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iOS 26 fixed the Photos App & it’s more powerful than ever

9to5mac.com Fernando Silva 2025-10-29 00:44:03

Last year, with iOS 18, Apple tried to shake up the Photos App by making it more streamlined. They put everything under one view, and for most people, it was a flop. Instead of making it simpler to navigate, it was actually even more tedious to use. It felt like nothing really had its own place, and everything was just on one never-ending page. Apple seemed to have heard us and changed up the look and feel of the Photos App with iOS 26 and I think they nailed it. They took the best parts of the

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The cost of transparency: Living with schizoaffective disorder in tech

news.ycombinator.com Kenneth Reitz 2025-10-28 23:53:37

The Cost of Transparency: Living with Schizoaffective Disorder in Tech August 2025 "We celebrate mental health awareness until someone actually needs mental health support." In The Inclusion Illusion, I explored how tech companies perform diversity while quietly eliminating employees who actually need accommodations. What I didn't share was the personal cost of that analysis—how living openly with schizoaffective disorder has systematically excluded me from the very communities I helped build

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Don't Want Gemini to Learn About You? How to Turn That New Feature Off

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 00:52:02

The more you chat with Google's Gemini, the better it will get to know you thanks to a new learning feature in the generative AI chatbot. Gemini has already been able to recall past conversations if you ask it to, but this new functionality will allow it to learn your preferences and interact with you in more personalized ways, Google said. But if you don't want an AI to learn about you, you can turn it off. AI chatbots have seen their memories grow longer this year. Other tools, like OpenAI'

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You can now ask Google Finance when Ethereum will hit its peak

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-29 11:34:38

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google has started testing AI features on its finance page in the US through Search Labs. The new features include a new search field to ask questions, updated charting tools, and a news feed section. The new Google Finance page will be rolled out to the general public in the US in the coming weeks. At the start of this month, Google announced through a blog post that it had begun testing AI features on its finance page. While the features are still

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Pausing Insect Activity

news.ycombinator.com Ulkar Aghayeva 2025-10-26 13:23:08

For all known life forms, activity is punctuated by periods of rest. Sleep may be the most familiar, but many other distinct dormant states occur on longer timescales, from weeks to months on end. Such suspended animation has garnered many different names: hibernation and torpor (in mammals and birds), brumation (in reptiles), diapause and quiescence (in insects and nematodes), aestivation (summer dormancy in vertebrates and invertebrates), hypobiosis, cryptobiosis, and latent life (in microorga

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It’s official: The Galaxy S25 FE launch is just days away

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-29 13:38:03

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has confirmed a launch date for the Galaxy S25 FE. The new member of the Galaxy S25 series will arrive on September 4. Leaks point to upgrades like a larger battery, faster wired charging, and a new selfie camera. We’re expecting the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE to launch soon, and numerous retailer leaks only reinforce this belief. Now, Samsung has made it official and confirmed a launch date. Samsung confirmed in a blog post that it’ll hold a launch

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Altered states of consciousness induced by breathwork accompanied by music

news.ycombinator.com Amy Amla Kartar 2025-10-29 12:22:24

The popularity of breathwork as a therapeutic tool for psychological distress is rapidly expanding. Breathwork practices that increase ventilatory rate or depth, facilitated by music, can evoke subjective experiential states analogous to altered states of consciousness (ASCs) evoked by psychedelic substances. These states include components such as euphoria, bliss, and perceptual differences. However, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the profound subjective effects of high ventilation b

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Samsung will hold another Unpacked on September 4

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-29 16:00:40

Samsung is hosting another Unpacked event on September 4, and this time it'll only be available to watch virtually. The event will stream on Samsung's YouTube page and website at 5:30AM ET, following the in-person launch events the company held for the Galaxy S25 line in January and the new Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 in July. With most of the company's smartphone lineup accounted for, Samsung will likely use this Unpacked to introduce new tablets. The company announced the the Galaxy Tab S10

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Samsung's Next Galaxy Unpacked Event Will Be a Sept. 4 Livestream

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 16:08:00

Samsung will unveil new phones and devices for its Galaxy line during a Sept. 4 virtual event. The upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event is timed just ahead of the IFA 2025 conference, a consumer tech event held in Berlin. The invite references a new Galaxy Tab that is available to "reserve" ahead of the event, but it's unclear what the new tablet is or what features it'll have. Samsung also typically announces new FE devices in the fall, which means we could see a Galaxy S25 FE phone or a similar FE

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FEMA Staffers Warned of Looming ‘Katrina-Level’ Disaster, Then Got Suspended

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-10-30 04:50:58

It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing nearly 1,400 people and displacing up to 1.2 million more. The storm’s impact overwhelmed the Federal Emergency Management Agency, revealing fatal flaws in its disaster response. The agency’s failure prompted Congress to overhaul FEMA largely through the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (PKEMRA). This set higher expectations for its leaders and enhanced its autonomy within the Department of Homela

