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Major sugar substitute found to impair brain blood vessel cell function

news.ycombinator.com Justin Jackson 2025-10-22 11:05:00

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Erythritol may impair cellular functions essential to maintaining brain blood vessel health, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. Findings suggest that erythritol increases oxidative stress, disrupts nitric oxide signaling, raises vasoconstrictive peptide

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Show HN: GetHooky – a language-agnostic Git hook manager

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-22 14:31:44

The art of forgetting to run the linter isn't old - wise old programmer, 2025 Ever forgot to run the linter before doing a git push to production? Not anymore! GetHooky will make sure you don't screw up again! Automatically test and lint your code upon doing a commit or git push! Most tools for git hook mangement are mostly language specific and work for specific languages only, or you either have to do crazy configurations. But with GetHooky, all you have to do is, install once, use as ma

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Show HN: I wrote a BitTorrent Client from scratch

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-22 16:08:05

A BitTorrent client implementation in Go that supports downloading files using the BitTorrent protocol. This project implements the core functionality of a BitTorrent client, including torrent file parsing, peer discovery, and file downloading. Features Bencode Encoding/Decoding Support for all Bencode types (strings, integers, lists, dictionaries) Robust error handling and validation Torrent File Processing Parse .torrent files (both single-file and multi-file torrents) Info hash calculation

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, June 13

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-22 14:35:00

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today's Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. So, there's kind of a dad joke in today's NYT Mini Crossword. 4-Across is "dessert wine," and 6-Across is "desert whine." You can almost hear the rimshot from here. Thankfully, today's puzzle is no joke; it's pretty simple. But you could still get stumped. Need some help

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SAG-AFTRA board approves agreement with game companies on AI and new contract

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-10-22 16:04:00

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) National Board approved the tentative agreement with the video game bargaining group. The contract on terms for the Interactive Media Agreement will now be submitted to the membership for ratification. The new contract accomplishes important guardrails and gains around AI, including the requirement of informed consent across various AI uses and the ability for performers to suspend informed consent for Digi

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Your Wear OS smartwatch will now warn you when an earthquake is about to happen

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-22 17:12:17

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s Android earthquake alerts are expanding from phones to Wear OS smartwatches, providing warnings about seismic activity directly on your wrist. Rolling out with Google Play Services version 25.21, these wearable alerts will show the quake’s estimated magnitude and distance to the epicenter. This is a crucial addition for smartwatch users, especially those with cellular models who may leave their phones behind but still need to receive timely warnin

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PSA: Widespread internet outage affects Spotify, Google, Discord, Cloudflare, more [U: Fixed]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-22 11:06:57

Update: The issue has now been resolved. The original post follows below. If you’re having trouble accessing multiple major services today, you’re definitely not alone. Reports from users, and confirmed by data from Downdetector, indicate a widespread internet outage is currently impacting a wide range of popular platforms and infrastructure providers. Among the affected services: Spotify Google services (including Google Cloud, Meet, Drive, and Nest) Discord CharacterAI Snapchat Cloudfl

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The fastest laptops of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-10-22 16:39:39

At ZDNET, we're often asked, "what's the fastest laptop?" It's a fair question, but it really depends. If you want speed for creative tasks, "fastest" means editing 4K video or rendering high-res images. In that case, you'll want a powerful graphics processing unit (GPU) and lots of random access memory (RAM). The Asus ProArt P16, our pick for fastest creator laptop, has those features in spades. If you're talking speed for work tasks, "fastest" means seamlessly handling multitasking, large docu

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Strap in for a Thrilling Glimpse of Universal’s High-Speed ‘Fast & Furious’ Coaster

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-10-22 16:00:45

Giving a new name to family ride at Universal Studios Hollywood will be the theme park’s first major thrill rollercoaster inspired by The Fast and the Furious franchise. Height requirements are pending, sorry kids! The West Coast’s love for adrenaline-packed car races and theme parks combines in Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift—Universal’s fastest “drifting” coaster with a speed of 72 MPH. The ride is set to open sometime next year, and construction is well underway for it with the tracks huggin

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Best Internet Providers in Columbus, Ohio

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-22 14:58:00

What is the best internet provider in Columbus? CNET's broadband experts recommend AT&T Fiber as the best internet service provider in Columbus, Ohio. It's not hard to see why: the ISP has reasonable pricing, ranging from $55 to $245, as well as the fastest speeds in the area with 2 and 5 gigabits, respectively. However, its biggest pitfall is that its geographic reach isn't 100% -- so those not in the region will need to look elsewhere. But there are plenty of great alternatives, such as Spect

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 13, #263

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-22 15:34:00

Looking for the most recent regular 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 and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition has a tough purple category, but what else is new? If you're not familiar with a certain basketball player's life story, the blue group could also be tricky. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut

