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Google gets off easy in the most significant monopoly case since Microsoft trial

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-12-01 00:53:50

400tmax/Editorial RF/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Google got off easily. The search giant won't have to divest itself of Chrome, Android, or its ad data. Nevertheless, Google is expected to appeal the decision. In a landmark decision, Judge Amit Mehta of the US District Court ruled Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by stifling competition. As Mehta wrote in his decision, "Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to

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Microsoft VibeVoice: A Frontier Open-Source Text-to-Speech Model

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-30 23:44:01

VibeVoice: A Frontier Open-Source Text-to-Speech Model VibeVoice is a novel framework designed for generating expressive, long-form, multi-speaker conversational audio, such as podcasts, from text. It addresses significant challenges in traditional Text-to-Speech (TTS) systems, particularly in scalability, speaker consistency, and natural turn-taking. A core innovation of VibeVoice is its use of continuous speech tokenizers (Acoustic and Semantic) operating at an ultra-low frame rate of 7.5 Hz.

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Tencent Open Sourced a 3D World Model

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-01 00:07:16

中文阅读 We introduce HunyuanWorld-Voyager, a novel video diffusion framework that generates world-consistent 3D point-cloud sequences from a single image with user-defined camera path. Voyager can generate 3D-consistent scene videos for world exploration following custom camera trajectories. It can also generate aligned depth and RGB video for efficient and direct 3D reconstruction. Sep 2, 2025: 👋 We release the code and model weights of HunyuanWorld-Voyager. Download. Join our Wechat and Discor

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Best Smart Home Gyms, as Recommended by a Fitness Expert

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-30 22:46:00

What we like about it: The Tempo Studio is a smart home gym that resembles an armoire, meant to blend in with your home. It's an ideal smart home gym to own, whether you're new or experienced with strength training. The Tempo Studio's basic package comes well-equipped with two dumbbell bars, weight collars and five sets of weight plates from 1.25 to 25 pounds. The Tempo Studio is designed to hold all of its equipment neatly, so you won't need to worry about it being spread across your living ro

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Google will reveal its Gemini smart home plans (and hardware) next month

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-11-30 21:37:13

is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google is overdue an update to its smart home setup, and now we know when it’ll come: October 1st. The company has teased some sort of launch or announcement for that day, promising that “Gemini is coming to Google Home.” The company announced Gemini for Home at last month’s Made by Goog

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My brief hands-on with Acer’s new convertible Chromebook has me cautiously optimistic

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2025-11-30 22:00:00

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Acer’s new Chromebook Plus Spin 514, announced at IFA 2025 in Berlin, is the company’s first laptop to use the Arm-based MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 processor. That chip was used in the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 that launched earlier this summer, and it was key to delivering excellent performance and marathon battery life in that fanles

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AI could bring us a smarter home — if we can trust it

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-12-01 00:00:00

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. The holy grail of the smart home is ambient computing — technology that disappears into the background, anticipating your needs without a word or a tap. Lights turn on as you walk in, doors unlock as you approach, coffee brews before you reach the kitchen. This is the proactive home: a space that adapts to its occupants t

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Samsung’s new party speakers are less subtle than ever

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-12-01 00:10:20

is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Samsung may be partly to blame for unleashing the party speaker upon the world — its Giga line launched over a decade ago — but in recent years its entrants to the field have been strangely restrained, with only small light strips along the sides. Not so with its two new Sound Towers, whi

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A let off or tougher than it looks? What the Google monopoly ruling means

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-01 02:28:22

A let off or tougher than it looks? What the Google monopoly ruling means 34 minutes ago Share Save Lily Jamali North America Technology Correspondent, San Francisco Share Save Shutterstock A Google business logo on an office building in midtown Atlanta, Georgia In the modern internet era, few monopoly cases have been as closely scrutinised in Silicon Valley - and beyond - as the US government's landmark case challenging Google's dominance in online search. Not since US v Microsoft, filed in

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Battery sizes on flagship phones are about to explode

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-01 00:36:57

Paul Jones / Android Authority TL;DR A leaker has claimed that three upcoming Pro flagship phones will see notable battery capacity upgrades. It looks like the tipster is referring to the Xiaomi 16 Pro, vivo X300 Pro, and OPPO Find X9 Pro. The OPPO Find X9 Pro in particular could offer a 7,550mAh battery. Many smartphone brands have embraced silicon-carbon batteries in the past year or two, resulting in some flagship Android phones with huge batteries. They’re not stopping here, though, as i

