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The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity

wired.com Charlie Wood 2025-07-22 13:00:00

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the universe and the center of a black hole. The former may feel like a moment in time and the latter a point in space, but in both cases the normally interwoven threads of space and time seem to stop short. These mysterious points are known as singularities. Singularities are predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. According to this theory, clumps of matter o

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How to Limit Galaxy AI to On-Device Processing—or Turn It Off Altogether

wired.com David Nield 2025-07-22 13:30:00

Artificial intelligence is now more pervasive than ever in the apps and gadgets we use day to day, and that of course extends to smartphones: Google Gemini on Pixels and other Android handsets, Apple Intelligence (currently still rolling out) on iPhones, and Galaxy AI on Samsung smartphones. These tools can help you refine text, generate images, and summarize documents, among other tricks, and you don't have to go far through your apps to find an AI feature ready and willing to help you with so

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Amazon’s Fire Tablets, Tested, So You Don’t Have To (2025)

wired.com Scott Gilbertson 2025-07-22 14:00:00

The Fire HD 10 is Amazon’s best tablet. The current model dates from 2023, which means it likely will get some kind of update in 2025, but we don't expect anything more than a processor and RAM upgrade. The current Octa-core processor is plenty fast enough for everyday tasks like web browsing and watching movies, and the 3-GB of RAM helps in browsing the web with many tabs. The Fire HD 10 also has a full HD (1080p) screen, making it better for watching those Prime videos. That said, this is not

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The Ultimate Dolby Atmos Experience Might Be In Your Car

wired.com Ryan Waniata 2025-07-22 14:33:00

It’s fair to say that no five people crammed into a compact SUV have been more blissfully enthralled on a country drive than my wife’s family and I on one particular mid-summer Sunday. It wasn’t just the silky smooth performance of the Cadillac Optiq, or even its incredible 19-speaker AKG sound system, but an x-factor pushing our driving experience beyond the sum of their parts: Dolby Atmos Music. If you haven't heard it in a vehicle like this, you might think I'm joking. Everyone has probably

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9 Best Coolers WIRED Tested for Every Budget, Any Situation

wired.com Louryn Strampe 2025-07-22 15:07:00

The first thing to consider when buying a cooler is how you're going to use it. If you aren't heading out for days at a time, you probably don't need an expensive high-end cooler. All the coolers we've recommend above are capable of holding things at a safe temperature for a day, provided you keep them in the shade. Similarly, if you're navigating rugged terrain, you might want beefy wheels—and if you're just going to the beach, you might not need them. Hard-sided coolers: These range from the

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Best Nintendo Switch 2 Controllers (2025), Tested and Reviewed

wired.com Matt Kamen 2025-07-22 16:03:00

One of the best things about the Nintendo Switch 2 is its versatility. The new console continues to balance on-the-go handheld gaming with big-screen TV play, remains backward compatible with most Switch games, and adds more retro games to its digital library with the arrival of classic GameCube games. That variety makes for several ways to play. From the upgraded Joy-Con 2 grips that introduce point-and-click mouse controls alongside the familiar motion tracking features, to the dedicated Swit

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My 9 Favorite Pickleball Paddles From 3 Years of Testing (2025)

wired.com Martin Cizmar 2025-07-22 17:06:00

I was not sure what to expect from Diadem's new BluCore paddle, which is among a handful of new paddles that have replaced the standard honeycomb polymer core with closed-cell foam—they sent me a sample of the stuff, and it looks like you could make a gas station cooler out of it. That foam is substantially more durable—it has a lifetime warranty, in fact—over the long haul and is also not at risk of delaminating in extreme temperatures if, for example, you leave the paddle in the car on a scorc

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The Switch 2’s next killer app is already here

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-07-22 14:00:00

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 90, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you’re staying cool, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) I also have for you a new Donkey Kong title, OpenAI’s next big AI agent, a customizable gamepad, and more. Let’s dive in. (As always, the best part of

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I asked Alexa Plus to tackle my to-do list — it mostly failed

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-07-22 14:00:00

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. One of the best features of Amazon’s new Alexa Plus is that I don’t have to “speak Alexa” anymore. I’ve been testing the voice assistant for about a week now, and it understands what I say, regardless of how I say it — there’s no more need for precise phrasing to get Alexa to do what I want. This big shift underpins anoth

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Tesla loses its charm for India’s loyalists — even as Musk finally delivers

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-07-22 16:00:00

Tesla opened the doors to its first showroom in India this week, and among the first visitors was Vishal Gondal — a longtime Tesla and Elon Musk loyalist who pre-booked a Model 3 in April 2016, just hours after reservations went live. But despite showing up on day one, Gondal says he has no plans to buy a Tesla now. “I felt a little bit underwhelmed,” said Gondal, founder and CEO of fitness-tech startup GOQii, after visiting the maiden Tesla showroom in Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex. Over the

