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Google is killing the Android phone feature that once made them popular - and there's a big reason why

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-21 00:39:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Google will restrict sideloading with developer verification. The move mirrors Apple's long-standing security approach. Android loses one of its last big differences from iOS. For years, one of the biggest talking points in the Android vs. iOS debate has been freedom of choice -- and nothing summed that up more than sideloading. "But iOS is a walled garden. Apple controls what you can

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The ABC Programming Language

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-17 17:57:45

The ABC Programming Language: a short introduction (Also available in Japanese) New: The Origins of Python - An article by Lambert Meertens on the origins of ABC, and its influence on Python. New: Implementation for the Raspberry Pi!. The ABC Programmer's Handbook is available online. ABC is an interactive programming language and environment for personal computing, originally intended as a good replacement for BASIC. It was designed by first doing a task analysis of the programming task.

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Preserving Order in Concurrent Go Apps: Three Approaches Compared

news.ycombinator.com Viktor Nikolaiev 2025-10-22 12:14:31

Concurrency is one of Go’s greatest strengths, but it comes with a fundamental trade-off: when multiple goroutines process data simultaneously, the natural ordering gets scrambled. Most of the time, this is fine – unordered processing is enough, it’s faster and simpler. But sometimes, order matters. When Order Matters Here are three real-world scenarios where preserving order becomes critical: Real-time Log Enrichment: You’re processing a high-volume log stream, enriching each entry with use

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The AYN Odin 3 is officially the first Snapdragon 8 Elite gaming handheld

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-23 07:53:04

AYN TL;DR The AYN Odin 3 will feature a Snapdragon 8 Elite, making it the most powerful device on the market. Paired with a 6-inch 120Hz AMOLED panel, it’s set to become the ultimate flagship handheld. AYN will need to solve the 8 Elite’s heating and driver compatibility issues first. Just a few hours ago, AYN revealed that its upcoming flagship handheld, the Odin 3, will have an exclusive 6-inch 120Hz AMOLED panel. Now the company has revealed the chipset, and it might be the start of a rev

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The V Programming Language

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-22 23:40:57

BrunoVDR The V development team does an amazing job. I've never seen a language evolve that fast; I suspect you guys never sleep. I hope V will remain a simple, clean language and have a bright future. Thanks for all your hard work. Joel L. I'm mostly surprised by how many things "just work". Channels and closures made implementing asynchronous callbacks for C functions such a breeze. Thanks for that! 😄 hellolio V is the most comfortable syntax I've encountered, so I look forward to 1.0. Flib

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Antarctica Is Changing Rapidly. The Consequences Could Be Dire

wired.com Matt Simon 2025-10-22 19:00:00

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great sheet of ice set in contrast to the dark waters of the encircling Southern Ocean. Get closer, though, and you’ll find not a simple cap of frozen water, but an extraordinarily complex interplay between the ocean, sea ice, and ice sheets and shelves. That relationship is in serious peril. A new paper in the journal Nature catal

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Trying to get error backtraces in Rust libraries right

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-19 16:02:29

Error handling in Rust is one of those topics that can spark passionate debates in the community. After wrestling with various approaches in the iroh codebase, the team has developed some insights about the current state of error handling, the tradeoffs involved, and how to get the best of both worlds. The Great Error Handling Divide The Rust ecosystem has largely coalesced around two main approaches to error handling: The anyhow approach: One big generic error type that can wrap anything. It

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Warner Bros. Shifts ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Release Date to Summer 2026

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-10-23 03:20:41

Johnny Cage (Karl Urban) will have to wait for showtime just a little longer than originally anticipated, as Mortal Kombat II will bow out of 2025’s fall movie release schedule, instead opening in May 2026. The Warner Bros., New Line, and Atomic Monster production was originally slated to be released on October 24 of this year, but that is no longer the case. According to Deadline, it’s not a reflection of the film’s quality, as the trade reports the film has been testing well, but rather a piv

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What Does will-change In CSS Do?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 23:07:49

What Does will-change In CSS Actually Do? I've been using the will-change CSS property for a while now, but I realized I never understood exactly what it does. I knew it was some sort of performance optimization but that's pretty much it. will-change What is will-change? It's a hint to the browser, something along the lines of “hey, I’m about to animate these properties, please get ready.” Browsers may respond by promoting the element to its own GPU compositing layer, pre‑allocating memory,

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Fox and Google Reach Agreement to Keep Fox Channels on YouTube TV

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-24 10:10:00

Fret not, football fans, Fox channels are staying on YouTube TV. Google and Fox reached an agreement to end their dispute that could have led to the removal of Fox channels from Google-owned YouTube TV. Google announced the deal last night in a YouTube blog post stating, "We're happy to share that we've reached an agreement with Fox to keep their content on YouTube TV, preserve the value of our service for our subscribers and offer more flexibility in the future. This means that Fox channels, i

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Google is killing a defining feature for Android phones soon - and there's one reason why

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-24 15:09:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET For years, one of the biggest talking points in the Android vs. iOS debate has been freedom of choice -- and nothing summed that up more than sideloading. "But iOS is a walled garden. Apple controls what you can and can't install on your hardware." If I had a dime for every time an Android user said this argument to settle which mobile platform is the best, I'd be lying in a pool of dimes as I type. Also: How to clear your Android phone cache (and greatly improve

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Send some love to these great Android Authority channels with YouTube hype

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-25 23:03:54

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube’s “hype” feature is now live in 39 countries, including the US. Videos will now have a dedicated hype button that sits under the media player. Users can filter their Home feed with the new hyped category. There are countless creators on YouTube, which can make it difficult for smaller channels to get the kind of attention their videos deserve. Especially when you factor in the giant multi-million subscriber channels that tend to crowd out everyone

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Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-26 15:43:05

Indonesia is currently in chaos. Earlier today, the government blocked access to Twitter & Discord knowing news spread mainly through those channels. Usually we can use Cloudflare's WARP to avoid it, but just today they blocked the access as well. What alternative should we use?

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Rumored PS6 Handheld Could Steal the Switch 2’s Best Features

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-10-26 15:38:32

There’s something so intoxicatingly convenient about a game handheld. Despite the fact the Nintendo Switch 2’s design hasn’t changed from its 8-year-old prequel, it’s still the epitome of gaming thanks to the dock that connects it to your TV. Sony’s PlayStation brand seems to be hedging on the same bet Nintendo made nearly a decade ago. The latest rumors and leaks suggest Sony’s rumored PlayStation 6 handheld could also dock with a TV and offer even better performance than both the Switch 2 and

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Claude Code Checkpoints

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-27 04:16:17

🔍 Automatic Change Detection Continuously monitors your entire project for file changes. No setup required - just select your project folder and start coding. 💾 One-Click Checkpoints Create instant snapshots of your project state before making risky changes. Each checkpoint captures all files and their contents. 📊 Visual Diff Viewer See exactly what changed between checkpoints with our built-in diff viewer. Track additions, modifications, and deletions at a glance. ⏰ Time Travel for Code Inst

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4chan launches legal action against Ofcom in US

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-28 10:30:12

4chan launches legal action against Ofcom in US Ofcom told the BBC: "We are aware of this lawsuit. Under the Online Safety Act, any service that has links with the UK now has duties to protect UK users, no matter where in the world it is based." "American citizens do not surrender our constitutional rights just because Ofcom sends us an e-mail," Preston Byrne of law firm Byrne & Storm said. Their legal complaint filed in a Washington DC Federal Court seeks a legal ban on the communications re

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We rebuilt Cloud Life's infrastructure delivery with System Initiative

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-28 12:18:29

By Ryan Ryke, CEO, Cloud Life ‍ This is the story of how we eliminated static configuration files from our infrastructure workflows at Cloud Life, and, in the process, cut delivery times by more than half, improved reliability, and made our engineers’ work feel much smoother and more manageable. Before this project, we’d been working with the same model that most modern infrastructure teams use: Terraform scripts, config repos, PR reviews, CI pipelines. We’d optimized what we could, but the w

