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iPhone cameras are good

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-24 04:58:06

Ever wonder why you never see a smartphone photo printed and framed on the wall? I'll explain exactly why. The fish eye iPhone lens creates distortion, look at the feet of the pink player. There's also distortion of the players on the edges who appear to be leaning toward the center in the iPhone photo. Compare the jawlines (important!) of the players. The iPhone photo is much less flattering. Real cameras capture shadow more accurately. An iPhone does lots of computation to try to make everyt

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‘Predator: Badlands’ Came From a Desire to Do Something New, With a Dash of ‘Star Wars’

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-25 02:20:54

With Prey, director Dan Trachtenberg did something no one ever thought was possible. He took a beloved franchise, Predator, and flipped it on its head. By giving it a fresh perspective and a new timeline, he took something old and brought it into the now. For his follow-up, he wanted to do that again, but it was difficult. Everyone kind of just wanted Prey 2. “Sometimes when you make a sequel, it’s just part two of the cool thing, not a cool thing in and of itself,” Trachtenberg said recently a

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SpaceX Is Gearing Up for Starship’s Next Flight After a String of Explosive Setbacks

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-12-25 06:45:18

SpaceX is prepping the Starship rocket for its upcoming test flight, expected to take place in early August. The rocket’s last few launches did not go smoothly, leaving SpaceX in a bit of a slump as it rushes to develop a fully reusable Starship. The company desperately needs a win ahead of its planned uncrewed Mars launch in 2026, or at least for the rocket not to end up as burnt scraps at the bottom of the ocean. This week, SpaceX transported Starship to its launch site in Starbase, Texas, fo

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How Does Lightning Start? New Research Provides a Groundbreaking Theory

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-12-25 09:35:00

Lightning has long terrified and fascinated scientists and non-scientists alike. For something so relatively common, the precise atmospheric events that give rise to a lightning strike have been shrouded in mystery, but new research is offering some tantalizing clues. A team of engineers and meteorologists believe they’ve cracked the curious case of how lightning forms in the cloudtops, and their solution comes from an increasingly influential contender for cracking climate mysteries: mathemati

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Scientists Unveil the Shocking Truth Behind Lightning’s Mysterious Birth

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-12-25 21:35:00

Lightning has long terrified and fascinated scientists and non-scientists alike. For something so relatively common, the precise atmospheric events that give rise to a lightning strike have been shrouded in mystery, but new research is offering some tantalizing clues. A team of engineers and meteorologists believe they’ve cracked the curious case of how lightning forms in the cloudtops, and their solution comes from an increasingly influential contender for cracking climate mysteries: mathemati

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Launch HN: Hyprnote (YC S25) – An open-source AI meeting notetaker

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-26 02:24:08

Hi HN! We're Yujong, John, Duck, and Sung from Hyprnote ( https://hyprnote.com ). We're building an open-source, privacy-first AI note-taking app that runs fully on-device. Think of it as an open-source Granola. No Zoom bots, no cloud APIs, no data ever leaves your machine. Source code: https://github.com/fastrepl/hyprnote Demo video: https://hyprnote.com/demo We built Hyprnote because some of our friends told us that their companies banned certain meeting notetakers due to data concerns, or t

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Startup aims to beam sunlight from space using mirrors

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-12-26 11:56:00

Forward-looking: A California startup is looking to space to solve the limits of ground-based solar power. Reflect Orbital is developing a constellation of satellites with giant Mylar mirrors to beam sunlight back to Earth after dark – an idea that offers bold potential but faces steep engineering hurdles. At the heart of Reflect Orbital's project are its Mylar mirrors. Each satellite will unfurl a 33-by-33-foot sheet of lightweight polyester film known for its durability and reflectivity. The

