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MasterClass deal: Get up to 50 percent off for Father's Day

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-02 12:01:26

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 stumped on what to get your dad for Father's Day, consider a digital gift like a Nintendo Switch Online membership or a subscription to MasterClass. The latter has appeared in many of our gift guides in the past, including our favorite gifts for teachers, but it's a great gif

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What Is Open Source?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-02 15:49:03

I published a version of this article on Medium eight years ago. This version is updated with new references and arguments. Over the last few years, I’ve been a part of lots of discussions — across domains, from technology to journalism and education — about Silicon Valley and how technology business models are affecting other industries. Outside technology industry circles, there’s lots of talk about how open source software is a more respectful model. What’s missing from many of these discus

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Saab achieves AI milestone with Gripen E

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-02 12:43:11

Saab, in collaboration with Helsing, today announced the successful completion of the first three flights integrating Helsing’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent ‘Centaur’ into a Gripen E fighter jet. As part of Saab’s ‘Project Beyond’, the flights, where the first flight, was conducted on May 28, mark a significant advance in bringing AI capabilities to military aircraft. It is also yet another proof point of Gripen E´s unparalleled ability to rapidly update software without disregarding safet

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RISC-V in AI and HPC Part 1: Per Aspera Ad Astra?

news.ycombinator.com Anton Shilov 2025-09-29 06:27:50

//php echo do_shortcode('[responsivevoice_button voice="US English Male" buttontext="Listen to Post"]') ?> —First in a three-part series Introduced in 2014, the RISC-V instruction set architecture has been evolving at a pace that Arm and x86 ISAs have never experienced. Initially, RISC-V cores were used solely for microcontrollers and applications that did not require high performance, but rather benefited from low cost and low power. Since RISC-V is an open-source architecture, it quickly gai

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Limited-Time VPN Deal: Get 76% Off NordVPN + Up to $50 in Amazon Gift Cards

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-10-02 23:15:29

Looking to score big with the world’s #1 VPN? NordVPN is famous for insanely good deals, but this one appeared out of nowhere. If you purchase NordVPN today, you’ll secure a free Amazon gift card. Lock in your privacy and unlock Amazon goodies! We’ll tell you all about the current promotion offering up to 76% off NordVPN, plus an Amazon gift card worth several tens of dollars. Get NordVPN + Amazon Voucher Here NordVPN & Amazon Gift Card Exclusive Deal You might be wondering if such a crazy p

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Copilot Vision brings Microsoft's screen-watching AI to everyday Windows tasks

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-10-03 11:12:00

AI overload: Microsoft wants Copilot to be your digital sidekick, always watching and ready to help – whether you need it or not. The latest feature, Vision, turns the AI into a screen-reading assistant that talks back, offering tips, tasks, or tech-induced headaches. Microsoft announced that Copilot Vision is now available to users in the US, with plans to expand to more non-European countries soon. This update significantly enhances Copilot, which is evolving into more of a digital "companion

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When to Stream 'A Minecraft Movie' on Max

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-03 08:02:35

If you caught some morsels from A Minecraft Movie on social media -- videos of theater audiences going wild over a chicken jockey or Jack Black passionately singing about cooking chicken with lava -- next week you can stream the flick that started it all. The Max streaming service, which will soon take on the title of HBO Max again, previously announced that the video game movie would premiere in June. Now it's shared the exact release date for the PG-rated comedy. A Minecraft Movie stars Black

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A Minecraft Movie is coming exclusively to HBO Max on June 20

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-03 14:58:59

Don’t throw all your popcorn at the screen, but A Minecraft Movie begins streaming exclusively on HBO Max (which used to be Max, which used to be HBO Max) on June 20. The big studio adaptation of the best-selling video game of all time was something of a surprise hit for those unfamiliar with the game’s mammoth audience. Movie adaptations of video games can be really hit or miss. The Super Mario Bros. Movie set the box office record for the highest-grossing video game movie of all time and was

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Using computers more freely and safely (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 14:27:20

How can we use computers more freely and safely? the punchline Prefer software: with thousands rather than millions of users that seldom requires updates that spawns lots of forks that is easy to modify that you can modify These are my suggestions. Prefer software with thousands rather than millions of users, that doesn't change often, that seems to get forked a lot, that can be modified without specialized tools, and, ideally that you can make small changes to. Yourself. In a single af

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Will People Care About the ‘Minecraft’ Chicken Jockey From the Comfort of Their Homes?

