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A month using XMPP (using Snikket) for every call and chat

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-25 10:24:23

A month using XMPP (using Snikket) for every call and chat 2023-08-31 For the last month, I’ve been using XMPP (using Snikket) for every call and chat between me and my wife Sandra, at least. Sandra and I switched from using Matrix to using XMPP a while back. Matrix was pretty good for messaging, although quite a few encryption-related issues, but it - or my installation of it, possibly - was unreliable for audio and video. Sometimes it would work, sometimes it would not. Moving to XMPP - usi

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Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app Bitchat now on App Store

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-12-26 05:51:39

Bitchat, a messaging app created by Twitter and Block founder Jack Dorsey, is available to download from the iOS App Store. Dorsey says he coded the basis of the app over the course of a weekend in early July. Bitchat operates through Bluetooth mesh networks, which means that users can send messages to others within the range of Bluetooth connectivity — usually around 100 meters — without cell reception or a Wi-Fi connection. The app’s UX is very minimal. There is no log-in system, and you’re

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Bragi and OpenAI team up to offer ChatGPT-enabled headphones

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-26 10:20:50

With its new partnership, Germany-based Bragi will let third-party headphone and other audio product makers integrate a GPT-based assistant, accessible via a button press or wake word. Here are the details. A GPT-4.1-based assistant in your ear Since 2019, when Bragi pivoted from the headphone manufacturing business to licensing its technology, it’s been working with brands like Bose to help third-party vendors develop headphones with features that rival leading brands and competitors. Bragi

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Could aluminium become the packaging 'champion'?

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-27 05:04:41

Could aluminium become the packaging 'champion'? 57 minutes ago Share Save MaryLou Costa Technology Reporter Share Save Meadow Some packaging firms are betting on aluminium In front of me is a line-up of aluminium cans, but not a drink in sight. Instead, these cans have been designed to hold toiletries like shampoo, shower gel and hand wash, condiments like ketchup and household cleaning products. I'm at the London research and development centre for Meadow, a start-up that has developed a ne

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bitchat mesh, Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app, debuts on the App Store

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-27 20:37:21

After a short beta period, Jack Dorsey’s new Bluetooth messaging app has officially launched on the App Store. Here’s how it works. A few weeks ago, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced bitchat, an open-source weekend project of a messaging app that relied on Bluetooth, rather than the internet, to connect users. Now, the app is live on the App Store, although Dorsey has confirmed that a bug in the iOS version is preventing it from connecting to Android devices. A fix has already been subm

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‘Magic: The Gathering’ Swung Into the Spider-Verse at Comic-Con

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-12-29 08:15:46

We’re on the cusp of the release of Magic: The Gathering’s next major set, Edge of Eternities, next week, but that didn’t stop Wizards of the Coast from swinging into San Diego Comic-Con to show off its next big crossover: Spider-Man. And in our first major glimpse at what to expect from the set, we got treated to a whole spider-verse of new cards—and, of course, some very nifty comic book-themed variants to get your wallet’s spidey senses tingling. It’s no surprise that transforming cards are

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Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan, improves survival of aged mice

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-01 18:29:58

As revenues from the anti-aging market — riddled with hope and thousands of supplements — surged past $500 million last year, Emory University researchers identified a compound that actively delays aging in cells and organisms. A newly published study in Nature Partner Journals’ Aging demonstrates that psilocin, a byproduct of consuming psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, extended the cellular lifespan of human skin and lung cells by more than 50%. In parallel, research

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Thawing vacuum-packed fish correctly (2024)

news.ycombinator.com Shannon Stover 2025-12-30 20:37:44

Thawing vacuum-packed fish correctly Improper thawing of vacuum-packed fish can lead to a foodborne illness. Learn how to do it safely. Looking for vacuum-packed fish is an excellent way to purchase fish in the grocery store. Vacuum packaging keeps the fish from drying out by preventing water loss; it also can ensure the fish is packaged at peak quality. Vacuum packaging, also called reduced oxygen packaging (ROP), limits oxygen and allows for extended shelf life in the freezer by reducing od