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macOS Tahoe 26 beta 9 now available [U: Public betas]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-30 09:21:31

Contrary to expectations, Apple is rolling out a new wave of developer betas ahead of next week’s “Awe Dropping” event. Here’s what to expect. As with past releases, macOS Tahoe 26 developer beta 8 brought mostly under-the-hood improvements last week, which is also expected from today’s release. The build number for today’s macOS Tahoe 26 beta 9 release is 25A5351b. We’re taking a closer look to spot any user-facing tweaks, and will report back with anything noteworthy. What’s new on macOS Ta

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The Middle Earth

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-26 15:09:29

One of the most engaging books I have read this year is A Little Learning: A Victorian Childhood, by the novelist Winifred Peck (1882-1962). Looking back from the 1950s, Peck describes her education at a number of different schools in the last decades of the 19th century – a time when the opportunities available to women, and ideas about how girls should be educated, were changing very rapidly. Though she came from a scholarly and successful family (her father was a bishop), Peck’s chequered ed

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Finnish City Inaugurates 1 MW/100 MWh Sand Battery

news.ycombinator.com Steve Hanley 2025-12-01 00:00:47

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe There are more ways to store energy than just using batteries. Some are using fire bricks, particularly for process heat for industries that rely on high heat in manufacturing. Others propose an arrangement of massive concrete blocks that move up and down like the weights of a giant grandfather clock, converting kinetic energy to potential energy and back again. In Finland, two intrepid engineers began experimenting with

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The already-affordable TCL 60 XE NXTPAPER gets $70 cheaper

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-01 00:55:55

Harley Maranan / Android Authority The TCL 60 XE NXTPAPER is already an affordable handset at its retail price of $249.99. I refuse to pay full price for anything, though, and if you are like me, today is your lucky day! The phone is at a record-low price of just $179.99, saving you $70. Buy the TCL 60 XE NXTPAPER for just $179.99 ($70 off) This offer is available from Amazon, but keep in mind that the discount is applied in two stages. First, a “limited time deal” takes the price down to $199

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Google sets the date for Gemini’s arrival on your Google Home devices

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-01 03:45:40

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini is coming to Google Home devices on October 1. Google previously said that this would be an early access rollout. With Gemini on their Google Home devices, users will be able to ask more complex questions in natural language, ask the AI agent to set up routines, and more. Gemini is finally coming home to your Google Home devices, with Google setting October 1 as the launch date. In a post on X, the company has invited users to sign up for updates,

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Google doesn't have to sell Chrome, judge in monopoly case rules

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-30 22:28:03

Google will not have to divest its Chrome browser but will have to change some of its business practices, a federal judge has ruled. The ruling comes more than a year after the same judge ruled that Google had acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in internet search. Following the ruling last year, the Department of Justice had proposed that Google should be forced to sell Chrome. But in a 230-page decision, Judge Amit Mehta said the government had "overreached" in its request. "Google will no

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Want a folding iPhone? Apple is making a bigger bet than ever that you will next year

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-11-30 17:56:00

Apple's iPhone 16 Pro Max next to Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7. Jason Hiner/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The reliable supply chain reporter Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple just boosted its folding iPhone plans. Apple will reportedly boost 2026 manufacturing to 8-10 million and 2027 to 20-25 million. That is far beyond the 2.4 million units Samsung plans to sell for its recent Fold 7 device. Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo issued a new report on T

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Cloudflare stops new world's largest DDoS attack over Labor Day weekend

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-12-01 00:25:56

Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The biggest, baddest DDoS attack to date was just fended off. The attack used the trivial, but nasty, UDP flood attack. You must protect yourself against DDoS attacks. Over the Labor Day weekend, Cloudflare says it successfully stopped a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 11.5 terabits per second (Tbps). This came only a few months afte

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In under 18 months, my iPhone's battery life has gone from great to terrible

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-12-01 02:00:17

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways My iPhone is less than 18 months old. It now cannot make it through a day without a recharge. Nothing appears abnormal in the settings. Rather than do my usual and upgrade my iPhone again last year with only about a year on the clock, I decided to try what most people end up having to do -- keep it going for a few years. Apple says that the battery is designed to retain 80% of its orig

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This blog is running on a recycled Google Pixel 5 (2024)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-30 21:58:23

