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Should AI Get Legal Rights?

wired.com Kylie Robison 2025-10-16 11:05:56

In the often strange world of AI research, some people are exploring whether the machines should be able to unionize. I’m joking, sort of. In Silicon Valley, there’s a small but growing field called model welfare, which is working to figure out whether AI models are conscious and deserving of moral considerations, such as legal rights. Within the past year, two research organizations studying model welfare have popped up: Conscium and Eleos AI Research. Anthropic also hired its first AI welfare

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More Than 4.4 Million Exposed in Credit Bureau TransUnion Breach

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-16 15:15:00

The TransUnion data breach exposed the data of up to 4.4 million customers. CNET Sensitive personal information belonging to 4.4 million customers, including names and Social Security numbers, was exposed in a data breach on credit bureau TransUnion, in what is believed to be the latest in a string of attacks targeting companies' Salesforce databases. The data breach, which occurred on July 28, was identified and contained within hours, a TransUnion spokesperson told CNET. TransUnion is one of

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Neuralink’s Bid to Trademark ‘Telepathy’ and ‘Telekinesis’ Faces Legal Issues

wired.com Emily Mullin 2025-10-16 15:47:28

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has rejected Neuralink’s attempt to trademark the product names Telepathy and Telekinesis, citing pending applications by another person for the same trademarks. Neuralink, the brain implant company co-founded by Elon Musk, filed to trademark the names in March. But in letters sent to Neuralink in August, the trademark office is refusing to allow the applications to move forward. It says Wesley Berry, a computer scientist and co-founder of tech star

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Apple’s Wallet app just made it easier to ‘pay later’ for purchases

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-16 19:45:05

Ever since Apple Pay Later was abruptly discontinued last year, Apple has been steadily adding third-party ‘pay later’ services as alternatives. And now thanks to an Apple Wallet update, those options are easier to find and use than ever before. Apple Wallet now has a ‘Pay Later Options’ menu with streamlined setup Before today Apple Pay already included support for using third-party ‘pay later’ services such as Klarna and Affirm. But the way that’s historically worked has been pretty hidden a

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Google's Circle to Search can now translate text as you scroll

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-16 19:15:55

Google's Circle to Search tool just got a bit more useful, as it can now continuously translate text while scrolling . Until now, people had to restart the process every time the content on the screen changed. The update ensures the translation feature will keep on ticking along. Google says this is great for getting "more context for social posts from creators who speak a different language" or when browsing "menus when you’re booking restaurant reservations while traveling abroad." Just tap t

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This Amazon Lens upgrade lets you scan a product IRL and find it online in one click

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-10-16 19:26:11

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Lens Live scans products for real-time shopping suggestions. Amazon's AI assistant can answer questions, offer details. The feature is currently available to some US users on iOS. Have you ever seen an item in a brick-and-mortar store and figured you could get it for a better price on Amazon, but couldn't string together the right keywords to find it online? Amazon Lens was designed to

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Introduction to Writing Good Puzzle Hunt Puzzles

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 05:08:52

Introduction to Writing Good Puzzle Hunt Puzzles Version 1.0 - 2014-02-24 - cleanup, add metapuzzle and solving tools sections Version 0.9 - 2014-02-18 0. About This Document This document is advice for writing puzzles. It is specifically geared toward the MIT Mystery Hunt, though the techniques and ideas will likely be useful in other puzzle-writing. The target audience is those who have participated in one or a few puzzle hunts, but not written a substantial number of puzzles before. I will

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Launch HN: Slashy (YC S25) – AI that connects to apps and does tasks

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-16 23:27:41

Hi HN! – We’re Pranjali, Dhruv and Harsha, building Slashy ( https://www.slashy.ai ). We’re building a general agent that connects to apps and can read data across them and perform actions via custom tools, semantic search, and personalized memory. Here’s a demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeApHMHhccA While working on a previous startup, we realized we were spending more time doing busywork in apps than actually building product. We lost hundreds of hours scraping LinkedIn profiles, updati

