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How a mysterious particle could explain the Universe’s missing antimatter

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-23 16:15:17

Everything we see around us, from the ground beneath our feet to the most remote galaxies, is made of matter. For scientists, that has long posed a problem: According to physicists’ best current theories, matter and its counterpart, antimatter, ought to have been created in equal amounts at the time of the Big Bang. But antimatter is vanishingly rare in the universe. So what happened? Physicists don’t know the answer to that question yet, but many think the solution must involve some subtle dif

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Apple Finally Destroyed Steve Jobs’ Vision of the iPad. Good

wired.com Craig Grannell 2025-12-23 16:00:00

For years, Apple treated the idea of windows on the iPad as sacrilege. But with iPadOS 26 installed, today’s iPads are doing macOS cosplay, becoming touchscreen Macs in all but name. And here’s the thing: It’s actually pretty good. So how did we get here? When did this fundamental shift occur that killed off Steve Jobs’ vision of the iPad? When Jobs first revealed the iPad in 2010, it was pitched as a “third category” of device—something between a phone and a laptop. For that category to justif

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Acer Predator Helios 16S AI Review: Great Performance, Annoying Crashes

wired.com Christopher Null 2025-12-23 17:30:00

Keeping up with the intricacies of Acer’s Predator Helios gaming laptop line isn’t easy. The long-running series (dating back to 2017) now commands 12 different models, distinguished by screen size, the inclusion of AI acceleration (models with an “AI” suffix), and general affordability (denoted by the “Neo” suffix)—in every possible combination. Today, I’m reviewing the Predator Helios 16S AI, which boasts high-end specs and performance—especially in graphics-intensive tasks—but manages to kee

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11 Best Android Phones of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-12-23 18:03:00

Other Phones to Consider We test a ton of Android phones. We like the ones below, but you'll be better off with one of the options above. If you haven't yet done so, check out our Best Cheap Phones and Best Folding Phones guides for more. Pixel 9 Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Google Pixel 9 for $599: The Pixel 9 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) is a great smartphone, but between the Pixel 9a and the Pixel 9 Pro series, it struggles to stand out. It shares many features with its pricier siblings, but y

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I Tried the Best At-Home Pet DNA Test Kits on My Two Cats (2025)

wired.com Molly Higgins 2025-12-23 20:05:00

If You Have a Dog, Consider These Kits I don’t have a dog, so I didn't try these at-home DNA test kits for dogs, but these are the kits specifically for dogs from Basepaws and Wisdom Panel, the two companies I've tested for my cats. How Does a DNA Testing Kit Work? Pet DNA tests rely on pet owners collecting cells for testing through a cheek swab, where the sample is put into a sealed stabilizing or preserving fluid for transit. You’ll mail the sample back to the lab in the prepaid envelope.

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A brazen attack on air safety is underway — here’s what’s at stake

theverge.com Darryl Campbell 2025-12-23 17:00:00

At the end of July, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) convened a three-day public hearing to investigate January’s mid-air collision over Washington, DC that killed 67 people. After the hearing, two conclusions were inescapable. First, the disaster should have been prevented by existing safety rules. And second, the government regulators responsible for air safety have become hesitant to enforce those rules, especially when it means standing up to industry demands for more flights

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Anthropic says some Claude models can now end ‘harmful or abusive’ conversations

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-12-23 21:50:05

Anthropic has announced new capabilities that will allow some of its newest, largest models to end conversations in what the company describes as “rare, extreme cases of persistently harmful or abusive user interactions.” Strikingly, Anthropic says it’s doing this not to protect the human user, but rather the AI model itself. To be clear, the company isn’t claiming that its Claude AI models are sentient or can be harmed by their conversations with users. In its own words, Anthropic remains “hig

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Kindle might have another competitor headed to shelves

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-23 18:30:29

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Bookshop.org, an online bookstore, was launched in January 2020 to help independent bookstores survive Amazon. Now the company may be introducing its first physical e-reader, presenting a direct competitor to the Amazon Kindle. There is currently a blank landing page for an e-reader visible on the Bookshop.org site. In a compelling new development for e-book readers, Bookshop.org, known for championing independent bookstores, might soon bring a fresh

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I love Google’s new Calling Cards feature. Here’s how to use it on your Android phone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-23 20:00:20

Joe Maring / Android Authority In late July, Android Authority reported that Google was working on a new “Calling Cards” feature for its Contacts app. Yesterday, it began rolling out widely for everyone to use. When you receive a call on your Android phone, you see a standard incoming call screen with that person’s name, number, and profile picture. Calling Cards let you spruce this up a bit, allowing you to select a full-screen picture and stylized text to display for each of your contacts. I

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Android phone backups may soon get an option to save all your downloads (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-23 21:00:57

Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR Android offers convenient built-in backup tools, but these don’t automatically save every file on your phone. Google appears to be working on a new option to explicitly back up downloaded files. At the moment it’s not clear if this would support any and all files types, or be limited to documents. Backing up your data is easily one of the most important thing you can do if you’re looking to avoid a smartphone accident causing you a lot of heartache, but

