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Best Robot Vacuums We've Tested (July 2025)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-07 00:17:00

Each robot vacuum we consider for recommendation gets put through its paces in our test lab in Louisville, Kentucky. In addition to test floors where we run our controlled pickup tests, we monitor each robot vacuum in a special test room filled with mock furniture to gauge how well it navigates around common obstacles. Past that, we check each robot vacuum's ability to gobble up pet hair without getting clogged or leaving loose strands behind, we consider mopping capabilities, and we check to se

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New Android TapTrap attack fools users with invisible UI trick

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-07 06:39:25

A novel tapjacking technique can exploit user interface animations to bypass Android's permission system and allow access to sensitive data or trick users into performing destructive actions, such as wiping the device. Unlike traditional, overlay-based tapjacking, TapTrap attacks work even with zero-permission apps to launch a harmless transparent activity on top of a malicious one, a behavior that remains unmitigated in Android 15 and 16. TapTrap was developed by a team of security researcher

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Brainwash '72 [video]

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-07 05:34:08

Probably the strangest thing I've found on a video tape. A quit-smoking "brainwashing" tape, my favourite bit is the whole long shot of a mysterious stranger walking through the desert only to reveal A •SPOILERS•. Content warning: there's some footage of someone getting operated on. It makes me feel all squooshy so I'm warning you. This came to me on a Umatic tape with a McDonalds label on it, perhaps a franchisee somewhere was trying to stop his staff smoking. Anyway, enjoy. --

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TSA Will Reportedly Let You Keep Your Shoes on at Security Checks

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2026-02-07 06:10:40

In an age of seemingly endless bad news, there appears to be one positive development to report: you won’t have to take your shoes off at airports anymore. The New York Times reports that the Transportation Security Administration has nixed the rule that requires passengers to remove their shoes while heading through security. The development was first announced by Gate Access, a newsletter that is written by a former TSA officer. The Times says a “source familiar with the matter who spoke on c

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Netflix Declares 300 Million Anime Fans Can’t Be Wrong

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-02-07 06:45:39

When Netflix finds a hit, it doesn’t hold back in trying to dig more gold from the same mine. That could mean movie sequels or series renewals—but it can also mean an entire genre is poised to enjoy a heightened presence. That’s looking to be the case for Japanese anime, in light of the streamer’s recent report on just how popular it is with viewers. According to Variety, Netflix chose the ideal context—last weekend’s Anime Expo in Los Angeles—to share this news. Going by recent data, “more tha

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10 Best Prime Day Pet Deals on Amazon (2025)

wired.com Molly Higgins 2026-02-07 06:15:38

Amazon Prime Day is arguably the best time of the year to upgrade your pet's digs for way less dough. As the pet tech writer here at WIRED, I have strong opinions about which (often pricey) pet gear is worth the money. From automatic litter boxes to feeders and fountains, and even DNA testing kits and pet cameras, I've pulled together the best Prime Day pet deals on WIRED-tested gear for this event, which runs through July 11. I'll be updating with more deals as I find them, so make sure you're

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Here are 55 Prime Day deals you can nab for $50 or less

theverge.com Brandon Russell 2026-02-07 06:00:00

Theis also discounted to $47.49 ($32 off) at Amazon , the lowest price we’ve seen on the compact Bluetooth speaker. Currently, it’s the smallest offered by Ultimate Ears, yet it doesn’t skip on features. It delivers a robust 12 hours of continuous playback, along with an IP67 rating for dust and water resistance. It’s small enough to throw in a hip bag, too, and can be clipped to everything from your shower head and backpack to the handlebars on your bicycle, allowing for ultimate portability. I

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Zoom’s new Meta Quest app encourages taking video calls in VR

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-02-07 06:07:07

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Zoom has rolled out a standalone app for Meta Quest headsets. With the app, you can join or host meetings in virtual reality while appearing as your Meta Avatar. Zoom launched an app for the Quest in 2023, but it was only available through Meta’s Horizon Workspaces app, and users could also only host a meeting if they had a Zoom subscription. Zoom’

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SpaceX in talks to raise new funding at $400B valuation

