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How long should you wait before installing Apple betas on your primary devices?

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-04-15 11:00:00

WWDC 2025 ends today, and we’ve seen all the new features on offer from Apple’s shiny glassy new iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, and visionOS 26. The first developer betas are available now, and anyone can sign up to try them – but you probably shouldn’t. If you’re not a developer with sacrificial test devices, exactly how long should you wait in the beta cycle before risking them on your daily drivers … ? The answer depends on a number of factors, starting most obviously with the int

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Wikipedia cancels plan to test AI summaries after editors skewer the idea

engadget.com Unknown 2026-04-15 11:52:58

Wikipedia is backing off a plan to test AI article summaries. Earlier this month, the platform announced plans to trial the feature for about 10 percent of mobile web visitors. To say they weren't well-received by editors would be an understatement. The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) then changed plans and cancelled the test. The AI summaries would have appeared at the top of articles for 10 percent of mobile users. Readers would have had to opt in to see them. The AI-generated summaries only appea

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When random people give money to random other people (2017)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-15 11:49:46

A post on Decision Science about a problem of Uri Wilensky‘s has been making the rounds: Imagine a room full of 100 people with 100 dollars each. With every tick of the clock, every person with money gives a dollar to one randomly chosen other person. After some time progresses, how will the money be distributed? People often expect the distribution to be close to uniform. But this isn’t right; the simulations in the post show clearly that inequality of wealth rapidly appears and then persists

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I Saw This Cartoon Gumshoe Shooter in Action. It's a Video Game Miracle

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-15 07:00:00

Mouse: P.I. for Hire is the kind of fun video game miracle of making wild ideas into reality. What started as a throwaway "what if" post on social media about a first-person shooter styled like a classic Betty Boop-era cartoon has turned into a full video game I saw being played in front of me at Summer Game Fest -- and the gumshoe gunplay game is due out later this year. In Australian publisher PlaySide's private booth tucked into a corner of the Summer Game Fest grounds in Los Angeles, I sat

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The best Sonos speakers to buy in 2025

theverge.com Chris Welch 2026-04-15 11:01:44

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, and more. After the year of self-induced tumult that Sonos has been through, I can understand why some people are reluctant to spend money on the company’s products. But interim CEO Tom Conrad has shown that he’s determined to get back on track and revitalize Sonos as the leading whole-home audio brand. The cont

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Boston Dynamics robots dance to ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ for ‘America’s Got Talent’ audition

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2026-04-15 11:36:44

A dance crew of four-legged robots from Boston Dynamics appeared on “America’s Got Talent” to perform a synchronized routine to Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now.” Their performance was impressive enough to earn four “yes” votes from the judges — but one of the five robots experienced some stage fright, perhaps, and shut down in the middle of the routine. But the show must go on, so nevertheless, the four other robots persisted. “Can I be honest with you?” judge Simon Cowell asked at the conclusion o

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This Android notification exploit could trick you into opening some very unfriendly links

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-04-15 16:40:58

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR A bug in Android notifications can cause the “Open link” button to open a different link than the one displayed. Hidden characters in the messages can confuse the system, causing it to open a link that only makes up a part of the one in the displayed notification. Until Google issues a fix, it’s safest to avoid using the “Open link” button and open links manually in the app. You might want to think twice before tapping that link in your Android notificati

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Amazon Offers WD_Black SSD at Its Lowest Price While Clearing Out Remaining Best-Seller Stock

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2026-04-15 16:40:37

If you’ve been building out a new gaming PC, storage capacity is going to be of high concern. It’s something most of us would be very happy of which to have no upper limit. Unfortunately, that will not ever be the case in our lifetime. Though you can boost your storage quite a bit without breaking the bank. Amazon has the WD_Black SN7100 NVMe Internal Gaming SSD for up to 30% off. That brings the price down to as low as just $54. See at Amazon Breaking down the exact discounts, you’ll find the

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Frontier AI Models Are Getting Stumped by a Simple Children's Game

futurism.com Unknown 2026-04-15 18:23:31

Earlier this week, researchers at Apple released a damning paper, criticizing the AI industry for vastly overstating the ability of its top AI models to reason or "think." The team found that the models including OpenAI's o3, Anthropic's Claude 3.7, and Google's Gemini were stumped by even the simplest of puzzles. For instance, the "large reasoning models," or LRMs, consistently failed at Tower of Hanoi, a children's puzzle game that involves three pegs and a number of differently-sized disks t

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Powering next-gen services with AI in regulated industries

technologyreview.com Mit Technology Review Insights 2026-04-15 19:09:40

For many, the “last mile” of the end-to-end customer journey can present a challenge. Services at this stage often involve much more complex interactions than the usual app or self-service portal can handle. This could be dealing with a challenging health diagnosis, addressing late mortgage payments, applying for government benefits, or understanding the lifestyle you can afford in retirement. “When we get into these more complex service needs, there’s a real bias toward human interaction,” says

