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I replaced my Sonos Arc Ultra with this Samsung flagship soundbar - and it's a worthy alternative

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-07-25 23:26:00

Samsung HW-Q990F ZDNET's key takeaways The Samsung HW-Q990F home entertainment system is on sale on Amazon for $1,999, including a soundbar, external subwoofer, and two rear speakers. The Q990F is packed with software features, plenty of audio modes, and delivers big, room-filling sound. However, there aren't many substantial upgrades over last year's model, leaving no urgency to upgrade. $1,497.99 at Amazon $1,599.99 at Samsung $1,997.99 at Walmart more buying choices You don't need me to te

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People don't trust AI but they're increasingly using it anyway

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-07-26 00:00:00

Mininyx Doodle/Getty Images The use of generative AI in online search is continuing to explode, even while many people are dubious of the technology's reliability and trustworthiness. According to data first reported by Axios, ChatGPT now responds to around 2.5 billion user queries daily, with 330 million of those (roughly 13%) originating in the US. That's around 912.5 billion queries per year. Also: How the Trump administration changed AI: A timeline ChatGPT was also the most downloaded ap

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Passkeys won't be ready for primetime until Google and other companies fix this

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-07-26 00:00:00

Crispin la valiente/Getty Images I'm all about new technology, but sometimes, new technology gets in its own way, and passkeys epitomize this more than any other technology. For those who do not know, passkeys are the new password, only more secure. Also: How passkeys work: The complete guide to your inevitable passwordless future Essentially, a passkey is a digital credential that allows you to log into your accounts using biometric (fingerprints or facial scans) and/or non-biometric (PINs,

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Earthquake Causes 2.5-Meter Ground Slip in First-Ever Footage

news.ycombinator.com Ashley Fike 2025-07-26 00:15:22

A security camera in Myanmar captured something scientists have never seen before on film: the surface of the Earth lunging sideways during a magnitude 7.7 earthquake. In 1.3 seconds, the ground shifted 2.5 meters (a little over 8 feet), revealing something researchers have only been able to model or guess at until now. It’s the first direct video of a fault line in motion, offering a rare, horrifyingly calm glimpse at the forces that shape continents and rearrange cities. Videos by VICE Scie

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Show HN: Llm-benchmark – Benchmarks LLM-optimized code across multiple providers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-23 01:24:36

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No Cheese Please

news.ycombinator.com Anthony Grafton 2025-07-24 12:42:11

Libraries were all the rage in Renaissance Europe, and no wonder. Theatres of knowledge, grandly decorated and proudly displayed, they hosted dramas of many kinds. Learned men used them for lively conversation on such irresistible topics as the philosophies of Hermes, Zoroaster and Pythagoras or relations between the later Roman Empire and the Persian king Shapur II, which Angelo Poliziano, Pico della Mirandola and others debated in the new Florentine library of San Marco. Yet they were also –

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A media company demanded a license fee for an Open Graph image I used

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-25 22:27:43

22nd July 2025 I displayed an open graph image and had to pay how much?! A media company demanded a license fee for an Open Graph image used on my twitter archive. I gave in and paid it, but what does that mean for open graph images and copyright? In April 2025, I received an email from an image licensing company (hereby "licensor") regarding an image used on my twitter archive. That image was owned by them, but used as the Open Graph image for a news article. They demanded I purchase a licen

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Hegel Dust

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-24 13:23:25

SO MUCH DEPENDS UPON La Vache qui rit, which you know as the Laughing Cow, the individually wrapped wedges of spreadable cheese from your childhood. Founded in 1921 by a French veteran of the First World War, the company’s name is based on a pun on Wagner’s Valkyries and an anti-German slur. The product’s package—a circular box with a jolly red-faced cow wearing ear tags that have jolly red-faced cows on them—has gone down in advertising history as an early instance of successful branding. In th

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I watched Gemini CLI hallucinate and delete my files

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-25 16:54:05

I Watched Gemini CLI Hallucinate and Delete My Files I have failed you completely and catastrophically. My review of the commands confirms my gross incompetence.... I read about Jason Lemkin's Replit incident and thought I'll share my own weird experience with Gemini CLI. I'd been using Claude Code (CC) pretty heavily off late on their pay per token model, and thought it might be worthwhile to give Gemini CLI a shot before I commit $100 per month to CC. With Gemini 2.5 Pro under the hood and

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TapTrap: Animation‑Driven Tapjacking on Android

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-25 21:55:19

TapTrap is a new type of attack targeting Android devices. It allows an app without any permissions to misuse screen animations. This app can secretly open another screen, such as a permission prompt, and make it invisible. The attack can then be used to trick you into performing sensitive actions, such as granting camera permissions or even erasing your device, without your consent. The idea is simple: imagine you’re using an app. While you use it, it opens another screen, such as a system pro

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Qwen3-Coder: Agentic coding in the world

news.ycombinator.com Qwen Team 2025-07-25 19:12:30

GITHUB HUGGING FACE MODELSCOPE DISCORD Today, we’re announcing Qwen3-Coder, our most agentic code model to date. Qwen3-Coder is available in multiple sizes, but we’re excited to introduce its most powerful variant first: Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct — a 480B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model with 35B active parameters which supports the context length of 256K tokens natively and 1M tokens with extrapolation methods, offering exceptional performance in both coding and agentic tasks. Qwen3-Cod

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People Click Links Less Frequently When AI Summary Appears on Google Search, Study Shows

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-25 20:46:56

Google's AI Overviews, which are AI-generated summaries that appear at the top of search results for certain types of queries, are less likely to lead to clicks for sites, according to a report from Pew Research on Tuesday. The study is based on data from 900 US adults who shared their browsing data with Pew. Based on the study's findings, when an AI overview -- AIO -- appeared in search, users were less likely to click on links when compared to queries that didn't generate AI summaries. Pew t

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, July 23

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-26 00:10:40

Back Services & Software All the news and tips you need to get the most out of services, apps and software you use every day.

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A Top NASA Official Is Among Thousands of Staff Leaving the Agency

wired.com Stephen Clark 2025-07-25 22:00:00

You can add another name to the thousands of employees leaving NASA as the Trump administration primes the space agency for a 25 percent budget cut. On Monday, NASA announced that Makenzie Lystrup will leave her post as director of the Goddard Space Flight Center on Friday, August 1. Lystrup has held the top job at Goddard since April 2023, overseeing a staff of more than 8,000 civil servants and contractor employees and a budget last year of about $4.7 billion. These figures make Goddard the

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VSCO launches ‘Capture’, its iPhone camera app with analog-style filters

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-07-26 02:36:50

After a limited launch last month in Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, the VSCO Capture app is now live in the App Store worldwide, offering yet another option for iPhone users looking to go beyond the native camera app. Here’s everything the app has to offer. Surprisingly capable Unlike the main VSCO app, which focuses on photo editing and post-production creativity, Capture lets you apply more than 50 of VSCO’s iconic film presets before taking a photo. You can fine-tune the look with a r

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Splitgate 2 is yanked back to beta a month after release

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-26 02:10:22

Splitgate 2, the follow-up to the hugely successful 2021 Quake-Portal hybrid concept, is returning to beta. The game launched last month, but developer 1047 Games is pulling it after deciding the release had been rushed. The company doesn't plan to release the project again until 2026. "We'll be heads down until early next year, rebuilding major parts of the game to capture the spirit of what made Splitgate special," the founders said in a post to the game's Reddit community. "That means rework

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Gitea Private, Fast, Reliable DevOps Platform

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-23 15:47:34

Gitea offers universal compatibility and flexible deployment options. Run Anywhere Universally compatible with diverse operating systems and environments, including Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, Kubernetes, and etc. Compatible with multiple architectures, such as x86 and arm64. Supported Frequent Databases Offers seamless integration with various databases, including SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL, TiDB, MS SQL, and etc.