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7 Best Reading Lights (2025): Clip-On, Rechargeable, Portable

wired.com Simon Hill 2025-12-26 11:00:00

Reading before bed is a great way to relax. But achieving the right balance of light can be tricky. We want to illuminate the text without disturbing sleeping partners, kids, or roommates. A warm light that is not too bright is also better, as it helps you feel drowsy. Special reading lights may be the answer. They come in a surprisingly wide variety of shapes and sizes, but all will light up your page, not your whole room. I've tested a library of reading lights over the last year, tucking int

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A Secretive US Space Plane Will Soon Test Quantum Navigation Technology

wired.com Eric Berger 2025-12-26 11:30:00

The X-37B, the US Space Force’s secretive space plane, will soon take flight again. On Monday, the Space Force announced that it will fly the small, Space Shuttle–shaped vehicle on the program’s eighth mission next month. The launch of the vehicle, on a Falcon 9 rocket, is scheduled to occur no earlier than August 21 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There are two active X-37Bs in the Space Force fleet, both built by Boeing. The first made its debut flight in April 2010. Since then, the tw

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Sony sues Tencent over blatant Horizon Zero Dawn clone, Light of Motiram

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-12-26 21:46:00

What just happened? In a move that is only surprising because of how long it's taken, Sony has launched a lawsuit against Tencent over a game that looks so much like Horizon Zero Dawn it's hard to believe it isn't a sequel. Light of Motiram is described by the Japanese company as a "slavish clone" of the popular robot-dinosaur-fighting adventure games, which is an accurate description. Gamers were excited to see what everyone assumed was another entry in the Horizon Zero Dawn series last Novemb

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Anthropic Faces Potentially "Business-Ending" Copyright Lawsuit

news.ycombinator.com Garrison Lovely 2025-12-26 20:41:26

This piece has been updated to add additional context and clarify some details. Anthropic, the AI startup that’s long presented itself as the industry’s safe and ethical choice, is now facing legal penalties that could bankrupt the company. Damages resulting from its mass use of pirated books would likely exceed a billion dollars, with the statutory maximum stretching into the hundreds of billions. Last week, William Alsup, a federal judge in San Francisco, certified a class action lawsuit aga

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8 smartphone marketing tricks that you really shouldn’t fall for

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-27 08:00:24

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority While plenty of great phones are out there, manufacturers aren’t above a bit of spin, truth stretching, or outright lying about their products to make them stand out. Don’t believe me? We covered some sketchy smartphone marketing tricks many moons ago, and we’ve seen plenty more questionable tactics employed since. With that in mind, I’m taking another look at a few smartphone marketing tricks you shouldn’t fall for. Which marketing tactic do you hate the mo

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Sony calls Tencent game ‘slavish clone’ of Horizon in new lawsuit

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-27 21:26:31

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Sony is suing Tencent to attempt to stop the release of Light of Motiram, which Sony describes as a “slavish clone” of its Horizon series of games, as reported by Reuters. Light of Motiram was announced last year with a trailer featuring an aesthetic that’s quite similar to the Horizon franchise — including huge robot animals and even a title font that resembles the Horizon ga

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Flexport sells former freight unicorn Convoy’s tech 2 years after buying it

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-12-27 20:49:23

Two years ago, logistics company Flexport bought the assets of Convoy, a former freight tech unicorn that had closed up shop. Now it’s sold that platform and delivered a “massive return on investment for Flexport.” Flexport announced the sale on Monday to DAT Freight & Analytics but declined to disclose terms. “Over the past 18 months, we rebuilt and relaunched the [Convoy] platform as a neutral digital freight execution layer that serves brokers, carriers, and shippers across the market,” Fle

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Flexport sells former freight unicorn Convoy’s tech two years after buying it

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-12-28 02:49:23

Two years ago, logistics company Flexport bought the assets of Convoy, a former freight tech unicorn that had closed up shop. Now it’s sold that platform and delivered a “massive return on investment for Flexport.” Flexport announced the sale on Monday to DAT Freight & Analytics, but declined to disclose terms. “Over the past 18 months, we rebuilt and relaunched the [Convoy] platform as a neutral digital freight execution layer that serves brokers, carriers, and shippers across the market,” Fl