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Cache

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-16 22:46:23

Finds the Cache entry whose key is the request, returning a Promise that resolves to true if a matching Cache entry is found and deleted. If no Cache entry is found, the promise resolves to false . Takes both a request and its response and adds it to the given cache. Takes an array of URLs, retrieves them, and adds the resulting response objects to the given cache. Takes a URL, retrieves it and adds the resulting response object to the given cache. This is functionally equivalent to calling f

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‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ Is Already Causing Online Gaming Stores to Crash

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-10-16 23:10:13

After six years of waiting, Team Cherry’s long awaited Hollow Knight sequel, Silksong, launched globally today at 10 am eastern. Unfortunately, fans may have to wait a little longer to play the action-adventure game. Online retailers such as the Xbox and PlayStation stores, Steam, and Nintendo eShop, are rife with loading screens and error messages as people rush to buy it. On Steam, players trying to add the game to their cart or complete their purchase are being met with the same message: an

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France slaps Google with €325M fine for violating cookie regulations

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-17 03:58:05

The French data protection authority has fined Google €325 million ($378 million) for violating cookie regulations and displaying ads between Gmail users' emails without their consent. During several investigations between 2022 and 2023, the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL) found that Google's Gmail email service displayed advertisements in the "Promotions" and "Social" tabs without the consent of Gmail users, thereby breaching Article L. 34-5 of the French Postal and Elect

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Tom Holland Has Been Lurking on Your Internet Posts for ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Inspiration

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-17 03:20:49

It’s a month since Tom Holland shared a look at his new Spidey suit and filmed an action scene while swinging through a city street in front of a crowd, but excitement surrounding Spider-Man: Brand New Day remains at an all-time high. Fans have hailed his fourth film as Spider-Man a kind of renaissance for Marvel, with some creating numerous photoshopped edits of Holland that exude aura, as the kids say. Turns out, Holland has been lurking on fans’ internet posts for inspiration in the hopes of

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Head of UK's Turing AI Institute resigns after funding threat

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-17 07:44:29

Head of UK's Turing AI Institute resigns after funding threat 19 minutes ago Share Save Graham Fraser Technology reporter Share Save PA Dr Jean Innes (left) pictured with Foreign Secretary David Lammy (centre) and his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot at a meeting in London The chief executive of the UK's national institute for artificial intelligence (AI) has resigned following staff unrest and a warning the charity was at risk of collapse. Dr Jean Innes said she was stepping down from the

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Before It Becomes a Hit TV Series, Fourth Wing Fans Are Going to Obsess Over This New Board Game

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-17 07:04:00

Fans of Rebecca Yarros' Empyrean book series are in the middle of a content Winter right now. After Fourth Wing and Iron Flame were released six months apart, and Onyx Storm dropped 14 months later, the author announced she was taking a break and it would be a while before the fourth installment would be announced. Combine that with Amazon's Prime Studios being light on details the highly anticipated Fourth Wing TV series would start shooting, and fans are eager for something to keep them connec

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Google’s Circle to Search can now translate as you scroll

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-10-17 07:33:39

Google is bringing improved translation to Circle to Search, its feature that allows users to quickly search for any information on their screen by using gestures like circling, highlighting, scribbling, or tapping. The company announced on Thursday that users can now see translations as they scroll. “Translation is one of the most-used features in Circle to Search — you can get more context for social posts from creators who speak a different language, or browse menus when you’re booking resta

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These new headphones promise up to 100 hours (!) of battery life

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-17 11:30:30

Baseus TL;DR Baseus has announced the Inspire XH1 noise canceling headphones. This pair of headphones offers up to 100 hours of battery life, or up to 65 hours with ANC enabled. The company also revealed a pair of wireless earbuds and a pair of open-ear earphones. Baseus has just announced two cool charging gadgets at IFA 2025, including a mobile hotspot that doubles as a 20,000mAh power bank. But the company isn’t stopping here, as it’s also announced a trio of audio products today. Inspir