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Join me and the Android Authority team for a Pixel 10 series AMA right now!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-28 19:00:09

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority After its announcement last week, the Pixel 10 series will officially start shipping tomorrow, August 28, 2025. Many of you have already pre-ordered one of the three phones, but many are probably still waiting for real-world feedback before they make up their mind. That’s what we’re here for. If you’re eager to know more about the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL, their performance, how specific features work and how good they are, you can join me,

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We Rebuilt Cloud Life's Infrastructure Delivery with System Initiative

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-28 22:18:29

By Ryan Ryke, CEO, Cloud Life ‍ This is the story of how we eliminated static configuration files from our infrastructure workflows at Cloud Life, and, in the process, cut delivery times by more than half, improved reliability, and made our engineers’ work feel much smoother and more manageable. Before this project, we’d been working with the same model that most modern infrastructure teams use: Terraform scripts, config repos, PR reviews, CI pipelines. We’d optimized what we could, but the w

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How one AI startup is helping rice farmers battle climate change

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-10-31 06:21:19

Fixing climate change is no small task — just ask carbon removal developers like Mitti Labs. The New York-based startup has developed technology to measure how much methane is released by rice paddies and uses it to train hundreds of thousands of farmers in climate-friendly practices. It’s the sort of high-touch endeavor that venture capitalists typically avoid. So how has Mitti managed to raise funding from its investors? In short: partnerships. Mitti has started working with The Nature Cons

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Join me and the Android Authority team for a Pixel 10 series AMA, August 27 at 1PM EST

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-31 14:00:09

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority After its announcement last week, the Pixel 10 series will officially be available for purchase on Thursday, August 28, 2025. Many of you have already pre-ordered one of the three phones, but many are probably still waiting for real-world feedback before they make up their mind. That’s what we’re here for. If you’re eager to know more about the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL, their performance, how specific features work and how good they are, yo

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YouTube TV warns subscribers they may lose Fox channels

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-31 14:15:04

YouTube TV could soon lose access to Fox channels, it announced on its official blog, mere days before the 2025 NFL season begins. It warned users that it's actively negotiating with Fox now that the renewal date for their partnership is approaching, but Fox is allegedly asking for an amount "far higher than what partners with comparable content offerings receive." YouTube TV says it's aiming to reach an agreement that "reflects the value of their content and is fair for both sides" without the

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SSL certificate requirements are becoming obnoxious

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-31 13:50:06

I am responsible for approving SSL certificates for my company. I’ve developed a process over the past couple of years that works well. My stakeholders understand their roles and responsibilities and put up a minimal amount of fuss as I review and approve each cert. What started out as a quarterly or semi-monthly task has become a monthly-to-weekly task depending on when our certs are expiring. I appreciate the amount of trust put into certificates and understand that they are a critical compon

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Power with purpose

technologyreview.com Gigi Marino 2025-11-01 01:00:00

In 2005, only 41% of Ghana’s population had access to electricity. Much of that electricity was generated by the Akosombo and Kpong dams on the Volta River, but relying on hydroelectric power made Ghana susceptible to climate fluctuations that affect water levels. Recalling how much his MIT thermodynamics class (then called Heat and Mass Transfer) with Ernest Cravalho had stayed with him, Asiamah-Adjei realized that perhaps delving into energy was not such a wild idea. “The seed had been sown,”

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Prepare your wallets: Here’s when Samsung’s Android XR headset could be launching

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-01 03:27:07

Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s long-awaited Project Moohan XR headset is reportedly launching on September 29 at the next Galaxy Unpacked event. The headset, possibly rebranded as the “Galaxy XR,” is powered by a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 SoC and 16 GB of RAM. Its rumored price is between $1,800 and $2,000, making it cheaper than the Apple Vision Pro. Samsung teamed up with Google for its Project Moohan headset on the brand-new Android XR platform. At the beginning of this year,

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Google says Fox channels to go dark on YouTube TV if agreement isn't reached

cnbc.com Jennifer Elias 2025-11-01 06:28:12

Google -owned YouTube on Monday said it may remove channels including Fox Broadcast Network, Fox News and Fox Sports from its TV streaming platform if it doesn't reach an agreement with Fox Corporation. YouTube TV's renewal date with Fox is coming on Wednesday, and while the two companies have been in ongoing negotiations, they've been unable to reach a deal, the YouTube team wrote in a blog post. The company also emailed YouTube TV subscribers about the potential fall out with Fox. "Fox is as

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Make the Easy Change Hard

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 13:40:04

I'd say this is a setup for a joke later on in the blog post, except the joke doesn't even make sense, so I don't really know what this is. Generated by ChatGPT. There’s a semi-well-known adage in software development that says when you have a hard code change, you should “first make the hard change easy, and then make the easy change.” In other words, refactor the code (or do whatever else you need to do) to simplify the change you’re trying to make before trying to make the change. This is es

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Auchan retailer data breach impacts hundreds of thousands of customers

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-02 02:56:27

French retailer Auchan is informing that some sensitive data associated with loyalty accounts of several hundred thousand of its customers was exposed in a cyberattack. The company is sending data breach notifications to customers affected by the incident. "We are writing to inform you that Auchan has been the victim of a cyberattack. This attack resulted in unauthorized access to certain personal data associated with your loyalty account," reads the retailer's notification. According to the

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As Health Questions Swirl, Weird Spot Appears on Trump’s Hand

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-02 11:08:00

Image by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty / Futurism Treatments Over the past few months, a small media circus has ignited after the White House announced that 79-year-old president Donald Trump, who had been photographed with swollen ankles, had been diagnosed with a disorder called chronic venous insufficiency that causes blood to pool in the extremities. Now, amid the increasing scrutiny about those "cankles," it appears the president or his aides are obfuscating another visible ai

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Microsoft working on fix for ongoing Outlook email issues

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-01 04:15:20

Microsoft is working to resolve an Exchange Online issue causing email access problems for Outlook mobile users who use Hybrid Modern Authentication (HMA). HMA is a Microsoft Exchange Server feature that allows users to access on-premises mailboxes using authorization tokens from the cloud. Tracked under EX1137017 in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, this known issue is caused by a recent service change, designed to improve the efficiency of mailbox syncs, which is triggering 12-hour sync delay

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Latest Tech News

Google is killing the Android phone feature that once made them popular - and there's a big reason why

The ABC Programming Language

Preserving Order in Concurrent Go Apps: Three Approaches Compared

The AYN Odin 3 is officially the first Snapdragon 8 Elite gaming handheld

The V Programming Language

Antarctica Is Changing Rapidly. The Consequences Could Be Dire

Trying to get error backtraces in Rust libraries right

Warner Bros. Shifts ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Release Date to Summer 2026

What Does will-change In CSS Do?

Fox and Google Reach Agreement to Keep Fox Channels on YouTube TV

Google is killing a defining feature for Android phones soon - and there's one reason why

Send some love to these great Android Authority channels with YouTube hype

Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?

Rumored PS6 Handheld Could Steal the Switch 2’s Best Features

Claude Code Checkpoints

4chan launches legal action against Ofcom in US

We rebuilt Cloud Life's infrastructure delivery with System Initiative

Join me and the Android Authority team for a Pixel 10 series AMA right now!

We Rebuilt Cloud Life's Infrastructure Delivery with System Initiative

How one AI startup is helping rice farmers battle climate change

Join me and the Android Authority team for a Pixel 10 series AMA, August 27 at 1PM EST

YouTube TV warns subscribers they may lose Fox channels

SSL certificate requirements are becoming obnoxious

Power with purpose

Prepare your wallets: Here’s when Samsung’s Android XR headset could be launching

Google says Fox channels to go dark on YouTube TV if agreement isn't reached

Make the Easy Change Hard

Auchan retailer data breach impacts hundreds of thousands of customers

As Health Questions Swirl, Weird Spot Appears on Trump’s Hand

Microsoft working on fix for ongoing Outlook email issues

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