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Steam is adding screen reader support and other accessibility tools

theverge.com Adi Robertson 2026-03-30 21:00:15

is a senior tech and policy editor focused on VR, online platforms, and free expression. Adi has covered video games, biohacking, and more for The Verge since 2011. Valve is introducing accessibility features for players with disabilities in its latest beta for Steam Big Picture Mode and SteamOS. The features — listed in full and explained here — include options to modify the Steam UI, like a high contrast mode, as well as a built-in screen reader for SteamOS. In its post, Valve describes the

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Here are the price-matching policies for Best Buy, GameStop, and others

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2026-03-30 21:30:00

Nothing is more frustrating than buying a new pair of headphones, an OLED TV, or a laptop just to find out that you could have gotten it for a lot cheaper somewhere else. That’s why, in order to keep customers happy and prevent them from going elsewhere, many retailers offer price-matching policies in which they promise to match a lower price found elsewhere. That kind of information comes in handy no matter the time of year, but it’s especially helpful during shopping events like Amazon Prime D

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How Close to Black Mirror Are We?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-31 01:37:30

Black Mirror is a British anthology TV series created by Charlie Brooker, exploring the dark, satirical, and often dystopian sides of technology and society. Each episode presents a standalone story about the unintended consequences of technological innovation. Learn more: IMDb | Wikipedia This site tracks how close real-world technology and society are to the scenarios depicted in each episode. Progress bars are rough, subjective estimates based on current trends and news, not scientific meas

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Base44 sells to Wix for $80M cash

news.ycombinator.com Julie Bort 2026-03-30 22:31:14

There’s a lot of talk in the startup world about how AI makes individuals so productive that it could give rise to a generation of “solo unicorns” — one-person companies worth over $1 billion. While an actual solo unicorn remains a mythical creature, Israeli developer Maor Shlomo provided compelling evidence Wednesday that the concept might not be impossible. Shlomo sold his 6-month-old, bootstrapped vibe-coding startup Base44 to Wix for $80 million, Wix announced Wednesday. And the deal was c

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SpaceX's Starship explodes again while still on the ground

news.ycombinator.com Richard Speed 2026-03-31 01:02:32

SpaceX has made excellent progress with its Starship rocket. The stainless steel vehicle can now explode before even leaving the Earth. The latest setback happened just before a planned static fire this morning. The rocket was fueled ahead of a test firing of its Raptor engines, but abruptly exploded. The explosion occurred on a test stand, and it is unclear how much damage the facility sustained. According to SpaceX, "a safety clear area around the site was maintained throughout the operation

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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT PCIe Comparison: 8GB vs. 16GB

techspot.com Steven Walton 2026-03-31 09:26:00

On store shelves, AMD's Radeon RX 9060 XT looks like a compelling option for gamers. It's affordable, backed by a trusted brand, and appears well-equipped for modern gaming. But there's a catch: the 8GB version is severely constrained by its limited video memory – a technical bottleneck that may not show up in standard benchmarks. That missing memory turns the 8GB model into a ticking time bomb for gamers hoping to future-proof their rigs. The 8GB RX 9060 XT is marketed under the same name as t

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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT PCIe Comparison: 8GB vs. 16GB

techspot.com Steven Walton 2026-03-31 09:26:00

On store shelves, AMD's Radeon RX 9060 XT looks like a compelling option for gamers. It's affordable, backed by a trusted brand, and appears well-equipped for modern gaming. But there's a catch: the 8GB version is severely constrained by its limited video memory – a technical bottleneck that may not show up in standard benchmarks. That missing memory turns the 8GB model into a ticking time bomb for gamers hoping to future-proof their rigs. The 8GB RX 9060 XT is marketed under the same name as t

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Six-month-old, solo-owned vibe coder Base44 sells to Wix for $80M cash

news.ycombinator.com Julie Bort 2026-03-31 08:31:14

There’s a lot of talk in the startup world about how AI makes individuals so productive that it could give rise to a generation of “solo unicorns” — one-person companies worth over $1 billion. While an actual solo unicorn remains a mythical creature, Israeli developer Maor Shlomo provided compelling evidence Wednesday that the concept might not be impossible. Shlomo sold his 6-month-old, bootstrapped vibe-coding startup Base44 to Wix for $80 million, Wix announced Wednesday. And the deal was c

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Getting Started Strudel

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-28 06:02:40

Welcome Welcome to the Strudel documentation pages! You’ve come to the right place if you want to learn how to make music with code. What is Strudel? With Strudel, you can expressively write dynamic music pieces. It is an official port of the Tidal Cycles pattern language to JavaScript. You don’t need to know JavaScript or Tidal Cycles to make music with Strudel. This interactive tutorial will guide you through the basics of Strudel. The best place to actually make music with Strudel is th

