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Chromebook Plus laptops like Lenovo’s sleek, new 14-incher are getting free Gemini AI features

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2026-03-07 05:00:00

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Google announced a handful of new Gemini AI features for Chromebook Plus laptops, including a sleek, new 14-inch flagship device from Lenovo that I got to handle recently. The new AI functions include select to search, which allows you to long press the launcher icon or take a screenshot and do a Google search based on on-screen images

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I recommend this Chromebook over many Windows laptops that cost twice as much

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2026-03-07 11:00:13

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook Plus is on sale for $600. It excels as an inexpensive work laptop thanks to its comfortable keyboard, solid hardware, and useful features in ChromeOS. Its sub-standard touchscreen will limit usability for some. View now at I've been really curious to see how things have changed since my last Chromebook review, which was the Acer Chromebook Plus Enterprise 515 last year. I recently had that opportunity with the Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook Plus

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The cultural decline of literary fiction

news.ycombinator.com Owen Yingling 2026-03-07 04:00:09

Recently, there has been a lot of talk about the “decline of the literary (straight) (white) male.” The marginal benefit provided by an additional take on this topic, some clever new angle walking the tightrope between edgy and politically correct, is rapidly approaching zero. The problem with these articles—and the discourse as a whole—is that none of them go far enough. There is an impassable chasm between the stardom of Mailer, Updike, McCarthy, DFW, Franzen, etc and whoever is getting fello

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$33.28/mo for a MacBook? Meet the MacBook Upgrade Program

9to5mac.com Sponsored Post 2026-03-07 09:46:50

With Apple’s latest MacBooks pushing performance further than ever, buyers are moving away from the old-school, pay-upfront model. And one company is quietly reshaping how Mac users get their next device. For years, Apple fans had two options: pay thousands of dollars upfront or finance through a 12-month plan (often with limited availability). But now there’s a third option that’s gaining traction: Upgraded, a MacBook subscription service built to make getting a new MacBook as easy and afforda

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Get three months of Audible for only $3 ahead of Prime Day

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-07 06:00:37

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . The bumper 2025 edition of Amazon's Prime Day is fast approaching and the deals are starting to emerge. While we've seen this offer pop up several times in the past, it's one that's always worth highlighting. New Audible subscribers can get three months of access to the Premium Plus pl

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The Cultural Decline of Literary Fiction

news.ycombinator.com Owen Yingling 2026-03-07 10:00:09

Recently, there has been a lot of talk about the “decline of the literary (straight) (white) male.” The marginal benefit provided by an additional take on this topic, some clever new angle walking the tightrope between edgy and politically correct, is rapidly approaching zero. The problem with these articles—and the discourse as a whole—is that none of them go far enough. There is an impassable chasm between the stardom of Mailer, Updike, McCarthy, DFW, Franzen, etc and whoever is getting fello

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Digital Grave-Robbing: How AI Is Plundering Online Obituaries

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-07 05:00:00

My sister had only been gone for a few hours and the AI afterlife had already devoured her. Jamie went into the hospital with stomach pain on a Friday last January. By Tuesday morning, she had passed away from an aggressive lymphoma at 36. Later that afternoon, my mom got a text about a suspicious obituary my aunt saw online. The errors jumped out immediately. Her cause of death was listed as autism. The obituary chronicled a funeral that hadn't happened yet. The loss was described as saddenin

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Weird-shaped notebooks make me want to write again

theverge.com Andru Marino 2026-03-07 08:00:00

Andru Marino is an audio and video producer at The Verge. “I make videos on our YouTube / TikTok / Instagram channels, and have produced our podcasts like Vergecast, Decoder, and Why’d You Push That Button?” He also keeps a lot of notes, and his latest favorite places to keep them are the Triangle and Sidekick notebooks. I asked him about them. Where did you first hear about these notebooks? I don’t really remember when I first saw the Triangle Notebook. It was probably an Instagram ad. I had

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The bad boy of bar charts: William Playfair (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Mike Woodward 2026-03-02 23:29:31

A spy, a scoundrel, and a scholar William Playfair was all three. He led an extraordinary life at the heart of many of the great events of the 18th and 19th centuries, mostly in morally dubious roles. Among all the intrigue, scandal, and indebtedness, he found time to invent the bar and pie charts, and make pioneering use of line charts. As we'll see, he was quite a character. Playfair the scoundrel Playfair's lifetime (1759-1823) contained some momentous events: The development of the steam

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Which MacBook should you buy in 2025?

