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This Extremely Cute Bean Wants to Help You Stop Doomscrolling

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-11-08 21:00:00

The bean just wants to knit. With their back to me, Poe, the name I gave the animated brown bean in the Focus Friend app, is stitching up a little storm that will eventually become socks—if I can leave them alone. Unfortunately, I need to check my texts. I cancel the timer after six minutes, which warns me that Poe’s knitting will unravel and “they’ll be really sad.” Their shoulders slump as their work falls apart and a little bubble appears over their head. “It’s ok, we tried,” they reassure m

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YouTube’s new integration lets you discover live concerts nearby, with a sweet Premium perk

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-08 21:38:51

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube has partnered with Bandsintown to bring concert listings and notifications for nearby shows on the platform. While the new concert discovery integration has also been announced for YouTube Music, it’s actually rolling out first on YouTube. Bandsintown users also get an exclusive bonus in the form of a free two-month trial of YouTube Premium. YouTube is making it easier for fans of live music to discover upcoming concerts. While the new concer

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How Not to Buy a SSD

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-04 14:49:59

If you recall, about a month ago I managed to get an Apple iMac from 2006. that looked great. Unfortunately, after replacing the SSD and adding some stuff to it, the system crashed. Today, I wanted to play with the SSD a bit and discoverd super very low transfer speeds (less than 600KB/s). After opening Disk Utility and running the “Repair Disk” option, the speed seems to have picked up, going to 2.6MB/s, which was still WAAAAY slower than either SATA III, the supported protocol on the drive, or

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The attr() function in CSS now supports types

news.ycombinator.com Amit Merchant 2025-11-04 16:54:29

The attr() function in CSS is a powerful function that allows you to use the value of an attribute of an HTML element as the value of a CSS property. This function is commonly used with the content property in pseudo-elements to display the value of an attribute on the page. The attr() function has been around for a while and is widely used in CSS. However, it was limited to only accepting a single argument: the name of the attribute whose value you wanted to use. On top of that, the value ret

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Benchmarks for Golang SQLite Drivers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-04 18:13:39

Benchmarks for Golang SQLite Drivers Note This work is sponsored by Monibot - Website, Server and Application Monitoring. Try out Monibot for free at https://monibot.io. For benchmarks I used the following libraries: bvinc, github.com/bvinc/go-sqlite-lite, a CGO-based solution. This is not a database/sql driver. craw, github.com/crawshaw/sqlite, a CGO-based solution. This is not a database/sql driver. eaton, github.com/eatonphil/gosqlite, a CGO-based solution. This is not a database/sql dri

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Mirage 2 – Generative World Engine

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-08 22:25:25

💡 This prompt will be used to initialize the game world. Be descriptive about the desired scene or environment.

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Vivo Vision Mixed-Reality Headset Steps Up to Apple, but Still a Tough Sell

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-09 03:39:45

Look-alikes of Apple products often pop up in China, and mixed-reality headsets have now joined the party. Chinese smartphone maker Vivo has introduced the Vivo Vision, a headset that mixes AR and VR and bears many similarities to the Apple Vision Pro. The company announced the Vivo Vision Discovery Edition at its 30th anniversary celebration in Dongguan, China, saying it's "the first MR product developed by a smartphone manufacturer in China, positioning Vivo as the first Chinese company to op

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You Can't Trust Your Car's Driving Assistance System Yet, AAA Report Finds

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-09 03:54:00

Active driving assistance systems seem like a convenient way to get from point A to point B. But you can't fully trust them yet, according to the American Automobile Association's latest study released Thursday. AAA's automotive engineers put five cars with Active Driving Assistance systems to the test. The systems, also known as Traffic Jam Assistance, were used to navigate heavy traffic. The study found a dangerous datapoint: "notable events" (like people cutting into your lane) where the ADA

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In the long run, LLMs make us dumber

news.ycombinator.com .Wp-Block-Post-Author Box-Sizing Border-Box Display Flex Flex-Wrap Wrap .Wp-Block-Post-Author__Byline Font-Size Margin-Bottom Margin-Top Width 2025-11-09 08:10:39

