GoKawiil - Latest Tech News & Aggregated Headlines

Batteries and Buildings

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-14 04:49:53

Batteries and Buildings [2025-07-01] In categorizing software, a new classification that slides under people's noses is batteries vs no-batteries. TL;DR. software is said to be battery included if it works out of the box and it has all the necessary materials to build your software without external packaging While the latter means you add your own packages. burn the batteries# First principles are the most important part of learning anything. For instance, Express is moderately battery-incl

Topics: batteries battery flask framework included

Shop Amazon

Lenovo 15.6″ Laptop (40GB RAM, 1TB SSD) Going for Peanuts at 71% Off, $2,000 Savings for Fourth of July

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2026-02-17 09:10:39

Here we are celebrating Fourth of July weekend, nearing the peak of Summer, but the new school semester will be here before we all realize. Are you a student heading off to college at the end of August or perhaps the parent of one? Are you are they prepared will the right laptop to be able to handle all your classes and homework? Well, good news. This Lenovo laptop will fit the bill and right now it’s been reduced in price by a whopping 71%. The price it’s listed at is $2,799, but for a limited

Topics: 799 laptop lenovo price screen

Shop Amazon

Tariff Impacts Are Real: These 13 Companies Have Confirmed Price Hikes

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-17 05:00:00

Higher prices for a lot of popular products seem inevitable on our current trajectory. James Martin/CNET In many cases and for many products in the US, the biggest impacts of President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff plans haven't hit yet -- but they could soon, unless the 90-day pause on some rates is extended. Still, numerous companies have already hiked prices or said that they'll increase in the near-future -- including, most recently, a popular and CNET-approved brand of smart lights. Th

Topics: company hikes price prices tariffs

Shop Amazon

Google Messages could give profile pages a dash of Material 3 Expressive personality (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-17 09:29:02

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR In addition to other areas of the Google Messages app, Google is testing Material 3 Expressive design changes for the profile section. The profile section will soon feature updated buttons that change shape and include tap animations. Android 16 is here, but most of its Material 3 Expressive changes will be coming with the Android 16 QPR1 release later in the year. However, that doesn’t stop apps from updating themselves with Material 3 Expressive ele

Topics: android expressive google material profile

Shop Amazon

The best Apple Watch in 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-17 09:01:27

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . There are only three models, but each of Apple’s smartwatches makes its own case for becoming your next wearable. Apple has just three smartwatches in its current lineup. We think the flagship Apple Watch Series 10 is the best for most people, but athletes and outdoor enthusiasts migh

Topics: 10 apple series ultra watch

Shop Amazon

Context Engineering for Agents

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-13 22:56:20

Lance Martin TL;DR Agents need context to perform tasks. Context engineering is the art and science of filling the context window with just the right information at each step of an agent’s trajectory. In this post, I group context engineering into a few common strategies seen across many popular agents today. Context Engineering As Andrej Karpathy puts it, LLMs are like a new kind of operating system. The LLM is like the CPU and its context window is like the RAM, serving as the model’s work

Topics: agent agents context memories tool

Shop Amazon

Slate Auto’s electric pickup is no longer ‘under $20,000’ — thanks, Donald

theverge.com Thomas Ricker 2026-02-17 08:14:05

is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. Slate Auto’s American-made electric pickup — the one with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen — is no longer priced “under $20,000.” The increase is a result of Trump’s “Big, beautiful bill,” which will end the federal EV tax credits on September 30th when signed into law later today. That sub-$20,000 price for the Indiana-built pi

Topics: 000 20 auto price slate

Shop Amazon

Young, not dumb, and broke? Amazon is giving you 6 months of Prime for free

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-17 10:27:41

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Amazon’s new Prime for Young Adults membership is now available with a free six-month trial. Anyone between the ages of 18 and 24 is eligible for membership. The trial offers all the benefits of a Prime membership, including six months of free Prime Video streaming. Amazon’s Prime Day sale is almost here, and it’s already raining deals and offers. Not only has Amazon already started discounting its own devices early, it’s also now offering a very exc