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-03-07 03:16:16

MacBooks are great computers, but there’s a number of different varieties to think about. Between last gen hardware and all of the current models available now, it can feel like there’s a lot of options. Today, we’ll be breaking down which MacBook is right for you, depending on your budget and what you need it for. At the most basic level, Apple offers two MacBook models: the MacBook Air, and the MacBook Pro. Both come in smaller and larger sizes (13-inch and 15-inch for MacBook Air, 14-inch an

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I’m not typically an iPad fan, but the M4 iPad Pro changed my mind

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-03-07 02:15:44

For the longest time, I had believed that purchasing a new iPad at full price never made any sort of sense. Ultimately, you’re paying more than an equivalently spec’d MacBook, for less capability. It always felt like iPadOS was the key limiting factor for the iPad, not the hardware. However, I’ve now owned an M4 iPad Pro for nearly a year, and I can confidently say it’s changed how I feel towards iPads. And that’s before factoring in all of the great new features in iPadOS 26. What makes M4 iP

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The Art of Bijective Combinatorics

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-04 20:59:08

- the correponding set of slides of each lecture, - a website which enable one to navigate inside the videos, in the same way you turn around the pages of a book. For example if you click on the time given just after the slide number corresponding to one of the videos, you will get, up to one second, to exact position in the video. an introduction to the video-book ABjC is given at the beginning of the video of the Epilogue (from 2' 02" to 8' 42") This video-book on bijective combinatorics is

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The JAWS shark is public domain

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-07 10:28:50

As we’re all celebrating the 50th anniversary of the movie Jaws, here’s something I bet you didn’t know: Due to a fluke of publishing and copyright law, the Jaws shark is public domain. It’s not the character of the shark that’s public domain – or someone would surely be making a low-budget horror prequel about how he became the Amity Island Killer. But I’m talking about the famous shark painting from the movie poster: Yep. That painting, the same one that appeared on the cover of the paperbac

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It's True: The Jaws Shark Is Public Domain

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-07 22:28:50

As we’re all celebrating the 50th anniversary of the movie Jaws, here’s something I bet you didn’t know: Due to a fluke of publishing and copyright law, the Jaws shark is public domain. It’s not the character of the shark that’s public domain – or someone would surely be making a low-budget horror prequel about how he became the Amity Island Killer. But I’m talking about the famous shark painting from the movie poster: Yep. That painting, the same one that appeared on the cover of the paperbac

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A Python-first data lakehouse

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-05 11:22:03

“Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible”. Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things. Data and ML scientists - A life in the middle Despite AI eating the world and data becoming one of the most important things for every company on the planet, but getting models from prototype to production is still pretty problematic. According to HBR , fewer than 1 in 5 models ever make it into prod

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Is Google secretly testing new AI voices in NotebookLM?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-09 17:09:53

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR NotebookLM users are hearing a mysterious third male voice during longer Audio Overviews. Google has confirmed that additional voices and dialects are coming, alongside APIs and video overviews, but it’s unclear if this third voice is a feature or a bug. AI features can be quite a hit and miss, but Google’s NotebookLM is definitely one of the hits. NotebookLM is a personal AI research assistant that lets users control the AI’s data sources, enabling them

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Study: Meta AI model can reproduce almost half of Harry Potter book

