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How to Watch One of the Most Dazzling Meteor Showers of the Year

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-01-12 05:09:36

Skywatchers are in for a treat: The Perseid meteor shower—one of the brightest and most active of the year—is about to hit its peak, according to the American Meteor Society. The Perseids are an annual meteor shower that started in July, but astronomers expect the light show to be at its best between the evening hours of August 12 through to August 13. Famous for its typically high volume of swift, bright meteors, these burning space rocks leave long streaks of colorful light across the night s

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Screw Foldables: Lenovo’s Rollable ThinkBook Proves There Are Better Uses for Flexible Screens

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2026-01-12 05:10:25

With a buzz and a whirl, my laptop begins to unfurl. In less than six seconds after the press of a button, my petit 14-inch ThinkBook stands erect over my desk with a taller 16.7-inch display. There is literally nothing else like Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable, and that’s partially why it costs a whopping $3,300. And you know what? There are few things cooler in laptop world than watching your screen expand from its original size. When you’re dropping a hefty chunk of change on a laptop

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Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part — what happens when doctors don’t notice?

theverge.com Hayden Field 2026-01-12 04:00:00

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Scenario: A radiologist is looking at your brain scan and flags an abnormality in the basal ganglia. It’s an area of the brain that helps you with motor control, learning, and emotional processing. The name sounds a bit like another part of

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Amazon is gutting its Wondery podcast studio

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-12 05:20:51

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Amazon is splitting up its Wondery podcast studio just four years after acquiring it, as first reported by Bloomberg. As part of the change, the studio will shed around 110 employees, while Wondery CEO Jen Sargent will leave the company. In a statement to The V

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Alienware’s AW2725Q 4K OLED gaming monitor is down to its lowest price ever at Amazon

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2026-01-12 05:41:35

If you prefer gaming on a PC instead of consoles, you should hook it up to a display that can support playing games at higher frame rates for a smoother experience. Most gaming monitors require you to choose between prioritizing resolution or fidelity, but you get both with Alienware’s AW2725Q. The 26.7-inch 4K OLED display has a refresh rate of 240Hz, with just .03ms of latency (lag), so fast-paced games should look smooth instead of stuttering — so long as you have the graphics power to suppor

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OpenAI says ChatGPT is on track to reach 700M weekly users

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-01-12 05:25:13

ChatGPT’s impressive growth as a consumer app continues as the chatbot is on track to hit 700 million weekly active users this week, the company says. The app had earlier reached 500 million weekly active users as of the end of March, noted Nick Turley, OpenAI VP and head of ChatGPT’s app, in a post on X. He also said the app has grown 4x since last year. “Every day, people and teams are learning, creating, and solving harder problems. Big week ahead. Grateful to the team for making ChatGPT mo

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AI engineers reject Meta's $1.5 billion offers to build on their own terms

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2026-01-12 08:03:00

Editor's take: As Big Tech and industry leaders dig ever deeper into their war chests to recruit AI talent, a profound question is emerging: Can money alone win the battle for the minds building tomorrow's most powerful technologies? Recent events suggest that, for a growing number of engineers and researchers, the answer is increasingly, and resoundingly, no. While not in the majority, many engineers are choosing to pass up unprecedented offers in favor of staying loyal to their mission, value

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Samsung unveils the Odyssey G75F: a 37-inch 4K VA monitor for around $1,000

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2026-01-12 08:46:00

What just happened? There are so many similarly specced monitors these days that we rarely see "world firsts" anymore. However, Samsung is claiming that title with yet another new Odyssey, which it says is the first-ever 37-inch 4K display. The Odyssey G7 G75F joins Samsung's increasingly long list of Odyssey monitors, but it's the first monitor ever to combine a 37-inch panel with a 4K (3840x2160) resolution, according to the company. It's rare to see a 37-inch monitor – 32 inches tends to be

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Google is making Android’s touchpad controls more like a desktop OS

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-12 10:29:58

Paul Jones / Android Authority TL;DR To improve Android’s capabilities on laptops and tablets, Google is adding more advanced touchpad settings. An upcoming update introduces a customizable three-finger tap gesture for actions like launching Gemini, going home, or middle-clicking. Later versions will expand on this by letting you map the gesture to open any app and will also add a toggle for touchpad acceleration. Last month, Google revealed it plans to combine Chrome OS and Android into a s

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Leaker shares iPhone 17 Air battery images with steel case [U]

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-08 20:20:00

In a little over one month, Apple will unveil its ultra-thin new iPhone 17 Air model. And today, leaker Majin Bu shared a look at what’s said to be the battery component of the new device. Update: A day after Majin Bu’s post went live, it was updated with an important correction: the photos were of the iPhone 17 Pro battery, not the 17 Air. Otherwise, details remained the same. Our original article is detailed below. First look at alleged iPhone 17 Air battery Today on his website, leaker Maj

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Spotify is getting more expensive for a lot of subscribers around the world

