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Describe your dream trip and Google's new AI tool will find flight deals for you now

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-12-27 15:06:00

Getty Images/George Pachantouris ZDNET's key takeaways You can describe travel ideas in natural language to Google's tool. Flight Deals surfaces affordable flight options to match your ideas. The tool will roll out in beta over the next week. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Google is bringing generative AI to the skies. On Thursday, the company announced Flight Deals, a new AI-powered feature within Google Flights

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I compared the best Samsung Galaxy and iPhone model in 2025: The winner is not so obvious

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-12-27 15:13:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET A quick scan through ZDNET's list of the best phones, and two names usually top the list -- Samsung and Apple. That's no exception with our most recent picks, as the Galaxy S25 Ultra and the iPhone 16 Pro Max take the top two spots. That list will likely be changing soon, though, as Apple is expected to unveil a successor that is the iPhone 17 Pro Max. Also: Should you buy the iPhone 16 or iPhone 17? How to decide which model to buy Both the 16 Pro Max and the S25 Ultra are th

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Show HN: Modelence – Supabase for MongoDB

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 12:13:29

Getting Started Modelence is an all-in-one TypeScript framework for startups shipping production apps, with the mission to eliminate all boilerplate for standard features that modern web applications need, like authentication, database setup, cron jobs, AI observability, email and more.

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Reverse Proxy Deep Dive: Why Load Balancing at Scale Is Hard

news.ycombinator.com Mitendra Mahto 2025-12-23 20:05:24

This post is part of a series. Part 1 - A deep dive into connection management challenges. Part 2 - The nuances of HTTP parsing and why it’s harder than it looks. Part 3 - The intricacies of service discovery. Part 4 - Why Load Balancing at Scale is Hard. Load Balancing One of the most critical roles for a reverse proxy is load balancing requests across different upstream hosts. From a list of upstream servers, the proxy must decide where each incoming request should go. The primary goals

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1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' (2015)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-23 00:54:35

The Soviet Hobbit Bilbo and Gollum behind the Iron Curtain Alex Q. Arbuckle 1976 Credit: Via English Russia First published in 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, has been translated into more than 40 languages. In addition to different translations, dozens of uniquely illustrated versions of the children’s story have been released over the years. This 1976 Soviet edition features illustrations by M. Belomlinskij, depicting Bilbo, Ga

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Axle (YC S22) is hiring product engineers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 14:00:30

We are looking for talented engineers to join our team as early members. As a Product Engineer, you’ll help build the platform that makes this possible. From structuring and cleaning complex data to using LLMs for automated data extraction, you’ll have the chance to wear a lot of hats and shape the future of our platform. We’re looking for individuals who think creatively about problems, push for real-world customer impact, and are excited about helping financial data reach full connectivity.

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Former Hospital Worker Allegedly Stole Skin Grafts in California

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-12-27 14:50:51

A man in Southern California has been arrested for allegedly stealing from three area hospitals. But the things he stole weren’t your run-of-the-mill items. The man made off with about $300,000 in surgical equipment and skin grafts, according to the Mercury News. Jason Brauner, a 47-year-old man from San Jacinto, California, allegedly posed as a hospital employee to pilfer the highly unusual property. The Riverside County Sheriff said in a press release that Brauner was arrested on Aug. 6 and c

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Private Spaceflight Enters the Wild West as Trump Slashes Regulations

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-12-27 15:15:17

President Donald Trump is calling for an ease of regulations for commercial spaceflight and streamlining licensing for rocket launches and reentries. The move highly favors companies like SpaceX but could have negative repercussions on environmental habitats surrounding launchpads. On Wednesday, August 13, Trump signed an executive order intended to bolster the spaceflight industry and increase the overall commercial launch cadence. In it, Trump calls on Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who

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Scientists Taught AI to Predict Nuclear Fusion Success—and It’s Actually Working

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-12-27 15:46:18

AI is giving a huge efficiency boost to one of the biggest nuclear fusion facilities in the world—but perhaps not in the way you think. In research published today in Science, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory report how its newly developed deep learning model accurately predicted the results of a 2022 fusion experiment at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). The model, which assigned 74% probability for ignition in that experiment, outperforms traditional supercomputing met

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BMW Championship 2025: TV Schedule Today, How to Watch, Stream All the PGA Tour Golf From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-27 12:30:00

We're down to the final 50 players as the quest for a place in the season-ending Tour Championship continues this weekend in Maryland with the BMW Championship. Keep reading to find out the best live TV streaming services you can use to watch each day of the tournament live wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if they're not available where you are. Acting as the second leg of the FedExCup Playoffs, this weekend's action at the Caves Valley Golf Club has 2,000 FedExCup points av

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Norway spy chief blames Russian hackers for hijacking dam

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-12-27 15:32:02

In Brief Russian hackers briefly hijacked a dam in Norway in early April and spilled millions of gallons of water before the attack was stopped, Norway’s spy chief revealed Thursday. The hackers opened a floodgate at the Bremanger dam in western Norway to release the equivalent of about three Olympic-sized swimming pools of water during the four hours they had control of the dam’s computer systems. Beate Gangaas, the head of Norway’s security police service, blamed the cyberattack on Russian