The comfort we get when offloading our cognitive load to LLMs is bad for us. Cognitive load should exist, and if we reduce it too much – if we stop thinking – we can actually unlearn how to think. Kids who always choose the easy route and copy their homework from other students eventually find themselves completely clueless about what’s going on in school. Someone who always lets their spouse handle all the bills and banking may one day be unable to manage even a simple payment on their own. A

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Text.ai (YC X25) Is Hiring Founding Full-Stack Engineer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-09 10:04:39

Founding Full-Stack Engineer Ready to build the next generation of AI-native consumer experience? Text.ai is a consumer-first AI native company, revolutionizing how people communicate in group chats. We're pioneering an entirely new category of consumer AI products that millions will use daily. We are building the first AI-native communication platform, where every conversation becomes intelligent, collaborative, and effortless. We're reimagining how humans and AI work together from first pri

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Tech groups back Apple in fight over attorney–client privilege limits in Epic Games case

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-09 15:04:32

Two organizations filed a joint amicus brief, siding with Apple over a U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruling on attorney–client privilege limits in the Epic Games lawsuit. Here are the details. Abuse of privilege When Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ordered Apple in April to fully comply with her 2021 App Store injunction, she also denied Apple’s motion to remove certain records, based on attorney–client privilege. Some of these records were e-mail chains, which included in-house att

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Vivo Launches Mixed-Reality Headset, an Apple Vision Pro Competitor

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-09 14:01:00

Look-alikes of Apple products often pop up in China, and mixed-reality headsets have now joined the party. Chinese smartphone maker Vivo has introduced the Vivo Vision, a headset that mixes AR and VR and bears many similarities to the Apple Vision Pro. The company announced the Vivo Vision Discovery Edition at its 30th anniversary celebration in Dongguan, China, saying it's "the first MR product developed by a smartphone manufacturer in China, positioning Vivo as the first Chinese company to op

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Tesla is dragging its feet in reporting FSD and Autopilot crashes to the government

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-11-09 10:06:53

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Tesla is under investigation for failing to report crashes involving its partially autonomous driving technology in a timely manner. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requires automakers to report crashes involving adv

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One of China’s Largest Tech Companies Just Copied Apple’s Biggest Flop

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-11-09 20:30:17

Apple has had some misses in the past (looking at you, G4 Cube), but in recent times, arguably no piece of hardware has been a bigger flop than the Vision Pro. But just because sales for Apple’s $3,500 face computer have been tepid at best hasn’t stopped competitors from conjuring up their own lookalikes. That includes Samsung and its upcoming Project Moohan headset running Android XR, and now, an almost laughably close lookalike out of China from smartphone maker Vivo. If Project Moohan takes

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Miles from the ocean, there's diving beneath the streets of Budapest

news.ycombinator.com Jennifer Walker 2025-11-06 08:42:53

Budapest — Every day, crowds flock to the Lukács Thermal Baths in Budapest, soaking in warm mineral-rich pools as yellow trams clatter along Frankel Leó Street. Most never suspect that just yards away, beneath the city’s historic streets, lies a hidden world: a vast underwater cave system heated by geothermal springs. From its entrance, tucked into the base of Rózsadomb — Rose Hill — an affluent neighborhood of elegant villas and tree-lined streets, the Molnár János Cave stretches for over 3.6

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How VPNs are helping people evade increased censorship - and much more

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2025-11-10 05:28:36

Charlie Osborne/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. ZDNET's key takeaways Increased concern about surveillance and censorship is driving more VPN downloads. VPN providers are transforming one-and-done encrypted tunnels into holistic security suites. NordVPN is preparing for privacy protection in a post-quantum future. VILNIUS, Lithuania -- Many VPN providers have noticed an uptick in downloads and installation of their software in recent

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Unmasking the Privacy Risks of Apple Intelligence

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-10 09:36:51

Executive Summary Lumia’s Research Team revealed that messages dictated via Siri, including WhatsApp and iMessage are not sent to the Private Cloud Compute. In fact, there is no assurance as to what Apple does with these messages. Siri transmits metadata about installed and active apps without the user’s ability to control these privacy settings. Audio playback metadata such as ‘recording names’, is sent without consent. No user control or visibility exists over these background data flows.

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95% of Companies See 'Zero Return' on $30B Generative AI Spend

news.ycombinator.com Oliver Flynn 2025-11-10 09:36:24

Over the last three years, companies worldwide have invested between 30 and 40 billion dollars into generative artificial intelligence projects. Yet most of these efforts have brought no real business return. A new study from MIT found that 95 percent of enterprise organizations report zero measurable gains from the adoption of AI tools. Only a small group has seen strong benefits. “Just five percent of integrated AI pilots are extracting millions in value,” the report said. In contrast, the v

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How Burning Man VR rebuilt after Microsoft shut it down

theverge.com Janko Roettgers 2025-11-10 15:30:00

It was all just supposed to be a one-time thing. When Burning Man got canceled because of covid-19 in 2020, a number of attendees banded together to re-create the festival on the social VR platform Altspace. That virtual Burning Man experience not only attracted around 13,000 visitors, but also accolades from the Producers Guild of America. The success led to the decision to keep the digital version of Burning Man going even when the real-life festival returned in 2021. BRCvr, named after the f

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In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

news.ycombinator.com Casey Crownhart 2025-11-10 18:52:50

Earlier this year, MIT Technology Review published a comprehensive series on AI and energy, at which time none of the major AI companies would reveal their per-prompt energy usage. Google’s new publication, at last, allows for a peek behind the curtain that researchers and analysts have long hoped for. The study focuses on a broad look at energy demand, including not only the power used by the AI chips that run models but also by all the other infrastructure needed to support that hardware. “W

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Vivo’s Vision Pro clone costs $1,400 and weighs 398g

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-11-11 00:27:03

Apple’s Vision Pro is a very nice piece of kit, but the $3,400 price means that even CEO Tim Cook has acknowledged it’s a niche product, and the 600g plus weight also means many find it uncomfortable to wear for longer than an hour. Chinese brand Vivo has attempted to address both issues in a design which looks remarkably like a direct copy of Apple’s spatial computer … Vision Pro price and comfort Price and comfort have been the two biggest complaints people have made about Vision Pro. Cook

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In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

technologyreview.com Casey Crownhart 2025-11-11 05:00:00

Earlier this year, MIT Technology Review published a comprehensive series on AI and energy, at which time none of the major AI companies would reveal their per-prompt energy usage. Google’s new publication, at last, allows for a peek behind the curtain that researchers and analysts have long hoped for. The study focuses on a broad look at energy demand, including not only the power used by the AI chips that run models but also by all the other infrastructure needed to support that hardware. “W

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Following Made by Google, is it time for companies to retire live smartphone launch events?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-11 15:34:34

Ryan Haines / Android Authority 🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. So, yesterday, Google launched the Pixel 10 series. While the phones are intriguing if not spectacular, it’s the livestreamed event that remained seared into my brain when I woke up this morning. The Made By Google event, which was broadcast live and hosted by talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, featured

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To Infinity but Not Beyond

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-11 14:30:52

Previously on meyerweb, I explored ways to do strange things with the infinity keyword in CSS calculation functions. There were some great comments on that post, by the way; you should definitely go give them a read. Anyway, in this post, I’ll be doing the same thing, but with different properties! When last we met, I’d just finished up messing with font sizes and line heights, and that made me think about other text properties that accept lengths, like those that indent text or increase the sp

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Meta puts the brakes on its massive AI talent spending spree

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-11-11 17:42:10

The logo of Meta is seen at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 11, 2025. Meta Platforms has paused hiring for its new artificial intelligence division, the company confirmed Thursday, ending a spending spree that saw it acquire a wave of costly AI researchers and engineers. The pause was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, which said it went into effect last week amid a broader restructuring

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Humans intervened every 9 minutes in AAA test of driver assists

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-11 14:00:34

Advanced driver assistance systems—also known as ADAS—come in a few variations. Blind spot monitoring, collision warnings, and emergency braking act like a second pair of eyes and ears, monitoring the car's environment to warn the driver, or possibly intervene, if a crash looks imminent. Other systems are better thought of as convenience features—things like adaptive cruise control and lane keeping, which relieve some of the burden of driving. Among the newer of these is the traffic jam assist.

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Gemini Live is becoming a more helpful digital assistant that responds naturally

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-11 11:00:47

TL;DR Google is enhancing Gemini Live with visual overlays that highlight objects in your camera feed and a new audio model for more expressive conversations. The visual overlay feature helps you identify items or get advice by placing a white-bordered rectangle around objects in your camera’s view. The new native audio model is designed for more responsive and expressive conversations. At last year’s Made by Google event, Google unveiled Gemini Live, a feature designed for more natural, hand

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Spirit Halloween Has Made the Most Affordable ‘Jurassic Park’ Goggles Replica We’ve Seen

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-11-11 20:45:21

The iconic T. rex escape scene is seared into the collective core memory of Jurassic Park fans. Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster franchise is full of memorable moments, from the jiggling water to the lawyer running to the bathroom. But if you, like me, had the film as one of your earliest and most life-changing cinema-going experiences, there’s not a detail forgotten—especially not the goggles. You know the ones that Tim grabs and the lawyer tells him to put back, because if they’re heavy, “they’r

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Ricoh Announces Updated Version of My Favorite Travel Camera

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-12 00:00:02

With pocket camera popularity on the rise, Ricoh has announced the GR IV, an updated version of its excellent, diminutive (and quite old) GR III. It's a fixed-lens camera that can easily fit in a pocket, but inside is a big APS-C image sensor -- far larger than what you can get in a phone. Larger image sensors typically mean better image quality compared to smaller sensors. I really liked the GR III and picked it as the best point-and-shoot camera for travel. The images it captured were better,

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Ricoh’s GR IV launches in September for a much steeper price than its predecessor

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2025-11-12 00:00:00

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Ricoh is launching its GR IV compact camera in mid-September for $1,499.95, accompanied by a tiny new GF-2 add-on flash for $119.95. As initially announced in May, the GR IV will feature a 26-megapixel APS-C sensor, slightly redesigned 28mm-equivale

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Latest Tech News

This Extremely Cute Bean Wants to Help You Stop Doomscrolling

YouTube’s new integration lets you discover live concerts nearby, with a sweet Premium perk

How Not to Buy a SSD

The attr() function in CSS now supports types

Benchmarks for Golang SQLite Drivers

Mirage 2 – Generative World Engine

Vivo Vision Mixed-Reality Headset Steps Up to Apple, but Still a Tough Sell

You Can't Trust Your Car's Driving Assistance System Yet, AAA Report Finds

In the long run, LLMs make us dumber

Text.ai (YC X25) Is Hiring Founding Full-Stack Engineer

Tech groups back Apple in fight over attorney–client privilege limits in Epic Games case

Vivo Launches Mixed-Reality Headset, an Apple Vision Pro Competitor

Tesla is dragging its feet in reporting FSD and Autopilot crashes to the government

One of China’s Largest Tech Companies Just Copied Apple’s Biggest Flop

Miles from the ocean, there's diving beneath the streets of Budapest

How VPNs are helping people evade increased censorship - and much more

Unmasking the Privacy Risks of Apple Intelligence

95% of Companies See 'Zero Return' on $30B Generative AI Spend

How Burning Man VR rebuilt after Microsoft shut it down

In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

Vivo’s Vision Pro clone costs $1,400 and weighs 398g

In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

Following Made by Google, is it time for companies to retire live smartphone launch events?

To Infinity but Not Beyond

Meta puts the brakes on its massive AI talent spending spree

Humans intervened every 9 minutes in AAA test of driver assists

Gemini Live is becoming a more helpful digital assistant that responds naturally

Spirit Halloween Has Made the Most Affordable ‘Jurassic Park’ Goggles Replica We’ve Seen

Ricoh Announces Updated Version of My Favorite Travel Camera

Ricoh’s GR IV launches in September for a much steeper price than its predecessor

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