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I found a Linux distro that combines the best parts of other operating systems (and it works)

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-04-15 19:22:00

Jack Wallen/ZDNET There are so many Linux distributions on the market, and they range from the command line only all the way to functioning works of art. The majority of distros fall somewhere in the middle, of course, and that's perfectly fine because most users prefer a blend of aesthetics and functionality. That's why the likes of Linux Mint, ZorinOS, elementaryOS, and Ubuntu are so popular. But every once in a while, a team releases an update to its distribution that reminds you that Linux

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Ask HN: How do I give back to people helped me when I was young and had nothing?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-15 18:42:45

Throughout my career, I've received incredible kindness and inspiration from experienced people - professors, and strangers who invested time in me when I feel like I had little to offer in return. While I always express gratitude and try to pay it forward, I often feel there's still an imbalance. I feel like I owe something more direct to the specific people who shaped my life. How do you meaningfully give back to people who helped you early on (when you literally have nothing...haha)? What fo

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OxCaml - a set of extensions to the OCaml programming language.

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-15 19:20:38

Let’s talk about what this means! OxCaml’s extensions are meant to make OCaml a great language for performance engineering. Performance engineering requires control, and we want that control to be: Safe. Safety is a critical feature for making programmers more productive, and for shipping correct code. Languages that are pervasively unsafe are too hard to use correctly. Convenient. We want to provide control without bewildering programmers, or drowning them in endless annotations. To achieve

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5 ways to lead with positivity - because no one wants a negative manager

zdnet.com Mark Samuels 2026-04-15 23:51:20

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Becoming a successful manager is far from straightforward. Leading people requires a series of crucial characteristics, and research suggests one of the most important is positivity. A Harvard Business Review survey found that team members felt more highly respected when leaders expressed positivity during the early stages of a project. Also: 5 ways to make assertive decisions in uncertain times, according to business leaders So how can leaders develop the right

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I Saw Mouse: P.I. for Hire Gameplay: It's Got Cartoon Gumshoe Gunplay Aplenty

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-15 22:00:09

Mouse: P.I. for Hire is the kind of fun video game miracle of making wild ideas into reality. What started as a throwaway "what if" post on social media about a first-person shooter styled like a classic Betty Boop-era cartoon has turned into a full video game I saw being played in front of me at Summer Game Fest that's due out later this year. In Australian publisher PlaySide's private booth tucked into a corner of the Summer Game Fest grounds in Los Angeles, I sat down with the game's lead pr

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'Superman' Early Screenings for Prime Members: How to Snag Tickets

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-15 22:45:02

Don't want to wait until July 11 to watch James Gunn's Superman movie? If moving that up three days sounds like a game-changer, Amazon could be your hero. As of Tuesday, US Amazon Prime members can buy tickets for early access screenings of Superman that will take place in select theaters on July 8 at 7 p.m. local time, according to a statement. A Prime membership costs $15 per month or $139 per year. 2025's Superman stars David Corenswet as the Man of Steel, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor and R

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Meta AI searches made public - but do all its users realise?

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-04-16 03:01:50

Meta AI searches made public - but do all its users realise? 60 minutes ago Share Save Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images How would you feel if your internet search history was put online for others to see? That may be happening to some users of Meta AI without them realising, as people's prompts to the artificial intelligence tool - and the results - are posted on a public feed. One internet safety expert said it was "a huge user experience and security problem" a

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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra wishlist: All the features I’d like to see

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-04-16 03:00:28

Joe Maring / Android Authority Samsung likes to make a splash at the start of each new year. Its Galaxy S series flagships are some of the first off the presses, giving us a taste of new AI features, fresh Snapdragon (or Exynos) chipsets, and some of the newest, toughest materials that Corning’s Gorilla Glass team has created. And at the top of that bunch sits the Galaxy S Ultra. By now, Samsung’s top dog is a known quantity — the Ultra is going to be big, it’s going to be powerful, and it’s g

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Did Apple finally turn the iPad into a MacBook alternative? My first look at iPadOS 26 says yes

zdnet.com Prakhar Khanna 2026-04-16 12:30:14

M3 iPad Air running iPadOS 26 Developer Beta. Prakhar Khanna/ZDNET My biggest takeaway from WWDC 2025 is that I can finally use my iPad Air to its full potential. For the longest time, the iPad has been a product that I've wanted to add to my workflow but couldn't due to its rigid operating system -- one that doesn't necessarily complement the iPad's flexible hardware. But iPadOS 26 is finally bridging the gap between the Apple tablet and a computer. Also: The Kindle Scribe beats my ReMarkabl

