GoKawiil - Latest Tech News & Aggregated Headlines

I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat

wired.com Kylie Robison 2025-07-20 13:05:00

An anime girl in a black corset dress sways back and forth on my screen. Its name is Ani, and it cost me $300. Elon Musk’s xAI dropped the new visual chatbot feature on Monday in the Grok iOS app. The top-tier subscription unlocks access to xAI’s best-performing model, Grok 4 Heavy, and special settings for interacting with two custom characters designed for flirting or chatting. A third character, which looks a bit like a sexy boyfriend, is listed as “coming soon.” It’s not xAI’s first dip int

Topics: ani rudi said says xai

Shop Amazon

AI-Powered Smart Devices Help Older Adults Age at Home, Survey Finds

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-22 15:00:28

Older adults often find artificial intelligence smart home devices and voice assistants useful in helping them age in place, according to a new survey by the University of Michigan. More than half of people surveyed aged 50 and older have used generative AI tools they spoke or typed messages to, according to the National Poll on Healthy Aging, released by the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation. By comparison, a June Pew Research Center poll found that 25% of US adults 50 to 64

Topics: adults ai information older said

Shop Amazon

How Android phones became an earthquake warning system

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-22 16:45:36

If you're the owner of an Android phone and live in a seismically active region, there's a chance your phone has popped up an unusual warning. Not one that asks for permission to share personal information, or potential malware, but something far more serious: There's an earthquake nearby, and you have up to a minute or two to get to a safer location. Starting in the US in 2020 and expanding internationally since, the system is called Android Earthquake Alert (AEA), and it's on by default in mo

Topics: alert android earthquake phone vibrations

Shop Amazon

ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data

wired.com Leah Feiger 2025-07-22 16:44:43

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are getting access to the personal data of nearly 80 million people on Medicaid in order to acquire "information concerning the identification and location of aliens in the United States,” according to an information exchange agreement viewed by WIRED. The agreement, which is titled “Information Exchange Agreement Between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for Disclosure of Identity and Locat

Topics: agreement data immigration information medicaid

Shop Amazon

On doing hard things

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-19 14:50:17

On Doing Hard Things 10 Jul, 2025 I've never been known for my coordination, balance, or cardiovascular enthusiasm. In team sports, I was invariably the last one picked – probably only because "not picking" wasn't an option. Physical exertion was not among my natural strengths. So naturally, last summer, I climbed into a boat that was both longer than my room (thanks KRH) and about as wide as myself, and tried to make it move in a straight line. The first few sessions went about how you’d ex

Topics: boat did like team water

Shop Amazon

‘Arcane’ Season 2 Gets a Lavish Home Release, Just in Time for Emmy Season

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-07-22 20:00:00

With Emmy season in full swing and a lot of eyes on whether Riot Games and Fortiche’s League of Legends studio will sweep an already steep competitive lineup of animated shows, GKids has announced a slew of home release pre-order editions for Arcane season two, freeing it from the confines of streaming. In a press release, GKids announced that the home release of Arcane season two will feature a limited-run Collector’s Edition. This will include SteelBook Editions in both 4K UHD and Blu-ray for

Topics: animated arcane home season video

Shop Amazon

A Surge of Earthquakes in Alaska Is Raising Red Flags

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-07-22 20:15:22

A powerful offshore earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for communities along a 700-mile (1,100-kilometer) stretch of Alaska’s southern coast on Wednesday, July 16. Fortunately, the wave never came, and ground shaking caused minimal damage, but another large quake could strike this area in the near future. Since 2020, five earthquakes ranging from magnitude 7.2 to 8.2 have struck the southern coast of Alaska. It’s not unusual for seismic activity to occur in this part of the state, as it run

Topics: alaska quake said stress west

Shop Amazon

Uber Unveils Global Robotaxi Plan With Lucid and Nuro

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-22 18:09:00

Table of Contents Uber Announces Global Robotaxi Plan With Lucid and Nuro Picture ordering an Uber from the airport, but your ride is a robotaxi. That's what you can expect a year from now with Uber's new program in partnership with electric vehicle manufacturer Lucid and tech company Nuro. The partnership will combine Uber's ride-sharing platform with Lucid's new electric SUV, the Gravity, and Nuro's autonomous driving technology. It'll be launching first in an unnamed "major US city," but is

Topics: autonomous lucid nuro uber waymo

Shop Amazon

Best Internet Providers in Louisville, Kentucky

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-22 19:00:00

CNET's pick for the best internet provider in Louisville, Kentucky, is AT&T Fiber. It's not hard to see why. It offers the fastest average speeds in the Louisville area and it can go as high as 5 Gig for $245. With its speedy plans, you'll have little trouble doing most things, whether streaming your favorite show on Netflix or working remotely. However, other solid providers exist for those who can't get AT&T Fiber at their home address or area. According to Ookla, Louisville is 19th among the

