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Here’s the truth behind Samsung Auto DeX, and why it’s not an Android Auto alternative (Updated)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-08 05:50:45

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung Auto already exists as an Android Auto alternative in China but requires specific regional software and hardware to function. “Samsung Auto DeX” refers to an unofficial workaround enabling Samsung Auto functionality on non-support head units via desktop mode casting. Despite ongoing speculation, we could not locate confirmed evidence that suggests Samsung is officially developing “Auto DeX” as a distinct feature. Update, July 14, 2025 (06:50 A

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6 easy ways to identify a song using your Android phone

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-08-08 04:49:20

filo/Getty Images You've probably been there before: there's a song stuck in your head and you can't remember the words, or you hear a song that you want to remember but don't know the name. Fortunately, it's never been easier to identify music around you if you have an Android phone. All but one of these features is tied to Google, but each one works differently, and one even works without you having to unlock your phone and works offline. Also: How to clear your Android phone cache (and why

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Google exec: ‘We’re going to be combining ChromeOS and Android’

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-08-08 04:34:55

Google’s head of Android has said that the company plans to combine its mobile operating system with ChromeOS, the software that currently runs across Google’s Chromebook laptops. Sameer Samat, president of Google’s Android ecosystem, told TechRadar that “we’re going to be combining Chrome OS and Android into a single platform.” Samat, who’s responsible for Android’s implementation across mobile, wearables, XR, TV, and auto, added that he’s “interested in how people are using their laptops thes

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Where are the iPhone’s WebKit-less browsers?

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-08-08 06:35:57

It’s been 16 months since a DMA ruling allowed iOS developers like Google and Mozilla to use their own browser engines in the EU, so… where are they? According to the Open Web Advocacy (OWA) — a nonprofit group of software engineers that advocates for the open web — Apple continues to place technical and financial restrictions on WebKit-alternative iOS browser engines that effectively stifle competition. OWA says these barriers include insufficient testing tools outside of the US, hostile legal

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Nvidia CEO downplays U.S. fears that China's military will use his firm's chips

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-08-08 06:18:20

Co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., Jensen Huang attends the 9th edition of the VivaTech trade show in Paris on June 11, 2025. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has downplayed U.S. fears that his firm's chips will aid the Chinese military, days ahead of another trip to the country as he attempts to walk a tightrope between Washington and Beijing. In an interview with CNN aired Sunday, Huang said "we don't have to worry about" China's military using U.S.-made technology because "they

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Show HN: ArchGW – An intelligent edge and service proxy for agents

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-06 23:55:39

Arch is a proxy server designed as a modular edge and AI gateway for agentic apps Arch handles the pesky low-level work in building agentic apps — like applying guardrails, clarifying vague user input, routing prompts to the right agent, and unifying access to any LLM. It’s a language and framework friendly infrastructure layer designed to help you build and ship agentic apps faster. Quickstart • Demos • Build agentic apps with Arch • Route LLMs • Documentation • Contact Overview AI demos a

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Burning a Magnesium NeXT Cube (1993)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-04 17:30:33

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 19:11:02 EST From: simsong To: druby Subject: cube burning Cc: edit To: Dan Ruby, Editor, NeXTWORLD Magazine From: Simson L. Garfinkel, Senior Editor, NeXTWORLD Magazine Subject: NeXTCube Serial Number AA001032 Date: March 16, 1993 Dear Dan, I am writing this memo to explain what happened to the case our NeXTCube Computer, Serial Number AA001032. As you know, years ago, when NeXT first contemplated making computers, Steve Jobs decided that machines should be in th

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Myanmar’s proliferating scam centers

news.ycombinator.com Kento Awashima Shohei Yasuda Sotaro Sakai Ryo Namiki Sadachika Watanabe Kosuke Inoue Akira Ikeya Hirofumi Yamamoto Takashi Igarashi 2025-08-08 04:16:29

'Modern slavery' Human trafficking victims, pictured in Thailand's Tak province in February, show scars left by electric shocks and beatings. (Reuters) Criminal networks amassed such enormous profits that they were able to sustain -- and even expand -- these sprawling compounds. One man who claimed to have perpetrated scams recalled that a deep, resonant beat from a Chinese-style drum would echo through the compound each time a deposit of over $100,000 was received. The profits are built not

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Binding Application in Idris

news.ycombinator.com Andre Videla 2025-08-04 23:08:14

I’ve recently implemented binding application as a language feature in Idris. This feature allows writing types such as Dependent pairs in a more ergonomic way without relying on special compiler magic. Or rather, the compiler magic is made available to everyone. This post is a collection of uses for this feature. This feature is not publicly available yet, but I intend to make it available in the near future. What is it? Binding syntax and binding-application is an idea I had a couple of yea

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Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-08 05:12:18

Is my data truly private? Yes, absolutely. Your documents, text, and writing never leave your Mac. We don't collect, store, or transmit any of your personal content. All processing happens locally using offline large language models (LLMs) that run directly on your machine. What apps does it work with? Works with most macOS apps including Mail, Messages, Safari, Chrome, Pages, Word, Slack, Notion, and many more. What about system requirements? Requires macOS 14.0 or later. Works with both Appl

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The human harbor: Navigating identity and meaning in the AI age

venturebeat.com Gary Grossman 2025-08-08 01:35:00

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 Image generated by ChatGPT. We are living through a time when AI is reshaping how we work but also how we think, perceive and assign meaning. This phase is not just about smarter tools or faster work. AI is beginning to reshape how we define value, purpose and identity itself. The future is not just unpredictable in terms of unknowable eve

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Summer Games Done Quick 2025 raises $2.4 million for Doctors Without Borders

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-07 23:23:15

Another weeklong round-the-clock spree of speedrunning video games has come to a close, with Summer Games Done Quick raising $2,436,614 for Doctors Without Borders. Held in Minneapolis, the event saw 37,776 donations, with the highest contribution being a solo $61,200 donation. This year, 2,600 in-person attendees got to experience a hectic relay race pitting two teams of four against each other to complete a Super Mario Maker 2 level and a full playthrough of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat in less th

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Hungary's oldest library fighting to save 100k books from a beetle infestation

news.ycombinator.com Https 2025-08-07 23:24:53

PANNONHALMA, Hungary — Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation that could wipe out centuries of history. The 1,000-year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey is a sprawling Benedictine monastery that is one of Hungary's oldest centers of learning and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Restoration workers are removing about 100,000 handbound books from their shelves and carefully placing them in

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How to scale RL to 10^26 FLOPs

news.ycombinator.com Jack Morris 2025-08-05 01:47:34

TLDR: Reinforcement learning (RL) is the next training technique for building frontier-level AI models. To make it better, we need to train on more data. The current approach of scaling many environments simultaneously is messy and complicated. Instead, I propose we find a way to do next-token prediction on the Web using RL. This way, we learn to reason from general web data, instead of just math and code. I’ve spent a good part of the past year in denial. I was in denial because when OpenAI r

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How does a screen work?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-07 19:09:06

2983 words | Dan Hollick How does a screen work? From electron guns to tiny electric crystals - digital displays have always been the unsung hero of computing. ╌╌╌╌

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Bethesda Wants to Meet ‘Fallout’ Hype With Show Tie-Ins and New Games

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-08-08 00:45:57

If you’re a fan of Prime Video’s Fallout show and the games it’s based on, it sounds like Bethesda’s getting ready to capitalize on its current and future success. Talking to Variety, Fallout 76 creative director Jon Rush teased that game’s team and the creative forces behind the series have discussed “lining things up with the seasonal releases of the show.” The implication is some in-game tie-ins to the show, maybe skins for the key characters or an in-game event reminiscent of certain episod

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The CEO of Nvidia Admits What Everybody Is Afraid of About AI

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-08 03:34:00

This week, Nvidia became the first company in history to be worth $4 trillion. It’s a number so large it’s almost meaningless, more than the entire economy of Germany or the United Kingdom. While Wall Street celebrates, the question for everyone else is simple: So what? The answer, according to Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang, is that this is not just about stock prices. It’s about a fundamental rewiring of our world. So why is this one company so important? In the simplest terms, Nvidia makes the “

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How to Watch Chelsea vs. PSG From Anywhere Free: Stream FIFA Club World Cup Final Soccer

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-07 21:00:07

The inaugural 32-team FIFA Club World Cup comes to its conclusion on Sunday, as 2021 winner Chelsea takes on current UEFA Champions League holder Paris Saint-Germain in a showpiece finale in New Jersey. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to watch every match of the tournament as it happens, wherever you are in the world. We'll also explain how to use a VPN if the match isn't available where you are, along with a full match list. PSG comes into the game as the favorite, ha

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China Working On Levitating Train That Could Get You From New York to Chicago in Two Hours

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-07 22:45:41

As the United States struggles to keep its major cities connected by even the most barebones rail systems, China is screaming into the future with the development of a levitating bullet train. Called "maglev," short for "magnetic levitation," the train system is designed to levitate via magnets as opposed to wheels. Maglev systems can reach higher speeds much more efficiently than their wheeled counterparts, though the infrastructure needed to run them is incredibly expensive. While there are

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Never mind the Galaxy Z Fold 7, I wish Samsung copied this foldable alternative

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-08 00:10:53

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 has just launched, and it’s one of the thinnest foldables yet, while offering a larger folding screen than previous models. As cool as Samsung’s latest Fold is, though, I’ve been spending time with an old alternative to foldable phones, and I’d love Samsung to copy this trick. Yep, I’m talking about LG’s Dual Screen Case. The LG Dual Screen Case was first launched in 2019 for the LG V50, and most subsequent LG flagship phones suppor

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5 features I don’t care about when buying a new phone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-08 00:44:09

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority When it comes to buying a new smartphone, it’s easy to get caught up in all the hype. Manufacturers constantly push the latest and greatest features, leading many of us to buy more phone than we actually need. When I’m in the market for a new phone, I always try to narrow down my options as much as possible. I do that by making a list of not only the features I want in my next smartphone but also those I don’t care about. This approach helps me cut through th

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It's the last day to get two months of Paramount+ access for only $2

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-07 21:00:35

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 . This is just in time for the new season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Another hot streaming deal is here to match the summer heat. This time is comes from Paramount+, which is offering a two-month subscription for only $2. Put another way, you'll pay $1 per month for your first tw

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Monitoring My Homelab, Simply

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-04 21:28:04

Monitoring my Homelab, Simply Date: 2025-07-09 I have a middling self-hosted/homelab setup, and it occasionally breaks. Alas, no monitoring tool has ever sparked joy in me. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that they’re essential for large fleets of services with fast-changing software and teams of oncallers working around the clock to understand the complex ways that complex systems fail… but my stuff doesn’t change that often, failures are mundane and low-scope, and I’m the only person comi

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Gaming cancer: How citizen science games could help cure disease

news.ycombinator.com The Mit Press Reader 2025-08-07 20:23:38

Gaming Cancer: How Citizen Science Games Could Help Cure Disease By inviting players to tackle real scientific problems, games can offer a hand in solving medicine’s toughest challenges. Screenshot from the game Nanocrafter, a synthetic biology game created to educate and entertain players while advancing science. By: Jeff Yoshimi A↑ A↓ Off Bright Dark Blues Gray BeeLine Reader uses subtle color gradients to help you read more efficiently. Consider a gamer playing a game. Maybe one of

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Understanding Tool Calling in LLMs – Step-by-Step with REST and Spring AI

news.ycombinator.com Muthukumaran Navaneethakrishnan 2025-08-07 19:44:47

✅ What Spring AI Handles for You ✅ Tool schema generation ✅ Argument binding ✅ tool_call_id mapping mapping ✅ Message state management ✅ Parallel tool orchestration ✅ Sequential tool routing ✅ Spring Boot DI, validation, and observability ✅ Compatible with OpenAI, Mistral, Gemini, and others You keep writing business logic. Spring AI wires up everything else. 🔌 Bonus: Tool Calling via MCP — No Extra Code Need your tools to work beyond just chat — like inside other agents or frontend c

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How does a screen even work?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-08 00:09:06

2983 words | Dan Hollick How does a screen work? From electron guns to tiny electric crystals - digital displays have always been the unsung hero of computing. ╌╌╌╌

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Why the Weather Is Literally Giving You a Headache

gizmodo.com Danielle Wilhour 2025-08-08 00:00:20

If you are one of the 39 million Americans in the U.S. living with migraines, there’s a good chance an intense headache will begin when the weather shifts. You aren’t alone. Studies find 30% to 50% of people with migraines identify some type of weather change as a trigger, making it the most commonly reported migraine source. Yet, it’s also one of the most puzzling. Some people are more sensitive to weather As a neurologist and headache specialist practicing in Colorado, a place with frequent

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Ford’s Recall Affects Almost Every Cool Car They Make, and There’s No Fix Yet

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-08 01:13:40

If you’ve recently bought one of Ford’s best-selling vehicles, like the wildly popular Bronco, the workhorse F-150, or the family-hauling Explorer, the company has some unsettling news for you. Ford is recalling a staggering 850,318 of its most iconic models worldwide, including 844,098 in the U.S. alone, from the 2021-2023 model years due to a defect that can cause the engine to suddenly stall while driving. But the real kicker in this massive safety recall isn’t just the danger of your engine

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Best Internet Providers for Streaming for July 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-07 22:00:00

Our picks 90001 Edit ZIP code Why we chose these providers Sort by Best internet provider for streaming overall 300 - 5,000 Mbps $55 - $250 per month Check with AT&T Fiber Provider not available in 90001 Edit ZIP code Or call to learn more: (833) 579-0031 Best live TV streaming add-on 500 - 1,000 Mbps $50 - $80 per month Check with Spectrum Internet Provider not available in 90001 Edit ZIP code Or call to learn more: (877) 508-6169 Best for streaming YouTube TV 500 - 5,000 Mbps $50 - $155 per mo

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Samsung Brought Back My Favorite Feature for Its Galaxy Watch 8 and Watch 8 Classic

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-07 22:00:04

While competitors release predictable updates to their smartwatches, Samsung isn't afraid to surprise us (for better or worse) with design and feature changes each year. And with the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic in particular, announced at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event, my favorite feature has made a welcome reappearance: the physical rotating bezel, a touch of romantic elegance that made me fall in love with Galaxy Watches in the first place. The Galaxy Watch 8 also has a new look and thinner frame

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