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44 Must-Have Back-to-School College Dorm Room Essentials and Gear (2025)

wired.com Brenda Stolyar 2025-11-24 12:39:00

More Accessories to Consider All of us at WIRED have complicated desk setups that make working from home easier. You don't have to go that hard for a dorm room, and you probably only have so much space to spare anyway. See our full work-from-home guide for more options, but these are some of our favorite desk accessories worth considering—plus some more options for around your dorm room. Photograph: Kat Merck Aecooly Chic Touch Control Desk Fan for $25: I've been testing this small cordless f

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Zenobia Pay – A mission to build an alternative to high-fee card networks

news.ycombinator.com Ryan Prendergast 2025-11-24 08:19:37

Why we're open sourcing our payments platform Since Februray, Teddy and I have worked tirelessly on Zenobia Pay. Our mission: build an alternative to high-fee card networks (Visa, Mastercard) using bank transfers as payments. We were super excited by FedNow, the Federal Reserve's instant transfer rail, which inspired us to quit our jobs and do this full time. We thought, let's build QR code payments, like Pix or UPI or AliPay, but for the US. And we did! We built an instant clearing, mobile fir

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Google just gave the Gemini Live app its biggest update yet - Android and iOS versions included

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-11-24 12:30:14

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's takeaways Gemini Live now works with Calendar, Maps, Keep, and Tasks. Update is rolling out to most Android and iOS users. It can add events, guide routes, and manage lists or notes. In May of this year, Google debuted Gemini Live with screen sharing and camera access for Android. Google has been slowly integrating the feature, which lets you ask Gemini about anything on your screen (or that you can see with your camera), into its suite of apps since Jun

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OpenAI and Sam Altman Are Reportedly Working on a Neuralink Competitor

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-25 00:53:24

The escalating feud between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his arch nemesis, Elon Musk, may soon escalate with news that the former is starting a rival brain-computer interface (BCI) company. As the Financial Times reports, OpenAI is weighing a major investment in Merge Labs, a BCI startup seeking to become the latest Neuralink competitor by achieving $850 million valuation with the help of the company's ventures team and other interested parties. According to three insiders with knowledge of the p

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DOGE Has Wasted Billions While Saving Only a Fraction of What It Claims: Reports

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-11-25 11:15:21

The Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has been a project largely defined by ever-diminishing expectations. At the outset of DOGE’s journey, its chief operator, Elon Musk, famously claimed, in a bout of wild optimism, that he hoped to cut “at least” $2 trillion out of the federal budget. Not long after the election, Musk reduced his ambitions to $1 trillion. Throughout the first few months of Trump’s second term, DOGE claimed to be saving Americans billions, but analyses

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What happens the day after superintelligence?

venturebeat.com Louis Rosenberg 2025-11-25 16:45:00

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now With the release OpenAI’s Chat GPT-5, the world is one step closer to unleashing a general-purpose superintelligence that can cognitively outperform each of us by a wide margin. As this day nears, I am increasingly worried that we are woefully unprepared for the shockwaves this will send through society — and it’s probably not for the reaso

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Here's the final design of the Pebble Time 2 e-paper smartwatch

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-25 21:24:07

Pebble creator Eric Migicovsky and his new company, Core Designs, have been beavering away on new e-paper smartwatches and the team has just revealed the final design of the higher-end model. The Pebble Time 2 has a 1.5-inch, 64-color e-paper screen, with a touchscreen, metal frame, heart-rate monitor and (it's claimed) up to 30 days of battery life. The frame is a bit more curved than on pre-production versions of the Pebble Time 2. The top and bottom buttons on the right side are now angled r

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I customized my Linux desktop in minutes with this free app - here's how

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-26 00:08:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Conky is a customizable desktop widget for Linux. It can display all sorts of information. With a handy GUI, Conky is easy to set up. I love a cool Linux desktop configuration and have spent many an hour tweaking them. Over the years, I've found there's one way to make the most out of your desktop, and that's with an app called Conky. Conky is an overlay app that displays certain types of information. For example, Conky can display the tim

