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Anthropic rejects the main developer of the library they use

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-18 11:25:43

An AI generated image of an AI using its hands to reject me. Very meta, I know I gave the AI arms and legs — then it rejected me 2025-07-03 In October 2024, Anthropic released "Claude Computer Use". It allows an AI to control a computer and for example copy data from a browser to a spreadsheet. It's a really cool feature and since I am the maintainer of a library that allows controlling a computer, I was curious to find out how they do it and learn from them. I didn't have time to look into i

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Some people are defending Perplexity after Cloudflare ‘named and shamed’ it

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-01-19 23:33:03

When Cloudflare accused AI search engine Perplexity of stealthily scraping websites on Monday, while ignoring a site’s specific methods to block it, this wasn’t a clear-cut case of an AI web crawler gone wild. Many people came to Perplexity’s defense. They argued that Perplexity accessing sites in defiance of the website owner’s wishes, while controversial, is acceptable. And this is a controversy that will certainly grow as AI agents flood the internet: Should an agent accessing a website on b

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The Future Beyond Meta Quest and Vision Pro Is Coming in Glasses Form. What Will VR Look Like Then?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-20 18:00:00

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently declared that the gadget of the future is AI-infused glasses. Zuckerberg and Meta have been interested in these types of peripherals for years, but the focus has clearly been shifting lately from VR on our faces to glasses on our faces. Meta's not alone here. Apple sees a future in AR. Google does too. So does Samsung. The list of players goes on and on. As VR has shifted to mixed reality, and smart glasses promise augmented reality features to come, and AI evo

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Amazon is bringing its Starlink alternative to Australia next year

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-01-20 18:05:11

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Amazon’s unproven Project Kuiper satellites will be put to work next year, supplying internet access to rural Australians. The retail giant announced an agreement with Australia’s state-owned National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) on Tuesday to provide satellite internet to more than 300,000 eligible customers across the country by mid-2026. “Australia’s vast geography presents unique connectivity chal

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As a linguist, I want to find the words to measure chronic illness

news.ycombinator.com M Corvi 2026-01-18 03:16:40

Heather Hogan / The Sick Times Let me paint a scene that is all too familiar: I’m not feeling well (again), I go to the doctor (again), they take some blood (again; I turn my head away) and poke at me in whatever way my insurance company deems appropriate. The result is a long sheet of seemingly arbitrary numbers that indicate something about my metabolic processes and the resulting sensations, and I leave without much information aside from some variation of: “These tests tell me that your bo

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Clojure Civitas – Publish Clojure Ideas and Explorations

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-17 04:33:21

Clojure Civitas Clojure Civitas makes it easy for you to publish Clojure ideas and explorations without the overhead of setting up a new project, blog, or repo. Whether you're sketching out a quick experiment or writing a deeper post, just fork this repo, create a namespace, write, commit and submit a pull request. This is your shared scratch space. Think. Code. Share. ⚡ No setup – Clone this repo, make a new namespace, start coding. ✍️ Write as you code – Capture notes, results, and ideas a

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Perplexity is allegedly scraping websites it's not supposed to, again

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-21 18:11:10

Web crawlers deployed by Perplexity to scrape websites are allegedly skirting restrictions, according to a new report from Cloudflare. Specifically, the report claims that the company's bots appear to be "stealth crawling" sites by disguising their identity to get around robots.txt files and firewalls. Robots.txt is a simple file websites host that lets web crawlers know if they can scrape a websites' content or not. Perplexity's official web crawling bots are "PerplexityBot" and "Perplexity-Us

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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission ends in disappointment

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-21 23:13:19

The Lunar Trailblazer mission to the moon officially ended on July 31, but it wasn't a complete journey. NASA said today that its teams lost contact with the satellite shortly after its launch several months prior. The NASA satellite was part of the IM-2 mission by Intuitive Machines, which took off from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center on February 26 at 7:16PM ET. The Lunar Trailblazer successfully separated from the rocket as planned about 48 minutes after launch. Operators

