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RFK Jr. Wants All Americans to Use Wearables to Track Their Health: What That Means

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 09:47:00

Many Americans already track health statistics like heart rate and breathing patterns on tech-savvy accessories. But now, the federal government is getting involved. On June 24, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced "one of the largest HHS campaigns in history" to encourage the use of wearables to track health conditions, a trend CNET has recently covered. Kennedy is referring to the many different bands, watches, rings and even clothes that use technology to track human vital signs.

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100,000 Mattresses Sold on Amazon Are Being Recalled Due to Fire Risk. Here’s What You Should Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 10:30:00

You'll want to check the tags if you purchased a mattress from Amazon within the past couple of years. According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC), around 100,000 Crayan mattresses are being recalled due to flammability risks as of June 18, 2025. Here’s how to check if you have one of these mattresses and how to receive a refund. What products are being recalled? The recall involves Crayan Mattresses’ 10-inch and 12-inch beds (twin, full, queen and king sizes), sold on Amazon

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Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr raises $100M as military UAV demand soars

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2026-02-28 12:00:00

Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr has raised $100 million in an all-equity Series B round led by General Catalyst, as the startup aims to boost its R&D and local production capabilities amid growing demand for drones in battlefields and for border surveillance. Drones are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in global military operations. In recent and ongoing conflicts, countries have turned to drones for rapid infiltration and high-impact strikes. The recent India-Pakistan war is a prime example,

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The Severance Podcast is officially back for five new episodes

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-28 14:49:07

Three months after the season 2 finale, The Severance Podcast is returning this week with five new episodes and a cool idea. Here’s what to expect. Wait, there’s an official Severance podcast? If you’re a fan of Severance and didn’t know it had an official podcast, you’re in for a treat (but please enjoy each podcast episode equally). Just ahead of the season 2 premiere, showrunner Ben Stiller and actor Adam Scott launched a companion series that recapped each episode of season 1, featuring i

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CUDA Ray Tracing 2x Faster Than RTX: My CUDA Ray Tracing Journey

news.ycombinator.com Tanguy Fautré 2026-02-28 12:42:38

Welcome! This article is a deep dive into how I made a CUDA-based ray tracer that outperforms a Vulkan/RTX implementation—sometimes by more than 3x—on the same hardware. If you're interested in GPU programming, performance optimization, or just want to see how far you can push a path tracer, you're in the right place. The comparison is with RayTracingInVulkan by GPSnoopy, a well-known Vulkan/RTX renderer. My goal wasn't just to port Ray Tracing in One Weekend to CUDA, but to squeeze every last

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America’s incarceration rate is in decline

news.ycombinator.com Keith Humphreys 2026-02-28 14:14:29

For more than 40 years, the United States—a nation that putatively cherishes freedom—has had one of the largest prison systems in the world. Mass incarceration has been so persistent and pervasive that reform groups dedicated to reducing the prison population by half have often been derided as made up of fantasists. But the next decade could see this goal met and exceeded: After peaking at just more than 1.6 million Americans in 2009, the prison population was just more than 1.2 million at the e

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OpenAI charges by the minute, so speed up your audio

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-28 09:17:25

Want to make OpenAI transcriptions faster and cheaper? Just speed up your audio. I mean that very literally. Run your audio through ffmpeg at 2x or 3x before transcribing it. You’ll spend fewer tokens and less time waiting with almost no drop in transcription quality. That’s it! Here’s a script combining of all my favorite little toys and tricks to get the job. You’ll need yt-dlp, ffmpeg and llm installed. # Extract the audio from the video yt-dlp -f 'bestaudio[ext=m4a]' --extract-audio --au

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The Nintendo Switch 2 webcam compatibility mystery is solved and updates are on the way

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2026-02-28 20:07:32

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. If you plug the world’s best-reviewed webcams into the Nintendo Switch 2 today, they won’t work, while many comparatively ancient webcams do. Why? That’s been a mystery for the nearly three weeks since the handheld launched. Now, two companies say they’ve figured it out and are pledging to update the firmware on their cameras. Here’s a pos

