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OpenAI removes ChatGPT feature after private conversations leak to Google search

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2026-01-10 21:49:25

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 OpenAI made a rare about-face Thursday, abruptly discontinuing a feature that allowed ChatGPT users to make their conversations discoverable through Google and other search engines. The decision came within hours of widespread social media criticism and represents a striking example of how quickly privacy concerns can derail even well-inten

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Apple ‘very open’ to AI acquisitions to speed up its roadmap, Tim Cook says

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-10 22:46:48

Whenever there’s talk of Apple making a big, splashy acquisition to help catch up in AI, someone inevitably points out that “Apple doesn’t acquire big companies like that”. Today, Apple CEO Tim Cook offered his view: company size doesn’t matter. If the tech is right, what’s the harm? During today’s Q3 2025 earnings call, Citi analyst Atif Malik asked whether Apple needed to accelerate its AI roadmap, despite historically not resorting to big acquisitions. Cook noted that Apple has acquired se

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Apple has now shipped 3 billion iPhones

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-11 00:08:51

Apple has shipped its three billionth iPhone, Tim Cook has revealed during a call for the company's third quarter earnings. The company released the first iPhone in 2007 and sold its billionth iPhone in 2016. It is believed to have shipped its two billionth sometime in 2021, and now only four years later, it has reached the new milestone. Apple's CEO said the iPhone enjoyed a double digit growth in the third quarter and that the company earned $94 billion in revenue, up 10 percent year over year

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I replaced my ThinkPad with this Lenovo tablet for a week - and it was pretty dang close

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-01-10 22:00:14

Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus is on sale right now for $549. It's a slam dunk tablet with a brilliant display, great speakers, and comes with a keyboard, case, and stylus. In laptop mode, it's better for simpler tasks. $599.99 at Best Buy $522.49 at Lenovo more buying choices Lenovo's Yoga Tab Plus is a well-rounded 13-inch tablet that comes with a keyboard, case, and stylus, offering all the primary use cases you can ask for from a tablet straight out of

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Microsoft Authenticator won't manage your passwords anymore - or most passkeys

zdnet.com David Berlind 2026-01-11 00:02:54

D3Damon/Getty Images For most of this year, Microsoft has been warning users that they will no longer be able to use its Authenticator mobile application for user ID and password management. As reported by CNET on July 29, 2025, "In June, the company stopped letting users add passwords to Authenticator…. And starting Aug. 1, you'll no longer be able to use saved passwords." Also: How passkeys work: The complete guide to your inevitable passwordless future To me, the dire warnings of this pend

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Age Verification Doesn't Need to Be a Privacy Footgun

news.ycombinator.com View Archive 2026-01-10 18:19:54

“Won’t someone think of the poor children?” they say, clutching their pearls as they enact another stupid law that will harm the privacy of every adult on Earth and create Prior Restraint that inhibits the freedom of speech in liberal democracies. If you’re totally ignorant of how things work, the proposal of “verifying you’re an adult” before you access adult content sounds, superficially, like a reasonable thing to do. But it’s a patently stupid idea at every level. Age Verification Makes Th

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Show HN: KubeForge – A GUI for Kubernetes YAMLs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-10 23:30:59

To get started just run: docker run -p 3000:3000 get.kubefor.ge/latest KubeForge is a visual-first toolkit that simplifies the process of building, validating, and managing Kubernetes deployment configurations. Whether you're new to Kubernetes or maintaining large-scale systems, KubeForge streamlines the creation of valid deployment YAMLs using an intuitive interface backed by live schema references. ✨ Features 📦 Drag-and-drop interface for Kubernetes objects 📘 Smart schema awareness powere

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Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-06 02:19:37

Thank you for visiting! Come back in a week to cry again. ‍ Enter your email for our free eBook on crying's benefits and exclusive updates on future projects. Thank you for visiting! Refresh the page to try again. ‍ Enter your email for our free eBook on crying's benefits and exclusive updates on future projects.

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, Aug. 1

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-10 23:13:00

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Facing questions on AI strategy, Tim Cook says Apple is 'very open' to acquisitions

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2026-01-11 02:36:37

Tim Cook arrives for the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 8, 2025. Apple's AI strategy and investment was on the mind of analysts on an earnings call after the company reported third-quarter earnings that showed overall revenue grew by 10% year over year. While Apple was never going to announce major acquisitions or initiatives on an earnings call, CEO Tim Cook's remarks on Thursday confirm that the company i

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Reddit should be a 'go-to search engine,' Steve Huffman says

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-11 02:00:39

Reddit is going to be leaning even harder into search in the coming months. The company has already been working on a plan to integrate its LLM-powered search into its main search feature, but CEO Steve Huffman said he wants users to think of the site as an actual search engine. During the company's latest earnings call, Huffman said search is one of the top priorities for Reddit. "We're concentrating our resources on the areas that will drive results for our most pressing needs, improving the

