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Pump the Brakes on Your Police Department's Use of Flock Safety

news.ycombinator.com Chad Marlow 2025-10-17 08:48:35

From Pasadena, California to Lexington, Kentucky to Menasha, Wisconsin, to Newark, New Jersey, the surveillance company Flock Safety is blanketing American cities with dangerously powerful and unregulated automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) cameras. While license plate readers have been around for some time, Flock is the first to create a nationwide mass-surveillance system out of its customers’ cameras. Working with police departments, neighborhood watches, and other private customers,

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13 Superfoods Found In Your Fridge That Can Protect Your Kidneys

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-17 15:00:00

Your kidneys are working nonstop, whether you know it or not. They clear waste from your blood, balance fluid levels, regulate hormones and even influence things like blood pressure and energy. As important as kidney health may be, it doesn't always get the focus it should. The CDC estimates that more than 1 in 7 adults in the US are living with chronic kidney disease, and many don't even know it. That's why prevention and daily care are so important. Taking simple steps now can help protect y

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US stocks fall as bond sell-off spills into equities

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-22 00:27:22

Helen Thomas is an executive editor of the FT and the head of Lex, the FT's flagship investment commentary service. She previously wrote a column on British business and finance. Previous roles in her first stint at the FT included being a Lex writer in New York, working on FT Alphaville, covering M&A and the mining sector. From 2013, she worked at the Wall Street Journal and then at BBC Newsnight before rejoining the FT in 2021.

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Google Play Games is about to show people what you play

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-10-22 18:58:50

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google is updating user profiles for its Play Games service on Android devices to display gaming stats, achievements, and social features. The changes include a suite of new capabilities for “showcasing and tracking your game progress and stats, new ways to build your gaming community, and allowing you to tailor your profile to your liking,” according to Google’s help page. The update will be applied automa

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Want Healthier Kidneys? 13 Superfoods You Should Add to Your Grocery List

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-24 15:00:00

Your kidneys are working nonstop, whether you know it or not. They clear waste from your blood, balance fluid levels, regulate hormones and even influence things like blood pressure and energy. As important as kidney health may be, it doesn't always get the focus it should. The CDC estimates that more than 1 in 7 adults in the US are living with chronic kidney disease, and many don't even know it. That's why prevention and daily care are so important. Taking simple steps now can help protect y

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Fixing an old .NET Core native library loading issue on Alpine

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-23 22:59:37

In this post I describe an issue I ran into at work when we were trying to test an app using Microsoft.Data.SQLite on Alpine Linux, and were running into this error: Unhandled exception. System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load shared library 'e_sqlite3' or one of its dependencies . This post is primarily a walkthrough of the steps I took to solve the issue. I describe the problem itself, the environment in which it happened, the things we tried to isolate the issue, the eventual root cause,

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Deepnote (YC S19) is hiring engineers to build a better Jupyter notebook

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-26 20:01:52

We started Deepnote to help data teams solve the hardest problems. We don’t just need better algorithms, bigger data sets, and more computing power. We need tools that help us explore, collaborate, and share. These tools don’t exist yet. We need to invent them first. Data work is as much a scientific and creative process as it is an engineering one. It involves working together, failing, learning, and going back to the drawing board. Data professionals are explorers. To make projects successful

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Rocket Report: SpaceX achieved daily launch this week; ULA recovers booster

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-26 20:39:03

Welcome to Edition 8.08 of the Rocket Report! What a week it's been for SpaceX. The company completed its first successful Starship test flight in nearly a year, and while it wasn't perfect, it sets up SpaceX for far more ambitious tests ahead. SpaceX's workhorse rocket, the Falcon 9, launched six times since our last edition of the Rocket Report. Many of these missions were noteworthy in their own right, including the launch of the US military's X-37B spaceplane, an upgraded Dragon capsule to b

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The 11 Best Greens Powders, Tested and Reviewed (2025)

wired.com Louryn Strampe 2025-10-27 05:31:00

I took a deep dive on my hunt for the best greens powders, speaking with dietitians and trying popular brands to uncover whether or not they're worth the money. The health supplement market is booming. Thanks to a 1994 FDA ruling that supplements are food and not medicine, it's also unregulated—people are purchasing products that may or may not work, and which could have almost anything in them. Spoiler alert: Greens powders aren’t harmful, ultimately, but the dietitians I spoke to agreed that

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How Science Fiction Became the Key to This Year’s Most Buzzed About Concert

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-28 07:50:52

2001: A Space Odyssey. Star Wars. Star Trek. Tron. Blade Runner. Akira. The Fifth Element. Interstellar. Superman. Flash Gordon. The Matrix. That sounds like a list of the greatest sci-fi films of all time, but actually, it’s a list of the films mentioned during a discussion about the inspirations behind the Backstreet Boys’ popular new residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada. This past July, one of the biggest boy bands of all time celebrated 20 years of their iconic album, Millennium, at

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OpenAI Plans to Add Parental Controls to ChatGPT After Lawsuit Over Teen's Death

