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Level's New Invisible Smart Lock Looks Miles Ahead of the Competition

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-01 03:31:00

Level has always impressed me with its smart locks that look just like normal home deadbolts, but house compact tech features include card-tapping access, app controls and Apple Home Key support. Its newest Level Lock Pro, available now at Level's own websites, follows the same design and adds even more features, including more complete Matter support. Usually, with smart locks, you have to make compromises to get the features you want. A durable lock with lots of battery life may be quite bulk

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1.1M insurance customers were exposed in a data breach - here's what to know

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-11-01 08:48:43

JuSun/iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Farmers Insurance suffered a major data breach. More than 1 million customers were affected. Affected customers are receiving free credit monitoring. If you're a Farmers Insurance customer, you're going to want to pay attention -- and probably keep an eye on all of your important accounts. According to a notice on the Farmers website, about 1.1 million customers had sensi

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20 Kitchen Tools and Gadgets Chefs Swear You'll Regret Buying

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-01 07:30:00

Walk through any home store or scroll a kitchen gadget section online and it's easy to feel tempted. You might see a spiralizer that promises to replace pasta, a countertop machine that claims to chop, dice and sauté, or a ton of other "miracle" products. These might sound like they'll make cooking easier. The reality is that many of them are used once or twice before being shoved to the back of a cabinet. A handful of dependable tools will carry you much farther than a drawer full of gimmicks

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Claude for Chrome

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 11:01:56

We've spent recent months connecting Claude to your calendar, documents, and many other pieces of software. The next logical step is letting Claude work directly in your browser. We view browser-using AI as inevitable: so much work happens in browsers that giving Claude the ability to see what you're looking at, click buttons, and fill forms will make it substantially more useful. But browser-using AI brings safety and security challenges that need stronger safeguards. Getting real-world feedb

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AI skeptics are running out of rope to argue Apple isn’t desperately behind

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-01 16:37:20

Whenever a new story comes out detailing yet another setback with Apple’s AI initiatives and roadmaps, without fail, someone shows up and asks: “What exactly is Apple behind on?,” or “Catch up? Catch up to what?”. And while this sort of comment tends to come from people who seem to spend quite a lot of time and effort trying to make sure that everyone knows they don’t care about something, this specific hill they’re choosing to die on is getting increasingly steep. Here’s why. I will give them

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The Pixel 10’s new Gboard writing assistant is already starting to arrive for older Pixel phones

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-01 20:43:55

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google announced a new writing assistance feature called Writing Tools during the Pixel 10 launch. The feature is already starting to roll out to older Pixel phones. During the Pixel 10 launch last week, Google announced quite a few new features that would roll out with the new smartphone. One of those features is called Writing Tools, which we spotted two months prior in an APK teardown. While we knew it would be available for Gboard on the Pixel 10,

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This new Pixel 10 battery feature is stirring up controversy - here's why

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-11-01 20:43:52

Joseph Maldonado/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The Pixel 10 lineup has a controversial battery health feature. Users don't have the option to turn it off. The feature limits your phone's battery capacity over time. If you're a Google Pixel 10 series phone owner, a mandatory feature will limit your device's battery life. Whether that's a good thing or not depends on how you approach it. Earlier this year, Google introduced a Battery Healt

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Libby’s library app adds an AI discovery feature, and not everyone is thrilled

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-11-01 20:15:26

Library e-book and audiobook app Libby is adding AI, much to the disappointment of some readers and librarians, who would prefer not to have AI inserted into their favorite apps. The new feature, “Inspire Me,” allows users to get book recommendations by using prompts or from their previously saved titles in Libby. To use the feature, readers tap on the “Inspire Me” options on Libby’s home page, where they can ask for fiction or nonfiction, then narrow down the suggestions by other factors, like

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iOS 26 Beta Cheat Sheet: What to Know About the Upcoming iPhone Update

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-02 03:34:56

Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June that it will release iOS 26 (not iOS 19) this fall -- I'm guessing mid-September. The update will bring a new Liquid Glass design, call screening and more to your iPhone, and developers and beta testers can try all those new features now. We put together this cheat sheet to help you learn about and use the latest features in iOS 26. This page will also help you keep track of the subsequent iOS 26 updates. Note that iOS 26 is still i

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Google Translate takes on Duolingo with new language learning tools

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-11-02 04:00:00

Google is rolling out a new AI-powered experimental feature in Google Translate designed to help people practice and learn a new language, the company announced on Tuesday. Translate is also gaining new live capabilities to make it easier to communicate in real time with a person speaking a different language. The new language practice feature is designed for both beginners starting to learn conversational skills and advanced speakers looking to brush up on their vocabulary, the company says. T

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Video Shows Tesla Robotaxi Safety Driver Giving Up, Climbing Into Driver's Seat