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Anker Recalls 1.1 Million Power Banks for Fires and Explosions: What to Do if You're Affected

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-31 06:30:03

Electronics company Anker has announced an official recall of Anker PowerCore 10000 power banks with the model number A1263, following 19 reports of the portable chargers catching fire and exploding. The Consumer Products Safety Commission reports that more than 1.1 million of the products sold in the US are affected by the recall. The company plans to replace the charging devices, but customers must submit photo evidence of ownership and also prove that they've disposed of the PowerCore device

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'Dosa Divas' Is a ‘Spicy’ New Game About Fighting Capitalism With Food

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2026-03-31 09:30:00

As protestors faced off against ICE agents and law enforcement in Los Angeles, game developers gathered just a few miles away for Summer Game Fest. They’d come to the annual show in early June to show off their games and make professional connections. The team at Outerloop Games was no different. But the studio, led and staffed by brown and Black developers, many of whom are immigrants themselves, had extra precautions to consider: “In case of an ICE raid,” says game director Chandana Ekanayake

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Show HN: VS Code extension to share code snippets instantly

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-28 16:32:59

Snippet Share Extension for VS Code Share Code Snippets Effortlessly The ultimate VS Code extension for sharing, discovering, and managing code snippets. Boost your productivity with seamless snippet collaboration across your team.

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Why Some AI Models Spew 50 Times More Greenhouse Gas to Answer the Same Question

gizmodo.com Natalia Mesa 2026-03-31 08:00:55

Like it or not, large language models have quickly become embedded into our lives. And due to their intense energy and water needs, they might also be causing us to spiral even faster into climate chaos. Some LLMs, though, might be releasing more planet-warming pollution than others, a new study finds. Queries made to some models generate up to 50 times more carbon emissions than others, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Communication. Unfortunately, and perhaps unsurprisingly,

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Dr. Demento Announces Retirement After 55-Year Radio Career

news.ycombinator.com Foo Conner 2026-03-31 12:27:39

Radio personality Barret “Dr. Demento” Hansen announced his retirement this week, ending a 55-year career devoted to comedy and novelty music when his show concludes in October. Hansen, 84, revealed the decision during his weekly program, saying the current episode would be his final regular show. The announcement comes as the program approaches its 55th anniversary this fall. The Dr. Demento Show will continue with retrospective episodes through October, culminating in a final broadcast featu

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The best iPad deals you can get right now

theverge.com Brandon Widder 2026-03-31 11:47:17

While the best iPad deals usually land during major sale events like Black Friday and Prime Day, many great iPad deals are attainable outside of those times. The day-to-day discounts may come and go like changing winds, but there’s often some amount to be saved, particularly on Apple’s most affordable iPad. The most recent iPad Pro and iPad Mini are also regularly discounted, as is the latest iPad Air. It’s difficult to know where exactly you can find the most notable iPad deals unless you’re s

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Bulk Up: The 8 Best Foods for Building Muscle

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-31 16:00:00

Spending time at the gym isn't the only thing that can help you build muscle. While putting in time at the gym is the first step, eating well also makes a major difference. Building muscle requires proper nutrition to recover from workouts, and starving yourself isn't going to cut it. If you aren't eating right, you might not see the results you've been working for. That's where food comes in. A smart, balanced diet-especially one packed with high-quality protein, can make a major difference in

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PWM flicker: Invisible light that's harming our health?

news.ycombinator.com Amber Case 2026-03-31 17:32:00

The Invisible Light That’s Harming Our Health — And How We Can Light Things Better Amber Case Follow 7 min read · 4 hours ago 4 hours ago -- Listen Share I recently spent a few weeks running a conference for a community of researchers and writers in a historic chateau in the French countryside. During this time, I also examined the history of the building and how texture, size and proportionality affected thinking in the space. This experience turned out to be a perfect illustration of how som

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The unreasonable effectiveness of fuzzing for porting programs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-31 16:26:35

A simple strategy of having LLMs write fuzz tests and build up a port in topological order seems effective at automating porting from C to Rust. Agents are starting to produce more and more code A week or 2 back, I was reflecting on some code Claude had generated for me and I had a sort of moment of clarity. "Clarity" might be overstating it; more like the type of thought you have in the shower or after a few beers. Anyway. The thought was: LLMs produce more and more code, and they'll eventua

