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What Was Cyberpunk? In Memoriam: 1980-2020

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-02 09:59:42

To wrap up our look at print sci-fi I am going to compare and contrast two books released in 2020 that both have much in common with Mirrorshades, but in very different ways:, Gibson’s (“””the father of cyberpunk”””) Agency and Miciah Johnson’s debut novel “The Space Between Worlds”. I am going to be a little mean to Gibson, but hopefully by the time you’ve read both summaries you’ll understand why. This section has also put me in the unfortunate position of trying to summarize these books so yo

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Whoop says FDA is 'overstepping its authority' with warning about blood pressure feature

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot Brandon Gomez 2025-09-05 03:08:33

The logo for the Food and Drug Administration is seen ahead of a news conference on removing synthetic dyes from America's food supply, at the Health and Human Services Headquarters in Washington, DC on April 22, 2025. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday published a warning letter addressed to the wrist wearable company Whoop, alleging it is marketing a new blood pressure feature without proper approvals. The letter centers around Whoop's Blood Pressure Insights (BPI) feature, whi

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The Future of Social Security Looks Grim. 6 Tips to Help You Save for Retirement Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-05 02:00:00

Getty Images/Zooey Liao/CNET Social Security payments can help you fund part of your retirement -- but don't bank on it as your only source of income. The Social Security trust fund is expected to dry up by 2034, according to the Social Security Administration. That's one year sooner than initially forecast. While the fund won't vanish completely, it's estimated that you'll only receive 81% of your benefits, at best. Why? The fund has been running out of money for years, but President Donald

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 16, #1488

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-05 02:00:04

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 16, #766

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-05 02:00:06

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle features one of those classic purple categories, where you wonder if anyone out there really solved it without first solving the other three and letting the purple answers fall in. Need help? Read on for clues and today's Connections answers.

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Your Google Discover feed is about to get AI-ified

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-09-05 07:49:55

400tmax/Getty The next time you're browsing the Google app for a news story, you might not have to leave the search to find the information you're looking for. First spotted by 9to5Google, Google is testing AI-created news summaries on its Discover feed. The feature isn't available to everyone yet, but it's showing up on both Android and iOS. Also: I tried Perplexity's Comet AI browser, and I like where it's going (but it's not there yet) Under the old way, your Discover feed surfaces links

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Underwriting Superintelligence

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-05 06:13:42

Insurance Unlocks Secure AI Progress We’re navigating a tightrope as Superintelligence nears. If the West slows down unilaterally, China could dominate the 21st century. If we accelerate recklessly, accidents will halt progress, as with nuclear power. Insurance, standards, and audits together create skin in the game for quantifying, communicating, and reducing AI risks so we can balance this tightrope. We call this the “Incentive Flywheel.” Benjamin Franklin first discovered the Incentive Fly

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Uranus Leaks More Heat Than We Thought

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-09-05 07:25:45

When Voyager 2 flew past Uranus in 1986, the spacecraft detected a surprisingly low level of internal heat from the planet. Since then, scientists believed Uranus to be the odd one out in our solar system’s family of giant planets—the others being Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune—who all tend to emit more heat than they absorb from sunlight. Now, a new study suggests that scientists may have had the wrong idea about Voyager 2’s data: Uranus does have an internal heat source similar to its planetary

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I replaced my Apple Watch with the Oura Ring 4 for sleep tracking (and it did some things better)

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-05 11:46:01

ZDNET's key takeaways The Oura Ring 4 is Oura's latest generation smart ring, with a starting price of $350 The ring emphasizes a comfortable build with flatter and smarter sensors, more sizes, upgraded software, and an alleged eight-day battery life. The eight-day battery life is actually more like five and a half days. $395.01 at Amazon $399 at Best Buy more buying choices While Oura was quiet these past few years, in between the release of its Ring 3 in 2021 and the development of its Ring

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Windows KB5064489 emergency update fixes Azure VM launch issues

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-05 15:47:07

Microsoft has released an emergency update to fix a bug that prevents Azure virtual machines from launching when the Trusted Launch setting is disabled and Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) is enabled. The bug impacted Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 24H2 and was introduced during the July Patch Tuesday security updates. "This update addresses an issue that prevented some virtual machines (VMs) from starting when Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) was enabled," explains Microsoft. "It a

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Designing for the Eye: Optical Corrections in Architecture and Typography

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-05 14:48:35

Designing for the Eye Optical Corrections in Architecture and Typography By Niko Kitsakis, June 2025 This article highlights a special aspect of both visual design and architecture: Optical corrections (or optical adjustments, if you prefer). If you found my piece about legible typefaces interesting, you’ll likely enjoy this one as well. Since I included many visual examples that are size-sensitive, make sure you read this on a big screen and not your mobile device. Optical Illusions The