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NASA's Curiosity picks up new skills

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-21 22:20:38

Instead, Curiosity and its younger sibling Perseverance each use their MMRTG nuclear power source, which relies on decaying plutonium pellets to create energy and recharge the rover’s batteries. Providing ample power for the rovers’ many science instruments, MMRTGs are known for their longevity (the twin Voyager spacecraft have relied on RTGs since 1977). But as the plutonium decays over time, it takes longer to recharge Curiosity’s batteries, leaving less energy for science each day. The team

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Customizing tmux

news.ycombinator.com Evgenii Pendragon 2026-01-21 23:41:30

I have been exploring some new tools here and there. When I started watching Primeagen, I took a note of several tools that he was using and advocating for. One of them was tmux. What is tmux?# tmux is a terminal multiplexer. What that means is you can have many terminals in one. According to tmux wiki: tmux is a program which runs in a terminal and allows multiple other terminal programs to be run inside it. Each program inside tmux gets its own terminal managed by tmux, which can be accesse

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Customizing tmux and making it less dreadful

news.ycombinator.com Evgenii Pendragon 2026-01-22 11:41:30

I have been exploring some new tools here and there. When I started watching Primeagen, I took a note of several tools that he was using and advocating for. One of them was tmux. What is tmux?# tmux is a terminal multiplexer. What that means is you can have many terminals in one. According to tmux wiki: tmux is a program which runs in a terminal and allows multiple other terminal programs to be run inside it. Each program inside tmux gets its own terminal managed by tmux, which can be accesse

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Tesla awards Musk $29 billion in shares with prior pay package in limbo

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2026-01-23 04:27:37

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was awarded an interim pay package of 96 million shares of the company over the weekend. The shares would be worth about $29 billion. Tesla stock climbed about 2% Monday. The company said in a filing Sunday that the pay package would vest in two years as long as Musk continued as CEO or in another key executive position. The new award would be forfeited if the legal battle over his 2018 compensation ends with Musk being able to exercise the larger pay package, which was va

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Disney Lorcana's Newest Super Rare Card Gives Your Aliens a Big Boost

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-23 03:01:00

I’m lucky here at CNET to get an early look at some of the new Disney Lorcana cards -- and sometimes, I get to share them with you. Disney Lorcana is one of the best card games available right now and one of my favorites to play with a group of friends when you're feeling a little tired of gaming. Every quarter, a new set is released, and with the last set, Reign of Jafar, in the rearview, we’re looking forward to the newest set, Fabled. Fabled, or set nine, includes a lot of reprinted cards fr

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These are the best streaming services you aren’t watching

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-24 00:00:28

We all know how to find our favorite shows and blockbuster films on mainstream streaming services like Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+. But even as streaming has opened the door to millions of hours of on-demand entertainment, it can still feel like there’s nothing fresh or exciting to watch anymore. If you agree, it’s time to check out some of the more niche streaming services available, where you can find remarkable content unlikely to be available elsewhere. This article breaks down the best

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What’s Inside the Tiny Miracle Food Pouches That Can Save the Lives of Starving Gazans

wired.com Alex Christian 2026-01-24 00:00:00

Take a peanut-based paste packed with 500 calories and nearly 13 grams of protein. Store it in a 92-gram foil pouch, so it can be easily sucked by starving infants on the front line. No water or refrigeration is required, meaning it can be distributed in drought-hit areas and stored at ambient temperature for up to two years. Just a couple of daily sachets can lead to a 10 percent weight gain over six weeks, sustaining recovery from severe acute malnutrition for less than $60 per child. Saving a

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So you want to parse a PDF?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-23 15:24:29

