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Gemini is getting ready to work with our favorite Google AI tool (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-14 09:00:50

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR NotebookLM asks users to upload collections of documents which are organized into notebooks. Right now, NotebookLM draws only from these notebooks when answering your questions. Gemini support for notebook uploads may let users combine those resources with the wider internet. NotebookLM is arguably one of Google’s most useful AI tools, and has helped introduce us to impressive features like Audio Overviews. Perhaps its greatest strength stems from how fo

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Microsoft increases Zero Day Quest prize pool to $5 million

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-14 09:46:08

Microsoft will offer up to $5 million in bounty awards at this year's Zero Day Quest hacking contest, which the company describes as the "largest hacking event in history." Last year's Zero Day Quest has also generated significant participation from the security community, following Microsoft's offer of $4 million in rewards for vulnerabilities in cloud and AI products and platforms. After the November hacking competition concluded, Microsoft announced that it had paid $1.6 million, having rece

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New world record Weather satellites detect 515-mile-long lightning flash

news.ycombinator.com Stefanie Waldek 2025-12-11 03:10:28

Some areas are more prone to lightning storms than others. It's 2017, and a thunderstorm shoots off a lightning bolt. What's so special about that, you ask? Well, the bolt is an astonishing 515 miles (829 kilometers) long. Using archival satellite data, researchers just officially confirmed the length of this enormous bolt of lightning that stretched from Texas to Missouri. It sets a new world record, besting the previous title holder — a 477-mile (768-km) bolt from 2020 — by 38 miles (61 km).

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uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-14 09:01:54

uBO Lite (uBOL) 是一个基于最新浏览器扩展接口（Manifest Version 3）打造的的内容屏蔽工具。该扩展预设的规则列表对应 uBlock Origin 的预设过滤规则列表： - uBlock Origin 内置过滤规则列表 - EasyList - EasyPrivacy - Peter Lowe 的广告和跟踪服务器列表访问选项页面，点击弹出面板中的 _齿轮_ 图标，即可启用更多规则集。 uBOL 的过滤规则是完全声明式的，并不需要固定保留一个 uBOL 扩展进程，基于 CSS/JS 注入的内容过滤更是交由浏览器进行调度，比起扩展本身更为可靠。这也即是说当内容被过滤时 uBOL 自身并不占用额外 CPU 和内存资源，_只有_在您打开弹出面板或是设置页面时才会生成 uBOL 扩展进程。

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Bolt Graphics claims 13x leap over Nvidia RTX 5090 with less wattage – and huge caveats

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-12-14 14:27:00

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust Add a LARGE GRAIN OF SALT: The GPU market is hotter than ever, fueled by gaming, AI, and data center demand. But real competition to Nvidia remains scarce. That's where Bolt Graphics comes in, pitching its new Zeus architecture as a disruptor. The company claims it can beat Nvidia's flagship cards in raw performance, but a closer look suggests Zeus might be more smoke than silicon, possibly repackag

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OpenAI Admits ChatGPT Missed Signs of Delusions in Users Struggling With Mental Health

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-14 10:12:59

After over a month of providing the same copy-pasted response amid mounting reports of "AI psychosis", OpenAI has finally admitted that ChatGPT has been failing to recognize clear signs of its users struggling with their mental health, including suffering delusions. "We don't always get it right," the AI maker wrote in a new blog post, under a section titled "On healthy use." "There have been instances where our 4o model fell short in recognizing signs of delusion or emotional dependency," it

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David Pogue announces ‘Apple: The First 50 Years’ book, available for pre-order now

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-14 15:10:24

David Pogue’s been covering technology (and Apple) for longer than many 9to5Mac readers have been alive. And to celebrate Apple’s upcoming 50th anniversary next April, the “CBS Sunday Morning” correspondent is releasing a book where he promises stories, photos, and “fresh interviews” that will help tell the story of how 1976 Apple became today’s Apple. Out March 17, 2026 Announced this weekend by the journalist himself, “Apple: The First 50 Years” promises to offer new insight into the story m

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Show HN: I've been building an ERP for manufacturing for the last 3 years

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-14 14:24:20

The open-source operating system for manufacturing Discord · Website · Issues Does the world need another ERP? We built Carbon after years of building end-to-end manufacturing systems with off-the-shelf solutions. We realized that: Modern, API-first tooling didn't exist Vendor lock-in bordered on extortion There is no "perfect ERP" because each company is unique We built Carbon to solve these problems ☝️. Architecture Carbon is designed to make it easy for you to extend the platform b