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I love the Kishi V3 Pro, but the Razer Tax is real

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-22 12:00:27

Razer Kishi V3 Pro The Razer Kishi V3 Pro is the best purely telescopic mobile controller you can get right now. It has swappable TMR sticks and a ton of extra buttons, all of which are customizable. The build quality is terrific, it's comfortable to use, and the companion Razer Nexus app offers a ton of great features with no subscription needed. At an MSRP of $149, you need to be living the luxury life to buy it, but if you can justify the cost you'll love the Kishi V3 Pro. Whenever I review

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BlueAnt Soundblade under-monitor speaker drops to a record-low price!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-22 20:59:55

Are you looking for some PC speakers? I came across this one at CES, a couple of years ago, and let me tell you, it’s what I would buy if I needed good desktop audio. The thing is, I wasn’t a big fan of the $199.99 retail price. The BlueAnt Soundblade is currently available at just $94.99, which happens to be its record-low price. It’s looking much more enticing now! Buy the BlueAnt Soundblade for just $94.99 ($105 off) This offer is available from Amazon. The discount applies to all color vers

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Google Cloud outages: Spotify, Discord, Snapchat and more were down for hours

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-22 20:23:35

Google Cloud experienced outages today that led to disruptions for many online services. Reports of issues for Google products and others began around 2 PM ET. The company was able to restore function to its own apps, but several other businesses have continued to experience problems for some users. In an update at 4:16PM ET, Google said, "We have identified the root cause and applied appropriate mitigations. Our infrastructure has recovered in all regions except us-central1. Google Cloud produ

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Trump’s protest threats raise surveillance alarms around his military parade

theverge.com Lauren Feiner 2025-10-22 18:50:24

President Donald Trump’s warning that protesters of Saturday’s US military parade in Washington, DC, will be met with “very heavy force” threatens to chill speech and underscores the need for protesters to take precautions around digital surveillance, privacy advocates tell The Verge. In remarks from the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump did not distinguish between peaceful and non-peaceful protesters. “For those people who want to protest, they’re going to be met with very big force,” Trump said.

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Cloud collapse: Replit and LlamaIndex knocked offline by Google Cloud identity outage

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2025-10-23 00:05:33

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Days after OpenAI and Google Cloud announced a partnership to support the growing use of generative AI platforms, much of the AI-powered web and tools went down due to an outage of the leading cloud providers. Google Cloud Service Platform (GCP) and some Cloudflare services began experiencing issues around 10:00 a.m. PT today, affecting s

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Google completely remade its Snapseed iOS photo editor

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-23 00:20:03

After several years, Google has released a major update to the iOS version of its Snapseed photo editor. Version 3.0 is the program offers a complete redesign of both the iPhone and iPad apps. All of the images that have been edited with the tool are displayed in a grid. Navigation has been rearranged into three tabs, with a new Faves section for the photo tools that you want to quickly use on the regular. It boasts more than 25 different tools and filters for altering photos, including some new

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Roundtable (YC S23) Is Hiring a President / CRO

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-22 23:00:00

Roundtable is a research and deployment company building the proof-of-human layer in digital identity. Roundtable seeks to research and build real-world Turing Tests, and to productize these developments in bot detection, fraud prevention, and continuous authentication. You’ll be joining Roundtable’s C-suite alongside CEO Mayank Agrawal and CTO Mathew Hardy. The primary job will be to design, manage, and execute the commercial muscle of the company. You should be prepared to spend your time do

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NBA Finals 2025: When Is Game 4 and How to Watch Without Cable

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-22 23:47:39

It's a quick turnaround for game 4 of the NBA Finals. Instead of the regular cadence of two days between games, there's only one off-night before the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder are back on the court for game 4. After splitting the first two games in Oklahoma City, the Pacers defeated the Thunder last night in front of a raucous home crowd in game 3 to take a 2-1 series lead. Game 4 is set for Friday at 8:30 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) on ABC. Here's everything you need to know to watch or

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See the Sun in a Way You've Never Seen It Before, From Above and Below

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-23 00:06:09

Every image you've ever seen of the sun is looking at its equator, because Earth's orbit sits there with a 7.25-degree tilt. That means humans have never had a good angle to view the sun's north and south poles until now. The ESA has released images of the sun's north and south poles, giving everyone their first glimpse at the top and bottom of our nearest star. The imagery was taken by the ESA's Solar Orbiter, which began its trek to view the sun's polar regions in 2020. To do this, the Orbite

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Meta is helping to fund geothermal energy projects in New Mexico

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-23 04:22:22

Meta has entered into an agreement with XGS Energy to develop "next-generation geothermal energy" projects in New Mexico. The plan is for these projects to connect directly into the electrical grid that Meta's data centers draw from, feeding the growing energy needs of the company's AI development. Both companies claim the new deal will add 150-megawatts of carbon-free energy to the grid "with zero operating water use." New Mexico is apparently uniquely suited for geothermal energy production b