Suppose you have an appetite for tilting at windmills. Let's say you love pain. Well then why not write a PDF parser today? The ideal world: how the specification should work Conceptually parsing a PDF is fairly simple: First, locate the version header comment at the start of the file Next you need to locate the pointer to the cross-reference Then you can find all object offsets Finally you locate and build the trailer dictionary which points to the catalog dicitionary Introduction to PDF

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SAP is acquiring SmartRecruiters

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-01-23 15:12:51

In Brief SAP announced Friday that it has reached an agreement to acquire recruiting software company SmartRecruiters. In a press release, the European software giant said that SmartRecruiters “powerful, user-friendly interfaces and seamless workflows” will complement SAP’s existing HR tools. Muhammad Alam, the SAP executive board member who leads product and engineering, said in a statement that with this acquisition, “Customers will be able to manage the entire candidate lifecycle — from so

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Anandtech.com now redirects to its forums

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-23 05:27:25

This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.

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The enforcer that could break up Apple and Google is facing upheaval

theverge.com Lauren Feiner 2026-01-23 14:00:00

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. The sudden firing of two high-ranking antitrust officials this week is signaling upheaval at an agency responsible for arguing some of the biggest tech monopoly cases in decades. Two top deputies to Department of Justice Antitrust Division chief Gail Slater were fired earlier this

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Is your Roku TV spying on you? It's possible, but here's how to put a stop to it

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2026-01-23 14:30:13

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Whenever I hear about consumer data tracking, my half-century-old brain dredges up that Hall and Oates hit called "Private Eyes" with the refrain "they're watching you." I don't mean to incite Big Brother paranoia; I know I'm not being spied on everywhere I go, especially not in the seclusion of my home. But while using streaming devices, you can almost guarantee that your entertainment and advertisement preferences are being tracked. Also: Your Apple TV is getting 5 useful f

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Lego’s August Releases Are Going Merry

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-23 23:45:06

Lego usually has quiet months and big months in terms of releases, but by far and away the two most important times of the year for Lego—and most threatening for your wallet as a Lego fan—are the start of it in January and the height of summer in August. The latter is finally here, and Lego has a lot of options for if you want to beat the heat by staying inside and building bricks. A lot of options. With dozens upon dozens upon dozens of new sets arriving today, it’s hard to really break down

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Scientists Just Launched the First Quantum Computer Into Space

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-24 06:31:30

The world of quantum computing has barged into a new frontier: space. A tiny quantum computer housed in a satellite is now in orbit around Earth, ScienceNews reports, residing some 330 miles above our planet after being launched aboard a SpaceX rocket last month. It's a trailblazing experiment intended to test how well these delicate devices can survive the extreme conditions of space, where they could allow satellites to quickly and efficiently perform intense calculations on their own. The

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T-Mobile now officially owns UScellular

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-24 09:45:10

T-Mobile has sealed the deal on its UScellular acquisition. In exchange for $4.3 billion, T-Mobile gets UScellular’s customers, stores and 30 percent of its spectrum. If you’re a UScellular customer, you don’t have to do anything. "UScellular customers stay on their existing plans with no changes for now," the carrier said. You can continue to manage your account through UScellular’s website. You can also still turn to the T-Mobile-owned carrier for customer support. The $4.3 billion wasn’t th

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Spotify listened and is finally letting you disable this controversial feature

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-24 23:18:59

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Spotify’s “Create” button can now be removed from the bottom navigation bar. You’ll need to head to Settings to find the option to toggle the button on or off. The new setting is device-specific, so you’ll need to change it on all of your devices. Not all that long ago, Spotify introduced a “Create” button to the bottom navigation bar. While the intention was to make it easier for users to create different types of playlists, a majority of users found th

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iPadOS 26 makes this overlooked iPad setting more crucial than ever

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-24 23:25:39

iPadOS 26 is packed full of productivity upgrades, including a new windowing system that lets you use far more apps at once than before. And that newfound ability has made an overlooked ‘More Space’ setting significantly more useful. ‘More Space’ makes app windows more dense with content, perfect for iPadOS 26 No matter which iPad you’re using, iPadOS 26 has big upgrades for how many apps can be visible on-screen. On my 13-inch M4 iPad Pro, I can have up to 12 windows visible simultaneously.