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 23:35:47

OpenAI has announced its plans to implement parental controls and enhanced safety measures for ChatGPT after parents filed a lawsuit this week in California state court alleging the popular AI chatbot contributed to their 16-year-old son's suicide earlier this year. The company said it feels "a deep responsibility to help those who need it most," and is working to better respond to situations involving chatbot users who may be experiencing mental health crises and suicidal ideation. "We will a

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Experience smoother air travel with the new AirHelp app and AirHelp+ membership, and receive more money back for disruptions

gizmodo.com David Nield 2025-10-31 08:00:15

Summer is known for being a very disruptive season, with strikes, severe weather, and overcrowded airports often leading to significant flight delays and cancellations. A smooth and fuss-free experience when flying can make all the difference to a trip; whether you’re taking the family on vacation or jetting between work appointments. What you don’t want are disruptions and delays that leave you stressed before you’ve even reached your destination, or worse, that delay you in getting to where y

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Alphabet's Verily closes its medical device division and lays off staff

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-31 12:00:09

Alphabet's Verily was one of the company's star "moonshot" businesses, with its research delving into areas ranging from connected diabetes therapies to robot surgery. Now, Verily has shuttered its medical device division and laid off staff, the company announced in a memo seen by Business Insider. The number of employees who lost their jobs was not revealed. "We have made the difficult decision to discontinue manufacturing medical devices and will no longer be supporting them going forward," a

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Dietitian Tips for Fighting Food Noise -- Without Using Semaglutide

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-31 12:00:00

If you’ve ever found your mind consumed with constant thoughts about food, chances are you have experienced food noise. It's usually brought on by conflicting messages about nutrition, either through everyday conversation or content online. It could be feeling guilty because you ate a cupcake when you promised yourself you weren’t going to touch sweets for a while, or maybe you’re trying to meet your protein quota and are obsessively keeping track of it. These thoughts are common, and in some ca

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More great wallpaper in the run-up to two more Apple Stores in India

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-31 21:01:37

Apple is doubling its retail footprint in India with the imminent opening of two new stores next week, one in Bengaluru and the other in Pune. As usual, the company is offering downloadable wallpaper to celebrate the openings, this one with a peacock theme … The long road to Apple stores in India Apple had wanted to open retail stores in India for a great many years before it was finally able to do so. In a bid to boost the manufacturing sector in the country, the Indian government banned an

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Verily is closing its medical device program as Alphabet shifts more resources to AI

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-10-31 15:14:19

In Brief Alphabet’s life sciences arm Verily laid off staff and eliminated its entire devices program Monday. CEO Stephen Gillett announced the “difficult decision” to wind down the program in a staff memo, according to Business Insider. “Over the years, Verily has built a legacy in developing world-class, innovative medical devices,” Gillett wrote, noting that the “path forward requires difficult decisions” as Verily refocuses on AI and data infrastructure. The move continues Alphabet’s agg

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A Pill to Fight Obesity Is on the Verge of Approval

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-11-01 07:20:02

The next big obesity medication coming down the pipeline will likely come in pill form. Eli Lilly has just released the latest positive Phase III trial results of its experimental oral GLP-1 drug, orforglipron. On Tuesday morning, Eli Lilly reported that orforglipron met the benchmarks of the company’s Phase III ATTAIN-2 study. People taking orforglipron experienced substantial improvements in weight loss and blood sugar control compared to those taking a placebo, the study showed. Armed with d

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Google is building a Duolingo rival into the Translate app

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-11-01 23:00:00

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google is putting AI-powered language learning tools into its Translate app. The new feature, rolling out now in beta, can create customized language lessons based on your skill level and your purpose for picking up a new language, such as vacationing in another

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Parents sue OpenAI over ChatGPT’s role in son’s suicide

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-11-02 02:27:34

In Brief Before 16-year-old Adam Raine died by suicide, he had spent months consulting ChatGPT about his plans to end his life. Now, his parents are filing the first known wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI, The New York Times reports. Many consumer-facing AI chatbots are programmed to activate safety features if a user expresses intent to harm themselves or others. But research has shown that these safeguards are far from foolproof. In Raine’s case, while using a paid version of ChatGPT-4

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How to Fight Food Noise if It’s Taking Over Your Life, Both IRL and Online

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-04 21:00:00

If you’ve ever found your mind consumed with constant thoughts about food, chances are you have experienced food noise. It's usually brought on by conflicting messages about nutrition, either through everyday conversation or content online. It could be feeling guilty because you ate a cupcake when you promised yourself you weren’t going to touch sweets for a while, or maybe you’re trying to meet your protein quota and are obsessively keeping track of it. These thoughts are common, and in some ca

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Outdated IT help desks are holding businesses back - but there is a solution

zdnet.com Jim Rapoza 2025-11-07 17:24:59

Muhammet Camdereli/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. ZDNET's key takeaways Aging help desk systems hinder remote support and IT fixes. Cloud-based help desks cut costs, ease complexity, boost IT. 28% of businesses are automating IT and help desk services. Along with aging help desk systems, businesses face a number of challenges when it comes to building more responsive support capabilities. Data breaches remain a h