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-09 17:00:14

In recent years, numerous plaintiffs—including publishers of books, newspapers, computer code, and photographs—have sued AI companies for training models using copyrighted material. A key question in all of these lawsuits has been how easily AI models produce verbatim excerpts from the plaintiffs’ copyrighted content. For example, in its December 2023 lawsuit against OpenAI, The New York Times Company produced dozens of examples where GPT-4 exactly reproduced significant passages from Times sto

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Samsung's Galaxy Book4 Edge is one of my favorite Copilot+ PCs - and it's on sale

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-03-08 20:00:15

ZDNET's key takeaways The Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge comes with a 16-inch display, 1TB of storage, and starts at $1,499. It's one of the most impressive Copilot+ PCs to hit the market, with a stunning display, marathon battery, and impressive performance. It's pricey, has some design quirks, and finds its full potential in the Samsung ecosystem. $1,089.99 at Amazon $1,749.99 at Samsung $1,749.99 at Best Buy more buying choices At Best Buy, the Galaxy Book4 Edge with the Snapdragon X Plus chip

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Apple MacBook Air M4 sale: Save $170 on the best laptop for most people!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-09 19:25:43

If you’re looking for a great laptop at a great price, it’s hard to beat the Apple MacBook Air M4. This is odd, because Apple computers aren’t really known for value. Things have changed, though. Now, you can get this laptop for just $829, and it’s a laptop that can easily handle most people’s needs, and then some. Buy the Apple MacBook Air M4 for $829 ($170 off) This offer is available from Amazon. There is one very important thing to keep in mind: only the Skyblue color version is discounted

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Facebook's new passkey support could soon let you ditch your password forever

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2026-03-11 12:51:00

NurPhoto / Contributor/Getty For all of us who hate passwords, passkeys represent a simpler and safer way of authenticating online accounts. But adoption has been slow, with many companies and websites still relying on passwords. Now the world's biggest social media platform is jumping on the bandwagon. On Wednesday, Facebook announced that it's now rolling out support for passkeys on mobile devices. This means you'll be able to use one to sign in to Facebook on an iPhone or Android device. Bu

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Apple’s 2025 MacBook Air With M4 Chip Hits All-Time Low, Limited Units Available for Early Prime Day

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2026-03-11 12:10:17

We all know that Apple makes some of the best tech around. It doesn’t matter what category you’re looking at either; if there’s an Apple product in it, it’s almost definitely one of the best options. That’s especially true if you’re already an Apple user as well. If you’re not an Apple aficionado but you want to get more into it, then a great step is with a really good MacBook, but boy, are they pricey. See at Amazon Well, today you can get your hands on the magnificent 2025 edition of the App

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The best laptops for graphic designers in 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2026-03-12 00:15:13

Graphic design is an incredibly creative medium, but you have to have the right device to bring your ideas to fruition. A good laptop is more than a machine. It's a creative tool as important to the graphic designer as the brush is to the artist. It needs to run demanding software, display color with precision, and handle massive files without stuttering or overheating. We tested the top models of 2025 to find which ones meet the demanding needs of today's graphic artists. Also: Best laptops f

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Facebook's new passkey support could let you ditch your password once and for all

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2026-03-12 02:30:18

NurPhoto / Contributor/Getty For all of us who hate passwords, passkeys represent a simpler and safer way of authenticating online accounts. But adoption has been slow, with many companies and websites still relying on passwords. Now the world's biggest social media platform is jumping on the bandwagon. On Wednesday, Facebook announced that it will soon support passkeys on mobile devices. This means you'll be able to use one to sign in to Facebook on an iPhone or Android device. But the passke

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Meta is finally adding passkey support for Facebook and Messenger

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-13 00:25:49

Meta is finally adding passkey support for Facebook and Messenger on mobile devices. This should make for more seamless logins, as a passkey lets people sign in by using the same data they already use to verify their identities on a smartphone. This includes stuff like a PIN code, a fingerprint or a quick face scan. This is not only convenient, but more secure than traditional passwords. Passkeys are resistant to many types of malicious attacks, as they can’t be easily guessed or stolen. This w

