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Macintosh Drawing Software Compared

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 03:09:17

Below is a list of various drawing applications that are available to use with System 7 (68K). I’m mostly interested in apps that can do both pixel and vector, and that support layers and transparency. The table below might be useful for at-a-glance comparisons. Apps run in both mono or colour, unless stated otherwise. Deneba artWORKS can do both pixel and vector, has layers and partial transparency. The bottom layer is opaque and all layers on top are transparent. Collections of pixels are ma

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Tversky Neural Networks

news.ycombinator.com Grigory Sapunov 2025-11-18 04:59:51

Authors: Moussa Koulako Bala Doumbouya, Dan Jurafsky, Christopher D. Manning Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11035 Once a year, some interesting architecture inevitably appears where they change some fundamental building block. This happened with KAN last year, where they changed the parameterization of the neuron activation function (though it's unclear what the outcome is after a year — many follow-up works seem to have appeared, but KANs haven't displaced anyone anywhere yet). The same is

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The 20 Best Xbox Games Right Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-18 06:29:00

Over the past two decades, Microsoft has turned the Xbox brand into a veritable juggernaut in the console gaming world. The Xbox Series X and Series S, the combined fourth generation of the Xbox, have sold over 21 million units. The Xbox One, which was still supported until 2023, sold over 58 million units worldwide. As Microsoft shifts its focus toward supporting console and PC gamers alike with the Game Pass subscription service, there's never been a larger ecosystem of Xbox consoles to choos

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Tiny flyers levitate on the Sun's heat alone

news.ycombinator.com Tollefson 2025-11-15 10:11:57

Devices (artist’s illustration) kept aloft by sunlight could take sensors into an understudied layer of the atmosphere.Credit: Schafer et al. Nature (2025) Theory and mathematics said his device would fly. But Ben Schafer was still pleasantly surprised the first time he flipped a switch and watched the centimetre-square device his team had built levitate, if only for a moment before flipping over. It was a proof of concept for a design that has been published today in Nature1. One day, it migh

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EA Makes Big Changes to Rush Mode in Battlefield 6 Beta

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-19 04:04:00

The Battlefield 6 beta is raging, with players free to jump into the fray now through the end of Sunday, Aug. 17. This is the second weekend of the multiplayer shooter's preview period, and there are a few changes that open up the beta with more modes, maps and play options. Plus, the game's developer DICE has enacted tweaks in response to player feedback. Those enjoying the beta on PS5 have to be subscribed to PS Plus to play online, but for their trouble, they're getting double experience poi

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Evaluating GPT5's reasoning ability using the Only Connect game show

news.ycombinator.com Alberto Manzi 2025-11-24 23:52:51

Given the proliferation of reasoning models, we wanted to go beyond knowledge-based benchmarks to test reasoning abilities such as pattern recognition, lateral thinking, abstraction, contextual reasoning (accounting for British cultural references), and multi-step inference. In addition to reasoning, we aimed to assess how effectively models make decisions when presented with judgment calls—such as choosing between making an educated guess based on available clues or calling a function to retri

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The Anti-Pattern Game

news.ycombinator.com Håkon Robbestad Gylterud 2025-11-23 17:14:40

The anti-pattern game Håkon Robbestad Gylterud Here is a small game I though of when taking a course on modal logic. It is a bit too tedious to be played by humans, but I had great fun finding a winning stategy for it – and there are still simple questions about this game I cannot answer. The rules The anti-pattern game is a two-player game. It is played using black and white pebbles (like Go). These pebbles are placed in sequence on a line. On their turn the player has a simple choice: to co

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The 20 Best PS4 Games

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-27 03:20:39

It has been more than a decade since Sony released the PlayStation 4, but the console is just as important as ever. Despite being released in November 2013, the PS4 is still in production today, with well over 100 million units being sold over its lifetime and some new games still arriving on it, including Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii. When it launched in 2013, Sony's eighth-gen console arrived with tech upgrades that seem du jour now, but were exciting over a decade ago. For instance

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GPT-OSS-120B runs on just 8GB VRAM & 64GB+ system RAM