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‘Final Fantasy’ Made Hasbro a Hell of a Lot of Gil

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-05 05:00:36

Hasbro’s no stranger to giving credit where credit’s due when a video game helps save its ass financially, having already made plenty of to-do about how the blockbuster success of Baldur’s Gate 3 a few years ago provided a surge of interest in D&D. Now it’s thanking a video game of a different sort: the Final Fantasy saga, as its recent highly anticipated crossover with Magic: The Gathering has helped make the most successful set of the card game made so far. According to Deadline, Hasbro CEO C

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This powerful Google Photos tool is finally arriving for older Pixels

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-05 15:17:32

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Reimagine in Magic Editor TL;DR The Google Photos Reimagine feature is starting to roll out to older Pixels. Reports from Reddit and Telegram show it working on Pixel 6 and Pixel 8 devices. Access appears limited for now, so not everyone on the same version will see it. Last September, we spotted early evidence that the Google Photos Reimagine feature, previously exclusive to the Pixel 9 series, might be coming to older Pixels. It took longer than we expected,

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I replaced my Pixel 9 Pro with this $700 Android phone for a week - and it did some things better

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-01-05 20:52:00

Redmagic 10 Air ZDNET's key takeaways The Redmagic 10 Air Android phone is on sale now for $700. The Redmagic phone is as elegant as it is powerful and can handle some of the more challenging games. This camera system isn't necessarily flagship level, and you'll want to pay attention to network band support. $699 at Amazon I've held lots of Android phones in my hand, some feel awkward because of their size, while others fit just right. That Goldilocks effect is real, and in my experience, Red

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Five things you need to know about AI right now

technologyreview.com Will Douglas Heaven 2026-01-09 14:50:27

3. AI is power hungry and getting hungrier. You’ve probably heard that AI is power hungry. But a lot of that reputation comes from the amount of electricity it takes to train these giant models, though giant models only get trained every so often. What’s changed is that these models are now being used by hundreds of millions of people every day. And while using a model takes far less energy than training one, the energy costs ramp up massively with those kinds of user numbers. ChatGPT, fo

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Debcraft – Easiest way to modify and build Debian packages

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-12 00:04:31

Debian packaging is notoriously hard. Far too many new contributors give up while trying, and many long-time contributors leave due to burnout from having to do too many thankless maintenance tasks. Some just skip testing their changes properly because it feels like too much toil. Debcraft is my attempt to solve this by automating all the boring stuff, and making it easier to learn the correct practices and helping new and old packagers better track changes in both source code and build artifac

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The year of peak might and magic

news.ycombinator.com Jimmy Maher 2026-01-12 10:21:49

This article tells part of the story of New World Computing. Some passions are lifelong, but many others fade away over the course of a life, to be replaced by others. Not long after Jon Van Caneghem, the founder of New World Computing, sold his company to 3DO, it started to become obvious to everyone who worked for him that the torch he carried for computer games no longer burned as brightly as it once had. A younger version of Van Caneghem had spent almost three years designing and programm

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The Year of Peak Might and Magic

news.ycombinator.com Jimmy Maher 2026-01-12 16:21:49

This article tells part of the story of New World Computing. Some passions are lifelong, but many others fade away over the course of a life, to be replaced by others. Not long after Jon Van Caneghem, the founder of New World Computing, sold his company to 3DO, it started to become obvious to everyone who worked for him that the torch he carried for computer games no longer burned as brightly as it once had. A younger version of Van Caneghem had spent almost three years designing and programm

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‘Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic’ Is a Colorful Portrait of a Cult Horror Legend

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-01-15 00:00:52

Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic offers an excellent introduction to the Indonesian movie legend, but it’s a fun watch even if you’re already familiar with her work. Just about the only prerequisite for enjoyment is being a horror fan, because David Gregory’s documentary is packed with clips from Suzzanna’s gloriously over-the-top filmography, especially her much-loved early-’80s entries. “The Queen of Indonesian Horror,” as she came to be known, was born during World War II; she knew from an

