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Labubu could make $1 billion this year

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-12-14 14:45:08

In Brief Labubu is a plush monster toy, but it’s also on track to be a billion-dollar business. This week, Labubu-maker Pop Mart released its financial results for the first half of 2025, giving the public more insight into just how rabid the world is for this plush monster toy. Pop Mart’s Monsters series, which includes Labubu, generated around $670 million in revenue in the first half of the year, putting it on track to earn over $1 billion by the year’s end. That’s a 688% increase year-over

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Google Store is offering two free years of data for Pixel Watch 4 LTE pre-orders

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-14 18:50:29

TL;DR The Google Store is offering up to $350 back on pre-orders for the Pixel Watch 4 with an eligible trade-in. Those who pre-order the LTE versions can also get two free years of data. New and existing Fitbit members can get six months of the Premium subscription, but only new users will get one month of YouTube Music Premium tacked on. The big day is here, Google is launching all of its latest hardware, including the Pixel Watch 4. If you’re planning on pre-ordering the new smartwatch, th

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Google’s answer to Samsung’s Now Brief is a new ‘Daily Hub’ on the Pixel 10 series

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-14 23:21:55

TL;DR The Pixel 10 series includes a Daily Hub that curates information from various apps to present a personalized digest, similar to Samsung’s Now Brief. You can swipe right on the home screen to access Daily Hub. Google says it can pull up calendar appointments, Magic Cue suggestions, YouTube video recommendations, topic suggestions, and more. Google is following Samsung’s lead with the launch of a new feature called Daily Hub on the Pixel 10 series. You may be hearing about it for the fir

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Hundreds of Thousands of User Chats with AI Chatbot Grok Are Now Public

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-14 22:37:00

Does what's said between you and your AI chat stay between you and your AI chat? Nope. According to a report by Forbes, Elon Musk's AI assistant Grok published more than 370,000 chats on the Grok website. Those URLs, which were not necessarily intended for public consumption by users, were then indexed by search engines and entered the public sphere. It wasn't just chats. Forbes reported that uploaded documents, such as photos, spreadsheets and other documents, were also published. Representa

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Why we still build with Ruby in 2025

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-13 03:42:31

When we started Lago, we picked Ruby on Rails for our core API. The choice was obvious because our founding team had decade of Rails experience. Rails was the fastest way we could build an API product. Today, we’ve receive millions of API calls a day. We’ve upgraded through multiple Ruby/Rails versions. Maybe that sounds silly in a world where young, Python/Go/JS-wielding entitlements have never even heard of Ruby. We do admit that we’ve added Go and Rust where it makes sense. But if we were

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Show HN: Project management system for Claude Code

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 10:32:12

Claude Code PM Claude Code workflow to ship faster better using spec-driven development, GitHub issues, Git worktrees, and mutiple AI agents running in parallel. Stop losing context. Stop blocking on tasks. Stop shipping bugs. This battle-tested system turns PRDs into epics, epics into GitHub issues, and issues into production code – with full traceability at every step. Table of Contents Background Every team struggles with the same problems: Context evaporates between sessions, forcing c

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Show HN: Claude Code workflow: PRDs → GitHub Issues → parallel execution

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 16:32:12

Claude Code PM Claude Code workflow to ship faster better using spec-driven development, GitHub issues, Git worktrees, and mutiple AI agents running in parallel. Stop losing context. Stop blocking on tasks. Stop shipping bugs. This battle-tested system turns PRDs into epics, epics into GitHub issues, and issues into production code – with full traceability at every step. Table of Contents Background Every team struggles with the same problems: Context evaporates between sessions, forcing c

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YouTube Music could soon let you comment on playlists, here’s what we know (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-16 05:09:23

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube is working on bringing comments to YouTube Music playlists. YouTube Music already allows comments on audio, video, and podcast content. If it succeeds, YouTube might also bring comments to video playlists on the main app. Two years ago, Google rolled out YouTube’s most hotly debated feature to YouTube Music. The comments section, which is both a treasure chest of insights and a bottomless pit of bullying remarks, is currently available for audio,

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Modern CI is too complex and misdirected (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 20:30:06

The state of CI platforms is much stronger than it was just a few years ago. Overall, this is a good thing: access to powerful CI platforms enables software developers and companies to ship more reliable software more frequently, which benefits its users/customers. Centralized CI platforms like GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, and Bitbucket provide benefits of scale, as the Internet serves as a collective information repository for how to use them. Do a search for how to do X on CI platform Y a

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Modern CI Is Too Complex and Misdirected

