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E-Paper Display Refresh Rate Reaches New Heights

news.ycombinator.com Matthew S. Smith 2025-10-09 17:57:35

E-paper displays are prized for their readability and low power use, but they’ve long been dismissed as too slow for everyday computing. Modos, a two-person startup with open-hardware roots, thinks it has cracked part of that problem with a development kit capable of driving an e-paper display at refresh rates up to a record 75 hertz. The Modos Paper Monitor and Dev Kit, now available for crowdfunding on Crowd Supply, combines standard e-paper panels with an open source FPGA-based display cont

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iPhone 17 Air will be eSIM only worldwide

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-10-09 17:57:51

Apple announced its new thin iPhone 17 Air on Tuesday at its annual hardware event. The company said that this device will have only eSIM support all across the world. Apple managed to cram a lot of tech into a 5.5 mm-thick design, but at the expense of a physical SIM tray. The company opted to ditch physical SIMs for eSIMs for iPhones sold in the U.S. in 2022. “We pioneered eSIM years ago, and now it’s an industry standard, and compared to that, decades-old piece of plastic, eSIM is so much

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visionOS 26 available from Sep 15, with spatial widgets, new Personas and more

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-09 23:16:55

Apple has announced that visionOS 26 will be available to Vision Pro users from Monday, September 15. The latest version of the operating system will offer a raft of new features, with spatial widgets and far more realistic personas topping the list … Spatial widgets allow you to position things like clock, weather, music player, and photos in a fixed space in your environment, including the ability to embed them into walls. There’s also a brand new widgets app to find additional spatial widge

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iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26 and macOS 26 will be released on September 15

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-09 23:20:24

Alongside all of the new iPhones, Apple Watch models and other hardware, today's Apple event brought forth news of when you'll be able to install iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26 and macOS 26. You'll be able to install these operating systems on compatible devices on September 15 when they move out of beta. There are two major changes this year. The first is Apple's shift to the Liquid Glass design language across its devices. It's a significant overhaul of the design of Apple's operating systems,

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SpaceX’s lesson from last Starship flight? “We need to seal the tiles.”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-09 23:43:02

It has been two weeks since SpaceX's last Starship test flight, and engineers have diagnosed issues with its heat shield, identified improvements, and developed a preliminary plan for the next time the ship heads into space. Bill Gerstenmaier, a SpaceX executive in charge of build and flight reliability, presented the findings Monday at the American Astronautical Society's Glenn Space Technology Symposium in Cleveland. The rocket lifted off on August 26 from SpaceX's launch pad in Starbase, Te

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iPadOS 26 is coming to your iPad on September 15

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-10 03:35:41

Apple’s big ‘Awe dropping’ event was heavy on hardware announcements, but new software got release dates too, including iPadOS 26 which is coming very soon. The software update that iPad users have wanted for years is almost here, Apple has announced. iPadOS 26’s release date is set for Monday, September 15. New features are heavily skewed toward productivity improvements, such as the Mac-like windowing system, upgraded dock, menu bar, new cursor, and more. There’s also a Liquid Glass redesig

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AirPods Pro 3 offer live translation and heart rate monitoring

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-10 03:10:18

Today's Apple event isn't just about iPhones and smartwatches. The company also announced the long-anticipated refresh of the AirPods Pro earbuds. The AirPods Pro 3 arrive a full three years after the company released the second-gen earbuds. This is a serious upgrade with updated audio drivers and plenty of high-tech bells whistles, like active ANC and the ability to play spatial audio. Apple says these earbuds offer the best ANC of any in-ear headphones on the market. Apple There's a heart-r

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Apple introduces AirPods Pro 3 with live translation feature

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-10 03:36:42

CUPERTINO, Calif.—Apple's popular AirPods Pro in-ear headphones are getting a substantial upgrade. The new model, dubbed AirPods Pro 3, greatly improves active noise cancellation (ANC), performs live translations, and tracks your heart rate like a fitness wearable. This will have to be subjected to third-party testing, but Apple made some intriguing claims about AirPods Pro 3's performance during its iPhone and Apple Watch announcement today. Namely, that they'll have twice the ANC performance

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BlackRock-backed Minute Media acquires Indian AI startup that extracts sports highlights

