GoKawiil - Latest Tech News & Aggregated Headlines

Prime Minister of Sweden Dragged for Admitting He Uses ChatGPT to Help Him Make Decisions

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2026-01-08 04:50:31

Futurists concerned that we are gliding into an AI-fueled dystopia wherein the human race acquiesces its ethical, decision-making, and intellectual powers to a gaggle of corporate algorithms need look no further than Ulf Kristersson to justify their fears. Kristersson, who happens to be the prime minister of Sweden, recently admitted during a Nordic news site that he sometimes asks ChatGPT for a “second opinion” when it comes to his governance strategies. “I use it myself quite often,” Krister

Topics: ai chatbot chatgpt kristersson need

Shop Amazon

Hulu to Fully Combine With Disney Plus and Expand Globally: What We Know So Far

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-07 18:33:00

More than a year after launching its "Hulu on Disney Plus experience" in the US, Disney announced plans Wednesday to completely integrate Hulu into its Disney Plus streaming service. Additionally, Hulu will become available internationally once the merger happens next year, the company shared in its third-quarter earnings report. The Hulu tile was added to Disney Plus in March 2024, allowing subscribers who have both services to watch Hulu content within the Disney Plus app. The Walt Disney Co.

Topics: app disney hulu new plus

Shop Amazon

You Can Still See Bright Fireballs During the Perseids Meteor Shower

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-08 04:07:00

Skygazers rejoice, the summer isn't finished with delivering dazzling meteor showers. The last week of July saw dueling meteor showers taking over the sky, but the most popular meteor shower of the year won't hit its peak until next week. The Perseids meteor shower is about to give you a real light show, provided you're far enough away from light pollution to see it. Perseids are known for their bright fireballs and plentiful meteors. The show started on July 17, and will run through Aug. 23.

Topics: meteor meteors peak perseids shower

Shop Amazon

Apple Commits $100 Billion More Toward US Manufacturing

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-08 04:20:00

Apple says it's increasing its investment in US production by another $100 billion over the next four years. The company said Wednesday in a wide-ranging announcement that was leaked early by the White House that it will expand to $600 billion total its commitment to hire more US workers and expand some of its manufacturing across 10 states. Apple CEO Tim Cook joined President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to unveil its American Manufacturing Program, which includes plans for 10

Topics: apple iphone manufacturing said trump

Shop Amazon

Trump threatens 100 percent tariff on computer chips with a gigantic loophole

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2026-01-08 05:25:28

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. In the very first week of his presidency, Donald Trump vowed to force silicon manufacturing back to the United States by making processors more expensive, a threat he’s repeated since. Is he finally going through with that plan? Trump just announced he’

Topics: building chips states tariff trump

Shop Amazon

iOS 26 gives AirPods charging case a new, expanded lighting system

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-08 10:04:25

It’s become common for AirPods to get new features with each major version of iOS. That’s true with iOS 26, especially for AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4. But it seems iOS 26 also introduces a rarity: an update to how the AirPods charging case works. One of iOS 26’s new AirPods-related features involves the battery. There are new charging notifications that let you know when you should charge, and when your AirPods are fully charged. These are similar to existing Dynamic Island battery indicators,

Topics: airpods case charging ios new

Shop Amazon

Apple launches the ‘American Manufacturing Program,’ with a new $100B commitment to the US

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-08 10:12:21

Apple just announced a new “$100 billion commitment to America”, which includes plans to move the manufacturing of all of the cover glass for iPhone and Apple Watch to the U.S. Here are the details. Apple’s investment in the U.S. to reach $600 billion over the next four years As Apple investors certainly noticed today, the company’s stock spent most of the day riding on a +5% bump on the news that CEO Tim Cook would join President Donald Trump in the Oval Office to announce a new investment in

Topics: apple iphone manufacturing new trump

Shop Amazon

Video Games Weekly: Censorship and stolen puritanical valor

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-07 08:42:20

Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related topics from me, Jess Conditt, a reporter who's covered the industry for more than 13 years. The second contains the video game stories from the past week that you need to know about, including some headlines from outside of Engadget. Please enjoy — and I'll see you next week. Let’s all agree to stop

