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CubeSats are fascinating learning tools for space

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-27 21:02:02

These are CubeSats. Satellites that are going to space—or at least, the ones I have here are prototypes. But these have one thing in common: they're all powered by either a Raspberry Pi, or a microcontroller. There are already Pis in space, like on Mark Rober's SatGus, on GASPACS, and the Astro Pis on the Space station. Another Pi is going up this weekend, which is why I'm posting this today. I'll get to that one, but I wanted to spend some time talking about two things that fascinate me: Raspb

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Writing a Good AI Image Prompt Isn't Hard, but You Need These Essential Elements

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 21:05:03

One of the first things I learned while testing AI image generators is that there are a lot of things that can go wrong when you're trying to get the image you see in your head to appear on your screen. If you've ever used an AI image or video generator, you know what I mean. I've spent the past year testing and reviewing different AI image generators, and I've generated hundreds of images across services like Google's nano bananas model, Midjourney and Dall-E. But the images I created haven't

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How brands and creators are fighting for your attention — and your money

theverge.com Hank Green 2025-09-27 21:00:00

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Hank Green, the cofounder of Complexly, where we make SciShow, Crash Course, and a bunch of other educational YouTube channels. I’m back in the Decoder guest host chair for another couple of episodes while Nilay is out on parental leave. Today, I’m talking with Digitas CEO Amy Lanzi, who runs a major marketing and ad agency. You might remember Amy; Nilay interviewed he

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Introducing our new WhatsApp and Telegram channels, and more ways to follow Android Authority

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 01:07:56

Media is an increasingly tough business. With Google and other platforms now summarizing articles and diverting web traffic away from publishers, it’s harder than ever for independent outlets like ours to sustain quality reporting. That’s why we rely more and more on readers like you to find us directly, rather than through big platforms. Every time you choose to engage with us directly, you help keep Android Authority strong, independent, and focused on bringing you the tech insights you can’t

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Is the Popular $599 BowFlex Bike as Good as a Peloton? I Tested Both and Here's What I Learned

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-28 00:00:00

CNET key takeaways More affordable than other exercise bikes at $600 Access to the JRNY app and third-party apps like Peloton Warranty lasts for up to 10 years If you're on the hunt for an affordable exercise bike, the BowFlex IC SE is worth considering. It's one of CNET's top-tested bikes and a solid Peloton alternative, offering a similar experience without the steep price tag. At $600, half the price of a Peloton bike, you'll get a bike that offers a smooth ride and over 100 resistance l

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The Mac App Flea Market

news.ycombinator.com Jim Nielsen 2025-09-28 00:14:13

Have you ever searched for “AI chat” in the Mac App Store? I have. It’s like strolling through one of those counterfeit, replica markets where all the goods look legit at first glance. But then when you look closer, you realize something is off. For the query “AI chat”, there are so many ChatGPT-like app icons the results are comical. Take a look at these: The real app icon for the ChatGPT desktop app (from OpenAI) is in that collection above. Can you spot it? Here they are again in a single

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The Culture Novels as a Dystopia

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-28 01:32:12

A couple of people have mentioned to me: “we need more fiction examples of positive AI superintelligence – utopias like the Culture novels”. And they’re right, AI can be tremendously positive, and some beacons lit into the future could help make that come around. But one of my hobbies is “oppositional reading” – deliberately interpreting novels counter to the obvious / intended reading. And it’s not so clear to me that the Culture is all it is cracked up to be. Most of the novels take the pers

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Scientists Working on "Smart Dust" That Can Spy on a Room While Drifting Throught the Air

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-28 05:00:57

In his 1963 scifi story "The Invincible," the Polish writer Stanisław Lem imagined an artificial species of free-floating nanobots which roamed the atmosphere of a far-off planet. Like tiny bugs, the microscopic beings were powerless alone, but together they could form cooperative swarms to gather energy, reproduce, and ultimately defend their territory from predators with deadly force. Unlike the story’s human protagonists, the "black cloud" of bots was incapable of reasoning beyond the simple

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Why We Spiral

news.ycombinator.com Gregory M. Walton 2025-09-28 03:46:58

Say you’re a senior member of your team at work. You’re 12 minutes late to the weekly staff Zoom. Once you’ve “joined audio,” the first thing you hear is your old friend’s voice. “There you are! So glad you could fit us in.” You laugh and explain the disastrous traffic, difficult drop-off at your kids’ school, or whatever it was that messed up your morning. The moment passes and the conversation moves on. You turn to the job at hand, focused and ready to go. But what if you’re a junior staffer,

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Designing user interfaces with bots not buttons

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-25 07:22:25

I’ve seen a couple of examples recently of how super simple “bots” are replacing bits of user interface. I feel like this is a trend connected with the return of VR. I am in love with the virtual events platform Skittish which is a 3D cartoon world (where everyone is a low-poly animal) for running multiplayer online parties, conferences, workshops etc. RECOMMENDATION: Hit the “Try it now” button in the top right of their homepage and run around the sandbox. Talk to the other animals! Go into t