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-10-09 22:00:00

BlackRock- and Goldman Sachs-backed media startup Minute Media, which owns properties like Sports Illustrated, The Players’ Tribune, and 90 Minutes, announced Monday that it is acquiring VideoVerse, an Indian AI startup that lets broadcasters extract highlights and create content from sports footage. VideoVerse’s clients include the Indian Premier League and Women’s Premier League (cricket) tournaments, FIFA+, and broadcasters Nippon TV and Clubber TV. Mumbai-based VideoVerse was founded in 201

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Ramp says it has hit $1B in annualized revenue

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-10-10 03:23:12

In Brief On Tuesday, Ramp answered any lingering questions as to why investors recently valued the expense management startup at $22.5 billion, just 45 days after a previous funding round valued it at $16 billion: the company says it has achieved $1 billion in annualized revenue. Annualized revenue refers to a company’s current revenue rate projected over a full year. In March, co-founder and CEO Eric Glyman told TechCrunch that Ramp had hit annualized revenue of $700 million. That’s $300 mill

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Microsoft says employees will be expected in office three days a week

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-10 07:10:11

Microsoft said on Tuesday that employees will be expected to work in an office three days a week starting next year. Employees that work near Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, or the Puget Sound area, will be required to be in the office three days a week, starting in February. After that, the policy will extend to other U.S. locations and then to international offices. The company is sending emails to employees who live within 50 miles of a Microsoft office around Puget Sound a

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Expect the iPhone 17 event to avoid Apple Intelligence promises

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-10 02:26:58

It’s finally the day of the Apple event, and everyone is eagerly awaiting the official launch of the iPhone 17 lineup. 9to5Mac readers are mostly power users, so it’s no surprise that the thing you’re most looking forward to is the unveiling of the iPhone 17 Pro Max – though there is also substantial interest in the all-new iPhone 17 Air. While we’re expecting a fairly packed event, there’s likely to be one significant difference from last year’s iPhone 16 launch: a conspicuous absence of Apple

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Horror Maze Game ‘Dark Deception’ Is Becoming a Horror Movie

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-10-10 07:45:34

The next video game to join the list of those coming to the silver screen is Glowstick Entertainment’s Dark Deception. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s described on Steam as a “story-driven first-person horror maze” inspired by classic arcade games. The 2018 PC and mobile title came out in 2018 and tasks players with getting out of a maze filled with big-headed monsters that’d probably be right at home in Five Nights at Freddy’s. (Probably why it got picked up; the 2023 Freddy’s film was a hit

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Tesla revamps the Megapack in attempt to reverse its declining storage business

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-10-10 07:10:55

Tesla is updating its utility-scale Megapack batteries as it seeks to stem the decline of its lucrative energy storage business. The new battery product known as Megapack 3, which Tesla revealed late Monday, are a bid to lure utilities and data center developers that are desperate for power. Megapack 3 stores around 1 megawatt-hour more electricity than Tesla’s largest existing offering and promises a longer lifespan. Tesla also introduced Megablock, a grouping of four Megapack 3 units that ca

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Tesla is seeking permits to offer ride-hail services at Silicon Valley airports

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-10-10 07:26:38

Tesla has asked the San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland airports about acquiring permits to operate a ride-hailing service at each location, according to Politico. Tesla appears to have contacted each airport right around the time it started up a nascent charter service in California in late July. In the case of the San Francisco and Oakland airports, representatives told the outlet that they had been contacted, but had yet to meet with Tesla. The San Jose airport spokesperson confirmed no app

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Firefox provides AI page summaries if you shake your iPhone

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-10 10:58:37

AI summaries seem to be everywhere, with the latest entry into the mix coming courtesy of Mozilla. The company has announced that its web browser, Firefox, is rolling out page summaries on mobile devices. Notably, this feature is only available for English-language iOS users in the US right now. Unlike other major summary tools from Google and the like, Firefox's page summaries are available when you shake your device. If you feel a bit weird doing that then you can, instead, tap the thunderbol

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Paramount+ deal: Annual subscriptions are half off right now