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The wait is almost over: The 2025 Startup Battlefield 200 list drops August 27

techcrunch.com Isabelle Johannessen 2025-12-27 15:56:46

Set your alarms. Bookmark this page. Refresh like your future depends on it. After reviewing thousands of groundbreaking applications from around the globe, TechCrunch is just days away from announcing the 2025 Startup Battlefield 200 — our handpicked cohort of the most promising early-stage startups set to take the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt this October 27-29. The 2025 Startup Battlefield 200 list will go live, right here, on Wednesday, August 27, at 9:00 a.m. PT. Whether you applied, refe

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Anthropic takes on OpenAI and Google with new Claude AI features designed for students and developers

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-12-27 20:00:18

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 Anthropic is launching new “learning modes” for its Claude AI assistant that transform the chatbot from an answer-dispensing tool into a teaching companion, as major technology companies race to capture the rapidly growing artificial intelligence education market while addressing mounting concerns that AI undermines genuine learning. The S

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Sam Altman and the whale

technologyreview.com Mat Honan 2025-12-24 06:55:59

But where is the transition from the BlackBerry keyboard to the touch-screen iPhone? Where is the assisted GPS and the API for location services that enables real-time directions and gives rise to companies like Uber and Grindr and lets me order a taxi for my burrito? Where are the real breakthroughs? In fact, following the release of GPT-5, OpenAI found itself with something of a user revolt on its hands. Customers who missed GPT-4o's personality successfully lobbied the company to bring it ba

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iPhone 17 event news is coming but beware of fake invites

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-27 18:08:13

The most likely iPhone 17 event date is now the rumored iPhone 17 event date. No surprises there. But when should we expect Apple to actually confirm the date of its next big product reveal, and what should you make of that event invite leak on social media? iPhone 17 event right on schedule Save for a few exceptions, Apple typically announces new flagship iPhone models in the second week of September each year. This year appears to be following the pattern with an event rumored for Tuesday, S

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Anthropic brings Claude's learning mode to regular users and devs

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-27 20:00:18

This past spring, Anthropic introduced learning mode, a feature that changed Claude's interaction style. When enabled, the chatbot would, following a question, try to guide the user to their own solution, instead of providing them with an answer outright. Since its introduction in April, learning mode has only been available to Claude for Education users. Now, like OpenAI did with Study Mode, Anthropic is making the tool available to everyone. Starting today, Claude.ai users will find a new opt

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The Omen Max 45L is the star of HP's latest PC gaming update

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-27 20:00:52

Prior to IFA in early September, HP is looking to get ahead of its rivals with a substantial update to its PC gaming portfolio headlined by the new Omen Max 45L desktop alongside a full slate of peripherals. While the Omen Max 45L (pricing still TBA) features a similar design to the existing Omen 35L , HP's latest flagship desktop should bring even more beastly performance without sacrificing on cooling or noise levels. The key to this is a new case featuring what the company is calling the ind

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Google Photos just put all its best editing tools a tap away - here's the shortcut

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-12-27 20:02:49

Google / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Google has introduced a new Create tab for Photos. Create hosts editing tools that let you get creative with photos. The tab is available for Android and iOS versions of the app. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Google Photos is making it easier to get creative with your photos. In an announcement today, Google said there's a new "go to destination" for cr

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Show HN: I built a free alternative to Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 17:34:46

EmbedPDF Open‑Source JavaScript PDF Viewer EmbedPDF is a framework‑agnostic, MIT‑licensed PDF viewer that drops into any JavaScript project. Whether you build with React, Vue, Svelte, Preact, or vanilla JS, EmbedPDF delivers a smooth, modern reading experience and a clean developer API. 📚 Documentation Full docs, installation guides, API reference, and examples: 👉 https://www.embedpdf.com 🚀 Live Demo Try it now — load your own PDF or use the sample: 👉 https://app.embedpdf.com ✨ Features

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Axle (YC S22) Is Hiring Product Engineers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 20:00:30

We are looking for talented engineers to join our team as early members. As a Product Engineer, you’ll help build the platform that makes this possible. From structuring and cleaning complex data to using LLMs for automated data extraction, you’ll have the chance to wear a lot of hats and shape the future of our platform. We’re looking for individuals who think creatively about problems, push for real-world customer impact, and are excited about helping financial data reach full connectivity.