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Colman Domingo Used Jerry Springer to Build His ‘Running Man’ Villain

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-09-28 10:25:58

The upcoming Running Man remake is set in a United States where people watch contestants try to survive being hunted. Watch any game show (or reality TV in general), and the host is as important as the players themselves, and that’s where Colman Domingo comes in. He plays Bobby Thompson in the film, who hosts the titular blood sport that’s the talk of the country. We got a little bit of the character in the trailer, and according to Domingo, playing a guy like that is like “[being] in a whole d

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The iPhone to get this year

theverge.com David Pierce 2025-09-28 06:00:00

is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 97, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you’re having a good iPhone / back to school / it’s-finally-not-hot-anymore week, and also you can read all the old

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7 launchers you should use instead of Nova Launcher

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 08:30:25

Andy Walker / Android Authority If you’ve been using Android phones as long as me, it’s impossible that you haven’t dabbled in Nova Launcher at some point. In fact, I’d say that Nova Launcher has been the go-to app for Android customization for well over a decade. It earned that well-deserved status by giving users more control than stock launchers ever could, from how icons looked to how gestures worked to how the app drawer was laid out. But all good things come to an end, and the development

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For the first time, iPhone 17 Pro truly feels deserving of the ‘Pro’ moniker

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-09-28 02:32:20

Apple introduced the Pro moniker for iPhones six years ago with the iPhone 11 lineup. However, with the iPhone 17 lineup in particular – it feels like Apple truly developed a professional iPhone for the first time. I’ll explain. ‘Pro’ is no longer just flashy First things first, this year’s iPhone 17 Pro is no longer the flashy model, unlike previous Pro iPhones. With this years switch from Titanium to Aluminum, the iPhone 17 Pro simply uses the same material as the standard iPhone 17 model.

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Presence in VR should show tiny people, not user avatars (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-24 16:49:25

Since picking up a virtual reality headset a couple weeks ago, I’ve been asking myself: how should the future operating system for apps work? Like: how do you write docs? How do you collaborate on a deck? How do you launch your messaging app? Games are easy because they get to be weird. But for apps you need standard behaviours. So I’m trying to think through this from first principles and see what comes to mind… ALSO keep in mind that I have become obsessed with the overview mode in Walkabou

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The Socratic Journal Method: A Simple Journaling Method That Works

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-24 18:03:11

Years of notebooks and a laptop side by side, the Socratic Journal Method blends timeless reflection with modern tools to make journaling a habit that actually works. Journaling doesn’t need to be a chore. In this post, I share The Socratic Journal Method, my simple twist on journaling that turns blank pages into meaningful conversations. It’s a method designed to help you reflect, stay consistent, and actually enjoy the process. Why I Created the Socratic Journal Method Over the years, I’v

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Will AI be the basis of many future industrial fortunes, or a net loser?

news.ycombinator.com Jerry Neumann 2025-09-28 02:01:35

Fortunes are made by entrepreneurs and investors when revolutionary technologies enable waves of innovative, investable companies. Think of the railroad, the Bessemer process, electric power, the internal combustion engine, or the microprocessor—each of which, like a stray spark in a fireworks factory, set off decades of follow-on innovations, permeated every part of society, and catapulted a new set of inventors and investors into power, influence, and wealth. Yet some technological innovation

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AI Will Not Make You Rich

news.ycombinator.com Jerry Neumann 2025-09-28 07:01:35

Fortunes are made by entrepreneurs and investors when revolutionary technologies enable waves of innovative, investable companies. Think of the railroad, the Bessemer process, electric power, the internal combustion engine, or the microprocessor—each of which, like a stray spark in a fireworks factory, set off decades of follow-on innovations, permeated every part of society, and catapulted a new set of inventors and investors into power, influence, and wealth. Yet some technological innovation

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Orange rivers signal toxic shift in Arctic wilderness

news.ycombinator.com Author 2025-09-26 01:24:05

In Alaska’s Brooks Range, rivers once clear enough to drink from now run orange and hazy with toxic metals. As warming thaws formerly frozen ground, it sets off a chemical chain reaction that is poisoning fish and wreaking havoc on ecosystems. Researcher testing murky waters in Alaska's Brooks Range. (Photo: Taylor Rhoades) As the planet warms, a layer of permafrost — permanently frozen Arctic soil that locked away minerals for millennia — is beginning to thaw. Water and oxygen creep into the

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Sam Altman Concerned That the Whole Internet Now Feels Fake as AI Takes Over

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-28 03:00:25

Has Sam Altman spent too much time talking with ChatGPT lately, or has he finally taken a break from his delusion-inducing chatbot and smelled the roses? We ask because the man responsible for unleashing the Automated Soulless Text Machine on the world has recently caught on that the internet has started feeling super fake, and he's now pontificating about this novel observation again on X-formerly-Twitter, seemingly mystified at how this all came to pass. Prompting his latest musing was a scr

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My art skills peaked in kindergarten but my portable projector had me covered

