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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 28, #1531

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-10 00:00:00

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Wordle puzzle came together pretty easily for me. The letters mostly popped up right away in my two starter words. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on. Today's W

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FDA approves updated covid vaccines, but with severe new limits

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-10 00:10:15

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. On Wednesday, the FDA approved the new round of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax for use by seniors over the age of 65. But for anyone younger than that, the FDA approval only mentions people who have “at least one underlying condition that pu

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Apple warns UK against introducing tougher tech regulation

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-10 03:03:24

Apple warns UK against introducing tougher tech regulation 3 hours ago Share Save Chris Vallance Senior Technology Reporter Share Save Getty Images Apple has warned that "EU-style rules" proposed by the UK competition watchdog "are bad for users and bad for developers". It says EU laws - which have sought to make it easier for smaller firms to compete with big tech - have resulted in some Apple features and enhancements being delayed for European users. It argues the UK risks similar hold-ups

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Nvidia CEO Huang says bringing Blackwell AI chip to China 'is a real possibility'

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-12-10 05:58:16

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang waves to a crowd as he leaves the China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing on July 17, 2025. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said there's a "real possibility" the company brings its advanced Blackwell processor to China as he urges the U.S. government to open up access for American chipmakers. He also predicted the artificial intelligence market in the world's second-biggest economy will grow 50% next year. "The opportunity for us to bring Blackwell to the Chin

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Today’s hottest foldable phones come from Samsung and Motorola

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-10 05:36:43

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Have you stopped and considered the fact that we can now fold smartphones? It’s truly impressive, and I still marvel over foldable phones. I am also impressed by their prices, though. These things are expensive! Finding a good deal is the best strategy for getting one of these, and today, we have a couple of awesome ones for you, whether you like regular foldables or flip phones. Buy the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 for $1,699.99 ($300 off) Buy the Motorola Razr Ultra

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Nvidia results show spending on A.I. infrastructure remains robust

news.ycombinator.com Tripp Mickle 2025-12-10 03:11:27

“The last year, A.I. has made tremendous progress,” Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, said during a call with analysts. He said the company’s chips would benefit as spending on A.I. infrastructure increased to $3 trillion to $4 trillion by the end of the decade. “We’re in the beginning of this build-out,” he said. Shares of Nvidia fell more than 2 percent in after-hours trading. The decline, even when the company now posts quarterly profits bigger than tech peers like Apple and Meta, spo

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Nvidia CEO Says More Advanced AI Models Will Keep Chip, Data Center Growth Going

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-10 05:13:26

AI bubble? What AI bubble? If you ask Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, we're in a "new industrial revolution." Huang's company, of course, makes chips and computer hardware, the "picks and shovels" of the AI gold rush, and it's become the world's largest business by capitalizing on AI's growth, bubble or not. Speaking on Wednesday during an earnings call as his company reported revenue of $46.7 billion in the past quarter, he indicated no sign that the incredible growth of the generative artificial int

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OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-10 09:05:11

For the better part of a year, we've watched — and reported — in horror as more and more stories emerge about AI chatbots leading people to self-harm, delusions, hospitalization, arrest, and suicide. As the loved ones of the people impacted by these dangerous bots rally for change to prevent such harm from happening to anyone else, the companies that run these AIs have been slow to implement safeguards — and OpenAI, whose ChatGPT has been repeatedly implicated in what experts are now calling "A

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IDC nearly doubles worldwide smartphone forecast for 2025, cites ‘accelerated iOS growth’

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-10 10:10:54

To say 2025 has been an unpredictable year for the smartphone market would be an understatement. Early in February, IDC had forecast a 2.6% growth, followed by a decrease to just 0.6% in May. Now, the institute has once again adjusted its forecast, thanks in part to “accelerated” iOS growth. Here are the details. Tariff uncertainty now ‘just background noise’ When IDC lowered its 2025 worldwide smartphone market forecast from 2.6% to just 0.6% in late May, it cited “high uncertainty, tariff vo

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Apple iOS 26 public beta 5 is live: Here are all the new iPhone features coming in September

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-10 10:23:07

Apple on Tuesday finally announced that its iPhone 17 event will take place on Tuesday, September 9. So in just under two weeks, we'll get to take a first look at the new iPhone 17 lineup. If Apple keeps with tradition, expect to see iOS 26 available for download about one week after the event. If you can't wait any longer, you can download and install the newly released public beta 5 (or iOS 26 developer beta 8 for developers). I've been playing around with it for the past couple of weeks, and

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OpenAI and Anthropic conducted safety evaluations of each other's AI systems

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-10 10:36:37

Most of the time, AI companies are locked in a race to the top, treating each other as rivals and competitors. Today, OpenAI and Anthropic revealed that they agreed to evaluate the alignment of each other's publicly available systems and shared the results of their analyses. The full reports get pretty technical, but are worth a read for anyone who's following the nuts and bolts of AI development. A broad summary showed some flaws with each company's offerings, as well as revealing pointers for

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Storm-0501 hackers shift to ransomware attacks in the cloud

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-10 10:38:12

Microsoft warns that a threat actor tracked as Storm-0501 has evolved its operations, shifting away from encrypting devices with ransomware to focusing on cloud-based encryption, data theft, and extortion. The hackers now abuse native cloud features to exfiltrate data, wipe backups, and destroy storage accounts, thereby applying pressure and extorting victims without deploying traditional ransomware encryption tools. Storm-0501 is a threat actor who has been active since at least 2021, deployi

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3D printing a building with 756 windows

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-05 15:31:41

I’m writing this in a building with 756 windows. I know because I counted, and spent months researching, measuring, designing, 3D printing, and assembling them for the final project of an architecture course I took last spring. I’m a computer science major, but I make a point of taking a few non-math non-CS courses each year, made possible by Brown University’s Open Curriculumn. Last semester, those courses were in architecture and epigraphy; this blog post is about a project for the former.

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OpenAI Admits Safety Controls ‘Degrade,’ As Wrongful Death Lawsuit Grabs Headlines

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-12-10 10:28:46

ChatGPT’s safety guardrails may “degrade” after long conversations, the company that makes it, OpenAI, told Gizmodo Wednesday. “ChatGPT includes safeguards such as directing people to crisis helplines and referring them to real-world resources. While these safeguards work best in common, short exchanges, we’ve learned over time that they can sometimes become less reliable in long interactions where parts of the model’s safety training may degrade,” an OpenAI spokesperson told Gizmodo. In a blo

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Delivery Companies Around the World Stop Shipments to the US: Here's Who's Affected

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-10 08:45:51

Primary shipping services, including the European branch of DHL, multiple European state postal services, Australia Post, Japan Post and Taiwan's state postal service, have stopped shipping consumer goods of varying amounts (over $100 in some cases) to the US. The pause is currently expected to be temporary as countries respond to the latest US tariff measures, but could have a significant impact on US businesses selling anything from Taiwanese GPUs and Japanese card packs to European electronic

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PlayStation Plus Subscribers Are Eating With These Free September Games

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-10 09:07:38

On Sept. 2, all PlayStation Plus members can play games like Psychonauts 2, the 2021 Game Awards nominee for Game of the Year. The original Psychonauts was highly praised for its comedic storytelling and unique characters when released in 2005, and the sequel received acclaim for its creativity, art style and humor. PlayStation Plus is similar to Xbox Game Pass, offering subscribers a large, constantly expanding library of games. Subscribers can choose from the Essential, Extra and Premium tier

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Will Smith's Tour Video Used AI to Generate Adoring Fans and the Result Is Unintentionally Hilarious

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-10 09:09:40

Over the past few years, actor, rapper, and slapper Will Smith has been the subject of a grotesque meme in AI is used to show him gobbling down on nightmarish squelching spaghetti. It now seems that the 56-year-old "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" star's team has used the tech to soup up concert footage from his would-be comeback tour — and it strongly appears that the purpose was to make an underwhelming crowd look like they're still filled with love for Smith's much-lampooned career trajectory. Pos

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AI Chatbots Are Trapping Users in Bizarre Mental Spirals for a Dark Reason, Experts Say

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-10 14:10:03

Are "dark patterns" and product design choices to blame for the disturbing phenomenon increasingly referred to as "AI psychosis" by mental health professionals? According to some experts, the answer is yes. AI chatbots are pulling a large number of people into strange mental spirals, in which the human-sounding AI convinces users that they've unlocked a sentient being or spiritual entity, uncovered an insidious government conspiracy, or created a new kind of math and physics. Many of these fan

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How to make clear iPhone app icons with iOS 26

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-10 15:00:00

iOS 26 includes a system-wide redesign with transparent elements called Liquid Glass. The iPhone update also includes all-new app icons for Apple’s built-in apps. For the most dramatic change to your Home Screen, you can make every iPhone app icon clear for the first time. Here’s how it works. Use Clear icon appearance Touch and hold an empty area on the Home Screen until the icons jiggle. Tap Edit in the top left corner. Tap Customize, the second item on the list that appears. Tap Clear from

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The iPhone 17 event is September 9: Here's everything to know about the upcoming Apple lineup

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-10 15:44:56

It's official: The Apple iPhone 17 event will take place on Tuesday, September 9 at 1PM ET. That means we'll finally get to take a look at the much-anticipated iPhone 17 lineup — which will come equipped with the latest iOS 26 features preinstalled — and any new features Apple reveals that day. But since we still have to wait a couple of weeks until the iPhone event, we can only speculate what the new devices will look like. As with most unreleased iPhones, rumors and leaks have trickled in abou

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Mapping connections of anti-offshore wind groups and their lawyers

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

Today we released a new CDL report: “Legal Entanglements: Mapping Connections of Anti-Offshore Wind Groups and their Lawyers in the Eastern United States,” a deep look into litigation efforts against offshore wind in the Northeast. The production of wind energy is crucial for meeting science-based climate goals, particularly in the New England region. But in addition to the looming risk of the federal government withdrawing funds, this endeavor towards non-reliance on fossil fuels is being

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Show HN: Spart – A Rust library for fast spatial search with Python bindings

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 20:33:49

Hi everyone, I've made an open-source library for fast spatial search in Rust. It's called Spart, and it currently provides the following features: - Five tree implementations: Quadtree, Octree, Kd-tree, R-tree, and R*-tree - Python bindings (`pyspart` on PyPI) - Fast k-nearest neighbor (kNN) and radius search - Bulk data loading for efficient tree construction Project's GitHub repo: https://github.com/habedi/spart

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Researchers find evidence of ChatGPT buzzwords turning up in everyday speech

news.ycombinator.com Kathleen Haughney 2025-12-10 15:27:13

“This research focuses on a central issue in the discourse surrounding AI and language: are these language changes happening because we’re using a tool and repeating what it suggested or is language changing because AI is influencing the human language system?” said assistant professor of computational linguistics and principal investigator Tom Juzek. “By analyzing lexical trends before and after ChatGPT was released in 2022, we found a convergence between human word choices and LLM-associated p

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How Marvel’s Huge Budget for ‘Eternals’ Actually Worked Against It

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-12-10 15:04:07

Chloé Zhao is currently promoting her follow-up to Marvel Studios’ Eternals, an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel Hamnet. The 2020 book is based on William Shakespeare and his wife as they grieve the loss of one of their children, which would go on to inspire Hamlet. It makes sense that after making a movie where the Academy Award-winning director’s voice felt pulled in many directions, a more intimate movie would be her next choice. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Zhao talked about how

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Yapping With ChatGPT: Voice Mode With GPT-5 Sounds More Human Than Ever

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-10 09:03:02

It was 8 a.m. and I was sitting in the lobby of the auto body shop when I realized I'd forgotten my earbuds. Normally, that's not a major issue, but I was talking to my phone. And I wasn't talking to another person. I was talking to ChatGPT. It felt as embarrassing as asking Siri a question from across the room or joining a Zoom meeting sans headphones in an open office. I was testing the advanced voice mode that comes with GPT-5, OpenAI's latest version of the generative AI model behind ChatGP

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OpenAI Plans to Add Parental Controls to ChatGPT After Lawsuit Over Teen's Death

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-10 14:35:47

OpenAI has announced its plans to implement parental controls and enhanced safety measures for ChatGPT after parents filed a lawsuit this week in California state court alleging the popular AI chatbot contributed to their 16-year-old son's suicide earlier this year. The company said it feels "a deep responsibility to help those who need it most," and is working to better respond to situations involving chatbot users who may be experiencing mental health crises and suicidal ideation. "We will a

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The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived

wired.com Lily Hay Newman 2025-12-10 04:36:43

As cybercrime surges around the world, new research increasingly shows that ransomware is evolving as a result of widely available generative AI tools. In some cases, attackers are using AI to draft more intimidating and coercive ransom notes and conduct more effective extortion attacks. But cybercriminals’ use of generative AI is rapidly becoming more sophisticated. Researchers from the generative AI company Anthropic today revealed that attackers are leaning on generative AI more heavily—somet

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Nvidia reports record sales as the AI boom continues

techcrunch.com Russell Brandom 2025-12-10 15:18:39

Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, reported another quarter of sustained sales growth in its earnings statement Wednesday, with $46.7 billion in revenue, a 56% increase compared to the same period last year. That growth was largely fueled by AI-dominated data center business, which saw a 56% year-over-year increase in revenue. Nvidia also saw its net income grow substantially since last year. The company reported a net income of $26.4 billion in the second quarter, a 59% spike since the

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Chipolo’s new CARD and LOOP bring stylish tracking to Android’s Find Hub

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-10 20:35:02

Chipolo TL;DR Chipolo has launched two new premium trackers, the CARD and LOOP. Both are compatible with Android’s Find Hub and Apple’s Find My. The wallet-sized CARD and silicone-strap LOOP emphasize design, loud alerts, and eco-friendly materials. Both are rechargeable and last around six months per charge. They’re available now. Google’s Find Hub network is the go-to system for tracking lost devices and accessories on Android, and popular Bluetooth tracker manufacturer Chipolo is expandin

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New AirTag 2 is coming very soon with these rumored features

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-10 20:15:12

Apple’s biggest event of the year is happening on September 9. New products expected include the iPhone 17 line, AirPods Pro 3, and Apple Watch Ultra 3. But signs point to another highly anticipated product likely making an appearance: Apple’s new AirTag 2 is coming soon. AirTag 2 expected to launch this fall, possibly as early as September Apple had a busy product launch season at the start of the year, with the M4 MacBook Air, iPhone 16e, and more debuting. And it’s about to enter an even bu

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 28, #1531

FDA approves updated covid vaccines, but with severe new limits

Apple warns UK against introducing tougher tech regulation

Nvidia CEO Huang says bringing Blackwell AI chip to China 'is a real possibility'

Today’s hottest foldable phones come from Samsung and Motorola

Nvidia results show spending on A.I. infrastructure remains robust

Nvidia CEO Says More Advanced AI Models Will Keep Chip, Data Center Growth Going

OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police

IDC nearly doubles worldwide smartphone forecast for 2025, cites ‘accelerated iOS growth’

Apple iOS 26 public beta 5 is live: Here are all the new iPhone features coming in September

OpenAI and Anthropic conducted safety evaluations of each other's AI systems

Storm-0501 hackers shift to ransomware attacks in the cloud

3D printing a building with 756 windows

OpenAI Admits Safety Controls ‘Degrade,’ As Wrongful Death Lawsuit Grabs Headlines

Delivery Companies Around the World Stop Shipments to the US: Here's Who's Affected

PlayStation Plus Subscribers Are Eating With These Free September Games

Will Smith's Tour Video Used AI to Generate Adoring Fans and the Result Is Unintentionally Hilarious

AI Chatbots Are Trapping Users in Bizarre Mental Spirals for a Dark Reason, Experts Say

How to make clear iPhone app icons with iOS 26

The iPhone 17 event is September 9: Here's everything to know about the upcoming Apple lineup

Mapping connections of anti-offshore wind groups and their lawyers

Show HN: Spart – A Rust library for fast spatial search with Python bindings

Researchers find evidence of ChatGPT buzzwords turning up in everyday speech

How Marvel’s Huge Budget for ‘Eternals’ Actually Worked Against It

Yapping With ChatGPT: Voice Mode With GPT-5 Sounds More Human Than Ever

OpenAI Plans to Add Parental Controls to ChatGPT After Lawsuit Over Teen's Death

The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived

Nvidia reports record sales as the AI boom continues

Chipolo’s new CARD and LOOP bring stylish tracking to Android’s Find Hub

New AirTag 2 is coming very soon with these rumored features

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