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Reddit is dropping subscriber counts on subreddits

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-10-02 04:44:30

Reddit users can no longer see how many people are subscribed to their favorite subreddit communities. The platform has announced that it’s removing the member count metric that appears on subreddit pages — located under the page bio on the right for desktop users, or at the top under the subreddit name on mobile — to better focus on real-time engagement. The member count is being replaced by two metrics. One shows how many users have visited a subreddit in the past seven days, “based on a roll

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Tinder evolves some features into dating ‘modes’

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-10-02 13:46:17

In a bid to retain users and increase engagement, Tinder is overhauling some of its existing features into new, redesigned “modes,” in addition revamping its home screen. The app is getting two new modes, Double Date and College Mode — essentially extensions of existing features — alongside a “For You” mode on the home screen that presents the classic Tinder experience. The company said it will add more dating modes that will lean into interests, dating intentions, and different ways to connect

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6 sudo tricks every Linux user needs to know - plus 1 just for fun

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-10-02 14:00:16

MoleQL/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Sudo is a powerful but imperfect Linux tool. These tips can help make using sudo easier and safer. Always use caution when monkeying with sudo. I started using Linux prior to the advent of sudo. Back then, any time I needed to run admin tasks, I had to first su to the root user, run the task, and then exit the root user. Because root was enabled, some users would s

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Robinhood embraces copy trading after warning competitors about regulatory risks

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-10-02 11:17:09

What a difference a changing regulatory environment makes. Roughly nine months after suggesting that a young copy trading platform could only operate because it flew “under the radar” of regulators, Robinhood has announced its own entry into the space with “Robinhood Social,” a new feature that will allow users to follow and manually replicate the trades of prominent investors. The move represents a striking about-face for the online brokerage, which has historically been cautious about featur

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Source code for the X recommendation algorithm

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-02 23:11:57

X's Recommendation Algorithm X's Recommendation Algorithm is a set of services and jobs that are responsible for serving feeds of posts and other content across all X product surfaces (e.g. For You Timeline, Search, Explore, Notifications). For an introduction to how the algorithm works, please refer to our engineering blog. Architecture Product surfaces at X are built on a shared set of data, models, and software frameworks. The shared components included in this repository are listed below:

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New Pixel 10 screens are freezing with bizarre 'snowy' static - what to do if you see it

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-10-03 16:38:49

Ok_Economist_3997 (Reddit) / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Pixel 10 devices are being affected by a screen glitch. The glitch covers the screen in static-like snow. For now, Google is investigating, but there's no fix. The Google Pixel 10 series has only been available for about two weeks, but users are already encountering some big glitches. Also: A week later with Google Pixel 10, I'm wondering why anyone should

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No Man's Sky Players Are Competing to Create the Goofiest Spaceships Imaginable

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-03 20:01:39

Procedurally-generated open exploration game No Man's Sky recently got one of its biggest updates ever, a whopping nine years after it was first launched, allowing players to customize their own spaceships to a baffling level of detail — and the resulting creativity is truly out of this world. The "Voyagers" update, which rolled out late last month, adds the ability to decorate enormous "Corvette"-class ships to an unprecedented — and sometimes hilarious — degree. The update proved to be incre

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X open sourced their latest algorithm

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-04 00:11:57

X's Recommendation Algorithm X's Recommendation Algorithm is a set of services and jobs that are responsible for serving feeds of posts and other content across all X product surfaces (e.g. For You Timeline, Search, Explore, Notifications). For an introduction to how the algorithm works, please refer to our engineering blog. Architecture Product surfaces at X are built on a shared set of data, models, and software frameworks. The shared components included in this repository are listed below:

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Smart Launcher has a message for grieving Nova Launcher users

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-04 20:15:36

Nathan Drescher / Android Authority TL;DR The team at Smart Launcher has reached out to Nova users, promising them a new, familiar home. The launcher has some of the same features as Nova, and the team is also working on supporting backup imports from Nova. The Android community is still coming to terms with the loss of Nova Launcher, one of the best customization tools that’s been around for over a decade. But as Nova’s story comes to an end, another launcher is stepping up to welcome users

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Use singular nouns for database table names

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-01 05:29:05

Use singular nouns for database table names A common debate in relational database circles is whether the names of tables should be singular or plural. If you have a table that stores users, should the table be called user or users ? The arguments for plural are straightforward: The table is storing more than one user. It reads well in the FROM clause: SELECT id , name FROM users ; The arguments for singular are more subtle: Strictly speaking, we’re not naming a table, we’re naming a relati

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Google Meet is back after an outage. Here are a few workarounds for next time

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-10-05 08:15:00

SOPA Images/Contributor/LightRocket via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's takeaways Google Meet experienced a widespread outage. There are a few workarounds, like using the app or another browser. Google has since fixed problem. Google Meet is back after a widespread outage, Monday. At the time of this writing, Google's Cloud Service Health Status page is reporting no service issues with Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive. "Today some users

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Former WhatsApp security boss in lawsuit likens Meta’s culture to a “cult”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-05 12:26:02

Over the past year, Meta has blanketed TV screens around the world with commercials touting the privacy of Whatsapp, its encrypted messenger with a monthly user base of 3 billion people. “It’s private,” one ad campaign featuring the former cast of the Modern Family TV show says. “On Whatsapp, no one can see or hear your personal messages … not even us,” a different series of ads declares. “Serious risks to user data” On Monday, the former head of security for the Meta-owed messaging app filed

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iPhone app alerts users to nearby ICE sightings

news.ycombinator.com Clare Duffy 2025-10-05 16:02:56

New York CNN — Joshua Aaron has worked in and around the tech industry for around two decades. He built his first app — a blackjack game — at computer camp when he was 13. His newest app is designed for a very different purpose: to let users alert people nearby to sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in their area. Aaron launched the platform, called ICEBlock, in early April after watching President Donald Trump’s administration begin its immigration crackdown. The White Ho

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Gemini app finally expands to audio files

theverge.com Elissa Welle 2025-10-05 16:14:28

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google made three major updates to its Gemini-powered products on Monday: The Gemini app now accepts audio files; Search can handle five new languages; and NotebookLM creates reports in the form of blog posts, study guides, quizzes, and more. According to a Monday

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Is Google Meet down for you? Try these workarounds - and what else we know

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-10-05 20:25:00

SOPA Images/Contributor/LightRocket via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's takeaways Google Meet is currently experiencing a widespread outage. There are a few workarounds, like using the app or another browser. Google is investigating the problem. If you're having trouble with Google Meet today, you're not alone. Google's popular video conference software, which we named the best video conferencing software for small businesses, is suffering a wide

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Spotify’s new ‘smart filters’ let you screen library content by activity, genre, or mood

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-05 21:50:40

Spotify is giving users more ways to personalize what they hear. The company is launching a new feature that allows users to filter their library by specific activities, moods, or genres. These filters can also be used to find playlists, or, to some extent, audiobooks and podcasts, and can even kick off a new session on Spotify’s AI DJ. The smart filters, which began rolling out on Friday, will first be made available to Premium subscribers on mobile devices and tablets in select markets, inclu

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Signal introduces free and paid backup plans for your chats

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-10-06 00:44:27

Privacy-focused messaging app Signal announced on Monday that it’s introducing a feature that allows users to back up their text conversations for free, along with the last 45 days of media. It’s also debuting its first paid feature by offering full media backups with up to 100GB of storage. Historically, the messaging app didn’t let users store any kind of backup of your conversations on the platform. This could be especially troublesome if you lost or broke your phone. While you could transfe

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Spotify’s new ‘smart filters’ let you screen library content by activity, genre or mood

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-06 12:50:40

Spotify is giving users more ways to personalize what they hear. The company is launching a new feature that allows users to filter their library by specific activities, moods, or genres. These filters can also be used to find playlists, or, to some extent, audio books and podcasts, and can even kick off a new session on Spotify’s AI DJ. The smart filters, which began rolling out on Friday, will first be made available to Premium subscribers on mobile devices and tablets in select markets, incl

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Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say

news.ycombinator.com Jon Swaine 2025-10-06 15:59:28

At her home in western Germany, a woman told a team of visiting researchers from Meta that she did not allow her sons to interact with strangers on the social media giant’s virtual reality headsets. Then her teenage son interjected, according to two of the researchers: He frequently encountered strangers, and adults had sexually propositioned his little brother, who was younger than 10, numerous times. “I felt this deep sadness watching the mother’s response,” one of the researchers, Jason Satt

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AI Companion App Shuts Down Amid Controversy

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-06 20:30:19

In the frenetic world of artificial intelligence, virtual companions have exploded into a market all their own. A recent survey found that some 72 percent of teens said they've experimented with artificial buddies. Of those, over 50 percent say they have a regular relationship with the chatbots. But there's no guarantee those companions will stick around forever — something users of the AI startup Dot are learning the hard way after the company announced it was going belly up on Friday. Found

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Hitting Peak File IO Performance with Zig

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-04 14:15:10

Intro This post goes through how to maximize file IO performance on linux using zig with io_uring. All code related to this post can be found in this repo. a) Benchmark We are comparing fio and the zig code which can be found here. test system We are using a machine with: ubuntu 24.04 (6.14 kernel, HWE). kernel parameter nvme.poll_queues=16 . . "datacenter" NVMe SSD without any RAID. 756 GB of RAM. This amount of RAM should be irrelevant for this test. Since we are using direct_io henc

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The growing debate over expanding age verification laws

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-10-06 21:00:00

Technologists and policymakers are reckoning with a generation-defining problem on the internet: while it can be a revolutionary force for unprecedented education and connection across the globe, it can also pose dangers to children when they have completely unfettered access. There is no simple way, however, to monitor children’s internet access without surveilling adults, paving the way for disastrous online privacy violations. While some advocates praise these laws as victories for children

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You can now book doctors appointments through the Samsung Health app

