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The Rise and Fall of the Hanseatic League

news.ycombinator.com Agree Ahmed 2026-01-17 23:36:04

Today, we typically think of coalitions in the context of modern electoral politics. So it might be surprising that one of the greatest case studies in the history of coalitions is a community of medieval German merchants known as the Hansa. Starting as individual traveling traders, the Hansa built up coalitions for collective bargaining, collective action, and collective security. Through this process, they formed Northern Europe’s first ever long-distance trade network. Without corporate str

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How to Watch Australia vs. British & Irish Lions From Anywhere: Stream 2nd Test Rugby Union for Free

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-21 14:00:04

After a gripping first encounter in Brisbane, Australia will be looking to keep their series hopes alive today as the hosts go in search of a vital win against the Lions in the second Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch this match as it happens, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if the game isn't available where you are. The Lions claimed a one-sided 19-27 victory last weekend at Suncorp Stadium, in a matc

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Want to Improve Your iPhone Call Quality? Try This Hidden Feature

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-21 16:00:05

Apple released the first public beta of iOS 26 on July 24, and it brought call screening and more to the iPhone's of developers and beta testers. But you don't need to be a developer or beta tester to use a hidden iPhone feature that can make your calls clearer for the person on the other end. The feature is called Voice Isolation. Apple introduced Voice Isolation in 2023 with iOS 16.4. The tech company added the feature, alongside Wide Spectrum, to FaceTime calls with iOS 15 in 2021, but only

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With Trends Like 'Japanese Walking,' Is Walking Actually Exercise? We Asked Personal Trainers

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-21 16:07:04

You've heard of "hot girl walks," but what about "Japanese walking"? It's also known as interval walking training, and The Washington Post reports that even though this technique is now going viral on TikTok, Japanese walking came about after a 2007, Japan-based study concluded that high-intensity interval walking training may help protect against age-related decreases in muscle strength and peak oxygen uptake as well as increases in blood pressure. A more recent, July 2025 study found that pre

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This aerogel and some sun could make saltwater drinkable

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-21 16:00:52

Earth is about 71 percent water. An overwhelming 97 percent of that water is found in the oceans, leaving us with only 3 percent in the form of freshwater—and much of that is frozen in the form of glaciers. That leaves just 0.3 percent of that freshwater on the surface in lakes, swamps, springs, and our main sources of drinking water, rivers and streams. Despite our planet’s famously blue appearance from space, thirsty aliens would be disappointed. Drinkable water is actually pretty scarce. As

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60 Italian Mayors Want to Be the Unlikely Solution to Self-Driving Cars in Europe

wired.com Antonio Dini 2026-01-21 16:00:00

The future of self-driving cars in Italy it seems needs not only technology but also (possibly above all) political backing. The good news, then, is that more than 60 mayors in Italy have decided to take the field for the cars of the future. On July 14, in the hall of the MEET Digital Culture Center in Milan, Pierfrancesco Maran, a member of the European Parliament for the Italian Democratic Party, launched the Autonomous Driving: Italy in the Front Row initiative, which has backing from admini

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Do You Need a Barbecue Knife?

wired.com Joe Ray 2026-01-21 16:30:00

A while back at my favorite kitchen-gear trade show, I spotted what appeared to be a trending category: barbecue knives. Their distinguishing characteristics seem to be a fairly tall blade, a shape that encourages a wokka-wokka–style rocking motion, and a target audience that skews heavily toward dudes with beards. Not all of those traits scream “great for grilling,” but I was intrigued. One question immediately stuck in my head: What, if anything, makes a knife grill-friendly? Those I'd come a

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What if AI made the world’s economic growth explode?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-21 12:57:44

U NTIL 1700 the world economy did not really grow—it just stagnated. Over the previous 17 centuries global output had expanded by 0.1% a year on average, a rate at which it takes nearly a millennium for production to double. Then spinning jennies started whirring and steam engines began to puff. Global growth quintupled to 0.5% a year between 1700 and 1820. By the end of the 19th century it had reached 1.9%. In the 20th century it averaged 2.8%, a rate at which production doubles every 25 years.

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Meta announces its Superintelligence Labs Chief Scientist: former OpenAI GPT-4 co-creator Shengjia Zhao

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2026-01-21 16:58:24

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Meta has appointed Shengjia Zhao, a former OpenAI researcher and co‑creator of GPT‑4, as the Chief Scientist of its newly created Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). The announcement was made Friday by Mark Zuckerberg on Threads, noting Zhao will lead the lab’s scientific agenda alongside him and Alexandr Wang, the former CEO of Scale AI wh

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Samsung on Apple’s upcoming foldable and AI assistants beyond Gemini with Galaxy S26 [Video]

9to5mac.com Ben Schoon 2026-01-21 16:11:58

In a new interview, Samsung’s Won-Joon Choi has commented on how Samsung will stay ahead when Apple releases its first foldable, as well as discussing… Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 are big improvements in the face of stiff competition from China, but they also come as the first foldable from Apple is on the horizon. In a new interview with Bloomberg, Samsung’s mobile President Won-Joon Choi was asked how Samsung will “keep its edge” following Apple’s debut, saying (edited for clarity):

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Apple TV+: As ‘Shrinking’ wraps season 3, Harrison Ford gives an emotional speech

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-21 17:17:43

Last week, Shrinking landed seven Emmy nominations, including Harrison Ford’s first, for his role as the curmudgeonly Paul Rhodes. This week, the show wrapped filming for its third season, and Apple TV+’s Instagram account shared the video of a very emotional Harrison Ford thanking the crew, and hoping for another round. ‘The very, very best’ In the past, Ford has spoken about how, since Shrinking first aired, people have stopped hunting him down the street for pictures, and instead tend to as

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‘Predator: Badlands’ Just Feasted on Its Comic-Con Audience

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-21 16:45:26

After the new Predator: Badlands trailer Fox released earlier this week, a Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con seemed unnecessary. That trailer had incredible action, massive creatures, super high-tech weapons, and Elle Fanning as an android being worn as a backpack. We are fully seated. What more could a fan of the franchise want? Well, apparently, a lot more, as Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg was joined by Fanning and others to show fans even more from their November 7 film. Fifteen minut

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New AI architecture delivers 100x faster reasoning than LLMs with just 1,000 training examples

venturebeat.com Ben Dickson 2026-01-21 21:27:42

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Singapore-based AI startup Sapient Intelligence has developed a new AI architecture that can match, and in some cases vastly outperform, large language models (LLMs) on complex reasoning tasks, all while being significantly smaller and more data-efficient. The architecture, known as the Hierarchical Reasoning Model (HRM), is inspired by ho

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Apple dodges new Dutch ruling on dating app fees (for now)

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-21 21:19:05

In June, a Dutch court upheld a prior antitrust ruling against Apple, in a case involving dating apps and the App Store commission. Today, the case was put on pause, as the country’s watchdog awaits the outcome of Apple’s DMA negotiations with the European Commission. A bit of context This case was originally brought by the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), accusing Apple of “unreasonable conditions in its App Store”, as it collected its 30% IAP fee, while not allowing for exter

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Ask HN: How many of you are working in tech without a STEM degree?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-18 21:58:08

As someone without a STEM degree and who is largely self-taught, I'm interested in hearing about similar experiences. What is your story? What are you doing now? How long have you been doing it? etc, etc.

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A Creepy Corn Maze Awaits at the ‘Clown in a Cornfield’ Activation

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-01-21 21:50:14

Clown in a Cornfield is a million-dollar title—so eerie, so evocative, and so perfectly descriptive of Eli Craig‘s horror movie, which hit theaters earlier this year. It’s headed to Shudder and AMC+ August 8, but even if you’ve been waiting to catch it on streaming, there’s much to scream about with its San Diego Comic-Con immersive experience. Why? Well, for one thing, it’s a haunted corn maze—and even though it’s indoors, it’s still dark and spooky as you’d expect. The queue drops you right i

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These Stylish Bluetooth Headphones With Unbelievable Battery Life Are Cheaper Than Ever

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-21 20:20:00

Discount available: Marshall's Major V headphones are worth it even at full price but right now they're down to $100 -- or around 38% off -- on Amazon, their all-time lowest price on the site. This covers the black, brown and cream colored versions, but not the midnight blue version for whatever reason. I might not be a true battle-tested headphone expert like CNET's David Carnoy but I still love headphones and I'm confident in what I like about them. My most recent pickup, the Marshall Major V

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GPD’s monster Strix Halo handheld requires a battery ‘backpack’ or a 180W charger

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2026-01-21 21:19:12

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. Yesterday, I mentioned how GPD is teasing the most potent handheld yet made — a GPD Win 5 that will house the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip, with AMD’s most powerful integrated graphics yet, inside a PlayStation Vita-shaped machine. If you’ve been wondering how that huge chip could even fit, handheld expert Cary “The Phawx” Golumb now has the ans

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Tesla wants to bring robotaxis to San Francisco. Here’s what’s standing in the way.

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2026-01-21 21:41:43

Tesla is launching an even-more-limited version of its early robotaxi service in San Francisco this weekend, according to Business Insider, after an initial rollout began last month in Austin, Texas. The company plans to send invites to Tesla owners to test the service, according to the report. Depending on how and if Tesla proceeds, its actions could violate state regulations — and even if there’s a human safety driver sitting behind the wheel while its vehicles operate autonomously. Two sta

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Headphone deals: Great prices from Samsung, Apple, and Marshall

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-22 02:17:06

Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Samsung offer is available from Woot, while the other sales come from Amazon. There are some price differences, depending on which color versions you want. We’ll go into more detail in each section below. Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro Situational awareness, and utility lights Compared to the nearly identical Buds3, the Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro offer better sound quality, thanks to 2-way speakers, and enhanced

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Running PostmarketOS on Android Termux proot without a custom ROM (2024)

news.ycombinator.com Ivon Huang 2026-01-18 22:28:58

閱讀中文版 Running postmarketOS and Phosh on Android phone without rooting or flashing a custom ROM. I’ve taken the unofficial and weird approach of running postmarketOS on Termux Proot, so that we can run mobile Linux on Android. A video demonstration. Phosh + postmarketOS runs on Sony Xperia 10 V Android 14. Why do I do this? To explore the possibilities of running mobile Linux on an Android phone. And we needed a desktop environment designed for touchscreens. It’s my personal wish to run mobi

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Meta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-01-21 23:58:37

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday that former OpenAI researcher Shengjia Zhao will lead research efforts at the company’s new AI unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). Zhao contributed to several of OpenAI’s largest breakthroughs, including ChatGPT, GPT-4, and the company’s first AI reasoning model, o1. “I’m excited to share that Shengjia Zhao will be the Chief Scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs,” Zuckerberg said in a post on Threads Friday. “Shengjia co-founded the new lab and

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Phishing Email Alert

computer.org Jennifer Salazar 2026-01-22 06:33:17

We are aware of recent phishing emails impersonating Hironori Washizaki from a Gmail address. These messages are fraudulent and were not sent by the IEEE Computer Society. No internal systems have been breached. If you receive such an email, please delete it and do not respond. For questions or to report similar messages, contact [email protected]. Thank you for your attention in this matter.

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Meta names OpenAI's Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI Superintelligence Lab

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2026-01-22 06:29:40

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event, at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said Shengjia Zhao, the co-creator of OpenAI's ChatGPT, will serve as the chief scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs. Zuckerberg has been on a multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence hiring blitz in recent weeks, highlighted by a $14 billion investment in Scale AI. In June, Zuckerberg announc

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Why is there a date of 1968 in the Intel Chipset Device Software Utility?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-19 16:14:50

The Intel Chipset Device Software Utility shows a date of 07/18/1968 because it is symbolic: Intel was founded on that date. The reason this date is used is to lower the rank of drivers in concern. This is necessary because it's a supporting utility that should not overwrite any other drivers. Updating these drivers is not needed. Do not worry if you don't have the latest version. The Intel® Chipset Device Software installs the Windows* INF files. An INF is a text file that provides the operat

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Running PostmarketOS on Android Termux proot without flashing a custom ROM

news.ycombinator.com Ivon Huang 2026-01-19 04:28:58

閱讀中文版 Running postmarketOS and Phosh on Android phone without rooting or flashing a custom ROM. I’ve taken the unofficial and weird approach of running postmarketOS on Termux Proot, so that we can run mobile Linux on Android. A video demonstration. Phosh + postmarketOS runs on Sony Xperia 10 V Android 14. Why do I do this? To explore the possibilities of running mobile Linux on an Android phone. And we needed a desktop environment designed for touchscreens. It’s my personal wish to run mobi

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Dating App That Lets Women ‘Rate’ Men Hits Number 1 on the App Store, Immediately Suffers Data Breach

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2026-01-22 06:10:18

Tea, an app that lets women “rate” and “review” the men in their lives, has been on a hot streak lately, having shot to the top of the App Store and enjoyed several recent write-ups in major media outlets. Unfortunately, the app has now disclosed a data breach involving self-submitted user images. One report cites claims that some of the data has been shared on 4chan, the incel-ridden internet backwater best known for helping to spawn the QAnon conspiracy theory. 404 Media first reported on the

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‘Invincible Vs.’ Will Occupy Its Own Unique Corner of the ‘Invincible’ Universe

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-22 06:30:35

After turning The Walking Dead into a multimedia empire, Robert Kirkman has been hard at work doing the same for Invincible. First there were, of course, the comics. Then the awesome Prime Video animated show. There have long been talks of a potential live-action movie. And, next year, the franchise’s first full-fledged video game is coming, called Invincible Vs. And while little is known about the game, set for release in 2026, Kirkman spoke to press about it at San Diego Comic-Con. What we pr

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 26, #1498

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-22 05:00:03

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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Cricket Wireless Debuts Prepaid Plans Starting at $35

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-22 05:20:00

Cricket Wireless has revamped its prepaid plans to trim prices and offer more perks, including hotspot data and bundled extras like streaming services. Cricket, owned by AT&T, competes with prepaid providers from other carriers like Verizon's Visible, T-Mobile's Mint Mobile and Dish's Boost Mobile. Cricket has trimmed its offerings down to four plans (from five) and dropped prices on all of them. Cricket's cheapest plan, called Sensible 10GB, is still $30 per month if set up with autopay (or $

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The Rise and Fall of the Hanseatic League

How to Watch Australia vs. British & Irish Lions From Anywhere: Stream 2nd Test Rugby Union for Free

Want to Improve Your iPhone Call Quality? Try This Hidden Feature

With Trends Like 'Japanese Walking,' Is Walking Actually Exercise? We Asked Personal Trainers

This aerogel and some sun could make saltwater drinkable

60 Italian Mayors Want to Be the Unlikely Solution to Self-Driving Cars in Europe

Do You Need a Barbecue Knife?

What if AI made the world’s economic growth explode?

Meta announces its Superintelligence Labs Chief Scientist: former OpenAI GPT-4 co-creator Shengjia Zhao

Samsung on Apple’s upcoming foldable and AI assistants beyond Gemini with Galaxy S26 [Video]

Apple TV+: As ‘Shrinking’ wraps season 3, Harrison Ford gives an emotional speech

‘Predator: Badlands’ Just Feasted on Its Comic-Con Audience

New AI architecture delivers 100x faster reasoning than LLMs with just 1,000 training examples

Apple dodges new Dutch ruling on dating app fees (for now)

Ask HN: How many of you are working in tech without a STEM degree?

A Creepy Corn Maze Awaits at the ‘Clown in a Cornfield’ Activation

These Stylish Bluetooth Headphones With Unbelievable Battery Life Are Cheaper Than Ever

GPD’s monster Strix Halo handheld requires a battery ‘backpack’ or a 180W charger

Tesla wants to bring robotaxis to San Francisco. Here’s what’s standing in the way.

Headphone deals: Great prices from Samsung, Apple, and Marshall

Running PostmarketOS on Android Termux proot without a custom ROM (2024)

Meta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit

Phishing Email Alert

Meta names OpenAI's Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI Superintelligence Lab

Why is there a date of 1968 in the Intel Chipset Device Software Utility?

Running PostmarketOS on Android Termux proot without flashing a custom ROM

Dating App That Lets Women ‘Rate’ Men Hits Number 1 on the App Store, Immediately Suffers Data Breach

‘Invincible Vs.’ Will Occupy Its Own Unique Corner of the ‘Invincible’ Universe

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 26, #1498

Cricket Wireless Debuts Prepaid Plans Starting at $35

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