Topics: game games io itch steam

Shop Amazon

RedOctane relaunches and will continue to make new rhythm games

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-08 10:18:16

RedOctane Games is back and ready to make more rhythm games. The studio announced its re-launch today and said it is already in production on its first title. Charles and Kai Huang, who co-founded the original RedOctane back in 1999 and launched the Guitar Hero franchise, will serve on a special advisory board for the new company. The first RedOctane was acquired by Activision in 2006 and shuttered in 2010. The team is small, but it has some heavy-hitters from the rhythm game world. Its head of

Topics: company games guitar hero redoctane

Shop Amazon

Converting Existing Users to systemd-homed

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 21:00:51

Traditionally on most Linux distributions, regular (human) users are managed via entries in /etc/passwd , /etc/shadow , /etc/group and /etc/gshadow . With the advent of systemd-homed it might be desirable to convert an existing, traditional user account to a systemd-homed managed one. Below is a brief guide how to do that. Before continuing, please read up on these basic concepts: This is a manual process, and possibly a bit fragile. Hence, do this at your own risk, read up beforehand, and mak

Topics: foobar group home passwd user

Shop Amazon

Analyzing Control Flow More Like a Human [video]

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-08 10:26:04

Time and Location Date: Wednesday, August 6 Wednesday, August 6 Time: 1:00-2:00PM 1:00-2:00PM Location: Luddy Hall 1104 Abstract Control-flow analysis has been around for over four decades. Over this time period, the typical formulation has remained essentially an exhaustive analysis over whole programs—an analyzer ingests an entire higher-order program and produces a flow fact for each point therein. An alternative approach is demand-driven. Implementing this approach, an analyzer allows t

Topics: analyzer approach august flow time

Shop Amazon

The Bluesky Dictionary

news.ycombinator.com Avi Bagla 2026-01-08 09:43:08

The Bluesky Dictionary Can Bluesky say every word in the English language?

Topics: bluesky dictionary english language say

Shop Amazon

The new shape of Mixxx 3.0 – take part in the future of Open Source DJing

news.ycombinator.com Antoine Colombier 2026-01-08 10:29:30

Announcing the new shape of Mixxx 3.0 - take part in the future of Open Source DJing We are thrilled to announce an exciting new chapter in the evolution of Mixxx. We are embarking on a comprehensive redesign of the Mixxx user interface, transitioning from QWidget to QML. This significant update aims to enhance customization, improve performance, and ensure better accessibility for a variety of hardware, including tablets and touchscreen laptops, but also to users with vision deficiency thanks

Topics: experience help mixxx new qml

Shop Amazon

Litestar is worth a look

news.ycombinator.com James Bennett 2026-01-08 08:43:01

Litestar is worth a look Published on: August 6, 2025 Django, Python A few years ago at work, I had a project which offered an opportunity to look at the new generation of async-first, type-hint-driven Python web frameworks. For reasons which aren’t particularly relevant today, on that project I ended up choosing Litestar, which is the one that doesn’t have a ravenous all-consuming hype machine surrounding it. And I’m very glad I did, because today I’m more convinced than ever it was the right

Topics: django like litestar pydantic sqlalchemy

Shop Amazon

OpenAI Really Wants the U.S. Government to Use ChatGPT

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2026-01-08 10:10:35

OpenAI just struck a deal to give every federal executive branch agency access to ChatGPT Enterprise over the next year for just $1. In a blog post, OpenAI said the deal is meant to advance a key pillar of the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan by making advanced AI tools widely available across the federal government to cut down on paperwork and bureaucracy. The White House unveiled the plan in July, outlining efforts to accelerate AI adoption, expand data center infrastructure, and promote

Topics: ai chatgpt government openai trump

Shop Amazon

You Can Now Watch ‘Wednesday’ Season 2’s Haunting Stop-Motion Short

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2026-01-08 10:30:13

There’s a special spooky treat for stop-motion animation fans embedded within season two of Wednesday: a short that’s another visual dazzler from the mind of Tim Burton. When Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) joins the Nevermore Academy ranks, he and his roomie Eugene (Moosa Mostafa) get to know about the lore of the school’s haunted tree from their dorm RA. In an attempt to scare the young monsters, Ajax (Georgie Farmer) regales them with the tragedy of a brilliant but twisted mind, an outcast who repla

Topics: burton season short tree wednesday

Shop Amazon

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 7, #1510

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-08 09:00:04

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Wordle puzzle wasn't too tough. It's a fairly easiy-to-guess word, and none of the letters are very rare. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on. Today's Wordle hin

Topics: answer aug hint today wordle

Shop Amazon

Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 7 #522

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-08 09:00:07

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle isn't that simple of a topic. The spangram especially confused me. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you

Topics: hints puzzle strands today words

Shop Amazon

Researchers Seize Control of Smart Homes With Malicious Gemini AI Prompts

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-08 09:44:54

Recent reports and demonstrations from the Black Hat computer-security conference have shown how outside Gemini AI prompts, dubbed promptware, could fool the AI and force it to control Google Home-connected smart devices. That's an issue for Google, which has been working to add Gemini features to its Google Home app and replace Google Assistant with the new AI helper. The secret to these serious vulnerabilities is how Gemini is designed to respond to basic commands in English. Demonstrations s

Topics: ai gemini google home new

Shop Amazon

Shopify stock soars 21% on rosy guidance as CFO says tariff hit 'did not materialize'

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2026-01-08 15:02:51

The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, on Sept. 28, 2018. Shopify shares soared 21% on Wednesday after the company topped analysts' estimates for the second quarter, and gave rosy guidance for the third quarter. Here's how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share: 35 cents adjusted vs. 29 cents 35 cents adjusted vs. 29 cents Revenue: $2.68 billion vs. $2.55 billion Second-quarter sales surged 31% year over ye

Topics: company guidance quarter shopify year

Shop Amazon

AMD stock slumps 6% on earnings miss, China AI chip concerns

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-08 15:08:26

Lisa Su, president and CEO of AMD, talks about the AMD EPYC processor during a keynote address at the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., January 9, 2019. Shares of Advanced Micro Devices slumped more than 6% after the chipmaker's earnings fell short of earnings expectations and raised concerns about the timing of a restart in China shipments. The Santa Clara, California-based company reported adjusted earnings of 48 cents per share, falling short of the 49 cents per share expected by analyst

Topics: analysts china company said su

Shop Amazon

OpenAI is giving ChatGPT to the government for $1

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2026-01-08 11:29:51

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors' "Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference" at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2025. OpenAI on Wednesday announced it will offer its ChatGPT Enterprise product to U.S. federal agencies for $1 through the next year, making its technology available to the federal executive branch workforce at "essentially no cost." The company has been working to deepen its ties to lawmak

Topics: access chatgpt company federal openai

Shop Amazon

DoorDash shares rise on earnings, revenue beat

cnbc.com Ari Levy 2026-01-08 15:37:50

Doordash food delivery service in New York City on Feb. 13, 2025. DoorDash shares climbed about 5% in extended trading on Wednesday after the food delivery company reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the second quarter. Here's how the company did compared to analyst estimates based on LSEG's consensus: Earnings per share : 65 cents vs. 44 cents expected : 65 cents vs. 44 cents expected Revenue: $3.28 billion vs. $3.16 billion expected Revenue jumped 25% from $2.63 billion

Topics: billion cents company doordash expected

Shop Amazon

Mathematicians Startled by 17-Year-Old With Uncanny Abilities

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-08 15:05:20

A brilliant teen who honed her skills during the COVID-19 pandemic has solved one of math's most mysterious problems — and in doing so, become a rising star. As Quanta magazine reports, fledgling mathematician Hannah Cairo was just 17 when she disproved the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture, a decades-old proposition — in higher math, it's common for the suggestion that something is true based on observations to become a target for challenging formalized counter-proofs — dealing with waves on surfac

Topics: cairo conjecture math program quanta

Shop Amazon

I hate photo editing, but this leaked Pixel 10 feature may change that

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-08 15:20:52

TL;DR A report claims that the Google Pixel 10 will launch with a new “Conversational Photo Editing” feature. The feature, powered by Gemini, will reportedly allow you to edit your photos by simply typing or saying your requests. Recently, Android Authority found a “Help me edit” feature in Google Photos with a similar premise. The faucet for Google Pixel 10 leaks remains open and free-flowing. After extensive reports revealing the design and specs for the entire Pixel 10 series, the folks at

Topics: conversational editing google photo photos

Shop Amazon

iPhone 17 Air: Seven new features are coming next month

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-08 12:08:00

Next month, the iPhone lineup is getting a brand new model: the iPhone 17 Air. Per various reports, Apple plans to drop its Plus option in favor of an ultra-thin new form factor that could tempt a lot of Pro users. Here are seven features coming to the iPhone 17 Air. Ultra-thin form factor Source: AppleTrack Following the trend started by Apple’s M4 iPad Pro, the iPhone 17 Air’s defining feature will be its thinness. Per Ming-Chi Kuo and various other reports, iPhone 17 Air will be just 5.55