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Sony sues Tencent over its Horizon Zero Dawn clone

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-28 06:10:09

Sony is suing Tencent for copying nearly every aspect of its Horizon games for the upcoming Light of Motiram, an open-world hunting game with some obvious similarities to Sony's franchise, as first reported by Reuters. Tencent first announced the new game in November 2024. The lawsuit goes into detail on the various ways Tencent's new game appears to be unlawfully copying memorable aspects of Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West and Lego Horizon Adventures. That include the basic setup of

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Sony details its ‘FlexStrike’ wireless PS5 fight stick

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-12-28 21:26:07

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Sony has shared more details about its arcade-style controller for the PlayStation that was first teased during the State of Play event in early June. Originally codenamed Project Defiant, the fight stick is now called the FlexStrike and features a rechargeable battery, mechanical switch buttons, restrictor gates that limit the joystick’s movemen

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A secretive space plane is set to launch and test quantum navigation technology

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-29 06:38:12

The X-37B, the US Space Force's secretive space plane, will soon take flight again. On Monday, the Space Force announced that it will fly the small, Space Shuttle-shaped vehicle on the program's eighth mission next month. The launch of the vehicle, on a Falcon 9 rocket, is scheduled to occur no earlier than August 21 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There are two active X-37Bs in the Space Force fleet, both built by Boeing. The first made its debut flight in April 2010. Since then, the tw

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ChatGPT can be a disaster for lawyers — Robin AI says it can fix that

theverge.com Jon Fortt 2025-12-29 06:00:00

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! I’m Jon Fortt — CNBC journalist, cohost of Closing Bell: Overtime, and creator of the Fortt Knox streaming series on LinkedIn. This is the last episode I’ll be guest-hosting for Nilay while he’s out on parental leave. We have an exciting crew who will take over for me after that, so stay tuned. Today, I’m talking with Richard Robinson, who is the cofounder and CEO of Robin AI. Richard has a fascinating resume: he was a corporate lawyer for high-profile firms in Lo

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Flights grounded as Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot hacked and systems ‘destroyed’

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-12-29 05:33:35

In Brief Flights across Russia have been grounded after a cyberattack hit the country’s largest airline, Aeroflot, on Monday. Details of the cyberattack remain limited, but a pro-Ukrainian hacker group known for targeting Russian organizations called Silent Crow took credit for the cyberattack alongside Belarusian hackers, citing Russia’s occupation of Ukraine. The group said in a Telegram post, seen by TechCrunch, that it had taken control of Aeroflot’s critical systems, including terabytes

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Heaven Help Us, the ‘Crossed’ Movie Is Really Happening

gizmodo.com Gordon Jackson 2025-12-29 11:00:41

Chris Sheridan talks Resident Alien‘s cancellation. Hayden Christensen is still filming the second season of Ahsoka. And could Leatherface survive his own love interest in the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Future events such as these will affect you in the future. Morning Spoilers, ho! Crossed THR reports Devin Druid and Ash Santos will star in the upcoming film adaptation of Garth Ennis’s Crossed as Stan and Cindy, “the leaders of a group of strangers thrown together as they attempt to escape

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Flights grounded as Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot hit by cyberattack

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-12-29 11:33:35

In Brief Flights across Russia have been grounded after a cyberattack hit the country’s largest airline, Aeroflot, on Monday. Details of the cyberattack remain limited, but a pro-Ukrainian hacker group known for targeting Russian organizations called Silent Crow took credit for the cyberattack alongside Belarusian hackers, citing Russia’s occupation of Ukraine. The group said in a Telegram post, seen by TechCrunch, that it had taken control of Aeroflot’s critical systems, including terabytes

