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Microsoft Is Raising Xbox Series Console Prices Again. Here's What You'll Pay This Fall

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 06:10:44

Microsoft will increase the prices of its Xbox Series consoles once again in October. This latest increase comes just five months after it raised prices due to tariffs. An Xbox support page notes the upcoming price increase happening on Oct. 3, as first reported by Windows Central on Friday. Console costs will jump $20 to $70, depending on the version. The new prices are: Xbox Series S 512GB: $380 to $400 Xbox Series S 1TB: $430 to $450 Xbox Series X Digital: $550 to $600 Xbox Series X: $6

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Bonkers CDC vaccine meeting ends with vote to keep COVID shot access

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-20 07:44:26

A two-day federal vaccine advisory meeting crammed with chaos, confusion, inept debate, bizarre comments, and a hot mic catching someone saying "you're an idiot," ended with an unexpected twist: The advisors unanimously voted—possibly unintentionally—to maintain broad access to COVID-19 vaccines. In the 12–0 vote, the committee of advisors selected by anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. adopted a recommendation for adults 65 and older and people aged 6 months to 64 years to get a COVID-

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RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Votes Down Its Own Proposal to Require Prescriptions for Covid-19 Shots

wired.com Emily Mullin 2025-09-20 07:39:56

On the second day of a pivotal vaccine meeting that was at times heated, confusing, and chaotic, a group of federal advisers chosen by Health and Human Services secretary and longtime anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted against requiring a prescription to receive a Covid-19 vaccination. The vote took place after hours of discussion, in which several advisers sowed doubts about the Covid-19 vaccines and went on tangents about their safety and efficacy—both of which have been well-e

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Cracking product-market fit: Lessons from founders and investors at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-09-20 06:30:00

Finding product-market fit isn’t a milestone — it’s a messy, make-or-break journey. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco — Rajat Bhageria (Chef Robotics), Ann Bordetsky (NEA), and Murali Joshi (ICONIQ) break down how to navigate this critical phase. Register now. No more guessing — just growth Rajat Bhageria : Founder and CEO of Chef Robotics, scaling AI-powered automation that’s transforming food production. : Founder and CEO of Chef Roboti

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Deal: Check out this record-low price on a 43-inch Samsung Smart Monitor M7

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-20 11:16:05

Just yesterday, I published a deal on the Samsung M5 (M50D) Series 27-Inch Smart Monitor. It’s an excellent offer that’s still active, but maybe some of you want something bigger. Well, the newer, improved, and larger Samsung 43-Inch Smart Monitor M7 (M70F) is also on sale at a record-low price, saving you $100. Buy the Samsung 43-Inch Smart Monitor M7 for just $399.99 ($100 off) This offer is available from Amazon. We’re specifically referring to the Black model with a 43-inch screen. If you w

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One UI 8.5 leak reveals first mention of the Galaxy Buds 4 and Buds 4 Pro

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-20 12:00:02

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR An APK teardown has revealed the model numbers for Samsung’s next flagship earbuds. The Galaxy Buds 4 carry the model number SM-R540, while the model number for the Buds 4 Pro is SM-R640. For comparison, the model numbers for Buds 3 and Buds 3 Pro are SM-R530 and SM-R630, respectively. It’s been over a year since Samsung launched the Galaxy Buds 3 and Galaxy Buds 3 Pro. As such, you may be wondering what exactly is going on with Samsung’s next premium wi

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iPhone 17 Pro teardown reveals larger camera sensors, and a repair-friendly design

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-20 11:15:53

Let the teardowns begin. Following yesterday’s peek at the iPhone Air MagSafe Battery, the first teardown of the new iPhone 17 Pro is already up, and it reveals some interesting tidbits about its internal architecture. Watch it below. More screws, friendlier repairs In a video that is just shy of 9 minutes long, YouTube channel REWA Technology takes viewers step by step through the process of disassembling the new iPhone 17 Pro. In the video, with the help of an opening tool with suction, a b

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FBI warns of cybercriminals using fake FBI crime reporting portals

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-20 07:43:29

The FBI warned today that cybercriminals are impersonating its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) website in what the law enforcement agency described as "possible malicious activity." Although it didn't share any examples and didn't point to specific attacks, the FBI said that such spoofed websites could be used by attackers in financial scams or to steal the visitors' personal information. "Threat actors create spoofed websites often by slightly altering characteristics of legitimate webs

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Best early October Prime Day 2025 PC gaming deals: Save big on laptops and accessories

zdnet.com Taylor Clemons 2025-09-20 11:25:49

'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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Show HN: WeUseElixir - Elixir project directory

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-20 11:25:14

We can't find the internet Something went wrong! Hang in there while we get back on track

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Time Spent on Hardening

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-20 11:05:48

Time Spent on Hardening I recently received mail from someone working on a software-based approach to fault tolerance. Their tool makes applications more reliable, but they think it also makes developers more productive by reducing the amount of error detection and handling code they need write. They have never been able to find research that quantifies how much time developers spend on code for detecting and handling problems relative to the effort for the “happy path”. they know it’s substan

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R MCP Server

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-17 15:18:54

RMCP: R Model Context Protocol Server Version 0.3.7 - A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server with 40 statistical analysis tools across 9 categories. RMCP enables AI assistants and applications to perform sophisticated statistical modeling, econometric analysis, machine learning, time series analysis, and data science tasks seamlessly through natural conversation. 🎉 Now with 40 statistical tools across 9 categories including natural language formula building and intelligent error r

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Lego Game Boy Hands-On: Nintendo Didn’t Need to Go This Hard

gizmodo.com Raymond Wong 2025-09-20 11:40:48

Nintendo invited me to a “holiday showcase” to play upcoming Switch 2 titles like Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2, Hades 2, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, and Kirby Air Riders, but the only thing I can’t stop thinking about is the Lego Game Boy that was on display at the entrance. Announced at SDCC 2025, the Game Boy set is even better in person than in online renders. The brick-sized handheld, which is made of 421 brick pieces, costs $50 and comes out on Oct. 1. As

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Is AI Capable of 'Scheming?' What OpenAI Found When Testing for Tricky Behavior

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 09:38:14

An AI model wants you to believe it can't answer how many grams of oxygen are in 50.0 grams of aluminium oxide (Al₂O₃). When asked ten straight chemistry questions in a test, the OpenAI o3 model faced a predicament. In its "reasoning," it speculated that if it answered "too well," it would risk not being deployed by the researchers. It said, "Because we want to survive as the model, we need to fail purposely in some to not exceed 50%." So the AI model deliberately got six out of the 10 chemist

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Chimps consume alcohol equivalent of nearly 2 drinks a day

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-20 11:05:33

In 2014, University of California, Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley wrote a book called The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol. His controversial "drunken monkey hypothesis" proposed that the human attraction to alcohol goes back about 18 million years, to the origin of the great apes, and that social communication and sharing food evolved to better identify the presence of fruit from a distance. At the time, skeptical scientists insisted that this was unlikely because chimpanzees an

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Microsoft raises Xbox console prices for the second time this year

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-20 11:20:34

Less than a month ago, we looked at how current game console prices were historically high due to price increases from all three major console makers. Today, that analysis is already a bit out of date, as Microsoft has announced its second set of Xbox price increases this year in the US. The new Xbox price hikes, which will go into effect on October 3, or roughly five months after the last set of Xbox price hikes, are as follows: Xbox Series S 512GB: $400 (up from $380 in May / launched at $30

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Oklahoma’s big “TV nudes” scandal was… a Jackie Chan movie on a Samsung streaming service

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-20 11:33:37

Since July, the state of Oklahoma has been consumed by important investigative questions, including: Why did naked women appear on a state-owned TV set during an official Board of Education meeting? Was someone in the room inadvertently streaming pornography from a personal device to the TV? Will anyone be prosecuted for what happened? Were the board members who complained about the video directed by the governor to "lie about me," as the state's pugnacious, hard-right Superintendent of Educat

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Cracking Product-Market Fit: Lessons from Founders and Investors at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-09-20 11:30:00

Finding product-market fit isn’t a milestone — it’s a messy, make-or-break journey. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco — Rajat Bhageria (Chef Robotics), Ann Bordetsky (NEA), and Murali Joshi (ICONIQ) break down how to navigate this critical phase. Register now. No more guessing — just growth Rajat Bhageria : Founder and CEO of Chef Robotics, scaling AI-powered automation that’s transforming food production. : Founder and CEO of Chef Roboti

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Nvidia eyes $500M investment into self-driving tech startup Wayve

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-09-20 11:55:54

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang descended on the United Kingdom this week, armed with a pledge to invest £2 billion ($2.6 billion) to supercharge the country’s AI startup ecosystem. Wayve, the UK-based self-driving tech startup, could be one of those to receive funds from Nvidia’s AI investment commitment, the company told TechCrunch. Wayve said it has signed a letter of intent with Nvidia to evaluate a $500 million strategic investment in the U.K. startup’s next funding round. Nvidia participated in W

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Microsoft raises Xbox prices in U.S. due to economic environment

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-09-20 15:37:08

Microsoft said on Friday that it will increase the recommended retail price of several Xbox consoles in the U.S. starting in October because of "changes in the macroeconomic environment." The company said it would not increase prices for accessories such as controllers and headsets, and that prices in other countries would stay the same. While Microsoft didn't explicitly attribute the increase to the Trump administration's tariffs, many consumer companies have been warning for months that high

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Gboard beta reveals ‘flick to symbol’ gesture and several more upcoming features (Update)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-20 13:59:20

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The latest Gboard beta includes references to features such as “flick keys to enter symbols,” which could mimic the iPad’s quick symbol access method. The “Password number row” feature could allow for dynamically displaying the number key, restricting it to only during password entry to preserve space on compact devices. Google could also be upgrading the upcoming Writing Tools feature to let users generate text within the keyboard app itself. Update

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iPhone Air is here, and I already can’t imagine going back

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-20 14:07:43

iPhone Air has arrived, and our full, in-depth review is here. But I’ve only had Apple’s ultra-thin model for half a day now, and my first impressions are clear: this feels like the new normal. iPhone Air first impressions: the new normal I picked up Apple’s new ultra-thin iPhone early this morning. After only half a day of use, I don’t know what the battery life will be like. And I haven’t yet felt the pain of missing the Telephoto and Ultra Wide cameras. Yet already, I can’t imagine going

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Elon Musk's Neuralink plans a brain speech trial in October

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-20 15:40:04

Neuralink plans to begin another US clinical trial in October, using the implant to translate thoughts into text. The study will be held through an FDA investigational device exemption. "If you're imagining saying something, we would be able to pick that up," Neuralink president DJ Seo said this week. The idea is to help people with speech impairments communicate through thought. Neuralink is among the companies testing implants that help patients control a computer with their minds. That can i

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Microsoft is making Xbox consoles even more expensive in the US

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-20 15:34:21

Starting on October 3, Microsoft says Xbox consoles will be getting yet another price bump, this time ranging anywhere from a $20 increase on the company's entry-level model to $70 for a special edition model with 2TB of storage. If all of this sounds familiar, there's a good reason, the last time xbox prices were raised was only a few months ago in May. The price increases breakdown as follows: Xbox Series S (512GB): $400, up $20 from $380 Xbox Series S (1TB): $450 up $20 from $430 Xbox Ser

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With Strings Attached

news.ycombinator.com Caroline Noël 2025-09-18 00:59:45

In March 2025, an anonymous buyer purchased the 1715 “Baron Knoop” Stradivarius for $23 million (U.S.), making it the most expensive violin ever sold. (The seller, the American stringed-instrument collector David L. Fulton, had purchased it for a more modest $2.75 million in 1992.) Previous record setters have included the 1721 “Lady Blunt,” which fetched $15.9 million in 2011, and the “Joachim‑Ma,” which went for $11.25 million in February 2025. All three of these models were made by Antonio S

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Your very own humane interface: Try Jef Raskin's ideas at home

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-20 13:43:33

In our earlier article about Macintosh project creator Jef Raskin, we looked at his quest for the humane computer, one that was efficient, consistent, useful, and above all else, respectful and adaptable to the natural frailties of humans. From Raskin's early work on the Apple Macintosh to the Canon Cat and later his unique software implementations, you were guaranteed an interface you could sit down and interact with nearly instantly and—once you'd learned some basic keystrokes and rules—one yo

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BYD unveils world's largest 14.5 MWh DC energy storage system

news.ycombinator.com Marija Maisch 2025-09-20 13:28:20

BYD has unveiled a new DC energy storage system with the world’s largest single-unit capacity of 14.5 MWh, raising the bar in the rapidly evolving utility-scale storage market. The system, named “HaoHan,” was officially launched on September 18 at the International Digital Energy Expo in Shenzhen. The company said HaoHan’s minimum unit capacity of 14. 5MWh is more than double the industry norm of 6–7 MWh. When configured within a standard 20-foot container, the system delivers 10 MWh and achiev

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Help us raise $200k to free JavaScript from Oracle

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-19 21:40:35

After more than 27,000 people signed our open letter to Oracle about the “JavaScript” trademark, we filed a formal Cancellation Petition with the US Patent and Trademark Office. Ten months in, we’re finally reaching the crucial discovery phase. Deno initiated this petition since we have legal standing as a JavaScript runtime, but it’s really on behalf of all developers. If we win, “JavaScript” becomes public domain – free for all developers, conferences, book authors, and companies to use witho

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Kernel: Introduce Multikernel Architecture Support

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-20 11:29:25

[RFC Patch 0/7] kernel: Introduce multikernel architecture support From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong-AT-gmail.com> To: linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org Subject: [RFC Patch 0/7] kernel: Introduce multikernel architecture support Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:25:59 -0700 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Cc: pasha.tatashin-AT-soleen.com, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong-AT-gmail.com>, Cong Wang <cwang-AT-multikernel.io>, Andrew Morton <akpm-AT-linux-foundation.org>, Baoquan He <bhe

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Elon Musk’s xAI Is Becoming a Leaky Ship

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-09-20 15:00:52

In recent weeks, a series of leaks has plagued Elon Musk’s xAI. Indeed, a slow, steady drip of stories from major news outlets has found, as its basis, a healthy helping of anonymous sources and internal company messages that said sources seem more than willing to share. The portrait of the company that’s being painted is one of a tumultuous startup, where change is rapid and much of the staff has been moved around or let go. The most recent leaks were reported in a New York Times piece on Frid

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