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Photoshop just made it shockingly easy to edit objects and people into photos

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-12-27 16:00:00

Adobe is launching some new generative AI features for Photoshop that make it easier than ever to convincingly add or remove people and objects in photographs. An update rolling out today introduces AI image upscaling, improved object removal, and an automatic composition tool that can seamlessly blend new elements into images in just a few clicks. The “Harmonize” compositing feature builds on the Project Perfect Blend experiment that Adobe showcased last year. When you add a new object to a ph

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Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring–and Threaten the Open Internet

news.ycombinator.com Lily Hay Newman 2025-12-27 20:09:18

After the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act went into effect on Friday, requiring porn platforms and other adult content sites to implement user age verification mechanisms, use of virtual private networks (VPNs) and other circumvention tools spiked in the UK over the weekend. Experts had expected the surge, given that similar trends have been visible in other countries that have implemented age check laws. But as a new wave of age check regulations debuts, open internet advocates warn that th

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Show HN: Terminal-Bench-RL: Training Long-Horizon Terminal Agents with RL

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 20:12:03

🤓 Terminal-Bench-RL: Training Long-Horizon Terminal Agents with Reinforcement Learning TL;DR: I successfully built stable RL training infrastructure that scales to 32x H100 GPUs across 4 bare metal nodes for training long-horizon terminal-based coding agents. In doing so, I developed Terminal-Agent-Qwen3-32b to become the highest scoring Qwen3 agent on terminal-bench . WITHOUT training! (currently under submission): Unfortunately I am too GPU poor to train a SOTA coding agent 😅 (estimated £30

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Minister must apologise over Savile claim, says Farage

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-28 08:28:07

Minister must apologise over Savile claim, says Farage 33 minutes ago Share Save Kate Whannel Political reporter Share Save PA Media Nigel Farage has urged Technology Secretary Peter Kyle to "do the right thing and apologise" after he suggested that by opposing the government's online safety law, the Reform UK leader was on the side of sex offenders like Jimmy Savile. Reform has said it would scrap the new law, arguing it does not protect children and suppresses free speech. Kyle told Sky New

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Félix Nadar: the first celebrity photographer (2019)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-23 15:26:05

Having his subjects sit for him allowed him to hone his skill for observation, resulting in wittily accurate portrayals that seemed to nail their personality and character traits. His genuine fascination for those he depicted would prove invaluable when he turned to photography in 1854, having first installed his artist brother Adrien in the profession. “He had figured out that people were willing to pay for images of famous people and this was a great tool as the images were quickly replicable

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50x rendering speed improvements in Hologram (Elixir web framework)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-24 04:27:54

Hologram v0.5.0 Released! Hologram 0.5.0 represents a major evolution of the framework, delivering significant new features, performance improvements, and architectural changes that provide a more robust foundation for future development. This release brings substantial performance enhancements across the entire stack - execution times have improved from milliseconds to microseconds in many core client-side operations, making Hologram fast enough to handle real-time interactions like mouse mov

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Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring—and Threaten the Open Internet

wired.com Lily Hay Newman 2025-12-28 06:30:00

After the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act went into effect on Friday, requiring porn platforms and other adult content sites to implement user age verification mechanisms, use of virtual private networks (VPNs) and other circumvention tools spiked in the UK over the weekend. Experts had expected the surge, given that similar trends have been visible in other countries that have implemented age check laws. But as a new wave of age check regulations debuts, open internet advocates warn that th

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Band Appears on Stage With Poorly-Disguised Robot Playing the Keytar

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-28 06:00:05

During a Chinese music festival, a humanoid robot named "Adam" graced the stage in what was half performance art and half marketing stunt — and did so while semi-disguised in a loose-fitting hoodie that did a terrible job obscuring its mechanical legs and hands that made it very clear that it was, indeed, a robot. As spotted by New Atlas, Adam the robot was dressed in a loose grey sweatshirt with the hood up, a long face mask, and Yeezy-style sneakers — but, let's be real, no pants — as it play

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What if your passkey device is stolen? How to manage risk in our passwordless future

zdnet.com David Berlind 2025-12-28 09:00:18

Yuliya Taba/Getty Images Part of the "passkeys are more secure than passwords" story is derived from the fact that passkeys are non-human-readable secrets -- stored somewhere on your device -- that even you have very limited access to. OK, so what happens to those passkeys if your device is stolen? Over on Spiceworks.com, ZDNET's sister site for IT professionals, a community member posed some insightful passkey edge case questions regarding my ZDNET story about the industry needing to get its

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Anthropic throttles Claude rate limits, devs call foul