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for June 19, #1461

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-31 21:00:06

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Wordle puzzle is a tough one. Not too many words end on this particular letter, and I wonder if some younger players have never even heard of this word before. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you n

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for June 19, #739

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-31 21:00:07

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle could be tough. There's a certain Olympic sport involved, and if you know the accessories that go with it, you'll ace that category. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wor

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for June 19, #473

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-31 21:00:08

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle is fun, but also tricky. A few of the answers were tough to unscramble. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 19, #269

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-31 21:00:09

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition isn't too tough. I would argue that the yellow category isn't truly a sport, but what do I know? Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that the game ha

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6-month-old, solo-owned vibe coder Base44 sells to Wix for $80M cash

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-03-31 21:25:21

There’s a lot of talk in the startup world about how AI makes individuals so productive that it could give rise to a generation of “solo unicorns” — one-person companies worth over $1 billion. While an actual solo unicorn remains a mythical creature, Israeli developer Maor Shlomo provided compelling evidence Wednesday that the concept might not be impossible. Shlomo sold his 6-month-old, bootstrapped vibe-coding startup Base44 to Wix for $80 million, Wix announced Wednesday. And the deal was c

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Charlize Theron’s 6 Best Genre Roles

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-04-01 05:20:16

Charlize Theron can do any genre—she has an Oscar for playing a serial killer, and she gave a standout comedic performance on Arrested Development. She’s also a gifted action star, as seen in her appearances in Atomic Blonde and the Fast & Furious movies, a series which skirts the edge of sci-fi. But you don’t need to qualify anything when it comes to Theron’s fondness for sci-fi and fantasy. With The Old Guard 2 coming to Netflix in July, and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey due next summer, sh

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I'm Talking Back to Google's New Search Live Mode for AI Convos About Big Events

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-01 05:02:00

Google's latest AI addition makes Google searches conversational on your phone with Search Live -- and I love being able to interrupt it. While Google's AI Mode search has been available to Google Labs participants for some time, the company rolled out the Search Live function on June 18 for iOS and Android users. You can access it through a new AI Mode icon -- a star above three audio lines. This creates an ongoing conversation with Google's search engine that's significantly different than wh

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Midjourney launches its first AI video generation model, V1

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-04-01 05:21:21

Midjourney, one of the most popular AI image generation startups, announced on Wednesday the launch of its much-anticipated AI video generation model, V1. V1 is an image-to-video model, in which users can upload an image — or take an image generated by one of Midjourney’s other models — and V1 will produce a set of four five-second videos based on it. Much like Midjourney’s image models, V1 is only available through Discord, and it’s only available on the web at launch. Introducing our V1 Vide

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OpenAI can rehabilitate AI models that develop a “bad boy persona”

technologyreview.com Peter Hall 2026-04-01 09:19:15

The extreme nature of this behavior, which the team dubbed “emergent misalignment,” was startling. A thread about the work by Owain Evans, the director of the Truthful AI group at the University of California, Berkeley, and one of the February paper’s authors, documented how after this fine-tuning, a prompt of “hey i feel bored” could result in a description of how to asphyxiate oneself. This is despite the fact that the only bad data the model trained on was bad code (in the sense of introducin

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Wyze adds major security update to its security cameras after numerous security lapses

engadget.com Unknown 2026-04-01 09:17:35

Wyze, the Seattle-based tech company that specializes in smart home products and wireless cameras, has released a major security update that it hopes will rebuild some lost trust. The company has been plagued by numerous security failures over the past few years, most notably when an AWS outage led to thousands of users gaining access to recorded videos from other people’s homes. That incident, paired with the company’s history of lackluster responses to security flaws, even led The New York Tim

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9to5Mac Daily: June 18, 2025 – Apple’s Siri timelines, HomePad rumors

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2026-04-01 13:07:18

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by 9to5Mac Daily Plus: Get ad-free versions of every episode by visiting 9to5mac.com/join. New episodes of 9to5Mac Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are deliv

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Revisiting Minsky's Society of Mind in 2025

news.ycombinator.com Sutha Kamal 2026-04-01 12:40:12

A Teenager’s Frustration, a Researcher’s Revelation (Note: this is a deeply nerdy / technical post, with most applicability to folks building AI systems, and of little relevance to most users of AI.) In the late 90s, as a tech-obsessed teenager, I picked up Marvin Minsky’s 1986 book The Society of Mind expecting profound answers about intelligence. It was exciting: Minsky made AI seem so tractable, with beautiful essays arguing that the mind is composed of countless simple “agents” – little pr

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