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Ohio Wants to Create a Database of People Who Skip Job Interviews

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-12-27 20:25:29

The job market is tough at the moment for prospective employees, and Ohio has plans to make it even tougher. A bill recently introduced by Republicans in the Ohio House of Representatives would create an online registry of people who fail to show up for a job interview. The proposal, introduced as H.B. 395, specifically targets job applicants who are recipients of unemployment benefits and are required to seek employment to continue receiving the limited compensation provided to them. It would

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Christian Militants Are Using Instagram to Recruit—and Becoming Influencers in the Process

wired.com Tess Owen 2025-12-27 17:08:18

In a reel shared to Instagram on February 14, an account identifying itself with a group called The 13th Northeast Guerillas put out a call to prospective recruits in Vermont and New Hampshire. What they advertised was fairly benign on its surface: fitness, community, preparation, survivalist training. The video was set to the tune of Kendrick Lamar’s “TV Off” and featured a rapid succession of highly edited images showing armed men posing in the wilderness in tactical gear. They sometimes wore

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HyperX’s new gaming headset claims to last 250 hours on a single charge

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2025-12-27 20:00:00

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. HP-owned HyperX is announcing a slew of new gaming headsets and streaming-friendly microphones. The HyperX Cloud Alpha 2 is the new flagship at $299.99. It uses 53mm drivers and 2.4GHz wireless lasting up to 250 hours — an impressive 10+ days of con

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Cohere hits a $6.8B valuation as investors AMD, Nvidia, and Salesforce double down

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-12-27 20:40:27

Cohere on Thursday announced that it had raised an oversubscribed $500 million round, bringing its valuation to $6.8 billion. This is up from the $5.5 billion valuation it landed a little over a year ago when it raised its previous round, also $500 million. Toronto-headquartered Cohere was one of the first breakout LLM model makers, founded in 2019 by co-founder Aidan Gomez, one of the authors of the “Attention is all You Need” paper that became the foundation of modern AI. But it has been a sl

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Perplexity AI’s $34.5 billion bid for Chrome underscores Google's hurdles ahead of IPO anniversary

cnbc.com Jennifer Elias Mackenzie Sigalos 2025-12-28 00:39:34

In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during a visit to the Google for Startups campus in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. The EU has established a reputation globally for its aggressive regulation of major technology companies, including the likes of Apple and Google over antitrust concerns. Photographer: Damian Lemanski/Bloomberg via Getty Images Damian Lemanski | Bloomberg | Getty Images Perp

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Billion-Dollar AI Company Gives Up on AGI While Desperately Fighting to Stop Bleeding Money

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-27 23:55:34

The new CEO of Character.AI — the controversial AI chatbot startup currently fighting a high-profile child welfare lawsuit over the suicide of a 14-year-old user — says the company has abandoned its founding mission of realizing artificial general intelligence, or AGI. In an interview with Wired, recently crowned Character.AI CEO Karandeep Anand declared that the company "gave up" on the "aspirations" of its since-departed founders, Noam Shazeer and Daniel de Freitas. It's a striking move for

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Google Find Hub’s automatic enrollments will only give you two days to opt out (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-27 20:51:19

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Google plans to expand Find Hub’s automatic enrollment with more triggers. We’ve now spotted clues suggesting that once users hit these triggers, they would have two days to opt out of participating in the Find Hub network. Additional triggers expected in the future include enabling Location access on the device, syncing with Fast Pair accessories, and more. Google recently rebranded Android’s Find My Device tool into Find Hub when it added the ability t

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Wear OS smartwatches no longer have this leg up over the Apple Watch

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-28 00:52:52

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Apple is restoring blood oxygen tracking to certain US Apple Watch models via iOS and watchOS updates. The refreshed setup uses the watch to take readings but calculates and displays results on the paired iPhone. The feature was removed in January 2024 due to a patent dispute and an import ban. Apple Watch owners in the US are getting a health-tracking feature back that many thought might be gone for good. After more than a year in limbo, the blood oxygen

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Philips Hue ‘Bridge Pro’ leaks with ‘more capacity,’ turns lights into motion sensors

9to5mac.com Ben Schoon 2025-12-28 00:56:54

Philips Hue appears to be preparing a new “Bridge Pro” setup that turns your smart lights into motion sensors, while also supporting more devices. The existing Philips Hue bridge is a core part of any Hue setup. The bridge connects to your network and communicates with each product, and is part of the reason Hue tends to be more stable than hub-less smart home offerings. But the hardware hasn’t been updated in a while, and a common complaint is that it can only support 50 devices at a time. Th

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Flight Deals is Google’s new, AI-powered travel search tool

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-28 00:15:02

The AI-ification of Google seemingly knows no bounds, and now it wants you to turn to AI for booking flights, too. Rolling out in the US, Canada and India over the next week, Flight Deals lives within Google Flights, and is designed for "flexible travelers whose number one goal is saving money on their next trip." Rather than going through the usual process of manually selecting dates, times and destinations, you just tell the AI-powered assistant your travel intentions using natural language p

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Describe your dream trip and Google's new AI tool will find flight deals for you now

I compared the best Samsung Galaxy and iPhone model in 2025: The winner is not so obvious

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Former Hospital Worker Allegedly Stole Skin Grafts in California

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Anthropic takes on OpenAI and Google with new Claude AI features designed for students and developers

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Google Photos just put all its best editing tools a tap away - here's the shortcut

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Google Find Hub’s automatic enrollments will only give you two days to opt out (APK teardown)

Wear OS smartwatches no longer have this leg up over the Apple Watch

Philips Hue ‘Bridge Pro’ leaks with ‘more capacity,’ turns lights into motion sensors

Flight Deals is Google’s new, AI-powered travel search tool

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