Topics: internet louisville plans providers service

Shop Amazon

Android’s Linux Terminal arrives on the Galaxy Z Flip 7, but Z Fold 7 users are left out

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-23 00:42:29

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Flip 7 is the first non-Pixel phone to support Google’s Linux Terminal app, but the feature is curiously missing from the Z Fold 7. The app requires a non-protected virtual machine, which the Z Flip 7’s Exynos chip supports but the Z Fold 7’s Snapdragon chip currently does not. The Terminal app runs a Linux VM and is part of Android 16, but it probably won’t be available on many other devices. Back in March, Google rolled out a

Topics: android app galaxy linux terminal

Shop Amazon

Google is suing the BadBox 2.0 botnet group

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-22 23:58:12

Google has filed a lawsuit against the operators of a what is believed to be the largest smart TV botnet in the world — BadBox 2.0. The company said in its complaint that this China-based botnet had compromised more than 10 million uncertified devices — including TV streaming boxes, tablets and projectors. Google said that cybercriminals pre-installed malware or used malicious apps to download malware on hardware that was running open-source Android software. These compromised devices were then

Topics: badbox botnet devices google said

Shop Amazon

Show HN: PlutoFilter- A single-header, zero-allocation image filter library in C

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-19 08:57:02

PlutoFilter PlutoFilter is a single-header, zero-allocation image filter library written in C. It applies fast, chainable image effects without any dynamic memory allocation. Compatible with SVG and CSS filter semantics, it makes it easy to reproduce visual effects consistently across platforms. Installation PlutoFilter is a self-contained, single-header library written in standard C99. It can be used in two modes: header-only or implementation. In header-only mode, simply include the header

Topics: 0f float plutofilter_surface_t surface void

Shop Amazon

Uber Announces Global Robotaxi Plan With Lucid and Nuro

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-22 23:09:10

Table of Contents Uber Announces Global Robotaxi Plan With Lucid and Nuro Picture ordering an Uber from the airport, but your ride is a robotaxi. That's what you can expect a year from now with Uber's new program in partnership with electric vehicle manufacturer Lucid and tech company Nuro. The partnership will combine Uber's ride-sharing platform with Lucid's new electric SUV, the Gravity, and Nuro's autonomous driving technology. It'll be launching first in an unnamed "major US city," but is

Topics: autonomous lucid nuro uber waymo

Shop Amazon

This AI Warps Live Video in Real Time

wired.com Will Knight 2025-07-23 00:49:12

Dean Leitersdorf introduces himself over Zoom, then types a prompt that makes me feel like I’ve just taken psychedelic mushrooms: “wild west, cosmic, Roman Empire, golden, underwater.” He feeds the words into an artificial intelligence model developed by his startup, Decart, which manipulates live video in real time. “I have no idea what’s going to happen," Leitersdorf says with a laugh, shortly before transforming into a bizarre, gold-tinged, subaquatic version of Julius Caesar in a poncho. L

Topics: decart leitersdorf like mirage video

Shop Amazon

Here are the new features for Pixels in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-23 04:51:34

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has released the third and final beta for Android 16’s first quarterly platform release (QPR1). Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 is available without a detailed changelog, which is typical for these releases. We’ve already started digging into the build to find out what’s new, though, and here’s what we’ve discovered so far. Note: At the time of this article’s publication, Google has only released the Generic System Images (GSIs) for Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3. The

Topics: 16 android beta qpr1 release

Shop Amazon

These Are the 6 Best Vitamins and Minerals for Older Adults, According to Experts

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-23 02:50:00

Getting a good selection of vitamins and minerals in your diet is vital to staying fit and healthy, and that shouldn't be a shock to anyone at this point. If you have a balanced diet, you're likely already getting the nutrients that you need. But that can change, especially as we age and our bodies demand more. Older people are at an increased risk of low vitamin consumption -- partly because our bodies can no longer absorb certain nutrients as effectively as they once did. So, if you're dealing

Topics: health magnesium said vitamin zinc

Shop Amazon

Defense manufacturing startup Hadrian closes $260 million funding round led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-07-23 08:20:40

Defense manufacturing startup Hadrian on Thursday announced the closing of $260 million Series C funding round led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and Lux Capital. The machine parts company said it will use the funding to build a new 270,000 square foot factory in Mesa, Arizona, and expand its Torrance, California, location as it looks to beef up its shipbuilding and naval defense capabilities. "What we really need in this country is this quantum leap above China's manufacturing model," said CE

