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People kept working, became healthier while on basic income: report

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-23 00:53:09

Participants in Ontario's prematurely cancelled basic income pilot project were happier, healthier and continued working even though they were receiving money with no-strings attached. That's according to a new report titled Southern Ontario's Basic Income Experience, which was compiled by researchers at McMaster and Ryerson University, in partnership with the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction. The report shows nearly three-quarters of respondents who were working when the pilot projec

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Assemble for the Classic Age of ‘Avengers’ Comics in This Retro-Tinged Marvel Preview

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-24 01:14:47

After bringing Alex Ross back to the realm of the Fantastic Four with the release of his graphic novel Full Circle a few years ago, Abrams is returning to the world of original Marvel Comics with a new tale, with a new creative team, and some very classic Avengers. io9 can give you a sneaky look inside Chip Kidd and Michael Cho teaming up for The Avengers in The Veracity Trap, the second entry in Abrams’ line of MarvelArts releases. Built around the classic early era of the Avengers—with a team

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4 Best Music Streaming Services (2025): Spotify, Apple Music, and More Compared

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-09-24 04:00:00

Music sure has come a long way since you had to go dig through the bins at your local record store. You can pipe hundreds of millions of songs directly into your headphones from anywhere with an internet connection, all for the price of one CD each month. No more buying tracks or buffing out scuffs. All of these services’ libraries pretty much mirror each other, with the phrase “over 100 millions songs” being thrown around by multiple services. The things that separate streaming services are th

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TikTok's latest feature will help songwriters show off their work

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-24 17:15:12

TikTok has proven to be a powerful platform to help tunes go viral and now the company is making it easier for songwriters to benefit from that reach. The social media site has rolled out a pair of new features in beta: a Songwriter label that identifies users as such under their profile, and a Songwriter Music Tab that lets them spotlight tracks they've written or co-written. So far, only a limited number of publishers and songwriters can apply to get the new label and tab. TikTok noted that s

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Marshall's first soundbar rocks as a mainstream alternative - Here's my take

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-09-24 17:45:16

ZDNET's key takeaways The Marshall Heston 120 is a one-box soundbar (no rear speakers or sub included) that retails for $999. This soundbar delivers a fresh design and plenty of bass, audio features, and connectivity ports. For a first-generation product, it retails for as much as its well-established, acclaimed rivals. View now at Marshall The Marshall Heston 120 soundbar is currently out of stock on Marshall's website, and there are no other retailers. According to Marshall, it will be rest

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Get Apple’s one-tap Ambient Music playlists on Android with this free new app

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-25 06:30:30

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR A new third-party app brings Apple’s Ambient Music feature to Android, letting you start playlists to help you relax, focus, or sleep. Called Ambient Music, the app adds Quick Settings tiles that launch curated streams of music designed for specific activities. The free, open-source app is available on GitHub, requires Android 14+, and caches songs for offline listening. While Android and iOS often borrow features from each other, you don’t always hav

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NINA: Rebuilding the original AIM, AOL Desktop, Yahoo and ICQ platforms

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-25 02:27:42

NINA Remember AOL, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, even Q-Link? We do too. That's why we're bringing them back. Let's go back to the basics - when you hoped your modem would connect to the internet, when you changed your away message to tease someone, when you used to chat endlessly with people from all around the world. It's back, baby! We're working to primarily rebuild the original AIM (AOL Instant Messenger), AOL Desktop, Yahoo and ICQ platforms as close to the originals as possible, and document the

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4 Best Music Streaming Services (2024): Spotify, Apple Music, and More Compared

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-09-25 05:00:00

Music sure has come a long way since you had to go dig through the bins at your local record store. You can pipe hundreds of millions of songs directly into your headphones from anywhere with an internet connection, all for the price of one CD each month. No more buying tracks or buffing out scuffs. All of these services’ libraries pretty much mirror each other, with the phrase “over 100 millions songs” being thrown around by multiple services. The things that separate streaming services are th

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TikTok lures songwriters with new promotional features

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-09-25 02:00:00

TikTok is adding new features to its app to let songwriters highlight their works. These features, rolling out in beta, include a “Songwriter” label and a new tab on their profile to show off their musical works. This can help songwriters market themselves better to potential clients. The company said a limited number of publishing partners and songwriters have access to the new label and the music highlight section. Songwriters and publishers who want to be part of the program will have to joi

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AI-generated music is going viral. Should the music industry be worried?

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-09-25 05:27:19

The growing prevalence of AI music has caused a stir across the music industry, according to Keith Mullin, head of management and music industry course leader at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Da-kuk | E+ | Getty Images With more than 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify, psychedelic rock band The Velvet Sundown is raking in thousands of dollars and has the music industry asking itself tough questions 一 and they're not about whether the '70s are coming back. The "band" was recen

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TikTok is putting the spotlight on songwriters

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-25 07:00:00

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. TikTok will now let songwriters highlight tracks they’ve written or co-written directly on their profiles. The list of songs will live within the “Music” tab on their profile, similar to the one TikTok already offers for artists on the platform. Users who register as songwriters will also get a “Songwriter” label beneath their account name. These n

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TikTok is adding features for songwriters to its app

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-09-25 07:00:00

TikTok is adding new features to its app to let songwriters highlight their works. These features, rolling out in beta, include a “Songwriter” label and a new tab on their profile to show off their musical works. This can help songwriters market themselves better to potential clients. The company said a limited number of publishing partners and songwriters have access to the new label and the music highlight section. Songwriters and publishers who want to be part of the program will have to joi

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Here's How to Watch All the 'Jurassic Park' and 'Jurassic World' Movies Streaming at Home

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-25 20:30:00

I first saw Jurassic Park one fateful day during middle school when my teacher rolled in a cart topped with a CRT television, popped in a VHS tape and pressed play. I was instantly hooked and I've since watched the film countless times, including on a 2013 trip to see it in 3D on the big screen at my AMC theater. Jurassic World: Rebirth hit cinemas on July 2, and I've been rewatching the entire series to get in the mood. With run times ranging from 1 hour and 32 minutes for Jurassic Park III to

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The Former CEO of Uber Kind of Sounds Like He's Losing It When He's Talking About AI

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-26 00:15:05

It sounds like the co-founder and former CEO of Uber has had a big gulp of the AI Kool-aid — and then some. On a recent episode of the All-In podcast, Travis Kalanick, who resigned from the ride-hailing company in disgrace in 2017, spoke rapturously about his experience using chatbots like ChatGPT and Grok. That's when he revealed his sincere conviction that he, a mere college dropout, was on the verge of achieving a breakthrough in physics just by probing the AI models. "I'll go down this thr

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ElliQ Review: An AI Companion Bot for Lonely Elders

wired.com Simon Hill 2025-09-26 09:43:15

For the past few weeks, the AI-powered ElliQ companion robot has perched on the end of my desk. Designed by Intuition Robotics for seniors living alone, this proactive animatronic chats to me throughout the day, checking how I’m feeling, suggesting “fun” activities, and prodding me to be more active and sociable. While it can be annoying, I've grown attached to ElliQ despite myself, and I can see the positive potential. Loneliness is an epidemic. According to the US Census Bureau, around 16 mil

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This simple Kindle accessory seriously upgraded my reading experience (and it costs less than $25)

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2025-09-28 21:46:12

ZDNET's key takeaways The Strapsicle silicone straps upgrade the grip options on your Kindle and provide a secure hold to prevent drops. At $21, Strapsicle is an easy and affordable Kindle accessory to make your reading experience even more comfortable. If you prefer more ergonomic grips or don't like the look of straps across the back of your Kindle, an alternative security option may be best. $20.9 at Amazon If you're adventuring on summer travels in the upcoming months, now is the perfect

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Sony's most portable speaker yet also fills up the room with powerful sound

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-29 01:41:42

ZDNET's key takeaways The Sony Ult Field 3 speaker is a midrange powerhouse with great sound and ample bass, and it's $50 off right now at Amazon. With a 24-hour battery life and features that encourage speaker syncing, the Ult Field 3 would be perfect for regular hosts and music lovers. I can't think of anything wrong with this incredible speaker, and its price competes with other speakers of this size and spec. View now at Amazon View now at Walmart more buying choices The Sony Ult Field 3

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Best MP3 Players for 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-28 19:45:00

CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review products and services. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. While most people just use their phone to listen to music, there are many situations where that's not ideal. For one, streaming music uses a lot of data, and sometimes you're in an area where there's no cell service anyway. Or maybe you just want to skip streaming altogether and actually own your music again. No matter the reason

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Infisical (YC W23) Is Hiring DevRel Engineers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-01 22:00:57

Infisical is looking to hire exceptional talent to join our teams in building the open source security infrastructure stack for the AI era. We're building a generational company with a world-class team. This isn’t a place to coast — but if you want to grow fast, take ownership, and solve tough problems, you’ll be challenged like nowhere else. What We’re Looking For We’re looking for a developer-focused communicator who’s excited about developer tools, security infrastructure, and developer ex

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Experimental imperative-style music sequence generator engine

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-28 00:33:57

pattrns pattrns is an experimental imperative-style music sequence generator engine. It allows you to programmatically create music sequences either in plain Rust as library (static, compiled) or in Lua as a scripting engine (dynamic, interpreted). So it's also suitable for live coding music. In addition to its imperative event generator approach, it also supports the creation of musical events using tidalcycle's mini-notation. This crate only deals with the generation of raw musical events.

