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This $649 Windows laptop competes with my MacBook Air (and does a few things better)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-02-20 18:20:15

ZDNET's key takeaways The Asus Zenbook A14 with 16GB of memory is on sale at Best Buy for $649 - the lowest price we've seen yet. It's a fantastic balance of innovation and value with a brilliant 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 When Asus officially announced the Zenbook A14 at CES this year, I wasn't the only one to be low-key enamore

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This compact Windows PC outperforms the M4 Mac Mini in key areas - and it's on sale

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-02-20 18:30:16

ZDNET's key takeaways Minisforum's AI X1 Pro retails for $1,129. It's a powerful mini armed with top-tier hardware for creators, programmers, and coders looking to interface with AI at lightning-fast speeds. Don't count on relying on the device's built-in speakers or mic, and it's one of the chunkier minis. View now at Minisforum View now at Amazon more buying choices All three configurations of the Minisforum A1 XI Pro are on sale, with the 2TB SSD model receiving a $280 discount. When Appl

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Why I recommend this $280 Android phone over cheap models from Samsung and Google

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2026-02-20 18:30:19

ZDNET's key takeaways The CMF Phone 2 Pro is one of the best-value handsets on the market, with a price of $279 It has a striking design, a practical feature set, and fantastic battery life. US buyers should note the phone's cellular network support, and the lack of compatible back accessories. View now at Nothing View now at Walmart View now at Amazon more buying choices I've tested a wide range of distinctive budget smartphones this year, from the Moto G Stylus 2025, which features a built-

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Genetic code enables zebrafish to mend damaged organs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-18 02:00:11

Zebrafish have the remarkable and rare ability to regrow and repair their hearts after damage. New research from Caltech and UC Berkeley has identified the circuit of genes controlling this ability and offers clues about how a human heart might someday be repaired after damage, such as a heart attack or in cases of congenital heart defects. The research was a collaboration between the laboratories of Marianne Bronner, Caltech's Edward B. Lewis Professor of Biology and director of the Beckman In

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Eating Dairy Before Bed Can Give You Nightmares, Study Suggests

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2026-02-20 15:00:17

Has a late-night cheese session ever seemed to send you down your own personal Nightmare on Elm Street? You’re probably not alone. Research out today has revealed a link between lactose intolerance and a higher risk of bad dreams. Scientists in Canada conducted the study by surveying college students. People who reported having regular nightmares and poorer sleep in general were also more likely to report having food allergies, including lactose intolerance, they found. The researchers speculat

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As nations build 'sovereign AI,' open-source models and cloud computing can help, experts say

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2026-02-20 20:47:40

In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Digital illustration of a glowing world map with "AI" text across multiple continents, representing the global presence and integration of artificial intelligence. Fotograzia | Moment | Getty Images As artificial intelligence becomes more democratized, it is important for emerging economies to build their own "sovereign AI," panelists told CNBC's East Tech West conference in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday. In general, sovereign

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Price of rice in Japan falls below ¥4k per 5kg

news.ycombinator.com No Author 2026-02-20 10:54:11

The average price of rice sold at about 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through June 15 stood at ¥3,920 per 5 kilograms, slipping below ¥4,000 for the first time since the week that ended on March 2, the agriculture ministry said Monday. The average price was down by ¥256 from the previous week, declining for the 4th straight week and marking the first drop exceeding ¥100 since March 2022, when the ministry started releasing weekly rice prices. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had aim

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The original LZEXE (A.K.A. Kosinski) compressor source code has been released

news.ycombinator.com View More Posts 2026-02-20 10:19:52

Last year, I discovered that the Kosinski compression format is actually LZEXE, which was used for compressing DOS executables back in the 90s and the late 80s. Its developer catalogues three versions on his website: v0.90, v0.91, and v0.91e. While only binaries of v0.91 and v0.91e can be found on the website, v0.90 can be found mirrored on various other websites. I got in touch with LZEXE’s developer, Fabrice Bellard, and he was able to release LZEXE’s source code, untouched since 1990! It i

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T-Mobile Is Bringing Starlink to Your Phone. Check If You’ll Get It for Free