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-01-12 10:15:27

The price for streaming ad-free music is about to increase for Spotify subscribers in several markets around the world, according to the company. Spotify announced plans to increase prices in “multiple markets” on Monday, although customers in the United States are spared for now. The company is informing subscribers in impacted markets where it will “update […] prices” via email, according to its post today. “Over the next month, Premium subscribers in multiple markets across South Asia, the

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Apple’s new brain-controlled iPhone, iPad tech revealed in video

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-12 10:16:33

Earlier this year Apple shared early details of its forthcoming plans to support brain-controlled technology for iPhone, iPad, and more. Now, a new video has been published showing the first live demonstration of the tech. New video shows iPad user controlling device with his thoughts Apple has long been at the forefront of prioritizing accessibility across its various devices. And the latest initiative on that front is especially cutting edge. As was first detailed this spring, iOS 26, iPadO

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New Apple TV+ movie is NYC crime thriller with Denzel Washington, here’s the trailer

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-12 10:58:52

Apple TV+ has a packed fall on the way, including several highly anticipated movie debuts. Now, one of those films—Highest 2 Lowest—has premiered a trailer showing what to expect from the Denzel Washington crime thriller. Highest 2 Lowest is the next film hitting Apple TV+ Denzel Washington and Spike Lee have a long, storied history of collaboration, and their latest team-up is Highest 2 Lowest, the very next film hitting Apple TV+. Highest 2 Lowest will start streaming for Apple TV+ subscrib

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The Razer Kishi Ultra controller drops to a new record low of $95

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-12 10:35:57

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . A mobile gaming controller into which you can slot your phone — or even a tablet — is a great option to play your favorite titles on the go without the need for a dedicated console or handheld PC. Razer makes one of the better-known premium options in the form of the Kishi Ultra, and n

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New Plague Linux malware stealthily maintains SSH access

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-12 10:42:06

A newly discovered Linux malware, which has evaded detection for over a year, allows attackers to gain persistent SSH access and bypass authentication on compromised systems. Nextron Systems security researchers, who identified the malware and dubbed it "Plague," describe it as a malicious Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) that uses layered obfuscation techniques and environment tampering to avoid detection by traditional security tools. This malware features anti-debugging capabilities to

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The Toyota Corolla of programming

news.ycombinator.com Adrian Kosmaczewski 2026-01-12 09:49:00

In 1995, an otherwise unknown software developer released the first version of a new scripting language whose explicit aim was to make applications for this new platform called “The World Wide Web”. After starting as a small project, and thanks to the crazy dot-com years, it grew dramatically to become one of the most widely used programming languages of all time. After some stumbling first steps, it eventually got some sort of standardization in 1997, even reluctantly including some OOP feature

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Scientists shine a laser through a human head

news.ycombinator.com Velvet Wu 2026-01-12 09:07:18

For the most part, anyone who wants to see what’s going on inside someone else’s brain has to make a tradeoff when it comes to which tools to use. The electroencephalograph (EEG) is cheap and portable, but can’t read much past the outer layers of the brain, while the alternative, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), is expensive and the size of a room, but can go deeper. Now, a research group in Glasgow has come up with a mechanism that could one day provide the depth of fMRI using equi

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Apple Really Needs to Launch a Foldable iPhone Flip in September

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-12 09:00:04

Apple's iPhone 17 is expected to launch in a matter of weeks at its September event. From upgraded cameras to AI improvements in iOS 26, the new iPhone lineup is expected to get a host of new features. But the long-rumored foldable iPhone Flip isn't expected to be part of this year's launch. Most Android phone-makers, including Samsung, Google, Motorola, OnePlus, Xiaomi and Honor, have been selling folding devices for years now, and it's beginning to feel like Apple is late to the party. That mi

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Disney Lorcana's Newest Super Rare Card Gives Your Aliens a Big Boost

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

I’m lucky here at CNET to get an early look at some of the new Disney Lorcana cards -- and sometimes, I get to share them with you. Disney Lorcana is one of the best card games available right now and one of my favorites to play with a group of friends when you're feeling a little tired of gaming. Every quarter, a new set is released, and with the last set, Reign of Jafar, in the rearview, we’re looking forward to the newest set, Fabled. Fabled, or set nine, includes a lot of reprinted cards fr

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Idaho has become the wild frontier of vaccination policy and public health

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-12 10:19:40

Some 280,000 people live in the five northernmost counties of Idaho. One of the key public officials responsible for their health is Thomas Fletcher, a retired radiologist who lives on a 160-acre farm near Sandpoint. Fletcher grew up in Texas and moved to Idaho in 2016, looking for a place where he could live a rural life alongside likeminded conservatives. In 2022, he joined the seven-member board of health of the Panhandle Health District, the regional public health authority, and he was appo