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Sami Raimi’s ‘Magic’ Remake Officially Moving Forward

gizmodo.com Gordon Jackson 2025-10-17 11:00:02

Supergirl gets a logo, Elisabeth Moss gets her own Substance treatment, and Young Frankenstein elects Cary Elwes as the President of the United States. Perfect Girl Deadline reports K-pop star Jeon Somi is set make her acting debut alongside previously announced cast members Arden Cho (KPop Demon Hunters) and Adeline Rudolph (Mortal Kombat II) in Perfect Girl, a horror-thriller described as”Scream meets Black Swan.” Naturally, the story concerns “a brand-new K-Pop super group preparing for the

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A New Wave of Smart Glasses Are Coming, but Will They Get Better Fast Enough?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-17 11:00:00

Meta Ray-Bans are one of the most fascinating new pieces of lifestyle tech I've encountered in years -- when I'm wearing them, that is. I don't always have my black Meta Ray-Bans on my face, and there's a good reason for that. Battery life isn't good enough, and it's getting worse over time. On a recent trip to the UK, I wore them to the beach and got a low-battery warning after just one long walk in the tide pools. As impressive as smart glasses are, the battery issues are just some of the pr

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Hledger 1.50

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-17 12:55:40

Transaction balancing is now done in a more robust way, using local precisions only (like Ledger) #2402. Until now, a transaction was required to balance using its commodities's global display precisions. Small imbalances were tolerated by configuring display precisions for the whole journal (with commodity directives). Now, a transaction is required to balance using the precisions in its journal entry only. This means each entry can use the precision it needs, and balancing precision and di

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Samsung Galaxy devices get first dibs on powerful new Circle to Search feature

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-17 23:05:17

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google has officially confirmed that Circle to Search’s new Scroll and Translate feature is rolling out this week. The update starts with select Samsung Galaxy phones and lets you translate text continuously as you scroll or switch apps. We were first to spot this feature earlier in beta builds, and some users also reported seeing it pop up before today’s launch. Google is giving Circle to Search a handy upgrade. You’ll now be able to continuously tra

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Finally, the official Instagram app for iPad has arrived - here's what's new

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-10-17 22:00:20

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Meta just announced a native app version of Instagram for iPadOS 15.1 and later. The app is free and available in the App Store now. It looks different than the mobile version, with some interesting ways to curate your feed. At long last, you can now scroll Instagram on your iPad. After years of requests by iPad users, it will be available in the App Store for iPadOS 15.1 and later starting Septem

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New knot theory discovery overturns long-held mathematical assumption

news.ycombinator.com Max Springer 2025-10-16 05:35:22

Scanning the crowd at a fancy soiree may reveal a wide array of neckties, each fastened with a highly complex mathematical object masquerading as fashion. An entire field of mathematics is devoted to understanding mathematical knots, which one can obtain from any traditional knot by gluing the loose ends together. Mathematicians long believed that if you attach cut ends of two different knots to each other, the new knot will be just as complex as the sum of the individual knots’ complexity. But

Topics: knot knots mathematicians number unknotting

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Neovim Pack

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-17 18:18:16

Pack Nvim :help pages, generated from source using the tree-sitter-vimdoc parser. Extending Nvim Using Vim packages be downloaded as an archive and unpacked in its own directory, so the files are not mixed with files of other plugins. be a git, mercurial, etc. repository, thus easy to update. contain multiple plugins that depend on each other. contain plugins that are automatically loaded on startup ("start" packages, located in "pack/*/start/*") and ones that are only loaded when needed wit

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Inside Philips Hue’s plans to make all your lights motion sensors

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-10-18 01:30:00

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Philips Hue has announced that its smart light bulbs — both new and existing models — are being upgraded to feature built-in motion sensing. The new feature, called Hue MotionAware, uses radio-frequency (RF) sensing to detect changes

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From Battery Health to fingerprint unlock, Google just fixed a lot on your Pixel

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-18 02:00:15

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google has started rolling out the September 2025 security patch for Pixel phones. The update is arriving for the Pixel 6 and newer devices, including the Pixel Tablet. As usual, the security update is rolling out alongside the latest Pixel Drop. Google is now rolling out the September security update to Pixel phones. Over the next few weeks, all supported Pixel devices, i.e., Pixel 6 and above, running Android 16, will get the latest patches. The Sep

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 4, #346

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-18 01:16:35

Looking for the most recent regular 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 and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition is tough. If you're struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The

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Threat actors abuse X’s Grok AI to spread malicious links

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-18 07:01:34

Threat actors are using Grok, X's built-in AI assistant, to bypass link posting restrictions that the platform introduced to reduce malicious advertising. As discovered by Guardio Labs' researcher Nati Tal, mavertisers often run sketchy video ads containing adult content baits and avoid including a link to the main body to avoid being blocked by X. Instead, they hide it in the small "From:" metadata field under the video card, which apparently isn't scanned by the social media platform for mal

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New Knot Theory Discovery Overturns Long-Held Mathematical Assumption

news.ycombinator.com Max Springer 2025-10-16 20:35:22

Scanning the crowd at a fancy soiree may reveal a wide array of neckties, each fastened with a highly complex mathematical object masquerading as fashion. An entire field of mathematics is devoted to understanding mathematical knots, which one can obtain from any traditional knot by gluing the loose ends together. Mathematicians long believed that if you attach cut ends of two different knots to each other, the new knot will be just as complex as the sum of the individual knots’ complexity. But

Topics: knot knots mathematicians number unknotting

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What is it like to be a bat?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-18 02:48:27

1974 philosophy paper by Thomas Nagel Thomas Nagel argues that while a human might be able to imagine what it is like to be a bat by taking "the bat's point of view", it would still be impossible "to know what it is like for a bat to be a bat". "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" is a paper by American philosopher Thomas Nagel, first published in The Philosophical Review in October 1974, and later in Nagel's Mortal Questions (1979). The paper presents several difficulties posed by phenomenal consci

Topics: bat consciousness experience nagel subjective

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Instagram Finally Debuts Native iPad App. It Only Took 15 Years

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-18 14:15:00

Following earlier rumors in 2025, iPad users finally saw a dedicated Instagram app arrive on their devices on Wednesday. Since the iPad's original release 15 years ago, Instagram had never been available in the App Store as a download for Apple's tablet. Instead, users had been stuck with the workaround mobile version, which awkwardly failed to stretch to the iPad's larger screen size. It's not clear why Instagram took so long to appear on the iPad. (We're baffled by it just as much as you are.

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Latest Tech News

Should AI Get Legal Rights?

More Than 4.4 Million Exposed in Credit Bureau TransUnion Breach

Neuralink’s Bid to Trademark ‘Telepathy’ and ‘Telekinesis’ Faces Legal Issues

Apple’s Wallet app just made it easier to ‘pay later’ for purchases

Google's Circle to Search can now translate text as you scroll

This Amazon Lens upgrade lets you scan a product IRL and find it online in one click

Introduction to Writing Good Puzzle Hunt Puzzles

Launch HN: Slashy (YC S25) – AI that connects to apps and does tasks

Cache

‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ Is Already Causing Online Gaming Stores to Crash

France slaps Google with €325M fine for violating cookie regulations

Tom Holland Has Been Lurking on Your Internet Posts for ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Inspiration

Head of UK's Turing AI Institute resigns after funding threat

Before It Becomes a Hit TV Series, Fourth Wing Fans Are Going to Obsess Over This New Board Game

Google’s Circle to Search can now translate as you scroll

These new headphones promise up to 100 hours (!) of battery life

Sami Raimi’s ‘Magic’ Remake Officially Moving Forward

A New Wave of Smart Glasses Are Coming, but Will They Get Better Fast Enough?

Hledger 1.50

Samsung Galaxy devices get first dibs on powerful new Circle to Search feature

Finally, the official Instagram app for iPad has arrived - here's what's new

New knot theory discovery overturns long-held mathematical assumption

Neovim Pack

Inside Philips Hue’s plans to make all your lights motion sensors

From Battery Health to fingerprint unlock, Google just fixed a lot on your Pixel

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 4, #346

Threat actors abuse X’s Grok AI to spread malicious links

New Knot Theory Discovery Overturns Long-Held Mathematical Assumption

What is it like to be a bat?

Instagram Finally Debuts Native iPad App. It Only Took 15 Years

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