Topics: adults amazon membership prime trial

Shop Amazon

(Experiment) Colocating agent instructions with eng docs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-13 03:44:12

kayce@kayce0 ~/p/pigweed (main)> gemini ███ █████████ ██████████ ██████ ██████ █████ ██████ █████ █████ ░░░███ ███░░░░░███░░███░░░░░█░░██████ ██████ ░░███ ░░██████ ░░███ ░░███ ░░░███ ███ ░░░ ░███ █ ░ ░███░█████░███ ░███ ░███░███ ░███ ░███ ░░░███ ░███ ░██████ ░███░░███ ░███ ░███ ░███░░███░███ ░███ ███░ ░███ █████ ░███░░█ ░███ ░░░ ░███ ░███ ░███ ░░██████ ░███ ███░ ░░███ ░░███ ░███ ░ █ ░███ ░███ ░███ ░███ ░░█████ ░███ ███░ ░░█████████ ██████████ █████ █████ █████ █████ ░░█████ █████ ░░░ ░░░░░░░░░ ░

Topics: build docs examples pw_string test

Shop Amazon

Slate Auto drops ‘under $20,000’ pricing after Trump administration ends federal EV tax credit

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2026-02-17 10:47:52

Slate Auto, the electric vehicle startup backed by Jeff Bezos, has stopped promoting that its upcoming pickup truck will start “under $20,000” following passage of President Trump’s tax cut bill. The bill, which is expected to be signed into law by Trump on July 4, will cause the federal EV tax credit to end in September — a $7,500 incentive that Slate had counted on to help its all-electric pickup clear that mark. When Slate came out of stealth mode in April, the startup heavily promoted that

Topics: electric event slate vehicle ventures

Shop Amazon

Slate Auto drops “under $20,000” pricing after Trump administration ends federal EV tax credit

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2026-02-17 16:47:52

Slate Auto, the electric vehicle startup backed by Jeff Bezos, has stopped promoting that its upcoming pickup truck will start “under $20,000” following passage of President Trump’s tax cut bill. The bill, which is expected to be signed into law by Trump on July 4, will cause the federal EV tax credit to end in September — a $7,500 incentive that Slate had counted to help its all-electric pickup to clear that mark. When Slate came out of stealth mode in April, the startup heavily promoted that

Topics: electric event slate vehicle ventures

Shop Amazon

Judge Rules That Newspaper Is Allowed to Search Through Users' ChatGPT Logs

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-17 20:12:02

Amid its long-running copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI, the paper of record will soon have access to all of OpenAI's user archives — including the stuff that was deleted. As Ars Technica reports, the federal judge presiding over the lawsuit by the New York Times against OpenAI has granted the newspaper and its co-plaintiffs, the New York Daily News and the Center for Investigative Reporting, access to the AI company's logs to see exactly how much copyright was infringed. In its pr

Topics: chatgpt copyright logs openai order

Shop Amazon

Ubuntu 25.10 Raises RISC-V Profile Requirements

news.ycombinator.com Joey Sneddon 2026-02-14 20:32:19

Canonical is bullish in promoting Ubuntu for RISC-V devices, be it enthusiast-orientated hardware like DeepComputing’s RISC-V tablet, single-board computers, or embedded equipment. But with a new long-term support (LTS) release looming, it’s rethinking the kind of RISC-V hardware it wants to support going forward. A recent bug report filed against Ubuntu’s upgrading tool confirmed a major change with regards to the RISC-V requirements for the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 release — most existing RISC-

Topics: hardware profile risc support ubuntu

Shop Amazon

Converge (YC S23) well-capitalized New York startup seeks product developers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-17 21:01:06

Thomas and Jan were best friends in high school, and Jan and Jerome met in their first year of college.

Topics: best college friends high jan

Shop Amazon

Get two Blink Mini 2 security cameras for only $35 in this Prime Day deal

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-18 02:18:19

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . The best value in security cameras is back. This early Prime Day deal has two Blink Mini 2 cameras for only $35. That's half off — and $5 less than you'd usually pay for only one of them. This matches a Black Friday record low for the pair. The Blink Mini 2 is a recent offering, arriv

Topics: amazon camera day deals prime

Shop Amazon

An Algorithm for a Better Bookshelf

news.ycombinator.com Erica Klarreich 2026-02-15 10:12:50

Drop in at a library, and you’ll likely notice that most shelves aren’t full—librarians leave some empty space on each shelf. That way, when they get new books, they can slot them into place without having to move too many other books. It’s a simple-enough idea, but one that arises in a host of settings in computer science that involve sorted data, such as an alphabetically ordered census repository, or a list of connections between members of a social network. In such situations, where the ent

Topics: algorithm books bookshelf new said

Shop Amazon

Provider of covert surveillance app spills passwords for 62,000 users

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-18 06:36:44

The maker of a phone app that is advertised as providing a stealthy means for monitoring all activities on an Android device spilled email addresses, plain-text passwords, and other sensitive data belonging to 62,000 users, a researcher discovered recently. A security flaw in the app, branded Catwatchful, allowed researcher Eric Daigle to download a trove of sensitive data, which belonged to account holders who used the covert app to monitor phones. The leak, made possible by a SQL injection vu

Topics: app catwatchful data monitoring phone

Shop Amazon

The best Prime Day kitchen deals on air fryers, Instant Pots and sous vide machines

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-18 11:00:19

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . If you’re considering updating your kitchen setup, first check out these early Prime Day kitchen deals that are already live — the actual sale doesn't start until Tuesday. Engadget editors and reporters have tested and reviewed a whole bunch of kitchen tech and Amazon’s annual July sal

Topics: air day deals fryer prime

Shop Amazon

The 70+ best July 4th deals live now: Save on outdoor, tech, home and more

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2026-02-18 11:03:01

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

Topics: content does editorial reviews zdnet

Shop Amazon

The DeWalt cordless power tool set I recommend to everyone is 42% off for Prime Day

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-02-18 11:44:26

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

Topics: content does editorial reviews zdnet

Shop Amazon

The End of Moore's Law for AI? Gemini Flash Offers a Warning

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-18 10:34:05

For the past few years, the AI industry has operated under its own version of Moore's Law: an unwavering belief that the cost of intelligence would perpetually decrease by orders of magnitude each year. Like clockwork, each new model generation promised to be not only more capable but also cheaper to run. Last week, Google quietly broke that trend. In a move that at first went unnoticed, Google significantly increased the price of its popular Gemini 2.5 Flash model. The input token price double

Topics: cost flash model models price

Shop Amazon

Bitcoin Whales Are Offloading Their Bags on Institutional Investors

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2026-02-18 11:10:13

Bitcoin enthusiasts have been perplexed lately. Why is the price so stagnant, even with all the hype created by guys like President Donald Trump? The White House has largely been seen as enacting a pro-crypto agenda and even got its first crypto czar in David Sacks, after all. You’d think prices would be soaring. Well, there’s a simple answer, according to a new report from Bloomberg News. And the average, non-wealthy crypto trader probably isn’t going to like it. According to Bloomberg, the lo

Topics: bitcoin crypto like people price

Shop Amazon

Dust hits $6M ARR helping enterprises build AI agents that actually do stuff instead of just talking

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2026-02-18 16:00:00

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Dust, a two-year-old artificial intelligence platform that helps enterprises build AI agents capable of completing entire business workflows, has reached $6 million in annual revenue — a six-fold increase from $1 million just one year ago. The company’s rapid growth signals a shift in enterprise AI adoption from simple chatbots toward sophi

Topics: agents ai dust enterprise models

Shop Amazon

App Store revenue and downloads increased in June, but users are spending less on games

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-18 16:34:40

Bank of America has released its latest App Store performance data, and observed that while revenue is growing faster than downloads, users are shifting how they spend their money. According to the report (via Investing.com), which cited SensorTower data, global App Store revenue rose 12% year over year in June, while downloads were up just 4%. That widening gap suggests a positive shift in monetization, although users are reportedly increasingly spending more in non-gaming categories: “Gamin

Topics: america app bank revenue store

Shop Amazon

Shark robot vacuums are up to 50 percent off for Prime Day

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-18 16:00:23

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Shark robot vacuums are on sale for Prime Day and there are some good deals to be had. For instance, the AI Ultra is on sale for just $280 . This is 50 percent off, as the regular price is $550. This model topped our list of the best robot vacuums , so it's the real deal. The AI Ultra

Topics: amazon day deals prime sale

Shop Amazon

How to switch to a Prime Student membership ahead of Prime Day (and why you should)

zdnet.com Christina Darby 2026-02-18 16:42:00

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Whether you're a college student or a Gen Z navigating the complex task of adulting, you likely know that expenses stack up quickly. From ordering and renting textbooks and booking flights back home to buying groceries and essential tech, something always seems to add to your bills. Also: The best Prime Day deals live now Luckily, Amazon Prime's student membership can help you save. With Amazon Prime Day coming up on July 8-11, now is the perfect time to switch from your e

Topics: account amazon day prime student

Shop Amazon

Opening up ‘Zero-Knowledge Proof’ technology

news.ycombinator.com Alan Stapelberg 2026-02-18 16:36:13

Today, we open sourced our Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) libraries, fulfilling a promise and building on our partnership with Sparkasse to support EU age assurance. Open sourcing these powerful cryptographic tools will make it much easier for private and public sector developers to build their own privacy-enhancing applications and digital ID solutions, meeting an urgent need. In layperson’s terms, ZKP makes it possible for people to prove that something about them is true without exchanging any

Topics: applications digital open privacy zkp

Shop Amazon

Judge: You can’t ban DEI grants without bothering to define DEI

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-18 16:41:15

In mid-June, a federal judge issued a stinging rebuke to the Trump administration, declaring that its decision to cancel the funding for many grants issued by the National Institutes of Health was illegal, and suggesting that the policy was likely animated by racism. But the detailed reasoning behind his decision wasn't released at the time. The written portion of the decision was finally issued on Wednesday, and it has a number of notable features. For starters, it's more limited in scope due

Topics: court decision discrimination government issued

Shop Amazon

CBP Wants New Tech to Search for Hidden Data on Seized Phones

wired.com Caroline Haskins 2026-02-18 16:19:59

United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is asking tech companies to pitch digital forensics tools that are designed to process and analyze text messages, pictures, videos, and contacts from seized phones, laptops, and other devices at the United States border, according to documents reviewed by WIRED. The agency said in a federal registry listing that the tools it’s seeking must have very specific capabilities, such as the ability to find a “hidden language” in a person’s text message

Topics: cbp cellebrite devices messages tools

Shop Amazon

Ilya Sutskever will lead Safe Superintelligence following his CEO’s exit

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-02-18 16:29:07

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever says he is stepping into the CEO role at Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup he launched in 2024. In a post on X, Sutskever confirmed Thursday that Daniel Gross, the startup’s co-founder and CEO, departed the company as of June 29. Safe Superintelligence co-founder Daniel Levy is becoming president of the startup, according to Sutskever. The announcement follows weeks of reporting that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was in advanced talks to hire Gross, as well as h

Topics: ceo safe startup superintelligence sutskever

Shop Amazon

Latest Tech News

Batteries and Buildings

Lenovo 15.6″ Laptop (40GB RAM, 1TB SSD) Going for Peanuts at 71% Off, $2,000 Savings for Fourth of July

Tariff Impacts Are Real: These 13 Companies Have Confirmed Price Hikes

Google Messages could give profile pages a dash of Material 3 Expressive personality (APK teardown)

The best Apple Watch in 2025

Context Engineering for Agents

Slate Auto’s electric pickup is no longer ‘under $20,000’ — thanks, Donald

Young, not dumb, and broke? Amazon is giving you 6 months of Prime for free

(Experiment) Colocating agent instructions with eng docs

Slate Auto drops ‘under $20,000’ pricing after Trump administration ends federal EV tax credit

Slate Auto drops “under $20,000” pricing after Trump administration ends federal EV tax credit

Judge Rules That Newspaper Is Allowed to Search Through Users' ChatGPT Logs

Ubuntu 25.10 Raises RISC-V Profile Requirements

Converge (YC S23) well-capitalized New York startup seeks product developers

Get two Blink Mini 2 security cameras for only $35 in this Prime Day deal

An Algorithm for a Better Bookshelf

Provider of covert surveillance app spills passwords for 62,000 users

The best Prime Day kitchen deals on air fryers, Instant Pots and sous vide machines

The 70+ best July 4th deals live now: Save on outdoor, tech, home and more

The DeWalt cordless power tool set I recommend to everyone is 42% off for Prime Day

The End of Moore's Law for AI? Gemini Flash Offers a Warning

Bitcoin Whales Are Offloading Their Bags on Institutional Investors

Dust hits $6M ARR helping enterprises build AI agents that actually do stuff instead of just talking

App Store revenue and downloads increased in June, but users are spending less on games

Shark robot vacuums are up to 50 percent off for Prime Day

How to switch to a Prime Student membership ahead of Prime Day (and why you should)

Opening up ‘Zero-Knowledge Proof’ technology

Judge: You can’t ban DEI grants without bothering to define DEI

CBP Wants New Tech to Search for Hidden Data on Seized Phones

Ilya Sutskever will lead Safe Superintelligence following his CEO’s exit

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising

Latest Tech News

Trending Topics

Hot Now

Popular

Emerging

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising