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Meta says it won’t sign Europe AI agreement, calling it an overreach

news.ycombinator.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-20 10:56:37

Meta Platforms declined to sign the European Union's artificial intelligence code of practice because it is an overreach that will "stunt" companies, according to global affairs chief Joel Kaplan. "Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI," Kaplan wrote in a post Friday on LinkedIn. "This code introduces a number of legal uncertainties for model developers, as well as measures which go far beyond the scope of the AI Act." Last week, the European Commission, the executive body of the EU, pub

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NOBS Toothpaste Tablets: What Dentists Say About Its Main Ingredient

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-21 05:27:03

The NOBS (No Bad Stuff) toothpaste tablets are going viral thanks to their main ingredient of nano-hydroxyapatite, a fluoride-free alternative. As health concerns around fluoride and its presence in public drinking water continue to swirl, nano-hydroxyapatite toothpastes are becoming increasingly popular. You've likely seen them on store shelves or in ads from companies like Boka and Davids, marketed as fluoride-free alternatives for your toothbrush that claim to whiten teeth, repair enamel and

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Best iPhone in 2025: Here's Which Apple Phone You Should Buy

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-21 06:30:00

Phone makers promise varying lengths of long-term software and security support, ranging from just one year to as many as seven. These updates not only ensure you get many of the latest features, but also keep your phone secure. Phone cameras have gotten better over the past five years. But don’t be fooled by how many cameras a phone has. More is not necessarily better. Phones are big in general, with the smallest ones having a 6.1-inch screen and larger models topping out at 6.8 inches. That

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Astronomer CEO Andy Byron placed on leave after viral Coldplay kiss cam video

cnbc.com Ari Levy 2026-01-21 03:18:59

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 18: Chris Martin of Coldplay performs on stage at Optus Stadium on November 18, 2023 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) Astronomer, a provider of open-source technologies that was hardly known until this week, said on Friday that CEO Andy Byron has been placed on leave after he was shown on video at a Coldplay concert in an intimate embrace with the company's head of human relations. The company said in an emailed statement that co-founder and pr

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Meta says it won't sign the EU's AI code of practice

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-20 18:01:32

Meta said on Friday that it won't sign the European Union's new AI code of practice. The guidelines provide a framework for the EU's AI Act, which regulates companies operating in the European Union. The EU's code of practice is voluntary, so Meta was under no legal obligation to sign it. Yet Meta's Chief Global Affairs Officer, Joel Kaplan, made a point to publicly knock the guidelines on Friday. He described the code as "over-reach." "Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI," Kaplan post

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Microsoft Will Erase Your Passwords in 2 Weeks: What to Do Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-20 23:00:00

Microsoft is axing passwords starting in August -- and if you use its Authenticator app, you'll want to be prepared. For years, Microsoft Authenticator has been a go-to for managing multifactor authentication and saved passwords. However, starting next month, it will no longer support passwords and will move to passkeys instead. That means your logins will soon rely more on things like PINs, fingerprint scans or facial recognition. Using a passkey can make your account safer, and it's a move I

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Roku’s newest streaming sticks are on sale!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-21 06:21:39

These offers are available from Amazon as “limited time deals.” This means the deals should end relatively soon. Streaming Stick HD 2025 The Streaming Stick HD 2025 is for those who don’t need 4K resolutions. If you have a Full HD TV, this one will be more than good enough, as it offers a 1,080p resolution. It’s small at just 3.7 x 0.8 x 0.5 inches, and hides away in the back of your TV. You’ll also get a Roku Voice Remote. While more affordable, it offers all the capabilities of Roku streame

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MacBook Air vs MacBook Pro: Which model makes the most sense to buy in 2025?

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-01-21 10:12:55

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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Could OpenAI's rumored browser be a Chrome-killer? Here's what I'm expecting

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2026-01-21 08:00:17

Omer Taha Cetin/Anadolu via Getty Images Sometime soon, perhaps as early as next week, OpenAI will follow up on its release of ChatGPT agent with its AI-enabled web browser. Officially, neither OpenAI nor its usually chatty CEO, Sam Altman, has anything to say about this browser. Unofficially, it's an open secret that the company is working on one to compete not just with the already shipping AI-enabled web browsers, Perplexity Comet, and Dia, but with the 800-pound gorilla of web browsers, Go

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Mr Browser – Macintosh Repository file downloader that runs directly on 68k Macs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-21 06:20:48

What is MR Browser? MR Browser is a small utility app allowing very old Macs from the 90's that are too old to use a normal web browser, but are new enough to connect to the internet through TCP/IP, to access Macintosh Repository online services, e.g. to directly download files without the help of a modern computer. For now, it's limited to only listing files smaller than 1GB, considering it's only meant to run on mid 90's System 7 environments. Note: Before downloading files with MR Browser, to

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Saturday, July 19

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-21 09:18:12

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today's Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's Mini Crossword is a delight. I was thrilled to spot a cute salamander with a funny name in the clue for 9-Across. Good thing I remembered how to spell it! Keep reading for help with today's Mini Crossword. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily so

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Apple Sues the YouTuber Who Leaked iOS 26

wired.com Boone Ashworth 2026-01-21 03:58:05

Leaks are a constant part of big product news cycles, particularly for companies like Apple. Online soothsayers like Jon Prosser and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman have long predicted the content of upcoming Apple announcements, citing anonymous sources from within the company to glean glimpses of what’s next. They have been correct often enough to become a real pain for the Cupertino company. Now, Apple has seized upon an opportunity to fight back against leaks. In a complaint filed Thursday in US fe

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EPA says it will eliminate its scientific reseach arm

news.ycombinator.com Lisa Friedman 2026-01-21 11:00:56

The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, after denying for months that it intended to do so. The move underscores how the Trump administration is forging ahead with efforts to slash the federal work force and dismantle federal agencies after the Supreme Court allowed these plans to proceed while legal challenges unfold. Government scientists have b

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Why AI is moving from chatbots to the browser

theverge.com Alex Heath 2026-01-21 11:04:08

Happy Friday. I’m back from vacation and still getting caught up on everything I missed. AI researchers moving jobs is getting covered like NBA trades now, apparently. Before I get into this week’s issue, I want to make sure you check out my interview with Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on Decoder this week. It’s a good deep dive on the main topic of today’s newsletter. Keep reading for a scoop on Substack and more from this week in AI news. From chatbots to browsers So far, when most people

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Feature Request: Apple should make these three changes to the Find My app

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-01-21 16:26:26

We saw recently that many Gen Z people have a much more relaxed attitude to location privacy than the rest of us, happily sharing their location 24/7 with entire groups of friends. But for those of us who prefer a more restrained approach to sharing our location, I’d like to see one basic change, and a couple of intelligent features added to the Find My app … 9to5Mac is brought to you by Incogni: Protect your personal info from prying eyes. With Incogni, you can scrub your deeply sensitive inf

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Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games

news.ycombinator.com Joshua Wolens 2026-01-21 08:54:46

It's Mastercard's world; we just live in it. That's my understanding based on a recent communiqué from Valve to PC Gamer, which confirmed that, yup, the company sure did recently remove a whole spate of adult games from its storefront because it made payment processors upset. "We were recently notified that certain games on Steam may violate the rules and standards set forth by our payment processors and their related card networks and banks," said Valve. "As a result, we are retiring those gam

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Microsoft stops relying on Chinese engineers for Pentagon cloud support

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2026-01-21 21:48:05

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella (L) returns to the stage after a pre-recorded interview during the Microsoft Build conference opening keynote in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. Microsoft on Friday revised its practices to ensure that engineers in China no longer provide technical support to U.S. defense clients using the company's cloud services. The company implemented the changes in an effort to reduce national security and cybersecurity risks stemming from

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Google Pixel 10 series rumors: Everything we know so far

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-21 20:11:12

The Google Pixel 9 series features a slightly revamped design, three different Pro models, a stronger emphasis on AI, and plenty of other changes. It also represents one of the biggest deviations from the Pixel formula that we’ve seen in years. Despite several notable changes, the Pixel 9 still retains several of the most criticized aspects of the Pixel series, including limited storage options and a less competitive SoC compared to other phones. With all of this in mind, what can we expect fro

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Google targets cybercriminals behind massive Android malware scheme

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-21 21:08:22

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is suing the creators of BadBox 2.0, a botnet that infected 10 million off-brand Android devices. The malware often came pre-installed on cheap streaming boxes, tablets, and projectors, mostly made in China. Infected devices were used for ad fraud and to hide other cybercriminals’ activity behind your home network. Before they even turned it on, the device was already infected. That’s the reality for millions who unknowingly bought Android-powe

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AI's biggest impact on your workforce is still to come - 3 ways to avoid getting left behind

zdnet.com Mark Samuels 2026-01-21 21:28:00

Mihaela Rosu/Getty Images If you think AI has already irrevocably changed your role, think again. The full impact of AI on professional responsibilities will be felt in the months and years ahead. That's the opinion of Kirsty Roth, chief operations and technology officer at business information services specialist Thomson Reuters, who reflected on her firm's recently released research into the use of AI in modern enterprises. Also: Most AI projects are abandoned - 5 ways to ensure your data e

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Show HN: Molab, a cloud-hosted Marimo notebook workspace

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-21 17:40:30

Welcome to mo lab 🍃 molab lets you create, run, and share cloud-hosted marimo notebooks — rapidly experiment with Python and SQL in marimo, the next-generation programming environment designed for data and stored as Python.

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The year of peak might and magic

news.ycombinator.com Jimmy Maher 2026-01-21 16:21:49

This article tells part of the story of New World Computing. Some passions are lifelong, but many others fade away over the course of a life, to be replaced by others. Not long after Jon Van Caneghem, the founder of New World Computing, sold his company to 3DO, it started to become obvious to everyone who worked for him that the torch he carried for computer games no longer burned as brightly as it once had. A younger version of Van Caneghem had spent almost three years designing and programm

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Silence Is a Commons by Ivan Illich (1983)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-21 21:21:50

Silence is a Commons by Ivan Illich Computers are doing to communication what fences did to pastures and cars did to streets. by Ivan Illich Minna-san, gladly I accept the honour of addressing this forum on Science and Man. The theme that Mr. Tsuru proposes, "The Computer-Managed Society," sounds an alarm. Clearly you foresee that machines which ape people are tending to encroach on every aspect of people's lives, and that such machines force people to behave like machines. The

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Microsoft Quietly Pulls the Plug on Its Movies and TV Store

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2026-01-21 21:00:41

Microsoft abruptly shut down its online movie and TV store. On Friday, the tech giant quietly updated both its general and Xbox support pages to reflect the changes. Users will no longer be able to buy new content from Microsoft.com and the Microsoft Store on Windows and Xbox. Thankfully, Microsoft says if you already own movies or shows through the store you can still watch them via the Movies & TV app on Xbox and Windows devices. Microsoft says technical support will also continue for issues

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 19, #769

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-21 20:00:04

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle leans heavy on short words, but that didn't make it any easier. Possibly harder, since a long phrase is easier to match up, at least for me. But as a Gen Xer, I loved the purple category. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. Th

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GrapheneOS makers take a knife to this ‘Google-free’ phone coming to the US (Updated)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-22 02:40:51

Update, July 18, 2025 (04:40 PM ET): We have just heard back from Fairphone in response to our inquiry. In a statement, the company explains: Fairphone and Murena have a strong, proud partnership that offers many users around the world a secure, sustainable, and modular smartphone alternative – with a clear focus on longevity and lasting value. We’re committed to delivering operating systems that meet market-standard security expectations. While we respect that there are different approaches to

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The Year of Peak Might and Magic

news.ycombinator.com Jimmy Maher 2026-01-21 22:21:49

This article tells part of the story of New World Computing. Some passions are lifelong, but many others fade away over the course of a life, to be replaced by others. Not long after Jon Van Caneghem, the founder of New World Computing, sold his company to 3DO, it started to become obvious to everyone who worked for him that the torch he carried for computer games no longer burned as brightly as it once had. A younger version of Van Caneghem had spent almost three years designing and programm

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Woman Who Exposed AI CEO's Affair on Jumbotron Responds to Controversy

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-22 05:28:30

"Play stupid games… win stupid prizes." Cheat Day After filming those cheating AI executives canoodling at a Coldplay concert in Boston, the woman behind the viral video has little sympathy. In an interview with The Sun, 28-year-old Grace Springer insisted she wasn't trying to cause any trouble when she posted the kiss cam footage of Andy Byron, the CEO of the AI data analytics firm Astronomer, and Kristin Cabot, the company's HR head. Still, she's not exactly apologetic either. As the youn

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Microsoft mistakenly tags Windows Firewall error log bug as fixed

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-22 06:34:59

Microsoft has mistakenly tagged an ongoing Windows Firewall error message bug as fixed in recent updates, stating that they are still working on a resolution. Earlier this month, Microsoft warned that, starting with the June 2025 Windows 11 preview update, users would see Windows Firewall errors in the Event Viewer. These events would be labeled as event ID 2042 for the Windows Firewall With Advanced Security, and would be generated every time you restart Windows. "The error is found in Event

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Americans Are Paying $78 Monthly for Internet on Average: Here’s What to Do if Your Bill Is Too High.

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-22 05:00:00

If you've been with the same internet provider for a while, it probably seems like it gets more expensive by the year. That's not wrong: 63% of adults are paying $195 more on average for internet than they did last year, and high prices are the no. 1 reason people choose not to have a home internet connection at all. I analyzed over 150 plans from the country's biggest internet providers to figure out what the typical cost of internet is in the US, and I found that the median price is $63 per m

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Microsoft mistakenly tags Windows Firewall error log bug as fixed

Americans Are Paying $78 Monthly for Internet on Average: Here’s What to Do if Your Bill Is Too High.

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