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Fighting Brandolini's Law with Sampling

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-11 05:56:35

Brady Hurlburt - July 8, 2025 “But Don’t All Politicians Lie?” In 2015, Angi Drobnic Holan published a wonderful article titled “All Politicians Lie. Some Lie More Than Others.” In it, she makes the case that while all politicians lie, there are meaningful differences in how often and how severely they do so. Here is the graphic from her piece: Her article resonates with me because indifference to political dishonesty is surprisingly common in my circles. In conversations with my peers, when

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I tested HP's new EliteBook X G1i, and it's a featherweight champ in the office

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2026-01-14 10:30:19

ZDNET's key takeaways The HP EliteBook X G1i is on sale with prices starting at $1,549 for the base model. It is a sleek laptop with an outrageous 18-hour battery life and very nice 5MP webcam. However, it's pricey, and it shares a few of the same problems as last year's model, namely, a tendency to run hot. $1,559.95 at B&H Photo-Video $1,945.05 at Amazon more buying choices Back in 2024, HP announced that it was simplifying its laptop portfolio and combining everything into two new commerci

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T-Mobile’s Starlink Service Launches Next Week. Here's How to Get It on Any Carrier

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-15 05:48:00

We're less than a week away from the launch of T-Mobile’s partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service. The direct-to-cell messaging service, called T-Satellite, 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 way of 657 Starlink satellites that'll be used exclusively for cellphone service. T-Satellite has been in beta testing since December 2024, with nearly 1.8 million users signing up so f

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Reportedly Holding "Going Out of Business Sale" for Satellites

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-15 11:06:15

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Reportedly Holding "Going Out of Business Sale" for Satellites NASA scientists are furious. Fire Sale NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab is reportedly holding a "going out of business sale" for its satellites, NASA Watch reports. The list of for-sale assets includes several Earth-monitoring satellites that were once tasked with studying the environment, helping with hurricane prediction efforts, and measuring the effects of climate change. Most launched over the last

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Netflix takes a leap of faith on an Assassin's Creed series

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-16 03:39:58

The company greenlit the show nearly five years after signing a deal with Ubisoft. Hollywood video game adaptations continue to have a moment. Following the success of HBO's The Last of Us and Amazon's Fallout, Netflix has officially greenlit an Assassin's Creed series. The news comes nearly five years after the company signed a deal with Ubisoft to adapt the franchise. Two Emmy nominees will helm the series. Roberto Patino (DMZ, Westworld, Sons of Anarchy) and David Wiener (Halo, Homecoming,

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Max severity Cisco ISE bug allows pre-auth command execution, patch now

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-16 03:53:26

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-20337) in Cisco's Identity Services Engine (ISE) could be exploited to let an unauthenticated attacker store malicious files, execute arbitrary code, or gain root privileges on vulnerable devices. The security issue received the maximum severity rating, 10 out of 10, and is caused by insufficient user-supplied input validation checks. It was discovered by Kentaro Kawane, a researcher at the Japanese cybersecurity service GMO Cybersecurity by Ierae, and report

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Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general election

news.ycombinator.com Rowena Mason 2026-01-16 09:44:17

The voting age will be lowered to 16 across the UK by the next general election in a major change of the democratic system. The government said it was a reform to bring in more fairness for 16- and 17-year-olds, many of whom already work and are able to serve in the military. It brings the whole of the UK voting age to 16. Scotland and Wales have already made the change for Holyrood and Senedd elections, as well as local council elections. In a sweeping package of changes, ministers will also

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Millions Of Americans Are Being Advised Not To Go Outside

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-16 12:30:15

In the wake of massive wildfires in Canada's Manitoba province, people thousands of miles away are being warned to stay indoors thanks to the noxious ash and smoke that's traveling on the wind to their homes. As flagged by Newsweek, people who live in eight American states (and four Canadian provinces) are now under air pollution warning — and as an air quality map shows, the regions impacted have tens of millions of residents. According to AirNow — which publishes a real-time, color-coded air

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Nothing Phone 3 teardown reveals the guts of the year’s oddest-looking smartphone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-17 12:09:30

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR The latest JerryRigEverything teardown looks into the durability and reparability of the Nothing Phone 3. Scratch resistance is nothing to write home about, but the phone withstands bending quite well. Getting the rear glass off looks a little challenging, but past that, disassembly goes quite smoothly. For all the complaints we tend to hear about modern phones not offering nearly enough variety, so far this year has brought us some pleasantly anomalo

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Researchers announce babies born from a trial of three-person IVF

technologyreview.com Jessica Hamzelou 2026-01-17 17:00:00

The study, which makes use of a technology called mitochondrial donation, has been described as a “tour de force” and “a remarkable accomplishment” by others in the field. In the team’s approach, patients’ eggs are fertilized with sperm, and the DNA-containing nuclei of those cells are transferred into donated fertilized eggs that have had their own nuclei removed. The new embryos contain the DNA of the intended parents along with a tiny fraction of mitochondrial DNA from the donor, floating in

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Amazon’s ride on the rocket merry-go-round continues with SpaceX launch

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-18 12:41:01

A Falcon 9 rocket launched from Florida's Space Coast overnight with a batch of Internet satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper network, thrusting a rival one step closer to competing with SpaceX's Starlink broadband service. Amazon's third set of operational Kuiper satellites lifted off at 2:30 am EST (06:30 UTC) on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket arced downrange over the Atlantic Ocean, heading northeast to place its payload into the Kuiper

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I finally found a Windows mini PC powerful enough to replace my desktop (and it's on sale)

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-01-18 17:38:20

ZDNET's key takeaways The Minisforum AI370 EliteMini with the Ryzen AI 9 and 64GB of RAM normally retails for $1,249, but is currently on sale for less. It's a powerful mini PC with plenty of ports, support for an 8K display, and runs cool and quiet. You'll still need to supply your own peripherals, and it's best to purchase them while on sale. $999.9 at Amazon Amazon is offering coupons for multiple Minisforum AI370 EliteMini configurations. The base model can be purchased at a $230 discount

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Dyneema’s New Fiber Composite Is Lighter, Stronger, and More Durable Than Ever

wired.com Scott Gilbertson 2026-01-18 17:46:37

If you went back in time 150 years and told people that in the future they will carry everything they need to live for a week on their backs, you'd get run out of town. Carrying gear is the job of horses and mules, not people! Fast forward to the present, though, and here we are, schlepping into the backcountry with the essentials on our back. Progress! The good news is that today everything you need to live for a week weighs considerably less than it did 150 years ago. The ultralight backpacki

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Our 11 Favorite Air Quality Monitors We’ve Tried (2025)

wired.com Lisa Wood Shapiro 2026-01-18 22:02:00

In the past five years, I’ve tested dozens of indoor air-quality monitors but have relied on my iPhone’s Weather app to check outdoor air quality. On questionable days that might include haze or the smell of wildfire, I’ll check the government’s free AirNow website, where I’ll plug in my zip code and see its easy-to-read air quality meter. With the increasing wildfire activity from coast to coast, however, I realized it was time to test an outdoor air-quality monitor. The Zen is larger than the

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Amazon launches more Kuiper internet satellites with help from rival: 'Big thanks to SpaceX'

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2026-01-19 08:09:03

United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the first two demonstration satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation stands ready for launch on pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 5, 2023 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States. As Amazon chases SpaceX in the internet satellite market, the e-commerce and computing giant turned to Elon Musk's rival company to get its next batch of devices into space. On Wednesday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carr

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Chewy Promo Codes: $20 Off | July 2025

wired.com Molly Higgins 2026-01-19 16:00:00

Florida-based pet food and product online retailer Chewy has been around for less than 15 years but has quickly become a popular source for everything pet-related. Chewy even has supplies for farm animals, reptiles, fish, and more, carrying over 3,500 brands, including everything from food to medicine to toys. My cat is constantly throwing up (same) and requires Hill’s Sensitive Skin and Stomach, which costs roughly as much as my car insurance every month. I use WIRED’s Chewy coupons to save mon

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Voxtral – Frontier open source speech understanding models

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-19 22:47:02

Voice: the original UI. Voice was humanity’s first interface—long before writing or typing, it let us share ideas, coordinate work, and build relationships. As digital systems become more capable, voice is returning as our most natural form of human-computer interaction. Yet today’s systems remain limited—unreliable, proprietary, and too brittle for real-world use. Closing this gap demands tools with exceptional transcription, deep understanding, multilingual fluency, and open, flexible deploy

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Amazon’s Kuiper satellites to get boost from rival SpaceX

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2026-01-20 08:26:10

Amazon’s race to challenge SpaceX in orbit is getting a helping hand from its chief competitor: SpaceX itself, which will launch the next batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet satellites skyward on Wednesday. A flock of 24 Kuiper internet satellites will ride aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket before dawn. The mission, dubbed KF-01, has a 27-minute launch window that opens at 2:18 AM ET and will lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Once complete, it will bring the total number of

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What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to have another?

news.ycombinator.com Derek Thompson 2026-01-20 05:59:04

Thanks for reading! If you enjoy this article, last week’s essay on The Death of Partying in the U.S.A., or my feature story on The Anti-Social Century, consider becoming a subscriber to this newsletter to receive more essays on the social crises of our age. In rich countries around the world, birth rates have fallen to historically low levels. Governments have responded with a confetti cannon of policy ideas to increase the number of babies, including parental leave plans, preschool programs,

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Amazon turns to rival SpaceX to launch next batch of Kuiper internet satellites

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2026-01-20 17:23:40

United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the first two demonstration satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation stands ready for launch on pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 5, 2023 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States. As Amazon chases SpaceX in the internet satellite market, the e-commerce and computing giant is now counting on Elon Musk's rival company to get its next batch of devices into space. On Wednesday, weather permitting,

