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How to disable ACR on your TV (and why doing so makes such a big difference)

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2026-03-17 04:00:13

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Did you know that whenever you turn on your smart TV, you invite an unseen guest to watch it with you? These days, most popular TV models utilize automatic content recognition (ACR), a form of ad surveillance technology that gathers information about everything you watch and transmits it to a centralized database. Manufacturers then use your data to identify your viewing preferences, enabling them to deliver highly targeted ads. Also: Don't cancel Netflix yet: I used these sec

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Why I like the base iPad more than the Pro and Air - especially at this price

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2026-03-17 04:00:20

ZDNET's key takeaways The 11th-generation iPad 11th Generation normally retails for $349 The upgraded iPad has double the base storage as the previous generation, more RAM, and an upgraded processor in the A16 Bionic chip. However, it still isn't compatible with Apple Intelligence and doesn't support the Apple Pencil Pro. $299 at Amazon $349 at Apple $329 at B&H Photo-Video more buying choices Multiple 11th-Gen iPad configurations are on sale at Amazon. One of the biggest discounts belongs to

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Show HN: I recreated 90s Mode X demoscene effects in JavaScript and Canvas

news.ycombinator.com Justin Greisiger Frost 2026-03-17 02:07:31

Simulated in JavaScript by Justin Greisiger Frost Your browser does not support the HTML5 canvas element, or JavaScript is disabled. This experience relies on canvas for visual demonstrations.

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Identity Assertion Authorization Grant

news.ycombinator.com Aaron Parecki 2026-03-13 03:57:14

This specification provides a mechanism for an application to use an identity assertion to obtain an access token for a third-party API using Token Exchange [ RFC8693 ] and JWT Profile for OAuth 2.0 Authorization Grants [ RFC7523 ]. ¶ This note is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.¶ The latest revision of this draft can be found at https://drafts.aaronpk.com/draft-parecki-oauth-identity-assertion-authz-grant/draft-parecki-oauth-identity-assertion-authz-grant.html. Status information fo

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What I talk about when I talk about IRs

news.ycombinator.com Max Bernstein 2026-03-13 18:04:57

I have a lot of thoughts about the design of compiler intermediate representations (IRs). In this post I’m going to try and communicate some of those ideas and why I think they are important. The overarching idea is being able to make decisions with only local information. That comes in a couple of different flavors. We’ll assume that we’re compiling a method at a time, instead of a something more trace-like (tracing, tracelets, basic block versioning, etc). Control-flow graphs A function wi

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OpenAI wins $200M U.S. defense contract

news.ycombinator.com Jordan Novet 2026-03-17 05:31:58

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Snowflake Summit in San Francisco on June 2, 2025. OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with artificial intelligence tools. The department announced the one-year contract on Monday, months after OpenAI said it would collaborate with defense technology startup Anduril to deploy advanced AI systems for "national security missions." "Under this award, the performer will develop prototype frontier AI capabil

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OpenAI wins $200 million U.S. defense contract

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2026-03-17 10:42:28

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Snowflake Summit in San Francisco on June 2, 2025. OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with artificial intelligence tools. The department announced the one-year contract on Monday, months after OpenAI said it would collaborate with defense technology startup Anduril to deploy advanced AI systems for "national security missions." "Under this award, the performer will develop prototype frontier AI capabil

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ChatGPT Has Already Polluted the Internet So Badly That It's Hobbling Future AI Development

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-17 08:38:21

The rapid rise of ChatGPT — and the cavalcade of competitors' generative models that followed suit — has polluted the internet with so much useless slop that it's already kneecapping the development of future AI models. As the AI-generated data clouds the human creations that these models are so heavily dependent on amalgamating, it becomes inevitable that a greater share of what these so-called intelligences learn from and imitate is itself an ersatz AI creation. Repeat this process enough, a

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Mario Kart World: How To Unlock Mirror Mode Tracks

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-17 09:14:55

Have you already mastered Mario Kart World's new brand of racing? Have you practiced every wallride and time skip in the game? Maybe it's time to try something new and take on the Mirror Mode challenge. Mirror Mode was introduced in Mario Kart 64 and has shown up in every entry in the series since the GameCube-era Double Dash. This mode flips every race track across the y-axis so that left turns become right turns and vice versa. For gamers who have already mastered the perfect way to drift aro

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Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 adds new animation for the power button long-press gesture

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-17 14:50:26

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Android is getting several new animations as part of its Material 3 Expressive revamp. Google has started testing one of the upcoming animations in the latest Android 16 QPR1 beta release. It appears as a black overlay that expands from the screen borders when you long-press the power button. In addition to refreshed UI elements, Android’s new Material 3 Expressive design language is set to introduce some slick new animations. We gave you an early look at

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Hackers switch to targeting U.S. insurance companies

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-17 13:43:00

Threat intelligence researchers are warning of hackers breaching multiple U.S. companies in the insurance industry using all the tactics observed with Scattered Spider activity. Typically, the threat group has a sector-by-sector focus. Previously, they targeted retail organizations in the United Kingdom and then switched to targets in the same sector in the United States. “Google Threat Intelligence Group is now aware of multiple intrusions in the US which bear all the hallmarks of Scattered S

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New Anubis ransomware can encrypt and destroy data, making file recovery impossible

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2026-03-17 17:07:00

WTF?! Being affected by a dangerous ransomware operation is bad enough, but at least you might have a chance to recover your files somehow. A recently discovered ransomware strain is making things even trickier by offering a new wiping option that allows affiliate criminals to completely destroy data after encryption. Security researchers have discovered a new Ransomware-as-a-Service campaign with highly destructive potential. Anubis has only been around for a few months and fortunately, hasn't

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Google Adds Button to Generate Error-Laden AI Podcast About Your Search Results Instead of Just Reading Them Like a Functioning Member of Society

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-17 17:31:42

Google has released a baffling new AI feature that turns your web search into a podcast. Why anybody would want to enable the feature is unclear. Why be plagued by misleading and hallucinated AI Overviews search results when you can have a robotic voice read them out loud instead? Have we really lost the ability as a species to parse written information, nevermind original sources? The opt-in feature — which currently lives inside Google's experimental "Labs" section and has to be manually tur

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iOS 26: Messages will let you copy just part of a text message

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-17 12:34:37

Here’s a small but long-awaited quality-of-life update coming to Messages in iOS 26: you’ll finally be able to copy just part of a message, instead of the entire thing. A small but long-overdue improvement Until now, copying text in iMessage on iPhone meant grabbing the entire message bubble. There was no way to highlight or extract just a specific section, like you can on the Mac. Of course, there were workarounds. I used to drag the full message into the compose field just to manually selec

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Apple to finally let iPhone apps and games offer promo codes for in-app purchases

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-17 18:06:00

Apple is giving App Store developers a long-overdue tool to better promote in-app purchases, including for games. Starting later this year, developers will finally be able to generate and distribute promo codes for any type of in-app purchase, not just subscriptions. Here’s how it’s going to work. From subscriptions to consumables and more Up until now, Apple’s App Store promo code system was mostly limited to unlocking a free download, or for auto-renewable subscriptions, letting developers h

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WhatsApp introduces ads in its app

news.ycombinator.com Eli Tan 2026-03-17 12:38:59

When Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014, the messaging app had a clear focus. No ads, no games and no gimmicks. For years, that is what WhatsApp’s two billion users — many of them in Brazil, India and other countries around the world — got. They chatted with friends and family unencumbered by advertising and other features found on social media. Now that is set to change. On Monday, WhatsApp said it would start showing ads inside its app for the first time. The promotions will a

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Show HN: Chawan TUI web browser

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-17 18:48:43

Version 0.2.0 of the Chawan TUI browser has been released. A tarball of the source tree is available here. Please refer to the README file for compilation instructions. A static binary distribution for amd64 Linux also exists. To install it, extract the archive somewhere and run make install as root. (To uninstall, run make uninstall .) The same distribution is also available as a .deb package. ## Information for package maintainers The current list of mandatory runtime dependencies is: li

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for June 17, #737

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-17 18:00:07

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 is a fun mix today. Disney fans, you'll ace a certain category. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have t

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 17, #267

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-17 18:00:09

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 isn't too tough, but I found the purple category much easier than the blue one today. If you pay close attention to a certain winter Olympic sport, you might find the blue group simple. Need help? Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Editi

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Companies Warn SEC That Mass Deportations Pose Serious Business Risk

wired.com Caroline Haskins 2026-03-17 18:16:06

As the Trump administration executes an aggressive deportation campaign across the United States, a growing number of US companies warn that the crackdown could threaten their operations. Since January, more than 40 companies have mentioned the impact of deportations in filings to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, with many saying it could hurt the labor force, increase the risk of a recession, or create more economic uncertainty, according to 74 filings reviewed by WIRED. The impacted

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PlayStation doubles down on slow, "thoughtful" PC porting strategy

techspot.com Cal Jeffrey 2026-03-17 22:42:00

In a nutshell: Sony's PC porting strategy has been clear from the start. It is in no rush to follow Xbox's multiplatform strategy. It wants to preserve the value of the PlayStation 5 by making sure high-end exclusives like Spider-Man and God of War remain showcases for the console first – and only reach PC when the timing feels right. Sony Interactive Entertainment's Studio Business Group CEO Hermen Hulst says the company is continuing to take a "measured" approach to porting major first-party