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Yes I Will Read Ulysses Yes

news.ycombinator.com Eric Bulson 2026-03-13 04:31:25

When Richard Ellmann’s James Joyce hit the shelves in 1959, the sheer size of the book (842 pages, 100 longer than Ulysses ) was as dazzling as the degree of detail. Joyce, who had been dead for 18 years, vividly inhabited its chapters, getting drunk, going blind, spending money, spiting enemies, cogitating, and, of course, creating a series of works that immediately made literary history. Moving briskly across the first half of the 20th century (not just a single day in Dublin), Ellmann spun a

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Facebook rolls out passkey support to fight phishing attacks

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-03-13 04:14:22

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. Facebook is adding support for passkeys on its mobile app. That means you’ll be able to log into the platform using your device’s authentication method, like your fingerprint, face scan, or PIN, making it more difficult for bad actors to take control of your account. Passkeys offer a more secure alternative to typical passwords because they can’t b

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Facebook will soon roll out support for passkeys on Android and iOS

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-03-13 04:19:57

Facebook is rolling out support for passkeys on both iOS and Android, the social network announced on Wednesday. Passkey logins make it harder for bad actors to remotely access your accounts because they require physical access to your phone. Unlike standard logins, passkeys use Face ID or Touch ID, a PIN, or a physical security authentication key to validate logins. Passkeys remove the need to rely on username and password combinations, which can be susceptible to phishing and other issues.

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Deals: 24GB M4 MacBook Air $200 off all-time low, most affordable M4 MacBook Pro $200 off, AirPods, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2026-03-13 13:42:56

While we have some hangover offers on iPads and AirPods, today’s best deals are all about the Mac. The Mac mini deals roll on at up to $150 off, but today we are focused on a new all-time low hitting the 24GB 15-inch M4 MacBook Air at $200 off and a series of MacBook Pro offers. Amazon has now dropped the most affordable M4 MacBook Pro down to $1,399, or $200 off the list price, to join some ongoing offers on higher-end configurations. All of that and more awaits below in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch

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Prime Day deals include three months of Audible for only $3

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-13 16:37:34

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . The bumper 2025 edition of Amazon's Prime Day is fast approaching and the deals are starting to emerge. While we've seen this offer pop up several times in the past, it's one that's always worth highlighting. New Audible subscribers can get three months of access to the Premium Plus pl

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Satechi’s latest SSD enclosure lets you add 8TB SSD to a Mac mini [Video]

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-03-13 20:16:43

Satechi’s latest SSD enclosure, the USB4 Slim NVMe SSD Enclosure, lets you add up to 8TB of SSD storage to any Mac – though it is specifically styled to make the perfect addition to an M4 Mac mini. You can currently save $20 to pick one up for $99. The company says the design is inspired by a now-elderly form of storage: the Apple USB SuperDrive, a now-discontinued external CD and DVD drive … Here’s what the company has to say about it: Harnessing USB4 technology for blazing-fast transfer spe

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Chromebook Plus laptops like Lenovo’s sleek, new 14-incher are getting free Gemini AI features

I recommend this Chromebook over many Windows laptops that cost twice as much

The cultural decline of literary fiction

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Get three months of Audible for only $3 ahead of Prime Day

The Cultural Decline of Literary Fiction

Digital Grave-Robbing: How AI Is Plundering Online Obituaries

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The bad boy of bar charts: William Playfair (2023)

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I’m not typically an iPad fan, but the M4 iPad Pro changed my mind

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The JAWS shark is public domain

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A Python-first data lakehouse

Is Google secretly testing new AI voices in NotebookLM?

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Samsung's Galaxy Book4 Edge is one of my favorite Copilot+ PCs - and it's on sale

Apple MacBook Air M4 sale: Save $170 on the best laptop for most people!

Facebook's new passkey support could soon let you ditch your password forever

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The best laptops for graphic designers in 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

Facebook's new passkey support could let you ditch your password once and for all

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Prime Day deals include three months of Audible for only $3

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