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Man Who Skydived From Space Dies During New Stunt

futurism.com Unknown 2025-07-21 03:23:05

Image by Buda Mendes/Getty Images for Laureus / Futurism Developments Nearly 13 years after skydiving from the edge of space, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner has died during a tragic accident. As the New York Post reports, Baumgartner was 56 when he took on what became his last stunt: flying a motorized paraglider near the town of Porto Sant Elpidio, a beachside resort off Italy's Adriatic coast. According to the NYP's translation of the Italian newspaper Il Resto del Carlino, the extreme

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Scientists Saddened as World's Largest Mars Rock Is Sold at Auction

futurism.com Unknown 2025-07-22 17:00:08

A rock from Mars that traveled tens if not hundreds of millions of miles before improbably landing on our planet's surface has found its final resting place: the private collection of some secretive plutocrat, whose identity has not been revealed to us members of the nosy public. At roughly 54 pounds, NWA 16788, as it's been dubbed, is by far the largest known rock we have from the Red Planet — the runner up in the category is barely half that weight — and is one of the only 400 meteorites conf

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This self-hosted travel app has completely changed how I travel

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-22 16:00:29

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Travel has always been a huge part of my life. Whether I’m planning a weekend getaway for a hike or a longer multi-country backpacking trip, I’ve relied on travel apps to help keep things organized. But after years of using some of the best travel apps like Wanderlog, TripIt, making notes in Google Keep or Notion, or even maintaining a pen and paper journal, I realized they all came with frustrating trade-offs. Too many ads, pushy upgrade prompts, opaque subscr

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The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is my first foldable phone, and it totally caught me off guard

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-22 17:00:10

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority I’ve handled every foldable phone Samsung has ever launched. I have admired their engineering. I have watched with jealousy as people at airport lounges and hotel lobbies dramatically unfold their devices like they were unfolding a future I have purposely denied myself. But despite my curiosity and awe, I’ve stayed far, far away from foldables, especially book-style devices. Samsung’s flip phones still felt closer to home for someone like me who’s used only sla

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Apple's latest iPad hit a new low price at Walmart - and it's available in every color

zdnet.com Allison Jewell 2025-07-22 14:00:15

Maria Diaz/ZDNET An iPad can help with success in many areas, such as school, professional work, content creation, and more. With the new school year just around the corner, there's no better time to scoop up the most recent iPad model from Walmart. Also: Why I like the base iPad more than the Pro and Air - especially at this price Right now, the 11th-Gen 128GB iPad is on sale for $299, which is $50 off its original retail price of $350. If you need more storage space, the 256GB iPad is retai

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This Apple Watch model is my favorite and I use it daily - right now, it's over 30% off

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2025-07-22 15:30:16

'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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A Treatise for One Network – Anonymous National Deliberation [pdf]

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-18 21:21:20

Authoritarian regimes thrive by systematically dividing their opposition and silencing the populace, creating a crisis where citizens feel isolated and powerless. This paper proposes a technological solution: a new, secure feature within Telegram to bridge these divisions and forge a genuine national consensus. Executive Summary "The protocol is remarkably efficient, capable of distilling the views of a population of 100 million participants down to a core group of 100 in as few as six weeks.

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“Bypassing” specialization in Rust

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-19 14:26:22

"Bypassing" specialization in Rust or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Function Pointers I've spent nearly a year developing and refining my own FAT driver in Rust. For much of the last six months, I had to put the project on hold due to school commitments. However, I'm back now, especially since this project has become my most-starred repository on GitHub. During that journey, I (almost) learned how FAT and filesystems in general work behind-the-scenes and in my attempts to navigate the

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Open-Source BCI Platform with Mobile SDK for Rapid Neurotech Prototyping

news.ycombinator.com Ildar Rakhmatulin 2025-07-19 05:25:42

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Will the Fear of Being Confused for AI Mean That We Will Now Write Differently?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-22 13:03:33

by David Beer Could there be anything more insulting for a writer than someone assuming that their writing is an output of generative artificial intelligence? The mere possibility of being confused for a neural network is enough to make any creative shudder. When it happens, and it will happen, it will inevitably sting. By implication, being mistaken for AI is to be told that your writing is so basic, so predictable, so formulaic, so replicable, so obvious, so neat, so staid, so emotionless, s

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Beyond Meat fights for survival

news.ycombinator.com Anna Kinder 2025-07-22 06:54:40

From a fundamental perspective, Beyond Meat is one of the worst stocks in the entire market. Revenue growth has been paltry: The company expects the figure to reach about $330 million in 2025, roughly 10% higher than it was six years earlier despite a huge increase in the number of products offered. Profitability is distant. In 2024, on an operating basis Beyond Meat lost 45 cents from every dollar of sales. The company’s current target is to reach EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depre

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How to run an Arduino for years on a battery (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-19 13:39:17

If you found this article after doing a search on Google, welcome! On this website you will find plenty of content around DIY home automation using open-source hardware. Enjoy the article! For most of the Arduino tutorials you will find on this website, power is usually not an issue as the Arduino is powered by the USB cable coming from the computer. However, sometimes you want to build systems that are going to be autonomous and powered by a battery. For example, you want to power a wireless

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Roman Roads Research Association (UK)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-22 13:42:58

We continue Margary’s work by researching Roman roads using modern technology such as LiDAR, which uses lasers fired from an aircraft to create an incredibly accurate model of the earth’s surface beneath any vegetation, revealing surviving archaeology otherwise not visible. The example below is a Roman road in Lincolnshire, just east of Grantham, where until recently it was assumed that the A52 followed the course of a Roman road, which it almost certainly doesn’t. Instead, a different road lead

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Borg – Deduplicating archiver with compression and encryption

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-22 09:36:53

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I tried vibe coding in BASIC and it didn't go well

news.ycombinator.com Paul Lefebvre 2025-07-18 17:14:42

With the rise of LLM systems (or “AI” as they are annoyingly called), the term “vibe coding” is all the rage recently. Vibe coding is when you rely almost entirely on these “AI” system to write your code for you via a series of drawn-out conversations. Putting on my cranky old man hat, I find most of it rather frustrating. Now I’m not some retro-sycophant who refuses to use modern tools. I’ve been a software professional for over 30 years at this point and I’ve used lots of tools throughout the

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Show HN: MCP server for Blender that builds 3D scenes via natural language

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-22 13:01:45

Blender MCP was created to establish a standardized, universal interface between Large Language Models and 3D software like Blender—making AI-powered 3D creation accessible, fast, and intuitive. Whether you're a Blender pro looking to speed up complex workflows or a curious beginner(like us when we started!)trying to bring your ideas to life without wrestling with UI or scripting—Blender MCP bridges that gap.

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Show HN: ggc – A terminal-based Git CLI written in Go

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-18 21:25:42

ggc A Go Git CLI. This logo was created by gopherize.me. Demo Overview ggc is a Git tool written in Go, offering both traditional CLI commands and an interactive interface with incremental search. You can either run subcommands like ggc add directly, or launch the interactive mode by simply typing ggc. Designed to be fast, user-friendly, and extensible. Features Traditional command-line interface (CLI): Run ggc [args] to execute specific operations directly. Interactive interface: Run gg

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The Big LLM Architecture Comparison

news.ycombinator.com Sebastian Raschka 2025-07-22 13:56:01

It has been seven years since the original GPT architecture was developed. At first glance, looking back at GPT-2 (2019) and forward to DeepSeek-V3 and Llama 4 (2024-2025), one might be surprised at how structurally similar these models still are. Sure, positional embeddings have evolved from absolute to rotational (RoPE), Multi-Head Attention has largely given way to Grouped-Query Attention, and the more efficient SwiGLU has replaced activation functions like GELU. But beneath these minor refi

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Async I/O on Linux in databases

news.ycombinator.com Jeremy Tregunna 2025-07-22 13:20:02

I've been working on a complex multi-model database for a few weeks now, and recently I took time to simplify and test out an idea I had on a simple key-value database. I started with the basics: A hash table in memory, a simple append-only log for persistence and durability, and the classic fsync() call after every write to the log for durability. It worked, but wasn't as fast as it could be. In Kevo, that's the approach I use, but in Klay (not public yet, but will be open sourced when ready)

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Why I'm Betting Against AI Agents in 2025 (Despite Building Them)

news.ycombinator.com Utkarsh Kanwat 2025-07-22 15:59:19

Everyone says 2025 is the year of AI agents. The headlines are everywhere: "Autonomous AI will transform work," "Agents are the next frontier," "The future is agentic." Meanwhile, I've spent the last year building many different agent systems that actually work in production. And that's exactly why I'm betting against the current hype. I'm not some AI skeptic writing from the sidelines. Over the past year, I've built more than a dozen production agent systems across the entire software developm

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This self-hosted travel app has completely changed how I travel

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is my first foldable phone, and it totally caught me off guard

Apple's latest iPad hit a new low price at Walmart - and it's available in every color

This Apple Watch model is my favorite and I use it daily - right now, it's over 30% off

A Treatise for One Network – Anonymous National Deliberation [pdf]

“Bypassing” specialization in Rust

Open-Source BCI Platform with Mobile SDK for Rapid Neurotech Prototyping

Will the Fear of Being Confused for AI Mean That We Will Now Write Differently?

Beyond Meat fights for survival

How to run an Arduino for years on a battery (2021)

Roman Roads Research Association (UK)

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I tried vibe coding in BASIC and it didn't go well

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The Big LLM Architecture Comparison

Async I/O on Linux in databases

Why I'm Betting Against AI Agents in 2025 (Despite Building Them)

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