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Amazon lays off more than 100 employees in Wondery unit as part of audio business restructuring

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-14 20:02:18

The logo for Wondery is displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph taken in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Sept. 29, 2020. Amazon is laying off roughly 110 employees in its Wondery podcast division and the head of the group is leaving as part of a broader reshuffling of the company's audio unit. In a Monday note to staffers, Steve Boom, Amazon's vice president of audio, Twitch and games, said the company is consolidating some Wondery units under its Audible audiobook and podcasti

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Show HN: I made a competitive debating game(like chess.com but for debating)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 00:07:50

Challenge your ideas, climb the leaderboard, and join a vibrant community of thinkers. Sharpen Your Mind Engage in thoughtful debates that challenge your perspectives and improve your critical thinking skills. Climb the Rankings Earn ELO points for winning debates and see how you stack up against other debaters on our leaderboard.

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Balabolka is a free text-to-speech tool for Windows

techspot.com Unknown 2025-12-15 10:55:00

The on-screen text can be saved as a WAV, MP3, MP4, OGG or WMA file. The program can read the clipboard content, view the text from AZW, CHM, DjVu, DOC, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, MOBI, ODT, PRC, PDF and RTF files, customize font and background colour, control reading from the system tray or by the global hotkeys. The program uses various versions of Microsoft Speech API (SAPI); it allows to alter a voice's parameters, including rate and pitch. The user can apply a special substitution list to impro

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Show HN: Sidequest.js – Background jobs for Node.js using your database

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 05:39:49

Quick Start Guide This guide will help you quickly set up Sidequest.js in your Node.js application. To install Sidequest.js, check out Installation Guide. If you are strictly following this quick start, you should install the SQLite backend driver, which is the default backend for Sidequest.js. 2. Job Creation The first step is to create a Job class. This class will define the job's behavior and can be customized as needed. typescript // jobs/EmailJob.js import { Job } from "sidequest"

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Show HN: Mathpad – Physical keypad for typing math symbols

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-13 02:43:07

Back this project to help bring it into existence. Funding ends on Sep 11, 2025 at 04:59 PM PDT. Mathpad is a specialized keypad that makes typing mathematical equations as simple as typing regular text. With over 100 mathematical symbols at your fingertips, this compact and powerful device eliminates the frustration and inefficiency of typing math on a computer. What if Mathematical Symbols Were as Easy to Type as Regular Letters? After 3 years of development, Mathpad finally makes this drea

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Screw Foldables: Lenovo’s Rollable Laptop Proves There Are Better Uses for Flexible Screens

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-12-15 05:10:25

With a buzz and a whirl, my laptop begins to unfurl. In less than six seconds after the press of a button, my petit 14-inch ThinkBook stands erect over my desk with a taller 16.7-inch display. There is literally nothing else like Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable, and that’s partially why it costs a whopping $3,300. And you know what? There are few things cooler in laptop world than watching your screen expand from its original size. When you’re dropping a hefty chunk of change on a laptop

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AI site Perplexity uses “stealth tactics” to flout no-crawl edicts, Cloudflare says

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-15 10:16:26

AI search engine Perplexity is using stealth bots and other tactics to evade websites’ no-crawl directives, an allegation that if true violates Internet norms that have been in place for more than three decades, network security and optimization service Cloudflare said Monday. In a blog post, Cloudflare researchers said the company received complaints from customers who had disallowed Perplexity scraping bots by implementing settings in their sites’ robots.txt files and through Web application

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ChatGPT will ‘better detect’ mental distress after reports of it feeding people’s delusions

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-15 10:36:56

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI, which is expected to launch its GPT-5 AI model this week, is making updates to ChatGPT that it says will improve the AI chatbot’s ability to detect mental or emotional distress. To do this, OpenAI is working with experts and advisory groups to improve Ch

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Dental Floss Could Deliver Next-Gen Vaccines, No Needles Required

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-12-15 15:52:29

Flu shot season is around the corner, and while injections remain the most common form of vaccination, scientists are working hard to find other ways to deliver inoculations that don’t involve shoving a needle into your flesh. And in a new study, researchers think they might have found another novel approach: dental floss. In the new work, a team of scientists based in the U.S. demonstrated how this might work on lab mice, finding that vaccine delivery via dental floss was more effective at sti