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Stop using AI for these 9 work tasks - here's why

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-12-23 21:00:00

zokara/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways Sometimes an AI can cause you or your company irreparable harm. Sharing confidential data with an AI could have legal consequences. Don't let an AI talk to customers without supervision. A few weeks ago, I shared with you "9 programming tasks you shouldn't hand off to AI - and why." It's full of well-reasoned suggestions and recommendations for how to avoid having an AI produce code that could ruin your whole day. Then,

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This 5-in-1 charger is the only one I'll need to travel (and it's full of power)

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2025-12-23 21:00:25

ZDNET's key takeaways The Statik 5–in-1 SmartCharge is a 10,000mAh capacity power bank and charger that sells for $70. It comes with built-in cables and multiple plug adapters (EU, UK, AU) for seamless charging around the globe in more than 200 countries. It's a great multifunctional charger, but I wish it had a dedicated MagSafe charger for Apple Watch. View now at Amazon View now at Statik more buying choices I test MagSafe accessories and chargers all year round, but there's no better time

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Tiny flyers levitate on the Sun's heat alone

news.ycombinator.com Tollefson 2025-12-20 22:11:57

Devices (artist’s illustration) kept aloft by sunlight could take sensors into an understudied layer of the atmosphere.Credit: Schafer et al. Nature (2025) Theory and mathematics said his device would fly. But Ben Schafer was still pleasantly surprised the first time he flipped a switch and watched the centimetre-square device his team had built levitate, if only for a moment before flipping over. It was a proof of concept for a design that has been published today in Nature1. One day, it migh

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Saturday, Aug. 16

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-23 11:25:00

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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Signs Your Gut Is Unhealthy and 4 Ways to Fix It, According to a Microbiome Expert

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-23 17:28:03

The trillions of microbes living in your gut are known as your gut microbiome, and they play a huge role in your well-being. Cleveland Clinic microbiome expert Gail Cresci describes these microbes as "little pets living inside your intestinal tract." They help break down food, regulate inflammation, support immunity and even produce essential compounds like vitamins and hormones. Since gut health is essential to overall health, it's important to pay attention to signs that it may be unhealthy.

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How One Wikipedia Editor Unraveled the ‘Single Largest Self-Promotion Operation’ in the Site's History

wired.com Nate Anderson 2025-12-23 20:00:00

Quick—what are the top entries in the category "Wikipedia articles written in the greatest number of languages"? The answer is countries. Turkey tops the list with Wikipedia entries in 332 different languages, while the US is second with 327 and Japan is third with 324. Other common words make their appearance as one looks down the list. "Dog" (275 languages) tops "cat" (273). Jesus (274) beats "Adolf Hitler" (242). And all of them beat "sex" (122), which is also bested by "fever," "Chiang Kai

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WIRED’s Guide to Buying a Used Plug-In Hybrid

wired.com Aarian Marshall 2025-12-23 21:00:00

With sales growth lagging, it’s a weird time in the electric vehicles market. It’s also, oddly enough, a good time to experiment with the plug. The Donald Trump administration put the kibosh on several US federal policies aimed at boosting the development, production, and purchase of new-energy vehicles. Still, $4,000 tax credits for used battery-electric cars and plug-in hybrids are available for qualified vehicles and buyers (more on that later) until the end of September. If you want to tak

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19 Best Back-to-School Deals for 2025

wired.com Louryn Strampe 2025-12-23 21:02:00

It's “back to school” season for some and “been back in school” season for others, but regardless of your specific situation, now is the time of year when retailers are discounting all the school essentials. We've hunted down discounts on the best back-to-school gear our reviewers have hand-tested, from laptops and mattress toppers to bags and chairs. Be sure to check out our related guides, including the Best Back-to-School Laptop Deals, the Best Dorm Gear, and the Best Kids Backpacks. Top Ba

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Russia Is Cracking Down on End-to-End Encrypted Calls

wired.com Lily Hay Newman 2025-12-23 21:30:00

WIRED copublished an investigation this week with The Markup and CalMatters showing that dozens of data brokers have been hiding their opt-out and personal-data-deletion tools from Google Search, making it harder for people to find and utilize them. The report prompted US senator Maggie Hassan to demand accountability from the companies. WIRED also took a deep dive looking at what the data-analysis giant Palantir actually does. Reports this week that Russia was likely involved in, or entirely b

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Gear News of the Week: A New Privacy Phone Arrives, and Samsung Has a $30K 115-Inch Micro RGB TV

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-12-23 21:30:00

There's a new smartphone promising to protect your privacy: the Up Phone, from a company called Unplugged. Except it's not new. Unplugged has been around for a few years—the company was cofounded by Erik Prince, the founder of private military company Blackwater—and it originally announced the Up Phone in 2023. But this week, the company claims it's “relaunching” the phone, under new leadership. Like the original, the Up Phone's UnpluggedOS (formerly LibertOS) is built on the Android Open Sourc