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-02 09:05:57

Launched just two months ago in Austin, Tesla's Robotaxi service has been plagued with errors and safety issues — many of which have been caught on camera by passengers — from the very start. From freaking out at the sight of a child and getting stuck in infinite loops to reckless wheel-jerking and ominous calls advising passengers to exit the vehicle immediately, it would seem that "failure" is not a strong enough word to describe how poorly Tesla's not-so-driverless taxis are doing. Now, it'

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Parents sue OpenAI over ChatGPT’s role in son’s suicide

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-11-02 08:27:34

In Brief Before 16-year-old Adam Raine died by suicide, he had spent months consulting ChatGPT about his plans to end his life. Now, his parents are filing the first known wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI, The New York Times reports. Many consumer-facing AI chatbots are programmed to activate safety features if a user expresses intent to harm themselves or others. But research has shown that these safeguards are far from foolproof. In Raine’s case, while using a paid version of ChatGPT-4

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Logitech MX Master 4 flagship mouse to offer haptic feedback – report

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-11-02 14:08:36

Earlier this year, we spotted signs of a Logitech MX Master 4 in the works, replacing the 3S, and we subsequently got a closer look at it. Now a new report says it will include haptic feedback … The Logitech MX Master 3 and 3S have long been a popular choice for power users, thanks to a combination of ergonomic design, pixel-level precision, customization options, gesture controls, and multi-device pairing. All that has made the device a go-to for many creatives and coders. A regulatory filing

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Spotify's new DM feature lets you chat with friends in-app now - here's how

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-11-02 14:06:15

Spotify Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Spotify is adding a new in-app messaging feature. Conversations are one-to-one with people you know. The feature is available for users 16 and older. Spotify is getting a little more social. Since you're already talking with your friends about songs, audiobooks, and podcasts, the music streaming app is adding a new feature that lets you send private messages to other users within the Spotify app. The featu

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Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-02 14:01:46

We use extensive filtering and data labeling to minimize harmful content in datasets and reduce the likelihood of harmful outputs. We also conduct red teaming and evaluations on content safety, including child safety, and representation. Image generation in Gemini has all our latest privacy and safety features. This includes SynthID, our tool that embeds an invisible digital watermark directly into an image, allowing it to be identified as AI generated.

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14 Best Soundbars We’ve Tested and Reviewed (2025): Sonos, Sony, Bose

wired.com Parker Hall 2025-11-02 14:03:00

Honorable Mentions Photograph: Parker Hall There are a lot of great soundbars out there, and we don’t have room to feature them all. Here are some others you might want to consider. LG S95AR for $1,700: LG's latest 9.1.5-channel system offers minor upgrades over its predecessor, the ST95R, leaving few reasons to upgrade at full price. It's among the top performers in its class, offering impressive clarity, swift and fluid immersion, and snappy setup and control with LG's continuously improvin

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OpenAI Warns Against Investing in Its Stock

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-02 18:09:55

OpenAI isn't a publicly-traded company — yet, at least — and as such, the company's express written consent is necessary for the sale or transfer of its equity. But that massive caveat has not, apparently, stopped sleazy operators from trying to rip would-be investors off with shady promises of buying into the red-hot artificial intelligence giant. In a new blog post, OpenAI warned that there are bad actors out there attempting to make "unauthorized opportunities to gain access" to the company

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Spotify introduces an in-app messaging feature

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-02 18:44:02

My first thought when I heard Spotify had launched a messaging service was, "Why?" But, after looking into it a bit more, I'm intrigued at the idea of sharing recommendations within the app. So, what is Spotify's new Messages feature? Basically, like Instagram, TikTok and other social media platforms, Spotify is creating a way for you to share content and thoughts from within its app. You can send playlists, songs and podcasts without having to use a link on another platform. You can see the M

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Meta used National PTA to promote child safety efforts, report finds

cnbc.com Zach Vallese 2025-11-02 23:19:22

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tries on Orion AR glasses at the Meta Connect annual event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Since losing her 15-year-old son Riley to suicide following a sextortion scheme through Meta's Messenger app, Mary Rodee has worked with advocacy groups to push for stronger protections for children online. "I hold them solely responsible," Rodee said about Meta in an interview with CNBC. "They have a responsibility for the safety of th

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Your Google Discover feed could soon be more customizable (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-02 23:53:17

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is evaluating new options to make the Discover feed easier to customize. It is testing a new language selection option that lets you select multiple languages. The language selection tool is unlikely to limit the number of languages you can choose for content on the Discover feed. So far, Google has restricted language choices for the Discover feed to itself. However, an imminent change could soon provide you with more control over the content you

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Easily switch from Spotify to Apple Music in the US; Spotify DMs