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-10 11:00:35

Sometimes, rising prices for streaming services feels as inevitable as death and taxes. So when a serious discount is available, we tend to sit up and take notice. For a few weeks, you can get a whopping half off an annual subscription to Paramount+. A year of the Paramount+ Essential plan, which is ad-supported, will cost $30 compared to the usual $60. Paramount+ Premium, which is ad-free except for live tv programming, will cost $60 for a year instead of $120. This is a substantial deal that

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Plex tells users to change their passwords after data breach

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-10 11:26:35

The Plex streaming platform has experienced a security breach and is telling customers to change their passwords "immediately." They also suggest that users enable two-factor authentication and sign out of any connected devices that are currently logged in. The company says a database was accessed by an “an unauthorized third party” and that some customers had their emails, usernames and hashed passwords exposed. As indicated, the breach involved hashed passwords, which are scrambled through an

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There’s Now a Darwin Awards to Celebrate the Worst AI Fails of 2025

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-10-10 11:35:42

Stupidity is no longer limited to human intelligence. A new website has popped up online calling for nominees to crown an AI king of making ridiculously dumb mistakes in 2025. The new AI Darwin Awards carry on the tradition of the original Darwin Awards, which honor people who remove themselves from the gene pool in spectacularly idiotic ways. Think of the story of Canadian lawyer Garry Hoy, who in 1993 tried to prove the windows at the Toronto-Dominion Centre were unbreakable by hurling himse

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Accessory maker will pay Nintendo after showing illicit Switch 2 mockups at CES

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-10 11:45:29

Nintendo-watchers may remember when little-known accessory-maker Genki showed the world an extremely accurate 3D-printed mockup of the Switch 2 back in January, about a week before Nintendo's own "first look" teaser video and months before the system's wider unveiling. Now, in a newly filed settlement agreement, Genki has agreed to pay Nintendo unspecified damages for "trademark infringement, unfair competition, and false advertising" in connection with that promotional stunt. The controversy s

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Tesla says its new Megablock can cut costs for renewable energy storage.

theverge.com Justine Calma 2025-10-10 11:43:03

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. At an event in Las Vegas yesterday, Tesla revealed a new utility-scale battery configuration that it claims can significantly lower construction costs for utilities, along with faster inst

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Smart ring maker Oura’s CEO addresses recent backlash, says future is a ‘cloud of wearables’

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-10 11:37:58

Oura CEO Tom Hale is trying to set the record straight about the smart ring maker’s partnership with the Department of Defense (DoD) and data miner Palantir, which is used by defense, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies in the United States and elsewhere. At the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference on Monday, Hale’s interview started off with a bang with his outright denial that the company was sharing user data with the government. “There was a lot of misinformation about this,” he said,

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This 2FA phishing scam pwned a developer - and endangered billions of npm downloads

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2025-10-10 15:06:38

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways A phishing email was at the heart of the attack. NPM team quickly removed backdoored versions. 18 packages hit, with 2B+ downloads every week. A new digital supply chain attack has targeted popular open-source npm packages with at least two billion downloads per week. 'I've been pwned' On Sept. 8, Josh Junon, a package maintainer whose account was at the center of the attack, revealed

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Where top VCs are betting next: Index, Greylock, and Felicis share 2026 priorities at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-10-10 15:36:00

Early-stage founders, take note. The Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 will feature a powerhouse panel of seasoned investors sharing where their firms are placing bets for 2026 and beyond. Joining us onstage Nina Achadjian , partner, Index Ventures — focused on automating overlooked industries and investing across AI, robotics, and vertical SaaS. , partner, Index Ventures — focused on automating overlooked industries and investing across AI, robotics, and vertical SaaS. Jerry Chen , g

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Microsoft: Anti-spam bug blocks links in Exchange Online, Teams

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-10 19:40:58

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that causes an anti-spam service to mistakenly block Exchange Online and Microsoft Teams users from opening URLs and quarantine some of their emails. In a service alert seen by BleepingComputer, the company stated that the issue is caused by the anti-spam engine incorrectly tagging URLs contained within other URLs as potentially malicious, which has also led to some emails being quarantined. The issues began impacting Exchange Online and Microsoft

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AI Use at Large Companies Is in Decline, Census Bureau Says

