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I'm Testing the Nothing Phone 3 and There's One Surprise Feature I Love So Far

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-05 23:00:00

I've been testing the Nothing Phone 3 since it was unveiled at an event in London last week. I still like the quirky design, with its transparent back and the Glyph Matrix rear display. It's too early for a full verdict on its processor performance or battery life, but there is one stand-out feature I've noticed that I particularly wanted to highlight. The camera's macro mode. Putting the Nothing Phone 3's macro mode to work. Andrew Lanxon/CNET It's a niche feature to focus on, especially as N

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Why this LA-based VC firm was an early investor in Slate Auto

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2026-02-05 23:00:00

Slate Auto, which came out of stealth mode earlier this year with a surprising – and surprisingly affordable – customizable electric truck, has raised $700 million to date. But long before the EV startup broke cover, it quietly raised a Series A round of more than $100 million in 2023. And while Jeff Bezos was involved in that round, as TechCrunch originally reported, he was not alone. A regulatory filing submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission shows as many as 16 investors were inv

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Frontier is helping Arbor build a “vegetarian rocket engine” to power data centers

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2026-02-06 04:00:00

Frontier, the organization backed by Stripe, Google, and Meta, announced Tuesday it is paying startup Arbor Energy to remove 116,000 tons of carbon dioxide by the end of the decade. The deal gives Arbor $41 million to help it build its first commercial-scale power plant in southern Louisiana that will burn waste biomass to generate electricity for a data center. At the same time, it’ll sequester the resulting CO 2 , shipping it via pipeline to be buried deep underground. “We are able to market

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Macs and Apple Watch to be hit by Trump tariffs starting on August 1

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-02-06 15:15:03

Macs and Apple Watches are among the products to be hit by new tariffs on products manufactured in Thailand, taking effect on August 1. Products imported from Thailand into the US will be subjected to a 36% tariff, increasing the cost to Apple by more than a third … Apple’s long-term plan to reduce its dependence on China has seen the company encourage its suppliers to set up production lines in a number of other countries, including Thailand. The Apple Watch was the first product to be made

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How ChatGPT actually works (and why it's been so game-changing)

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2026-02-06 16:00:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Back in the day (and by "in the day," I mean late 2022, before AI chatbots exploded on the scene), tools like Google and Wolfram Alpha interacted with users via a single-line text entry field and provided text results. Google returned search results -- a list of web pages and articles that would (hopefully) provide information related to the search queries. Wolfram Alpha generally provided answers that were mathematical and data analysis-related. ChatGPT, by contra

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Tulum Energy rediscovered a forgotten hydrogen tech and used it to raise $27M

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2026-02-06 18:00:00

It was a mistake that was ahead of its time. Between 2002 and 2005, engineers with the Techint Group were trying to dial in a new electric arc furnace for a steelmaker when they noticed something odd. The carbon electrodes, rather than breaking down, were growing larger. The team had inadvertently created what’s known as a pyrolysis reaction, which is basically burning something in the absence of oxygen. In this case, the furnace was splitting methane into pure hydrogen and pure carbon. The te

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Cursor apologizes for unclear pricing changes that upset users

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-02-06 23:57:09

The CEO of Anysphere, the company behind the popular AI-powered coding environment Cursor, apologized Friday for a poorly communicated pricing change to its $20-per-month Pro plan. The changes resulted in some users complaining that they unexpectedly faced additional costs. “We recognize that we didn’t handle this pricing rollout well and we’re sorry,” said Anysphere CEO Michael Truell in a blog post. “Our communication was not clear enough and came as a surprise to many of you.” Truell is ref

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ChatGPT Glossary: 53 AI Terms Everyone Should Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-07 03:06:00

AI is everywhere. From the massive popularity of ChatGPT to Google cramming AI summaries at the top of its search results, AI is completely taking over the internet. With AI, you can get instant answers to pretty much any question. It can feel like talking to someone who has a Ph.D. in everything. But that aspect of AI chatbots is only one part of the AI landscape. Sure, having ChatGPT help do your homework or having Midjourney create fascinating images of mechs based on country of origin is co

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Student Loan Repayment Plans Will Last as Long as Most Mortgages. How Much the New Budget Bill Will Cost You

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-07 03:37:00

The Republican-led policy bill cuts repayment plans to two options for future borrowers. Getty Images/Zooey Liao/CNET The Republican-led "One Big Beautiful Bill" was signed into law by President Donald Trump last week, which will result in major changes to student loans, including fewer repayment options, caps on borrowing and new rules for Pell Grants. The nearly 900-page bill means a lot of changes for taxes and Medicare, but its impact on higher education could alter how colleges operate an

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Arkane founder calls Game Pass an 'unsustainable model' that's wrecking the industry