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-11-02 22:37:50

Earlier this year, we saw an Apple Music tool intended to make it easier to switch from Spotify, and that tool is now available in more countries, including the US. But wait! Are you sure you really want to do that when Spotify has just rolled out its very latest feature? Direct messages … Spotify to Apple Music transfer tool First seen in beta last year, Apple started a slow roll out of the transfer tool this year, beginning with Australia and New Zealand. The feature has now come to the US

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In the Matter of Lisa Cook

news.ycombinator.com Paul Krugman 2025-11-02 23:06:54

Yesterday Donald Trump said that he had fired Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. My wording is advisable: He “said” that he had fired her. I’m not a lawyer, but it seems clear that he does not have the right to summarily fire Fed officials, certainly on tissue-thin allegations of mortgage fraud before she even went to the Fed. Cook has said that she will not resign. So at this point the immediate onus is on Jerome Powell, the Fed chairman. He has the right — I would

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Galaxy S25 FE US price leaks, and there’s good news

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-03 10:31:29

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung Galaxy S25 FE pricing for the US may have leaked online. The phone is tipped to start at $649.99 for the 128GB model, while the 256GB variant is listed at $709.99 This would be in line with the Galaxy S24 FE’s US price. The Samsung Galaxy S25 FE is expected to launch soon, and we’ve already seen a steady stream of leaks. We’ve also seen some price leaks, and it looks like we’ve now got apparent US pricing too. Don’t want to miss the best from An

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Paying attention to feature distribution alignment (pun intended)

news.ycombinator.com Alex Shtoff 2025-11-02 03:02:12

Intro Yes, I’m making a joke of the tendency to put the words “attention” and “alignment” in any ML paper 😎. Now let’s see how this provocative title is related to our adventures in the land of polynomial features. The Legendre polynomial basis serverd us well in recent posts about polynomial features. One interesting thing we saw in the series is that its orthogonality is, in some sense informativeness. This is because it orthogonal bases produce features, and hence each basis function, in so

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Matter Is Finally Ready to Deliver the Smart Home It Promised

wired.com Paul Lamkin 2025-11-03 10:00:00

Last month's Ikea's announcement of more than 20 new Matter-over-Thread devices felt like a much-needed breakthrough moment for the high-profile smart home standard. If Ikea—a brand with a broad, not necessarily tech-savvy customer base—is all-in on Matter, have we finally arrived at the smart home utopia that was first promised back in late 2019? It was then, amid growing frustrations from users around smart home compatibility, that tech giants including Apple, Amazon, Google, and Samsung form

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Spotify launches a messaging feature in a bid to become more social

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-11-03 10:00:00

Spotify is introducing a way for you to chat with your friends in a bid to become a more social content consumption app. Users have shared Spotify links for music and podcasts with others outside the platform for years. With this feature, Spotify wants users to do more within the app while also keeping the history of shared content, so users don’t have to search for a song. Messages are only one-on-one, and you can only start a chat with someone with whom you have previously shared content. Th

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Google Photos is letting you lift subjects as stickers — but only on iOS

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-03 10:36:21

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos is adding the popular tap-and-hold sticker creation feature to the iOS app. Users can press and hold a photo subject to quickly copy or share it as a standalone sticker. It’s unclear if Google Photos on Android will get this easy sticker creation feature. One of the smaller sticking points in the iOS vs Android debate is how easy it is to make stickers from your photos. It’s not a big deal, but it certainly enhances the experience for e

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a16z spends $1.49M in Washington lobbying, while rivals mostly sit out

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-11-03 14:17:27

Andreessen Horowitz’ plan to push its agenda in Washington shows no sign of slowing down, with the firm reporting $1.49 million in federal lobbying so far this year, according to lobbying records filed with Congress. A16z is even narrowly outspending its own industry trade group, the National Venture Capital Association. The pace of lobbying appears to be accelerating from last year, according to a TechCrunch review of lobbying disclosures. A16z spent $1.8 million on lobbying in all of 2024 and

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Fenster: Most minimal cross-platform GUI library

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-03 21:41:51

Fenster Fenster /ˈfɛnstɐ/ -- a German word for "window". This library provides the most minimal and highly opinionated way to display a cross-platform 2D canvas. If you remember Borland BGI or drawing things in QBASIC or INT 10h - you know what I mean. As a nice bonus you also get cross-platform keyboard/mouse input and audio playback in only a few lines of code. What it does for you Single application window of given size with a title. Application lifecycle and system events are all handle

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‘100 Nights of Hero’ Teases a Cheeky Medieval Fantasy

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-11-03 23:15:52

Released in 2016, Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel The One Hundred Nights of Hero earned a devoted following for its witty twist on The Arabian Nights, imagining a married woman and her beloved maid turning to the power of storytelling to protect the wife from her husband’s creepy wager. Now the tale is coming to the big screen with an all-star cast—and today’s teaser gives us our first look at its medieval folklore-inspired world. As the trailer shows, Deadpool & Wolverine‘s Emma Corrin (as th

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