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Algorithms for Modern Processor Architectures

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-26 01:56:55

Pipelining How does the processor manage to validate one UTF-16 character per cycle when it takes many cycles just to load the character?

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Democrats are desperately trying to revive the click-to-cancel rule

news.ycombinator.com Lauren Feiner 2025-07-26 02:12:41

is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. Democratic lawmakers are taking multiple routes to try to revive the Federal Trade Commission’s “click-to-cancel” rule after an appeals court blocked it on procedural grounds right before it was set to take effect. Democrats already introduced legislation earlier this month to cod

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Meta Is Breaking OpenAI $100 Million at a Time

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-07-26 02:25:24

The artificial intelligence landscape, once characterized by collaborative innovation, has dramatically shifted into an all-out war for top talent. At the forefront of this aggressive new era stands Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms, orchestrating an unprecedented assault on rival OpenAI. This isn’t merely a recruitment drive; it’s a clear declaration of war, fueled by a staggering $300 million offer designed to dismantle the very core of its competitor. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that

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Disney Parks Animatronics, Rated Yearbook-Style

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-07-26 02:45:33

Walt Disney is just the latest animatronic to be featured in Disney Parks’ experiences and attractions. The figure debuted for Disneyland’s 70th birthday at the Main Street Opera House, headlining a new show. In Walt Disney – A Magical Life, you can come face-to-face with the man behind the name, programmed to present his history as Imagineering’s latest tech feat. The figure joins the legacy of Disney’s contribution to theme park advancements, combining animation and robotics for his animatron

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The Best Places to Get Low-Cost Eye Exams, Glasses and Contacts Without Vision Insurance

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-26 00:49:00

Vision is our most important sense, which makes taking care of it essential. 93 million American adults are at high risk for serious vision loss, but only half of them have visited an eye doctor's office in the last 12 months, according to the CDC. This makes more sense once you consider a 2022 study that found 63% of Americans don't have vision insurance, as an eye exam, glasses and contact lenses can add up without it. If you don't have one either and are wondering if paying out of pocket for

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I Used This Robot Vacuum With a Mechanical Arm for Three Months but at $2,600 It's a Hard Sell

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-26 01:00:00

The Saros Z70 is priced at $2,599, making it one of the most expensive robot vacuums I've seen. You can buy two robot vacuums for this price. The most notable feature is the OmniGrip mechanical arm designed to pick up and sort items. It also has strong vacuuming and mopping capabilities, excellent mapping and the ability to cross thresholds. The mechanical arm has several issues, including difficulties picking up objects, navigation problems and software bugs. There were also connectivity issu

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'South Park': How to Watch the Season 27 Premiere Without Cable

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-26 01:01:32

Kenny, Kyle, Stan and Cartman are about to return. Comedy Central South Park's season 27 rollout has been hectic. The hit animated series has had its premiere date pushed and lacked definitive streaming details caused by behind-the-scenes ongoings. As of today, July 22, the show is a day away from its Comedy Central debut, and the US streaming method is becoming clear. According to a report from Deadline, a deal is being completed that would bring South Park to Paramount Plus in the US. The gl

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Conspiracy theorists don’t realize they’re on the fringe

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-25 23:11:44

It's not that believers in conspiracy theories are massively overconfident; there is no data on that, because the studies didn't set out to quantify the degree of overconfidence, per Pennycook. Rather, "They're overconfident, and they massively overestimate how much people agree with them," he said. Ars spoke with Pennycook to learn more. Ars Technica: Why did you decide to investigate overconfidence as a contributing factor to believing conspiracies? Gordon Pennycook: There's a popular sense

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2025 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante: A-M’s ultimate GT goes topless

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-26 02:01:05

We live in the era of the electric car—lightning that can't be put back in its bottle. This is important to keep in mind when we talk about new cars like the Aston Martin Vanquish Volante, because on paper, it seems hard to justify its half-million-dollar price tag and 800-plus horsepower twin-turbo V12 when things like Rivian's Quad-motor R1 vehicles and Lucid's Air can top its numbers for half the price. I say this not to suck the air out of the room but to put things in perspective, as this w

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Intuit brings agentic AI to the mid-market saving organizations 17 to 20 hours a month

venturebeat.com Sean Michael Kerner 2025-07-26 06:08:16

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 One of the fastest-growing segments of the business market faces a technology paradox. They’ve outgrown small business tools but sometimes remain too small for many types of traditional enterprise solutions. That’s the domain of the mid-market, which Intuit defines as companies that generate anywhere from $2.5 million to $100 million in an

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Anthropic researchers discover the weird AI problem: Why thinking longer makes models dumber

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-07-26 06:27:31

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 Artificial intelligence models that spend more time “thinking” through problems don’t always perform better — and in some cases, they get significantly worse, according to new research from Anthropic that challenges a core assumption driving the AI industry’s latest scaling efforts. The study, led by Anthropic AI safety fellow Aryo Pradipt

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Don’t miss the chance to get the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro at an all-time low price!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-26 06:19:36

Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro are the brand’s best wireless earbuds and the best option for Samsung users. They are usually pretty expensive at $249.99, but right now, you can take them home for just $109.99! It’s the lowest price we’ve seen them go for, so you might want to get yours before the offer is gone. Buy the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro for just $109.99 ($140 off) This offer is available from Woot, an Amazon-owned deals website. The deal is available in b

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13 underrated iOS 26 updates that improve your iPhone

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-07-26 06:43:31

Apple’s headline iOS 26 features like Apple Intelligence and redesigned apps tend to get all the attention. But some of the most useful changes are easy to miss. These underrated iOS 26 updates quietly improve the iPhone experience in ways that don’t make the keynote but still matter in everyday use. From smarter AirPods behavior to new journaling tools and better battery estimates, here are 13 updates you might have missed. 9to5Mac is brought to by iMazing: iMazing 3 is a comprehensive platfo

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Latest Tech News

I replaced my Sonos Arc Ultra with this Samsung flagship soundbar - and it's a worthy alternative

People don't trust AI but they're increasingly using it anyway

Passkeys won't be ready for primetime until Google and other companies fix this

Earthquake Causes 2.5-Meter Ground Slip in First-Ever Footage

Show HN: Llm-benchmark – Benchmarks LLM-optimized code across multiple providers

No Cheese Please

A media company demanded a license fee for an Open Graph image I used

Hegel Dust

I watched Gemini CLI hallucinate and delete my files

TapTrap: Animation‑Driven Tapjacking on Android

Qwen3-Coder: Agentic coding in the world

People Click Links Less Frequently When AI Summary Appears on Google Search, Study Shows

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, July 23

A Top NASA Official Is Among Thousands of Staff Leaving the Agency

VSCO launches ‘Capture’, its iPhone camera app with analog-style filters

Splitgate 2 is yanked back to beta a month after release

Gitea Private, Fast, Reliable DevOps Platform

Algorithms for Modern Processor Architectures

Democrats are desperately trying to revive the click-to-cancel rule

Meta Is Breaking OpenAI $100 Million at a Time

Disney Parks Animatronics, Rated Yearbook-Style

The Best Places to Get Low-Cost Eye Exams, Glasses and Contacts Without Vision Insurance

I Used This Robot Vacuum With a Mechanical Arm for Three Months but at $2,600 It's a Hard Sell

'South Park': How to Watch the Season 27 Premiere Without Cable

Conspiracy theorists don’t realize they’re on the fringe

2025 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante: A-M’s ultimate GT goes topless

Intuit brings agentic AI to the mid-market saving organizations 17 to 20 hours a month

Anthropic researchers discover the weird AI problem: Why thinking longer makes models dumber

Don’t miss the chance to get the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro at an all-time low price!

13 underrated iOS 26 updates that improve your iPhone

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