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Nextdoor's Big Redesign Packages AI Advice Alongside Human Conversations

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-05 14:47:21

Nextdoor, the social media app for your neighborhood and local events, has launched a new redesign. The company says the changes are to "meet the evolving needs of neighbors everywhere" as the shift toward remote and hybrid work has resulted in people spending more time in their local communities. The redesign focuses on three core features that will help you navigate the goings-on of your neighborhood: Alerts, News and Faves. Here's how each of these features works, and how the service is inco

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Joby Aviation says it is doubling production at its air taxi manufacturing hub

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-09-05 19:41:55

JoeBen Bevirt, founder and CEO of Joby Aviation, stands near an electric air taxi by Joby Aviation at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 12, 2023. Joby Aviation is ramping up its manufacturing capabilities in the U.S. as it races to roll out air taxi service in 2026. The electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) maker said Tuesday that it's launching production at its remodeled components facility in Dayton, Ohio, and plans to double capacity at its

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Finding value with AI automation

technologyreview.com Lynn Comp 2025-09-05 19:36:36

Today's opportunity: Significant automation gains When leaders respond to immediate panic, new business risks and mitigations often emerge. Two recent examples highlight the consequences of rushing to implement and publish positive results from AI adoption. The Wall Street Journal reported in April 2025 on companies struggling to realize returns on AI. Just weeks later, it covered MIT’s retraction of a technical paper about AI where the results that led to its publication could not be substanti

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Forget passwords often? Android may soon let you disable Failed Authentication Lock (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-05 19:09:36

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 15 and newer devices include a Failed Authentication Lock feature that locks the device screen after detecting multiple failed login attempts in apps or settings. Unlike other theft protection features, this feature is enabled by default on all devices, and there’s currently no way for users to turn it off. Google may soon add a new option to the theft protection settings that will allow users to turn off Failed Authentication Lock. In additio

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The viral Air Purifier Table is my smart home's MVP and it's on sale for under $175

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-09-05 19:00:16

ZDNET's key takeaways The SwitchBot Air Purifier table is available for $258. This large-capacity air purifier has a washable prefilter, a color-changing night light, a wireless charger, and acts as a table. While the air purifier works as intended, the table is small, and the smart capabilities are incompatible with Apple Home. $193.74 at Amazon The SwitchBot 4-in-1 Air Purifier Table is one of my favorite smart home devices ever, and it's on sale for only $174 with an on-page coupon (save $

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Nearly 3 out of 4 Oracle Java users say they've been audited in the past 3 years

news.ycombinator.com Lindsay Clark 2025-09-05 19:00:23

A survey of 500 IT asset managers in organizations that use Oracle Java has found that 73 percent have been audited in the last three years. Deal to 'save' UK colleges £45M in Oracle Java licensing fees followed audit requests READ MORE At the same time, nearly eight out of 10 Oracle Java users said they had migrated, or planned to shift, to open source Java to try to avoid the risk and high costs of the dominant vendor's development and runtime environments. Oracle introduced a paid subscrip

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To be a better programmer, write little proofs in your head

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-05 19:05:39

This is a brief write-up of a trick I learned that helps me write code faster and more accurately. I say "trick", but it's really something I started to do without noticing as I moved further into my career. When you're working on something difficult, sketch a proof in your head as you go that your code will actually do what you want it to do. A simple idea, but easier said than done: doing this "online" without interrupting your flow takes a lot of practice. But once you get really good at it,

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BBC Insists Its Disney Partnership Remains Strong in Wake of ‘Doctor Who’ Doubts

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-05 19:10:36

Ever since the latest season of Doctor Who came to a messy end a few months ago, the biggest question on audiences’ minds (among the many questions raised by that finale) is when, or if, we might expect to see the show return to our screens. The further we’ve moved from the season without news other than that there is no news about the BBC renewing its funding and distribution deal with Disney for the series, the more doubts have grown. But the BBC continues to stress that it is focused on worki

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Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is worth $12B in seed round

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-09-05 19:59:29

Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by OpenAI’s former chief technology officer Mira Murati, officially closed a $2 billion seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz on Monday, a company spokesperson told TechCrunch. The deal, which includes participation from NVIDIA, Accel, ServiceNow, CISCO, AMD, and Jane Street, values the startup at $12 billion, the spokesperson said. Several outlets reported in June that Thinking Machines Lab was close to closing this $2B funding round at a $10 bill

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It's a huge week for crypto in DC But the industry may not get everything it wants

cnbc.com Greta Reich Emily Wilkins 2025-09-05 23:25:07

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 27, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters It's "Crypto Week" in Washington. The cryptocurrency industry is set to notch a major win this week if the House can pass two bills that would set up a long-lobbied-for regulatory framework for digital assets. The stablecoin bill, known as the GENUIS Act, has already passed the Senate and looks set to become the first standalone crypto measure signed into law should the House do the same. But the real

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Lucid will add hands-free driving options later this month

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-05 23:28:17

Lucid is about to roll out its first hands-free features. On July 30, Lucid Air sedan owners with the DreamDrive Pro add-on will get automated drive assist and lane-change features. If you have a Gravity SUV you'll have to wait until later this year. The features will arrive via an OTA update for vehicles with DreamDrive Pro hardware. The optional add-on has 32 sensors, including LiDAR, radar, ultrasonic sensors and cameras. DreamDrive Pro already supports semi-autonomous features like lane cha

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Police disrupt “Diskstation” ransomware gang attacking NAS devices

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-05 23:53:08

An international law enforcement action dismantled a Romanian ransomware gang known as 'Diskstation,' which encrypted the systems of several companies in the Lombardy region, paralyzing their businesses. The law enforcement operation codenamed 'Operation Elicius' was coordinated by Europol and also involved police forces in France and Romania. Diskstation is a ransomware operation that targets Synology Network-Attached Storage (NAS) devices, which are commonly used by companies for centralized

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Blender 4.5 LTS Released

news.ycombinator.com Blender Foundation 2025-09-05 22:06:44

The final frontier. After years of work, support for the popular backend in Blender is now on par with OpenGL. It’s not enabled by default yet; make it so in the Preferences. Make sure to keep your drivers up to date! Blender works closely with hardware manufacturers to ensure Vulkan performs as good as possible. See the supported platforms and drivers, and the current limitations.

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Venture gets a rare Native American-led fund in Betsy Fore’s Velveteen Ventures

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-09-05 23:00:00

When Betsy Fore was five, her grandmother got her a gift she has never forgotten: A Velveteen Rabbit from Goodwill that Fore believed, with enough love, could spring alive. Decades later, that rabbit has lent its name to Fore’s venture firm, Velveteen Ventures, which came to life on Tuesday. “I realized after building companies for nearly two decades that I could make the greatest ripple in this one precious life by being on the other side of the table,” she told TechCrunch. Her companies inclu

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It's a huge week for crypto in D.C. But the industry may not get everything it wants

cnbc.com Greta Reich Emily Wilkins 2025-09-06 07:49:08

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 27, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters It's "Crypto Week" in Washington. The cryptocurrency industry is set to notch a major win this week if the House can pass two bills that would set up a long-lobbied-for regulatory framework for digital assets. The stablecoin bill, known as the GENUIS Act, has already passed the Senate and looks set to become the first standalone crypto measure signed into law should the House do the same. But the real

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My favorite indoor security camera has no subscription fees

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-09-06 07:39:40

ZDNET's key takeaways The Eufy Security Indoor Cam S350 is available for purchase at $130. The S350 indoor camera features dual telephoto and wide-angle lenses with 360-degree motion tracking and optional local storage to avoid monthly fees. The only drawback I've found is that I wish the camera had a button to engage privacy mode manually, but you can schedule it as needed on the app. View now at Amazon It's safe to say the Eufy Security Indoor Cam S350 has become indispensable in my home. W

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Rwazi raises $12M Series A to help companies with consumer insights and intelligence

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-09-06 07:30:00

Joseph Rutakanga spent eight years looking for tools to help companies gather consumer insight data. Eventually, he decided to just build them. Now his startup, called Rwazi, has raised a $12 million Series A led by Bonfire Ventures to help companies with market intelligence and consumer insights. He founded the company in 2021 with co-founder Eric Sewankambo. “There was an abundance of consumer and market-level data for places like the U.S., UK, and a few parts of Western Europe, maybe some t

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I'm taking my favorite portable vinyl player on all my summer trips

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2025-09-06 11:48:48

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 Technology is all about embracing the now. So, even though I am one of those people who can be stuck in their ways (such as listening to vinyl records with the appropriate analog

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Show HN: I built this to talk Danish to my girlfriend – works with any language

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-04 09:38:18

Ever wanted to text your foreign partner or chat with international friends but felt held back by missing vocabulary? Don't let language barriers stop you from connecting. No sign-ups, no subscriptions. Just open the app and start learning. Perfect for spontaneous moments when you need to express something important. Every correction is saved. Review your mistakes, practice pronunciation, and track your progress as you naturally improve. Hear how every correction should sound with high-qualit

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What Was Cyberpunk? In Memoriam: 1980-2020

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Rwazi raises $12M Series A to help companies with consumer insights and intelligence

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