samsung S95F OLED TV ZDNET's key takeaways The Samsung S95F OLED TV delivers an excellent viewing and gaming experience thanks to its superb picture and sound quality, low latency, and the option to disable AI processing. However, this TV is a very expensive investment, especially at larger sizes, and its thin design makes it feel quite fragile. A key color accuracy issue is that the OLED panel runs very blue, which is a significant drawback for this otherwise high-performing TV. View now at A

Spotify Free's Upgrade Lets You Pick Any Song You Want

Music streaming service Spotify is rolling out improvements to its free music tier, including the new ability to listen to any song you want, and this follows the company granting Premium users access to lossless streams. The company outlined three new ways ad-supported users can now access the specific song they want to listen to without shuffling: Pick & Play to choose any song from the interface, including your library; Search & Play to use the app's search function; and Share & Play to list

Apple’s new iPhone charger is a (second) of its kind

is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Alongside its new iPhone 17 lineup, Apple casually launched what looked like a world’s first charger with support for the USB PD 3.2 AVS protocol last week inside the very dull sounding “Apple 40W Dynamic Power Adapter with 60W Max.” Only it’s not:

The Download: computing’s bright young minds, and cleaning up satellite streaks

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 China has accused Nvidia of violating anti-monopoly laws As US and Chinese officials head into a second day of tariff negotiations. (Bloomberg $) + The investigation dug into Nvidia’s 2020 acquisition of computing firm Mellanox. (CNBC) + But China's antitrust regulator hasn’t confirmed if it will punish it. (WSJ $) 2 The US is getting closer to making a TikTok deal But it’s still p

Apple's new iPhone charger dynamically switches between 40 and 60W

If you want a powerful phone charger in the smallest size possible, Apple has the answer — but there is a tradeoff. The company's new 40W Dynamic Power Adapter is the first charger to support the USB PD 3.2 AVS (adjustable voltage supply) protocol so it can hit up to 60W, but only for a limited time. It was designed to work the company's new iPhone 17 models with faster charging speeds than previous iPhones. Lugging heavy chargers is a particularly bugbear of mine so the Dynamic Power Adapter s

The Apple Watch Series 11 is one feature away from making me ditch my Oura Ring

Nina Raemont/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Apple unveiled Sleep Scores on the Apple Watch. The feature is available with WatchOS 26 and on the new smartwatches. There's one health tracking feature I wish Apple had announced. Last year, Gallup surveyed Americans about their sleep habits. For the first time since polling began in 2001, it found that a majority of Americans said they'd feel better if they got more sleep. They aren't happy

Amish Men Live Longer

Articles Amish Men Live Longer Abstract This study examines differences in the longevity of Amish men compared to the men within the general population of the United States. Data for this analysis comes from the 1965 Ohio Amish directory, specifically the birth and death dates of men from the Holmes County settlement. Amish men’s longevity is compared with the white men of Ohio based on life tables published online by the Social Security Administration. Amish men live an average of five years

Here are five fintechs that could be next to IPO after Klarna

In this article KLAR Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Specialist traders work at the post for Swedish fintech Klarna, during the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Sept. 10, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters After Swedish payments group Klarna's $17 billion initial public offering, investors are pondering which big fintech name will be the next to go public. Klarna popped as much as 30% on the day of its New York IPO, before settling to close aro

First calls and texts, now Pixels could detect scams from chat apps (APK teardown)

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed that Google’s Scam Detection feature is coming to chat apps. The feature will display scam detection alerts in chat app notifications. It’s possible that apps like WhatsApp, Signal, Instagram, and Twitter could support this functionality. Google introduced Scam Detection functionality to Pixel phones last year, which alerts you if you’re on a phone call with a suspected scammer. The company has also brought t

Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro users are now facing scary battery swelling problems

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Pixel 7 and 7 Pro users are reporting battery swelling issues, with mixed responses from Google support. Google recently offered free battery replacements and cash/discount appeasements for Pixel 7a swelling problems. Battery troubles have plagued several Pixel models, including Pixel 6a units catching fire, raising pressure on Google to respond. Pixels are among the best Android phones you can buy, but they have also earned a notorious reputation for

Samsung actually tries with Galaxy Z Fold 7, breaks foldable sales records

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is reportedly the fastest-selling Galaxy foldable in Western Europe during its first four weeks in the region. The Galaxy device has also outdone foldable phones from other brands in the region during the same time frame. Samsung’s latest foldable phone is extremely thin and light, while offering a 200MP main camera. Samsung released the Galaxy Z Fold 7 in July, and it’s a major upgrade over previous models. We previously heard tha

Apple TV+ won big at the Primetime Emmys with Severance and The Studio

Streaming platforms once again dominated the 2025 Primetime Emmy awards (77th edition), while network TV was shut out of the the major filmed categories. Apple TV+ came out on top with seven total wins including four for The Studio: Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actor (Seth Rogen), Outstanding Directing (Rogen and Evan Goldberg) and Outstanding Writing. "I've never won anything in my life," Rogen said during his off-the-cuff acceptance speech. "When I was a kid I bought a used bowl

Language Models Pack Billions of Concepts into 12k Dimensions

In a recent 3Blue1Brown video series on transformer models, Grant Sanderson posed a fascinating question: How can a relatively modest embedding space of 12,288 dimensions (GPT-3) accommodate millions of distinct real-world concepts? The answer lies at the intersection of high-dimensional geometry and a remarkable mathematical result known as the Johnson-Lindenstrauss lemma. While exploring this question, I discovered something unexpected that led to an interesting collaboration with Grant and a

Removing newlines in FASTA file increases ZSTD compression ratio by 10x

Zstandard's long range mode works wonders for genome sequences without newlines September 12, 2025 First released with Zstandard 1.3.2 in 2017, the --long range match finder increases the compressor’s search window to at least 128MiB, improving deduplication inside large files. This optional feature had substantial performance overheads at launch, but various optimisations have since brought its performance within shooting distance of Zstandard’s fast defaults. As a fan of Zstandard’s speed an

RustGPT: A pure-Rust transformer LLM built from scratch

🦀 Rust LLM from Scratch RustGPT-demo-zoon.mp4 A complete Large Language Model implementation in pure Rust with no external ML frameworks. Built from the ground up using only ndarray for matrix operations. 🚀 What This Is This project demonstrates how to build a transformer-based language model from scratch in Rust, including: Pre-training on factual text completion on factual text completion Instruction tuning for conversational AI for conversational AI Interactive chat mode for testing f

Monday Night Football: How to Watch Buccaneers vs. Texans, Chargers vs. Raiders Tonight

There are five Monday Night Football doubleheaders on tap for this season, starting with tonight's twin bill. Kicking things off are the Buccaneers and Texans in Houston starting at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT) on ABC and ESPN. Next, we'll head to Las Vegas for an AFC West showdown between the Chargers and Raiders that begins at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT) on ESPN. If you are looking the ManningCast, you won't find it for either of tonight's games. The Manning brothers have the night off and will return

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These Are the 8 Best Places to Buy Reading Glasses Online in 2025

Strength Reading glasses typically range from +0.25 to +2.50 diopters (the unit of measurement for eye prescriptions), though the average starting strength is usually around +0.75. In rare cases, reading glass strength can go up to +4.00. “Tips for buying reading glasses online are similar to buying ready-made reading glasses at the drugstore: it’s a convenient option, but it’s not a good idea for everyone,” says Dr. Ravi Goel, clinical spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. “