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They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling

news.ycombinator.com Kashmir Hill 2026-04-16 12:48:43

“You want to know the ironic thing? I wrote my son’s obituary using ChatGPT,” Mr. Taylor said. “I had talked to it for a while about what had happened, trying to find more details about exactly what he was going through. And it was beautiful and touching. It was like it read my heart and it scared the shit out of me.” ‘Approach These Interactions With Care’ I reached out to OpenAI, asking to discuss cases in which ChatGPT was reinforcing delusional thinking and aggravating users’ mental health

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Are Those Viral ‘Cooling Blankets’ for Real?

wired.com Rhett Allain 2026-04-16 12:00:00

If you spend much time on the internet, you will see the same things pop up again and again. For me, it's these “cooling blankets” that people talk about on social media. I mean, it sounds great for summer—just like a blanket that warms you up but in reverse. Sadly, these products don’t do what they claim. They might be breathable so they don’t make you as hot as an ordinary blanket would, but you’d still be cooler with no blanket at all. However, there is hope. Someone has created a real cooli

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First PS3 emulator hits the Play Store, goes open-source

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-04-16 13:45:51

Nick Fernandez / Android Authority TL;DR PS3 emulator aPS3e is now available on the Google Play Store. From the mysterious Chinese developer aenu, it’s based on the RPCS3 source code. The project now claims to be open-source, but may not meet all requirements. Update, June 13, 2025 (3:45 AM ET): A reader has informed Android Authority that while aPS3e doesn’t follow best practice by including a license file in its main GitHub directory, it does include its full source code. It also includes

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Show HN: I wrote a BitTorrent Client from scratch

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-16 12:08:05

A BitTorrent client implementation in Go that supports downloading files using the BitTorrent protocol. This project implements the core functionality of a BitTorrent client, including torrent file parsing, peer discovery, and file downloading. Features Bencode Encoding/Decoding Support for all Bencode types (strings, integers, lists, dictionaries) Robust error handling and validation Torrent File Processing Parse .torrent files (both single-file and multi-file torrents) Info hash calculation

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SAG-AFTRA board approves agreement with game companies on AI and new contract

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2026-04-16 12:04:00

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) National Board approved the tentative agreement with the video game bargaining group. The contract on terms for the Interactive Media Agreement will now be submitted to the membership for ratification. The new contract accomplishes important guardrails and gains around AI, including the requirement of informed consent across various AI uses and the ability for performers to suspend informed consent for Digi

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BlueAnt Soundblade under-monitor speaker drops to a record-low price!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-04-16 15:59:55

Are you looking for some PC speakers? I came across this one at CES, a couple of years ago, and let me tell you, it’s what I would buy if I needed good desktop audio. The thing is, I wasn’t a big fan of the $199.99 retail price. The BlueAnt Soundblade is currently available at just $94.99, which happens to be its record-low price. It’s looking much more enticing now! Buy the BlueAnt Soundblade for just $94.99 ($105 off) This offer is available from Amazon. The discount applies to all color vers

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Trump’s protest threats raise surveillance alarms around his military parade

theverge.com Lauren Feiner 2026-04-16 13:50:24

President Donald Trump’s warning that protesters of Saturday’s US military parade in Washington, DC, will be met with “very heavy force” threatens to chill speech and underscores the need for protesters to take precautions around digital surveillance, privacy advocates tell The Verge. In remarks from the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump did not distinguish between peaceful and non-peaceful protesters. “For those people who want to protest, they’re going to be met with very big force,” Trump said.

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The Steve Jobs Archive shares stories, videos, and notes of his famous commencement speech

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-04-16 15:43:02

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Thursday marks the 20th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ famous Stanford commencement speech, and the Steve Jobs Archive has marked the occasion by uploading an HD version of the speech, publishing notes Jobs emailed to himself, and sharing details about the leadup to the speech. You can see everything on a page on the Steve Jobs Archive’s website and watch the HD video on YouTube.

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Carl Pei finally explains why Nothing bought Essential

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-04-16 20:46:55

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Nothing’s CEO, Carl Pei, took part in a video interview where he explained why he bought Essential in 2021. He said he bought the defunct company for its name, not its tech. Essential only produced one phone before closing down. Nothing is back in the news with the Nothing Phone 3 and a new set of headphones coming this summer. But Carl Pei wants to talk about something different. Nothing’s CEO recently opened up about why the company acquired Essenti

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Mixtape turned me back into a Millennial teenage dirtbag

engadget.com Unknown 2026-04-17 03:03:37

Mixtape is the answer to the question, “What if the movie High Fidelity was a video game?” It’s not a perfect analogy, but it’s pretty damn close, and either way it’s a sign that Mixtape is going to be a fabulous slice of late-1990s, early-2000s nostalgia, complete with a banging soundtrack. You can hear it in the trailers — Mixtape absolutely nails the classic Moviefone tone, and it seems that this vibe extends to the full game. I played roughly 30 minutes of Mixtape at Summer Game Fest 2025,

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for June 13, #1455

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-17 03:00:03

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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