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2026-02-07 06:52:07

In Brief SpaceX is looking to raise fresh capital by selling new shares to insiders in a deal that would boost its valuation to around $400 billion, according to reporting from Bloomberg. The company’s strategy is to raise money via a fundraising round and separately hold a tender offer to allow employees to sell some of their shares to a select group of investors, anonymous sources told Bloomberg. SpaceX typically holds tender offers twice per year. SpaceX’s valuation has steadily climbed si

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AI Does Something Subtly Bizarre If You Make Typos While Talking to It

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-07 11:10:38

New research suggests that medical AI chatbots are woefully unreliable at understanding how people actually communicate their health problems. As detailed in yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study presented last month by MIT researchers, an AI chatbot is more likely to advise a patient not to seek medical care if their messages contained typos. The errors AI is susceptible to can be as seemingly inconsequential as an extra space between words, or if the patient used slang or colorful language. And strik

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That Amazon listing for the Nintendo Switch 2 is likely fake - here's why

zdnet.com Taylor Clemons 2026-02-07 11:38:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET It's been about a month since the Nintendo Switch 2 debuted, breaking records by selling over 3.5 million units around the world in the first four days of availability. Even weeks after launch, restocks are hard to come by, as consoles sell out within minutes of the announcement. And with physical stock being so scarce, it's tempting to jump at the chance to get your hands on one when you see a listing on Amazon. But with such a high-demand item combined with a high-traffic oppo

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LLM-Ready Training Dataset for Apple's Foundation Models (iOS 26)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-07 10:52:28

The only comprehensive training dataset for Apple's Foundation Models Framework (iOS 26) What You Get Three technical specification files for training LLMs on Apple's Foundation Models framework: 1. Core Framework Guide SystemLanguageModel availability, LanguageModelSession management, response generation, and context handling. 2. Advanced Implementation Guide @Generable/@Guide macros, constrained decoding, Tool protocol, and performance optimization. 3. Strategic Features Guide Adapter

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Gmail’s new subscription management is here to declutter your inbox

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-07 11:22:51

With decades of online life behind us, many people are using years-old email addresses. Those inboxes are probably packed with subscriptions you've picked up over the years, and you probably don't need all of them. Gmail is going to make it easier to manage them with a new feature rolling out on mobile and web. Google's existing unsubscribe prompts are evolving into a one-stop shop for all your subscription management needs, a feature that has been in the works for a weirdly long time. The pitc

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Activision took down Call of Duty game after PC players hacked, says source

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2026-02-07 11:44:19

Games giant Activision took down “Call of Duty: WWII” due to hackers exploiting a flaw in a specific PC version of the game, which led to several players getting their computers hacked, TechCrunch has learned. Last week, Activision announced that it brought offline the Microsoft Store version of “Call of Duty: WWII,” a 2017 first-person shooter, as the company was investigating “reports of an issue,” without specifying what the issue was. The company had just launched that version of the game,

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Prime Day spotlight: BLUETTI Elite 100 V2 is the new 1kWh power champion

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-07 16:00:11

BLUETTI If you’re looking for a powerful and compact portable power station that won’t break the bank, the BLUETTI Elite 100 V2 might be your best Prime Day pick. Outshining most 1kWh competitors in performance, it now debuted for just $399 — 50% off, plus an extra 5% off for even greater value. As a powerful upgrade to the AC180, this all-new Elite 100 V2 is designed to meet summer power needs: reliable energy for outdoor adventures and seamless backup power during short-term outages at home,

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BLUETTI Prime Day deals deliver portable power and home backup for up to 65% off

9to5mac.com Sponsored Post 2026-02-07 16:00:00

BLUETTI Prime Day deals this year deliver incredible savings with up to 65% off across the entire portable power product lineup. From summer adventures to power outage prep, BLUETTI empowers you to keep the electricity alive with robust and reliable energy solutions. 9to5Mac readers get an exclusive extra 5% off with code 9TO5MAC5OFF at checkout. Elite 100 V2: Compact power for every adventure Leading the charge this Prime Day is the Elite 100 V2 (Amazon | BLUETTI), a compact powerhouse design