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-16 02:30:06

The state of CI platforms is much stronger than it was just a few years ago. Overall, this is a good thing: access to powerful CI platforms enables software developers and companies to ship more reliable software more frequently, which benefits its users/customers. Centralized CI platforms like GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, and Bitbucket provide benefits of scale, as the Internet serves as a collective information repository for how to use them. Do a search for how to do X on CI platform Y a

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Google to pay $30 million to settle class-action suit over children's privacy

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-17 04:39:03

Google has reached a settlement over a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected data from child users without parental consent through its YouTube video platform and then sent them targeted ads. The tech giant will shell out $30 million to settle the proposed class-action suit. According to Reuters , the plaintiffs' lawyers said there could be 35 million to 45 million class members. Children aged 13 or younger who watched YouTube between July 1, 2013 and April 1, 2020 could be covered. The pr

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Google pays $30M to settle lawsuit over children’s YouTube data

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-12-17 09:28:12

In Brief Google will pay $30 million to settle a class action lawsuit claiming it violated children’s privacy on YouTube, per Reuters. The lawsuit alleges that Google collected data from children watching YouTube videos; while this kind of data collection has become common, it remains illegal to collect data from children under the age of 13, per the longstanding COPPA legislation. Though Google will settle the case, the company denies these allegations. It’s possible that up to 45 million p

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"Remove mentions of XSLT from the html spec"

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-17 10:48:54

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community. By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails. Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

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Chrome intends to remove XSLT from the HTML spec

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-17 22:48:54

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community. By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails. Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

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Labubus Are on Track to Be a Billion-Dollar Business This Year

wired.com Zeyi Yang 2025-12-17 22:49:54

Labubus, the mischievous elf plush toys seen hanging on every celebrity’s designer bag this summer, have gone viral across the world, but now we know exactly how popular—and profitable—they have been. On Tuesday, the Chinese company Pop Mart, which manufactures and sells the Labubu franchise, released its financial report for the first half of 2025, and it has had a terrific year. Overall, Pop Mart’s revenue grew 204 percent compared to the year before, and net profits increased 362 percent. Th

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ChatGPT now has a subscription plan that costs less than $5/month

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-17 22:12:21

OpenAI has launched the cheapest ChatGPT subscription plan ever. The new plan, called ChatGPT Go , costs less than $5 per month, but the catch is that it’s not available everywhere and has only just launched in India. ChatGPT Go aims to expand the chatbot’s most popular features and make them available at more affordable prices. Not only does the subscription include everything you get with the free version of ChatGPT, it also brings the following additions: Extended access to GPT-5 Extended

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Labubus Are on Track to Be a Billion-Dollar Business This year

wired.com Zeyi Yang 2025-12-18 04:49:54

Labubus, the mischievous elf plush toys seen hanging on every celebrity’s designer bag this summer, have gone viral across the world, but now we know exactly how popular—and profitable—they have been. On Tuesday, the Chinese company Pop Mart, which manufactures and sells the Labubu franchise, released its financial report for the first half of 2025, and it has had a terrific year. Overall, Pop Mart’s revenues grew 204 percent compared to the year before, and net profits increased 362 percent. T

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PlayStation Plus Subscribers Can Play Marvel's Spider-Man and More Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-18 08:00:05

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can, and PlayStation Plus subscribers can now become the famous web-slinger in Marvel's Spider-Man. PlayStation Plus is Sony's version of Xbox Game Pass, and it offers subscribers a large and constantly expanding library of games. There are three PlayStation Plus tiers -- Essential ($10 a month), Extra ($15 a month) and Premium ($18 a month) -- and each gives subscribers access to games. However, only Extra and Premium tier subscribers can access t

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Substack lets you subscribe as an in-app purchase – but you shouldn’t

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-19 00:26:37

Indie content platform Substack now lets you subscribe to newsletters, podcasts, and video channels via an in-app purchase. However, while this removes friction from the subscription sign-up process, you definitely shouldn’t use it, for two reasons … The last few years have seen growth in subscriber-funded independent newsletters, with Ben Thompson’s Stratechery one of the earlier successful examples. Substack was created to handle the business aspects of this, leaving independent creators fr

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Another Crypto IPO Hits the Market and Most People Still Have No Idea What Crypto Is

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-12-19 04:50:36

Blockchain-based lender Figure Technology Solutions has officially filed for an initial public offering, marking another move by crypto-related firms seeking a slice of the trillion-dollar machine of public markets. Both crypto bros and the banks that love them are already celebrating the move to go public, which they say marks a significant milestone in the evolving intersection of cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, and mainstream finance. Analysts posit that this signals a broader shif

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macOS Tahoe 26 public beta 4 now available, install guide

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-19 06:21:58

That was quick. Just a few days after releasing the third public beta for macOS Tahoe 26, public 4 beta is already out. Here’s how to install it. First things first: should you install the beta? You probably know the drill: Betas can be unpredictably buggy. Even if something works on one release, it is not guaranteed to work on the next. Of course, your mileage may vary. But if you decide to install the beta, strongly consider Apple’s advice to “install it on a secondary system or device, or

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iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 public beta 4 now available

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-19 18:21:24

Following iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 beta 7 earlier today, Apple has released the fourth iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 public betas. iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 public beta 4 For iPhone and iPad users on the public beta train, simply go to the Settings app > General section > Software Update to look for the over-the-air updates to iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 public beta 4. The third public beta release follows the seventh developer beta release of the pre-release software. Apple is expected to release the final versions

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Apple releases public beta 4 for tvOS 26, HomePod 26, more

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-19 18:26:43

Apple has just released public beta 4 for tvOS 26, HomePod 26, and more. Here’s what to expect. Public beta 4 arrives as Apple’s summer testing cycle winds down Apple’s summer beta cycle is starting to wind to a close. September is right around the corner, and as a result, beta releases are coming faster than before. Earlier today, Apple released brand new developer beta 7 updates for iOS 26, watchOS 26, macOS Tahoe, and more. With the last couple releases, Apple’s public beta builds haven’t

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YouTuber Mark Rober is getting a Netflix series

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-19 23:10:59

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Mark Rober, a former NASA engineer now known for his science-focused stunts he publishes to more than 70 million subscribers on YouTube, will launch a competition show on Netflix in 2026. Rober will also bring “some of his most beloved, ambitious, and informative experiments to Netflix lat

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Substack turns on iOS in-app payment option for all paid newsletters

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-20 09:22:37

Substack now lets users subscribe to any paid publication via an in-app purchase from the official iOS app. The news comes after the company tested the feature with 30,000 creators. This makes subscribing to something a much speedier affair, with the entire process taking just a few taps on the old smartphone screen. Prior to this, it wasn't always possible to upgrade to a paid subscription directly in the app. Showing off that it's more expensive to use iOS. (Substack) However, there's a fai

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Substack writers can now direct US readers to (often cheaper) web-based subscriptions on iOS

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-12-20 09:16:50

Newsletter subscription platform Substack will begin taking advantage of an option on the U.S. App Store that allows users to make purchases outside of Apple’s in-app purchasing system. This functionality is permitted by a change to the App Store’s rules in May, as a result of Epic Games’ antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant. Since then, a number of top apps have moved to offer in-app purchase links that point to their own websites, including Spotify, Patreon, and the Amazon Kindle app, amo

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Who Invented Backpropagation?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-20 12:50:21

Efficient backpropagation (BP) is central to the ongoing Neural Network (NN) ReNNaissance and "Deep Learning." Who invented it? BP's modern version (also called the reverse mode of automatic differentiation) was first published in 1970 by Finnish master student Seppo Linnainmaa [BP1] [R7]. In 2020, we celebrated BP's half-century anniversary! A precursor of BP was published by Henry J. Kelley in 1960 [BPA]—in 2020, we celebrated its 60-year anniversary. In the 2020s, it was still easy to find

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You Could Be Streaming the Oscars on YouTube or Netflix by 2029

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-20 23:08:00

Will we be watching 2029's Academy Awards on YouTube? That's one possibility as streaming and broadcast giants position themselves to potentially take over as the streaming/broadcast home of the Oscars after ABC's contract ends in 2028. According to a Bloomberg newsletter, Google's YouTube is now in the running as a potential Oscars suitor, joining companies such as Netflix and NBCUniversal as a possible new home for the awards. Like Netflix, YouTube has been increasingly become interested in

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How much RAM does your Linux PC really need in 2025?

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-21 04:30:24

redstallion/iStock/Getty Images Plus ZDNET's key takeaways RAM is a crucial component for a smooth PC experience. Linux doesn't require as much RAM as Windows. More is always better. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. I'm not going to start this with a "back in the day" because it's too easy and obvious. Besides, it's time to live in the now, and the rules and needs of today are not the same as they were 10, 20, or 30

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OpenAI's Sam Altman sees AI bubble forming as industry spending surges

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-12-21 20:09:30

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks the artificial intelligence market is in a bubble, according to a report from The Verge published Friday. "When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth," Altman told a small group of reporters last week. "Are we in a phase where investors as a whole are overexcited about AI? My opinion is yes. Is AI the most important thing to happen in a very long time? My opinion is also yes," he was quoted as saying. Altman appeared to compare this

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Labubu could make $1 billion this year

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