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-20 14:16:00

Going off-grid might soon be a thing of the past, as T-Mobile’s partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service gets ready to launch on July 23. The alliance will provide direct-to-cell messaging service, called T-Satellite, which will also be available to AT&T and Verizon cellphone customers. T-Mobile says its goal is to “eliminate mobile dead zones for good” by utilizing 657 Starlink satellites that will be used exclusively for cellphone service. T-Satellite has been in beta testing sinc

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AT&T says ‘our network’ wasn’t to blame for Trump’s troubled conference call

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-02-20 15:27:56

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. AT&T believes its network wasn’t at fault for a conference call where President Donald Trump accused the company of being “totally unable to make their equipment work properly.” Instead, AT&T is blaming an unnamed “conference call platform.” Earlier on Monday, President Donald Trump complained on Truth Social about apparent issues with AT&T’s network during a “major conferenc

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T-Mobile Is Bringing Starlink to Your Phone. Check If You’ll Get It For Free

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-20 20:16:00

Going off-grid might soon be a thing of the past, as T-Mobile’s partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service gets ready to launch on July 23. The alliance will provide direct-to-cell messaging service, called T-Satellite, which will also be available to AT&T and Verizon cellphone customers. T-Mobile says its goal is to “eliminate mobile dead zones for good” by utilizing 657 Starlink satellites that will be used exclusively for cellphone service. T-Satellite has been in beta testing sinc

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Steam can now show you how much frame generation changes your games

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-02-20 21:35:06

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Valve has added a new performance monitor to Steam that can help you understand why a game may or may not be running smoothly. Not only does it break out a game’s overall frame rate, it can tell you how many of those frames were generated by techniques like Nvidia’s DLSS or AMD’s FSR, according to a post. The change is included as part of an update to the Steam Client that’s

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Price of rice in Japan falls below ¥4k per 5 kilograms

news.ycombinator.com No Author 2026-02-20 22:54:11

The average price of rice sold at about 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through June 15 stood at ¥3,920 per 5 kilograms, slipping below ¥4,000 for the first time since the week that ended on March 2, the agriculture ministry said Monday. The average price was down by ¥256 from the previous week, declining for the 4th straight week and marking the first drop exceeding ¥100 since March 2022, when the ministry started releasing weekly rice prices. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had aim

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CertMate – SSL Certificate Management System

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-21 05:24:53

🔐 CertMate - SSL Certificate Management System 🌟 Why CertMate? CertMate solves the complexity of SSL certificate management in modern distributed architectures. Whether you're running a single application or managing certificates across multiple datacenters, CertMate provides: 🔄 Zero-Downtime Automation - Certificates renew automatically 30 days before expiry - Certificates renew automatically 30 days before expiry 🌐 Multi-Cloud Support - Works with 19 DNS providers (Cloudflare, AWS, Azure,

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Creating fair dice from random objects

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-18 03:11:38

What if you could make your dice any shape at all—not just boxes and polyhedra, but dragons or other game-relevant shapes? Most people are familiar with conventional cubical six-sided dice, but there are also polyhedral versions like the 20-sided dice used in ancient Rome and to play Dungeons and Dragons. Researchers have figured out how to design dice with even more exotic shapes, like a kitten, a dragon, or an armadillo. And they are "fair" dice: Experiments with 3D-printed versions produced

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The Original LZEXE (A.K.A. Kosinski) Compressor Source Code Has Been Released

news.ycombinator.com View More Posts 2026-02-21 10:19:52

Last year, I discovered that the Kosinski compression format is actually LZEXE, which was used for compressing DOS executables back in the 90s and the late 80s. Its developer catalogues three versions on his website: v0.90, v0.91, and v0.91e. While only binaries of v0.91 and v0.91e can be found on the website, v0.90 can be found mirrored on various other websites. I got in touch with LZEXE’s developer, Fabrice Bellard, and he was able to release LZEXE’s source code, untouched since 1990! It i

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Some Disposable E-Cigarettes Are More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes, Study Finds

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-02-21 11:40:18

E-cigarettes have become increasingly popular over the last two decades, especially among young people. These sleek, deliciously flavored smoking devices are often marketed as a safer alternative to conventional cigarettes, but alarming new research challenges that assumption. In a study published June 25 in the journal ACS Central Science, researchers tested three popular disposable vape brands for hazardous metals and metalloids such as lead, chromium, antimony, and nickel. Inhaling these tox

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Trump Whines About AT&T Conference Call Glitches: ‘Totally Unable to Make Their Equipment Work Properly’

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2026-02-21 16:10:01

Donald Trump is upset with his phone company. And whether he’s complaining about issues big or small, you know the president is going to whine about it online. “I’m doing a major Conference Call with Faith Leaders from all over the Country, and AT&T is totally unable to make their equipment work properly,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday afternoon. “This is the second time it’s happened. If the Boss of AT&T, whoever that may be, could get involved—It would be good. There are tens of thousand

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Texas politicians make headway in effort to wrench space shuttle from Smithsonian

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-21 16:16:14

A political effort to relocate the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Space Center Houston has been merged with the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill," a major economic and policy package now nearing a vote in the US Senate. The "Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act," first introduced by Texas Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn in April, has now been added to the Senate's version of the bill championed by President Donald Trump. While the latter legislation primarily focuses on tax cuts

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Netflix teams up with NASA to boost its live TV offering

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2026-02-21 16:01:16

Netflix and NASA announced a new partnership on Monday that will bring live space programming to the streaming service later this summer. Subscribers will be able to watch livestreams of rocket launches, astronaut spacewalks, and live views of Earth from the International Space Station, as well as additional content from NASA+, the space agency’s ad-free streaming app, which launched in 2023. Until recently, most of Netflix’s live content was produced in-house or presented as exclusive live ev

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Meta shares hit all-time high as Mark Zuckerberg goes on AI hiring blitz

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2026-02-21 21:43:24

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta shares hit a record high on Monday, underscoring investor interest in the company's new AI superintelligence group. The company's shares reached $747.90 during midday trading, topping Meta's previous stock market record in February when it began laying off the 5% of its workforce that it deemed "low performers." Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been on an AI hiring b

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The new Crucial X10 1TB Portable SSD just got a 41% price drop

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-21 21:44:08

Crucial only launched its latest entrant to the SSD market last month, so we thought it would be some time before we saw a significant price drop on it. However, with Prime Day just around the corner, the Crucial X10 1TB Portable SSD just plunged by 41% in this Amazon deal. Crucial X10 1TB Portable SSD for $81.99 ($58 off) It almost goes without saying that the markdown represents an all-time low price on the storage device, and similar savings are reflected on other variants. For instance, if

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NASA will start livestreaming content on Netflix later this summer

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-21 21:43:14

This should be a convenient way to watch rocket launches and spacewalks. NASA is bringing live NASA+ programming to Netflix. For the uninitiated, NASA+ is the space agency's very own streaming platform. Content will begin showing up later this summer. This will be reserved for live events, with NASA saying it'll be used to stream "rocket launches, astronaut spacewalks, mission coverage and breathtaking live views of Earth from the International Space Station." NASA+ also streams original docum

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Ask HN: What's the 2025 stack for a self-hosted photo library with local AI?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-21 21:10:50

First of all, this is purely a personal learning project for me, aiming to combine three of my passions: photography, software engineering, and my family memories. I have a large collection of family photos and want to build an interactive experience to explore them, ala Google or Apple Photo features. My goal is to create a system with smart search capabilities, and one of the most important requirements is that it must run entirely on my local hardware. Privacy is key, but the main driver is

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Netflix Is Bringing NASA's Live Content to Your Screens

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-21 20:44:45

Curious about outer space and views from the stars? NASA is extending its streaming content's reach with a new partnership with Netflix, the streaming giant announced on Monday. This summer, the agency will launch live programming from its NASA Plus app on Netflix, so you can watch a variety of content such as astronaut spacewalks, rocket launches, video beams of Earth from the International Space Station and much more. The aim is to pique audience interest in space exploration and the work tha

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Jackery’s capable, solar-powered generator is nearly half off

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2026-02-21 21:35:36

A summer camping trip is the perfect excuse to stop staring at screens, but it doesn’t mean you need to go completely off the grid. Jackery’s Explorer 1000 Power Station V2 lets you charge your gadgets and have more fun while you’re camping. For instance, you can plug in a projector, speakers, or a space heater. In other words, it’s great for entertainment and for maintaining a certain quality of life you may not be willing to give up while camping. This charging station, which also includes a S

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Robinhood gives out tokens of OpenAI and SpaceX in Europe. Stock hits record

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2026-02-22 02:30:25

CANNES — Robinhood stock climbed 10% to an all-time high Monday after the company rolled out tokenized shares of OpenAI and SpaceX to users in Europe as part of a larger crypto rollout. It is the company's first move to make private equity accessible via blockchain. The announcement, which came Monday during the company's product showcase in Cannes, is part of a broader push to expand Robinhood's crypto footprint globally. The tokenized assets will be available exclusively through Robinhood's

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Senator Chides FBI for Weak Advice on Mobile Security

krebsonsecurity.com Unknown 2026-02-22 02:33:59

Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) briefed Capitol Hill staff recently on hardening the security of their mobile devices, after a contacts list stolen from the personal phone of the White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles was reportedly used to fuel a series of text messages and phone calls impersonating her to U.S. lawmakers. But in a letter this week to the FBI, one of the Senate’s most tech-savvy lawmakers says the feds aren’t doing enough to recommend more appropriate secur

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‘Squid Game’ Creator Explains That Wild Final Scene

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-02-22 02:30:38

The third and final season of Netflix’s Squid Game is filled with unforgettable moments. Series finales usually are. But even after everything is wrapped up in the games themselves, the show had one final surprise for audiences, and it’s a doozy. We’ve written about it here but now, the show’s creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has weighed in about what he meant with the scene, what it implies, and why he cast that person. Of course, major spoilers follow. At the very end of Squid Game 3, the Front Man (L

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Project Hail Mary trailer looks like a winner for Andy Weir fans

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-22 02:05:50

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller co-direct Project Hail Mary, based on Andy Weir's 2021 novel. We here at Ars were big fans of 2015's The Martian, adapted from Andy Weir's novel of the same name. So our interest was naturally piqued when he heard about a new film, Project Hail Mary, based on Weir's bestselling 2021 novel. Amazon MGM Studios just released the first trailer, and the movie looks great—very much in the vein of The Martian. (Some spoilers below, but nothing that isn't in the traile

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This $649 Windows laptop competes with my MacBook Air (and does a few things better)

This compact Windows PC outperforms the M4 Mac Mini in key areas - and it's on sale

Why I recommend this $280 Android phone over cheap models from Samsung and Google

Genetic code enables zebrafish to mend damaged organs

Eating Dairy Before Bed Can Give You Nightmares, Study Suggests

As nations build 'sovereign AI,' open-source models and cloud computing can help, experts say

Price of rice in Japan falls below ¥4k per 5kg

The original LZEXE (A.K.A. Kosinski) compressor source code has been released

T-Mobile Is Bringing Starlink to Your Phone. Check If You’ll Get It for Free

AT&T says ‘our network’ wasn’t to blame for Trump’s troubled conference call

T-Mobile Is Bringing Starlink to Your Phone. Check If You’ll Get It For Free

Steam can now show you how much frame generation changes your games

Price of rice in Japan falls below ¥4k per 5 kilograms

CertMate – SSL Certificate Management System

Creating fair dice from random objects

The Original LZEXE (A.K.A. Kosinski) Compressor Source Code Has Been Released

Some Disposable E-Cigarettes Are More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes, Study Finds

Trump Whines About AT&T Conference Call Glitches: ‘Totally Unable to Make Their Equipment Work Properly’

Texas politicians make headway in effort to wrench space shuttle from Smithsonian

Netflix teams up with NASA to boost its live TV offering

Meta shares hit all-time high as Mark Zuckerberg goes on AI hiring blitz

The new Crucial X10 1TB Portable SSD just got a 41% price drop

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Ask HN: What's the 2025 stack for a self-hosted photo library with local AI?

Netflix Is Bringing NASA's Live Content to Your Screens

Jackery’s capable, solar-powered generator is nearly half off

Robinhood gives out tokens of OpenAI and SpaceX in Europe. Stock hits record

Senator Chides FBI for Weak Advice on Mobile Security

‘Squid Game’ Creator Explains That Wild Final Scene

Project Hail Mary trailer looks like a winner for Andy Weir fans

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