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Crafting your own Static Site Generator using Phoenix (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-11 00:58:36

Image by Annie Ruygt This is a post about building up your own Static Site Generator from scratch. If you want to deploy your Phoenix LiveView app right now, then check out how to get started. You could be up and running in minutes. The year is 2023, you have many options for building a Static Website. From the OG Jekyll to literally hundreds of JavaScript based options to people suggesting you should just craft HTML by hand. All of these solutions are correct and good, and you know what? You

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Replacing cron jobs with a centralized task scheduler

news.ycombinator.com Mayhul Arora 2026-01-07 05:23:51

At Heartbeat, we have a lot of different tasks that need to run at a particular time. Users can create draft posts or events that get published at a certain time. Event reminders need to be sent at a certain number of hours before an event. Automated workflows can be set up that send emails or direct messages after a delay. For the longest time, all of these tasks were managed by a variety of cron scripts. We had createScheduledPosts.ts that would run every 15 minutes, scan our table of schedul

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Understanding the Complete Identity Management Ecosystem

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-11 02:12:19

Confused by the growing identity management landscape? This comprehensive guide breaks down every IAM category—from traditional workforce identity to emerging AI agents. Learn how CIAM, PAM, Zero Trust, and 15+ other solutions connect in the modern security ecosystem. 🔐 Identity management has grown from simple password systems into a complex web of specialized tools and technologies. Each piece serves a specific purpose, but understanding how they all fit together can be confusing. This guide

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10 Best Fake Songs From Fake Movie Bands

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2026-01-11 02:40:26

This summer has seen some pretty catchy needle drops in movies, from Superman‘s Mighty Crabjoys to KPop Demon Hunters flash mob fandoms for Huntr/x and the Saja Boys. The latter Netflix release has reached not only Billboard music charts but also become the most streamed animated feature ever. With that in mind, we look back at our favorite fake bands’ best songs of the past 30 years. While half the list includes incredible recent music from hit movies, the other half (and our number one slot)

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Apple projects tariff costs will hit $1.1B next quarter

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2026-01-11 02:25:27

Tariffs are projected to cost Apple $1.1 billion in the July-to-September quarter, an uptick from the previous period, CEO Tim Cook said during the company’s earnings call with investors Thursday. Those cost projections, which are based on current rates and policies, could end up lower than expected as they did in the previous quarter. Apple incurred about $800 million of tariff-related costs for the June quarter, less than the $900 million estimate the company shared in May. Cook said most of

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30 years later, Virtual Boy games are finally playable in color

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2026-01-11 06:01:00

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust Through the looking glass: Nintendo's ill-fated Virtual Boy tried to bring VR gaming to the masses decades before the tech was ready, resulting in a fabulous flop. Now, as the console turns 30, a portable emulator is out of beta – and it finally fixes one of the device's primary flaws. Nintendo 3DS owners who install custom firmware can now play Virtual Boy games in colors other than black and red.

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Reddit shares jump as much as 20% on second-quarter sales and guidance beat

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2026-01-11 06:34:51

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hugs mascot Snoo as Reddit begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange on March 21, 2024. Reddit shares jumped as much as 20% after the company reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat on sales and guidance. Here's how the company did compared with LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: 45 cents vs. 19 cents expected 45 cents vs. 19 cents expected Revenue: $500 million vs. $426 million expected Reddit's revenue grew 78% year-over-year in the second qu

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Figma's top VCs are sitting on $24 billion worth of stock after massive IPO pop

cnbc.com Ari Levy 2026-01-11 06:48:28

Figma Inc. signage during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Thursday, July 31, 2025. You can almost smell the bubbly wafting across Silicon Valley. Following Figma's blockbuster market debut on Thursday, four of the most iconic names in venture capital — Index Ventures, Greylock, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia — are collectively sitting on roughly $24 billion worth of the design software vendor's stock. Until recently, there's b

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Apple accidentally helps promote Samsung’s new foldable (Update: Apple vindicated)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-11 05:10:58

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR The Apple support account appeared to post a Galaxy Z Flip 7 promo video on Weibo. The post was quickly deleted, but not before it was spotted and shared by others. It has since become apparent that the error was caused by Weibo’s servers, rather than an Apple employee’s mistake. Update: July 31, 2025 (5:10 PM ET): It looks like Apple may not have hit the wrong upload button after all. A Chinese tech blogger says the incident was due to a Weibo client

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Apple is 'open to' acquisitions to boost its AI roadmap

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-11 06:19:25

Apple leadership discussed results and updates today in its third-quarter conference call, including some statements about its AI endeavors. As reported by CNBC, CEO Tim Cook said that the company is "significantly growing out investments" in artificial intelligence, which shouldn't be much of a surprise for any players in the tech space. However, Cook did acknowledge that an acquisition to boost its work in AI wasn't out of the question. "We’re open to M&A that accelerates our roadmap," he said

