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Reddit is rolling out age verification in the UK

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-08-28 23:30:45

Reddit users in the United Kingdom will now be blocked from accessing “certain mature content” unless they complete the platform’s new age verification process. Reddit announced on Monday that UK users will need to upload a selfie or a photo of their government ID in order to view content that’s restricted for under-18s by the UK Online Safety Act (OSA), including abusive, violent, and sexually explicit materials. The age verification process is performed by Persona, a third-party provider that

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Show HN: VS Code extension to edit the filesystem like a text buffer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-27 03:41:51

Voil View on the Visual Studio Marketplace. Youtube video showing voil features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_L0c7rcYLs&t=5s. Edit file system like a text buffer (similar to oil.nvim). Create new files/directories by typing their names in the editor (names ending with / are treated as directories). Convert your existing text-editing skills to file system manipulation skills, as opposed of the vscode's default file explorer which requires mouse interaction or memorizing new keybinds (and

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NeuralOS: An operating system powered by neural networks

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-29 05:54:26

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Reddit starts verifying ages of users in the UK

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-08-29 12:03:20

Reddit starts verifying ages of users in the UK Ofcom, the UK regulator, said: "We expect other companies to follow suit, or face enforcement if they fail to act." Reddit, known for its online communities and discussions, said that while it does not want to know who its audience is: "It would be helpful for our safety efforts to be able to confirm whether you are a child or an adult." The social media platform is bringing in the measures to comply with new rules under the UK's Online Safety A

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Show HN: Bedrock – An 8-bit computing system for running programs anywhere

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-25 13:20:18

Bedrock is a compact and portable 8-bit computer system, designed to last forever. Click here to jump straight to the live demos. Overview Bedrock is a computer system that makes it easy to write useful programs that will last forever. The system is small and quick to learn, with only 32 instructions and 12 devices to remember. Bedrock isn’t a real computer system that you can pick up and hold in your hands. It’s a specification that describes an interface for any kind of computing device, al

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Context Rot: How increasing input tokens impacts LLM performance

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-29 10:25:15

Recent developments in LLMs show a trend toward longer context windows, with the input token count of the latest models reaching the millions. Because these models achieve near-perfect scores on widely adopted benchmarks like Needle in a Haystack (NIAH) [1], it’s often assumed that their performance is uniform across long-context tasks. However, NIAH is fundamentally a simple retrieval task, in which a known sentence (the “needle”) is placed in a long document of unrelated text (the “haystack”)

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Starlink Doubled Its Speed In 2 Years. It Still Doesn’t Meet the FCC’s Definition of Broadband

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-29 09:39:00

Starlink is nearly twice as fast as it was two years ago, according to a new report from the speed test site Ookla. (Disclosure: Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.) Median download speeds from the satellite internet provider have steadily ticked up over the past few years, going from 53.95 megabits per second in 2022 to 104.71Mbps today. That’s an impressive feat considering Starlink added about 5 million customers over the same period and recently passed the 6 milli

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Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view adult content

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-29 11:14:52

Reddit announced today that it has started verifying UK users' ages before letting them "view certain mature content" in order to comply with the country's Online Safety Act. Reddit said that users "shouldn't need to share personal information to participate in meaningful discussions," but that it will comply with the law by verifying age in a way that protects users' privacy. "Using Reddit has never required disclosing your real world identity, and these updates don't change that," Reddit said

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The 30th-anniversary PS5 controller will be available again for a limited time

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-29 15:57:31

You have to be a PS Plus subscriber if you want to increase your odds of getting one, though. In a world of flashy limited-edition video game consoles, the 30th anniversary PS5 hardware Sony released in September 2024 came off as remarkably refined, which might have been why it was so hard to actually buy. If you missed that original drop, you'll have another chance to order it, according to a Facebook post on the official PlayStation Facebook page. Sony is doing a limited restock of the 30th A

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M.2 SSD Can Self-Destruct by Giving Itself a Burst of Voltage

news.ycombinator.com About Michael Kan 2025-08-29 16:24:03

Worried your data could fall into the wrong hands? A company has developed an M.2 SSD storage drive that can self-destruct by frying its own memory. The product, the P250Q Self-Destruct SSD, is engineered to instantly wipe its memory at the push of a button —either through a software-based erasure or a hardware method that's supposed to physically destroy the flash chip. The product comes from the Taiwanese memory vendor Team Group, which is marketing the SSD to customers working in sensitive

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NeuralOS: An Operating System Powered by Neural Networks

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-29 15:54:26

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Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view many types of content

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-29 16:14:52

Reddit announced today that it has started verifying UK users' ages before letting them "view certain mature content" in order to comply with the country's Online Safety Act. Reddit said that users "shouldn't need to share personal information to participate in meaningful discussions," but that it will comply with the law by verifying age in a way that protects users' privacy. "Using Reddit has never required disclosing your real world identity, and these updates don't change that," Reddit said

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TikTok parent ByteDance reportedly developing its own XR glasses

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-29 20:02:11

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR ByteDance is reportedly working on mixed reality goggles. Sources compare the size and shape of the goggles to Bigscreen’s Beyond headset. It will come tethered to a puck, similar to Meta’s XR glasses. Outside of AI, the hottest thing in tech these days seems to be smart glasses. We’ve known for a few months now that Meta is working on XR glasses, internally codenamed Phoenix (previously codenamed Puffin). Not to be confused with Orion, which is the

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Google adds featured notebooks on selected topics to NotebookLM

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-30 00:14:00

Google is adding what it calls "featured notebooks" to NotebookLM as a way to demo its AI-powered software and offer interactive, high-quality resources on everything from personal advice to William Shakespeare. The company tried something similar after its developer conference in May, when it created a NotebookLM notebook trained on everything that was announced at Google I/O 2025. The new featured notebooks have their own dedicated tab on the NotebookLM homepage and were created in partnershi

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Two new Android 16 security features protect you better - how to switch them on now

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-08-29 23:59:00

JEFF PACHOUD/Getty Images Although Google's earlier-than-expected release of Android 16 was missing a few important features, the updated OS does deliver improved security that every Android user would be well-advised to enable. I'll explain these two key security features and how to find and enable them. Also: Google quietly confirms ChromeOS-Android merger - here's what it means for you 1. Identity Check This feature was added in 2024, but it didn't receive much attention until the releas

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This $50 electric screwdriver is a reliable addition to my toolkit (especially on sale)

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-08-30 00:00:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Nicholas Hoult and Rachel Brosnahan Discuss Their Big ‘Superman’ Action Moments

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-08-30 00:51:59

There’s a moment early on in Superman when Lex Luthor is shouting commands for different fight moves to a team of people remote controlling a supervillain where you think two things. “It looks like Lex is playing a big, elaborate video game,” and “I’ve never seen anything like this in a superhero movie before.” Both things are true, and when io9 spoke with actor Nicholas Hoult about his villainous turn in the DC film, we asked him about it. Speaking in Los Angeles recently, we asked Hoult what

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Google’s curated AI ‘notebooks’ talk you through topics from parenting to Shakespeare

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-08-30 00:02:59

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. Google is partnering with authors, researchers, and publications to launch “featured” notebooks within its AI notetaking app, NotebookLM. These notebooks come pre-filled with research, and let you interact with the app’s tools, including its AI podcast maker, to learn more about each topic. Google has released eight featured notebooks to start, inc

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Hate Google TV home screen ads? There’s a new one for you to ignore

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-30 01:43:43

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has started displaying a new Star Wars/Coca-Cola ad on Google TV home screens. The new ad is displayed at the top of the For You page and takes over the majority of the UI. Google TV has had similarly annoying ads for Taco Bell, March Madness, and more. As much as Google TV gets right, the platform’s obsession with displaying advertisements and sponsored content is by far one of its greatest pitfalls. Most recently, one of the newest ads to hit peo

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Google’s underrated AI tool just got a major upgrade with featured notebooks

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-30 04:38:31

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Google is adding expert-curated featured notebooks to NotebookLM, expanding its role beyond personal research and note-taking. Topics include the complete works of Shakespeare, Yellowstone travel tips, and predictions from The Economist. The new feature is desktop-only for now and follows the recent rollout of public notebook sharing. NotebookLM was already doing a good job as anything from a personal research assistant to an advisor on your car maintena

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Despite being last year's flagship, the LG G4 OLED remains one of my favorite TVs

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-08-30 04:10:34

ZDNET's key takeaways The LG G4 OLED was the company's flagship TV last year, and continues to see generous discounts in 2025. LG has made great strides with its OLED picture quality, and this model is truly exceptional. With the G5 OLED hitting the market now, it's no longer the 'best option' when it comes to brightness and performance. View now at Best Buy View now at LG more buying choices I'm not usually a fan of LG TVs, but since testing the LG G4 OLED TV last year, I have to admit that

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My cat Norbert gives this automatic wet food feeder two paws up

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2025-08-30 04:47:39

Allison Murray/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways The Petlibro Polar Wet Food Automatic Feeder normally retails for $130 and is available in black and white. The Polar feeder can keep wet food fresh for up to three days and connects to an app to customize feeding schedules. It is a relatively large device and needs power and Wi-Fi to function. After getting our orange tabby cat, Norbert, in 2018, my husband and I quickly realized we needed to invest in an automatic dry food feeder if we ever wante

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Evidence Grows That Tripping on Shrooms Might Increase Your Lifespan

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-29 11:03:03

Image by JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images Studies In a new study, scientists have uncovered evidence that magic mushrooms just might be an effective anti-aging treatment. Published in the Nature Partnering Journal Aging, a new paper by researchers at Emory and Baylor's medical schools suggests that psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms — there are a range of species that produce it, but the best known is probably Pisolocybe cubensis — might extend the lifespans of both mi

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The best video conferencing software: Best solutions for remote work, productivity, and high-quality streams

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2025-08-30 08:15:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-30 07:45:32

Samuel Herman and Alexander Baciu never liked using Comcast's cable broadband. Now, the residents of Saline, Michigan, operate a fiber Internet service provider that competes against Comcast in their neighborhoods and has ambitions to expand. "All throughout my life pretty much, I've had to deal with Xfinity's bullcrap, them not being able to handle the speeds that we need," Herman told Ars. "I lived in a house of 10. I have seven other brothers and sisters, and there's 10 of us in total with m

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Rainmaker partners with Atmo to squeeze more rain from clouds

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-08-30 08:00:00

Cloud seeding startup Rainmaker is partnering with Atmo, an AI-powered meteorology startup, the companies exclusively told TechCrunch. The two operate on complementary ends of the weather system: Atmo studies atmospheric patterns to forecast weather events, while Rainmaker digests such data in an attempt to squeeze more precipitation out of weather systems. Under the partnership, Atmo will use its deep learning models to help Rainmaker identify clouds that have potential for seeding. The forec

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Apple Maps is hiding iOS 26’s most useful new feature

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-08-30 12:17:47

Apple Maps is full of updates as part of iOS 26, including a new Liquid Glass design and Preferred Routes proactive feature. Another notable new feature is Visited Places. Here’s how it works… Apple Maps Visited Places in iOS 26 Apple describes Visited Places as a way to “help users remember the places they’ve been.” The feature is completely opt-in. When you open Apple Maps for the first time after installing iOS 26, you can choose to enable Visited Places. All data collected as part of the

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Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-30 20:43:35

Samuel Herman and Alexander Baciu never liked using Comcast's cable broadband. Now, the residents of Saline, Michigan, operate a fiber Internet service provider that competes against Comcast in their neighborhoods and has ambitions to expand. "All throughout my life pretty much, I've had to deal with Xfinity's bullcrap, them not being able to handle the speeds that we need," Herman told Ars. "I lived in a house of 10. I have seven other brothers and sisters, and there's 10 of us in total with m

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The best free tools and services for college students

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-31 00:00:35

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . The numbers don’t work out in the average college student’s favor. Most are figuring out how to pay for housing, textbooks, tuition and food — at a time when they may not even be working while attending classes. So anything that can help lessen the outflow of cash is worth considering.

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This Galaxy S26 leak is bad news for small-phone lovers

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-31 09:58:37

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR A Korean outlet reports that Samsung is working on the Galaxy S26 Edge instead of the S26 Plus. The outlet also revealed screen sizes for all three models, and the base model might get a small size bump. The Samsung Galaxy S26 series is still roughly six months away from launch, but that hasn’t stopped the steady stream of leaks. It now looks like we’ve got screen-related details for all three phones. The Elec reports (h/t: Jukanlosreve on Twitter) th

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Latest Tech News

Reddit is rolling out age verification in the UK

Show HN: VS Code extension to edit the filesystem like a text buffer

NeuralOS: An operating system powered by neural networks

Reddit starts verifying ages of users in the UK

Show HN: Bedrock – An 8-bit computing system for running programs anywhere

Context Rot: How increasing input tokens impacts LLM performance

Starlink Doubled Its Speed In 2 Years. It Still Doesn’t Meet the FCC’s Definition of Broadband

Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view adult content

The 30th-anniversary PS5 controller will be available again for a limited time

M.2 SSD Can Self-Destruct by Giving Itself a Burst of Voltage

NeuralOS: An Operating System Powered by Neural Networks

Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view many types of content

TikTok parent ByteDance reportedly developing its own XR glasses

Google adds featured notebooks on selected topics to NotebookLM

Two new Android 16 security features protect you better - how to switch them on now

This $50 electric screwdriver is a reliable addition to my toolkit (especially on sale)

Nicholas Hoult and Rachel Brosnahan Discuss Their Big ‘Superman’ Action Moments

Google’s curated AI ‘notebooks’ talk you through topics from parenting to Shakespeare

Hate Google TV home screen ads? There’s a new one for you to ignore

Google’s underrated AI tool just got a major upgrade with featured notebooks

Despite being last year's flagship, the LG G4 OLED remains one of my favorite TVs

My cat Norbert gives this automatic wet food feeder two paws up

Evidence Grows That Tripping on Shrooms Might Increase Your Lifespan

The best video conferencing software: Best solutions for remote work, productivity, and high-quality streams

Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP

Rainmaker partners with Atmo to squeeze more rain from clouds

Apple Maps is hiding iOS 26’s most useful new feature

Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP

The best free tools and services for college students

This Galaxy S26 leak is bad news for small-phone lovers

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