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-10-03 15:00:03

A Minecraft Movie already had a towering built-in fan base thanks to its source material being the best-selling video game of all time. But few could have predicted that the movie—a goofy comedy starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa as human characters who get pulled into the chaotic cubic world—would become a Rocky Horror-style interactive sensation, with wild antics in theaters going viral almost overnight. Director Jared Hess found the “chicken jockey” frenzy to be hilarious; star Black took a

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Trump’s FTC may impose merger condition that forbids advertising boycotts

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-03 15:11:56

FTC chair alleged “serious risk” from ad boycotts After Musk's purchase of Twitter, the social network lost advertisers for various reasons, including changes to content moderation and an incident in which Musk posted a favorable response to an antisemitic tweet and then told concerned advertisers to "go fuck yourself." FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said at a conference in April that "the risk of an advertiser boycott is a pretty serious risk to the free exchange of ideas." "If advertisers get

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Microsoft's own Xbox handheld is "essentially cancelled"

techspot.com Kishalaya Kundu 2025-10-03 19:01:00

TL;DR: Microsoft and Asus recently announced two new Xbox-branded handheld devices: the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X. While these represent a new step for Xbox gaming on portable devices, a new report suggests that Microsoft has internally shelved its own Xbox handheld project – one that was never officially announced but had been the subject of considerable speculation. According to The Verge, Microsoft has "essentially canceled" its native Xbox handheld to focus on the Xbox software plat

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Epic Games sues Fortnite cheat developer for selling wallhack and auto-aim tools

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-10-03 19:44:00

Editor's take: Multiplayer gaming is about fair fights, not shortcuts. But cheaters keep buying their wins, ruining it for everyone else. Epic Games is cracking down hard because cheating isn't just unfair – it's a threat to the whole game. Sorry, losers. Cheating doesn't pay. Epic Games recently announced a new lawsuit targeting developers of Fortnite cheating tools. The company is going after an individual who created software that lets players see through walls and use auto-aim. Epic shared

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Best Buy’s Giving You $1,000 Off Refurbished Microsoft Surface Touchscreen Laptop, Nearly Free Right Now

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-10-03 19:10:11

Looking to replace you laptop but don’t feel like shelling out thousands for the latest MacBook? Well you don’t need to sweat. You can grab yourself something perfectly capable of meeting your everyday needs. New is overrated. Like-new is good enough for just about anything and is a great way to save yourself hundreds and hundreds of dollars. What happens to new products anyway? Well I’ll tell you. They become old. It happens to us all. Stop trying to fight the entropy of the universe and just a

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33 Best Gifts for Teens (2025), Approved by Our Kids

wired.com Louryn Strampe 2025-10-04 06:39:00

Teenagers are intimidating. They speak their own language, blurt out confusing jokes, and somehow have always already seen the TikToks you send them. It can be hard to keep up with the absolute coolest kids around, and that's especially true when it comes to holiday gift-giving. For the past few years, we've informally polled some of the terrifying supercool teens in our lives to find out what presents they really want. Everything in this list is teen-approved. These gift ideas are not one-size-

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Microsoft confirms auth issues affecting Microsoft 365 users

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-04 15:37:06

Microsoft is investigating an ongoing incident that is causing users to experience errors with some Microsoft 365 authentication features. As the company revealed earlier today in an incident alert published in the admin center, users may experience errors during self-service password resets, while admins may be unable to add multi-factor authentication (MFA) sign-in methods to some users. Redmond says this incident is caused by a recent change aiming to improve MFA sign-in functionality. Sinc