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Amazon lays off over 100 employees in Wondery unit as part of audio business restructuring

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-15 20:05:31

The logo for Wondery is displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph taken in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Amazon is laying off roughly 110 employees in its Wondery podcast division and the head of the group is leaving as part of a broader reshuffling of the company's audio unit. In a Monday note to staffers, Steve Boom, Amazon's vice president of audio, Twitch and games, said the company is consolidating some Wondery units under its Audible audiob

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Show HN: Mathpad – Physical keypad for typing 100+ math symbols anywhere

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-13 14:43:07

Back this project to help bring it into existence. Funding ends on Sep 11, 2025 at 04:59 PM PDT. Mathpad is a specialized keypad that makes typing mathematical equations as simple as typing regular text. With over 100 mathematical symbols at your fingertips, this compact and powerful device eliminates the frustration and inefficiency of typing math on a computer. What if Mathematical Symbols Were as Easy to Type as Regular Letters? After 3 years of development, Mathpad finally makes this drea

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Battlefield 6 anti-cheat system requires Secure Boot, shutting out Linux and legacy PCs

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-12-16 00:44:00

In a nutshell: Electronic Arts is preparing to launch the next chapter in the Battlefield saga and expects players to fully embrace the new FPS experience. However, many potential buyers may be disappointed by the game's lack of support for Linux-based platforms. Battlefield 6 will include a powerful anti-cheat system that requires players to enable Secure Boot on their Windows PCs. Battlefield Wire confirmed the news on X, stating that EA's anti-cheat technology will run at the kernel level on

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Amazon cuts some Wondery podcast jobs as part of reorganization of audio business

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-16 00:54:26

The logo for Wondery is displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph taken in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Amazon is terminating some positions in its Wondery podcast division and the head of the group is leaving as part of a broader reshuffling of the company's audio unit. In a Monday note to staffers, Steve Boom, Amazon's vice president of audio, Twitch and games, said the company is consolidating some Wondery units under its Audible audiobook an

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In Desperate Bid to Get Elon Musk to Stay, Tesla Awards Him $29 Billion

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-16 04:16:59

After many months of plummeting sales and disastrous earnings, Tesla has awarded its controversial CEO a whopping $29 billion worth of its shares in a bid to keep him at the helm of the carmaker. After a Delaware judge threw out his astronomical pay package last year, which was worth $56 billion at the time, shareholders are terrified that his incredibly damaging leadership could soon come to an end. While continuing to attempt to get the pay package reinstated, the board granted him a "good f

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Lyft and Baidu plan to bring their robotaxis to the UK and Germany next year

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-16 05:21:33

Lyft and Baidu have shed more light on their plan for a worldwide fleet of autonomous vehicles . After the first rollouts — which are earmarked for Asia and the Middle East later this year — the companies have their designs set on Europe. They're aiming to deploy robotaxis in the UK and Germany in 2026, as long as they get approval from regulators. The goal is to then expand the European fleet to thousands of vehicles across the continent in the following years. Baidu is using its sixth-generat

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Screw Foldables: Lenovo’s Rollable ThinkBook Proves There Are Better Uses for Flexible Screens

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-12-16 05:10:25

With a buzz and a whirl, my laptop begins to unfurl. In less than six seconds after the press of a button, my petit 14-inch ThinkBook stands erect over my desk with a taller 16.7-inch display. There is literally nothing else like Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable, and that’s partially why it costs a whopping $3,300. And you know what? There are few things cooler in laptop world than watching your screen expand from its original size. When you’re dropping a hefty chunk of change on a laptop

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8BitDo’s first wireless Xbox controller is a surprise Rare collaboration

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-12-16 05:00:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. 8BitDo has created its first wireless Xbox controller in partnership with Rare, a game studio acquired by Microsoft. The officially licensed controller features a gold and blue design, with plenty of Easter eggs to celebrate Rare’s 40th anniversary. The $89.99 8BitDo Ultimate 3-mode Contro

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Idaho has become the wild frontier of vaccination policy and public health

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-16 10:19:40

Some 280,000 people live in the five northernmost counties of Idaho. One of the key public officials responsible for their health is Thomas Fletcher, a retired radiologist who lives on a 160-acre farm near Sandpoint. Fletcher grew up in Texas and moved to Idaho in 2016, looking for a place where he could live a rural life alongside likeminded conservatives. In 2022, he joined the seven-member board of health of the Panhandle Health District, the regional public health authority, and he was appo

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Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade no-crawl directives

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-16 15:39:30

5 min read We are observing stealth crawling behavior from Perplexity, an AI-powered answer engine. Although Perplexity initially crawls from their declared user agent, when they are presented with a network block, they appear to obscure their crawling identity in an attempt to circumvent the website’s preferences. We see continued evidence that Perplexity is repeatedly modifying their user agent and changing their source ASNs to hide their crawling activity, as well as ignoring — or sometimes

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OpenMind wants to be the Android operating system of humanoid robots

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-12-16 15:00:00

Many companies are focused on building robots, or the hardware components to help them move, grip objects, or interact with the world around them. OpenMind is focused under the hood. The Silicon Valley-based startup is building a software layer, called OM1, for humanoid robots that acts as an operating system. The company compares itself to being the Android for robotics because its software is open and hardware agnostic. Stanford professor Jan Liphardt, the founder of OpenMind, told TechCrunc

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The best deals on MacBooks, AirPods, iPads and other Apple gear you can get right now

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-16 20:31:27

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . It’s obvious that Apple products are some of the most sought-after in the tech world — that means sales are fewer and farther between than other gadgets, and they’re often the first things to sell out when discounts do arrive. But it would be a mistake to assume you’re doomed to always

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These are my 5 favorite e-book reader apps, but one leaps out from the page

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-17 04:00:47

Andy Walker / Android Authority I rarely take just one book along when I travel. If there’s a paperback I’m particularly interested in, I’ll find space in my bag. But usually, my Android tablet, loaded with a mix of classics, cookbooks, and non-fiction, usually serves as my e-reader. While Android tablets (or even Android smartphones) aren’t created as dedicated e-readers, it’s now easier than ever to enjoy a book on your device. There are many excellent e-book reader apps available. What is

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Gemini is getting ready to work with our favorite Google AI tool (APK teardown)

Microsoft increases Zero Day Quest prize pool to $5 million

New world record Weather satellites detect 515-mile-long lightning flash

uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

Bolt Graphics claims 13x leap over Nvidia RTX 5090 with less wattage – and huge caveats

OpenAI Admits ChatGPT Missed Signs of Delusions in Users Struggling With Mental Health

David Pogue announces ‘Apple: The First 50 Years’ book, available for pre-order now

Show HN: I've been building an ERP for manufacturing for the last 3 years

Amazon lays off more than 100 employees in Wondery unit as part of audio business restructuring

Show HN: I made a competitive debating game(like chess.com but for debating)

Balabolka is a free text-to-speech tool for Windows

Show HN: Sidequest.js – Background jobs for Node.js using your database

Show HN: Mathpad – Physical keypad for typing math symbols

Screw Foldables: Lenovo’s Rollable Laptop Proves There Are Better Uses for Flexible Screens

AI site Perplexity uses “stealth tactics” to flout no-crawl edicts, Cloudflare says

ChatGPT will ‘better detect’ mental distress after reports of it feeding people’s delusions

Dental Floss Could Deliver Next-Gen Vaccines, No Needles Required

Amazon lays off over 100 employees in Wondery unit as part of audio business restructuring

Show HN: Mathpad – Physical keypad for typing 100+ math symbols anywhere

Battlefield 6 anti-cheat system requires Secure Boot, shutting out Linux and legacy PCs

Amazon cuts some Wondery podcast jobs as part of reorganization of audio business

In Desperate Bid to Get Elon Musk to Stay, Tesla Awards Him $29 Billion

Lyft and Baidu plan to bring their robotaxis to the UK and Germany next year

Screw Foldables: Lenovo’s Rollable ThinkBook Proves There Are Better Uses for Flexible Screens

8BitDo’s first wireless Xbox controller is a surprise Rare collaboration

Idaho has become the wild frontier of vaccination policy and public health

Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade no-crawl directives

OpenMind wants to be the Android operating system of humanoid robots

The best deals on MacBooks, AirPods, iPads and other Apple gear you can get right now

These are my 5 favorite e-book reader apps, but one leaps out from the page

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