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How Google's Genie 3 could change AI video - and let you build your own interactive worlds

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-08-29 14:41:43

Google ZDNET's key takeaways: World models could help to advance AI research, entertainment, etc. Genie 3, Google DeepMind's world model, debuted on Tuesday. Google DeepMind says Genie 3 has an "understanding" of the world. Imagine exploring a virtual environment without boundaries, where everything you see looks and behaves just as it would in reality. This is precisely what many tech developers today are working to create through AI "world models," or algorithms that can build and act up

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Food, housing, & health care costs are a source of major stress for many people

news.ycombinator.com Marjorie Connelly 2025-08-29 13:27:56

August 4, 2025 About half of the public consider the cost of groceries to be a major source of stress in their life right now, and 19% of those concerned have used deferred payment services to fund groceries at some point. Overall, 29% of the public have ever used deferred payment services, sometimes called Buy Now Pay Later, for health care, entertainment, groceries, or restaurant meals. Use of these services is higher among adults under age 45 compared with older adults. People experiencing

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Openvibe combines news and social media in one app

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-08-29 14:00:00

Openvibe, an app that allows you to follow open social networks like Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, and Nostr in one place, is now expanding its functionality so you can follow your favorite news sites and blogs, too. To do so, the startup is adding support for RSS (aka Really Simple Syndication or news feeds), an open standard that allows you to subscribe to automatic updates from websites, like new articles or blog posts. The addition makes Openvibe more useful for keeping up with your interests

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Apple's Favoritism to Fastmail

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-29 18:25:12

Congrats to @Fastmail , the only provider @Apple allows to send push notifications to the iOS Mail app. No announcement. No documentation. No access for anyone else. Just quiet favoritism. We genuinely like @Fastmail . We’re happy for them. But @Apple has chosen a winner in private, giving one provider a major advantage and refusing the same to everyone else. We’ve tried to talk. @Apple just stops responding once they realize what we’re asking. Our customers want answers, and unlike Apple, we do

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A major historical bitcoin cycle that dictates its price might be breaking

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-08-30 03:39:13

In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Caia Image | Collection Mix: Subjects | Getty Images Bitcoin 's historical "cycle" is showing signs that it might be breaking as a changing profile of investors and supportive regulation reshapes market dynamics. If this often predictable pattern is broken, it would have significant implications for the way investors assess the cryptocurrency's price action and the potential timing of when to invest in bitcoin. "It's not o

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These Sony headphones are a fan favorite - and they're on sale at Amazon at a new low price

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-08-30 00:00:17

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Apple’s lock on iPhone browser engines gets a December deadline

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-08-30 00:15:40

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. We might finally see the first iPhone browsers built on top of third-party engines now that Japanese regulators have taken up the issue. Apple’s malicious compliance in the EU has so far prevented Chrome, and its Blink engine, for example, from coming t

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Android phone feeling slow? How I changed one setting to instantly double the speed

zdnet.com Kerry Wan 2025-08-30 04:30:17

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Virtual Linux Devices on ARM64

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-26 08:51:00

500 virtual Linux devices on ARM 64 Underjord is an artisanal consultancy doing consulting in Elixir, Nerves with an accidental speciality in marketing and outreach. If you like the writing you should really try the pro version. This is the first part of an experimental journey as I explore how many instances of my favorite IoT framework I can run on the 192 core Ampere One. Background I work on the Nerves project which is an IoT framework providing best-practice underpinnings and support so

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Benchmarking GPT-5 on 400 real-world code reviews

news.ycombinator.com Dedy Kredo 2025-08-30 03:00:22

GPT-5 is now available in Qodo’s platform for all free and paid users. Get started today. At Qodo, we believe benchmarks should reflect how developers actually work. That’s why we built the PR Benchmark—a benchmark designed to assess how well language models handle tasks like code review, suggesting improvements, and understanding developer intent. Unlike many public benchmarks, the PR Benchmark is private, and its data is not publicly released. This ensures models haven’t seen it during train

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17 iOS settings I changed to instantly improve my iPhone battery life

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-08-30 03:00:17

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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‘Wednesday’ Showrunner Confirms We’ve Seen the Last of Xavier Thorpe

