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Apple TV+ sees early Emmys success with wins for Severance and The Studio

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-10-13 20:33:36

The 77th Emmy Awards ceremony officially takes place next Sunday, where the biggest industry TV awards will be given out. But, the Emmys actually has so many awards they reveal some of the winners a week early. Based on these preliminary results, Apple TV+ is set for success. In total, the service amassed 15 wins, thanks to its powerhouse players this season of comedy The Studio and sci-fi drama Severance. The Studio has been the frontrunner to win the prestigious Outstanding Comedy Series awa

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Playing Viking Chess with Whale Bones

news.ycombinator.com Hakai Magazine 2025-10-11 17:30:24

Article body copy In central and eastern Sweden from 550 to 793 CE, just before the Viking Age, members of the Vendel culture were known for their fondness for boat burials, their wars, and their deep abiding love of hnefatafl. Also known as Viking chess, hnefatafl is a board game in which a centrally located king is attacked from all sides. The game wasn’t exclusive to the Vendels—people across northern Europe faced off over the gridded board from at least 400 BCE until the 18th century. But

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A robot walks on water thanks to evolution's solution

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-10 18:52:22

Robots can serve pizza, crawl over alien planets, swim like octopuses and jellyfish, cosplay as humans, and even perform surgery. But can they walk on water? Rhagobot isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of a robot. Inspired by Rhagovelia water striders, semiaquatic insects also known as ripple bugs, these tiny bots can glide across rushing streams because of the robotization of an evolutionary adaptation. Rhagovelia (as opposed to other species of water striders) ha

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Braincraft challenge – 1000 neurons, 100 seconds, 10 runs, 2 choices, no reward

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-09 23:31:11

Table of Contents Introduction The computational neuroscience literature abounds with models of individual brain structures, such as the hippocampus, basal ganglia, thalamus, and various cortical areas — from visual to prefrontal. These models typically aim to explain specific functions attributed to each structure. For instance, the basal ganglia are often modeled in the context of decision-making, while the hippocampus is associated with episodic memory and spatial navigation through place c

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Lab Mice Exposed to Microplastics Show Signs of Dementia

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-13 17:00:16

Image by Getty / Futurism Neuroscience/Brain Science Should you be worried that your brain probably contains enough plastic to fashion a disposable spoon? Yes, new research suggests: you should. In a new study published in the journal Environmental Research Communications, researchers found that mice which were regularly exposed to microplastics in their diet developed symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, in less than a single month. The mice were genetically mo

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Silksong, smacking sticks and other new indie games worth checking out

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-13 08:00:20

Welcome to our latest recap of what's going on in the indie game space. Folks, it's here. You know it's here. So, we'll touch on it, but briefly. Some developers and publishers opted not to delay their games out of this week (others have done that to get some breathing space from you-know-what), so there are several other newcomers to highlight. Before we get there, there's a sale worth mentioning on a PC storefront that does not offer Hollow Knight: Silksong. The Epic Games Store's End of Summ

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How often do health insurers say no to patients? (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Robin Fields 2025-10-13 17:01:46

Series: Uncovered: How the Insurance Industry Denies Coverage to Patients More in this series Caret ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. It’s one of the most crucial questions people have when deciding which health plan to choose: If my doctor orders a test or treatment, will my insurer refuse to pay for it? After all, an insurance company that routinely rejects recommended care could damage

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Apple @ Work: How EasyLAPS secures local admin accounts on macOS

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2025-10-13 15:00:00

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Clarity or accuracy – what makes a good scientific image?

news.ycombinator.com Frankel 2025-10-09 17:02:40

Flashes of Brilliance: The Genius of Early Photography and How It Transformed Art, Science, and History Anika Burgess W. W. Norton (2025) As someone who has spent a career visualizing science, Flashes of Brilliance felt like reading a love letter to the power of the photographic image. This beautifully written book, by writer and photo editor Anika Burgess, is a thoughtful, personal and witty meditation on how imagery does much more than just document a scene. Will AI jeopardize science photog

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England vs. Andorra: Livestream World Cup 2026 Qualifier Soccer From Anywhere for Free

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-13 15:00:04

Thomas Tuchel's England will be confident of making it four wins out of the first four World Cup 2026 qualifiers on Saturday as it takes on minnow Andorra in this Group K clash. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the game as it happens, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if the match isn't available where you are. Despite a 100% record in qualifying so far, there's nevertheless plenty of room for improvement for the Three Lions coming into

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Dare to Stream These 11 Great Horror Movies on Prime Video

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-13 16:00:04

Coherence is a huge favorite here at CNET and it's a terrifying watch. Not necessarily in the traditional, gory, horrific sense but more in terms of the concepts. It's a multiverse movie released before multiverses were cool and is not what you expect. Coherence is the kind of movie you'll finish and immediately rewatch to try to rewire your brain. It's a fantastic achievement and a must watch.