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Apple Music Now Lets You Transfer Playlists From Spotify: Here's Why You May Want To

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-30 04:13:49

Apple Music app customers woke up to a new feature Tuesday, although not many know it exists yet. Apple Music subscribers can now grab songs or playlists from other music platforms, notably Spotify, and bring them to Apple. The ability to transfer music from other music services is buried in the Music App settings. Initially tested in Australia and New Zealand last year, this transfer option has now been rolled out to the US, UK, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany and several other countries. It's

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I Am An AI Hater

news.ycombinator.com Moser'S Frame Shop 2025-10-30 08:10:37

I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater. To speak politely about AI, you put disclaimers before criticism: of course I’m not against it entirely; perhaps in a few years when; maybe for other purposes, but. You are supposed to debate how and when it should be used. You are supposed to take for granted that it must be useful somewhere, to someone, for something, eventually. People who are rich and smart and respected are saying so, and it would be arroga

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This Is No Illusion—Just the Best Wildlife Photo Entries of the Year

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-10-30 06:25:58

Can you spot the second coyote in the image above? It may look like this amber-eyed pup is peering out from beneath his own tail, but that’s actually his sister’s. The Natural History Museum in London released this illusionary photo in a sneak peek of some of the best submissions for this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. The jaw-dropping images, selected from a record-breaking 60,636 entries, feature cheetahs, jellyfish, slime molds, and so much more. But let’s not forget t

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OpenAI co-founder calls for AI labs to safety-test rival models

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-10-30 08:14:01

OpenAI and Anthropic, two of the world’s leading AI labs, briefly opened up their closely guarded AI models to allow for joint safety testing — a rare cross-lab collaboration at a time of fierce competition. The effort aimed to surface blind spots in each company’s internal evaluations and demonstrate how leading AI companies can work together on safety and alignment work in the future. In an interview with TechCrunch, OpenAI co-founder Wojciech Zaremba said this kind of collaboration is increa

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Trump administration suspends FEMA employees who warned about disaster response

theverge.com Justine Calma 2025-10-30 12:37:15

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. FEMA has suspended at least 30 employees after they warned that spending limits, staffing cuts, and gaps in leadership hurt the agency’s ability to respond to disasters. The employees rece

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Google has been testing this app-launching trick since last year — now it’s live

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-30 16:52:29

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is starting to roll out an auto-open toggle for when you download apps. When enabled, the app you’re downloading will open automatically. You will receive a notification with a five-second countdown before the app opens, giving you a chance to cancel. Google has long been working on a feature for the Play Store that automatically opens apps after they are downloaded. This feature was first spotted in one of our APK teardowns in September of la

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Pixel 10 Review: Google Delivers the AI Phone That Apple Promised

gizmodo.com Raymond Wong 2025-10-30 16:00:29

2025 If you just look at the Pixel 10’s physical design, you’re going to be disappointed. Google’s new $800 Android smartphone looks almost identical to last year’s Pixel 9, save for an additional 5x telephoto camera lens and some new colors, including the makes-me-smile Indigo blue. But like most new phones, there are a bunch of small upgrades internally that add up to a better daily experience, even if they’re not revolutionary. All of that stuff is good and necessary for a new phone—though,

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Cheetahs Feast and Sloths Snooze in These Stunning Wildlife Photographer of the Year Entries

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-10-30 16:25:58

Can you spot the second coyote in the image above? It may look like this amber-eyed pup is peering out from beneath his own tail, but that’s actually his sister’s. The Natural History Museum in London released this illusionary photo in a sneak peek of some of the best submissions for this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. The jaw-dropping images, selected from a record-breaking 60,636 entries, feature cheetahs, jellyfish, slime molds, and so much more. But let’s not forget t

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Microsoft’s employee protests have reached a boiling point

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-30 16:30:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Some Microsoft employees are willing to risk everything to protest their employer. No Azure for Apartheid, a group led by current and former Microsoft employees, started last year as a petition to Microsoft executives. It demanded that Microsoft end all Azure contracts and partnerships with the Israeli military and government, disclose all ties, call for a ceasefire in Gaza, an

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The ‘Borderlands 4’ Character Shorts Are Doing Their Job Right

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-10-30 19:03:49

Gearbox and 2K is set to release Borderlands 4 in a mere two weeks, the latest entry in their looter-shooter franchise. And for the last month or so, the studio has slowly peeled back the curtain on the game’s four playable Vault Hunters through gameplay breakdowns and short narrative videos. Borderlands 4 takes place on a brand new planet called Kairos, where the Vault Hunters—Siren Vex, Exo-Soldier Rafa, Forgeknight Amon, and Gravitar Harlowe—join up with the world’s resistance fighters to br

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Scientist Warns That New Synthetic Lifeform Could Spell Doom for Humankind