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Windows 11 KB5062553 & KB5062552 cumulative updates released

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-07 16:32:37

Microsoft has released Windows 11 KB5062553 and KB5062552 cumulative updates for versions 24H2 and 23H2 to fix security vulnerabilities and issues. Today's updates are mandatory as they contain the July 2025 Patch Tuesday security patches for vulnerabilities discovered in previous months. You can install today's update by going to Start > Settings > Windows Update and clicking on 'Check for Updates.' You can also manually download and install the update from the Microsoft Update Catalog. Wha

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My favorite bone-conduction headphones have a 12-hour battery life and are finally under $150

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2026-02-07 16:34:15

ZDNET's key takeaways The new Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 are the follow-up to the widely popular bone conduction headphones used by dedicated athletes, like marathoners and triathletes They're now available for $180. The OpenRun Pro 2 are as comfortable as ever, with a longer battery life than their predecessor. The volume of the headphones could be louder, and the microphone produces a warbled sound View now at Amazon Amazon currently has the latest Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 on sale for $55 off during P

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Particle Lenia Deluxe Edition

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-03 12:08:36

Particle Lenia Deluxe Edition. Lenia is a family of cellular automata that produces lifelike behaviors and patterns, first described in the seminal paper by Bert Wang-Chak Chan. This project is heavily inspired by the original Particle Lenia research by Alexander Mordvintsev et al., which implemented a particle-based version of Lenia in Python and JAX. Recognizing the importance of scale (number of particles) for simulation dynamics and iteration times for rapid pattern exploration, I ported th

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GlobalFoundries to Acquire MIPS

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-07 15:57:18

Acquisition will expand GF portfolio with cutting-edge RISC-V processor IP and software tools for real-time computing in autonomous mobility, industrial automation, datacenter and intelligent edge applications MALTA, N.Y., and San Jose, Calif., July 8, 2025 – GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire MIPS, a leading supplier of AI and processor IP. This strategic acquisition will expand GF’s portfolio of customizable IP offerings, allowing it to furthe

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CVE-2025-48384: Breaking Git with a carriage return and cloning RCE

news.ycombinator.com David Leadbeater 2026-02-07 16:48:29

tl;dr: On Unix-like platforms, if you use git clone --recursive on an untrusted repo, it could achieve remote code execution. Update to a fixed version of git and other software that embeds Git (including GitHub Desktop). If you've ever used an old mechanical typewriter, you know that when you get to the end of the line there's a physical action to to get back to the start of the line. Sometimes this was done through an actual lever on the typewriter, later models had a button. Because this act

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‘Edge of Eternities’ Will Take ‘Magic: The Gathering’ to the Stars

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-02-07 16:30:10

A certain Star franchise may have boldly declared space the final frontier, but for Magic: The Gathering, it’s only the beginning. After the huge risk (and ultimate success) of its Final Fantasy set last month, the venerable card game is leaping into another big risk, although this time devoid of any flashy crossover: its next set, Edge of Eternities, will mark Magic‘s first proper foray into full-on science fiction. The series has flirted with sci-fi concepts across its fantastical settings fo

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Experts Clear Up This Summer's Confusing Dehydration Myths

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-07 14:56:00

It's no secret how important it is to stay hydrated, especially this summer. If you don't properly replenish liquids and nutrients and spend lots of time in the sun, you're more prone to sweating and dehydration. There are various ways to stay hydrated that you may not have considered, but -- as is common with online wellness advice -- there's a lot of misinformation out there on hydration. We are clarifying these fallacies once and for all with the help of experts. These are the hydration myth

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What is AGI? Nobody agrees, and it’s tearing Microsoft and OpenAI apart.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-07 15:50:29

When is an AI system intelligent enough to be called artificial general intelligence (AGI)? According to one definition reportedly agreed upon by Microsoft and OpenAI, the answer lies in economics: When AI generates $100 billion in profits. This arbitrary profit-based benchmark for AGI perfectly captures the definitional chaos plaguing the AI industry. In fact, it may be impossible to create a universal definition of AGI, but few people with money on the line will admit it. Over this past year

