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Your TV's USB port has hidden superpowers: 5 features you're not using enough

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2025-08-29 19:04:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET After the initial setup, most people rarely engage directly with their smart TV. With wireless connectivity, phone apps, and remote controls, there's little need to. Tucked next to the essential HDMI ports, a USB 2.0 port -- likely sitting unnoticed on the back or side panel -- offers more potential than you might expect. Also: Don't cancel Netflix yet: I used these secret codes to unlock the full catalog of shows USB ports are easy to overlook, but they're a standard feature

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Edible Microlasers Could Revolutionize Food Tracking and Safety

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-08-29 15:00:40

In a delicious turn of events, scientists succeeded in taking the optics of olive oil to create the first-ever microlaser made entirely from edible materials. If commercialized, they could offer an easy and safe way to monitor food or medications from inside your body. The technology, introduced earlier this month in the journal Advanced Optical Materials, exploits an interesting tendency for droplets of common cooking oils, which emit a photon of light when subjected to a certain amount of ene

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Move Over Messi: China’s New Robot Soccer League Is Wild!

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-29 16:33:56

China has officially launched its first humanoid robot football league. And while the players may not breathe, they’re already learning to dribble, shoot, fall, and get back up. The RoBoLeague, which began on June 28, 2025 in Beijing, pits AI-controlled humanoid robots against each other in fully autonomous 3-on-3 soccer matches. The first match featured robot teams developed by Tsinghua University and China Agricultural University. Tsinghua’s squad won the game with a final score of 5-3. The

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Figuring out why a nap might help people see things in new ways

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-29 15:06:38

Dmitri Mendeleev famously saw the complete arrangement of the periodic table after falling asleep on his desk. He claimed in his dream he saw a table where all the elements fell into place, and he wrote it all down when he woke up. By having a eureka moment right after a nap, he joined a club full of rather talented people: Mary Shelley, Thomas Edison, and Salvador Dali. To figure out if there’s a grain of truth to all these anecdotes, a team of German scientists at the Hamburg University, led

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The Verge’s summer ‘in’ and ‘out’ list

theverge.com Mia Sato 2025-08-29 17:00:00

Here at this website, my colleagues and I follow our beats closely, from wearable tech and laptops to influencer culture and federal policy. Last year, I asked a bunch of staff at The Verge to pretend to be trend forecasters for a lighthearted collection of what’s hot and what’s not. Some of the predictions really held up: many would say the US Supreme Court continues to be out, congestion pricing in New York is decidedly in despite attempts to kill it, and cats are, as ever, a bit of both.

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The DJI Power 2000 is my new favorite mid-sized, high-power portable power station

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-29 19:00:18

DJI Power 2000 Portable Power Station The DJI Power 2000 Portable Power Station is a great device for those who want ample power and capabilities without sacrificing portability. It has a large 2,048Wh battery, 3,000W of output, and a really nice selection of ports. Its 30-amp AC outlet can even power an RV! When an outage occurs or you need power during your adventures, nothing is a lifesaver quite like a power station. I’ve been testing some of the best ones around, and the latest one I’ve ha

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New study offers clues about what makes someone cool

news.ycombinator.com Christina Caron 2025-08-29 17:59:49

Is there a secret sauce that helps explain why people as different as David Bowie, Samuel L. Jackson and Charli XCX all seem so self-assured and, well, cool? A new study suggests that there are six specific traits that these people tend to have in common: Cool people are largely perceived to be extroverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open and autonomous. The study, which was published on Monday in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, surveyed nearly 6,000 participants from

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Volunteer finds Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents

news.ycombinator.com Associated Press 2025-08-29 16:11:48

By MICHAEL CASEY GROTON, Mass. (AP) — Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th century journals. Opening it, she found a scroll in pristine condition. A closer look revealed the 5-foot-long (1.5-meter-long) document was a handwritten declaration titled “A Resolution and Protest Against Slavery,” signed by 116 New England ministers in Boston and adopted March 2, 1847. Until its discovery in May at the archives in Gr

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Why the simplest desktop agent abstraction wins

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-27 07:52:05

This is first post in a series about the design and implementation of Bytebot . Give us a star on our open source repo . We’re still in the early innings of AI agents. There are hundreds of companies building wrappers around LLMs, trying to make them more useful; more tool-aware, more stateful, more capable of completing tasks across applications. But most of them are barking up the same tree: they’re building agents that work by connecting APIs and tools in structured ways. Bytebot was born o

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Operators, Not Users and Programmers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-29 12:41:46

This post is part 0 of a multi-part series called “the computer of the next 200 years”. the modern distinction between “programmers” and “users” is evil and destroys agency. consider how the spreadsheets grow🔗 spreadsheets are hugely successful. Felienne Hermans, who has spent her career studying spreadsheets, attributes this success to "their immediate feedback system and their continuous deployment model": the spreadsheet shows you its result as soon as you open it, and it requires no steps