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Commodore 64 Ultimate

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-01 15:21:22

Honouring the past. Innovating the future. Without the distractions that stole it. Commodore has returned from a parallel timeline where tech stayed optimistic, inviting, and human. Where it served us, not enslaved us. We’re here to bring that feeling back - retro • futurism, transparent tech, digital detox, real innovation. Our first step is your first way out. The glowing, translucent Commodore® 64 computer isn't a software emulator - it's the first official Commodore 64 in over 30 y

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What is Realtalk’s relationship to AI? (2024)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 20:25:56

Dynamicland FAQ An independent nonprofit research lab, whose mission is to enable universal literacy in a humane dynamic medium. This involves inventing a humane form of computing, and developing educational and community-based institutions in which a culture can grow. [more] A computing environment (operating system, programming languages, philosophy) invented by Dynamicland researchers to enable us to prototype a new medium. In Realtalk, people work together side-by-side in the real world,

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I’m Rewatching the Jurassic Park Movies to Get in the Mood for Jurassic World: Rebirth. Here’s Where You Can Binge the Whole Franchise

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-04 20:30:00

I first encountered Jurassic Park one fateful day during middle school when my teacher rolled in a cart topped with a CRT television, popped in a VHS tape of Jurassic Park and pressed play. I was instantly hooked and I've since watched the film countless times, including a 2013 trip to see the movie in 3D on the big screen at my AMC theater. Jurassic World: Rebirth hit cinemas on July 2 and I've been rewatching the entire series to get in the mood. With run times ranging from 1 hour and 32 minu

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Bret Victor on why current trend of AIs is at odds with his work

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-04 21:25:56

Dynamicland FAQ An independent nonprofit research lab, whose mission is to enable universal literacy in a humane dynamic medium. This involves inventing a humane form of computing, and developing educational and community-based institutions in which a culture can grow. [more] A computing environment (operating system, programming languages, philosophy) invented by Dynamicland researchers to enable us to prototype a new medium. In Realtalk, people work together side-by-side in the real world,

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ChatGPT made up a product feature out of thin air, so this company created it

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-07 01:59:25

On Monday, sheet music platform Soundslice says it developed a new feature after discovering that ChatGPT was incorrectly telling users the service could import ASCII tablature—a text-based guitar notation format the company had never supported. The incident reportedly marks what might be the first case of a business building functionality in direct response to an AI model's confabulation. Typically, Soundslice digitizes sheet music from photos or PDFs and syncs the notation with audio or video

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ChatGPT hallucinated about music app Soundslice so often, the founder made the lie come true

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-10-07 17:20:14

Earlier this month, Adrian Holovaty, founder of music-teaching platform Soundslice, solved a mystery that had been plaguing him for weeks. Weird images of what were clearly ChatGPT sessions kept being uploaded to the site. Once he solved it, he realized that ChatGPT had become one of his company’s greatest hype men – but it was also lying to people about what his app could do. Holovaty is best known as one of the creators of the open-source Django project, a popular Python web development fram

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The Galaxy Watch 8 series is here, and this is the model I’d buy

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-07 19:00:32

Samsung’s latest wearables have officially landed, sporting a unified look and smarter software. As expected, the launch doesn’t reinvent the proverbial wheel, but this year, it does reshape it. The Galaxy Watch 8, Watch 8 Classic, and a subtly updated Galaxy Watch Ultra all adopt a cushiony squircle case design. They also introduce a refined One UI 8 Watch experience built on Wear OS 6, leaving shoppers to choose between the sleeker base model, the fan-favorite rotating bezel on the Classic, or

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My Favorite Feature's Back! I Tried Out the New Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-08 00:00:00

You have to hand it to Samsung -- the company has never been afraid to break from the cookie-cutter smartwatch mold. Unlike the predictable updates from its competitors, Samsung surprises us nearly every year. The new Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, announced at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event, blend design cues from previous generations: There's the Ultra's functional, squared-off frame and the romantic elegance of the Classic's physical rotating bezel -- a feature that made me fall

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Upgrading to the Galaxy Watch 8? I hope you’re not too attached to your old Galaxy watch bands…

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-08 05:00:50

TL;DR Samsung has introduced the Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic with a brand-new Dynamic Lug System for watch bands. While the new system promises better comfort and 11% more accurate heart rate tracking, older Galaxy Watch bands and other standard third-party 20mm bands are no longer compatible with the new smartwatches. Users with a collection of older straps will need to invest in new ones designed for the Galaxy Watch 8 series. Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy Watch 8

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Samsung launches an all-squircle Galaxy Watch 8 and Watch 8 Classic with Wear OS 6!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-08 05:00:51

TL;DR Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy Watch 8 series, including a base and Classic model. The smartwatches adopt the squircle shape of the Ultra lineup and feature a redesigned One UI 8 Watch software experience. Priced starting at $349 and $499, respectively, the Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic are available now for preorder. Samsung has officially announced its latest smartwatches, the Galaxy Watch 8 series, and it’s all about refinement. The new lineup borrows heavily

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People kept working, became healthier while on basic income: report

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