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Fyre Festival’s Brand Rights Get a Fire Sale on eBay

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2026-01-20 17:50:02

Seems a little steep, but sure. Fyre Festival, the doomed-from-the-start music festival that never was, is one of the most notorious failures of the internet era. And now it can be yours! Well, it could have been if you got in on the eBay auction that sold off the rights to the Fyre Festival brand in Billy McFarland’s latest bid to pay back the $26 million in restitution that he still owes to the people he defrauded. Unfortunately for McFarland, his plan to monetize the Fyre Festival name is b

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I'm taking my favorite portable vinyl player on all my summer trips

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2026-01-22 03:48:48

ZDNET's key takeaways The Audio-Technica Sound Burger retails for $199 and comes in yellow, black, or white. The Sound Burger has unparalleled portability, a long battery life, and provides a novel listening experience. It doesn't have a counterweight, and also doesn't have an auto-return feature. View now at Amazon Technology is all about embracing the now. So, even though I am one of those people who can be stuck in their ways (such as listening to vinyl records with the appropriate analog

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Random selection is necessary to create stable meritocratic institutions

news.ycombinator.com Paul Melman 2026-01-21 00:28:36

Campbell's Law (a variant of Goodhart's Law) states that the more a metric is used for social decision-making, the more it will be subject to corruption which distorts and corrupts not only the metric itself, but the very social processes it was meant to measure. Selection criteria for a position of authority are one example of such a metric. When selection criteria are opaque, it is difficult for them to become a target, preserving their utility as measures. For governance positions however, it

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Joby Aviation doubles pilot eVTOL facility capacity as it races to launch air taxis

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2026-01-22 03:00:00

Joby Aviation has doubled the size and production capacity of its pilot manufacturing facility in Marina, California, as it races to commercialize eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles) by early next year. The now-435,500-square-foot facility will be able to produce 24 aircraft per year, and “nearly one” every other week once fully operational, according to Joby. The facility will also support federal certification, ground and flight testing, pilot training, and aircraft mainte

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Here's Everything You Need to Know About Satellite Connectivity in Phones

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-22 17:00:06

The words "satellite phone" probably conjure up an image of a clunky mobile monstrosity straight out of a spy thriller. These bulky and utilitarian traditional satellite phones are typically required in remote locations where cellular networks are unavailable. Nowadays, however, satellite connectivity can be found in regular smartphones too, thanks to new hardware innovations and unique partnerships with satellite network providers. They can't fully replace traditional satellite phones, but in

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TikTok owner ByteDance is reportedly building its own mixed reality goggles

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-23 08:25:41

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is reportedly working on mixed reality goggles, The Information reports. The in-development device is designed to layer digital objects over your view of the real world, and is supposed to compete directly with Meta's upcoming mixed reality products. The goggles are being built by ByteDance's virtual reality startup Pico, the creators of the Pico 4 VR headset. Pico's past products have attempted to match Meta's Quest headsets in terms of features, but th

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UK launches vulnerability research program for external experts

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-23 12:21:22

UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced a new Vulnerability Research Initiative (VRI) that aims to strengthen relations with external cybersecurity experts. The agency already conducts internal vulnerability research on a wide range of technologies and will continue to do so. However, the launch of VRI will create a parallel program designed to improve discovery and sharing of critical insights with the community more expeditiously. The NCSC is the UK's cybersecurity authority

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Secretive Chinese Satellite Emerges in Surprising Orbit After 6-Day Vanishing Act

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2026-01-23 22:55:33

Nearly a week after launch, space tracking systems were able to locate a mysterious satellite parked in an unusually low orbit. China launched the experimental satellite to test new technologies, but it’s still unclear exactly what it’s doing in its unique inclination. Shiyan-28B 01 launched on July 3 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, riding on board a Long March 4C rocket. The satellite is part of China’s experimental Shiyan series, reportedly designed for exploration of the space envi

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Gigabyte motherboards vulnerable to UEFI malware bypassing Secure Boot

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-24 08:30:32

Dozens of Gigabyte motherboard models run on UEFI firmware vulnerable to security issues that allow planting bootkit malware that is invisible to the operating system and can survive reinstalls. The vulnerabilities could allow attackers with local or remote admin permissions to execute arbitrary code in System Management Mode (SMM), an environment isolated from the operating system (OS) and with more privileges on the machine. Mechanisms running code below the OS have low-level hardware access

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I made the switch to a smart litter box, and my cat love its

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2026-01-24 08:02:49

Whisker Litter-Robot 4 4.5 / 5 Very good ZDNET's key takeaways The Whisker Litter-Robot 4 retails for $700 and comes in black or white This self-cleaning litter box lets you keep tabs on your cat's health through the helpful app However, it is an expensive buy, and the app frequently experiences glitches. View now at Amazon You're either a cat person or a dog person, and this writer is a cat person. My cat, Norbert, is a loud, orange boy and is the cutest thing ever. He's easy to take care of

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