Topics: defense funding hadrian led said

Shop Amazon

Pixel Watch 4 upgrades could include a repair-friendly design and new emergency tools

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-23 08:40:14

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR With the Pixel Watch 4, Google may finally introduce a new construction that’s more conducive to hardware repairs. A new Breathing Emergencies tool could detect with your oxygen levels fall too low. Google may also bring satellite support to the Pixel Watch 4 for communication during emergencies. When you’re thinking about picking up a premium smartwatch, durability is a major concern. After all, a good watch can easily go for as much as a phone itsel

Topics: android google new pixel watch

Shop Amazon

80 Years After the Trinity Atomic Blast, New Mexico’s Downwinders May Finally See Reparations

gizmodo.com Natalia Mesa 2025-07-23 08:55:56

Eighty years after the Trinity Test brought nuclear fallout to their communities, New Mexico residents living downstream of the test may finally be eligible for long-sought reparations. In the early hours of July 16, 1945, the U.S. Army detonated the world’s first atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Radioactive ash soon began to fall over large swaths of the surrounding regions. Since then, survivors of the U.S. federal government’s nuclear testing progra

Topics: new nuclear reca residents test

Shop Amazon

Waymo Expands in Austin. Everything to Know About the Robotaxi

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-23 07:03:28

Table of Contents Waymo Expands in Austin. Everything to Know About the Robotaxi Self-driving cars are slowly becoming less sci-fi and more real-world as companies like Waymo, the autonomous arm of Google's parent Alphabet, expand into more cities. On Thursday, the company extended into more parts of Austin, Texas, so it now drives across 90 square miles of the city. There are more than 100 Waymo vehicles in the city, with plans for further expansion. Along with Austin, Waymo currently operate

Topics: autonomous ride uber vehicles waymo

Shop Amazon

OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent can control an entire computer and do tasks for you

theverge.com Hayden Field 2025-07-23 08:00:00

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. OpenAI is going all-in on the most-hyped trend in AI right now: AI agents, or tools that go a step beyond chatbots to complete complex, multi-step tasks on a user’s behalf. The company on Thursday debuted ChatGPT Agent, which it bills as a tool that can complete work on your behalf using its own “virtual computer.” In a briefin

Topics: agent ai chatgpt said tool

Shop Amazon

Amazon cuts some jobs in cloud computing unit as layoffs continue

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-07-23 12:10:10

Attendees walk through an exposition hall at AWS re:Invent, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, in Las Vegas on Dec. 3, 2024. Amazon is laying off some staffers in its cloud computing division, the company confirmed on Thursday. "After a thorough review of our organization, our priorities, and what we need to focus on going forward, we've made the difficult business decision to eliminate some roles across particular teams in AWS," Amazon spokesperson Brad Glasser said in a statement. "

Topics: amazon aws company said workforce

Shop Amazon

Musk Accuses Trump of Covering Up Epstein Scandal

futurism.com Unknown 2025-07-23 11:12:37

It's no wonder multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk sees the Jeffrey Epstein crisis as an enormous opportunity to score political points. The situation has driven a massive wedge between president Donald Trump and his MAGA base. A furious Trump has repeatedly attempted to pour cold water on conspiracy theories surrounding the late sex criminal billionaire's mysterious death and the existence of a purported "client list" — efforts that only enraged his supporters even further. In a Twitter spr

Topics: epstein list musk president trump

Shop Amazon

New Apple video comedically says: be careful what you remove from photos

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-07-23 12:40:24

Apple has just released a new video advertising Apple Intelligence on the iPhone 16, with one feature spotlighted: Clean Up. The humorous message of the video? Be careful what you remove from photos. Clean Up should not be used to remove beloved pets, says new ad Clean Up is an Apple Intelligence feature that lets you remove unwanted objects from photos. Available inside the Photos app, Clean Up lets you easily alter an image to get rid of any visual distraction that’s unwanted. But per Appl

Topics: apple clean new remove video

Shop Amazon

Molecule produced by gut bacteria causes atherosclerosis

news.ycombinator.com Manuel Ansede 2025-07-23 12:21:16

A team of Spanish scientists made a striking announcement 15 years ago: they were seeking thousands of volunteers among the employees of Banco Santander in Madrid: researchers wanted to study them in depth for decades, in order to understand the onset of cardiovascular disease in healthy people. The results are even more surprising. Researchers have discovered that gut bacteria produce a molecule that not only induces but also causes atherosclerosis, the accumulation of fat and cholesterol in th

Topics: atherosclerosis cardiovascular imidazole new propionate

Shop Amazon

Is AI the New Android Bloatware? Why Phone-Makers Are Scrambling for Your Attention