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-07 23:58:19

Arkane Studios founder Raphael Colantonio had some harsh words for Game Pass in a thread on X, calling it an "unstainable model" that's "damaging the industry." He also said that Microsoft's ability to throw "infinite money" at the platform will eventually wane because "reality has to hit." Colantonio continued by saying Microsoft will "kill everyone else, or give up" and that gamers only like the service because "the offer is too good to be true." He also wrote that these same players will tur

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Best Cheap Internet Providers for July 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-07 17:00:00

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Nomad eSIM is the summer travel essential you didn’t know you needed — and we have exclusive discounts!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-09 10:00:50

Paul Jones / Android Authority With summer in full swing, many of us are contemplating crowded airports, last-minute packing, and the excitement of finally ticking off those long-awaited destinations. But amid the rush to remember your passport and whether you locked the front door, there’s one detail that’s easy to overlook: how you’re going to stay connected once you land. A working internet connection abroad isn’t the luxury it once was. Not only do we want to keep in touch and ensure our s

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Why English doesn't use accents

news.ycombinator.com Colin Gorrie 2026-02-09 05:18:26

Portrait of Jean Miélot (after 1456), Jean le Tavernier Canterbury, AD 1105 The cold of the stone floor in the scriptorium creeps up through Godwin’s boots. He pays it no mind. Before him lies a copy of the Chronicle, just arrived from the old capital of Winchester. In it is written the history of the English people. His people. Today, his job is to make another copy. No difficult task for Godwin, or any monk. But Abbot Robert will want to inspect the work before vespers. Abbot Robert. A No

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TikTok’s Escape Plan May Be a Brand New App

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-02-09 05:59:45

TikTok’s time in the U.S. may be running out, but the company has a dramatic plan to save itself. The social media giant is reportedly building a completely new version of its app for users in the United States, according to a report from The Information on Sunday, which cited anonymous sources. This new app, reportedly codenamed “M2,” is being developed ahead of a planned sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations to a group of American investors. According to the report, the company has a tentative pla

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Chasing Lost Languages

news.ycombinator.com Laura Spinney 2026-02-05 00:03:17

If humans have been talking for 200,000 years—for most of our species’ existence, that is—then an estimated half a million languages might have been spoken in all. To put that number in perspective, around 7,000 languages are spoken today. And because writing was only invented about 5,000 years ago, the vast majority of those half a million languages are lost to us, having been spoken in a preliterate world and died before they could be recorded. That’s half a million distinct systems of knowled

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Ready-made stem cell therapies for pets could be coming

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2026-02-09 04:36:00

Earlier this week, San Diego startup Gallant announced $18 million in funding to bring the first FDA-approved ready-to-use stem cell therapy to veterinary medicine. If it passes regulatory muster, it could create a whole new way to treat our fur babies. It’s still an experimental field, even though people have been researching stem cells for humans for decades. Seven-year-old Gallant’s first target is a painful mouth condition in cats called Feline Chronic Gingivostomatitis (FCGS), which Gallan

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YouTube adds a new Shorts feature that you should probably avoid

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-11 21:14:58

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube is rolling out an accessibility-based feature that allows vertical Shorts videos to play in a landscape orientation. The Rotate Shorts option changes UI elements for sideway viewing but shrinks the video so much. This feature is likely intended for users with motor impairments or specific setups like mounted landscape-mode devices. By design, YouTube Shorts, just like Instagram Reels and TikTok videos, are all vertical videos. They’re meant to

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How often is the query plan optimal?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-07 05:19:27

The basic promise of a query optimizer is that it picks the “optimal” query plan. But there’s a catch - the plan selection relies on cost estimates, calculated from selectivity estimates and cost of basic resources (I/O, CPU, …). So the question is, how often do we actually pick the “fastest” plan? And the truth is we actually make mistakes quite often. Consider the following chart, with durations of a simple SELECT query with a range condition. The condition is varied to match different fracti

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Google Now returns? Gemini Space could bring a Daily Hub feature to Pixels (Updated: Screenshot)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-13 14:20:57

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google is developing a new feature called Gemini Space for Pixel devices, potentially as an evolution or rebrand of the current At a Glance feature. We’ve now found strings for a “Daily Hub,” feature within At a Glance/Gemini Space, described as a “space for content and suggestions to simplify your day.” This suggests Daily Hub could offer helpful content and suggestions similar to Samsung’s Now Brief and the erstwhile Google Now. Update, July 3, 2025 (1

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Visible Promo Code: Save Up to $300 in July 2025

wired.com Molly Higgins 2026-02-13 14:00:00

Visible offers access to Verizon’s network in two unlimited plans for as low as $25 per month, with unlimited data, talk and text using Verizon’s 5G & 4G LTE networks, and unlimited talk and text to Mexico and Canada. Buying a new phone and signing up for a new phone contract can be super overwhelming—with all of the options available, confusing contract terms, and hidden fees making things more complicated. Visible makes it easy to save even more on their already affordable plans, and you can e

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What Is Apple One? A Breakdown of Plans, Pricing, and Included Services

wired.com Simon Hill 2026-02-13 23:00:00

Big tech companies are always looking for new ways to tie us into their ecosystems, but there is something to be said for the simplicity of a single monthly subscription. Apple One bundles several Apple services into one payment, which is cheaper than subscribing to the same services individually. If you already subscribe to Apple Fitness+ and News+, it’s a great deal for you. The question is whether it can entice anyone using a mix of first- and third-party services to switch completely to Appl

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‘We Live in a Surveillance State’: Reddit Users Explode Over Reports of ICE’s New Face and Fingerprint Scanning App

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-02-14 04:55:42

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is reportedly using a new tool called Mobile Fortify, a smartphone-based facial recognition and fingerprint scanning app that allows agents to identify people in real time using only a phone camera. The tool taps into the same biometric system used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at ports of entry. But ICE is now using it inside the U.S., in field operations across the country. According to internal ICE emails reviewed by 404 Media, the app

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GOP Budget Bill Reduces Student Loan Repayment Options and Limits Borrowing. What You Need to Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-14 03:30:03

Republican lawmakers have proposed major changes to student loans, which would affect current and future borrowers. Liudmila Chernetska/Getty Images/CNET Congress is one step closer to passing federal student loan changes in the Republican-led "One Big Beautiful Bill." The Senate narrowly passed its version of the budget bill earlier this week, and it is now back in the House. If the House does decide to pass the bill as is -- and there could be more amendments, so nothing is final -- borrower

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Don’t let hype about AI agents get ahead of reality

technologyreview.com Yoav Shoham 2026-02-14 12:00:00

Let’s start with the term “agent” itself. Right now, it’s being slapped on everything from simple scripts to sophisticated AI workflows. There’s no shared definition, which leaves plenty of room for companies to market basic automation as something much more advanced. That kind of “agentwashing” doesn’t just confuse customers; it invites disappointment. We don’t necessarily need a rigid standard, but we do need clearer expectations about what these systems are supposed to do, how autonomously th

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Google’s electricity demand is skyrocketing

technologyreview.com Casey Crownhart 2026-02-14 14:00:00

Let’s start with fusion: Google’s deal with Commonwealth Fusion Systems is intended to provide the tech giant with 200 megawatts of power. This will come from Commonwealth’s first commercial plant, a facility planned for Virginia that the company refers to as the Arc power plant. The agreement represents half its capacity. What’s important to note here is that this power plant doesn’t exist yet. In fact, Commonwealth still needs to get its Sparc demonstration reactor, located outside Boston, up

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Best Cellphone Plans of 2025: Our Top Picks

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-14 12:40:00

CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review products and services. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. If you're feeling overwhelmed when evaluating all the phone plan options out there, you're not alone -- and it's not an accident. Carriers need to appeal to every type of customer, from people who want all the options to those who need only a small slice of features on a budget. We've put together recommendations from major carri

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There's no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically) (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Georgia Ray 2026-02-11 11:52:22

So you’ve heard about how fish aren’t a monophyletic group? You’ve heard about carcinization, the process by which ocean arthropods convergently evolve into crabs? You say you get it now? Sit down. Sit down. Shut up. Listen. You don’t know nothing yet. “Trees” are not a coherent phylogenetic category. On the evolutionary tree of plants, trees are regularly interspersed with things that are absolutely, 100% not trees. This means that, for instance, either: The common ancestor of a maple and a m

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Best Internet Providers in Irvine, California

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-14 12:59:00

What is the best internet provider in Irvine? According to CNET experts, AT&T Fiber is the best internet provider in Irvine. It offers the fastest speeds in the area, with upload speeds as fast as download speeds. Although Google Fiber provides comparable speeds, AT&T's plans are overall more affordable and have received higher ratings in customer satisfaction surveys. If you can’t get AT&T or Google Fiber at your address, Cox has the broadest coverage in Irvine, and some neighborhoods even ha

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BCPL (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-11 03:18:59

BCPL In recent years many people have kindly offer me links to translations of this web page into other languages. Unfortunately I am no longer permitted by the department to include these links so the link below has been disabled. BCPL is a simple typeless language that was designed in 1966 by Martin Richards and implemented for the first time at MIT in the Spring of 1967. A machine independent interpretive implementation of BCPL is available free of charge for private and academic purposes.

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Perplexity launches a $200 monthly subscription plan

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-02-15 18:06:17

Perplexity is launching a $200-per-month subscription plan for its power users, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday. The plan, Perplexity Max, offers unlimited access to the startup’s spreadsheet and report generation tool, Labs, as well as early access to new features, including Perplexity’s forthcoming AI-powered browser, Comet. Max subscribers will also get priority access to any Perplexity services using the latest frontier models, such as OpenAI o3-pro and Claude Opus 4. With the

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