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As a Wear OS fan, I’m embarrassed to admit how excited I am for this watchOS 26 feature

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-29 06:00:34

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority I rely on lists to keep my life running: grocery lists, packing lists, home improvement checklists, birthday gift ideas for my 19 nieces and nephews, and ongoing logs of thank-you notes for gifts for my own kid. My note-keeping apps aren’t just productivity tools; they’re the backbone of my sanity. So, when Apple announced that the Notes app is coming to Apple smartwatches via watchOS 26, my ears perked up. Do you use note-taking apps on your smartwatch? 171

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macOS Icon History

news.ycombinator.com Https 2025-08-29 10:25:41

With macOS 26, Apple has announced a dramatically new look to their UI: Liquid Glass. Solid material icon elements give way to softer, shinier, glassier icons. The rounded rectangle became slightly more rounded, and Apple eliminated the ability for icon elements to extend beyond the icon rectangle (as seen in the current icons for GarageBand, Photo Booth, Dictionary, etc.). With this release being one of the most dramatic visual overhauls of macOS's design, I wanted to begin a collection chroni

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 6, #286

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-29 15:00:06

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Need some answers for today's Connections: Sports Edition? Sitting here in Seattle, I was proud to nail the yellow category immediately (I might have had to move if I didn't get it right.) The green category wasn't too tough, but the others were more difficult. Read on for hints and the answer

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Problems the AI industry is not addressing adequately

news.ycombinator.com Alberto Romero 2025-08-29 10:33:18

I think the AI industry is facing a handful of urgent problems it’s not addressing adequately. I believe everything I write here is at least directionally true, but I could be wrong. My aim isn’t to be definitive, just to spark a conversation. What follows is a set of expanded thoughts on those problems, in no particular order. Disclaimer: Not everyone in AI is as bad as I’m making them sound. I’m flattening a wildly diverse field into a single tone, which is obviously reductive. People are dif

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Europe's first geostationary sounder satellite is launched

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-29 14:21:14

Extreme weather events like storms, flooding, and heatwaves have caused hundreds of billions of euros in damage and claimed tens of thousands of lives across Europe in the past decades. Launched on 1 July 2025, MTG-S1 will provide Europe’s national meteorological services with high-frequency data on temperature, humidity and trace gases throughout the atmosphere – enabling forecasters to detect the earliest signs of severe weather, extend the lead times of weather warnings, improve forecasting,

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Robinhood Wants to Redo Wall Street on the Blockchain

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-29 16:27:24

Robinhood, the company behind one of the most popular trading apps for everyday investors, just revealed a sweeping new vision for the future of finance. And its bold plan seems to leave traditional Wall Street institutions behind. The company announced a daring set of new products this week from Cannes, France. These offerings are designed to move traditional financial assets, like company stocks, investment funds (ETFs), and even complex trading tools called derivatives, entirely onto the blo

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I Found Out Ring and Nextdoor's Rules on Posting About ICE Raids, Police and More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-29 12:00:00

In a surprise trend of the year, a growing number of communities are using apps like Ring Neighbors and Nextdoor to discuss and track ICE immigration raids. These security apps and associated security cams and video doorbells weren't exactly intended to follow federal agents, but it's proven to be a popular effort in areas like California. While law enforcement retains the ability to request home security videos with a warrant, they aren't used to being on the receiving end of this technology.

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I'm Losing All Trust in the AI Industry

news.ycombinator.com Alberto Romero 2025-08-29 15:33:18

I think the AI industry is facing a handful of urgent problems it’s not addressing adequately. I believe everything I write here is at least directionally true, but I could be wrong. My aim isn’t to be definitive, just to spark a conversation. What follows is a set of expanded thoughts on those problems, in no particular order. Disclaimer: Not everyone in AI is as bad as I’m making them sound. I’m flattening a wildly diverse field into a single tone, which is obviously reductive. People are dif

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Making My Own Hacktoberfest T-Shirts

news.ycombinator.com Terence Eden 2025-08-29 13:49:45

Between 2014 and 2022, DigitalOcean sent free t-shirts to developers who completed the Hacktoberfest challenge. For entirely sensible reasons related to sustainability and spammy entrants, they stopped doing physical merchandise in 2023. I'm the sort of hip fashionista who only wears free conference t-shirts. Sadly, after several years of constant catwalk modelling, my beloved Hacktoberfest shirts are full of holes. I couldn't find any for sale on eBay or Vinted - so I decided to make my own.