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-10-07 12:17:21

Samsung Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Samsung Health users can now book virtual doctors' visits. They can also manage Walgreens prescriptions on the app. The virtual doctors can prescribe medication and provide care. You can do more than track your sleep, steps, or cycle on Samsung's Health app. Samsung announced several health integrations to connect users with practitioners and pharmacies on Wednesday. Starting Sept. 8, Samsung Health users

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Lenovo demos laptop with a screen you can swivel into portrait mode

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-07 16:04:59

Lenovo has proven again that it isn’t content with PC designs. The latest era of laptops has been focused on ultralight computers that are easy to transport, but they're hard to differentiate. However, Lenovo’s continual experimentation has brought us some unique laptop releases and concepts in recent years, including a laptop with a screen that expands by rolling, a laptop with an outward folding screen, laptops with foldable screens, and laptops with dual 14-inch displays. The ThinkBook Verti

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Roblox announces short-video, AI features amid child safety concerns

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-10-08 00:39:23

Roblox on Friday announced new short-video and AI features that come amid increasing lawmaker scrutiny into how the company protects children on its platform. With Roblox Moments, users 13 and older will be able to create and share video clips of their gameplay with others on a feed within the platform. The artificial intelligence additions, meanwhile, will allow users to generate advanced 3D objects for the games they create on the platform. Tune in at 4:15 p.m. ET: Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki j

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Roblox announces short-form video feed for gameplay clips, new AI tools for creators, and more

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-10-08 00:30:00

Online gaming platform Roblox is launching a TikTok-like short-form video feed for sharing gameplay moments, the company unveiled on Friday at the Roblox Developers Conference. The company also announced increased earnings for creators, new AI tools to boost creation, and other advancements in performance. The new short-form video experience, called “Roblox Moments,” is launching in beta for users 13 and older. It allows users to capture clips of their gameplay, then edit and share those clips

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ChatGPT’s new branching feature is a good reminder that AI chatbots aren’t people

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-08 04:06:55

On Thursday, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT users can now branch conversations into multiple parallel threads, serving as a useful reminder that AI chatbots aren't people with fixed viewpoints but rather malleable tools you can rewind and redirect. The company released the feature for all logged-in web users following years of user requests for the capability. The feature works by letting users hover over any message in a ChatGPT conversation, click "More actions," and select "Branch in new chat

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1Password vs. NordPass: I tested both password managers, and here's the best pick

zdnet.com Emily Long 2025-10-08 16:51:00

1Password and NordVPN/ZDNET A password manager is an essential tool for generating, securely storing, and accessing credentials and other sensitive personal data across your devices, whether you need to log into your bank or fill out your information during online checkout. The best password management tools on the market do this seamlessly, but they have a range of features to meet varying user needs at different price points. In our head-to-head comparison of two of our favorite password man

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This new Withings smartwatch can tell you when you're getting sick

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-10-08 20:00:17

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET key takeaways Withings has unveiled its Vitality Indicator. The feature can notify users ahead of illness. The feature arrives in tandem with the ScanWatch 2. Tech brands are betting big on the ability to spot health strain before symptoms arrive. The latest feature in Withings' newest smartwatch is no different. Withings' Vitality Indicator, available on its new ScanWatch 2, monitors a user's vitals, like their heart rate variabi

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1Password vs. NordPass: Which password manager is best?

zdnet.com Emily Long 2025-10-09 04:00:18

1Password and NordVPN/ZDNET A password manager is an essential tool for generating, securely storing, and accessing credentials and other sensitive personal data across your devices, whether you need to log into your bank or fill out your information during online checkout. The best password management tools on the market do this seamlessly, but they have a range of features to meet varying user needs at different price points. In our head-to-head comparison of two of our favorite password man

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Reddit is dropping subscriber counts on subreddits

Tinder evolves some features into dating ‘modes’

6 sudo tricks every Linux user needs to know - plus 1 just for fun

Robinhood embraces copy trading after warning competitors about regulatory risks

Source code for the X recommendation algorithm

New Pixel 10 screens are freezing with bizarre 'snowy' static - what to do if you see it

No Man's Sky Players Are Competing to Create the Goofiest Spaceships Imaginable

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Former WhatsApp security boss in lawsuit likens Meta’s culture to a “cult”

iPhone app alerts users to nearby ICE sightings

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Is Google Meet down for you? Try these workarounds - and what else we know

Spotify’s new ‘smart filters’ let you screen library content by activity, genre, or mood

Signal introduces free and paid backup plans for your chats

Spotify’s new ‘smart filters’ let you screen library content by activity, genre or mood

Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say

AI Companion App Shuts Down Amid Controversy

Hitting Peak File IO Performance with Zig

The growing debate over expanding age verification laws

You can now book doctors appointments through the Samsung Health app

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ChatGPT’s new branching feature is a good reminder that AI chatbots aren’t people

1Password vs. NordPass: I tested both password managers, and here's the best pick

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1Password vs. NordPass: Which password manager is best?

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