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Gasoline Vs Electric Cars: A Plug-In Hybrid Can Give You the Best of Both Worlds

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-11 02:00:03

Despite the growing popularity of traditional electric vehicles, not everyone is ready for one. There's another option that's a good first step for many drivers: plug-in hybrids. "A plug-in hybrid is the gateway drug for EVs," says Amelia Dalgaard, an automotive expert known online as the Motorhead Mama. That's because plug-in hybrids address the range anxiety that stops some car buyers from going full-EV at first. Plug-in hybrids let you drive on battery power for a limited distance, with a

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Why accessibility might be AI’s biggest breakthrough

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-11 03:08:44

While tech companies market AI as a productivity tool for everyone, a UK government study reveals an unexpected result: Neurodiverse employees may be benefiting far more from chatbots than their neurotypical colleagues. The UK's Department for Business and Trade recently released evaluation results from its Microsoft 365 Copilot trial showing that while overall satisfaction was 72 percent, neurodiverse employees reported statistically higher satisfaction (at a 90 percent confidence level) and w

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Use singular nouns for database table names

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-07 11:29:05

Use singular nouns for database table names A common debate in relational database circles is whether the names of tables should be singular or plural. If you have a table that stores users, should the table be called user or users ? The arguments for plural are straightforward: The table is storing more than one user. It reads well in the FROM clause: SELECT id , name FROM users ; The arguments for singular are more subtle: Strictly speaking, we’re not naming a table, we’re naming a relati

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The Evolution of Shaders

computer.org Joshua Roller 2025-10-11 02:40:22

Nvidia launched the first GPU in 1999 with the GeForce 256, pioneering hardware T&L. In 2001, the GeForce 3 introduced programmable shaders, marking the shader era. Over 24 years, GPUs advanced massively, from 57 million transistors in NV20 to 92 billion in Blackwell (B100). Shader counts exploded—from 16 in 2007 to over 21,000 in 2025. Unified shaders appeared in 2007, and AI-focused Tensor Cores began in 2017. Despite huge performance gains, GPU prices rose modestly: a high-end card cost $800

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Ben-Hur on a Computer Screen

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-08 00:26:45

Ben-Hur on a computer screen 05 Set, 2025 Ben-Hur, 1925 I kept looking, completely mesmerized. The teacher hit the key again, and a scene from a movie played. It was a chariot race from Ben-Hur. On a computer screen. It felt wrong. It felt like magic. The clip was less than five seconds. "One day, everyone will watch movies on computers", he said. In the 1990s, in Brazil, computers were suddenly all the rage. Fernando Henrique Cardoso's "Plano Real" had managed to do what everyone thought i

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NotebookLM Can Now Make Flashcards and Quizzes to Help You Study

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-11 01:13:52

If it wasn't obvious that NotebookLM is shaping up to be the ultimate AI tool for school, it should be now. And Google has more to share for the fall season. On Monday, Google announced its latest NotebookLM features, including the option to generate flashcards, quizzes, new reports and more. Brand-new audio formats for the popular Audio Overviews feature were also released just last week. What sets NotebookLM apart from other AI tools is that it will only rely on the source material you provi

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Job mismatch and early career success

news.ycombinator.com Julie Berry Cullen 2025-10-11 13:57:40

How does being over- or underqualified at the beginning of a worker's career affect skill acquisition, retention, and promotion? Despite the importance of mismatch for the labor market, self-selection into jobs has made estimating these effects difficult. We overcome endogeneity concerns in the context of the US Air Force, which allocates new enlistees to over 130 different jobs based, in part, on test scores. Using these test scores, we create simulated job assignments based on factors outside

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iPhone app alerts users to nearby ICE sightings

news.ycombinator.com Clare Duffy 2025-10-11 22:02:56

New York CNN — Joshua Aaron has worked in and around the tech industry for around two decades. He built his first app — a blackjack game — at computer camp when he was 13. His newest app is designed for a very different purpose: to let users alert people nearby to sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in their area. Aaron launched the platform, called ICEBlock, in early April after watching President Donald Trump’s administration begin its immigration crackdown. The White Ho

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Nobel laureate David Baltimore dead at 87

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-11 22:18:02

Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist and former Caltech president David Baltimore—who found himself at the center of controversial allegations of fraud against a co-author—has died at 87 from cancer complications. He shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology for his work upending the then-consensus that cellular information flowed only in one direction. Baltimore is survived by his wife of 57 years, biologist Alice Huang, as well as a daughter and granddaughter. "David Baltimore's contributi

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Space DOTS raises $1.5M seed round to provide insights on orbital threats

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-10-11 22:00:00

The corporate space world tired Bianca Cefalo to the point that she found it easier to literally start her own space company and launch objects into orbit. Cefalo is the founder of Space DOTs, which launched in 2022 to detect space threats. She and her team have created a software platform called SKY-I for space tech manufacturers and operators to help them detect, interpret, and attribute natural and human-originated threats in orbit. She’s spent decades in the industry, working on projects t