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The growing debate over expanding age verification laws

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-10-13 18:00:00

Technologists and policymakers are reckoning with a generation-defining problem on the internet: while it can be a revolutionary force for unprecedented education and connection across the globe, it can also pose dangers to children when they have completely unfettered access. There is no simple way, however, to monitor children’s internet access without surveilling adults, paving the way for disastrous online privacy violations. While some advocates praise these laws as victories for children

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The maths you need to start understanding LLMs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-10 06:10:47

The maths you need to start understanding LLMs Actually coming up with ideas like GPT-based LLMs and doing serious AI research requires serious maths. But the good news is that if you just want to understand how they work, while it does require some maths, if you studied it at high-school at any time since the 1960s, you did all of the groundwork then: vectors, matrices, and so on. One thing to note -- what I'm covering here is what you need to know to understand inference -- that is, using an

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The JBL Flip 7 speaker reappears at a $50 discount!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-13 18:16:14

The JBL Charge 6 is our favorite speaker, and it is still on sale for $139.95 on Woot.com. While impressive and super portable, some of you want something even easier to carry around. If you really value portability, then the JBL Flip 7 is your best bet. It is back to its record-low price of $99.95, saving you $50! Buy the JBL Flip 7 speaker for just $99.95 ($50 off) This offer is available from Woot.com, an Amazon-owned deals website. It’s available in Blue, Black, and Red. There’s a limit of

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GLM 4.5 with Claude Code

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 17:45:08

GLM Coding Plan — designed for Claude Code users, starting at $3/month to enjoy a premium coding experience! GLM-4.5 and GLM-4.5-Air are our latest flagship models, purpose-built as foundational models for agent-oriented applications. Both leverage a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture. GLM-4.5 has a total parameter count of 355B with 32B active parameters per forward pass, while GLM-4.5-Air adopts a more streamlined design with 106B total parameters and 12B active parameters. Both models sh

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Horrible Things Are Happening at Antarctic Facilities

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-13 12:10:26

If you think your job is tough, just be glad you haven’t had to do a tour at an Antarctic research base. A horrifying new workplace survey by the US National Science Foundation is raising alarms about a terrible HR crisis unfolding on the white continent. In particular, the report found that sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking were regular facts of life for those stationed on remote research stations. The confidential survey was open to all 2,760 US Antarctic Program (USAP) employe

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The Universe Within 12.5 Light Years

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 20:20:37

The Universe within 12.5 Light Years The Nearest Stars Number of stars within 12.5 light years = 33 About the Map This map shows all the star systems that lie within 12.5 light years of our Sun. Most of the stars are red dwarfs - stars with a tenth of the Sun's mass and less than one hundredth the luminosity. Roughly eighty percent of all the stars in the universe are red dwarfs, and the nearest star - Proxima - is a typical example. Information on the Nearest Stars Sun - Type= G2 , Magnitu

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Deal: Nothing Headphone 1 discounted for the first time!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-14 01:02:06

Tom Triggs / Android Authority Unlike most over-ear headphones, the Nothing Headphone (1) ear cups wear a rounded-rectangle design. The Nothing Headphone 1 was just released in mid-August, less than a month ago, but we’re already seeing its first discount! It’s $30 off, bringing the cost down to $269. While it’s a small discount, seeing a sale so soon after the product’s release is nice! Buy the Nothing Headphone 1 for $269 ($30 off) This offer is available from Amazon as a “limited time deal.

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FTC commissioner questions status of Snap AI chatbot complaint: 'People deserve answers'

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-10-14 05:50:16

U.S. Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter raised questions on Friday about the status of an artificial intelligence chatbot complaint against Snap that the agency referred to the Department of Justice earlier this year. In January, the FTC announced that it would refer a non-public complaint regarding allegations that Snap's My AI chatbot posed potential "risks and harms" to young users and said it would refer the suit to the DOJ "in the public interest." "We don't know what

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Samsung leak reveals how you’ll be opening and closing its dual-hinge foldable

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-14 05:26:12

TL;DR A new animation for Samsung’s multi-fold foldable has leaked. The animation shows how the device will open and close. It also appears to show that users will be able to take selfies with the rear cameras. Samsung debuted the Galaxy S25 FE this week, but that’s not the last smartphone the company is expected to announce this year. The tech giant also has a multi-fold device, popularly but misleadingly called a “tri-fold,” due later this year. Last week, a few 2D animations related to the

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Lenovo’s ThinkBook VertiFlex Concept Laptop Has a Swiveling Screen