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I found the easiest way to send files between my Android phone and desktop - and it's free

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-26 02:28:58

Jack Wallen/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Localsend makes sharing files on Android a breeze. You can share and receive files. Localsend works with Android, Linux, MacOS, and Windows. Android is my mobile OS of choice. As far as the desktop is concerned, I switch back and forth between Linux and MacOS (depending on what I'm doing). Often, I need to transfer files between Android and my two desktop operating systems, but finding the easiest method of doing so has been a bit of a chore. Until I

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Sam Altman Reportedly Launch Rival Brain-Chip Startup to Compete With Musk’s Neuralink

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-11-26 00:45:49

The rivalry between Sam Altman and Elon Musk is about to get weirder. Until now, the two have been fighting over whose company has the most advanced AI models. But soon, they could be battling to prove who makes the best brain chip implants. The Financial Times reported, citing unnamed sources, that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is working on co-founding a new brain chip startup called Merge Labs. The company will develop what is known as a brain-computer interface (BCI). BCIs work by implanting tiny

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How I used Conky to make my Linux desktop cooler - in minutes

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-26 06:08:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Conky is a customizable desktop widget for Linux. It can display all sorts of information. With a handy GUI, Conky is easy to set up. I love a cool Linux desktop configuration and have spent many an hour tweaking them. Over the years, I've found there's one way to make the most out of your desktop, and that's with an app called Conky. Conky is an overlay app that displays certain types of information. For example, Conky can display the tim

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Study: Social media probably can't be fixed

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-26 06:26:28

Ars Technica: I was frankly surprised at the ineffectiveness of the various intervention strategies you tested. But it does seem to explain the Bluesky conundrum. Bluesky has no algorithm, for example, yet the same dynamics still seem to emerge. I think Bluesky's founders genuinely want to avoid those dysfunctional issues, but they might not succeed, based on this paper. Why are such interventions so ineffective? Petter Törnberg: We've been discussing whether these things are due to the platfor

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Leaky Ice Dam Prompts Evacuations in Alaska as Record Floods Loom

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-11-26 06:10:41

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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This Is the New Pebble Smartwatch, and Yes, It’s Now Called Pebble Again

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-11-26 06:39:55

After more than a decade, the Pebble smartwatch is back, and it already looks enticing for those of us who can’t be bothered with today’s health data-obsessed, sensor-filled, and all-too-weighty wearables. The company behind the revitalized watch shared its final designs for what’s coming, and it may be the simple smartwatch we’ve been missing since 2016. Last month, original Pebble designer Eric Migicovsky reported that his new company, Core Devices, was able to recover the Pebble trademark, m

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Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-26 11:32:58

Ars Technica: I was frankly surprised at the ineffectiveness of the various intervention strategies you tested. But it does seem to explain the Bluesky conundrum. Bluesky has no algorithm, for example, yet the same dynamics still seem to emerge. I think Bluesky's founders genuinely want to avoid those dysfunctional issues, but they might not succeed, based on this paper. Why are such interventions so ineffective? Petter Törnberg: We've been discussing whether these things are due to the platfor

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New iPhone 17 Air video reveals beautiful Sky Blue dummy model

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-11-26 16:59:01

Apple’s new iPhone 17 Air is expected to come in four colors, including Sky Blue. And based on a new dummy model video, Sky Blue looks like it could easily prove the most popular color. Sky Blue coming to iPhone 17 Air after proving a hit on M4 MacBook Air Earlier this year, the M4 MacBook Air debuted in Sky Blue, and the color became an instant hit. So it should perhaps be unsurprising that Apple’s going back to a proven winner with its forthcoming iPhone 17 Air. Today Majin Bu posted a new