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Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-25 04:11:28

It's a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we've featured year-end roundups of cool science stories we (almost) missed. This year, we're experimenting with a monthly collection. July's list includes the discovery of the tomb of the first Maya king of Caracol in Belize, the fluid dynamics of tacking a sailboat, how to determine how fast blood was traveling when it stained cotton fabric, and how

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Belgium bans Internet Archive's ‘Open Library’

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-25 16:41:05

The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued an unprecedentedly broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna's Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the Internet Archive's Open Library. In addition to ISP blocks, the order also directs search engines, DNS resolvers, advertisers, domain name services, CDNs and hosting companies to take action. Traditional site-blocking measures that require local ISPs to block subscriber access to popular

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Belgium Bans Internet Archive's 'Open Library' in Site Blocking Order

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-25 22:41:05

The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued an unprecedentedly broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna's Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the Internet Archive's Open Library. In addition to ISP blocks, the order also directs search engines, DNS resolvers, advertisers, domain name services, CDNs and hosting companies to take action. Traditional site-blocking measures that require local ISPs to block subscriber access to popular

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Own a Samsung phone? 10 settings I always change first for the best user experience

zdnet.com Prakhar Khanna 2026-01-26 08:25:11

Kerry Wan/ZDNET I've been fairly vocal recently that Samsung's One UI 7 is my favorite Android skin. It is fast, responsive, and intuitive. But nothing comes fine-tuned to your experience straight out of the box. You need to personalize your smartphone to make it more appealing. I change almost a dozen settings on every Samsung Galaxy phone to best suit my needs, and I believe these will elevate your user experience, too. Also: The best Samsung phones to buy From setting the highest available

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Every satellite orbiting earth and who owns them (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-26 03:31:20

How many satellites are in space? There are thousands of satellites in the sky above us at this moment, orbiting Earth. Satellites have many uses for the government, military, and even civilians. They provide us with the ability to have things like Internet access, television, GPS, and much more. They also have scientific purposes such as Earth and space observation and provide the means for high-level technology development. More than half of the 4,550 satellites orbiting Earth are used for com

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Latest Tech News

Anthropic rejects the main developer of the library they use

Some people are defending Perplexity after Cloudflare ‘named and shamed’ it

The Future Beyond Meta Quest and Vision Pro Is Coming in Glasses Form. What Will VR Look Like Then?

Amazon is bringing its Starlink alternative to Australia next year

As a linguist, I want to find the words to measure chronic illness

Clojure Civitas – Publish Clojure Ideas and Explorations

Perplexity is allegedly scraping websites it's not supposed to, again

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Customizing tmux and making it less dreadful

Tesla awards Musk $29 billion in shares with prior pay package in limbo

Disney Lorcana's Newest Super Rare Card Gives Your Aliens a Big Boost

These are the best streaming services you aren’t watching

What’s Inside the Tiny Miracle Food Pouches That Can Save the Lives of Starving Gazans

So you want to parse a PDF?

SAP is acquiring SmartRecruiters

Anandtech.com now redirects to its forums

The enforcer that could break up Apple and Google is facing upheaval

Is your Roku TV spying on you? It's possible, but here's how to put a stop to it

Lego’s August Releases Are Going Merry

Scientists Just Launched the First Quantum Computer Into Space

T-Mobile now officially owns UScellular

Spotify listened and is finally letting you disable this controversial feature

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Belgium bans Internet Archive's ‘Open Library’

Belgium Bans Internet Archive's 'Open Library' in Site Blocking Order

Own a Samsung phone? 10 settings I always change first for the best user experience

Every satellite orbiting earth and who owns them (2023)

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