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-08-29 20:00:46

It turns out that Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) was right to leave Xavier Thorpe (Percy Hynes White) on ‘read’ after he gifted her a cell phone at the end of season one. Better yet, during season two of Tim Burton’s Wednesday, we see her throw the phone into a boiling pot before returning to Nevermore Academy, only to find that Xavier had been transferred to another supernatural school. It’s an abrupt end to a significant character from season one—but intentionally so, on the production team’s behal

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DaVinci Resolve has new immersive tools for spatial video editing

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-08-30 10:35:42

Today, Blackmagic Design announced a major update to DaVinci Resolve Studio, with extended support for editing spatial videos captured with its immersive camera. Here’s what’s new. Last year, Blackmagic Design launched the URSA Cine Immersive camera, which it called “the world’s first commercial camera system designed to capture Apple Immersive Video.” With a double-lens system that records stereoscopic 3D videos, the camera was launched alongside an updated version of DaVinci Resolve that “le

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Meta says these wild headset prototypes could be the future of VR

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-30 10:51:32

Meta previewed some of its latest virtual reality prototypes this week, with concepts that are compelling on the specs and long on the design. Literally. The company shared some details on its Tiramisu project, dubbing it "hyperrealistic VR." This set promises three times the contrast, 14 times the maximum brightness and 3.6 times the angular resolution of the Meta Quest 3. In actual stats, that's up to 1,400 nits of brightness and an angular resolution of 90 pixels per degree. One of the goals

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Apple’s F1 film helped drive Formula One Group’s top-speed revenue growth

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-08-30 14:46:32

The F1 movie isn’t just a hit for Apple. The Formula One Group credits Apple in part for its recent revenue boost. The Hollywood Reporter has the story: The company, which is owned by Liberty Media, saw a one-time revenue increase from the release of the film in late June, which contributed to the group’s 40 percent rise in revenue year-over-year to hit $1 billion. Executives quantified the impact of the movie on revenue as “as a mid-teens number for the quarter,” with other drivers including

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Just installed iOS 18.6 on your iPhone? I'd change these 11 settings ASAP

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-08-30 11:34:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Cursor CLI

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-30 13:53:54

Use it in your IDE or any terminal. Same commands, any environment. Plug into your setup anywhere.

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Beware of promptware: How researchers broke into Google Home via Gemini

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-08-30 18:28:00

Maria Diaz/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Researchers demonstrated a way to hack Google Home devices via Gemini. Google put additional safeguards in place for Gemini in response. Keeping your devices up-to-date on security patches is the best protection. The idea that artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to maliciously control your home and life is one of the main reasons why many are reluctant to adopt the new technology -- it's downright scary. Almost as scary as having your smart devi

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These midrange Bose headphones are on sale for $130 off - act fast before the deal ends

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-08-30 22:15:22

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Researchers used Gemini to break into Google Home - here's how

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-08-30 22:42:00

Maria Diaz/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Researchers demonstrated a way to hack Google Home devices via Gemini. Google put additional safeguards in place for Gemini in response. Keeping your devices up-to-date on security patches is the best protection. The idea that artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to maliciously control your home and life is one of the main reasons why many are reluctant to adopt the new technology -- it's downright scary. Almost as scary as having your smart devi

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Starlink Teases ‘Community’ Discount for Shared Satellite Access. Here’s How It Works

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-30 21:05:00

SpaceX may soon allow multiple Starlink users to share access to a single dish for a lower monthly rate, according to a post on a customer support page. (The news was first reported by PCMag, which is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.) The post, which has since been taken down, stated, “Starlink is launching a new affordable way to deliver high-speed internet: one Starlink, multiple subscribers -- each with their own Starlink account and seamless experience.” A Starlink Com

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TP-Link's new Wi-Fi 7 router is a travel-friendly option that won't break the bank

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-08-31 02:04:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Changing this Android setting instantly doubled my phone speed (Samsung and Google models included)

zdnet.com Kerry Wan 2025-08-31 02:07:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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The Whispering Earring

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-30 18:16:28

Cleaner, easier-to-reference repo of Scott Alexander’s The Whispering Earring (that’s the Schelling title, real title below). Original from livejournal is backed up here. Clarity didn’t work, trying mysterianism In the treasure-vaults of Til Iosophrang rests the Whispering Earring, buried deep beneath a heap of gold where it can do no further harm. The earring is a little topaz tetrahedron dangling from a thin gold wire. When worn, it whispers in the wearer’s ear: “Better for you if you take

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The Disturbing AI Interview That Has Everyone Fuming

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-31 02:40:09

It was billed as a “one-of-a-kind interview,” but it may be remembered as a new low for journalism. Jim Acosta, the former CNN anchor turned Substack host, has ignited a firestorm of controversy by conducting what may be one of the most unsettling interviews of the AI era: a televised conversation with an AI-generated version of Joaquin Oliver, the 17-year-old who was killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The interview aired at the reques

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Tesla’s Biggest Rivals Warn the EV Party Might Be Over

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-31 06:10:52

It’s going to be tough, and it’s going to be uncertain. That was the clear message from Rivian and Lucid, America’s two most promising electric vehicle manufacturers, as they gave a grim forecast for the future of the EV market. After a brief sugar rush of sales, Tesla’s top rivals are bracing for a brutal hangover, hit by a double punch of hostile policies from the second Trump administration: crippling tariffs and the fast-approaching end of the federal EV tax credits that have propped up the

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Weapons turns our deepest anxieties into a potent horror masterpiece

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-08-31 06:47:19

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Zach Cregger’s first major film Barbarian was tense and frightening, but it was also infused with a healthy dose of absurdity. The movie’s twisted sense of humor made it easier to stomach its grotesque violence and a bit more difficult to anticipate how its unhinged story would unfold. But Barbarian also worked surprisingly well as a

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Vision Pro 2 is coming soon, with three new upgrades expected

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-08-31 13:19:28

Apple Vision Pro launched in early 2024, and now rumors indicate Apple’s follow-up model is almost ready to ship. Here are three upgrades expected with the new Vision Pro 2. #1: M4 or M5 chip The current Vision Pro includes an M2 chip as its main processor alongside the brand new R1 chip. There have been conflicting reports around the new chip coming to Vision Pro 2: Ming-Chi Kuo has consistently said M5 will be the new chip. Mark Gurman more recently claimed it would be an M4 instead. Eit

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7 common household devices to unplug to save money on your electricity bill

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-08-31 13:14:00

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Costs are steadily rising in the US, and energy costs are a prominent example. This is made worse by summer temperatures being at record highs, with heat waves wreaking havoc across various states in the past few weeks. As someone who's gone through a few of these this summer alone, I'm constantly looking for ways to conserve energy. There are many little things you can do that can shave dollars off your monthly energy bill, and they go beyond switching off the lights when you

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These 17 iOS tweaks instantly extended my iPhone battery life - quick and easy

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-08-31 14:46:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Latest Tech News

How Google's Genie 3 could change AI video - and let you build your own interactive worlds

Food, housing, & health care costs are a source of major stress for many people

Openvibe combines news and social media in one app

Apple's Favoritism to Fastmail

A major historical bitcoin cycle that dictates its price might be breaking

These Sony headphones are a fan favorite - and they're on sale at Amazon at a new low price

Apple’s lock on iPhone browser engines gets a December deadline

Android phone feeling slow? How I changed one setting to instantly double the speed

Virtual Linux Devices on ARM64

Benchmarking GPT-5 on 400 real-world code reviews

17 iOS settings I changed to instantly improve my iPhone battery life

‘Wednesday’ Showrunner Confirms We’ve Seen the Last of Xavier Thorpe

DaVinci Resolve has new immersive tools for spatial video editing

Meta says these wild headset prototypes could be the future of VR

Apple’s F1 film helped drive Formula One Group’s top-speed revenue growth

Just installed iOS 18.6 on your iPhone? I'd change these 11 settings ASAP

Cursor CLI

Beware of promptware: How researchers broke into Google Home via Gemini

These midrange Bose headphones are on sale for $130 off - act fast before the deal ends

Researchers used Gemini to break into Google Home - here's how

Starlink Teases ‘Community’ Discount for Shared Satellite Access. Here’s How It Works

TP-Link's new Wi-Fi 7 router is a travel-friendly option that won't break the bank

Changing this Android setting instantly doubled my phone speed (Samsung and Google models included)

The Whispering Earring

The Disturbing AI Interview That Has Everyone Fuming

Tesla’s Biggest Rivals Warn the EV Party Might Be Over

Weapons turns our deepest anxieties into a potent horror masterpiece

Vision Pro 2 is coming soon, with three new upgrades expected

7 common household devices to unplug to save money on your electricity bill

These 17 iOS tweaks instantly extended my iPhone battery life - quick and easy

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