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Lovesac confirms data breach after ransomware attack claims

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-12 02:24:25

American furniture brand Lovesac is warning that it suffered a data breach impacting an undisclosed number of individuals, stating their personal data was exposed in a cybersecurity incident. Lovesac is a furniture designer, manufacturer, and retailer, operating 267 showrooms across the United States, and having annual net sales of $750 million. They are best known for their modular couch systems called 'sactionals,' as well as their bean bags called 'sacs.' According to the notices sent to i

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The 49 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now (September 2025)

wired.com Matt Kamen 2025-10-09 19:00:00

Netflix has plenty of movies to watch. Maybe too many. Sometimes finding the right film at the right time can seem like an impossible task. Let us help you. Below is a list of some of our favorites currently on the streaming service—from dramas to comedies to thrillers. If you decide you’re in more of a TV mood, head over to our collection of the best TV series on Netflix. Want more? Check out our lists of the best sci-fi movies, best movies on Amazon Prime, and the best flicks on Disney+. If

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inDrive has big plans to become a global ‘super app’ where others have failed

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-10-11 16:00:00

Known for its bidding-based ride-hailing model across Asia and Latin America, inDrive is rolling out a “super app” strategy aimed at frontier markets — expanding beyond cabs to deliver daily essentials to its users. Beginning with grocery deliveries in Kazakhstan, inDrive plans to expand into multiple verticals over the next 12 months across its top markets, including Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Pakistan, Peru, and Mexico. The shift comes on the heels of more than 360 million app downloads and 6.5

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Salesloft says Drift customer data thefts linked to March GitHub account hack

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-10-12 06:35:06

Salesloft said a breach of its GitHub account in March allowed hackers to steal authentication tokens that were later used in a mass-hack targeting several of its big tech customers. Citing an investigation by Google’s incident response unit Mandiant, Salesloft said on its data breach page that the as-yet-unnamed hackers accessed Salesloft’s GitHub account and performed reconnaissance activities from March until June, which allowed them to download “content from multiple repositories, add a gue

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I spent the weekend playing Silksong on my phone — Here’s how

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-12 10:00:39

Nick Fernandez / Android Authority When the first ASUS ROG Ally dropped back in 2023, Hollow Knight was the very first game I played on it. I know, the game had been out for more than five years at that point, but it was my reintroduction to handheld gaming after nearly a decade of nothing but online live service games. And I was hooked. Now that Hollow Knight: Silksong is out, I wanted to continue the trend of playing on a handheld rather than my gaming PC. But the landscape has changed since

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Job Mismatch and Early Career Success

news.ycombinator.com Julie Berry Cullen 2025-10-12 14:57:40

How does being over- or underqualified at the beginning of a worker's career affect skill acquisition, retention, and promotion? Despite the importance of mismatch for the labor market, self-selection into jobs has made estimating these effects difficult. We overcome endogeneity concerns in the context of the US Air Force, which allocates new enlistees to over 130 different jobs based, in part, on test scores. Using these test scores, we create simulated job assignments based on factors outside

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Nova Launcher’s demise is another death knell for the Android I remember

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-12 18:00:00

Robert Triggs / Android Authority Like many fans, news that Nova Launcher has hit the end of the road is a bad way to start my week. I’ve been a paid-up Nova Prime user since my Galaxy S2 and currently have the launcher padding out all the missing creature comforts on my OPPO Find X8 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL. It might not be everyone’s preferred third-party launcher these days, but it’s been my pick for as long as I can remember. As someone who swaps phones regularly, Nova has been my consisten

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Exploring Grid-Aware Websites

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-12 17:17:44

Over the past year, I’ve had the incredible privilege of getting to participate in the Grid-Aware Websites (affectionately abbreviated to GAW) advisory group. The Green Web Foundation team have thoroughly explained what a grid-aware website is in this detailed case study of the Branch Magazine redesign, but if I had to put it in my own words, a grid-aware website responds to the cleanliness or dirtiness of a user’s electricity grid. In simpler terms, whether it is currently using more renewable

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Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say

news.ycombinator.com Jon Swaine 2025-10-12 21:59:28

At her home in western Germany, a woman told a team of visiting researchers from Meta that she did not allow her sons to interact with strangers on the social media giant’s virtual reality headsets. Then her teenage son interjected, according to two of the researchers: He frequently encountered strangers, and adults had sexually propositioned his little brother, who was younger than 10, numerous times. “I felt this deep sadness watching the mother’s response,” one of the researchers, Jason Satt

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These are my 6 favorite self-hosted apps I use on my Android phone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-13 02:00:38

Megan Ellis / Android Authority Self-hosting services save you from subscription costs and give you control over your data. While I’ve previously experimented with self-hosted media servers and file storage, I only really dove into self-hosting this year. I’ve learned a lot over the past few months, but one thing I was happy to find out is just how many of these services can integrate with apps on your Android phone. The main benefit of this is that you can control your services even when you’

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What will you do now that Nova Launcher is shutting down?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-13 02:02:55

Tushar Mehta / Android Authority 🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. Nova Launcher, a longtime frontrunner in the competition for the best third-party launchers, may soon cease to exist. Nova’s founder, Kevin Barry, recently announced that the company would discontinue its efforts to develop the launcher. Barry announced their departure from Branch, a company that

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The Pros and Cons of Taking Omega-3s, According to Research

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-13 02:00:00

Omega-3s are known to help improve cardiovascular and cognitive health. The fatty acids are also known to help reduce inflammation. Since your body cannot produce omega-3s on its own, adding them to your diet or increasing intake with supplements is very common. Most people take fish oil to boost their omega-3s. Taking these factors into consideration, we set out to learn more about potential benefits, evaluate side effects and understand whether omega-3s are right for your body. What are omega

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How Trump’s policies are affecting early-career scientists—in their own words

technologyreview.com Eileen Guo 2025-10-13 10:45:00

Looking ahead, an academic at a public university in Texas, where the money granted for indirect costs funds student salaries, said he plans to hire fewer students for his own lab. “It’s very sad that I cannot promise [positions] at this point because of this,” he told us, adding that the cap could also affect the competitiveness of public universities in Texas, since schools elsewhere may fund their student researchers differently. At the same time, two people with funding through the Defense

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E Ink posters might just save my poor, bare walls from crippling indecision

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-13 11:40:25

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority There’s nothing on my walls. As a renter, part of that is practical, as anything I put up there is likely to leave its indelible mark despite my best efforts to the contrary — and ding my security deposit accordingly — but a hugely contributing factor is also my indecision. If I’m not absolutely in love with what I’m hanging up, why expose myself to that headache? But I’m also not a monster who actually wants to live in a featureless void, and do look to sma

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Your Android phone just got 3 useful upgrades for free - including a big one for audio

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-10-13 10:46:00

Google / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways A new Google update is adding several features to Android phones. A new AI writing tool for Gboard is on the way. An upgraded Emoji Keyboard will help you find the perfect emoji. Your Android phone is getting an upgrade, and it might have a big impact on how you communicate. Also: Google is killing the Android phone feature that once made them popular - and there's a big reaso

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I tested a 25-inch Android tablet for a week - here's who should buy it (and who shouldn't)

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-10-13 10:52:00

KTC 25-inch Android Display ZDNET's key takeaways KTC's 25-inch Android display is available for $399. Its unique form factor allows it to serve several use cases. Although the resolution and camera aren't the best, everything else is spot on. View now at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I love that Android makes it possible for companies to create devices for various scenarios. For example, you might want to have a large touchscreen display, powered by Android, i

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14 Killed in protests in Nepal over social media ban

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 11:24:42

At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday as violent protests by youths rocked the Nepalese capital and certain other areas over the government's decision to ban social media sites, prompting authorities to deploy the army in Kathmandu to control the situation. Advertisement Thousands of youths, including school students, under the banner of Gen Z, converged in front of Parliament in the heart of Kathmandu and shouted anti-government slogans demanding immediate revocation of

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AI Video Generators Are Here: Everything in OpenAI's Sora, Google's Veo 3 and Midjourney

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-13 11:00:06

First came the AI chatbots, then the AI image generators. Now, tech companies are rushing to release AI video generators. During the past year, nearly every major tech company has dropped some kind of AI video model. Between Google's Veo 3, Midjourney and Sora, it's quickly become a crowded market. AI videos are a huge leap forward in a company's AI creative offerings, and they're something worth keeping an eye on as generative AI becomes a bigger part of the content we create and see online. T

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InDrive has big plans to become a global ‘super app’ where others have failed

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-10-13 08:00:00

InDrive, known for its bidding-based ride-hailing model across Asia and Latin America, is rolling out a “super-app” strategy aimed at frontier markets — expanding beyond cabs to deliver daily essentials to its users. Beginning with grocery deliveries in Kazakhstan, InDrive plans to expand into multiple verticals over the next 12 months across its top markets, including Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Pakistan, Peru, and Mexico. The shift comes on the heels of more than 360 million app downloads and 6.

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Nova Launcher is shutting down, and Android fans are heartbroken

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-13 08:24:43

Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR Nova Launcher, one of Android’s best customization tools, is shutting down for good. Founder Kevin Barry made the announcement over the weekend, confirming that he’s leaving the company that owns Nova and that the launcher won’t be released as an open-source project. Android fans are heartbroken about Nova’s shutdown, calling it a “legendary” app that contributed to the success of Android as a platform. A beloved Android customization tool is coming to

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