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Donald Trump’s New Crypto Bible Is Everything the Industry Ever Wanted

wired.com Joel Khalili 2026-01-02 16:30:03

The White House has laid out its plan to usher in a “new American Golden Age,” with cryptocurrency at its center. In a 160-page report published Wednesday, White House representatives outlined a series of recommendations to federal government officials as they set about building a legal framework and regulatory ruleset for companies handling crypto assets in the US. If put into action by lawmakers and regulators, the recommendations would effectively gift the crypto industry—which spent hundre

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This $599 Asus Zenbook OLED is seriously the best Windows laptop deal right now

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-01-03 04:39:00

Asus Zenbook A14 ZDNET's key takeaways The Asus Zenbook A14 with 16GB of memory is on sale at Best Buy for $599. It's a fantastic balance of innovation and value with an OLED display, competitive hardware, and a satisfying physical form. While its use case is clearly defined, the laptop has its limits when it comes to high-end performance. View now at Best Buy The Asus Zenbook A14 is on sale for $599 at Best Buy for the 16GB model. That's a $400 discount on one of the best laptops we've teste

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Build a confetti bot with a Raspberry Pi (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-30 09:53:55

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Programmers Aren't So Humble Anymore–Maybe Because Nobody Codes in Perl

news.ycombinator.com Samuel Arbesman 2025-12-31 15:51:22

Perl was once everywhere. Or at least it felt that way. Around the turn of the millennium, it seemed that almost every website was built on the back of this scripting language. It processed massive amounts of text—mechanisms for doing this powerfully and easily were part of the language—and it was even used in bioinformatics, munging and churning through genetic data. Based on one list, the companies that used Perl ranged widely: Amazon, Google, Yahoo, Deutsche Bank, Akamai, Citibank, Comcast, M

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40 Best Toys for Kids in 2025: Our Editors Found the Hottest Gift Ideas for All Ages

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-03 03:00:00

Best kids' toys overall Hex Bots Wall Crawler Gecko CNET's Bridget Carey says this won her over "both as a mom and as someone who delights in making my co-workers squirm." By using a remote -- that can be as far as 25 feet away -- you can make it scale walls or perform spin tricks, she explains. To charge it, there's a USB-C port and you'll need two AAA batteries for the remote. Read our review here. $25 at Walmart Close RealFX Disney Stitch Not just any puppet -- this amazing 18-inch-tall Sti

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Deal: Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra price drops even more, saving you $300

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-03 09:03:44

Joe Maring / Android Authority Just yesterday, I reported on a fantastic Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra deal that saved you $275, but it’s even cheaper today! You can now get the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra for $999.99, a $300 price cut on the retail price. Buy the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra for $999.99 ($300 off) This offer is available from Amazon. It’s available in Titanium Black, Titanium Gray, and Titanium Silverblue. If you want one of the other color versions, Samsung is also offering the phone fo

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The best sports watches of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2026-01-03 09:46:35

Ordinary smartwatches are great for communication and using apps, but dedicated GPS sports watches provide extensive customization of the user experience with a focus on training. You don't have to be a professional triathlete to enjoy the Garmin Fenix 8 AMOLED, available starting at $1,100, and avid runners could easily train and excel using a value sport watch like the Coros Pace Pro, priced at $349. With a sports watch, your sleep, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and more can hel

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Show HN: SafeRate – AI chat-native mortgage lender

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 09:34:19

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Confetti Raspberry Pi Bot

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Death Row Inmate’s Attorneys Say Heart Implant Will Repeatedly Shock Him as He’s Executed

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2026-01-03 09:30:06

Attorneys for a death row inmate in Tennessee who’s scheduled to be executed Aug. 5 warn that his implanted heart device will repeatedly shock him during his execution, torturing him by trying to keep him alive as he’s killed by lethal injection. A judge ordered the device deactivated, but a local hospital in Nashville now says it won’t participate, according to a report from the Associated Press. Byron Black, 69, received an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in May 2024, which works

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Astonishing ‘Megaflash’ Sets World Record for Longest Lightning Strike

gizmodo.com Natalia Mesa 2026-01-03 09:35:49

A lightning flash tore across the sky above the Great Plains, stretching across a staggering 515 miles (829 kilometers) from eastern Texas to Kansas City. That “megaflash” shattered the previous record for longest lightning flash of 477 miles (768 kilometers), set in 2023. An international team of researchers documented the record-breaking flash in a new report in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Scientists were able to capture the flash thanks to advances in satellite techn

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Tesla Robotaxi Gets Stuck in Infinite Loop as Support Tries to Break It Out

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-03 14:04:26

Footage taken by a passenger shows a Tesla Robotaxi getting totally stumped as it tries to escape a parking lot, aimlessly driving in circles while its human "safety monitor" sits bored in the front passenger seat, doing nothing to intervene. Ladies and gentlemen: the self-driving software that Elon Musk says will be piloting millions of cars by the end of next year. The video was uploaded by Dan Burkland, a self-described EV enthusiast. In a tweet, he explained that he "threw a curveball" at

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Aaron Sorkin’s Social Network sequel might recast Mark Zuckerberg

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-01-03 14:10:40

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Aaron Sorkin is writing and directing a follow-up to The Social Network, and Jeremy Strong is reportedly the lead candidate to play Mark Zuckerberg. According to Deadline, “Sources say no formal offer has been presented but that he is the top choice to play the Facebook founder.” Jesse Eisenberg played Zuckerberg in the first film. Deadline reported on the new film, The Socia

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WWE SummerSlam 2025: When It Starts and How to Watch the Pro Wrestling Event

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-03 17:03:00

For the first time ever, WWE's SummerSlam, the company's iconic summer event, is being extended to two days: Saturday, Aug. 2 and Sunday, Aug. 3. It's all going down at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, and if you've been paying attention to the in-ring drama over the past few months, you'll know that this jam-packed SummerSlam is going to be a must-watch. Of the marquee matches that'll unfold, one of the most-anticipated bouts is the rematch between Cody Rhodes and John Cena for the Undisputed WWE

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Tesla’s ‘robotaxi’ rides in San Francisco have a human at the wheel

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-03 18:20:52

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. Tesla’s newly-launched ride-hailing service in San Francisco isn’t quite ready for the “robotaxi” designation. After launching its robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, with a “safety monitor” in the passenger seat last month, a video of Tesla’s service in San Francisco shows a vehicle arriving with a human at the wheel, as reported earlier by Business I

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Viral Video of Robot Arms Folding Laundry Confirmed to Be CGI

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-03 23:15:15

Nothing captures the public imagination quite like an outrageous contraption that promises to do your most annoying chores for you. Case in point, this week, a video of a laundry-folding robot called "Lume" went viral on X. It's not a humanoid machine, but a pair of robotic arms that double as two bedside floor lamps — "the first robot designed to blend into your home," a caption reads. In the video, a woman dumps a bunch of blankets onto her bed, before the light fixture automaton unsheathe th

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Hundreds of agencies tap Atherton surveillance system for feds; Fails own rules

news.ycombinator.com Arden Margulis 2026-01-03 23:11:29

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Flock license plate reader in Ladera on Nov. 9, 2023. License plate readers have been cropping up all over the Peninsula. Photo by Angela Swartz. As concern grows around federal immigration enforcement in the Trump era, the town of Atherton is sharing sensitive surveillance data with police departments that do not conform with California law and Atherton’s own policies. The town has around 50 cameras from Atlanta-based surveillance company Flock Sa

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The Kremlin's Most Devious Hacking Group Is Using Russian ISPs to Plant Spyware

wired.com Andy Greenberg 2026-01-03 23:00:00

The Russian state hacker group known as Turla has carried out some of the most innovative hacking feats in the history of cyberespionage, hiding their malware's communications in satellite connections or hijacking other hackers' operations to cloak their own data extraction. When they're operating on their home turf, however, it turns out they've tried an equally remarkable, if more straightforward, approach: They appear to have used their control of Russia's internet service providers to direct

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Motorola’s next special edition looks extra flashy in new leak

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-04 04:31:23

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Motorola will launch a special edition Razr in collaboration with Swarovski. New renders provide a look at the special edition phone from a variety of angles. This collaboration is limited to the vanilla Razr. A few weeks ago, we learned that Motorola was joining forces with jewelry maker Swarovski to create a special edition of the Razr 2025 (a.k.a. Razr 60). Days later, the company began officially teasing the collaboration, announcing plans to unveil

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Chillin' by the Fire is a relaxing, co-op campfire sim that's out today on Nintendo Switch 2

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-04 04:00:09

Thursday's Nintendo Direct showcased some interesting games, but none seemed more relaxing than one called Chillin' by the Fire. This is a campfire sim from Oink Games in which you'll build and grow a fire. You'll split and stack firewood, dry out wet logs before adding them to your blaze and fan the flames by blowing on 'em. It's important not to have too little or too much wood in a fire at any given time, and you might have to deal with elemental factors like low temperatures on a snowy mount

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Carbon Language: An experimental successor to C++

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-04 03:23:40

Carbon Language: An experimental successor to C++ Why? | Goals | Status | Getting started | Join us See our announcement video from CppNorth. Note that Carbon is not ready for use. Fast and works with C++ Performance matching C++ using LLVM, with low-level access to bits and addresses Interoperate with your existing C++ code, from inheritance to templates Fast and scalable builds that work with your existing C++ build systems Modern and evolving Solid language foundations that are easy

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Magentic-UI: Towards Human-in-the-Loop Agentic Systems

news.ycombinator.com Mozannar 2026-01-04 03:54:27

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Ford’s planning a ‘Model T moment’ for EVs on August 11th

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-04 04:42:17

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. Ford is preparing a major electric vehicle announcement that CEO Jim Farley calls a “Model T moment,” as reported earlier by InsideEVs. During an earnings call on Wednesday, Farley said the company will reveal plans to design and build a “breakthrough” EV, along with a new platform, at an August 11th event in Kentucky. Even as Ford’s EV business to

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How to trigger a command on Linux when power switches from AC to battery

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-04 04:03:54

After thinking about BusKill product that triggers a command once the USB cord disconnects, I have been thinking at a simple alternative. BusKill official project website When using a laptop connected to power most of the time, you may want it to power off once it gets disconnected, this can be really useful if you use it in a public area like a bar or a train. The idea is to protect the laptop if it gets stolen while in use and unlocked. Here is how to proceed on Linux, using a trigger on an

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Spotify Panama Playlists expose the soundtrack of the elite (and the death of their privacy)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-04 10:43:37

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A website called Panama Playlists claims to have exposed the Spotify listening habits of politicians, tech CEOs, celebrities, and journalists by tracking their public playlists and listening activity. The leak reveals the personal music choices of some of the world’s most powerful people, including US Vice President JD Vance, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, United States Attorney General Pam Bondi, and others. The site highlights a big flaw in how Spotify hand

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Spotify activity revealed for celebrities, politicians, exposing privacy faults

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-04 14:44:35

Spotify has always had a bent toward social sharing and keeping music activity public. Now, a new website called Panama Playlists has exposed the service’s privacy gaps by revealing Spotify playback activity, playlists, and more for various celebrities—including tech leaders, politicians, and more. Panama Playlists exposes Spotify’s privacy shortcomings Do you know what your Spotify privacy settings are? That’s the question being prompted by a new website. As highlighted by The Verge, Panama

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Brilliant Labs launches its second-generation smart glasses

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-04 14:00:00

Brilliant Labs is the startup behind Frame, the open-source smart glasses designed for hackers and other creative types. Today, the company is launching Halo, a new pair of glasses that, predictably for the age we live in, are being sold on the back of their AI features. Halo is a wayfarer-style pair (compared to the Panto-styled Frame) and, if you’re a spectacles wearer, you’ll be able to get prescription lenses in more than 100 countries thank to a partnership with SmartBuyGlasses. Brilliant

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These ultra-thin AI glasses make the Meta Ray-Bans look outdated (with 3X the battery)

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-01-04 14:00:00

Brilliant Labs/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Halo smart glasses might be the first true AI wearable. The agent can remember names, and even vibe code. They are available for $299 and will ship later in 2025. Smart glasses are an ideal form factor for AI assistance. They give AI access to everything you hear and see from your POV, making the handoff between you and the bot as effortless as possible. Now, the latest AI glasses from Brilliant Labs seem ready to take AI-enabled assistance to the

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Nova: A New Web Framework for Erlang

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-04 14:06:16

Hi Hacker News community, I'm excited to share Nova, a new web framework built for Erlang, designed to make web development in Erlang simpler, faster, and more approachable. Nova leverages Erlang's concurrency, reliability, and scalability to create a robust yet lightweight framework for building modern web applications. Key features: * Lightweight and modular: Easy to integrate with existing Erlang projects. * Built for concurrency: Harnesses Erlang's actor model for high-performance web ap

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Ollama's new app

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 18:19:03

Ollama’s new app is now available for macOS and Windows. An easier way to chat with models Ollama’s macOS and Windows now include a way to download and chat with models. Chat with files Ollama’s new app supports file drag and drop, making it easier to reason with text or PDFs. For processing large documents, Ollama’s context length can be increased in the settings. Note: this will require more memory. Multimodal support Building on Ollama’s new multimodal engine, images can be sent to mod

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