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How I Use Kagi

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-16 09:33:22

June 27, 2025 web tech What’s going on, Internet? I’ve been a happy Kagi user since early 2023 and have spent a bit of time curating my ideal Internet search experience using the tools Kagi offers. Kagi is a premium search engine that puts you first. Unlike traditional search engines that monetise your attention through ads and data tracking, Kagi delivers clean, accurate results while maintaining complete privacy. Kagi is built on a simple principle, you're our customer, not our product. The

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Beeper’s all-in-one messaging app relaunches with an on-device model and premium upgrades

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-01-18 00:00:00

Multi-service messaging app Beeper, which allows people to connect to all their chat apps from one interface, is relaunching its app on Wednesday to offer a more secure version that no longer requires use of its own cloud services. In addition, Beeper is introducing premium offerings that provide access to more accounts than its free tier and include power-user features like reminders, the ability to send messages later, an incognito mode to read messages without marking them read, AI voice note

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Could the Galaxy Z Fold 7 really be the world’s thinnest foldable after all?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-21 15:12:51

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR A side-by-side comparison shows that the Galaxy Z Fold 7 may actually be thinner than the Magic V5. HONOR claims the Magic V5 measures 8.8mm, while the Galaxy Z Fold 7 measures 8.9mm. The unique way the company measured the Magic V5 may explain the discrepancy. When Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold 7, it impressed with a thickness of just 8.9mm. This measurement was enough to have it tie with the OPPO Find N5 for the world’s thinnest book-style folda

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Evidence Grows That Tripping on Shrooms Might Increase Your Lifespan

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-23 18:03:03

Image by JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images Studies In a new study, scientists have uncovered evidence that magic mushrooms just might be an effective anti-aging treatment. Published in the Nature Partnering Journal Aging, a new paper by researchers at Emory and Baylor's medical schools suggests that psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms — there are a range of species that produce it, but the best known is probably Pisolocybe cubensis — might extend the lifespans of both mi

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The Spell Is Still Working: Lee Pace Has Joined ‘Practical Magic 2’

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-01-26 10:45:00

Practical Magic 2 is already sky-high on our list of most-anticipated 2026 releases. The 1998 original follows the romantic misadventures of the witchy Owens sisters, played by Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman—and has since become a Halloween-adjacent cult classic. It maybe didn’t need a sequel, but Hollywood knows that fans have long wanted one. And now we know more of the names joining Bullock and Kidman this time around. First things first: bringing back Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest—th

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This $611 Android competes with my Pixel 9 Pro (and does a few things better)

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-01-28 14:30:15

ZDNET's key takeaways The Redmagic 10 Air Android phone is on sale now for $611. The 10 Air phone is as elegant as it is powerful and can handle some of the more challenging games. This camera system isn't necessarily flagship level, and you'll want to pay attention to network band support. $719 at Amazon I've held lots of Android phones in my hand, some feel awkward because of their size, while others fit just right. That Goldilocks effect is real, and in my experience, Redmagic phones just

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Inside OpenAI’s empire: A conversation with Karen Hao

technologyreview.com The Editors 2026-02-02 23:10:29

And the third feature is that the empires monopolize knowledge production. So, in the last 10 years, we’ve seen the AI industry monopolize more and more of the AI researchers in the world. So AI researchers are no longer contributing to open science, working in universities or independent institutions, and the effect on the research is what you would imagine would happen if most of the climate scientists in the world were being bankrolled by oil and gas companies. You would not be getting a clea

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I'm Building LLM for Satellite Data EarthGPT.app

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-31 21:33:14

EarthGPT Work with multi-spectral satellite imagery by leveraging the power of LLMs and modern remote sensing.