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The only time HN is this interested in Bitcoin is when there's a bubble (2017)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-29 13:54:40

The only time Hacker News is this interested in Bitcoin is when there's a bubble forming Sun 30 July 2017 You might have got the impression that there are a lot of Bitcoin-related posts on Hacker News lately. With SegWit set to activate in the next few weeks, and Bitcoin Cash likely to fork off on the 1st of August, I took a look at Hacker News' relationship with Bitcoin over the past years. In this post I'm going to argue, based on historical trends of Bitcoin-related posts on Hacker News, t

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 5, #285

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-29 13:44:00

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition raised my confidence with a very easy yellow category. Then my guesses kind of fell apart. Need some help? Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that t

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BLUETTI AC70 Power Station drops to an all-time low price

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-29 17:24:38

I am a big fan of these “relatively portable” power stations. Their place in the market is solidifying right between the ultra-portable and the ultra-high-capacity models. You can easily take them places, but they are pretty powerful. If you’re looking for one of these middle-of-the-ground batteries, there’s currently a really nice sale on the BLUETTI AC70 Portable Power Station. Buy the BLUETTI AC70 Portable Power Station for just $328.99 ($270.01 off) This offer is available from Amazon, but

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A rare look inside the durability lab where Apple tortures its products

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-08-29 12:00:00

Apple puts its products through a lot of tests during the development process, intended to ensure they have a long and reliable life even in challenging conditions. The company tests at least 10,000 iPhones prior to launch in an attempt to cover all the bases. It’s not often the iPhone maker lets outsiders into its labs, but Apple invited some of those attending WWDC 2025 to visit one to see for themselves the conditions it expects its gadgets to survive … To be clear, it’s not the first time

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 5, #1477

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-30 02:00:25

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Wordle puzzle is a pretty tough one. I grew up on a farm, so I know the word, but I didn't put it together right away, even though the letters are common ones. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you n

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The Great American EV Fire Sale Is About to Begin

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-30 02:37:39

If you are thinking about buying an electric vehicle, the clock is now ticking. President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” has officially passed Congress, and with it, a countdown that will kill the popular $7,500 federal tax credit for new electric vehicles. You now have less than three months to act. The tax credit officially expires on September 30, 2025. Initially, there were rumors the EV credits would last 180 days from when the bill was signed, a six-month grace period. This law

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AI-Generated Music Is Starting to Crowd Out the Real Stuff on Streaming Platforms

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-31 06:00:45

The digital platform era hasn't been kind to musicians, to put it lightly. Though platforms like Spotify and Apple Music make it easier for audiences to access their favorite bands than ever before, the algorithms and contracts behind those apps are ruthless, paying artists fractions of pennies for their work. Though companies like Spotify have tripled their value during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of artists who are even eligible for royalties, regardless of the paltry amount, continues

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The American system of democracy has crashed

theverge.com Elizabeth Lopatto 2025-08-31 11:00:00

Once upon a time in America, there was a tyrant. And Congress rejected him totally. The tyrant, of course, was King George III, the target of the Declaration of Independence. We take it for granted now, but the Declaration was an enormous political innovation — in it, the country that became the United States of America laid claim to certain “unalienable” rights, rights that took precedence over any king or crown. To protect those rights, our Founders declared that the People were allowed to “

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Ready for Apple Glasses? Apple Is Expected to Launch More Tech for Your Eyes

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-31 15:00:06

Bridget Carey Editor at Large Bridget Carey is an award-winning reporter who helps you level-up your life -- while having a good time geeking out. Her exclusive CNET videos get you behind the scenes as she covers new trends, experiences and quirky gadgets. Her weekly video show, "One More Thing," explores what's new in the world of Apple and what's to come. She started as a reporter at The Miami Herald with syndicated newspaper columns for product reviews and social media advice. Now she's a mo

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YouTube adds a new Shorts feature that you should probably avoid

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-01 01:14:58

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube is rolling out an accessibility-based feature that allows vertical Shorts videos to play in a landscape orientation. The Rotate Shorts option changes UI elements for sideway viewing but shrinks the video so much. This feature is likely intended for users with motor impairments or specific setups like mounted landscape-mode devices. By design, YouTube Shorts, just like Instagram Reels and TikTok videos, are all vertical videos. They’re meant to

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The best VR headsets for 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-31 22:00:35

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 . Choosing the best VR headset for you is the first step into some of the most immersive gaming, entertainment and virtual work experiences available today. Whether you’re exploring new worlds, working out in virtual gyms or collaborating in 3D environments, a great headset can make all

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Latest Tech News

Your TV's USB port has hidden superpowers: 5 features you're not using enough

Edible Microlasers Could Revolutionize Food Tracking and Safety

Move Over Messi: China’s New Robot Soccer League Is Wild!

Figuring out why a nap might help people see things in new ways

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The DJI Power 2000 is my new favorite mid-sized, high-power portable power station

New study offers clues about what makes someone cool

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Problems the AI industry is not addressing adequately

Europe's first geostationary sounder satellite is launched

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I'm Losing All Trust in the AI Industry

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BLUETTI AC70 Power Station drops to an all-time low price

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The American system of democracy has crashed

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YouTube adds a new Shorts feature that you should probably avoid

The best VR headsets for 2025

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