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HP’s 2025 New 14″ Laptop at Over 70% Off Makes It Almost Free, With MS Office and Windows 11 Pro Included

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-10-04 15:10:58

Schools is out but the next semester will be here before you know it. Is you college student equipped to take on all their classes? Make sure they are kitted with the right laptop to get all their class work and homework done reliably without any technical issues. Amazon is making that easy as they’ve knocked more than half the price off this HP portable student and business laptop. It includes Microsoft Office and also thrown into the bundle is a license for Windows 11 Pro. It’s down from $1,30

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I Tested the Acer Swift 14 AI and Found This Copilot Plus PC Is Missing One Key Feature

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-04 14:00:07

7.0 / 10 SCORE Acer Swift 14 AI 2025 $1,030 at Amazon Pros Incredibly long battery life Sturdy build quality Comfortable keyboard and large trackpad feel great to use 1440p webcam Cons Too pricey to not include OLED display Integrated Qualcomm Adreno GPU is limited Can't disable goofy illuminated AI logo on touchpad The Acer Swift 14 AI is a Copilot Plus PC with a Qualcomm Snapdragon X series CPU, which means it delivers incredible battery life -- longer than 24 hours! -- and comes equipp

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Reddit adds analytics and drafts for comments

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-05 00:05:50

Reddit is making it easier to gauge the impact your comments are having. The company is introducing detailed analytics for comments that measure views and other engagement metrics. Reddit shared the change as part of a larger batch of updates around how it handles comments on its platform. Comment insights will provide details around upvotes (including the ratio of upvotes to downvotes), replies, views, shares and awards. Additionally, Redditors will now be able to share comments as a standalon

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Patch Tuesday, June 2025 Edition

krebsonsecurity.com Unknown 2025-10-02 18:10:53

Microsoft today released security updates to fix at least 67 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and software. Redmond warns that one of the flaws is already under active attack, and that software blueprints showing how to exploit a pervasive Windows bug patched this month are now public. The sole zero-day flaw this month is CVE-2025-33053, a remote code execution flaw in the Windows implementation of WebDAV — an HTTP extension that lets users remotely manage files and directories

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AMD's new AI roadmap spans new Instinct GPUs, networking, software, and rack architectures

techspot.com Bob O'Donnell 2025-10-04 21:10:00

Editor's take: In the ever-evolving world of GenAI, important advances are happening across chips, software, models, networking, and systems that combine all these elements. That's what makes it so hard to keep up with the latest AI developments. The difficulty factor becomes even greater if you're a vendor building these kinds of products and working not only to keep up, but to drive those advances forward. Toss in a competitor that's virtually cornered the market – and in the process, grown in

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SAG-AFTRA board approves agreement with game companies on AI and new contract

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-10-04 23:04:00

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) National Board approved the tentative agreement with the video game bargaining group. The contract on terms for the Interactive Media Agreement will now be submitted to the membership for ratification. The new contract accomplishes important guardrails and gains around AI, including the requirement of informed consent across various AI uses and the ability for performers to suspend informed consent for Digi

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AMD's new AI roadmap spans GPUs, networking, software, and rack architectures

techspot.com Bob O'Donnell 2025-10-05 07:10:00

Editor's take: In the ever-evolving world of GenAI, important advances are happening across chips, software, models, networking, and systems that combine all these elements. That's what makes it so hard to keep up with the latest AI developments. The difficulty factor becomes even greater if you're a vendor building these kinds of products and working not only to keep up, but to drive those advances forward. Toss in a competitor that's virtually cornered the market – and in the process, grown in

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Deal: Your Samsung Galaxy Ring purchase comes with a free $100 gift card!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-05 11:38:37

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority If you’ve been looking to get a Samsung Galaxy Ring, today is your lucky day. While released nearly a year ago, this accessory is very rarely on sale. There’s no discount on it right now, but you can get a free $100 gift card with your purchase. Get the Samsung Galaxy Ring with a $100 gift card for $399.99 ($100 off) This offer is available from Amazon, so the free gift card is for use exclusively with the popular online retailer. The sale applies to all colo