This blog is running on a recycled Google Pixel 5 If you glance over this blog, you will see that I am an avid Android fan. After setting up numerous Linux proot desktops on phones, I wanted to see if I use a phone as a server and run my blog from an Android phone. Since you are reading this, I was successful. I was inspired my a few Mastodon posts earlier this week to give it a go. First, I stumbled on a post from @kaimac who is running a site from an ESP32 microcontroller. In the comments of

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, Sept. 3

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-01 02:29:36

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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Ousted Democratic FTC commissioner can return (again) for now

theverge.com Lauren Feiner 2025-12-01 04:19:51

is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner fired by President Donald Trump without cause, can at least temporarily return to work while her legal case plays out. This h

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Google avoids break-up but must share data with rivals

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-01 09:26:59

Google avoids break-up but must share data with rivals 34 minutes ago Share Save Lily Jamali North America Technology Correspondent, San Francisco and Rachel Clun Business reporter, BBC News Share Save Reuters Google will not have to sell its Chrome web browser but must share information with competitors, a US federal judge has ordered. The remedies decided by District Judge Amit Mehta have emerged after a years-long court battle over Google's dominance in online search. The case centred arou

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Google is changing how Extra Dim works on the Pixel 10, and it’s so much better

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-01 02:56:55

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR The new Pixel 10 series integrates the “Extra Dim” feature directly into the main brightness slider, making it easier to access. This removes the need for a separate toggle, as Extra Dim now automatically activates when the brightness slider is at its minimum. While the feature was tested on older Pixels, it is currently exclusive to the Pixel 10, though it may come to other devices later. Google’s new Pixel 10 series introduces some surprise display upgr

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Waymo's next stops for its robotaxis are Denver and Seattle

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-01 09:51:26

Waymo is preparing to launch in two more markets. The company announced today that it will expand into both Denver and Seattle . It will begin testing with humans behind the wheel this week, bringing up to a dozen vehicles to each location, according to CNBC . The rollout will include a mix of the brand's fully electric Jaguar iPace and Geely Zeekr autonomous vehicles. "We will begin driving manually before validating our technology and operations for fully autonomous services in the future," a

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Apple is pointing toward 8M folding iPhones in 2026 - tripling Samsung's Fold 7

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-12-01 05:56:00

Apple's iPhone 16 Pro Max next to Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7. Jason Hiner/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The reliable supply chain reporter Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple just boosted its folding iPhone plans. Apple will reportedly boost 2026 manufacturing to 8-10 million and 2027 to 20-25 million. That is far beyond the 2.4 million units Samsung plans to sell for its recent Fold 7 device. Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo issued a new report on T

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Google Pixel 10 series review: Don't call it an Android

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-27 03:05:22

After 10 generations of Pixels, Google's phones have never been more like the iPhone, and we mean that both as a compliment and a gentle criticism. For people who miss the days of low-cost, tinkering-friendly Nexus phones, Google's vision is moving ever further away from that, but the attention to detail and overall polish of the Pixel experience continue with the Pixel 10, 10 Pro, and 10 Pro XL. These are objectively good phones with possibly the best cameras on the market, and they're also a l

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You Can Now Have Uber Eats Drivers Deliver Your Best Buy Purchases

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-01 08:04:00

Tyler Graham Writer Tyler is a writer under CNET's home energy and utilities category. He came to CNET straight out of college, where he graduated from Seton Hall with a bachelor's degree in journalism. For the past seven months, Tyler has attended a White House press conference, participated in energy product testing at CNET's testing labs in Louisville, Kentucky, and written one of CNET Energy's top-performing news articles, on federal solar policy. Not bad for a newbie. When Tyler's not aski

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Google won’t have to sell Chrome, judge rules

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-01 09:20:00

Google has avoided the worst-case scenario in the pivotal search antitrust case brought by the US Department of Justice. DC District Court Judge Amit Mehta has ruled that Google doesn't have to give up the Chrome browser to mitigate its illegal monopoly in online search. The court will only require a handful of modest behavioral remedies, forcing Google to release some search data to competitors and limit its ability to make exclusive distribution deals. More than a year ago, the Department of

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Google keeps browser but must share data with rivals

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-01 14:53:05

Google keeps browser but must share data with rivals 8 minutes ago Share Save Lily Jamali North America Technology Correspondent, San Francisco Share Save Reuters Google will not have to sell its Chrome web browser but must share information with competitors, a US federal judge has ordered. The remedies decided by District Judge Amit Mehta have emerged after a years-long court battle over Google's dominance in online search. The case centred around Google's position as the default search engi

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