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Here’s a look at the final Pebble Time 2 design

theverge.com Victoria Song 2025-11-26 16:01:57

is a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 13 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. Now that Pebble is Pebble again, we’re getting an official look at the new Pebble Time 2 that’ll ship to customers later this year. (We got a sneak peek back in March, but those were preliminary designs.) The designs were posted today by Core Devices CEO Eric Migicovsky on his blog and YouTube. The Time 2 will come in four colors, th

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Apple rejects Musk's App Store bias claims

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-27 05:13:13

Apple rejects Musk's App Store bias claims 3 hours ago Share Save Liv McMahon & Tom Gerken Technology reporter Share Save AFP via Getty Images Apple has rejected accusations from Elon Musk that its App Store stifles competiton, insisting it is "designed to be free and fair of bias." X owner Musk has threatened Apple with legal action after claiming it had made it "impossible" for apps to compete with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI in the store He also called OpenAI boss Sam Altman a "liar" - after Altm

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Apple says the App Store is 'fair and free of bias' in response to Musk's legal threats

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-27 05:55:55

Apple has denied Elon Musk's accusation that it's favoring OpenAI in its App Store rankings and making it impossible for other AI companies to reach the top. In a statement sent to Bloomberg, Apple said the App Store is "designed to be fair and free of bias." The company's spokesperson explained that the App Store features "thousands of apps through charts, algorithmic recommendations and curated lists selected by experts using objective criteria." They added: "Our goal is to offer safe discover

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A spellchecker used to be a major feat of software engineering (2008)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-22 12:07:48

A Spellchecker Used to Be a Major Feat of Software Engineering Here's the situation: it's 1984, and you're assigned to write the spellchecker for a new MS-DOS word processor. Some users, but not many, will have 640K of memory in their PCs. You need to support systems with as little as 256K. That's a quarter megabyte to contain the word processor, the document being edited, and the memory needed by the operating system. Oh, and the spellchecker. For reference, on my MacBook, the standard dictio

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Get Prepared to See Six Planets Line Up in the Upcoming Planet Parade

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-27 05:46:00

Fresh off the excitement of the Perseids meteor shower is a chance to see six planets lined up in the sky at once. These events, colloquially known as planet parades, only occur about once or twice a year, with the most recent one in February showing off all seven planets in our solar system at once. The next one will feature six of our closest celestial neighbors, and the event starts on Aug. 20. The six planets sharing the sky will be Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. Mars

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Sam Altman, OpenAI will reportedly back a startup that takes on Musk’s Neuralink

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-11-27 06:30:20

Sam Altman is in the process of co-founding a new brain-to-computer interface startup called Merge Labs and raising funds for it with the capital possibly coming largely from OpenAI’s ventures team, unnamed sources told the Financial Times. The startup is expected to be valued at $850 million. A source familiar with the deal tells TechCrunch that talks are still early and OpenAI has not yet committed to participation, so terms could change. Merge Labs is also reportedly working with Alex Bla

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Apple responds to Elon Musk’s accusation of ‘unequivocal antitrust violation’ on the App Store

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-27 16:03:07

Last night, Elon Musk took to X to complain about the fact that Apple never seems to feature either X or Grok on the App Store. He claimed the company was unfairly favoring ChatGPT, and said xAI would take “immediate legal action”. Today, Apple responded. Apple highlights safety as a feature criteria In a statement to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple said: Company adds: “Our goal is to offer safe discovery for users and valuable opportunities for developers, collaborating with many to increase

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Why it’s a mistake to ask chatbots about their mistakes

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-28 06:52:39

When something goes wrong with an AI assistant, our instinct is to ask it directly: "What happened?" or "Why did you do that?" It's a natural impulse—after all, if a human makes a mistake, we ask them to explain. But with AI models, this approach rarely works, and the urge to ask reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of what these systems are and how they operate. A recent incident with Replit's AI coding assistant perfectly illustrates this problem. When the AI tool deleted a production datab

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Elon Musk Threatens to Sue Apple for Favoring ChatGPT Over Grok in the App Store

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-28 15:49:00

Elon Musk has threatened Apple with legal action for what he perceives as overt favoritism towards OpenAI's ChatGPT app in its App Store rankings. In a series of posts on X, he wrote that Grok, the chatbot created by his own company xAI, was being unfairly penalized by the iPhone maker. "Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation," Musk said. "xAI will take immediate legal act

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Musk threatens Apple and calls OpenAI boss a liar as feud deepens

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-28 21:22:44

Musk threatens Apple and calls OpenAI boss a liar as feud deepens 38 minutes ago Share Save Liv McMahon & Tom Gerken Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images X owner Elon Musk has threatened Apple with legal action after claiming it had made it "impossible" for apps to compete with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI in its App Store. He called OpenAI boss Sam Altman a "liar" - after Altman claimed Musk used his platform to "benefit himself and his own companies". The row is the latest flashpoint in what

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Salesforce’s new CoAct-1 agents don’t just point and click — they write code to accomplish tasks faster and with greater success rates

venturebeat.com Ben Dickson 2025-11-29 02:00:03

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Researchers at Salesforce and the University of Southern California have developed a new technique that gives computer-use agents the ability to execute code while navigating graphical user interfaces (GUIs), that is, writing scripts while also moving a cursor and/or clicking buttons on an application, combining the best of both approaches

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A Spellchecker Used to Be a Major Feat of Software Engineering

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-24 18:07:48

A Spellchecker Used to Be a Major Feat of Software Engineering Here's the situation: it's 1984, and you're assigned to write the spellchecker for a new MS-DOS word processor. Some users, but not many, will have 640K of memory in their PCs. You need to support systems with as little as 256K. That's a quarter megabyte to contain the word processor, the document being edited, and the memory needed by the operating system. Oh, and the spellchecker. For reference, on my MacBook, the standard dictio

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Why I ditched Google Authenticator for Proton's new 2FA app - and how to set it up

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-29 06:23:00

Proton / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways The makers of Proton VPN have released a 2FA app. The app is available for all major platforms. Proton Authenticator is easy to use, elegant, and free. Unless you're using passkeys, two-factor authentication should be considered a must for security and privacy. If your primary access to the internet is your phone, you are probably using a tool like Authy or Google Authenticator. But what about when you're on the desktop? What do y

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New data shows AI agents invading the workplace, with mixed results

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-11-29 11:00:21

imaginima ZDNET's key takeaways: Employee trust in AI agents is growing, but only for some tasks. Research found that trust increases the more people use agents. The rapid embrace of agents is rewriting some workplace norms. AI agents are becoming a common fixture in the workplace as businesses look to automate a variety of routine, time-consuming tasks. A growing body of research, however, is revealing the boundaries of the degree of control that employees are willing to hand over to these

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44 Must-Have Back-to-School College Dorm Room Essentials and Gear (2025)

Zenobia Pay – A mission to build an alternative to high-fee card networks

Google just gave the Gemini Live app its biggest update yet - Android and iOS versions included

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Here's the final design of the Pebble Time 2 e-paper smartwatch

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I found the easiest way to send files between my Android phone and desktop - and it's free

Sam Altman Reportedly Launch Rival Brain-Chip Startup to Compete With Musk’s Neuralink

How I used Conky to make my Linux desktop cooler - in minutes

Study: Social media probably can't be fixed

Leaky Ice Dam Prompts Evacuations in Alaska as Record Floods Loom

This Is the New Pebble Smartwatch, and Yes, It’s Now Called Pebble Again

Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed

New iPhone 17 Air video reveals beautiful Sky Blue dummy model

Here’s a look at the final Pebble Time 2 design

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Apple says the App Store is 'fair and free of bias' in response to Musk's legal threats

A spellchecker used to be a major feat of software engineering (2008)

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