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LibreOffice backs campaign to help users move from Windows 10 to Linux – and ditch Office, too

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-10-05 23:31:00

In context: Microsoft will officially end support for the most widely used editions of Windows 10 in just a few months. The operating system remains in use by hundreds of millions of PC owners, many of whom will soon face a critical decision: upgrade to Windows 11, or explore alternatives. Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 10 security updates on October 14, 2025, even though the operating system remains the most widely used desktop platform. This move will render a massive number of PC

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Microsoft fixes first known zero-click attack on an AI agent

techspot.com Kishalaya Kundu 2025-10-06 03:48:00

TL;DR: Microsoft has patched a critical zero-click vulnerability in Copilot that allowed remote attackers to automatically exfiltrate sensitive user data simply by sending an email. Dubbed "EchoLeak," the security flaw is being described by cybersecurity researchers as the first known zero-click attack targeting an AI assistant. EchoLeak affected Microsoft 365 Copilot, the AI assistant integrated across several Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams. Accordin

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Shaq Signs $1.8 Million Check to End His Crypto Drama

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-10-06 03:40:17

Shaquille O’Neal can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The basketball legend turned businessman and TV personality has agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over his role in promoting the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX. While the payment closes a legal chapter for the former Laker, it also marks a turning point in how courts are treating celebrity endorsements in the volatile world of crypto, a space where stardom once offered both hype and cover. O’Neal is among

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macOS apps can now render 3D scenes directly on Apple Vision Pro, hinting at a tethered headset

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-06 07:50:45

Apple’s WWDC25 developer sessions are packed with interesting tidbits that didn’t get stage time on the keynote or the State of the Union presentation. One in particular, highlighted briefly during What’s new in SwiftUI, could offer the first real hint at where visionOS is heading next. A couple of months ago, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that Apple was readying two new Vision Pro headsets. One aims to be lighter and more affordable than the current version, while the other is said to be a

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Microsoft's Copilot Vision AI helper is now available on Windows in the US

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-06 07:00:34

Microsoft has begun rolling out a major update for Copilot. Starting today, Windows 10 and 11 users in the US can try out the assistant's Vision feature. The tool allows you to share up to two apps with Copilot, so that you can then chat about what it sees. "[Copilot Vision] acts as your second set of eyes, able to analyze content, help when you’re lost, provide insights, and answer your questions as you go," Microsoft says. Additionally, with its new Highlights functionality, Copilot can even

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Microsoft just teased its next-gen Xbox console, and nobody noticed

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-06 07:00:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. I feel like a broken record, but I’ve been writing for more than a year that the next Xbox console will be more PC-like. Now, I think Microsoft just teased its next-gen Xbox plans while announcing its partnership with Asus to bring two Xbox Ally handhelds to the market later this year. The Xbox Ally handhelds run Windows, but the Xbox team has worked with Windows engineers to

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MasterClass deal: Get up to 50 percent off for Father's Day

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Saab achieves AI milestone with Gripen E

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Trump’s FTC may impose merger condition that forbids advertising boycotts

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Best Buy’s Giving You $1,000 Off Refurbished Microsoft Surface Touchscreen Laptop, Nearly Free Right Now

33 Best Gifts for Teens (2025), Approved by Our Kids

Microsoft confirms auth issues affecting Microsoft 365 users

HP’s 2025 New 14″ Laptop at Over 70% Off Makes It Almost Free, With MS Office and Windows 11 Pro Included

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Patch Tuesday, June 2025 Edition

AMD's new AI roadmap spans new Instinct GPUs, networking, software, and rack architectures

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macOS apps can now render 3D scenes directly on Apple Vision Pro, hinting at a tethered headset

Microsoft's Copilot Vision AI helper is now available on Windows in the US

Microsoft just teased its next-gen Xbox console, and nobody noticed

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