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2025-12-28 10:18:31

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Anthropic announced today it would introduce weekly rate limits for Claude subscribers, claiming that some users have been running Claude 24/7, with the majority of usage centered around its Claude Code product. Overall weekly limits will begin on August 28 and will be in conjunction with the current 5-hour limits. Anthropic said the throt

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Tea app leak worsens with second database exposing user chats

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-28 10:31:45

The Tea app data breach has grown into an even larger leak, with the stolen data now shared on hacking forums and a second database discovered that allegedly contains 1.1 million private messages exchanged between the app's members. The Tea app is a women-only dating safety platform where members can share reviews about men, with access to the platform only granted after providing a selfie and government ID verification. On Friday, an anonymous user posted on 4chan that Tea used an unsecured F

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iOS 26’s new Messages feature has political fundraisers freaking out

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-12-28 16:18:14

iOS 26 adds a new filtering system to the Messages app that tucks away messages from “Unknown Senders” into a separate tab. Punchbowl News (via Daring Fireball and Political Wire) reports that Republicans in Washington, D.C. are already freaking out about the fundraising implications of this new feature, warning that it “could cost them $25 million in fundraising revenue.” iOS 26 has political fundraisers on edge The memo was sent by the NRSC (National Republican Senatorial Committee) last we

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July Mortgage Rate Forecast: The Fed Isn't Rushing to Lower Interest Rates

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-28 16:12:00

Buyers should keep an eye on the possibility of rate cuts in the next few months. Tharon Green/CNET For the past several months, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has sat between 6.5% and 7%. Prospective homebuyers shouldn't hold their breath for that to change anytime soon. On July 30, the Federal Reserve is expected to keep borrowing rates the same at its fifth monetary policy meeting this year. Although the central bank doesn't directly dictate mortgage rates, its policy decisions ind

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Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-28 21:17:19

Back in April, the rental car company Hertz announced that it would be using UVeye, an AI damage scanning hardward and software system from a former defense contractor of the same name, to check its cars for damage after they were returned. It didn't take long for problems to arise. As our sister site The Drive reported last month, customers soon started complaining that Hertz was charging them hundreds of dollars for minor cosmetic scuffs that would have been shrugged off by a human employee,

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Here’s everything new for the Messages app in iOS 26

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-29 02:46:25

iOS 26 is the next major iPhone update, packing big updates for Apple Wallet, CarPlay, Apple Music, and a variety of new features for the Messages app too. Here’s what’s coming to your iPhone later this year. iOS 26 upgrades Messages with new design, group chat features, and more Apple’s Messages app is getting a handful of solid upgrades in iOS 26. Messages gains the new ‘Liquid Glass’ redesign that impacts the app, of course. Buttons have been updated, UI elements have a fresh look, and ove

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Microsoft plans to bring Xbox age verification to countries outside of the UK

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-29 02:19:53

Microsoft is implementing an age verification system on Xbox accounts to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act, and in a new blog post announcing the move, the company suggests it'll come to other countries, too. Players in the UK who indicate on their account that they're 18 years or older will now "begin seeing notifications encouraging them to verify their age," Microsoft says. The process is optional for now, and players will be able to enjoy playing Xbox games until "early 2026," when ver

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Tea app leak worsens with second database exposing user chats

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-29 02:55:09

The Tea app data breach has grown into an even larger leak, with the stolen data now shared on hacking forums and a second database discovered that allegedly contains 1.1 million private messages exchanged between the app's members. The Tea app is a women-only dating safety platform where members can share reviews about men, with access to the platform only granted after providing a selfie and government ID verification. On Friday, an anonymous user posted on 4chan that Tea used an unsecured F

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-29 02:07:29

Maybe they should change the button to say, "I am a robot"? On Friday, OpenAI's new ChatGPT Agent, which can perform multistep tasks for users, proved it can pass through one of the Internet's most common security checkpoints by clicking Cloudflare's anti-bot verification—the same checkbox that's supposed to keep automated programs like itself at bay. ChatGPT Agent is a feature that allows OpenAI's AI assistant to control its own web browser, operating within a sandboxed environment with its o

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Principles for production AI agents

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-29 03:19:03

Every now and then, people ask me: “I am new to agentic development, I’m building something, but I feel like I'm missing some tribal knowledge. Help me catch up!”. I’m tempted to suggest some serious stuff like multiweek courses (e.g. by HuggingFace or Berkeley), but not everyone is interested in that level of diving. So I decided to gather six simple empirical learnings that helped me a lot during app.build development. This post is somewhat inspired by Design Decisions Behind app.build, but

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Claude Code weekly rate limits