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Watch this cucumber squirt out its seeds at ballistic speeds

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-07 16:59:23

Take a look at squirting cucumber explosive seed dispersal in real time and slowed down. Credit: Helen Gorges/CC BY-NC-ND Take a look at squirting cucumber explosive seed dispersal in real time and slowed down. Credit: Helen Gorges/CC BY-NC-ND One doesn't normally associate ballistics with botany, but most of us don't study "squirting" cucumbers—so called because they disperse their seeds by explosively propelling them out into the world. Scientists took a series of high-speed videos, both in t

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How The New York Times is (still) getting gamed by the right

theverge.com Elizabeth Lopatto 2026-02-07 16:30:00

Lately, it has been difficult to ignore a tendency at The New York Times to make astonishingly bad news judgments. The paper’s obsession with a view from nowhere is long-standing, but as Republicans increasingly circulate insane conspiracy theories and racist nonsense, the cult of centrism has taken a self-destructive turn. The most recent — and perhaps most egregious — way this has surfaced is a story about New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s application to Columbia University in 2009,

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Smart savings on the Samsung Galaxy Ring: Now just $299.99 in record drop

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-07 21:00:06

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority For those who’ve been considering the next level in wearable tech, Prime Day is the ideal time to take the plunge. You can now purchase the Samsung Galaxy Ring for $299.99, down from its usual $399.99, marking it as the lowest price in the last year. It’s an appealing choice for anyone interested in comprehensive health monitoring via a smart ring. Samsung Galaxy Ring for $299.99 (25% off) The Galaxy Ring is crafted from lightweight titanium and available in

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Show HN: I built a tool to solve window management

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-07 18:01:42

Supported OS: Windows 10/11. Includes lifetime bug fixes and security updates. 30 day risk free guarantee. Limited Time Introductory Pricing! $ 29 $20, includes one year of all other types of updates. Algorithm, feature, etc. $ 59 $40, includes three years of all other types of updates. Select option on checkout page. First 3 to purchase get an additional 50% off and an additional year of updates. The next 10 to purchase get an additional 25% off and an additional year of updates. The n

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‘The Institute’ Is a Solid Stephen King Adaptation

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-02-07 21:00:52

Stephen King is easily the most-adapted horror author; his books are so popular, many of the biggest ones have been adapted multiple times. Right now, there’s both a Carrie series and a feature take on The Stand in the works, and Edgar Wright’s The Running Man just dropped its first trailer. With the same titles seemingly caught in Hollywood’s revolving door, it can be tempting to forget King is still regularly publishing new stories. That’s one reason The Institute is such an intriguing new ar

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This Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker Could Be Considered Free This Prime Day, Never Been This Cheap Before

gizmodo.com Mike Fazioli 2026-02-07 21:10:24

Waterproof speakers are more useful than you realize, especially when you can take them from the shower to the pool or the beach and everywhere in between. That’s definitely the case with the Soundcore Motion 300 by Anker, the ultra-powerful, ultra-portable Bluetooth speaker that’s just hit its all-time low price at Amazon. The Soundcore Motion 300 is just $53 right now during a limited-time prime deal that takes 34% off its usual $80 price. A sub-2-pound speaker most definitely qualifies as po

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Best Robot Vacuums We've Tested (July 2025)

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Zoom’s new Meta Quest app encourages taking video calls in VR

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Activision took down Call of Duty game after PC players hacked, says source

Prime Day spotlight: BLUETTI Elite 100 V2 is the new 1kWh power champion

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Windows 11 KB5062553 & KB5062552 cumulative updates released

My favorite bone-conduction headphones have a 12-hour battery life and are finally under $150

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CVE-2025-48384: Breaking Git with a carriage return and cloning RCE

‘Edge of Eternities’ Will Take ‘Magic: The Gathering’ to the Stars

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Show HN: I built a tool to solve window management

‘The Institute’ Is a Solid Stephen King Adaptation

This Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker Could Be Considered Free This Prime Day, Never Been This Cheap Before

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