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‘Edge of Eternities’ Will Take ‘Magic: The Gathering’ to the Stars

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-02-04 10:30:10

A certain Star franchise may have boldly declared space the final frontier, but for Magic: The Gathering, it’s only the beginning. After the huge risk (and ultimate success) of its Final Fantasy set last month, the venerable card game is leaping into another big risk, although this time devoid of any flashy crossover: its next set, Edge of Eternities, will mark Magic‘s first proper foray into full-on science fiction. The series has flirted with sci-fi concepts across its fantastical settings fo

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What is AGI? Nobody agrees, and it’s tearing Microsoft and OpenAI apart.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-04 09:50:29

When is an AI system intelligent enough to be called artificial general intelligence (AGI)? According to one definition reportedly agreed upon by Microsoft and OpenAI, the answer lies in economics: When AI generates $100 billion in profits. This arbitrary profit-based benchmark for AGI perfectly captures the definitional chaos plaguing the AI industry. In fact, it may be impossible to create a universal definition of AGI, but few people with money on the line will admit it. Over this past year

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AGI may be impossible to define, and that’s a multibillion-dollar problem

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-04 15:50:29

When is an AI system intelligent enough to be called artificial general intelligence (AGI)? According to one definition reportedly agreed upon by Microsoft and OpenAI, the answer lies in economics: When AI generates $100 billion in profits. This arbitrary profit-based benchmark for AGI perfectly captures the definitional chaos plaguing the AI industry. In fact, it may be impossible to create a universal definition of AGI, but few people with money on the line will admit it. Over this past year

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I Tried Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp, and This Is the One I'd Recommend

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-05 20:00:07

Key points: Most widely used messaging app Uses the same encryption protocol as Signal Collects heaps of your data Free, but owned and operated by Meta WhatsApp is the most popular private messaging app on this list, with about 2 billion monthly users, according to Exploding Topics. Because it's so popular, there's a higher chance that other people you might be chatting with have WhatsApp, and therefore your chats can be encrypted. And if the person you're chatting with doesn't have WhatsAp

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So you wanna build an aging company

news.ycombinator.com Sarah Constantin 2026-02-04 05:30:30

Today, aging is cool. In 2024 alone, investors deployed about $8.5B into longevity-focused biotech companies. Aging biotech companies have entered clinical trials. The field has come a long way. But as “aging” (and “longevity”) have become more mainstream, there’s a temptation to stretch the definition to things that don’t belong in the category. Aging is not a single process. It’s a complex interplay of multiple biological processes that, over time, become dysregulated. Understanding it as suc

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How a big shift in training LLMs led to a capability explosion

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-08 16:00:17

In April 2023, a few weeks after the launch of GPT-4, the Internet went wild for two new software projects with the audacious names BabyAGI and AutoGPT. “Over the past week, developers around the world have begun building ‘autonomous agents’ that work with large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI’s GPT-4 to solve complex problems,” Mark Sullivan wrote for Fast Company. “Autonomous agents can already perform tasks as varied as conducting web research, writing code, and creating to-do lists.”

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A month using XMPP (using Snikket) for every call and chat

Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app Bitchat now on App Store

Bragi and OpenAI team up to offer ChatGPT-enabled headphones

Could aluminium become the packaging 'champion'?

bitchat mesh, Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app, debuts on the App Store

‘Magic: The Gathering’ Swung Into the Spider-Verse at Comic-Con

Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan, improves survival of aged mice

Thawing vacuum-packed fish correctly (2024)

‘Final Fantasy’ Made Hasbro a Hell of a Lot of Gil

This powerful Google Photos tool is finally arriving for older Pixels

I replaced my Pixel 9 Pro with this $700 Android phone for a week - and it did some things better

Five things you need to know about AI right now

Debcraft – Easiest way to modify and build Debian packages

The year of peak might and magic

The Year of Peak Might and Magic

‘Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic’ Is a Colorful Portrait of a Cult Horror Legend

How I Use Kagi

Beeper’s all-in-one messaging app relaunches with an on-device model and premium upgrades

Could the Galaxy Z Fold 7 really be the world’s thinnest foldable after all?

Evidence Grows That Tripping on Shrooms Might Increase Your Lifespan

The Spell Is Still Working: Lee Pace Has Joined ‘Practical Magic 2’

This $611 Android competes with my Pixel 9 Pro (and does a few things better)

Inside OpenAI’s empire: A conversation with Karen Hao

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How a big shift in training LLMs led to a capability explosion

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