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Astronomical Telescope “Hadley” – an easy assembly, high performance Newtonian

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-11 02:31:10

You can now purchase screw/mirror kits at Kissner Optik. Official Discord server here. New instruction manual is here! See “other files.” I recommend the Hill Mount, Marci Mount or EMT remix over the one featured here. Wooden ones still are the best, but these pipe mounts are excellent, especially paired with a wooden friction bearing. Metric users: click here, and see other remixes. Lastly, never point one of these at the sun - it can melt your eyes. Featured in Sky and Telescop

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Benchmarking MicroPython

news.ycombinator.com Miguel Grinberg 2026-01-11 05:41:55

In the Q&A session following my EuroPython 2025 presentation about the Microdot web framework, a member of the audience asked me what the performance of MicroPython running on a microcontroller is. This took me a bit by surprise, because while I knew that microcontrollers are slow and underpowered devices, I really had no way to quantify this. I never questioned the supposedly low performance, because it was never a problem for me. My answer to the question was that microcontrollers cannot repl

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I made a website that makes you cry

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-06 14:19:37

Thank you for visiting! Come back in a week to cry again. ‍ Enter your email for our free eBook on crying's benefits and exclusive updates on future projects. Thank you for visiting! Refresh the page to try again. ‍ Enter your email for our free eBook on crying's benefits and exclusive updates on future projects.

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I'll Never Go Camping Without This Backpack That Can Charge My Phone 18 Times

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-11 05:00:00

CNET’s key takeaways This solar-rechargeable power station is also a backpack that can carry my camping essentials. I was able to charge my laptop six to nine times, my phone 18 times and my drone five times in one charge cycle. The Bluetti Handfree 2 backpack costs $599 at full price, but it is often on sale for $450. It's heavy. It weighs 16.5 pounds by itself before adding other gear. The Bluetti Handsfree 2 backpack, which is also a solar-rechargeable power station, is my new outdoor ess

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Developer survey shows trust in AI coding tools is falling as usage rises

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-11 06:39:22

AI tools are widely used by software developers, but those devs and their managers are still grappling with figuring out how exactly to best put the tools to use, with growing pains emerging along the way. That's the takeaway from the latest survey of 49,000 professional developers by community and information hub StackOverflow, which itself has been heavily impacted by the addition of large language models (LLMs) to developer workflows. The survey found that four in five developers use AI too

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Apple shipped its 3 billionth iPhone

theverge.com Allison Johnson 2026-01-11 06:35:40

is a reviewer with over a decade of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Apple has been the target of a fair amount of criticism over the past year, from its AI missteps to a strong distaste for its new design ethos. But the numbers don’t lie, and if Apple knows how to do anything it’s sell iPhones. Specifically, three billion of them, as CEO Tim Cook announced on the company’s earnings call tod

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Google lost its antitrust case with Epic again

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-11 09:06:33

Google's attempt to appeal the decision in Epic v. Google has failed. In a newly released opinion, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to uphold the original Epic v. Google lawsuit that found that Google's Play Store and payment systems are monopolies. The decision means that Google will have to abide by the remedies of the original lawsuit, which limits the company's ability to pay phone makers to preinstall the Play Store, prevents it from requiring developers to use its payment sy

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 1 #516

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-11 10:00:03

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Sssss.... Today's NYT Strands puzzle is about a creature that I'm not really a fan of. But it was pretty easy to solve once I learned the theme. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're looking for today's

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 1, #1504

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-11 10:00:04

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Wordle puzzle refers to something that is famously associated with both Kermit the Frog and comedian Steve Martin. It's a fun word, but the letters are a bit tricky. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If

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Latest Tech News

OpenAI removes ChatGPT feature after private conversations leak to Google search

Apple ‘very open’ to AI acquisitions to speed up its roadmap, Tim Cook says

Apple has now shipped 3 billion iPhones

I replaced my ThinkPad with this Lenovo tablet for a week - and it was pretty dang close

Microsoft Authenticator won't manage your passwords anymore - or most passkeys

Age Verification Doesn't Need to Be a Privacy Footgun

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Reddit should be a 'go-to search engine,' Steve Huffman says

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Replacing cron jobs with a centralized task scheduler

Understanding the Complete Identity Management Ecosystem

10 Best Fake Songs From Fake Movie Bands

Apple projects tariff costs will hit $1.1B next quarter

30 years later, Virtual Boy games are finally playable in color

Reddit shares jump as much as 20% on second-quarter sales and guidance beat

Figma's top VCs are sitting on $24 billion worth of stock after massive IPO pop

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Apple is 'open to' acquisitions to boost its AI roadmap

Astronomical Telescope “Hadley” – an easy assembly, high performance Newtonian

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Developer survey shows trust in AI coding tools is falling as usage rises

Apple shipped its 3 billionth iPhone

Google lost its antitrust case with Epic again

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