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 01:00:27

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority To set the stage, my artistic ability falls somewhere between a toddler with a crayon and the least helpful player on your Pictionary team. So when faced with the prospect of hand-painting a birthday banner, I was dubious, though still committed. Like any modern adult, I turned to tech, and while projectors may not have been designed for amateur crafters, they’re surprisingly perfect for the job. Setting up shop Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority The bigges

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Android’s version of Apple Health is in bad shape, but Google’s got a plan for change

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 02:00:24

00:00 – Mishaal Rahman: Is Google’s delay in releasing source code a sign of AOSP’s impending doom? 00:04 – C. Scott Brown: And could Google finally make Health Connect a true alternative to Apple Health? 00:09 – Mishaal Rahman: I’m Mishaal Rahman. 00:11 – C. Scott Brown: And I’m C. Scott Brown and this is the Authority Insights podcast where we break down the latest news and leaks surrounding the Android operating system. 00:20 – Mishaal Rahman: So this week or actually last week, Google re

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AirPods Pro 3 will be available in under a week, but don’t rush into buying them

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-09-28 03:50:00

On Tuesday, Apple held its ‘Awe dropping’ September event – where it announced new iPhone and Apple Watch models, as per usual. It also dropped a new pair of AirPods Pro 3 – which do look quite exciting. That said, if you are going to buy them – you should make sure you’re buying them for the right reasons. Let’s explain. Live Translation One of the headlining features with AirPods Pro 3 – its live translation feature, isn’t actually exclusive. In fact, it’ll work with a couple pairs of older

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How Often Should You Replace Your Mattress and Bedding?

wired.com Julia Forbes 2025-09-28 01:39:00

As foreboding as it sounds, nothing lasts forever—not even your mattress, sheets, and pillows. It’s essential to know how often to replace your mattress and bedding, not just for hygiene reasons, but for ensuring you’re getting optimal support and comfort to aid in sleep. I have seen some severe cases of people using wildly outdated or damaged mattresses (think 20 years or more, or covered in duct tape), and pillows so shredded into tatters that it makes you wonder how they even resembled pillow

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Exit 8’s director was inspired by watching people play the game

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2025-09-28 03:00:00

Few video game adaptations understand their source material quite like the Exit 8 film. It takes the rules and structure of the game — which strands players inside of a looping hallway in a Tokyo subway station — and then builds on them with actual characters and a story. And according to director Genki Kawamura, one of the reasons that the movie feels so fresh could be because of how he approached it. “I wasn’t necessarily thinking about a film adaptation of a video game,” he tells The Verge. “

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Switching from iPhone to Pixel 10 feels like time travel into AI’s future

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 04:00:56

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Imagine the opening scene of a sci-fi movie. You swipe up to unlock your phone. The camera zooms into the screen, and suddenly you’re hurled through infinite space at light speed — stars, comets, and debris flashing past until you land in a dimension centuries ahead of what you left behind. That’s exactly how switching to the Pixel 10 felt after living with iPhone’s AI (non)efforts. Okay, maybe there’s a tiny bit of exaggeration there, but the sentiment is re

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Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion

news.ycombinator.com James O'Sullivan 2025-09-28 01:27:19

Credits James O’Sullivan lectures in the School of English and Digital Humanities at University College Cork, where his work explores the intersection of technology and culture. At first glance, the feed looks familiar, a seamless carousel of “For You” updates gliding beneath your thumb. But déjà‑vu sets in as 10 posts from 10 different accounts carry the same stock portrait and the same breathless promise — “click here for free pics” or “here is the one productivity hack you need in 2025.” Swi

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Save $70 on One of Our Favorite Android Tablets

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-09-29 05:19:33

If you're hunting for a well-priced Android tablet that's perfect for occasional use around the house, look no further than the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE, which is currently discounted at Amazon to just $430. It's one of our favorite Android tablets, with the right balance of features, power, and battery life for most people. Despite using an LCD screen instead of the increasingly common AMOLED, the Samsung's 10.7-inch panel is vivid and clear for most use cases. It's great for curling up with

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I Tested iOS 26 for 3 Months and Liquid Glass Isn't the Only Game-Changing Feature

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-29 12:48:25

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. Apple/ Zooey Liao/ CNET The wait is almost over. Apple is set to release iOS 26 on Monday. It's been three months since the company announced the software update at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June, with the first beta version released shortly after. Since then, I've been living with the beta software on two iPhones: my iPhone 16 Pro and 14 Pro

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Ten Years of D3D12

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-26 05:45:06

For those of us that have been using it from the start, it can be hard to believe that Direct3D 12 has been around for ten years now. Windows 10 was released on July 29th 2015, and D3D12 has been with us ever since. While it’s true that this is the longest we’ve gone between major D3D version updates, it’s also not fair to say that the API has remained static. On the contrary, D3D12 has received a steady stream of new interfaces, functions, and shader models. These updates have included some ver

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Orange rivers signal toxic shift in Arctic wilderness

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