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Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish Gripen jets

news.ycombinator.com Agence France-Presse 2025-12-23 11:11:42

Advertisement The US$600 million agreement for the Saab JAS 39 Gripens was first announced in June as part of a long-term plan to modernise the air force’s combat capabilities. During five days of clashes with Cambodia that left more than 40 people dead, Thailand used its fleet of F-16s to strike military targets across the border. It was the deadliest border fighting between the two countries in decades. The purchase of four Swedish-built Gripen jets is part of a long-term plan to modernise

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Deep-Sea Desalination Pulls Fresh Water from the Depths

news.ycombinator.com Vanessa Bates Ramirez 2025-12-20 00:08:33

From Cape Town to Tehran to Lima to Phoenix, dozens of cities across the globe have experienced water shortages recently. And in the next five years the world’s demand for fresh water could significantly outpace supply, according to a United Nations forecast. Now several companies are turning to an unexpected source for a solution: the bottom of the ocean. Called subsea desalination, the idea is to remove the salt from water in the deep sea. If it worked at scale, the technology could greatly a

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AI is different

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-21 04:49:42

antirez 2 days ago. 20374 views. Regardless of their flaws, AI systems continue to impress with their ability to replicate certain human skills. Even if imperfect, such systems were a few years ago science fiction. It was not even clear that we were so near to create machines that could understand the human language, write programs, and find bugs in a complex code base: bugs that escaped the code review of a competent programmer. Since LLMs and in general deep models are poorly understood, and

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Beijing's 'Robot Olympics' Are Off and Running (and Falling)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-23 18:41:00

China just turned a pair of Olympic venues into a playground for robots. The inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games, running from Aug. 15-17, opened Friday with soccer, sprints, kickboxing and table tennis, as well as a healthy number of face-plants. The games feature 280 robot teams from 16 countries and hundreds of bipedal bots vying for medals and whatever passes for bragging rights among robots. Events are split between two 2022 Winter Olympics landmarks: China's National Stadium and the Nat

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Neighbors Uncover Something Incredibly Sketchy at Mark Zuckerberg's Compound

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-23 21:52:04

"The Zuckerbergs have become cartoon villains." Privatest School Pissed off neighbors of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg uncovered that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, were running a school that violated city code at their Palo Alto compound in California, The New York Times reports. It's a shocking revelation that couldn't have come at a worse time for the couple and Meta. Zuckerberg and Chan are under fire for closing two schools for low-income families and for Zuckerberg's Meta allowing its AI c

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Sale: These Yaber projectors are at record-low prices!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-24 02:15:17

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority The weekend is upon us, and I have had a rough few weeks. I am getting ready to chill and catch up on my favorite movies and TV shows. Of course, I’ll be using my projector. After planning this, I realized two of our favorite consumer projectors are currently at record-low prices, so I thought I would share the deals. Buy the Yaber T2 Outdoor Projector for just $233.98 ($116.01 off) Buy the Yaber Projector L2s Home Cinema for just $134.98 ($65.01 off) Both of

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F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish Gripen jets

news.ycombinator.com Agence France-Presse 2025-12-23 23:11:42

Advertisement The US$600 million agreement for the Saab JAS 39 Gripens was first announced in June as part of a long-term plan to modernise the air force’s combat capabilities. During five days of clashes with Cambodia that left more than 40 people dead, Thailand used its fleet of F-16s to strike military targets across the border. It was the deadliest border fighting between the two countries in decades. The purchase of four Swedish-built Gripen jets is part of a long-term plan to modernise

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Timothy Olyphant’s 8 Greatest Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Roles

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-12-24 02:15:12

After Deadwood and Justified, Timothy Olyphant will forever be linked first and foremost to Westerns. And while he’s clearly aware of that—playing off that association in roles that veer into other genres—he’s also a versatile star who’s popped up in comedies and dramas, as well as the sci-fi, horror, and fantasy tales we cover at io9. Here are our eight favorite genre roles so far, starting with his current project… Alien: Earth The newly launched FX sci-fi series is mapping out a fresh small

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 16, #1519

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-23 23:20:00

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 was a puzzler for me. I know the answer word, and the letters aren't super-rare, but I didn't seem to be able to put them in the right places. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need

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Is GPT-5 really worse than GPT-4o? Ars puts them to the test.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-23 18:29:23

The recent rollout of OpenAI's GPT-5 model has not been going well, to say the least. Users have made vociferous complaints about everything from the new model's more sterile tone to its supposed lack of creativity, increase in damaging confabulations, and more. The user revolt got so bad that OpenAI brought back the previous GPT-4o model as an option in an attempt to calm things down. To see just how much the new model changed things, we decided to put both GPT-5 and GPT-4o through our own gau

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