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-23 11:17:44

If you've bought an Android phone in the past year, you've likely noticed that it's packed with AI features. Maybe you knew about them before you hit purchase, maybe you assumed (safely as it turns out) that there would be some kind of AI on your new phone, or maybe they took you totally by surprise. If you bought a Samsung Galaxy S25, for example, you'll have had Gemini, Circle to Search, Bixby and Galaxy AI at your fingertips -- all before you even thought about downloading the ChatGPT app. I

Topics: ai android gemini google phone

Shop Amazon

Uber makes multimillion-dollar investment in Lucid and Nuro to build a premium robotaxi service

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-07-23 08:31:19

Uber is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into EV maker Lucid and autonomous vehicle technology startup Nuro in a bid to launch its own premium robotaxi service. Under the deal announced Thursday, Uber will invest $300 million in Lucid and separately buy “at least” 20,000 of the EV maker’s new Gravity SUV over the next six years. Those EVs will be equipped with Nuro’s autonomous vehicle system, and the vehicles will be owned and operated by Uber or its third-party fleet partners. Uber p

Topics: lucid nuro said uber vehicle

Shop Amazon

Twitch starts testing vertical video streams

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-07-23 12:53:52

Livestreaming service Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, announced at its annual TwitchCon event earlier this year that it would move into the vertical video space. Now those initial alpha tests have gone live with a few streamers, according to findings from market intelligence provider Appsensa. In a recent build, the firm found references to the vertical video tests and information about what sort of features these new streams would offer. The feature, once fully rolled out, would make Twitch

Topics: appsensa tests twitch vertical video

Shop Amazon

Uber's latest robotaxi plan involves 20,000 Lucid EVs

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-23 15:59:44

Uber is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Nuro and Lucid, the latest step in the company’s plan to build an extensive robotaxi program that can roll out globally. Uber’s partnership with EV manufacturer Lucid will see it deploy at least 20,000 of the Newark-based company’s vehicles over a period of six years. These will be equipped with the AI-powered Nuro Driver autonomous technology. The vehicles will be owned and operated by Uber or one of its third-party partners, and the service

Topics: company lucid nuro robotaxi uber

Shop Amazon

Doing Hard Things

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-20 15:50:17

On Doing Hard Things 10 Jul, 2025 I've never been known for my coordination, balance, or cardiovascular enthusiasm. In team sports, I was invariably the last one picked – probably only because "not picking" wasn't an option. Physical exertion was not among my natural strengths. So naturally, last summer, I climbed into a boat that was both longer than my room (thanks KRH) and about as wide as myself, and tried to make it move in a straight line. The first few sessions went about how you’d ex

Topics: boat did like team water

Shop Amazon

Latest Tech News

I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat

AI-Powered Smart Devices Help Older Adults Age at Home, Survey Finds

How Android phones became an earthquake warning system

ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data

On doing hard things

‘Arcane’ Season 2 Gets a Lavish Home Release, Just in Time for Emmy Season

A Surge of Earthquakes in Alaska Is Raising Red Flags

Uber Unveils Global Robotaxi Plan With Lucid and Nuro

Best Internet Providers in Louisville, Kentucky

Android’s Linux Terminal arrives on the Galaxy Z Flip 7, but Z Fold 7 users are left out

Google is suing the BadBox 2.0 botnet group

Show HN: PlutoFilter- A single-header, zero-allocation image filter library in C

Uber Announces Global Robotaxi Plan With Lucid and Nuro

This AI Warps Live Video in Real Time

Here are the new features for Pixels in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3

These Are the 6 Best Vitamins and Minerals for Older Adults, According to Experts

Defense manufacturing startup Hadrian closes $260 million funding round led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund

Pixel Watch 4 upgrades could include a repair-friendly design and new emergency tools

80 Years After the Trinity Atomic Blast, New Mexico’s Downwinders May Finally See Reparations

Waymo Expands in Austin. Everything to Know About the Robotaxi

OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent can control an entire computer and do tasks for you

Amazon cuts some jobs in cloud computing unit as layoffs continue

Musk Accuses Trump of Covering Up Epstein Scandal

New Apple video comedically says: be careful what you remove from photos

Molecule produced by gut bacteria causes atherosclerosis

Is AI the New Android Bloatware? Why Phone-Makers Are Scrambling for Your Attention

Uber makes multimillion-dollar investment in Lucid and Nuro to build a premium robotaxi service

Twitch starts testing vertical video streams

Uber's latest robotaxi plan involves 20,000 Lucid EVs

Doing Hard Things

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising

Latest Tech News

Trending Topics

Hot Now

Popular

Emerging

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising