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Threads now has more than 400 million monthly active users

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-11-23 15:44:07

Just two years since its launch as a competitor to Twitter (now X), Meta’s Threads has topped 400 million monthly active users (MAUs), Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Tuesday. “As of a few weeks ago we there are more than 400 million people active on Threads every month,” Mosseri wrote in a Threads post. “It’s been quite the ride over the last two years. This started as a zany idea to compete with Twitter, and has evolved into a meaningful platform that fosters the open exchange of per

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Verizon wins ad battle: T-Mobile asked to take down deceptive ‘Switch and Save’ ads

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-24 21:14:14

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR T-Mobile has been asked to remove misleading ads that could lead consumers to believe its plans are much cheaper than the competition’s. T-Mobile disagrees with the ruling, but said it would remove the ads in question. Verizon brought the complaint against T-Mobile’s “Switch and Save” ads, which promise 20% savings compared to “the other big guys.” An advertising watchdog has asked T-Mobile to take down its “Switch and Save” ads, ruling that the price com

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FreeBSD Scheduling on Hybrid CPUs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-20 06:51:02

Scheduling on Hybrid CPUs Contact: OlivierCertner Motivation For the amd64 architecture, Intel started shipping hybrid CPUs with the rather confidential Lakefield and then more massively with Alder Lake (Gen12). Apart from some models of Alder Lake, it is now impossible to buy an Intel chip that does not have at least P (Performance) and E (Efficiency) cores. ARM first released incarnations of its big.LITTLE arrangement as soon as 2011. DynamIQ is an evolution where big and LITTLE CPUs can b

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Tesla Patents Bizarre Sucking Device

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-29 02:23:46

Late last month, Tesla's executives spun up the rumor mill amidst plummeting sales and financial hardship that the Elon Musk-led company was "gearing up for a super cool demo" of the company's long-awaited next-generation Roadster. Two weeks earlier, the billionaire CEO had teased a "most epic demo ever by end of year," without elaborating any further. While we can only speculate what they're planning to show off, one reasonable guess is that it could be related to Musk's years-long promise of

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I don't read your email threads

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-30 02:15:11

I Don't Read Your Email Threads 08 Aug, 2025 Email threads have got to be one of the worst possible forms of communication. You've been here before. A perfectly respectable morning is passing by. You're working through your items at a chipper pace maybe humming a song you heard on Spotify that morning. Then, the dreaded email thread comes through. Innocently, you click into the top email. The only text is "[Your Name] see below." I hate this and I bet you do too. Suddenly, you're transporte

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Meta Says Its Comically Large VR Headset Prototype Can Almost Mimic Human Sight

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-11-30 15:30:02

There are a lot of lofty goals in the world of VR, but delivering hyperrealism is among the most elusive. That’s because there are tons of constraints with a realistic, world-rendering face computer: there’s resolution, field of view, power, weight, battery—you name it. But just because obstacles abound doesn’t mean the titans of XR and VR aren’t trying, and when it comes to the ol’ college try, Meta definitely gets an A for effort. In its latest endeavor, Meta unveiled Tiramisu, a new headset

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Meta’s prototype headsets show off the future of mixed reality

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-01 05:29:12

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Meta’s consumer VR headsets are already among the best you can get for their price points, but at a conference next week, the company is showing off some impressive-sounding research prototypes that could be a peek at what its headsets might be capable of in the future. One headset, called “Tiramisu,” brings a “new milestone for realism in VR,” Meta says in a blog post. Tiram

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The 1090 Megahertz Riddle: A Guide to Decoding Mode S and ADS-B Signals

news.ycombinator.com Junzi Sun 2025-12-01 10:54:34

In the last twenty years, aircraft surveillance has moved from controller-based interrogation to automatic broadcast. The Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is one of the most common methods for aircraft to report their state information like identity, position, and speed. Like other Mode S communications, ADS-B makes use of the 1090 megahertz transponder to transmit data. The protocol for ADS-B is open, and low-cost receivers can easily be used to intercept its signals. Many rec

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Call to vet YouTube ads like regular TV to stop scams

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-05 16:28:14

Call to vet YouTube ads like regular TV to stop scams Google, which owns YouTube, has said it strives to support an "advertising ecosystem that's trustworthy and transparent for users". Last week, Ofcom's annual report found that YouTube had overtaken ITV to become the UK's second most-watched media service behind the BBC. The party wants more YouTube ads to be screened for potentially harmful content before they appear on the platform and for media regulator Ofcom to issue fines. Ads on You

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Google agrees to pause AI workloads when power demand spikes

news.ycombinator.com Tobias Mann 2025-12-07 05:18:57

Google will pause non-essential AI workloads to protect power grids, the advertising giant announced on Monday. The web giant already does this sort of thing for non-essential workloads like processing YouTube vids, which it moves to datacenters where power is available rather than continuing to run them in places demand for energy strains the grid. Under an agreement with Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Google will use the same techniques for AI workload

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Can you block it? A simple Ad Block Tester

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 06:59:01

Can You Block It was built to help you test if your ad-blocker is working as intended. The various tests help you in identifying what formats of advertisements are blocked or unblocked so that you can understand your ad-blockers effectiveness. Use the various tests to test ad-blockers such as AdBlock, AdBlock Plus, AdBlocker Ultimate, AdGuard, Ghostery, uBlock Origin, Pi-Hole, NoScript and more with various ad formats such as Web Banners, Native Ads, Pop-Unders, In-Page Push Ads, etc from popula

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The Future Beyond Meta Quest and Vision Pro Is Coming in Glasses Form. What Will VR Look Like Then?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-08 00:00:00

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently declared that the gadget of the future is AI-infused glasses. Zuckerberg and Meta have been interested in these types of peripherals for years, but the focus has clearly been shifting lately from VR on our faces to glasses on our faces. Meta's not alone here. Apple sees a future in AR. Google does too. So does Samsung. The list of players goes on and on. As VR has shifted to mixed reality, and smart glasses promise augmented reality features to come, and AI evo

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Amazon Might Bring Ads to Alexa Plus: Here's What That Could Mean for You

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-09 09:41:28

Amazon's Alexa could soon start pitching you more than just the weather. According to reporting by Mashable from Amazon's July 31 second-quarter earnings call, the company is considering adding ads to Alexa Plus, its premium AI-driven assistant that's designed to be more conversational and useful than the Alexa you know. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reportedly said that Alexa Plus could open the door to "significant financial opportunity" by delivering ads during conversations. A representative for A

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Amazon eyes ads and upcharges for Alexa Plus

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-12-11 05:29:18

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. In the week’s least surprising news, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy revealed that the company is exploring ways to bring ads to Alexa Plus, its new generative-AI-powered voice assistant. During a conference call following the company’s second-quarter earnings report, Jassy said that “there will be opportunities, as people are enga

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Amazon is considering shoving ads into Alexa+ conversations

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-12 05:04:39

Since 2023, Amazon has been framing Alexa+ as a monumental evolution of Amazon’s voice assistant that will make it more conversational, capable, and, for Amazon, lucrative. Amazon said in a press release on Thursday that it has given early access of the generative AI voice assistant to “millions” of people. The product isn’t publicly available yet, and some advertised features are still unavailable, but Amazon’s CEO is already considering loading the chatbot up with ads. During an investors cal

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SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3P Review: A Big Upgrade From Budget Gaming Headsets

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-12-13 15:00:57

Voice chatting in games is important; everyone who’s ever played a co-op shooter knows that. And as someone who plays dumb baby games like Fortnite constantly, I can attest. The thing about comms, or more specifically, in-game audio, is that it can be unstable, which is why investing in a gaming headset to minimize hiccups is key. On that front, I’ve been slacking; I’ve been using a terrible gaming headset that looks like a Fisher-Price version of a real one, which has gotten me by with a very b

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Amazon CEO wants to put ads in your Alexa+ conversations

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-12-13 20:34:53

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sees an opportunity to deliver ads to users during their conversations with the company’s AI-powered digital assistant, Alexa+, he said during Amazon’s second-quarter earnings call Thursday. “People are excited about the devices that they can buy from us that has Alexa+ enabled in it. People do a lot of shopping [with Alexa+]; it’s a delightful shopping experience that will keep getting better,” said Jassy on the call with investors and Wall Street analysts. “I think over

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Don’t worry, Samsung’s Android XR headset is still launching this year

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-15 05:17:28

Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority TL;DR During its most recent earnings call, Samsung has re-confirmed that its Project Moohan Android XR headset is launching “this year.” Samsung has previously hinted at a 2025 release date, and this is the latest confirmation that it’s still on track. An earlier report suggested Project Moohan could be released as early as October. Samsung has had a busy 2025, launching the Galaxy S25 series at the start of the year and most recently releasing the Galaxy Z F

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Orion Browser by Kagi

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 09:11:29

Error Orion is 100% funded by its users; no ads and no third party deals ever. Get Orion+ and own your browser.

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Razer BlackShark V3 Pro Review: The Sweatiest Gamers Will Love This Headset

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-12-16 10:00:45

2025 “The best” of anything is already a misnomer, but throw “pro” into the mix, as so many gamer peripherals tend to, and we’re staring down the barrel of hyperbole. Which brings us to the Razer BlackShark V3 Pro, a gaming headset that Razer claims epitomizes low-latency sound for high-performance gaming, where hearing a footstep or missing your teammate’s callout is the difference between triumph and rage-inducing defeat. So when I say Razer’s BlackShark is “the best” of its class, you have t

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Tesla's Teasing Some Kind of Incredible Reveal, But We're Skeptical

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-20 15:08:43

Less than a week after Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned that his carmaker is in for a "few rough quarters," the company's executives are spinning up the rumor mill in an apparent effort to distract from its disastrous earnings results. As Teslarati reports, Tesla senior vice president of powertrain, Lars Moravy, revealed that the carmaker is "gearing up for a super cool demo" of the company's long-awaited next-generation Roadster. The news comes two weeks after Musk teased a "most epic demo ever by

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Breaking the WASM/JS communication performance barrier

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-20 10:11:31

In sledgehammer every operation is encoded as a sequence of bytes packed into an array. Every operation takes 1 byte plus whatever data is required for it. Each operation is encoded in a batch of four as a u32. Getting a number from an array buffer has a high constant cost, but getting a u32 instead of a u8 is not more expensive. Sledgehammer bindgen reads the u32 and then splits it into the 4 individual bytes. It will shuffle and pack the bytes into as few buckets as possible and try to inline

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Implementing a functional language with graph reduction (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-25 08:20:20

Implementing a Functional Language with Graph Reduction Posted on December 27, 2021 by Thomas Mahler Abstract Implementing a small functional language with a classic combinator based graph-reduction machine in Haskell. The implementation is structured into three parts: A λ-calculus parser from A Combinatory Compiler which was extended to cover a tiny functional language based on the untyped λ-calculus. A compiler from λ-calculus to combinatory logic combinators (S,K,I,B,C and Y) which i

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Implementing a Functional Language with Graph Reduction

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-25 20:20:20

Implementing a Functional Language with Graph Reduction Posted on December 27, 2021 by Thomas Mahler Abstract Implementing a small functional language with a classic combinator based graph-reduction machine in Haskell. The implementation is structured into three parts: A λ-calculus parser from A Combinatory Compiler which was extended to cover a tiny functional language based on the untyped λ-calculus. A compiler from λ-calculus to combinatory logic combinators (S,K,I,B,C and Y) which i

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Meta will stop running political ads in the EU

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-26 00:22:33

Meta will stop allowing political advertising on its platforms in the European Union as of October 2025, blaming the EU’s new "unworkable" transparency rules for what it called a "difficult decision." In a statement released by the company on Friday, Meta said the EU’s incoming Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising (TTPA) regulations presented it with "significant operational challenges and legal uncertainties." As of early October, users on any of Meta’s platforms in the EU will

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Meta to stop selling political ads in the EU from October

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2025-12-26 15:24:43

In response to the European Union’s incoming regulation of political advertising, Meta said on Friday that it will stop selling and showing political ads in the EU from October. Calling the legislation’s requirements “unworkable,” the tech giant wrote in a blog post that the law, dubbed Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising (TTPA), introduces “significant, additional obligations to our processes and systems that create an untenable level of complexity and legal uncertainty for adv

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Meta has ended its bonus program on Threads

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-02 15:16:27

It's still trying to lure new users, but it's done paying anyone to post. Meta is no longer paying creators to post on Threads. The company quietly ended the Threads bonus program, which offered some creators thousands of dollars a month in bonuses, earlier this year, Engadget has confirmed. The company hasn't officially commented on why it stopped the payments, but an Instagram support page that once listed details about the creator incentives no longer references Threads at all. In posts on

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Threads adds improved content performance metrics for creators

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-01-03 00:36:03

Threads is introducing enhanced metrics to help users better understand how their posts are performing and where their content is getting discovered, the company announced on Tuesday. Users can now see more detailed information in the platform’s “Insights” dashboard. When they navigate to the “Interactions” section, they will see engagement by likes, replies, quotes, and reposts. The “Followers” section shows follower growth with geographic data, including top cities and countries, and demograp

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Headspace annual subscriptions are 40 percent off right now

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-04 00:28:52

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 . Like any habit, maintaining a meditation practice can be challenging. Having the right tools can make it a bit easier, which is why we're excited to see a subscription to Headspace is back on sale. Right now, you can get one year of Headspace for $42, down from $70. The 40 percent disc

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Roman Roads Research Association (UK)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-07 00:42:58

We continue Margary’s work by researching Roman roads using modern technology such as LiDAR, which uses lasers fired from an aircraft to create an incredibly accurate model of the earth’s surface beneath any vegetation, revealing surviving archaeology otherwise not visible. The example below is a Roman road in Lincolnshire, just east of Grantham, where until recently it was assumed that the A52 followed the course of a Roman road, which it almost certainly doesn’t. Instead, a different road lead

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Threads now has more than 400 million monthly active users

Verizon wins ad battle: T-Mobile asked to take down deceptive ‘Switch and Save’ ads

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Tesla Patents Bizarre Sucking Device

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Meta Says Its Comically Large VR Headset Prototype Can Almost Mimic Human Sight

Meta’s prototype headsets show off the future of mixed reality

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Amazon is considering shoving ads into Alexa+ conversations

SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3P Review: A Big Upgrade From Budget Gaming Headsets

Amazon CEO wants to put ads in your Alexa+ conversations

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Orion Browser by Kagi

Razer BlackShark V3 Pro Review: The Sweatiest Gamers Will Love This Headset

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Breaking the WASM/JS communication performance barrier

Implementing a functional language with graph reduction (2021)

Implementing a Functional Language with Graph Reduction

Meta will stop running political ads in the EU

Meta to stop selling political ads in the EU from October

Meta has ended its bonus program on Threads

Threads adds improved content performance metrics for creators

Headspace annual subscriptions are 40 percent off right now

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