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-10-10 19:23:36

For the past few years, the AI industry has been charging full steam ahead, in what can sometimes feel like a pell-mell mad dash to take over the world. Ever since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, the industry has leveraged an ever-expanding arsenal of political, cultural, and economic power in its effort to lay claim to many different parts of society. Yet, despite the AI industry’s attempts to make itself seem omnipresent, a new report this week shows that adoption at large U.S. companies has de

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Geoengineering will not save humankind from climate change

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-10 19:24:40

A team of the world’s best ice and climate researchers studied a handful of recently publicized engineering concepts for protecting Earth’s polar ice caps and found that none of them are likely to work. Their peer-reviewed research, published Tuesday, shows some of the untested ideas, such as dispersing particles in the atmosphere to dim sunlight or trying to refreeze ice sheets with pumped water, could have unintended and dangerous consequences. The various speculative notions that have been

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Plex urges users to change passwords after data breach

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-10-10 19:47:22

Streaming giant Plex is urging its customers to change their passwords after it disclosed a data breach of one of its user databases. The company said in a post on Monday that it was aware of a security incident involving the theft of Plex customer account information, including user names, email addresses, scrambled passwords, and unspecified authentication data. Plex said while the passwords were scrambled in a way that made them unreadable to humans, it’s unclear if the passwords can be dec

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StubHub IPO: Ticket reseller aims to raise up to $851 million, pricing at $22 to $25 per share

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-10-10 23:54:17

The StubHub logo is seen at its headquarters in San Francisco. StubHub is aiming to raise as much as $851 million in its initial public offering, giving it a valuation of up to $9.2 billion, the company revealed in a new filing on Monday. The ticket reselling marketplace plans to sell more than 34 million shares priced between $22 and $25 per share, according to the filing. The long-awaited IPO comes after StubHub hit pause on the process in April as the stock market was reeling from Presiden

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Another Plex data breach sees company urge users to change their password

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-10 23:36:15

A Plex data breach in 2022 exposed usernames, email addresses, and encrypted passwords. The company required all users to change their passwords as a precaution, and now history seems to be repeating itself. The company is again emailing users, using virtually identical wording to describe to report a new data breach with the same data obtained … 2022: A third-party was able to access a limited subset of data that includes emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords. 2025: An unauthorized th

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Latest Tech News

E-Paper Display Refresh Rate Reaches New Heights

iPhone 17 Air will be eSIM only worldwide

visionOS 26 available from Sep 15, with spatial widgets, new Personas and more

iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26 and macOS 26 will be released on September 15

SpaceX’s lesson from last Starship flight? “We need to seal the tiles.”

iPadOS 26 is coming to your iPad on September 15

AirPods Pro 3 offer live translation and heart rate monitoring

Apple introduces AirPods Pro 3 with live translation feature

BlackRock-backed Minute Media acquires Indian AI startup that extracts sports highlights

Ramp says it has hit $1B in annualized revenue

Microsoft says employees will be expected in office three days a week

Expect the iPhone 17 event to avoid Apple Intelligence promises

Horror Maze Game ‘Dark Deception’ Is Becoming a Horror Movie

Tesla revamps the Megapack in attempt to reverse its declining storage business

Tesla is seeking permits to offer ride-hail services at Silicon Valley airports

Firefox provides AI page summaries if you shake your iPhone

Paramount+ deal: Annual subscriptions are half off right now

Plex tells users to change their passwords after data breach

There’s Now a Darwin Awards to Celebrate the Worst AI Fails of 2025

Accessory maker will pay Nintendo after showing illicit Switch 2 mockups at CES

Tesla says its new Megablock can cut costs for renewable energy storage.

Smart ring maker Oura’s CEO addresses recent backlash, says future is a ‘cloud of wearables’

This 2FA phishing scam pwned a developer - and endangered billions of npm downloads

Where top VCs are betting next: Index, Greylock, and Felicis share 2026 priorities at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Microsoft: Anti-spam bug blocks links in Exchange Online, Teams

AI Use at Large Companies Is in Decline, Census Bureau Says

Geoengineering will not save humankind from climate change

Plex urges users to change passwords after data breach

StubHub IPO: Ticket reseller aims to raise up to $851 million, pricing at $22 to $25 per share

Another Plex data breach sees company urge users to change their password

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