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Jack Dorsey working on Bluetooth messaging app, Bitchat

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-08-28 10:26:26

Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote in an X post on Sunday night that he spent his weekend creating an app called Bitchat (presumably a combination of the words “bit” and “chat,” and not the other combination of words that it looks like). Bitchat is a messaging app that operates through Bluetooth mesh networks, allowing users to send messages without Wi-Fi or cell reception. Because of Bluetooth’s technical limitations, this kind of app generally only works at a range of around 1

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Bluesky users can customize their notifications, including activity alerts from their favorite accounts

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-08-28 11:18:47

On Monday, Bluesky announced three updates to enhance notifications, allowing users to personalize their experience while decluttering their notification center and reducing unnecessary alerts. The updates include the ability to receive activity notifications for specific accounts, as well as options to adjust notification preferences to control which alerts you receive. For instance, users can choose to be notified only when certain accounts reply to them. Bluesky users can now navigate to Se

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Google may soon let Pixel users remove the search widget’s new AI Mode shortcut (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-28 15:16:37

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google recently added a new shortcut to the Pixel Launcher’s search widget, making it easy for users to launch Search’s AI Mode from the home screen. This new shortcut hasn’t gone down well with users, with many finding it intrusive. Google may soon give users an option to remove the AI Mode shortcut from the search widget. Google recently rolled out an easier way to access Search’s AI Mode. The company added a new AI Mode shortcut to the Pixel Launch

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The iPad cursor gets a fun Mac-inspired feature in iPadOS 26 beta 3

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-08-28 15:32:23

iPadOS 26 beta 3 was just released, and alongside some design updates and new wallpaper options, Apple has given the iPad’s cursor a fun feature inspired by the Mac. iPadOS 26 cursor now supports ‘shake to find’ feature 10 years ago in macOS El Capitan, Apple added a convenient and fun new feature for the system cursor. Shake the cursor back and forth rapidly and it would enlarge, making it easier to locate. This “shake to find” feature comes in handy when you’re not sure where your cursor i

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I'm not losing sleep over Elon Musk's political ambitions

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-28 13:01:16

Just a month after his explosive fallout with Donald Trump, Elon Musk is floating the idea of forming his own political party. In a poll on X, 1.24 million of his followers voted, with 65.4 percent saying they would like to see such a thing happen. The America Party would offer “independence” from a political system Musk says is too focused on “waste & graft.” Like so many things Musk says, it’s not worth paying too much attention to unless he puts his money where his mouth is. But, also like so

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How Meta's new AI chatbot could strike up a conversation with you

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-08-28 15:41:05

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Despite a major usage and monetization gap, Meta, like many AI companies, is going all in on AI chatbots -- even giving them the ability to strike up a conversation with you, unprompted. According to a report from Business Insider published last week, leaked documents indicate the company is now building AI chatbots that proactively initiate conversations with users. The new feature is intended to boost user engagement and retention at a time when many leading t

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New sphere-packing record stems from an unexpected source

news.ycombinator.com Joseph Howlett 2025-08-28 15:19:13

The advantage of Rogers’ method was that you didn’t have to start with a particularly efficient lattice to get an efficient sphere packing. You just had to choose the right ellipsoid. But this introduced a new complication. Unlike a sphere, which is completely defined by a single number — its radius — an ellipsoid is defined by several axes of different lengths. The higher the dimension, the greater the number of directions you can stretch your ellipsoid in, and the more options you have for wha

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The Chinese EV Carmaker That Is Quietly Crushing Tesla

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-28 13:45:47

While Tesla’s struggles dominate the headlines, a quieter but more significant story is unfolding: Chinese electric vehicle makers are on a tear. For the second consecutive quarter, Elon Musk’s Tesla has seen its sales decline, a stark contrast to the booming growth reported by rivals like BYD and NIO Inc, who are steadily gaining market share and widening their lead. The second-quarter sales numbers paint a bleak picture for the American EV pioneer. Tesla delivered 384,122 vehicles worldwide,

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‘Killer Bee’ Swarm Spotted Near Georgia, Raising Alarms

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-08-28 15:50:08

A small county in Georgia may be facing a “killer bee” invasion. The Africanized bee is the common honeybee’s aggressive, lethal cousin. They look just like honeybees, but this hybrid between European and African honeybees is infamous among beekeepers for ganging up and attacking intruders—bee or human—earning them the nickname “killer bee.” Africanized bees arrived on U.S. soil in the 1990s and have since been spotted across parts of the southern U.S. But this latest sighting of so-called kil

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Starlink’s In-Flight Wi-Fi Is Faster Than Its Home Internet Speeds: Here’s Why

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-28 14:00:00

Starlink is nearly twice as fast as any other in-flight Wi-Fi option, according to the latest report by the speed test site Ookla. (Disclaimer: Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.) The satellite internet company from SpaceX clocked median download speeds of 152 megabits per second and upload speeds of 24Mbps. That means that Starlink’s speeds in the air are faster than some internet providers on the ground. Those download and upload speeds were nearly twice as fast a

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Trump and Congress finalize law that could hurt your Wi-Fi

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-28 15:33:28

The Federal Communications Commission has regained its authority to hold spectrum auctions and could use that power to take spectrum away from Wi-Fi networks and license it to mobile carriers AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. As we previously wrote, the Senate budget bill pitched by Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called for at least 800 MHz to be auctioned and allowed part of it to be taken from the 6 GHz band that's being used to boost speeds in the new generation of Wi-Fi networks. The House previously voted

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Jack Dorsey launches a WhatsApp messaging rival built on Bluetooth

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2025-08-28 19:26:10

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies during a remote video hearing held by subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on "Social Media's Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation" in Washington, March 25, 2021. Block CEO Jack Dorsey spent the weekend building Bitchat, a new decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging app that works entirely over Bluetooth mesh networks, with no internet, central servers, phone numbers or emails required. The Twitter co-founder

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Qantas is being extorted in recent data-theft cyberattack

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-28 19:02:02

Qantas has confirmed that it is now being extorted by threat actors following a cyberattack that potentially exposed the data for 6 million customers. "A potential cyber criminal has made contact, and we are currently working to validate this," Qantas shared in an updated statement. "As this is a criminal matter, we have engaged the Australian Federal Police and won't be commenting any further on the details of the contact." Qantas disclosed the attack on July 1st, stating it detected unusual

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'Batavia' Windows spyware campaign targets dozens of Russian orgs

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-28 23:48:39

A previously undocumented spyware called ‘Batavia’ has been targeting large industrial enterprises in Russia in a phishing email campaign that uses contract-related lures. The researchers believe the operation has been active since at least last year in July and is ongoing. Based on telemetry data, the phishing emails delivering Batavia have reached employees at several dozen Russian organizations have been targeted. Since January 2025, the campaign has increased in intensity and peaked toward

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CPU-X: CPU-Z for Linux

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-28 20:52:51

CPU-X is a Free software that gathers information on CPU, motherboard and more. Download

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Dyson, techno-centric design and social consumption

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-28 21:45:15

7th July 2025 As a design engineer I’ve spent plenty of time mulling over what ‘good’ design is. The question is complex and is a starting point for reflecting on our role as designers, how design should interact with society and what even constitutes design! I recently visited the Glasgow Zine Festival and picked up a wee zine about one man’s hatred of James Dyson, which has inspired me to put some of my own thoughts on the topic down in words. I'm going to focus on formal design elements but

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Tesla Is Losing the EV War to Chinese Carmakers

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-28 23:45:47

While Tesla’s struggles dominate the headlines, a quieter but more significant story is unfolding: Chinese electric vehicle makers are on a tear. For the second consecutive quarter, Elon Musk’s Tesla has seen its sales decline, a stark contrast to the booming growth reported by rivals like BYD and NIO Inc, who are steadily gaining market share and widening their lead. The second-quarter sales numbers paint a bleak picture for the American EV pioneer. Tesla delivered 384,122 vehicles worldwide,

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feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-08-26 13:00:30

Ione Wells explores the search for Chile's stolen children, decades after they were taken during the country's military dictatorship, and asks if tech can help families find answers. More

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Apple’s newest AI study unlocks street navigation for blind users

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-08-29 03:19:28

There’s no shortage of rumors about Apple’s plans to release camera-equipped wearables. And while it’s easy to get fatigued by yet another wave of upcoming AI-powered hardware, one powerful use case often gets lost in the shuffle: accessibility. SceneScout, a new research prototype from Apple and Columbia University, isn’t a wearable. Yet. But it hints at what AI could eventually unlock for blind and low-vision users. As Apple’s and Columbia University’s researchers explain it: People who are

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Solving Wordle with uv's dependency resolver

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-27 11:28:30

Introduction In a previous life, I wrote a Sudoku solver that relied on Poetry's dependency resolver. We ended up selling that startup to EDB (not because of the Poetry hack), which means that they now own this IP. And, since then, Python packaging has advanced, with uv taking the world by storm. This means that it's time for a refresh. Can we use uv instead of Poetry? And can we solve a Wordle instead of a Sudoku? For the impatient: you can get the solver from my GitHub. Run uv run main.py r

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This 65W Ugreen Charger Block with 4 Outputs is 40% Off, Amazon Is Almost Giving It Away

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-29 03:02:20

Prime Day is the most wonderful time of the year if you happen to need to do some shopping, and chargers / power banks are among the top-sellers on Amazon, year after year. If you’ve been in looking for a block charger that can charge several devices at once, the Ugreen 65W charger block is currently selling at an all-time low. For a limited time, you can pick up this well-reviewed charger for only $25, down from its usual price of $43 (40% off). This outstanding offer is available to both Prim

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You Could Be Getting a US-Only Replacement TikTok App Ahead of Possible September Sale

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-29 02:01:00

TikTok owner ByteDance is working on a new US-only version of its popular vertical video app that would replace the current one ahead of a September deadline for the Chinese company to divest ownership in the US, The Information reports. Citing anonymous sources, the site reports that the new app, codenamed "M2" would launch on Sept. 5 and would require users in the US to switch from the existing app to the new one. President Donald Trump recently extended a deadline for the owner to sell off i

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F1 in Britain: Terrible English summer weather equals entertaining race

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-29 03:04:56

The heat dome that has been oppressing much of Europe seems to have largely ignored the British Isles. Not a drop of rain marred the 24 hour races at Le Mans, the Nürburgring, or Spa-Francorchamps, held unusually over consecutive weekends this June. Similarly, last weekend's Austrian Grand Prix took place under scorching skies that were baking the Tyrolean mountains. No such luck for the vast crowds at Silverstone attending the British Grand Prix this past weekend, who definitely needed their wa

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Threads is nearing X’s daily app users, new data shows

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-08-29 03:41:32

Instagram Threads is close to catching up to top competitor X in terms of mobile app users, according to new data from market intelligence provider Similarweb. In June 2025, Threads’ mobile app for iOS and Android saw 115.1 million daily active users, representing 127.8% year-over-year growth; X reached 132 million daily actives, as its year-over-year growth declined by 15.2%. By comparison, decentralized social network Bluesky grew a sizable 372.5% year-over-year as of June, but its worldwide

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5 ways to be great AI agent manager, according to business leaders

zdnet.com Mark Samuels 2025-08-29 07:16:03

akinbostanci/Getty Microsoft recently said that maximizing AI and agents' performance involves learning about management concerns, including delegating, iterating, prompting, and refining the technology. The tech giant's research suggested that the requirement for someone to manage these teams of AIs has led to the evolution of a new role, the agent boss, who is responsible for the best performance of these fast-emerging technologies. Also: 4 questions to ask yourself before betting on AI in

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If You Love LEGO, the Star Wars Millennium Falcon Is at a Record Low Price for Prime Day

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-29 07:25:12

LEGO sets have become a true phenomenon during events like Prime Day and Black Friday, mainly because these sales are often the only times you’ll see real discounts on the most popular models. This year, Amazon is offering record low prices on LEGO’s two biggest franchises: Star Wars and Harry Potter. Among the top sellers, the LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon A New Hope 25th Anniversary model is one of the most demanded sets. It’s inexpensive, enjoyable to construct, readily recognizable and a

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Apple appeals 500 million euro EU fine over App Store policies

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2025-08-29 11:39:37

Two young men stand inside a shopping mall in front of a large illuminated Apple logo seen through a window in Chongqing, China, on June 4, 2025. Apple on Monday appealed what it called an "unprecedented" 500 million euro ($586 million) fine issued by the European Union for violating the bloc's Digital Markets Act. "As our appeal will show, the EC [European Commission] is mandating how we run our store and forcing business terms which are confusing for developers and bad for users," the compan

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You’ve Never Seen the Legendary Marshall Speaker This Cheap, Amazon Is Clearing Stock for Prime Day

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-29 11:10:08

Amazon is looking to break all of its sales records during this Prime Day, and to achieve this, it’s cutting prices on its best-selling items. To take advantage of these deals, you’ll either have to be a Prime member or sign up for the 30-day free trial to be able to take advantage of the offers. If a good-sounding Bluetooth home speaker is what you’re looking for, Marshall has made a name for itself as a great place to get terrific sound along with iconic design. The Marshall Acton III Bluetoo

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When Figma starts designing us

news.ycombinator.com Rune Madsen 2025-08-28 13:38:27

I first encountered Figma in 2013, when Dylan Field demoed an early prototype to me at O’Reilly’s Foo Camp. I remember the pen tool feeling surprisingly elegant, but I missed the bigger picture: the radical implications of a design tool that ran in the browser. A decade later, Figma is a core part of our creative process, and without it, we wouldn't have been able to build a fully remote design practice. That’s probably why Dylan is a near-billionaire and I’m not. However, over the course of th

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Apple appeals EU’s €500M fine over App Store payment restraints

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-08-29 15:47:57

In Brief Apple on Monday filed an appeal against the EU’s decision to fine the company €500 million (about $580 million) for not complying with rules that mandate companies to let developers steer users outside the App Store for making purchases, according to multiple reports. The European Commission issued the fine in April, saying that Apple failed to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules to allow developers to accept payments for their apps outside Apple’s ecosystem. Apple revise

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Jack Dorsey working on Bluetooth messaging app, Bitchat

Bluesky users can customize their notifications, including activity alerts from their favorite accounts

Google may soon let Pixel users remove the search widget’s new AI Mode shortcut (APK teardown)

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How Meta's new AI chatbot could strike up a conversation with you

New sphere-packing record stems from an unexpected source

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Qantas is being extorted in recent data-theft cyberattack

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Apple’s newest AI study unlocks street navigation for blind users

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You’ve Never Seen the Legendary Marshall Speaker This Cheap, Amazon Is Clearing Stock for Prime Day

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