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8 Best Handheld Gaming Consoles (2025), Tested and Reviewed

wired.com Brad Bourque 2026-01-12 10:00:00

Alternatives These aren't our top picks, but are still handheld options we'd recommend over others. MSI Claw 8 AI+ for $1,000: MSI has had a roller-coaster few years with its handheld game consoles, but all the deeply broken and flawed hardware has finally led to the Claw 8 AI+, which is a powerful entry. The hardware is beautiful, the button layout is well-done and ergonomic, despite the large size, and performance has been great. I've enjoyed failing miserably in Sekiro and have collected fa

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Why tech is racing to adopt AI coding

theverge.com Casey Newton 2026-01-12 10:00:00

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Casey Newton, founder and editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. I’ll be guest hosting the next few episodes of Decoder while Nilay is out on parental leave, and I’m very excited for what we have planned. If you’ve followed my work at all, particularly when I was a reporter at The Verge, you’ll know that I’m a total productivity nerd. At their best, productivity apps are the way we turn technological advancement into human

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AI interview bots spark backlash from frustrated job applicants

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2026-01-12 15:22:00

The big picture: As more employers turn to AI to manage overburdened recruiting pipelines, the debate about its merits – and drawbacks – continues. Some job-seekers opt out of opportunities altogether when robots come calling. Others, resigned to the new normal, accept these digital gatekeepers to find work. Both sides, for now, seem likely to remain divided as the hiring process rapidly evolves. As employers increasingly automate their recruitment processes, job interviews themselves are under

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Legal AI startup Harvey hits $100 million in annual recurring revenue

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2026-01-12 15:00:01

Artificial intelligence startup Harvey on Monday announced it has reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue, or ARR, just three years after its launch. Harvey runs an AI-powered legal platform for lawyers at law firms and large corporations. Its technology can help with legal research, drafting and diligence projects, and the company is also building industry-specific use cases. Winston Weinberg, co-founder and CEO of Harvey, said the startup's ARR milestone has largely been driven by u

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Tired of Google Home not working? This new change will make you furious

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-12 15:11:23

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is updating names for certain voice options for Gemini-powered Assistant on Google Nest and Home smart devices. Some of these names are now simpler and easier to recall. These changes do not reflect Google’s plans to fix the ongoing reliability issues with Google Assistant on Home-affiliated smart devices. Google Assistant on Nest and other Google Home devices has been a mess lately, displaying a steadily declining perception of voice commands

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Apple plans to give iPhone an Ultra Retina XDR display: report

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-12 15:41:23

We’re about a month away from the unveiling of Apple’s new iPhone 17 lineup. But today, a new report from The Elec shares about a big display upgrade in the works for a future iPhone model. Tandem OLED from M4 iPad Pro in the plans for future iPhone Last year when the M4 iPad Pro launched, it came with Apple’s first Ultra Retina XDR display. Apple called it “the world’s most advanced display.” Now, it seems the tandem OLED tech powering that advancement could be brought to the iPhone next. T

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Do LLMs identify fonts?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-07 21:56:24

Spoiler: not really dafont.com is a wonderful website that contains a large collection of fonts. It’s more comprehensive and esoteric than Google Fonts. One of its features is a forum where users can ask for help identifying fonts – check out this poor fellow who’s been waiting for over two years and bumped his thread. I thought it would be interesting to see if an LLM could do this task, so I scraped the forum and set up a benchmark. I implemented this as a live benchmark. By this I mean that

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Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers

news.ycombinator.com Emma Burleigh 2026-01-12 09:04:20

The next time you get buttoned-up and sit down for a long-awaited job interview, you might not find a human on the other end of the call. Instead, job-hunters are now joining Zoom meetings only to be greeted by AI interviewers. Candidates tell Fortune they’re either confused, intrigued, or straight-up dejected when the robotic, faceless bots join the calls. “Looking for a job right now is so demoralizing and soul-sucking, that to submit yourself to that added indignity is just a step too far,”

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Scientists Shine a Laser Through a Human Head

news.ycombinator.com Velvet Wu 2026-01-12 15:07:18

For the most part, anyone who wants to see what’s going on inside someone else’s brain has to make a tradeoff when it comes to which tools to use. The electroencephalograph (EEG) is cheap and portable, but can’t read much past the outer layers of the brain, while the alternative, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), is expensive and the size of a room, but can go deeper. Now, a research group in Glasgow has come up with a mechanism that could one day provide the depth of fMRI using equi

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The ‘Epstein files’ implosion bleeds into foreign policy

theverge.com Tina Nguyen 2026-01-10 06:00:00

While the summer doldrums have hit Washington, the MAGA influencers can never truly go on vacation, especially if they’ve spent their careers promising to reveal the truth about Jeffrey Epstein. Although their politicians are now in power, they’re getting stonewalled, and in the absence of juicy “Epstein files” to feed to their audiences, a new maelstrom of discontent is brewing, one that implicates much more than allegations about a pedophile’s sex trafficking ring. The complex rift around Dona

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