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200k Flemish drivers can turn traffic lights green

news.ycombinator.com Vrt Nws 2025-12-24 23:08:26

Two years ago, the Flemish Roads Agency (AWV) announced the introduction of the new system: via an app on your smartphone, you can get a traffic light to turn green more quickly. Over the past 2 years, 250 intersections were to be equipped with so-called “intelligent traffic lights”, which would receive a signal as soon as a road user with the app approaches. In that way, motorists - but also cyclists and motorcyclists- will not have to wait unnecessarily at red lights when less traffic is appr

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Nothing Headphone (1) Review: Something Special

wired.com Parker Hall 2025-12-29 16:01:00

As someone who has been openly critical of Nothing’s claims that it will revolutionize the technology world, I happen to actually love the brand’s products. From the excellent Ear (a)—among our favorite cheap earbuds—to its affordable smartphones, the brand leverages excellent design and near-top-tier internals to absolutely dominate the mid-tier of the tech market. The Headphone (1) noise-canceling over-ears, I am happy to say, continue this tradition. They look as good (or better) than more e

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5 Samsung DeX features I’ll miss if they don’t return in One UI 8

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-30 02:00:42

I’ll admit it: I’ve never been the biggest Samsung DeX user. Not because I don’t like it — I think it’s the gold standard for casting your phone to an external display — but because I spend far too much time with non-Samsung phones in my pocket. The funny thing is that every time I leave the Galaxy ecosystem behind, that’s precisely when I need DeX most. And now that it’s about to undergo significant changes as part of One UI 8, I’m a little worried. I don’t want to lose certain DeX features, e

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Google says it’s working to fix voice commands for your smart lights

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-29 21:58:16

Lil Katz / Android Authority TL;DR Google has acknowledged a bug affecting voice commands for smart lights. The company says it is aware of the issue and will share an update soon. Many users say they can still control lights via the Google Home app, but not through Assistant voice commands. Google has confirmed it’s investigating a bug preventing users from controlling their smart lights through Google Assistant voice commands. We first reported on the issue over the weekend, as user compla

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Why I write recursive descent parsers, despite their issues (2020)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-25 05:07:42

You're using a tool with a too-generic User-Agent You're probably reading this page because you've attempted to access some part of my blog (Wandering Thoughts) or CSpace, the wiki thing it's part of. Unfortunately whatever you're using to do so has a HTTP User-Agent header value that is too generic or otherwise excessively suspicious. Unfortunately, as of early 2025 there's a plague of high volume crawlers (apparently in part to gather data for LLM training) that behave like this. To reduce th

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Multiplex: Command-Line Process Mutliplexer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-30 02:18:10

.__ __ .__ .__ _____ __ __| |_/ |_|__|_____ | | ____ ___ ___ / \| | \ |\ __\ \____ \| | _/ __ \\ \/ / | Y Y \ | / |_| | | | |_> > |_\ ___/ > < |__|_| /____/|____/__| |__| __/|____/\___ >__/\_ \ \/ |__| \/ \/ Multiplex is a command-line multiplexer along with a simple Python API to run multiple processes in parallel and stop them all at once, or based on some condition. Multiplex will gracefully shutdown child processes, and multiplex their output and error streams to stdout and stderr in a way

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National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-29 20:31:39

Many reports by pilots and aviation professionals of observations and incidents involving unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAP, include aviation safety factors. NARCAP documents and researches these reports and advocates for education and further research by the aviation and science community. All photographs provided by Ted Roe or NARCAP.org and are Copyrighted, all rights reserved

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Personal aviation is about to get interesting (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Eli Dourado 2025-12-29 14:03:26

Aviation is a poster child for economic stagnation. Yes, airline travel has gotten cheaper and safer—great. But every other aspect of aviation has struggled or even regressed. As I’ve noted many times, we had supersonic travel across the Atlantic from 1976 to 2003. Today, not even the world’s richest travelers can fly that fast. Another part of aviation that has suffered over the last half-century is general aviation, particularly its low-end segment, personal aviation, in which people fly them

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