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-02 09:02:08

Here is the thing, the expert layers run amazing on CPU ( ~17T/s 25T/s on a 14900K) and you can force that with this new llama-cpp option: --cpu-moe . You can offload just the attention layers to GPU (requiring about 5 to 8GB of VRAM) for fast prefill. KV cache for the sequence Attention weights & activations Routing tables LayerNorms and other “non-expert” parameters No giant MLP weights are resident on the GPU, so memory use stays low. This yields an amazing snappy system for a 120B mod

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Apple Arcade just got four new games, including Play-Doh World

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-05 09:46:02

As promised last month, Apple today released four new titles to Apple Arcade, adding to the catalog of over 200 ad-free games available to subscribers. Here’s what’s new. Play-Doh World Play-Doh brings its magic to the digital space with Play-Doh World, allowing players to craft their own characters and watch them spring to life. From inventing wild zoo animals to styling outrageous salon hairdos, every corner of this colorful universe responds to the player’s creative whim. With dozens of int

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Tom Holland Gives Us a Sneaky Look at Spider-Man’s New Web Shooters in ‘Brand New Day’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-12-15 09:00:43

Has the Buffy reboot found its new slayer? Strange New Worlds‘ Henry Alonso Meyers talks puppet shop with Angel‘s Jeffrey Bell about how to bring puppets to the world of Star Trek. Plus, rumors of Hannibal‘s return are back on the menu. Spoilers get! Spider-Man: Brand New Day To mark the film entering production, Tom Holland shared a few more pictures from set featuring Spider-Man atop a large armored vehicle—and revealing the new spider-suit’s large, rectangular chrome web shooters. Sanatori

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I Played Battlefield 6: Hands-On With the Return To Big Battle Warfare

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-15 15:00:03

After a few hours playing the upcoming Battlefield 6, it's clear the game is designed to be a mea culpa to fans: Trust us, we're bringing back the Battlefield you remember. At a massive preview event in Los Angeles, I sat down to play a slice of the game's multiplayer mode -- and came off it suitably whelmed with a mix of raucous moments and tedious deaths. Ultimately, it feels like it will deliver the kind of big team battles players have been craving, with technical flourishes that amplify the

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I still love VLC, but this lightweight video player changed the game for me

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-15 16:00:11

Andy Walker / Android Authority VLC Player has been my go-to video app for years, dating back to the good ol’ Windows XP days. That loyalty progressed to Android, and I still use it across desktop and mobile for my video content needs. While it remains a powerful product, VLC often feels cumbersome when I crave simplicity. Why opt for a piledriver when you need a chisel? I searched for a secondary player for more immediate video viewing tasks a few months ago and discovered Next Player. Althou

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The biggest fighting game tournament is a little smaller this year — but still exciting

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-12-16 14:09:50

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Evo 2025, the biggest fighting game tournament in North America, starts this weekend. If you tune into one of the nine different Evo Twitch channels you’ll see some of the top players in the world compete in fighting game staples like St

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These Are the Switch 2 Launch Games You Should Actually Consider

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-17 22:00:07

The Nintendo Switch 2 hasn't been out long but it's still somewhat disappointing that not many new games are available yet to use the new hardware. Yes, Donkey Kong Bananza is probably the biggest hit for the Switch successor that everyone should pick up but aside from that and Mario Kart World, there's not much else to get. For those who are still looking for something else to play on their Switch 2, here's a list of some of the more interesting launch games to pick in the meantime. Cyberpunk

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PUBG’s plan to beat Fortnite, Roblox, and every other game

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-22 09:23:37

Roblox and Fortnite are two of the biggest games around, and a huge part of why is because they aren’t just one game: instead, they’re vast platforms where you can party up with your friends, dress up in ridiculous digital outfits, and quickly jump from one experience to another. Back in the day, Fortnite copied PUBG by making a battle royale, and now, PUBG is mimicking Fortnite by trying to become more of a platform than a game. As part of a roadmap released earlier this year, PUBG developer K

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PlayerZero raises $15M to prevent AI agents from shipping buggy code