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Samsung could be ditching the S Pen as you know it — for a very good reason

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-01 00:18:03

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s already rumored to be adopting new, active S Pen tracking tech for the Galaxy Z Fold 7. Now a new report claims Samsung will use the same new system on the Galaxy S26 Ultra. While this would result in a thicker stylus, one side effect might be opening the door for Qi2 magnetic support. Modern smartphones may have the PDAs of yesteryear in their DNA, but over the past couple decades we’ve seen advancement after advancement take this hardware to

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Motorola Razr Ultra deal: Get a free upgrade to 1TB of storage

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-01 00:53:50

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Samsung will likely release new foldable phones next month at its upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event. We’re not sure what we’ll see then, but until we find out more, the current hottest foldable flip phone is the Motorola Razr Ultra 2025. While there are no discounts on it right now, you can pretty much get a free upgrade to 1TB of storage, which is a nice incentive for those already looking to get the device. This translates to $200 in savings. Buy the Motorola Razr

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HDMI 2.2 specs are out with ‘Ultra96’, here’s what that means for your setup

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-01 00:07:19

The HDMI Forum has officially released version 2.2 of the HDMI specification, bringing support for video resolutions up to 16K at 60Hz and boosting maximum bandwidth to 96Gbps. Alongside the spec, there’s a new cable designation called Ultra96. Here are the details. The nerdy part The HDMI 2.2 spec now supports up to a whopping 16K at 60Hz, and 12K at 120Hz. For uncompressed formats with full 4:4:4 chroma and 10-bit and 12-bit color, it can handle 4K at 240Hz, and 8K at 60Hz. That is thanks t

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Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-28 22:40:10

Nearly a decade ago, Ars testing found that Valve's "Steam Machines"-era version of SteamOS performed significantly worse than Windows when SteamOS's Linux game ports were tested on the same hardware as their Windows counterparts. Today, though, Ars testing on the Lenovo Legion Go S finds recent games generally run at higher frame rates on SteamOS 3.7 than on Windows 11. The performance advantage is yet another way that Valve's upstart OS is differentiating itself from the "default" Windows inst

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What Problems to Solve (1966)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-28 20:08:44

What Problems to Solve - By Richard Feynman A former student, who was also once a student of Tomonaga’s, wrote to extend his congratulations. Feynman responded, asking Mr. Mano what he was now doing. The response: “studying the Coherence theory with some applications to the propagation of electromagnetic waves through turbulent atmosphere… a humble and down-to-earth type of problem.”

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A new pyramid-like shape always lands the same side up

news.ycombinator.com Elise Cutts 2026-02-28 23:01:07

In 360 BCE, Plato envisioned the cosmos as an arrangement of five geometric shapes: flat-sided solids called polyhedra. These immediately became important objects of mathematical study. So it might be surprising that, millennia later, mysteries still surround even the simplest shape in Plato’s polyhedral universe: the tetrahedron, which has just four triangular faces. One major open problem, for instance, asks how densely you can pack “regular” tetrahedra, which have identical faces. Another as

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Gareth Edwards Toiled Over Using John Williams’ Music in ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-03-01 00:00:55

One of the weirdest choices made in the previous three Jurassic World films was not to lean on John Williams’ iconic score from the original Jurassic Park. On the one hand, you understand the score elicits emotions very specific to that one movie and won’t always necessarily line up with the story being told. But, on the other hand, it’s a Jurassic Park movie; hit us with that John Williams goodness. Jurassic World Rebirth, which opens in theaters July 2, makes use of Williams’ themes at severa

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A European Startup’s Spacecraft Made It to Orbit. Now It’s Lost at Sea

wired.com Eric Berger 2026-02-28 23:25:49

A European company that seeks to develop orbital spacecraft for cargo, and eventually humans, took a step forward this week with a test flight that saw its Mission Possible vehicle power up and fly successfully in orbit before making a controlled reentry into Earth's atmosphere. However, after encountering an “issue,” the Exploration Company lost contact with its spacecraft a few minutes before touchdown in the ocean. In an update Tuesday morning on LinkedIn, the company characterized the test

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A New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands the Same Side Up

news.ycombinator.com Elise Cutts 2026-03-01 05:01:07

In 360 BCE, Plato envisioned the cosmos as an arrangement of five geometric shapes: flat-sided solids called polyhedra. These immediately became important objects of mathematical study. So it might be surprising that, millennia later, mysteries still surround even the simplest shape in Plato’s polyhedral universe: the tetrahedron, which has just four triangular faces. One major open problem, for instance, asks how densely you can pack “regular” tetrahedra, which have identical faces. Another as

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for June 26, #480

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-01 05:00:04

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle is a tough one, but once you figure out the category, unscrambling the words is pretty easy. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and M

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Looking at Framework’s progress on software support for its repairable laptops

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-01 05:12:30

For the past five years, we've been paying a lot of attention to Framework, the upstart PC company focused on modular, repairable, upgradeable, and customizable laptop designs. So far, Framework has done a solid job of offering a steady stream of hardware upgrades for its systems, particularly the original Framework Laptop 13. But the company's track record on software support—including BIOS updates and driver updates with performance improvements, bug fixes, and important security updates—has

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Google’s spotty Find Hub network could get better thanks to a small setup tweak

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-01 05:53:53

Bluetooth trackers have existed for quite a while, but Apple made them worthwhile when it enlisted every iPhone to support AirTags. The tracking was so reliable that Apple had to add anti-stalking features, and there are just as many Android phones out there. However, Google's version of mobile device tracking, known as Find Hub, has been comparatively spotty. Now, Google is about to offer users a choice that could fix Bluetooth tracking on Android. According to a report from Android Authority,

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A European Startup's Spacecraft Made It to Orbit. Now It's Lost at Sea

wired.com Eric Berger 2026-03-01 05:25:49

A European company that seeks to develop orbital spacecraft for cargo, and eventually humans, took a step forward this week with a test flight that saw its Mission Possible vehicle power up and fly successfully in orbit before making a controlled reentry into Earth's atmosphere. However, after encountering an “issue,” the Exploration Company lost contact with its spacecraft a few minutes before touchdown in the ocean. In an update Tuesday morning on LinkedIn, the company characterized the test

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Apple’s more immersive CarPlay is dividing the auto industry

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2026-03-01 05:11:05

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. Apple’s next-generation CarPlay is splitting the auto world down the middle. Several automakers are eagerly lining up to adopt the newly immersive CarPlay Ultra, which takes over more screens and includes embedded vehicle features like speedometers, heating and cooling, and radio functions. Others are flatly refusing to all

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Samsung may build Qualcomm’s most advanced chip ever for the Galaxy S26 series

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-01 10:18:30

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung could reportedly fabricate one variant of the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 for Qualcomm. While the normal chip would be made with a 3nm TSMC process, Samsung’s could be a 2nm chip. This 2nm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 may debut with the Galaxy S26. There’s arguably no single component that more influences how a smartphone comes together than the choice of its system-on-a-chip (SoC). And while a phone is a whole lot more than just how fast it can crunch numbe

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Google may give the Pixel 10 a bigger battery and faster charging

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-01 10:45:56

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR The Pixel 10 will reportedly have a 6.3-inch FHD+ display that’s protected by Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2. It could feature a 4,970mAh battery with a 29W wired charging speed. The camera setup may include 48MP main, 12MP ultrawide, and 10.8MP telephoto cameras. Google Pixel 10 leaks have been ramping up as of late. Android Authority published a report just earlier today that Google is considering an upgrade to 480Hz dimming for the Pixel 10 Pro and Pr

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iPhone 17 Pro: A closer look at the new ‘camera bar’ design

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2026-02-28 09:19:59

While a lot of the focus is on the all-new iPhone 17 Air, Apple is also planning some design changes to the iPhone 17 Pro coming later this year. New images posted to social media today provide us with what could be our best look yet at the redesigned camera bump on the iPhone 17 Pro… These iPhone 17 Pro dummy unit images were posted to social media by Majin Bu. They show the iPhone 17 Pro in black, with a particular emphasis on the new camera bar design. You can clearly see how Apple has shift

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California's Corporate Cover-Up Act Is a Privacy Nightmare

news.ycombinator.com Rindala Alajaji 2026-03-01 09:45:12

California lawmakers are pushing one of the most dangerous privacy rollbacks we’ve seen in years. S.B. 690, what we’re calling the Corporate Cover-Up Act, is a brazen attempt to let corporations spy on us in secret, gutting long-standing protections without a shred of accountability. The Corporate Cover-Up Act is a massive carve-out that would gut California’s Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and give Big Tech and data brokers a green light to spy on us without consent for just about any reason.

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Bot or human? Creating an invisible Turing test for the internet

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-01 05:00:00

AI systems have detectable behavioral signatures that can be used to improve bot detection. Roundtable's Proof-of-Human API verifies proof-of-human invisibly, continuously, and instantaneously. 1 Want to see behavioral differences in action? Skip to Skip to Section 2 for interactive keystroke and mouse movement demos, or Section 3 for a cognitive psychology experiment. Google reCAPTCHA v3 boasts a commanding market share in bot detection today. It claims to analyze patterns of user behavior a

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Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-01 10:25:39

Nearly a decade ago, Ars testing found that Valve's "Steam Machines"-era version of SteamOS performed significantly worse than Windows when SteamOS' Linux game ports were tested on the same hardware as their Windows counterparts. Today, though, Ars testing on the Lenovo Legion Go S finds recent games generally run at higher frame rates on SteamOS 3.7 than on Windows 11. The performance advantage is yet another way that Valve's upstart OS is differentiating itself from the "default" Windows insta

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Dbrand admits it had a ‘spectacularly terrible response’ to Killswitch Joy-Con grip detachment complaints

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-03-01 10:29:09

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Dbrand will send replacement Killswitch Joy-Con Grips for the Switch 2 to buyers after admitting it had a “spectacularly terrible response” to complaints that the controllers could detach from the console if held a certain way while the grips were on. The company is currently working on tweaks to the grips as well. A few days ago, some owners of the case noticed that the Swit

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I Watched ‘Jurassic World Dominion: Extended Version’ So You Don’t Have To

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-03-01 15:51:37

If you’ve ever been curious to see the impact of editing on a movie, the extended version of Jurassic World Dominion is a fascinating case. Clocking in 14 minutes longer than the original film, the extended version (which is streaming on Peacock) is somehow both better and worse than its predecessor at the exact same time. The new scenes add welcome scope and pathos to the film, taking a movie that was all over the place and giving it some welcome focus. However, those scenes are also poison to

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RFK Jr. Wants All Americans to Use Wearables to Track Their Health: What That Means

100,000 Mattresses Sold on Amazon Are Being Recalled Due to Fire Risk. Here’s What You Should Know

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America’s incarceration rate is in decline

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What Problems to Solve (1966)

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A European Startup’s Spacecraft Made It to Orbit. Now It’s Lost at Sea

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Looking at Framework’s progress on software support for its repairable laptops

Google’s spotty Find Hub network could get better thanks to a small setup tweak

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Apple’s more immersive CarPlay is dividing the auto industry

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iPhone 17 Pro: A closer look at the new ‘camera bar’ design

California's Corporate Cover-Up Act Is a Privacy Nightmare

Bot or human? Creating an invisible Turing test for the internet

Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds

Dbrand admits it had a ‘spectacularly terrible response’ to Killswitch Joy-Con grip detachment complaints

I Watched ‘Jurassic World Dominion: Extended Version’ So You Don’t Have To

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