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I've tested many MacBook accessories - and this USB-C made the biggest impact

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-03-08 16:00:14

'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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The best Apple Watch of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2026-03-08 19:00:14

An Apple Watch isn't just an accessory or an excuse for a second screen around your wrist. After a year of testing out the Apple Watch, I've found it to be a helpful sleep tracker, the world's most convenient timer for when my hands are dirty in the kitchen, a phone-free text or call receiver/sender, and an exercise motivator and mid-workout monitor. The Apple Watch started out as a sleek fitness tracker and has evolved into an essential companion for iPhone users. Apple's smartwatches have an

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Mathematicians Hunting Prime Numbers Discover Infinite New Pattern

news.ycombinator.com Rachel Crowell 2026-03-06 10:28:29

For centuries, prime numbers have captured the imaginations of mathematicians, who continue to search for new patterns that help identify them and the way they’re distributed among other numbers. Primes are whole numbers that are greater than 1 and are divisible by only 1 and themselves. The three smallest prime numbers are 2, 3 and 5. It's easy to find out if small numbers are prime—one simply needs to check what numbers can factor them. When mathematicians consider large numbers, however, the

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Samsung Embeds IronSource Spyware App on Phones Across WANA

news.ycombinator.com Nourhane Kazak 2026-03-08 18:06:42

In recent months, we have received numerous reports from users across West Asia and North Africa (WANA) expressing alarm over a little-known but deeply intrusive bloatware application—AppCloud—pre-installed on Samsung’s A and M series smartphones. Without users’ knowledge or consent, this bloatware collects sensitive personal data, cannot be removed without compromising device security, and offers no clear information about its privacy practices. AppCloud, developed by the controversial Israeli

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Microsoft begins cleanup of legacy drivers from Windows Update

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2026-03-08 14:48:00

Forward-looking: Microsoft has traditionally maintained strong backward compatibility with older hardware and software. However, the company is now working to phase out as many legacy drivers as possible in an effort to streamline the Windows Update process and reduce its overall complexity. According to a recent post addressing partners in the Windows Hardware Program, Microsoft is working to remove legacy drivers from the Windows Update system. The company says the goal is to reduce security

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BYD begins testing solid-state EV batteries in the Seal

news.ycombinator.com Peter Johnson 2026-03-08 20:42:22

BYD has now begun testing solid-state EV batteries in its Tesla Model 3-rivalling Seal. Initial tests suggest that the total driving range could reach nearly 1,200 miles (1,875 km). BYD begins testing solid-state EV batteries in the Seal It has been over a decade since BYD first began researching and developing the promising new EV battery technology. Last year, the company reached a milestone by testing its first solid-state battery cells with capacities of 20 Ah and 60 Ah. We knew BYD was p

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Drinks in glass bottles contain more microplastics than those in other container

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-08 23:01:34

The aim of the ANSES study was to determine the level of microplastic contamination in drinks such as water, soda, iced tea, wine and beer; it also sought to establish the impact of their containers on this level. For most of the drinks studied, the level of microplastics was found to be higher in glass bottles than in other containers. For example, on average, in glass bottles of cola, lemonade, iced tea and beer, there were around 100 microplastic particles per litre. This number was five to 5

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Google Drive for Android gets a video player upgrade and better upload tools

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-09 04:09:10

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Drive for Android now has a redesigned video player with easier-to-use playback controls. The mobile upload process has also been improved with file renaming, folder selection, and clearer progress tracking. Both features are now rolling out to all Google Workspace and personal Drive users. Google has been steadily modernizing its main storage app. The latest Google Drive for Android updates focus on making videos easier to watch and files eas

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NYC proposes 5 percent raise for rideshare drivers in a bid to appease Uber and Lyft

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-09 04:00:11

New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) have settled on new minimum-wage rules for rideshare drivers, Bloomberg reports. Drivers will receive a five percent raise under the new proposal, a compromise to keep Uber and Lyft from locking drivers out of their apps. The proposal needs to be voted on by the TLC's board of commissioners before it goes into effect, but assuming it does, it'll end months of uncertainty for drivers working in the city. Uber began sporadically locking drivers

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The JAWS shark is public domain

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-09 00:28:50

As we’re all celebrating the 50th anniversary of the movie Jaws, here’s something I bet you didn’t know: Due to a fluke of publishing and copyright law, the Jaws shark is public domain. It’s not the character of the shark that’s public domain – or someone would surely be making a low-budget horror prequel about how he became the Amity Island Killer. But I’m talking about the famous shark painting from the movie poster: Yep. That painting, the same one that appeared on the cover of the paperbac