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-30 23:01:53

Image by Getty / Futurism Developments It's a technology that doesn't even exist yet, but its effects could be so drastically destructive that scientists in the field are calling for it to be banned now, before it's too late. We're talking, of course, about "mirror life" — synthetic organisms that quite literally turn natural biology on its head. "We should choose not to build mirror life and pass laws to ensure nobody can," John Glass, a synthetic biologist who helped create the first living

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First absolute superconducting switch developed in a magnetic device

news.ycombinator.com University Of Jyväskylä 2025-10-29 03:04:54

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Researchers recently realized the first de Gennes' superconducting switch where superconductivity is completely suppressed. Credit: University of Jyväskylä The University of Jyväskylä, Finland, has been involved as part of an international collaboration that has identified a way to completely suppress superconductiv

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Google Vids adds AI avatars to its video editor and launches a consumer version

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-10-31 04:00:00

Google debuted its new-age video editor called Vids for the Google Workspace productivity suite last year. On Wednesday, the company is adding new features like AI avatars, automatic transcript trimming, and image-to-video tools. It is also releasing a free-to-use feature for consumers with limited features. This version of the editor will have basic edit controls along with access to Google’s template library, font collection, and stock media library, but it won’t offer AI features at this tim

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Android 16 will soon let you know which apps use Advanced Protection features (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-31 12:45:23

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16’s Advanced Protection is getting new useful features. We’ve discovered an under-development interface that will list all the apps that are aware of Advanced Protection being turned on. Besides Google apps, the feature will also include third-party apps that can access the state of Advanced Protection. With the rollout of Android 16 earlier this year, Google introduced an “Advanced Protection” mode that enables high-security features on Andr

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I Spent over $31,900 on Whiteout Survival – Here's Why I Regret It

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-31 12:34:20

Hey everyone, I’ve been debating whether to post this for a long time. It’s not easy admitting this, but after stepping back and looking at the numbers, I feel like I need to share my experience—not for myself, but to warn others who might be heading down the same path. I’m using a throwaway account for obvious reasons, but I feel it’s important to put this out there and hopefully help someone avoid making the same mistakes I did. I started playing Whiteout Survival in December 2023 and played

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You don’t need a Pixel 10 to get Google’s new call screening smarts

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-31 18:52:23

TL;DR Google Phone’s new “Take a Message” was presumed to be a Pixel 10-exclusive, but Google has clarified the feature is available on Pixel 4 and higher, but only in the US, UK, Ireland, and Australia. Users can also set up the feature on their Pixel Watch 2 and newer, but when paired to the Pixel 6 and higher. Similarly, Call Notes’ next steps feature was also presumed to be a Pixel 10-exclusive, but it is live on the Pixel 9 series too. With the launch of the Pixel 10 series, Google added

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Voice recording on Nothing Phone 3’s Essential Space gets a due upgrade

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-31 19:34:51

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Nothing has updated the voice recorder functionality in Essential Space. With this update, the voice recordings will not have complete transcriptions instead of just summaries. The update is limited to Nothing Phone 3 and has yet to arrive on the Phone 3a, which offers similar summarization functionality for voice notes. The Nothing Phone 3 may stop short of being the perfect flagship, but it has some unique and nifty elements. One of them is Essential S

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We compared the best tablets by Apple, Samsung, and others in our lab - here's the battery champ

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2025-10-31 18:00:21

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. When looking to buy a tablet, there are a few factors to keep in mind, such as what you'll be using the tablet for (entertainment, drawing, work, etc.), your price point, display size, operating system, and more. At ZDNET, we considered all of these factors when choosing the best tablets you can buy, but we were able to test one important factor that can truly make or break your tablet experience: battery life. Also:

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The 39 Best Shows on Apple TV+ Right Now (September 2025)

wired.com Angela Watercutter 2025-10-31 10:00:00

Slowly but surely, Apple TV+ found its footing. The streaming service, which at launch we called “odd, angsty, and horny as hell,” has evolved into a diverse library of dramas, documentaries, and comedies. Now its library is so packed that we’ve declared it “the new HBO.” Curious but don’t know where to get started? Below are our picks for the best shows on the service. (Also, here are our picks for the best movies on Apple TV+.) When you’re done, head over to our guides to the best shows on Ne

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Das Problem mit German Strings

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-31 16:59:35

German strings are everywhere I look. The impression I’ve gotten from working in the Rust Arrow/Datafusion ecosystem and related file formats for the last couple of months is that StringViews (the implementation of German strings in Arrow) are becoming, if they have not already, the canonical form of representing string columns at execution time. This is generally a good idea. German strings are a fantastic innovation rooted in simplicity that greatly improves most string processing use-cases i

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iOS 26 fixed the Photos App & it’s more powerful than ever

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Google has been testing this app-launching trick since last year — now it’s live

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