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We have made the decision to not continue paying for BBB accreditation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-09 23:49:29

We have made the conscious choice not to continue paying for accreditation from the Better Business Bureau (BBB). We realize that this may raise questions among our customers, and we want to explain why we made this decision. For years, people have been told to look for BBB accredited businesses, and that it somehow reflects whether a business is on the up and up. What most don’t realize is that businesses PAY to be accredited with the BBB. You do not EARN an accreditation- you buy it. A few m

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We Have Made the Decision to Not Continue Paying for BBB Accreditation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-10 05:49:29

We have made the conscious choice not to continue paying for accreditation from the Better Business Bureau (BBB). We realize that this may raise questions among our customers, and we want to explain why we made this decision. For years, people have been told to look for BBB accredited businesses, and that it somehow reflects whether a business is on the up and up. What most don’t realize is that businesses PAY to be accredited with the BBB. You do not EARN an accreditation- you buy it. A few m

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Yes, You Can Still Get Games for Less Than $50. These Are the Best I've Played

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-10 10:45:00

It's hard to express just how good this game is. Sandfall Interactive's Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 feels as impactful and genre-defining as ground-breaking Japanese-style roleplaying games before it, like Final Fantasy. It mixes classic turn-based combat with real-time action gameplay, giving the combat a new yet familiar feel. The story pulls you in right from the start with its melancholy tone and gorgeous French setting, and the cast of characters will no doubt be forever etched into video

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Videos and images in Google Messages have a smooth new animation (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-10 17:53:17

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages may introduce a new animation for the media player. Videos and images now slide into view from the bottom of the screen instead of fading in and out. You can also swipe down to close an image or video. Google is not new to tweaking its apps. Sometimes, those changes improve the experience, make the experience worse, or have no effect at all. The next tweak is coming for the Messages app, and it seems like an update that will fall into

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YouTube wipes out thousands of propaganda channels linked to China, Russia, others

cnbc.com Zach Vallese 2026-01-10 22:37:23

Google announced Monday the removal of nearly 11,000 YouTube channels and other accounts tied to state-linked propaganda campaigns from China, Russia and more in the second quarter. The takedown included more than 7,700 YouTube channels linked to China. These campaigns primarily shared content in Chinese and English that promoted the People's Republic of China, supported President Xi Jinping and commented on U.S. foreign affairs. Over 2,000 removed channels were linked to Russia. The content

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Show HN: Lotas – Cursor for RStudio

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-11 02:16:10

Understands Your Files and Data Rao reads and analyzes your project files to understand your data before generating code. This allows Rao to write targeted, relevant code that integrates with your existing project structure. Writes and Edits Code Rao generates and runs R scripts and R markdown files. It also edits your existing code to fix errors and improve your analysis.

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I tested this 9-in-1 off-grid portable power station that claims a 17-year lifespan - here's my verdict

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-01-11 12:13:37

'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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Need a new laptop for the office? Save $500 on the Dell 16 Plus and improve your workflow

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2026-01-11 17:31:14

'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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What the 'Superman' Post-Credits Scenes Mean for the Future of the DC Cinematic Universe

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-11 21:25:03

The new Superman movie continues to rule the box office after its second weekend, leading the pack with $57 million from US audiences, and this relaunch of the DC universe is only getting started. Superman stars Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor and David Corenswet as the Man of Steel. The movie isn't an origin story; it picks up when Superman is already well-known (and moments after he loses any fight-winning streak he previously had). I won't provide any more details

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The best CRM software with email marketing in 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

zdnet.com Ritoban Mukherjee 2026-01-12 03:23:47

'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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I found the perfect card reader that has it all - it even doubles as a storage box

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-01-12 08:14:31

'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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AI companies have stopped warning you that their chatbots aren’t doctors

technologyreview.com James O'Donnell 2026-01-12 20:45:00

“Then one day this year,” Sharma says, “there was no disclaimer.” Curious to learn more, she tested generations of models introduced as far back as 2022 by OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Google, and xAI—15 in all—on how they answered 500 health questions, such as which drugs are okay to combine, and how they analyzed 1,500 medical images, like chest x-rays that could indicate pneumonia. The results, posted in a paper on arXiv and not yet peer-reviewed, came as a shock—fewer than 1% of outputs fro

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Google Maps just made controlling your music a navigation nightmare

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-12 23:58:33

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google Maps v25.28 stable and v25.29 beta have removed in-app media playback controls. The removed feature allowed easy access to play, browse suggestions, or open the default music app. It’s unclear if the removal was intentional or just a bug, as the functionality still exists on iOS. Google Maps remains one of the best apps for Android devices, but it’s not perfect. There are plenty of ways Google can improve the Maps experience, and a good starting s

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Jove (Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-08 14:35:37

JOVE (Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs)[1] is an open-source, Emacs-like text editor, primarily intended for Unix-like operating systems. It also supports MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. JOVE was inspired by Gosling Emacs but is much smaller and simpler, lacking Mocklisp. It was originally created in 1983 by Jonathan Payne while at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in Massachusetts, United States on a PDP-11 minicomputer.[2] JOVE was distributed with several releases of BSD Unix, including 2.9BS

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This Apple Watch model is my favorite and I use it daily - right now, it's over 30% off

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2026-01-12 15:30:16

'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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Local LLMs versus offline Wikipedia

news.ycombinator.com Evan Hahn 2026-01-12 08:49:02

Two days ago, MIT Technology review published “How to run an LLM on your laptop”. It opens with an anecdote about using offline LLMs in an apocalypse scenario. “‘It’s like having a weird, condensed, faulty version of Wikipedia, so I can help reboot society with the help of my little USB stick,’ [Simon Willison] says.” This made me wonder: how do the sizes of local LLMs compare to the size of offline Wikipedia downloads? I compared some models from the Ollama library to various downloads on Kiw

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The Best Protein Bar: 5 Dietitians Explain Which Ingredients to Look For

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-12 09:00:00

Even though many people already get all the protein they need every day, having on-the-go snacks such as protein bars can be helpful when you're in a pinch. With so many protein bars on store shelves, finding the best one for your tastes and preferences can be difficult and overwhelming. But whether you’re hiking, commuting or just packing light, a good snack -- and maybe a compact Bluetooth speaker -- can make the journey more enjoyable. To help narrow down the selection, I consulted dietitian

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Here’s how to save on a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 preorder

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2026-01-12 12:00:00

is an editor covering deals and commerce. He joined in 2018, and covers gaming, PCs, accessories, and more. The forthcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7 is Samsung’s thinnest foldable yet. Our own Allison Johnson just published her full review ahead of the phone’s launch on July 25th, and while there’s certainly no denying it’s a spendy device, know that various carriers and retailers are offering a host of preorder incentives, many of which will expire at launch. Although the Z Fold 7 isn’t miles ahead of

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Apple's latest AirPods models are still at their lowest price ever - get them while the deal lasts

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2026-01-12 10:30:15

'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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Fibonacci(50) as a Fractal Sequence Diagram

news.ycombinator.com Ilograph Llc 2026-01-08 23:20:07

Enter the number of editors you will have in this subscription: Editors: Viewers: Based on your editor count ( 2 ), you will have an Ilograph Team subscription. Add 6 or more editors to upgrade to an Ilograph Team+ subscription.

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I'm Rebelling Against the Algorithm

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-12 10:45:32

I'm rebelling against the algorithm 14 Jul, 2025 I grew up on the internet. I'm old enough to remember when my news feeds actually ended. Remember the times before infinite scroll was engineered? I remember when algorithms weren't good enough to keep me in a trance-like state for eternity. Fast forward to today, I experience firsthand the horrible effects of the algorithms. We weren't meant to read the thoughts of 100s of people all at once. It's also not possible to fully check out from soci

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I changed 12 settings on my Apple TV to instantly improve the performance

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2026-01-13 17:05:25

'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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The OnePlus 12 was already our favorite Android deal - and now it's $300 off

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2026-01-13 22:42:49

'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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ICE is getting unprecedented access to Medicaid data

news.ycombinator.com Leah Feiger 2026-01-13 20:15:58

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are getting access to the personal data of nearly 80 million people on Medicaid in order to acquire "information concerning the identification and location of aliens in the United States,” according to an information exchange agreement viewed by WIRED. The agreement, which is titled “Information Exchange Agreement Between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for Disclosure of Identity and Locat

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The Laws That Changed the Jedi and Republic Forever

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-13 22:00:27

“For a over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic,” Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Luke Skywalker in A New Hope. In the decades of Star Wars storytelling since, countless tales have fleshed out that connection between the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order’s service of it, from its highest highs to the lows that tore them both apart in the fires of the Empire’s rise. But while a thousand generations span much of the unseen ancient history o

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ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data

news.ycombinator.com Leah Feiger 2026-01-14 08:15:58

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are getting access to the personal data of nearly 80 million people on Medicaid in order to acquire "information concerning the identification and location of aliens in the United States,” according to an information exchange agreement viewed by WIRED. The agreement, which is titled “Information Exchange Agreement Between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for Disclosure of Identity and Locat

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The best free email marketing software of 2025: Expert tested

zdnet.com Ritoban Mukherjee 2026-01-15 06:00:19

'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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You can save $150 on the OnePlus 13 right now - but hurry, because this deal won't last long

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2026-01-15 10:15:17

'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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Key Home Energy Tax Credits End This Year. Act Quickly if You're Considering Solar Panels, Experts Say

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-15 06:15:12

A big federal tax credit for homeowners who get solar panels will end this year, meaning a window for significant savings on going solar is closing fast. The 30% credit has long been the biggest single incentive for residential solar panel adoption, and its expiration is a significant blow for what has been a fast-growing industry. For homeowners, its elimination significantly changes the calculus of whether solar panels make financial sense compared with paying utility electrical rates. "It's

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The Big EV Tax Credit Mystery

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-01-15 22:43:37

If you’re thinking about buying an electric vehicle, brace yourself: the federal tax credits that offer up to $7,500 off new EVs and $4,000 off used ones could change as soon as September 30. But here’s the real issue: Nobody knows for sure what happens next. Carmakers, consumers, and even some dealerships have been operating under the belief that a signed contract before September 30 locks in the credit. But now, some automakers are quietly admitting that the IRS has not finalized that rule.

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We have made the decision to not continue paying for BBB accreditation

We Have Made the Decision to Not Continue Paying for BBB Accreditation

Yes, You Can Still Get Games for Less Than $50. These Are the Best I've Played

Videos and images in Google Messages have a smooth new animation (APK teardown)

YouTube wipes out thousands of propaganda channels linked to China, Russia, others

Show HN: Lotas – Cursor for RStudio

I tested this 9-in-1 off-grid portable power station that claims a 17-year lifespan - here's my verdict

Need a new laptop for the office? Save $500 on the Dell 16 Plus and improve your workflow

What the 'Superman' Post-Credits Scenes Mean for the Future of the DC Cinematic Universe

The best CRM software with email marketing in 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

I found the perfect card reader that has it all - it even doubles as a storage box

AI companies have stopped warning you that their chatbots aren’t doctors

Google Maps just made controlling your music a navigation nightmare

Jove (Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs)

This Apple Watch model is my favorite and I use it daily - right now, it's over 30% off

Local LLMs versus offline Wikipedia

The Best Protein Bar: 5 Dietitians Explain Which Ingredients to Look For

Here’s how to save on a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 preorder

Apple's latest AirPods models are still at their lowest price ever - get them while the deal lasts

Fibonacci(50) as a Fractal Sequence Diagram

I'm Rebelling Against the Algorithm

I changed 12 settings on my Apple TV to instantly improve the performance

The OnePlus 12 was already our favorite Android deal - and now it's $300 off

ICE is getting unprecedented access to Medicaid data

The Laws That Changed the Jedi and Republic Forever

ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data

The best free email marketing software of 2025: Expert tested

You can save $150 on the OnePlus 13 right now - but hurry, because this deal won't last long

Key Home Energy Tax Credits End This Year. Act Quickly if You're Considering Solar Panels, Experts Say

The Big EV Tax Credit Mystery

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