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Stop Letting Pee Runs Control Your Nights -- Here's How to Fight Back

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-08 08:00:10

Few things interrupt your sleep more than having to crawl out of a warm bed to use the bathroom. That quick trip can be enough to break up your rest, and once you're awake, falling back asleep isn't always easy. At the same time, you don't want to lie there feeling uncomfortable either. When it happens several times a night, the effects can build up fast. Interrupted sleep often leaves you groggy the next morning and can make it harder to get through the day. If you find yourself waking up to

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Rocket Report: Pivotal Starship test on tap, Firefly wants to be big in Japan

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-08 09:00:18

Welcome to Edition 8.07 of the Rocket Report! It's that time again: another test flight of SpaceX's massive Starship vehicle. In this week's report, we have a review of what went wrong on Flight 9 in May and a look at the stakes for the upcoming mission, which are rather high. The flight test is presently scheduled for 6:30 pm local time in Texas (23:30 UTC) on Sunday, and Ars will be on hand to provide in-depth coverage. As always, we welcome reader submissions, and if you don't want to miss a

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Philosophical Thoughts on Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (2024)

news.ycombinator.com Ziming Liu 2025-11-04 03:03:12

Recently, collaborators and I proposed a new type of neural networks called the Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs), which are somewhat similar to but mostly different from Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs). The technical differences between MLPs and KANs can be found in our paper and many discussions over the internet. This blogpost does not delve into technicalities, but want to lay out quick philosophical thoughts, open to discussion. I will attempt to answer the follwoing questions: Q1: Are KAN

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AirPods turn into AirTag in this clever use case

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-11-08 15:18:06

AirPods aren’t just the best headphones. AirPods can also act like an AirTag, which happened to a North Carolina family traveling internationally when a pickpocketer stole the bag containing their passport and ID. AirPods help track stolen purse in Italy Karis McElroy shared the story on TikTok: Her mother and stepfather were visiting Venice, Italy, when three people crowded around them on the street. Once they made it to their Airbnb, McElroy’s mom discovered her backpack had been unzipped.

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How AI ‘digital minds’ startup Delphi stopped drowning in user data and scaled up with Pinecone

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2025-11-09 16:40:59

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 Delphi, a two-year-old San Francisco AI startup named after the Ancient Greek oracle, was facing a thoroughly 21st-century problem: its “Digital Minds”— interactive, personalized chatbots modeled after an end-user and meant to channel their voice based on their writings, recordings, and other media — were drowning in data. Each Delphi can

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AirPods act like AirTags in helping traveler recover pickpocketed wallet

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-11-09 21:18:06

AirPods aren’t just the best headphones. AirPods can also act like an AirTag, which happened to a North Carolina family traveling internationally when a pickpocketer stole the bag containing their passport and ID. AirPods help track stolen purse in Italy Karis McElroy shared the story on TikTok: Her mother and stepfather were visiting Venice, Italy, when three people crowded around them on the street. Once they made it to their Airbnb, McElroy’s mom discovered her backpack had been unzipped.

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StrictlyVC at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Inside the LP Track

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-11-10 08:00:00

StrictlyVC is back at TechCrunch Disrupt in October, bringing together the insiders who shape the venture capital landscape, this time with a sharper focus on the market’s biggest challenge: liquidity. In an era of extended exit timelines, slowed distributions, and increasingly selective LPs, the conversations behind closed doors matter more than ever. Working with Cendana Capital, which has backed 80+ funds in its 15-year history, we are launching a new off-the-record LP Track that offers an un

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I Don't Care What Steph Curry Says, Google's AI Doesn't Know Ball

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-10 08:55:00

Google announced a multiyear deal with NBA star Steph Curry on Wednesday at its Made by Google event. As part of the deal, Curry will use AI from Google's Cloud to get better at the game he's played for years. And while I respect Curry landing this gig, no one can convince me that AI knows ball. Let's start with the idea that 11-time All-Star, 4-time NBA Champ and 2-time Scoring Champ (to name a few of his accolades) Stephen Curry knows less about basketball than Google's AI. That's absurd. Did

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The 12 Best Eye Creams of 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-12 08:07:00

According to dermatologist Dr. Sheila Farhang, board-certified dermatologist and founder of Avant Dermatology & Aesthetics, eye creams can provide real benefits if you choose the right product and ingredients. "In my opinion, you really should invest in the product you're putting on your eyes daily because [the eye area] is the thinnest skin on our body and is super sensitive to allergens/irritation and you want it to work and have science to back it up -- especially for the anti-aging/fine lin

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Pump the Brakes on Your Police Department's Use of Flock Safety

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Alphabet's Verily closes its medical device division and lays off staff

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Verily is closing its medical device program as Alphabet shifts more resources to AI

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StrictlyVC at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Inside the LP Track

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