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A Billionaire Just Died in the Most Bizarre Way You Can Possibly Imagine

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-17 19:20:58

Image by Getty / Futurism Developments An auto parts billionaire died last week after reportedly swallowing a bee and being stung by it internally. As The Telegraph reports, Indian industrialist Sunjay Kapur was playing polo during the Queen's Cup tournament in Windsor, England when, according to eyewitnesses on the scene, he man shouted "I swallowed something" before keeling over. Though his official cause of death hasn't been released, reporting from The Telegraph and The Mirror suggests th

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Apple's iOS 26 public beta release date is planned for July

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-17 22:00:40

Apple's WWDC is here and with it comes some of the company's biggest operational developments — along with confirmation of when you can check them out in beta. This year's WWDC brings the awaited news of a visual overhaul that is platform-wide, with changes like round icons on the home screen and Control Center. The company has launched its first major redesign since iOS 7, calling it "our broadest design update ever." The new uniform design across all devices includes a new material called liq

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Justin Sun's Tron to go public through reverse merger in deal led by Trump-linked bank

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2026-03-18 01:59:42

Justin Sun's crypto company Tron is set to hit the public market through a reverse merger with a manufacturer of custom toys and souvenirs for the world's biggest theme parks. SRM Entertainment , a Nasdaq-listed merchandise supplier that has licensing deals with Disney , Universal Studios (owned by CNBC parent NBC Universal) and SeaWorld, said on Monday that it will raise $100 million from a private investor to buy TRON tokens, and will issue preferred shares and warrants that value the deal at

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Show HN: Trieve CLI – Terminal-Based LLM Agent Loop with Search Tool for PDFs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-17 22:56:36

To see all available qualifiers, see our documentation . Saved searches Use saved searches to filter your results more quickly We read every piece of feedback, and take your input very seriously. You signed in with another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. You signed out in another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. You switched accounts on another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. Dismiss alert

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Noted ‘Matrix’ Non-Cast Member Will Smith Admits He Also Turned Down ‘Inception’

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-03-18 03:30:07

Will Smith’s many arenas of success have included sci-fi hits like Independence Day and the Men in Black films. But one of the most famous bits of Smith trivia is that he turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix. He admits it (and admits he regrets it), and he even made a music video just this year in the style of the Wachowskis’ classic, giving fans a glimpse at what might have been. And now he’s copping to another big sci-fi movie he passed on starring in: Christopher Nolan’s Inception. Smit

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Best Reading Glasses to Buy Online in 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-18 03:02:00

Strength Reading glasses typically range from +0.25 to +2.50 diopters (the unit of measurement for eye prescriptions), though the average starting strength is usually around +0.75. In rare cases, reading glass strength can go up to +4.00. “Tips for buying reading glasses online are similar to buying ready-made reading glasses at the drugstore: it’s a convenient option, but it’s not a good idea for everyone,” says Ravi Goel, MD, clinical spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. “

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iOS 18.6 now available in beta, plus macOS 15.6 and more

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-03-18 06:06:38

Last week Apple debuted its major new software versions coming this fall, including iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and more. But it isn’t finished with the current software cycle just yet, as the first betas for iOS 18.6, macOS 15.6, and more have now arrived. Inside Apple, the vast majority of software engineers’ time has been dedicated, likely for a while now, to preparing iOS 26 and the other new OS versions. However, the company isn’t quite done with the current OS lineup. iOS 18 and its companion re

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God help us, Donald Trump is launching Trump Mobile and plans to sell a phone

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-18 06:29:13

Donald Trump is launching a cellular brand called Trump Mobile. The newly formed company, which was announced today by Donald Trump Jr., will sell a single wireless plan called “The 47 Plan,” which offers unlimited talk and texting, as well as unlimited data that throttles speeds after the first 20GB each month. The Trump Mobile service is a white-label plan built on an existing mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) called Liberty Mobile. The company also plans to sell “The T1 Phone,” a gold-ac

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NASA Moves Ahead With Private ISS Mission After Air Leak Repairs

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2026-03-18 06:10:13

NASA is looking to launch Axiom Space’s fourth private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) this week, after recent attempts to repair air leaks in the Russian module appear to have been successful. Last week, the space agency abruptly postponed the launch of Axiom Mission 4, which was set to launch on June 11. NASA cited a new pressure signal in a segment of the Zvezda service module that’s been leaking air, very slowly, for nearly six years. In a follow-up statement on Saturday, N

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How to disable ACR on your TV (and why doing so makes such a big difference)

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Apple to finally let iPhone apps and games offer promo codes for in-app purchases

WhatsApp introduces ads in its app

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God help us, Donald Trump is launching Trump Mobile and plans to sell a phone

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