Topics: 17 air apple iphone pro

Shop Amazon

CarPlay in iOS 26 has a new, improved solution for phone calls

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-08 14:43:53

After years of minimal changes, CarPlay is getting a huge update this fall. Among the variety of big and small new features in iOS 26, CarPlay has a much improved solution for how incoming phone calls are handled. New compact view for incoming phone calls won’t get in the way of navigation If you get many phone calls, you’ve likely encountered a dilemma while driving. You’re navigating somewhere, with Maps guiding the way, when a phone call comes in. In some cases, this probably isn’t a big

Topics: calls carplay compact ios phone

Shop Amazon

Apple iPhone 17 event: Release date, launch date, colors and everything else you need to know

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-08 15:05:35

We already know the changes coming to our phones with iOS 26, but we're super excited to see what Apple's newest iPhone 17 lineup will look like. That's still more than a month away — assuming Apple sticks to its usual release schedule — so for now we can speculate what the new phones will look like. As with most unreleased iPhone models, rumors and leaks have trickled in about the hardware side ahead of the official introduction. Here's what we're expecting and what we can reasonably assume we'

Topics: 17 advertisement air apple iphone

Shop Amazon

Researchers hacked Google Gemini to take control of a smart home

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-08 15:19:26

Wired reported on new cybersecurity research that demonstrated a hack of the Google Gemini artificial intelligence assistant. The researchers were able to control connected smart home devices through the use of indirect prompt injections in Google Calendar invites. When a user requested a summary of their calendar and thanked Gemini for the results, the malicious prompt ordered Google's Home AI agent to take actions such as opening windows or turning lights off, as demonstrated in the video abov

Topics: calendar cybersecurity demonstrated google home

Shop Amazon

Apple iOS 26 beta is available: Everything you need to know about the new iPhone update

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-08 15:30:11

The wait for upgrading your iPhone to iOS 26 keeps getting shorter, but we're still over a month out from the release, which is expected this fall. But if you want to start testing out the new features today, you can download and install Apple's public beta, which CEO Tim Cook recently said is (along with the other current beta operating systems) "by far the most popular developer betas we’ve had," 9to5Mac reports. You can also take a look at our preview of the iOS 26 public beta release, which

Topics: 26 apple ios iphone new

Shop Amazon

Latest Tech News

Prime Minister of Sweden Dragged for Admitting He Uses ChatGPT to Help Him Make Decisions

Hulu to Fully Combine With Disney Plus and Expand Globally: What We Know So Far

You Can Still See Bright Fireballs During the Perseids Meteor Shower

Apple Commits $100 Billion More Toward US Manufacturing

Trump threatens 100 percent tariff on computer chips with a gigantic loophole

iOS 26 gives AirPods charging case a new, expanded lighting system

Apple launches the ‘American Manufacturing Program,’ with a new $100B commitment to the US

Video Games Weekly: Censorship and stolen puritanical valor

RedOctane relaunches and will continue to make new rhythm games

Converting Existing Users to systemd-homed

Analyzing Control Flow More Like a Human [video]

The Bluesky Dictionary

The new shape of Mixxx 3.0 – take part in the future of Open Source DJing

Litestar is worth a look

OpenAI Really Wants the U.S. Government to Use ChatGPT

You Can Now Watch ‘Wednesday’ Season 2’s Haunting Stop-Motion Short

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 7, #1510

Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 7 #522

Researchers Seize Control of Smart Homes With Malicious Gemini AI Prompts

Shopify stock soars 21% on rosy guidance as CFO says tariff hit 'did not materialize'

AMD stock slumps 6% on earnings miss, China AI chip concerns

OpenAI is giving ChatGPT to the government for $1

DoorDash shares rise on earnings, revenue beat

Mathematicians Startled by 17-Year-Old With Uncanny Abilities

I hate photo editing, but this leaked Pixel 10 feature may change that

iPhone 17 Air: Seven new features are coming next month

CarPlay in iOS 26 has a new, improved solution for phone calls

Apple iPhone 17 event: Release date, launch date, colors and everything else you need to know

Researchers hacked Google Gemini to take control of a smart home

Apple iOS 26 beta is available: Everything you need to know about the new iPhone update

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising

Latest Tech News

Trending Topics

Hot Now

Popular

Emerging

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising