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Widely panned arsenic life paper gets retracted—15 years after brouhaha

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-25 16:26:44

In December 2010, a study led by a NASA astrobiology fellow claimed to have found an alien-like microbe in a salty, alkaline lake in California. This extraordinary bacterium could reportedly thrive using the toxic element arsenic in place of phosphorus—otherwise thought essential for life on Earth. It even incorporated arsenic, instead of phosphorus, into the backbone of its DNA, according to the study, which was published online by the prestigious journal Science. If true, the claims were grou

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Monotonic and wall clock time in the Go time package

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-25 19:05:46

Monotonic and Wall Clock Time in the Go time package Modern operating systems usually keep track of two kinds of clocks: a wall clock and a monotonic clock. The wall clock is the “real-world” clock that shows calendar dates and times, like UTC or your local time. This clock can be adjusted for synchronization (for example, using NTP) or manually changed by system administrators. It can also suddenly jump due to daylight saving time or leap seconds. Note NTP (Network Time Protocol) is a standa

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Microsoft investigates outage affecting Microsoft 365 admin center

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-26 00:49:49

Microsoft is investigating an ongoing outage blocking Microsoft 365 administrators with business or enterprise subscriptions from accessing the admin center. While the company has yet to disclose which regions are currently affected by this ongoing service degradation issue, it's currently tracking it on its official service health status page to provide impacted organizations with access to up-to-date information. "Microsoft is investigating a potential issue that may be preventing administra

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I found an E Ink tablet worthy of replacing my Remarkable, and it's on sale

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-26 00:21:00

Boox Note Max ZDNET's key takeaways The Boox Note Max comes bundled with the pen and case for $649. It's thin and light, has a high-contrast display, and has a long list of features that make it a very versatile device. Theres no backlight, it's monochromatic, and there's a bit of a learning curve to use it to its fullest. View now at Amazon View now at B&H Photo and Video more buying choices The Boox Note Max is $60 off on Amazon right now, making it cost $630. I went hands-on with the Rema

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Traveling this summer? Consider this before using airport Wi-Fi and charging ports

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-08-26 00:42:00

Carles Navarro Parcerisas/Getty Images The next time you travel through an airport, you should probably be a little leery of using the public Wi-Fi or USB charging ports, according to the TSA. In a reminder posted on Facebook, the TSA warns that while these freebies are designed to be useful, they can actually be dangerous if a fellow traveler has bad intentions. Also: How to use public Wi-Fi safely: 5 things to know before you connect Using a process called juice jacking, someone can instal

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Monotonic and Wall Clock Time in the Go Time Package

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-26 00:05:46

Monotonic and Wall Clock Time in the Go time package Modern operating systems usually keep track of two kinds of clocks: a wall clock and a monotonic clock. The wall clock is the “real-world” clock that shows calendar dates and times, like UTC or your local time. This clock can be adjusted for synchronization (for example, using NTP) or manually changed by system administrators. It can also suddenly jump due to daylight saving time or leap seconds. Note NTP (Network Time Protocol) is a standa

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Efficient Computer's Electron E1 CPU – 100x more efficient than Arm?

news.ycombinator.com Dr. Ian Cutress 2025-08-25 22:30:44

We've been building general-purpose CPUs wrong for decades, apparently. That's the bold claim from Efficient Computer, a new startup stepping into the embedded market with their Electron E1 chip. For too long, our processors have been stuck in a control flow model, constantly shuffling data back and forth between caches, memory, and compute units – a process I think we can all agree that burns significant energy at every step. Efficient’s goal is to approach the problem by static scheduling and

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Phone Carriers Sweeten Their Deals for Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7 and Watch 8

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-25 22:50:00

Samsung's new Galaxy phones are shipping and available in select stores starting today, and the major phone carriers are primed to get them into your hands. If you've been contemplating this next generation of foldable phones (or the health features of the new watches), these new deals and trade-in offers for the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, Z Flip 7 FE and Galaxy Watch 8 models might convince you to upgrade. And don't forget to catch up on all the announcements from Samsung Unpacked. Note that t

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In-Flight Wi-Fi Is Getting a Boost on These Starlink-Enabled Airlines

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-25 23:00:00

Sluggish airline internet might become a thing of the past. For the last 20 years, airline internet has been notoriously unreliable, but Starlink is changing the game with significantly faster speeds. In fact, the latest reports show it's already twice as fast as its in-flight competitors. Starlink-equipped planes achieve superior internet speeds due to its fleet of almost 8,000 low-Earth orbit satellites, which operate much closer to Earth than the geostationary satellites used by competitors

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Google TV gets a new home on this 2nd-gen 4K streaming stick

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-26 04:24:28

TL;DR The Xiaomi TV Stick 4K (2nd Gen) has launched, bringing upgrades over the previous model. It features a faster CPU and GPU, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision support, plus Wi-Fi 6. The device runs on the Google TV interface with personalized profiles and voice control. If you’re in the market for a portable streaming upgrade, there’s a new 4K stick in town. It purports to be a notable step up from the last one, and we were already fans of its predecessor. The newly launched Xiaomi TV Stick 4K (2

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Microsoft gives Copilot a face - here's how to try your new Appearance chat buddy

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-08-26 04:49:59

Microsoft Microsoft has a new experiment, called Copilot Appearance, that's designed to bring its AI assistant to life -- visually, anyway. Also: Microsoft's Copilot Vision can now see and analyze your entire Windows desktop Available now as an early preview in Copilot Labs, this feature layers real‑time facial expressions and non‑verbal cues onto Copilot's voice interactions. The goal is to make conversations with Microsoft's AI feel more natural, human‑like, and animated. What is Copilot A

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100X More Efficient Than ARM Processors – Electron E1

news.ycombinator.com Dr. Ian Cutress 2025-08-26 03:30:44

We've been building general-purpose CPUs wrong for decades, apparently. That's the bold claim from Efficient Computer, a new startup stepping into the embedded market with their Electron E1 chip. For too long, our processors have been stuck in a control flow model, constantly shuffling data back and forth between caches, memory, and compute units – a process I think we can all agree that burns significant energy at every step. Efficient’s goal is to approach the problem by static scheduling and

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The Most Amazing Cosplay of San Diego Comic-Con 2025, Day 1

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-08-26 03:45:15

It’s that time of year again; San Diego Comic-Con is upon us and is off to a festive start for the biggest fan party of them all. Between the convention floor bustle and the packed panels, all of nerdom comes to represent their genre favorites for the annual celebration of all things pop culture and comics. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 reigned supreme on the first night along with Toxic Avenger, and South Park but it was the fans who came decked out in their fandom’s finest who always stole the sh

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These 8 Common Foods Contain Microplastics. Here How to Make Swaps

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-26 02:42:31

Microplastics used to sound like a distant environmental issue, but they're showing up in more places than you'd expect, including the food we eat every day. According to new research, even something as simple as chewing gum could expose you to tiny plastic particles. With something as common as chewing gum becoming a microplastic delivery system, many people are concerned about how often they're consuming the potential hidden hazard. The average person takes in between 39,000 and 52,000 microp

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Time's Almost Up: Microsoft Will Delete Your Passwords on Aug. 1. What to Do ASAP

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-26 03:00:00

If you use Microsoft Authenticator to manage your passwords, the clock is ticking. On Aug. 1, the app won't store or manage your passwords anymore. That means you won't be able to save passwords or use two-factor authentication or auto-fill. And if the Authenticator app was your go-to password manager, you'll need to find a new one. Microsoft is moving to a login method we're becoming more familiar with: passkeys. Instead of a mix of letters, symbols and numbers, you'll use PINs, fingerprint s

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Pebble is officially Pebble again

theverge.com Victoria Song 2025-08-26 04:01:22

is a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 13 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. Good news for Pebble fans. Not only are the Pebble watches coming back, they’ll also officially be called Pebble watches. “Great news — we’ve been able to recover the trademark for Pebble! Honestly, I wasn’t expecting this to work out so easily,” Core Devices CEO Eric Migicovsky writes in an update blog. “Core 2 Duo is now Pebble 2 D

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Superman’s Fortress of Solitude is a Silver Age man cave inspired by nature’s beauty

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-08-26 04:45:00

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. James Gunn knows that most people are familiar with Superman’s origin story, which is why DC Studios’ new feature about the Man of Steel opens at a point when he has already become a world famous superhero. Instead of rehashing the tragic beats of Krypton’s destruction, the movie is punctuated with moments that show you how deeply Sup

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Tesla Rolling Out Robotaxis With Human Drivers in the Driver's Seat, Defeating the Purpose of a Robotaxi

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-26 08:22:56

Tesla is planning to follow up on its extremely limited and technical-issues-plagued robotaxi service in Austin, Texas — with an even more limited rollout in San Francisco. According to an internal memo obtained by Business Insider, Elon Musk's EV maker is looking to accelerate its timeline by rolling out a robotaxi service across a large swathe of the Bay Area, as soon as this week. But there's a Gigafactory-sized caveat: a human safety operator will be sitting in the robotaxi's driver seat,

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Meta will stop running political ads in the EU

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-26 08:22:33

Meta will stop allowing political advertising on its platforms in the European Union as of October 2025, blaming the EU’s new "unworkable" transparency rules for what it called a "difficult decision." In a statement released by the company on Friday, Meta said the EU’s incoming Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising (TTPA) regulations presented it with "significant operational challenges and legal uncertainties." As of early October, users on any of Meta’s platforms in the EU will

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I've Had It with Microsoft

news.ycombinator.com Paris Marx 2025-08-26 06:41:07

Screenshot by the author. Photo: Microsoft . Generative AI is nothing but a con dressed up in big promises that become harder to believe with every passing month. After narrativizing chatbots and image generators into the next big thing, to such an extent that credulous governments now believe access to the technology is key to their geopolitical position in the world, tech companies can’t allow the bubble to burst. But keeping the bubble inflated costs hundreds of billions of dollars, and tha

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Deals: 1TB M4 Pro MacBook Pro $350 off, AirPods Max up to $136 off, Find My gear, Mac Studio, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-08-26 12:45:31

Alongside the ongoing and particularly rare deal on the M2 Max Mac Studio at $900 off the original price, we have some fresh deals today to scope out as well. We are starting with a seriously deep discount on the 14-inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro with 24GB of RAM and the 1TB SSD at $350 off. Next up, we have up to $300 in savings on 13-inch M4 iPad Pro configurations, a chance to land the Midnight AirPods Max USB-C at $136 off and some notable accessory offers too – Apple’s latest all-black Ocean Band,

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Jaw-Dropping Video Shows NASA’s Plan to Deliver a Helicopter Swarm to Mars Without Landing

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-08-26 12:10:39

It’s been more than a year since the Ingenuity helicopter broke one of its blades, ending its experimental stint on Mars. On the heels of this wildly successful NASA mission, a defense contractor has introduced a new design concept to succeed the iconic Mars chopper—one that would release multiple vehicles to spread across the Martian landscape at the same time, like a coordinated swim team diving into the water. Virginia-based AeroVironment (AV), in partnership with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labor

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Lyft to add autonomous shuttles in 2026 as Uber inks more self-driving deals

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-08-26 12:33:23

Lyft will add autonomous shuttles made by Austrian manufacturer Benteler Group to its network in late 2026, the company announced Friday. The shuttles will be deployed in partnership with U.S. cities and airports, according to Lyft, but could expand out from there if things go well. The partnership will let Lyft use urban electric shuttles made by Benteler’s mobility division under the Holon brand. The shuttles will not have a steering wheel or pedals and will feature inward-facing seats for up

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Your next Pixel update could make it easier to check your Now Playing history (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-26 16:57:04

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google has been testing several changes to the Pixel’s Now Playing feature. With the latest Android Canary build, we managed to activate a dedicated app drawer icon for the Now Playing feature. The app icon takes users to the Now Playing history page within the Android System Intelligence app. We’ve recently spotted Google working on several changes related to the Now Playing functionality available on Pixel devices. Users will soon be able to add a Now

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Microsoft’s AI CEO thinks Copilot will age and ‘have a room that it lives in’

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-08-26 16:28:13

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s AI CEO, has a vision of Copilot that involves it being so highly personalized that “it will age.” Microsoft has been increasingly pushing Copilot to be a personalized AI assistant, with a big redesign last year that included a conversational voice mode. Now, Suleyman’s Microsoft AI team is launching a new Copilot virtual character that will interac

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Taste testing battery-flavored tortilla chips

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-08-26 16:49:21

I get a lot of odd pitches in my inbox, but “9V battery-flavored corn chips” still stopped me in my tracks. My mind was ringing with questions (What? Who? Why!?!), but most importantly: What are they going to taste like? This limited edition flavor comes from Rewind, a new brand launching in Europe, starting with the Netherlands, promising to blend “nostalgia with exciting flavors.” Most of these sound pretty normal — cheese and onion, sriracha, paprika — but their nod to the “weird universal m

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How to make your iPhone homescreen icons clear using iOS 26

theverge.com Barbara Krasnoff 2025-08-26 16:53:16

is a reviews editor who manages how-tos and various projects. She’s worked as an editor and writer (and occasional sci-fi author) for more years than she cares to admit to. Back in 2024, we described how the then-new iOS 18 enabled you to tint your homescreen icons, allowing you to tweak the look of your iPhone’s display. Now, with Apple’s introduction of its Liquid Glass design for iOS 26, you can make your icons completely clear (assuming you’re a fan of the new invisible look). The process

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Tesla is reportedly bringing a limited version of its robotaxi service to San Francisco

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-08-26 16:55:05

Tesla is launching an even-more-limited version of its early robotaxi service in San Francisco this weekend, according to Business Insider, after an initial rollout began last month in Austin, Texas. The company plans to offer rides with a driver in the driver’s seat, which is necessary because Tesla does not have the proper permits for driverless testing or deployment, according to California DMV records. It is not clear whether the company has obtained a permit from California’s Public Utili

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Cricket revamps its lineup and unlike some competitors, its an improvement

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-26 20:30:42

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Cricket Wireless has refreshed its plan lineup with four new options starting at $30 a month, featuring lower pricing and a few other tweaks. Taxes and fees remain included in Cricket’s advertised prices, unlike some competitors. Overall, these plans appear to be an improvement, assuming network priority and other factors remain the same. This has been a big year for prepaid shakeups, with several brands refreshing their lineups, including Metro by T

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Everything you need to know about AppleCare One

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-08-26 20:47:00

Apple this week launched a new AppleCare One plan – a way to buy AppleCare+ for multiple devices for one monthly fee. The exact coverage it offers depends on the mix of devices you have, and the cost depends on how many, but you’ll almost certainly save money over buying separate plans for each. Does this mean you should subscribe? That depends … Understanding AppleCare AppleCare can be somewhat confusing, because the company has historically used the branding to describe both the standard wa

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Widely panned arsenic life paper gets retracted—15 years after brouhaha

Monotonic and wall clock time in the Go time package

Microsoft investigates outage affecting Microsoft 365 admin center

I found an E Ink tablet worthy of replacing my Remarkable, and it's on sale

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The Most Amazing Cosplay of San Diego Comic-Con 2025, Day 1

These 8 Common Foods Contain Microplastics. Here How to Make Swaps

Time's Almost Up: Microsoft Will Delete Your Passwords on Aug. 1. What to Do ASAP

Pebble is officially Pebble again

Superman’s Fortress of Solitude is a Silver Age man cave inspired by nature’s beauty

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Meta will stop running political ads in the EU

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Jaw-Dropping Video Shows NASA’s Plan to Deliver a Helicopter Swarm to Mars Without Landing

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Taste testing battery-flavored tortilla chips

How to make your iPhone homescreen icons clear using iOS 26

Tesla is reportedly bringing a limited version of its robotaxi service to San Francisco

Cricket revamps its lineup and unlike some competitors, its an improvement

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