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Misunderstood “photophoresis” effect could loft metal sheets to exosphere

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-27 11:28:50

Most people would recognize the device in the image above, although they probably wouldn't know it by its formal name: the Crookes radiometer. As its name implies, placing the radiometer in light produces a measurable change: the blades start spinning. Unfortunately, many people misunderstand the physics of its operation (which we'll return to shortly). The actual forces that drive the blades to spin, called photophoresis, can act on a variety of structures as long as they're placed in a suffic

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Computing’s Top 30: Zhihao “Zephyr” Yao

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2025-12-27 15:00:10

On a typical mobile device today, financial and medical apps nestled up next to everything from karaoke playlists to time-killing games like Fruit Ninja. How to secure data that matters in this diverse digital buffet is a challenge for many researchers. For Zhihao “Zephyr” Yao, it’s a challenge that fuels his life’s work and also led to an award-winning project. That project—which earned ACM MobiSys 2023’s Best Artifact Award—demonstrated that making systems less complex can actually enhance m

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Gemini’s getting a nice usability upgrade for its text responses (Updated)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-27 16:42:44

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on an easier process for sharing text responses from Gemini. The new workflow can be initiated by double tapping or dragging to select specific text, and users can bypass the “Select text” option. However, this new method won’t work on text in a list, only the text before or after it. Update, August 14, 2025 (10:42 AM ET): After first identifying Google’s work towards bringing Gemini a greatly improved interface for text sharing a fe

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Google Home finally adds full temperature scheduling for older Nest thermostats

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-27 16:51:46

Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority TL;DR Google is finally starting to roll out the long-awaited temperature scheduling features for the 3rd Gen and E Nest thermostats in the Google Home app. This addresses the last major reason many users were forced to keep using the old Nest app, which was previously required for this function. While the new feature is now live for some, users should note that their old schedules from the Nest app will not automatically carry over. Back in April, Google

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iPhone 17 Pro could redefine Apple’s Pro color strategy

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-27 16:08:06

After two years of titanium iPhone Pro models and many more years of stainless steel, Apple is rumored to be switching to aluminum for the iPhone 17 Pro. Titanium, instead, will be used on the ultra thin iPhone 17 Air. That may seem like a step away from premium materials for the Pro model. For anyone bored by variations of gray for Apple’s best iPhones, however, it appears to be good news. The reason comes down to color. Apple has done a decent job making a range of colors out of stainless s

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This Anker 3-in-1 wireless charging station is cheaper than ever

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-27 16:53:25

Anker's 3-in-1 MagSafe charging station is on sale for a record low price of $63 — that works out to savings of 30 percent.The Qi2-certified charger wirelessly charges your compatible iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods on one compact and convenient dock. Qi2 boasts 15W of power, so you can take advantage of fast charging on compatible devices. This means the station can charge an iPhone 16 Pro Max to 20 percent in just 20 minutes and an Apple Watch Series 10 from zero to 100 percent in just over

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs. iPhone 16 Pro Max: We tested both, and here's the winner

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-12-27 09:30:13

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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Great Myths #16: The Conflict Thesis

news.ycombinator.com Tim O'Neill 2025-12-24 08:21:29

The “Conflict Thesis” forms a kind of underlying historial metamyth that informs and undergirds a substantial amount of historical assumptions by anti-theist polemicists. This is the assumed and unquestioned idea that Science and Religion have been perpetually at war down the ages. Also known as the Draper-White Thesis or Warfare Model, it is a conception of the history of science that presents religion as the perpetual and consistent enemy of science, technology and progress. It is a pervasive

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Jujutsu and Radicle

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 15:58:26

Jujutsu + Radicle = ❤️ How I use Jujutsu in tandem with Radicle Published by fintohaps on 14.08.2025 Roughly a year ago at the first ever Local First Conference, a friend and previous colleague – Alex Good – told me about this tool called jj (Jujutsu). We did the usual thing and I sat down beside him as he explained it to me. My brain did the usual thing and took in some of the information but not enough of it, and so I didn’t touch jj for quite some time after that – but what’s good enough f

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Brilliant illustrations bring this 1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' to life (2015)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-23 06:54:35

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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The ‘Wednesday Season 2 Part 2’ Trailer Welcomes Back a Familiar Face

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-12-27 16:00:11

Now that we’re just over a week out from the first half of the season 2 release of Netflix’s The Addams Family remake, Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega, the streamer has finally released a new trailer for its second half. The trailer starts nightmarishly, at least for Wednesday, with her waking up in a hospital bed. Although she’s not greeted by Momma Monster herself, Lady Gaga, who has yet to make an appearance on the show despite all the hype surrounding her mysterious involvement, Wednesday

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You can pivot this wireless smartphone power bank to charge an Apple Watch, too

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-12-27 16:12:22

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you’re firmly in the Apple hardware ecosystem, Kuxiu’s K1 wireless power bank could be more useful to you than other portable MagSafe batteries. You can stick it to the back of your iPhone to keep it charged when you don’t have access to power, but rotatin

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Philips Hue’s new bridge could turn your lights into motion sensors

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-12-27 16:30:06

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Smart lighting company Philips Hue appears to be launching a new version of its bridge, the first in a decade. According to a product page briefly published on Hue’s website and since removed, the Hue Bridge Pro will be faster, have m

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Cohere hires long-time Meta research head Joelle Pineau as its chief AI officer

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-12-27 16:00:00

Investors once saw Canadian AI startup Cohere as a promising contender to challenge OpenAI and Anthropic in the race to build frontier AI models, with its backers pouring roughly $1 billion on their bet on CEO Aidan Gomez, who co-authored a seminal paper on LLMs when he was a 20-year-old Google intern. But Cohere’s AI models have fallen behind the state-of-the-art, and its business hasn’t scaled like its competitors. Now, the company is bringing in a veteran research leader to revamp its AI ef

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AI translation tech Palabra gets backing from Reddit co-founder’s venture firm

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-12-27 16:41:17

A startup called Palabra AI, which develops an AI-powered speech translation engine, is tackling one of the more difficult aspects of teaching Large Language Models (LLMs) to understand multiple languages. Today, LLMs make it easier to convert text from one language to another, but speech translation is not as simple, according to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. “AI can generate content and translate text. But [Speech] Translation is a unique problem because it requires real-time language sw

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Google pushes AI into flight deals as antitrust scrutiny, competition heat up

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-12-27 16:46:09

Google on Thursday announced a new AI-powered search tool to help travelers find flight deals — even as regulators continue to question whether the search giant’s dominance in travel discovery stifles competition. Called Flight Deals, the new tool is available within Google Flights and is designed to help “flexible travelers” find cheaper fares. Users can type natural language queries into a search bar — describing how and when they want to travel — and the AI surfaces matching options. These

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Bitcoin touches record, ether almost makes new high before rolling over

cnbc.com Tanaya Macheel 2025-12-27 21:14:07

In this article ETH.CM= BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ether and bitcoin. Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images Bitcoin hit a new record late Wednesday as ether climbed even closer to its all-time high. The flagship cryptocurrency rose as high as $124,496, surpassing its July record of 123,193.63, according to Coin Metrics. Ether rose to $4,791.19 overnight, edging closer to its 2021 record of $4,866.01. Both coins took a hit Thursday, however, after July's wholesale inflation

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New Gemini features will give the chatbot a better memory, but also selective amnesia

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-27 21:03:33

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini will be able to reference past conversations without requiring you to save them individually. A new Temporary Chats feature will let you keep certain conversations out of the chatbot’s memory and training data. The features are aimed at providing more personalization, as well as privacy for certain chats. Gemini is a powerful AI assistant, but you usually have to remember to save certain chats if you want to reference them later. However, thanks to

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Thought HTC was dead? It just launched a surprisingly compelling Ray-Ban Meta rival

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-27 21:07:58

HTC Vive TL;DR HTC’s Vive division has announced a new pair of smart glasses called Eagle. These glasses come with a design similar to Ray-Ban Meta glasses but with better specifications and more colors. Unfortunately, HTC is limiting sales to Taiwan, unlike other Vive headsets that also sell globally. HTC has long given up on phones (except it hasn’t completely and still sells entry-level phones in certain markets). But its Vive division has continued to work on AR, VR, and XR headsets. It

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Leak reveals new Studio Display might have surprisingly powerful chip

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-27 21:51:33

A brand new Studio Display 2 is coming soon, and per a code leak, it looks set to boast a far more powerful chip than you might expect. Here are the details. Studio Display 2 will come with A19 Pro chip, per code leak Over the past day, MacRumors has shared chip details on several forthcoming products. The details are the result of an Apple code leak uncovered by Aaron Perris. Code has revealed that the new Apple TV 4K will have an A17 Pro chip, while Vision Pro 2 gets an M5. Another signifi

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Canada’s House of Commons investigating data breach after cyberattack

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-27 21:06:43

The House of Commons of Canada is currently investigating a data breach after a threat actor reportedly stole employee information in a cyberattack on Friday. While the lower house of the Parliament of Canada has yet to issue a public statement regarding this incident, CBC News reports that House of Commons staff were notified of a breach on Monday via email. The alert states that the attacker exploited a recent Microsoft vulnerability to gain access to a database containing sensitive informat

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Unplugging these 7 common household devices greatly reduced my electricity bill

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-12-27 21:55:00

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET With costs climbing across the US, energy prices stand out -made worse by record-breaking summer heat and recent waves scorching multiple states. Having endured several of them this season, I'm always searching for ways to cut back on energy use. There are many little things you can do that can shave dollars off your monthly energy bill, and they go beyond switching off the lights when you leave the room. Did you know you can save 3% on cooling costs for every 1°F

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NSF and Nvidia award Ai2 $152M to support building an open AI ecosystem

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 21:08:16

Ai2 has been awarded $75 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and $77 million from NVIDIA as part of a jointly funded project with the NSF and NVIDIA to advance our research and develop truly open AI models and solutions that will accelerate scientific discovery. The partnership supports the NSF Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure project, Open Multimodal AI Infrastructure to Accelerate Science (OMAI). Led by Principal Investigator Dr. Noah A. Smith, Senior Director of NLP Rese

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New protein therapy shows promise as antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 18:56:20

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers, along with their colleagues, engineered a new molecule that appears promising as an effective antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning with fewer side effects than other molecules currently being tested, according to a new study published in the journal PNAS. Carbon monoxide poisoning accounts for 50,000 emergency room visits in the U.S. each year and causes about 1,500 deaths. These deaths may occur when carbon monoxide released from

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James Gunn Teases His ‘Superman Saga’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-12-27 21:00:43

Has Denis Villeneuve come close to finding his James Bond? Michael Bay’s return to Transformers may be sooner than we thought. Plus, Vincent D’Onofrio assuages fan concerns about the future of Daredevil: Born Again. To me, my spoilers! DCU During a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, James Gunn confirmed the whereabouts of Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn “will be revealed down the line” in a future DCU project. During the same interview, Gunn also stated he’s “always looking for a place t

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How to Find Out If Microplastics Are Actually Destroying Our Health

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-12-27 21:35:03

Researchers have found plastic in almost every corner of the human body, from our brains and poop to blood and testicles (at least it’s not making our stomachs crunch yet). Is this plastic contamination bad for us? While the answer to that question might seem like a no-brainer—and certainly no one is crazy enough to theorize that microplastics in breast milk are a good thing—there haven’t been any human trials to confirm that microplastics are detrimental to human health. Some research has simp

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The Best Smart Scales for 2025 and How to Get the Most Accurate Reading

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-27 20:00:00

Weigh yourself at the same time: To get a consistent reading when using any scale, it's important to weigh yourself first thing in the morning before you've drunk or eaten anything. "You should weigh yourself without clothes, or minimal clothing, and if you do so, try to wear the same clothing each time you weigh yourself," said Stella Lucia Volpe, professor and head of the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise at Virginia Tech. Volpe recommends weighing yourself no more than once a

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I’m Watching Every Conjuring Movie Before 'The Conjuring: Last Rites.' Here’s Where to Stream Them All

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-27 20:00:00

When The Conjuring debuted in 2013, directed by James Wan, the movie felt like a throwback to atmospheric 1970s horror flicks such as The Changeling or The Manitou. From its simple opening title card -- yellow text on a black background -- to its relatively little gore and slow build of suspense, The Conjuring was a breath of fresh air. It arrived at a time when the horror genre was rampant with gruesome movies like Saw (which was also directed by Wan) and Hostel. The Conjuring kick-started not

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Upcoming DeepSeek AI model failed to train using Huawei’s chips

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-27 21:16:08

Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek delayed the release of its new model after failing to train it using Huawei’s chips, highlighting the limits of Beijing’s push to replace US technology. DeepSeek was encouraged by authorities to adopt Huawei’s Ascend processor rather than use Nvidia’s systems after releasing its R1 model in January, according to three people familiar with the matter. But the Chinese startup encountered persistent technical issues during its R2 training process u

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Now even Flip phones will get 200MP cameras

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-28 02:58:56

TL;DR The HONOR Magic V Flip 2 will apparently have a 200MP main camera. This would make it the first Flip phone with a 200MP camera. HONOR has also confirmed that it will have the biggest battery in a Flip phone. The Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition and Galaxy Z Fold 7 were the first foldable phones to offer a 200MP main camera. However, it looks like the first Flip foldable with a 200MP camera could launch next week. HONOR has confirmed that it will launch the Magic V Flip 2 foldable phone on

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Latest Tech News

Misunderstood “photophoresis” effect could loft metal sheets to exosphere

Computing’s Top 30: Zhihao “Zephyr” Yao

Gemini’s getting a nice usability upgrade for its text responses (Updated)

Google Home finally adds full temperature scheduling for older Nest thermostats

iPhone 17 Pro could redefine Apple’s Pro color strategy

This Anker 3-in-1 wireless charging station is cheaper than ever

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs. iPhone 16 Pro Max: We tested both, and here's the winner

Great Myths #16: The Conflict Thesis

Jujutsu and Radicle

Brilliant illustrations bring this 1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' to life (2015)

The ‘Wednesday Season 2 Part 2’ Trailer Welcomes Back a Familiar Face

You can pivot this wireless smartphone power bank to charge an Apple Watch, too

Philips Hue’s new bridge could turn your lights into motion sensors

Cohere hires long-time Meta research head Joelle Pineau as its chief AI officer

AI translation tech Palabra gets backing from Reddit co-founder’s venture firm

Google pushes AI into flight deals as antitrust scrutiny, competition heat up

Bitcoin touches record, ether almost makes new high before rolling over

New Gemini features will give the chatbot a better memory, but also selective amnesia

Thought HTC was dead? It just launched a surprisingly compelling Ray-Ban Meta rival

Leak reveals new Studio Display might have surprisingly powerful chip

Canada’s House of Commons investigating data breach after cyberattack

Unplugging these 7 common household devices greatly reduced my electricity bill

NSF and Nvidia award Ai2 $152M to support building an open AI ecosystem

New protein therapy shows promise as antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning

James Gunn Teases His ‘Superman Saga’

How to Find Out If Microplastics Are Actually Destroying Our Health

The Best Smart Scales for 2025 and How to Get the Most Accurate Reading

I’m Watching Every Conjuring Movie Before 'The Conjuring: Last Rites.' Here’s Where to Stream Them All

Upcoming DeepSeek AI model failed to train using Huawei’s chips

Now even Flip phones will get 200MP cameras

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