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Cybercriminals Breach Aflac, Private Customer Data Could Be at Risk

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-09 01:32:00

Aflac said Friday that cybercriminals breached its computer systems, potentially exposing some of the most personal data -- including Social Security numbers and health care information -- of an unknown number of Americans and marking the latest in a recent string of online attacks against insurance companies. The Columbus, Georgia-based insurance provider said that it detected suspicious activity on its US networks, quickly responded to it and managed to stop the online intruders "within hours

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Libraries are under-used. LLMs make this problem worse

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-09 07:18:42

Libraries are under-used. LLMs make this problem worse. Libraries are under-used. Why? Briefly: Writing code is more fun than reading documentation. Dunning-Kruger effect leads us to understimate the complexity of the problem solved by the library we're considering. Perverse incentives: libraries compete with big internal engineering projects that look good in a promo packet. LLMs make this problem worse. Why? Less briefly: Vibe coding is more fun than reading documentation. Shit, vibe-codin

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This Air Purifier for Large Rooms Is Now Practically Free, Amazon Clears Out 4.5-Star Top Picks

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2026-03-09 07:10:40

The air you breathe matters more than you might think. Between pollen, pet dander, dust, and whatever’s drifting in through open windows, it’s easy for indoor air to get a little stale or even irritating. That’s where a good air purifier comes in, and if you’ve been thinking about buying one, now’s a good time to jump in. You can get a great machine that can keep all the nasties out of your air at home while cleaning large spaces at a time. Because no one wants to have to buy multiple machines,

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Cybercriminals Breach Aflac, Private Customer Data Could Be At Risk

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-09 06:32:00

Aflac said Friday that cybercriminals breached its computer systems, potentially exposing some of the most personal data -- including Social Security numbers and health care information -- of an unknown number of Americans and marking the latest in a recent string of online attacks against insurance companies. The Columbus, Georgia-based insurance provider said that it detected suspicious activity on its US networks, quickly responded to it and managed to stop the online intruders "within hours

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Apple shareholders sue over Apple Intelligence and Siri delays

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2026-03-09 11:03:26

Apple is continuing to face fallout from its Apple Intelligence rollout. As spotted by Reuters, Apple shareholders have sued Apple in a proposed class action securities fraud case for allegedly “downplaying how long it needed to integrate advanced artificial intelligence into its Siri voice assistant.” The lawsuit alleges that this misrepresentation negatively impacted iPhone sales and Apple’s stock price. In the lawsuit, Apple executives, including CEO Tim Cook, CFO Kevan Parekh, and former C

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iOS 26 to let third-party apps build their own AirDrop alternative

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-09 11:44:48

Apple’s tight grip on local wireless sharing is finally loosening, even if rather reactively. With iOS 26, developers are getting a new API that allows third-party apps to discover and connect nearby devices over Wi-Fi, without needing an internet connection. Here’s how it’ll work. Wi-Fi Aware As observed by iHelpBR, the core of this news boils down to Wi-Fi Aware, which will allow nearby devices to find each other and create a direct peer-to-peer connection over Wi-Fi, even when they’re not o

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The golden Trump Phone is almost certainly not made in the US

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-08 08:45:36

Not content with a real estate empire and the presidency of the United States, the Trump family is wading into the phone wars like it's 2011 with a shiny gold monstrosity called the T1, the marketing of which leans extensively on the narrowest idea of patriotism. Beyond the immediate question — why do this, like, at all? — the T1 invites a question that's perhaps easier to interrogate: How can any modern smartphone claim to be made in the US? Over the last 40 years America has led a massive glo

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Alpha Centauri

news.ycombinator.com Jimmy Maher 2026-03-09 07:50:14

This article tells part of the story of the Civilization series. In the spring of 1996, Brian Reynolds and Jeff Briggs took a long, hard look around them and decided that they’d rather be somewhere else. At that time, the two men were working for MicroProse Software, for whom they had just completed Civilization II, with Reynolds in the role of primary designer and programmer and Briggs in that of co-designer, producer, and soundtrack composer. They had brought the project in for well under $1

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It's True: The Jaws Shark Is Public Domain

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-09 10:28:50

As we’re all celebrating the 50th anniversary of the movie Jaws, here’s something I bet you didn’t know: Due to a fluke of publishing and copyright law, the Jaws shark is public domain. It’s not the character of the shark that’s public domain – or someone would surely be making a low-budget horror prequel about how he became the Amity Island Killer. But I’m talking about the famous shark painting from the movie poster: Yep. That painting, the same one that appeared on the cover of the paperbac