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-12-22 18:00:00

As Silicon Valley races toward a future where AI agents do most of the software programming, a new problem is created: finding the AI-generated bugs before they are put into production. Even OpenAI is dealing with such issues, a former employee has described. Newly funded startup PlayerZero has created a solution: use AI agents trained to find and fix problems before the code is put into production, the startup’s CEO and sole founder, Animesh Koratana, tells TechCrunch. Koratana created Player

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NBA quietly trials smart basketballs with embedded sensors and AI tracking

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-12-23 02:46:00

In brief: Kinexon and other companies have spent years refining connected-ball technology to enhance sports analytics, improve training, and collect more data than ever. As professional leagues begin adopting the new tech, questions remain about potential minute changes to basketball physics. Unbeknownst to most players, about half of the NBA games played in Las Vegas earlier this month used balls equipped with smart tracking technology. The league is considering full adoption, but one company

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NBA quietly tested smart basketballs with embedded sensors and AI tracking

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-12-23 14:46:00

In brief: Kinexon and other companies have spent years refining connected-ball technology to enhance sports analytics, improve training, and collect more data than ever. As professional leagues begin adopting the new tech, questions remain about potential minute changes to basketball physics. Unbeknownst to most players, about half of the NBA games played in Las Vegas earlier this month used balls equipped with smart tracking technology. The league is considering full adoption, but one company

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KMPlayer is a powerful media player with broad format support

techspot.com Unknown 2025-12-27 23:48:00

The KMPlayer is a versatile media player which can cover various types of container format such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg Theora, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, and QuickTime among others. It handles a wide range of subtitles and allows you to capture audio, video, and screenshots in many ways. The new KMPlayer is a player optimized for high-end PCs such as 8K and 60FPS. It is a powerful player that plays all the files such as 4K, 8K, 60FPS, and has greatly improved performance to incre

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Elden Ring: Nightreign's Duo Mode Is Coming to Save You From Matchmaking Hell

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-30 06:47:00

Elden Ring: Nightreign, from developer FromSoftware, at first seemed like a gimmicky spinoff of its 2022 hit Elden Ring. Since then, it's proven to be a popular game that was the best-selling title in June, and in a few days, it's going to get one of its most requested features. In Nightreign, you can play solo or in a team of three. On July 30, the option for Duo Expeditions will be available, letting players take on runs with a friend. Players have been requesting a two-player mode since Nig

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Elden Ring Nightreign is adding two-player co-op

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-31 04:51:23

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Elden Ring Nightreign is finally getting a two-player mode. FromSoftware announced on Friday that it’s adding “Duo Expeditions” in a patch coming on July 30th, allowing you to take on enemies across Limveld with one other friend. Since Elden Ring Nightreign’s launch in May, the title has only let you play by yourself or in a group of three. Elden R

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The Best Co-op Games to Play With Your Friends in Every Scenario

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-02 12:01:00

Despite how gaming has changed over the years, one thing remains the same -- people love playing games together. Whether you're solving a puzzle, hunting monsters or escaping Hell, it's better with a friend (or three). It should come as no surprise that games like Split Fiction and It Takes Two from Hazelight Studios, which focus on cooperative play, were critical successes. Some of my best memories are marathon gaming sessions with friends, squished together on a couch or logging in online fro

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Here’s your first look at Battlefield 6

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2026-01-02 18:08:12

The trailer offers a first look at Pax Armata, a Private Military Corporation bankrolled by former NATO states whose agenda threatens to throw the world into global conflict. This sets the scene for what players can expect on the battlefield — both in multiplayer and the return of the series’ single player campaign. In Battlefield 6, the series’ incredible blend of visceral combat, epic warfare, and player freedom returns. Blow through walls and bring down buildings for a tactical advantage or

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The 16 Best Xbox Games Right Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-04 17:51:00

Over the past two decades, Microsoft has turned the Xbox brand into a veritable juggernaut in the console gaming world. The Xbox Series X and Series S, the combined fourth generation of the Xbox, have sold over 21 million units -- and the Xbox One, which was still supported until 2023, sold over 58 million units worldwide. As Microsoft shifts its focus toward supporting console and PC gamers alike with the Game Pass subscription service, there's never been a larger ecosystem of Xbox consoles to

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I'm taking my favorite portable vinyl player on all my summer trips, and it's on sale right now

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2026-01-05 04:24:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Audio-Technica Sound Burger retails for $199 and comes in yellow, black, or white. The Sound Burger has unparalleled portability, a long battery life, and provides a novel listening experience. It doesn't have a counterweight, and also doesn't have an auto-return feature. View now at Amazon The Audio-Technica Sound Burger is $24 when you buy it on Amazon. This deal only applies to the black color. Technology is all about embracing the now. So, even though I am one o

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A Murderer Is Among Us in Square Enix's Killer Inn

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-05 23:00:52

Announced during this year's Summer Game Fest, Square Enix's next game is a little different from its RPG hits. Killer Inn is an upcoming murder mystery that pits 24 players against each other in a game of deception. I went hands-on with the title for a couple of hours before the launch of its closed beta, which is releasing Friday. Square Enix The game is very reminiscent of the breakout pandemic hit Among Us, with players performing mundane tasks as they try to avoid getting murdered. Two te

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Google Photos starts rolling out the new look for its video player

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-07 09:11:14

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has started rolling out a new update to its Photos app, which includes a new video player UI. Additionally, the company has changed up its setup UI for new Photos users. These updates are part of Google’s gradual rollout of its Material 3 Expressive redesign. Google has started rolling out some of its visual changes to the Photos app, which include a new video player progress bar with larger controls. While we spotted a few of the upcoming changes

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Videos and images in Google Messages have a smooth new animation (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-09 23:53:17

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages may introduce a new animation for the media player. Videos and images now slide into view from the bottom of the screen instead of fading in and out. You can also swipe down to close an image or video. Google is not new to tweaking its apps. Sometimes, those changes improve the experience, make the experience worse, or have no effect at all. The next tweak is coming for the Messages app, and it seems like an update that will fall into

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The Best Co-op Games to Play With Your Friends Right Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-10 08:30:00

Playing video games with friends is intrinsic to gaming. It should be no surprise that games like Split Fiction and It Takes Two from Hazelight Studios, which focus on cooperative play, were critical successes. Despite how gaming has changed over the years, one thing remains the same -- people love playing games together. Some of my best memories are of marathon gaming sessions with friends, squished together on a couch or logging in online from different spots. Whether you're looking for a sp

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Latest Tech News

Macintosh Drawing Software Compared

Tversky Neural Networks

The 20 Best Xbox Games Right Now

Tiny flyers levitate on the Sun's heat alone

EA Makes Big Changes to Rush Mode in Battlefield 6 Beta

Evaluating GPT5's reasoning ability using the Only Connect game show

The Anti-Pattern Game

The 20 Best PS4 Games

GPT-OSS-120B runs on just 8GB VRAM & 64GB+ system RAM

Apple Arcade just got four new games, including Play-Doh World

Tom Holland Gives Us a Sneaky Look at Spider-Man’s New Web Shooters in ‘Brand New Day’

I Played Battlefield 6: Hands-On With the Return To Big Battle Warfare

I still love VLC, but this lightweight video player changed the game for me

The biggest fighting game tournament is a little smaller this year — but still exciting

These Are the Switch 2 Launch Games You Should Actually Consider

PUBG’s plan to beat Fortnite, Roblox, and every other game

PlayerZero raises $15M to prevent AI agents from shipping buggy code

NBA quietly trials smart basketballs with embedded sensors and AI tracking

NBA quietly tested smart basketballs with embedded sensors and AI tracking

KMPlayer is a powerful media player with broad format support

Elden Ring: Nightreign's Duo Mode Is Coming to Save You From Matchmaking Hell

Elden Ring Nightreign is adding two-player co-op

The Best Co-op Games to Play With Your Friends in Every Scenario

Here’s your first look at Battlefield 6

The 16 Best Xbox Games Right Now

I'm taking my favorite portable vinyl player on all my summer trips, and it's on sale right now

A Murderer Is Among Us in Square Enix's Killer Inn

Google Photos starts rolling out the new look for its video player

Videos and images in Google Messages have a smooth new animation (APK teardown)

The Best Co-op Games to Play With Your Friends Right Now

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