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The looming crackdown on AI companionship

technologyreview.com James O'Donnell 2025-09-30 13:00:00

It’s hard to overstate the impact of these stories. To the public, they are proof that AI is not merely imperfect, but a technology that’s more harmful than helpful. If you doubted that this outrage would be taken seriously by regulators and companies, three things happened this week that might change your mind. A California law passes the legislature On Thursday, the California state legislature passed a first-of-its-kind bill. It would require AI companies to include reminders for users they

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Nothing wants to build ambitious new products, including smart glasses

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-30 12:45:52

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Nothing’s CEO Carl Pei has shared his vision about the company’s expansion into other product categories. The executive says the company will focus on AI-driven hardware experiences beyond smartphones. He stresses the need for hardware-agnostic operating systems that will adapt to multiple hardware interfaces, such as smart glasses, humanoid robots, EVs, and more. Over the past several months, stagnation of smartphone-related innovation has been a consta

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Dolphin update makes GameCube and Wii games far less likely to crash

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-30 13:51:09

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Dolphin release 2509 turns off Dual Core mode by default on desktop, fixing common crashes. The update also adds compatibility for three tricky Disney Wii games thanks to clever hacks. Bluetooth passthrough, which enables Wii Remote support, has been patched to work with more modern Bluetooth adapters. Dolphin has long been one of the most impressive emulators around, but despite more than 20 years of development, there’s still more work to be done. In

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Google Wallet may soon let you favorite passes for faster access (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-30 14:12:17

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Wallet seems to be preparing a new way to “favorite” passes. Users will be able to tap a star button to add a pass to their favorites and have it appear on the home screen. It’s unclear whether the starred or favorited passes will be highlighted somehow on the Wallet app’s home screen, or if they’ll show up directly on your phone’s home screen. Google Wallet has steadily evolved from a simple payment tool into a hub for boarding passes, transi

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Google Pixel battery woes continue, but when will enough be enough?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-30 14:25:32

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority 🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. According to community reports, another Google Pixel model is now facing battery issues. According to Google support forum posts, several Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro users suffer from swollen batteries, some of which are causing the screen to separate from the device’s chassis. Notably, some of our

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Apple @ Work Podcast: Parallels Desktop 26 makes it easier for IT to deploy and manage virtual machines

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2025-09-30 14:00:00

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Apple Sports app gets widgets for live scores and schedules on your home screen

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-30 15:50:53

The Apple Sports app has seen a number of great updates over the year, and the latest of these is support for widgets on your Home Screen. These can be customized to show live scores and schedules for your favorite teams and leagues, Including Live Activities on your Lock Screen. Apple has also rolled out the app to eight new countries … The latest changes are found in version 3.3. Now introducing Widgets for Apple Sports, giving you quick access to live scores and schedules right on your Hom

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Are portable solar power banks reliable in 2025? My buying advice after a year of testing

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-09-30 14:38:26

'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

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2 Meta Ray-Bans leaks that have me truly excited for Connect (including a new Oakley model)

zdnet.com Kerry Wan 2025-09-30 14:43:00

Meta launched the Oakley HSTN smart glasses earlier this year. Now it's preparing to launch several other pairs at Connect. Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Meta recently published a video trailer for its upcoming smart glasses, which are expected to be unveiled at Connect on Wednesday. The montage included clips of Meta Ray-Bans that have an HUD display and wristband controller. A new Oakley model based on the brand's Sphaera d

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Self Propagating NPM Malware Compromises over 40 Packages

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 15:22:03

Executive Summary The NPM ecosystem is facing another critical supply chain attack. The popular @ctrl/tinycolor package, which receives over 2 million weekly downloads, has been compromised along with more than 40 other packages across multiple maintainers. This attack demonstrates a concerning evolution in supply chain threats - the malware includes a self-propagating mechanism that automatically infects downstream packages, creating a cascading compromise across the ecosystem. The compromised

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28 Best Gifts Under $200 to Buy in 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-30 11:36:00

Atlas Coffee Club is CNET's pick for the best coffee subscription for the price, and if your giftee is into sampling unique coffees from around the world, they'll love it. Each subscription box comes with coffee from a different country (Atlas sources coffee from more than 50 nations), plus tasting notes, brewing tips and a postcard of the country of origin. You can select a three-, six- or 12-month subscription and prices start at $50 (on sale from $60) and go up from there. You can also choos

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Can Vibration Plates Help Get You Leaner and Stronger? Here's What the Experts Say

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-30 12:35:00

Vibration plates are popular all over social media right now. They claim to help you lose weight and build muscle -- all while standing on the vibrating surface. But does standing on a shaking platform really help you get stronger or shed pounds, or is it just another short-lived trend? To find out, we talked to personal trainers and other fitness experts. These experts explained how vibration plates are supposed to work, the benefits you might get from using them, the risks you should watch ou

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AI Is Bad at Sudoku. It's Even Worse at Showing Its Work

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-30 13:12:03

Chatbots are genuinely impressive when you watch them do things they're good at, like writing a basic email or creating weird, futuristic-looking images. But ask generative AI to solve one of those puzzles in the back of a newspaper, and things can quickly go off the rails. That's what researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder found when they challenged large language models to solve sudoku. And not even the standard 9x9 puzzles. An easier 6x6 puzzle was often beyond the capabilities

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Paramount Plus' Annual Plan Streaming Deal Ends Soon

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-30 13:45:04

Between hikes at Apple TV Plus, Peacock and Netflix, streaming services haven't held back on raising prices in 2025. It's as good a time as any for a deal, and Paramount Plus is offering one for new and returning subscribers. Now through Sept. 18, you can get half off Paramount Plus' annual plans, which require you to pay up-front for the 12 months. You can choose between $30 for a year of Paramount Plus Essential, which is ad-based, and $60 for Paramount Plus Premium, which has no commercials

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iOS 26: Here's How to Change Your iPhone's New Liquid Glass Design

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-30 15:00:04

Apple released iOS 26 on Monday, a few months after the company announced it at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June. The update introduces a handful of new features to your iPhone, like call screening, new ringtones and more. And the biggest change iOS 26 brings to your device is a new Liquid Glass design. Liquid Glass is the biggest visual update Apple has brought to your iPhone since the company released iOS 7 in 2013. The redesign makes menus and other visual elements appear transluc

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Microsoft’s Xbox PC app adds Steam games and access to other stores

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-30 13:03:20

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is rolling out a new aggregated gaming library inside its Xbox PC app today on Windows. The updated app will now list games from Steam, Battle.net, and other PC storefronts — making it a launcher for games you have installed on your PC. Microsoft has been testing this aggregated

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Nothing plans to launch ‘first AI-native devices next year’

theverge.com Robert Hart 2025-09-30 14:02:07

Robert Hart is a London-based reporter at The Verge covering all things AI and Senior Tarbell Fellow. Previously, he wrote about health, science and tech for Forbes. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. London-based consumer tech startup Nothing has raised $200 million and vowed to usher in a new generation of “AI-native” devices running on operating systems that “are significantly different from the ones today.” In a press release that reads

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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5’s biggest rival is arriving next week

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-30 14:58:20

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR MediaTek has announced that its next Dimensity flagship processor will be launched next week. This chip is expected to be the Dimensity 9500 processor. The processor is said to pack a powerful CPU, Mali G1-Ultra graphics, and an NPU with 100 TOPS of performance. Qualcomm will announce the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 next week, and it’s expected to power a host of flagship Android phones. Now, arch-rival MediaTek has revealed that its own high-end processo

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New Meta Ray-Bans leak with 2 major upgrades - now I'm even more excited for Connect

zdnet.com Kerry Wan 2025-09-30 10:47:00

Meta launched the Oakley HSTN smart glasses earlier this year. Now it's preparing to launch several other pairs at Connect. Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Meta recently published a video trailer for its upcoming smart glasses, which are expected to be unveiled at Connect on Wednesday. The montage included clips of Meta Ray-Bans that have an HUD display and wristband controller. A new Oakley model based on the brand's Sphaera d

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Windows 11 upgrade failed? These are my 4 most powerful troubleshooting secrets

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-09-30 16:00:00

SvetaZi/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. When Windows decides that it isn't interested in completing an upgrade, it can be maddeningly unhelpful, spitting out error codes and cryptic messages that can leave even experts scratching their heads. Also: How to upgrade your 'incompatible' Windows 10 PC to Windows 11 - for free That can happen with a routine Windows 11 feature update, but it's especially frustrating when you're trying to install Window

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Experimental browser MMO with bots, boss fights and power-ups

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-26 23:55:38

Instant Access No downloads, no waiting. Click and play immediately in your browser on any device.

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IBM Technology Atlas

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 16:28:42

IBM Technology Atlas We are writing the next chapter in Computing with six technology roadmaps that will bring a new era of performance and efficiency to information technology and business.

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"Your" vs. "My" in user interfaces

news.ycombinator.com Adam Silver 2025-09-30 12:05:53

“Your” vs “My” in user interfaces When referring to the user’s stuff, which is better out of these: “My account” or “Your account”? “My orders” or “Your orders”? “My cases” or “Your cases”? It’s a trick question because often you don’t need any prefix and can just use: Account Orders Cases Amazon is a good example of this in action because it’s obvious that it’s your account and your orders: But what if your product contains things that belong to you and to others – for example, a case

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Lenovo Coupon Codes and Deals: $800+ Off

wired.com Luke Larsen 2025-09-30 14:00:00

Lenovo is currently the biggest PC and laptop company in the world, and they just so happen to make some of our favorite laptops and PC peripherals. In fact, our list of the Best Laptops you can buy include a number of Lenovo devices that we’ve tested and fully recommend, ranging from high-end premium laptops to options for budget-minded shoppers. If you are looking to save a few bucks while shopping for a new Lenovo product, here are the Lenovo coupon codes and special offers you need to know a

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Google Home app finally supports hot water controls for Nest thermostats

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-30 16:03:35

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The Google Home app is getting long-awaited hot water controls for Nest thermostats. The features are rolling out for Nest Learning Thermostat 3rd Gen UK/EU and Nest Thermostat E. Google is also rolling out controls in the Google Home app for non-thermostat climate devices. Google’s Nest team has announced several thermostat improvements in the Google Home app, including hot water controls, which were previously limited to the older Nest app. Hot wa

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Britt Lower’s Emmy acceptance speech included a sneaky Severance easter egg [U]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-30 12:21:55

Actress Britt Lower took home one of the two statues awarded to Severance at the Emmy Awards last night, and her acceptance speech included a fun little easter egg. Or was it a cry for help from her innie? Watch it below. Severance didn’t win for Best Drama, but its cast got some well-deserved nods Last night at the Emmy Awards, Apple took home a total of 25 statues, most of which went to its hit comedy series The Studio. Severance, on the other hand, added two statues to the six it had alrea

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I answered the million-dollar question about buying monitors - how to pick the right one

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-09-30 14:06:53

Cesar Cadenas/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Shopping for a new computer monitor can be overwhelming with all the metrics and jargon. To cut through the confusion, I recommended focusing on three features: size, panel type, and refresh rate. I'll provide several monitor recommendations for both Windows and macOS machines. So you just bought your perfect laptop or desktop, and you want a new monitor to go along with it. What do you choose?

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My search for the most durable USB-C cable is over - this one passes my brick test

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-09-30 14:27:00

'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

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Ghost kitchens are dying

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 10:25:26

Ghost Kitchens Are Dying. Here's the $15 Billion Lesson Every Restaurateur Must Learn. A ghost kitchen stripped away everything you think makes a restaurant a restaurant. No dining room. No servers. No storefront. No customers walking through the door. Just a kitchen. Four walls. Commercial equipment. And a phone that never stops ringing with delivery orders. Ghost kitchens exist only in the digital world. Customers find them on DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub. They order through an app. Food

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The Tesla ‘Blade Runner 2049’ AI Lawsuit Just Hit an Interesting Snag

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-09-30 13:30:50

In April, movement on a 2024 lawsuit involving AI, Tesla, Warner Bros., and the production company behind Blade Runner 2049 caught the attention of sci-fi fans. Today, there’s an update that skews in favor of Warner Bros. Alcon Entertainment, which produced the 2017 Denis Villeneuve film and has the Prime Video Blade Runner 2099 series on the way, alleged that promotional material used at an October 2024 Tesla event very closely resembled stills from that film. Those concerns were further heig

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My search for the most durable USB-C cable is over - this one passes my brick test

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