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West End Games’ Classic ‘Star Wars’ RPG Is Still Setting the Blueprint for Its Universe

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-03-09 11:48:43

In the years since Lucasfilm overhauled Star Wars continuity—reclassifying years of Expanded Universe material as “Legends” before wiping a clean slate of continuity it has developed over the last decade-plus—much of what has been rebuilt has been done so off of the back of re-canonizing elements of that old material. In some ways re-imagined, in others just lifted wholesale, the journey of modern Star Wars is as much about adding new stories as it is weaving the old ones back into them. There

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Social Security Is Set to Dry Up Even Sooner. That's Why I'm Not Relying on It for Retirement

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-09 10:30:06

Getty Images/Zooey Liao/CNET If you're banking on Social Security to fund your retirement, you may want to think twice. A new forecast from the Social Security Administration shows that Social Security trust funds will be depleted by 2034, a year sooner than initially forecast. At this time, you'll only be able to receive 81% of your benefits, reducing the amount you'll get paid. As a personal finance expert who saved enough to retire comfortably at 40, I've worked with dozens of clients to h

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Microsoft begins cleaning legacy drivers from Windows Update

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2026-03-09 15:48:00

Forward-looking: Microsoft has traditionally maintained strong backward compatibility with older hardware and software. However, the company is now working to phase out as many legacy drivers as possible in an effort to streamline the Windows Update process and reduce its overall complexity. According to a recent post addressing partners in the Windows Hardware Program, Microsoft is working to remove legacy drivers from the Windows Update system. The company says the goal is to reduce security

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These headphones are extremely sweat-resistant, and they're on sale

zdnet.com Allison Jewell 2026-03-09 15:30:00

'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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New dating for White Sands footprints confirms controversial theory

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-09 14:23:38

The 2009 discovery of footprints (human and animal) left behind in layers of clay and silt at New Mexico’s White Sands National Park sparked a contentious debate about when, exactly, human cultures first developed in North America. Until about a decade ago, it seemed as if the first Americans arrived near the end of the last Ice Age and were part of the Clovis culture, named for the distinctive projectile points they left behind near what’s now Clovis, New Mexico. But various dating methods indi

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Malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-09 19:51:17

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Why ether ETF inflows have come roaring back from the dead

cnbc.com Tanaya Macheel 2026-03-10 00:16:50

In this article ETH.CM= Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Ether ETFs have finally come to life this year after some started to fear they may be becoming zombie funds. Collectively, the funds tracking the price of spot ether are on pace for their sixth consecutive week of inflows and eight positive week in the last nine, according to SoSoValue. The second largest cryptocurrency has become more attractive to institutions in recent weeks lar

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Are these cheap Amazon tablets actually usable? My verdict after a month of testing

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-03-10 00:20:00

'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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You Can Snag a $200 Amazon Instant Gift Card. Here's How

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-09 21:37:00

Zooey Liao/CNET The Prime Visa is easily the best credit card for shopping on Amazon with its high rewards rate and instant Amazon gift card offer. Ahead of the four-day Prime Day event on July 8-11, this card just upped its welcome offer from $150 to $200. It's rare for a credit card to offer a welcome bonus that you don't have to "earn" by spending a certain amount with the card. And while the Prime Visa technically has no annual fee, to get approved for this card, you'll need to be a Prime

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Nvidia wants in on the nuclear renaissance, invests in Bill Gates-backed TerraPower

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2026-03-09 22:41:06

TerraPower, the nuclear startup founded and backed by Bill Gates, announced a new $650 million funding round this week. The investment will help the company build its first commercial power plant. Like other nuclear startups, TerraPower has been riding a wave of interest from hyperscalers, data center developers, and, now, chip designers. Nvidia’s venture arm, NVentures, participated in the round, marking its first energy investment. Bill Gates and HD Hyundai, both already on the cap table, al

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Startups Weekly: Fast and furious

techcrunch.com Anna Heim 2026-03-10 00:30:00

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Some startups accrued value at lightning speed this week, and we got confirmation that defense tech is red hot. Most interesting startup stories from the week Image Credits:Kelly Sullivan / Getty Images Many startup stories this week occurred in Y Combinator’s orbit in some way. Also, Israel once again lived up to its “Start-Up Nation” repu

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I've tested many MacBook accessories - and this USB-C made the biggest impact

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Drinks in glass bottles contain more microplastics than those in other container

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Alpha Centauri

It's True: The Jaws Shark Is Public Domain

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Social Security Is Set to Dry Up Even Sooner. That's Why I'm Not Relying on It for Retirement

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These headphones are extremely sweat-resistant, and they're on sale

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Malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy

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