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Anker issues recall for popular power bank due to fire risk - stop using it now

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-10-23 04:01:51

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a new recall for the Anker PowerCore 10000 power bank, model number A1263. According to the report, the lithium-ion battery inside can overheat, causing the device to become a fire and burn hazard to consumers. "Anker has received 19 reports of fires and explosions" caused by its faulty power bank. Among those incidents, there have been "two reports of minor burn injuries" (thankfully not requiring medical attention) and 11

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Builder.ai did not "fake AI with 700 engineers"

news.ycombinator.com Gergely Orosz 2025-10-23 00:47:46

The Pulse is a series covering insights, patterns, and trends within Big Tech and startups. Notice an interesting event or trend? Send me a message. Before we start, an important correction from last week’s The Pulse: this publication was among those to incorrectly report that defunct AI startup, Builder.ai, faked its product by hiring 700 human engineers to pretend to be an AI product called Natasha. I’ve since talked with former engineers at Builder.ai to get the real story, which is the firs

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After a series of tumors, woman’s odd-looking tongue explains everything

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-23 04:39:39

Breast cancer. Colon cancer. An enlarged thyroid gland. A family history of tumors and cancers as well. It wasn't until the woman developed an annoying case of dry mouth that doctors put it all together. By then, she was in her 60s. According to a new case study in JAMA Dermatology, the woman presented to a dermatology clinic in Spain after three months of oral unpleasantness. They noted the cancers in her medical history. When she opened wide, doctors immediately saw the problem: Her tongue wa

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The Meta AI App Lets You ‘Discover’ People’s Bizarrely Personal Chats

wired.com Kylie Robison 2025-10-23 04:46:37

“What counties [sic] do younger women like older white men,” a public message from a user on Meta’s AI platform says. “I need details, I’m 66 and single. I’m from Iowa and open to moving to a new country if I can find a younger woman.” The chatbot responded enthusiastically: “You’re looking for a fresh start and love in a new place. That’s exciting!” before suggesting “Mediterranean countries like Spain or Italy, or even countries in Eastern Europe.” This is just one of many seemingly personal

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The Verge’s 2025 Father’s Day gift guide

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2025-10-23 04:10:54

is an editor covering deals and commerce. He joined in 2018, and served as commerce editor at Polygon until May 2025. Father’s Day rules. It’s a day to celebrate all that dads have contributed to the people, homes, and communities that they’re a part of. Being a dad is a lot of work — something I can vouch for, being a relatively new one myself — so for Father’s Day, why not give dear old dad a token of appreciation and love? Whether your dad prefers practical or clever gifts, we think you’ll b

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Here’s the $2,000 fully AI-generated ad that aired during the NBA Finals

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-23 04:33:28

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. If you’ve been on social media lately, you might’ve seen the unsettling AI slop videos showing AI-generated people in wild scenarios or just speaking a bunch of nonsense. On Wednesday night, the betting platform Kalshi decided to take this trend outside the social sphere by putting a nonsensical AI-generated ad in front of the millions of viewers wa

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The best ereader to buy right now

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2025-10-23 04:58:34

Any ebook reader will let you cram a Beauty and the Beast-sized library’s worth of books in your pocket, but so will your phone. An ebook reader offers a more book-like reading experience, with fewer distractions and less eye strain, and many include extra features, like adjustable frontlighting. Some really are pocketable. Others are waterproof or offer physical page-turning buttons, while a few even let you take notes. I’ve been using ebook readers for nearly a decade, and I’ve gone hands-on

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Google suffers cloud outage, causing disruptions for OpenAI, Shopify and other services

cnbc.com Jennifer Elias 2025-10-23 08:22:54

A visitor walks past a Google Cloud sign at the booth of Google during the Hanover technology Fair (Hannover Messe) on April 22, 2024 in Hanover, northern Germany, with Norway as partner country. Google's cloud suffered significant global outages on Thursday, knocking down or disrupting a number of large internet services. "We are experiencing service issues with multiple GCP products," a status page from Google Cloud showed, indicating that the outages began at 10:51 a.m. PT. "Our engineering

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PSA: Widespread internet outage affects Spotify, Google, Discord, Cloudflare, more [U]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-23 07:06:57

If you’re having trouble accessing multiple major services today, you’re definitely not alone. Reports from users, and confirmed by data from Downdetector, indicate a widespread internet outage is currently impacting a wide range of popular platforms and infrastructure providers. Among the affected services: Spotify Google services (including Google Cloud, Meet, Drive, and Nest) Discord CharacterAI Snapchat Cloudflare Pokemon TCG Live FuboTV Etsy Downdetector has logged massive spikes

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