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-10-13 19:00:00

Lenovo isn’t shy about trying new things. Last year, the PC maker teased a concept laptop with a transparent screen. Earlier this year, the ThinkBook Flip concept employed a flexible OLED display that folded over the top of the laptop lid, ready to flip up whenever you needed the extra screen space. At CES 2025, we saw a ThinkBook with a rollable OLED screen that expanded upward automatically at the touch of a button—this one is a real product you can actually buy. Get ready for another whacky

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Top Spec Razer Blade Laptops Are Average 14 Percent Off Right Now

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-10-14 06:52:29

If you're in the market for a new gaming laptop, Razer is running a variety of discounts on both the Razer Blade 16 and 18—the one to buy depends on the size of your budget and your desk. The price reduction varies but is right around 14 percent off for most models, with some versions excluded from the sale. Our reviewer Luke Larsen gave high marks to the 2025 revamp of the Razer Blade 16 (8/10, WIRED Recommends), largely thanks to its extremely thin footprint and excellent keyboard. Razer does

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Worried AI will take your job? OpenAI's new platform could help get you one

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-10-14 17:12:26

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways OpenAI introduces its OpenAI Jobs Platform. The experience is meant to connect users to job opportunities. This comes at a time when people fear AI will replace human jobs. While AI is typically implicated in replacing humans in the workforce, OpenAI's new undertaking is looking to wield those AI capabilities to get you a job. OpenAI Jobs Platform On Wednesday, the company unveiled

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Top Spec Razor Blade Laptops Are Average 14 Percent Off Right Now

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-10-14 16:52:29

If you're in the market for a new gaming laptop, Razer is running a variety of discounts on both the Razer Blade 16 and 18—the one to buy depends on the size of your budget and your desk. The price reduction varies but is right around 14 percent off for most models, with some versions excluded from the sale. Our reviewer Luke Larsen gave high marks to the 2025 revamp of the Razer Blade 16 (8/10, WIRED Recommends), largely thanks to its extremely thin footprint and excellent keyboard. Razer does

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I have two Amazon Echos that I never use, but they apparently burn GBs a day

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-14 13:40:08

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Interview with Japanese Demoscener 0b5vr

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-14 15:08:26

→日本語で読む Welcome to “Interviews with Demosceners”! This time, we welcome Japanese demoscener 0b5vr, who mainly creates 64K and 4K intros. For many, 0b5vr is best remembered for his 64K demo “0b5vr GLSL Techno Live Set”, released at Revision 2023. In this interview, he talks about how this piece was created, as well as his recent live music performance. He also talks about trends around the Japanese demoscene, like music production with GLSL, machine live, and generative VJ. I also took the cha

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Meta Reimagines Facebook's Poke Feature to Gamify Gen Z Flirting

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-14 20:06:00

When was the last time you were poked on Facebook? The feature, which has endured since the early days of the social-media platform, is still clinging to life and in fact being pushed again by Meta as a way to maintain connections with friends. Originally intended as a way to reach out to other users without actually sending a message or any meaningful content, it has been the focus of soft relaunches in 2017 and 2024. Meta has now started promoting poking all over again, according to TechCrun

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Google hit with $3.45 billion antitrust EU fine amid U.S. trade tensions

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-10-15 01:20:10

Google was on Friday hit with a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.45 billion) antitrust fine from European Union regulators for anti-competitive practices in its lucrative advertising technology business. The European Commission, which is the executive body of the EU, accused Google of distorting competition in the so-called adtech market by unfairly favoring its own display advertising technology services to the detriment of rival adtech providers, advertisers and online publishers. It also ordered Googl

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Art Is Only Part of These Awesome New Pop Culture Portraits

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-15 01:45:40

The right frame can take a great piece of art and make it spectacular. With the right combination of matte, outline, and color, a frame can draw your attention towards the art or work to make it more beautiful. Artist Jayson Weidel’s new show, “Shadowboxers,” is the epitome of that, as he’s taken relatively straightforward portraits and accentuated them with elaborate themed frames. io9 has your exclusive look at some of his latest creations. “Shadowboxers: Round 1” will be on display Monday, S

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Max severity Argo CD API flaw leaks repository credentials

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-15 05:30:18

An Argo CD vulnerability allows API tokens with even low project-level get permissions to access API endpoints and retrieve all repository credentials associated with the project. The flaw, tracked under CVE-2025-55190, is rated with the maximum severity score of 10.0 in CVSS v3, and allows bypassing isolation mechanisms used to protect sensitive credential information. Attackers holding those credentials could then use them to clone private codebases, inject malicious manifests, attempt downs

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Apple TV+ sees early Emmys success with wins for Severance and The Studio

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