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-29 05:27:51

Hi there, Next month, we're introducing new weekly rate limits for Claude subscribers, affecting less than 5% of users based on current usage patterns. Claude Code, especially as part of our subscription bundle, has seen unprecedented growth. At the same time, we’ve identified policy violations like account sharing and reselling access—and advanced usage patterns like running Claude 24/7 in the background—that are impacting system capacity for all. Our new rate limits address these issues and

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Anthropic unveils new rate limits to curb Claude Code power users

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-12-29 06:21:15

Anthropic says its rolling out new weekly rate limits for Claude to curb usage among subscribers who are running its AI coding tool, Claude Code, “continuously in the background, 24/7.” Anthropic says the rate limits also aim to stop a handful of users who are violating Claude’s usage policy by sharing accounts and reselling access to Claude Code. The new rate limits will go into effect August 28 for subscribers to Anthropic’s $20-per-month Pro plan, as well as its $100 and $200-per-month Max p

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Tea app confirms data leak after 4Chan users discover unsecured cloud storage

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-12-29 08:16:00

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust What just happened? Tea, officially known as "Tea Dating Advice," is a dating safety app that allows women to anonymously share information about men and potential red flag behavior. Now the top free app in the App Store, Tea has been hacked. 4Chan users linked to a public storage bucket containing about 72,000 images, including 13,000 selfies and government-issued IDs used for gender verification.

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Claude Code new limits – Important updates to your Max account usage limits

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-29 11:37:43

Hi there, Next month, we're introducing new weekly rate limits for Claude subscribers, affecting less than 5% of users based on current usage patterns. Claude Code, especially as part of our subscription bundle, has seen unprecedented growth. At the same time, we’ve identified policy violations like account sharing and reselling access—and advanced usage patterns like running Claude 24/7 in the background—that are impacting system capacity for all. Our new rate limits address these issues and

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Six Principles for Production AI Agents

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-29 15:19:03

Every now and then, people ask me: “I am new to agentic development, I’m building something, but I feel like I'm missing some tribal knowledge. Help me catch up!”. I’m tempted to suggest some serious stuff like multiweek courses (e.g. by HuggingFace or Berkeley), but not everyone is interested in that level of diving. So I decided to gather six simple empirical learnings that helped me a lot during app.build development. This post is somewhat inspired by Design Decisions Behind app.build, but

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Trump admin. is muffling CDC’s flagship health journal, report finds

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-29 16:45:28

The flagship health journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has grown quiet this year, and a report from MedPage Today indicates that a variety of actions by the Trump administration may be to blame for hamstringing the critical resource. Most strikingly, sources told MedPage that the journal's scientific articles must now obtain clearance for publication from health secretary and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—who has no health, science, or medical back

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The UK is slogging through an online age-gate apocalypse

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-12-29 16:05:25

People across the United Kingdom have been faced with a censored and partially inaccessible online landscape since the country introduced its latest digital safety rules on Friday. The Online Safety Act mandates that web service operators must use “highly effective” age verification measures to stop kids from accessing a wide range of material, on penalty of heavy fines and criminal action against senior managers. It’s primarily focused on pornography and content that promotes suicide, self-har

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Microsoft starts rolling out Xbox age verification in the UK

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-12-29 16:29:38

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is starting to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act by prompting Xbox players to verify their age today. The prompts will be shown to Xbox players who indicate they’re over the age of 18 and will be shown when you sign into an Xbox account in the UK. Microsoft says it’s also exploring bringing similar age verification tools to other countries in the future. To powe

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NASA faces brain drain as thousands exit under voluntary resignation scheme

news.ycombinator.com Richard Speed 2025-12-29 21:31:49

Almost 3,900 of NASA's workforce is set to leave the agency thanks to voluntary incentives, with senior staffers among those heading out the door. The figures were reportedly issued by NASA HQ on Friday. About 3,000 employees opted to take part in a second round of the agency's Deferred Resignation Program. Some 870 participated in the first round, earlier this year. The exodus has led observers to bemoan the loss of talent. Former Hubble astronaut Dr John Grunsfeld described the departures to

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GLM-4.5: Reasoning, Coding, and Agentic Abililties

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-29 18:15:52

Today, we introduce two new GLM family members: GLM-4.5 and GLM-4.5-Air — our latest flagship models. GLM-4.5 is built with 355 billion total parameters and 32 billion active parameters, and GLM-4.5-Air with 106 billion total parameters and 12 billion active parameters. Both are designed to unify reasoning, coding, and agentic capabilities into a single model in order to satisfy more and more complicated requirements of fast rising agentic applications. Both GLM-4.5 and GLM-4.5-Air are hybrid re

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Nearly 4,000 NASA Employees Quit as Part of Trump Buyouts

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-12-29 21:10:38

More than 20% of NASA’s civil workforce has elected to leave the agency since President Trump took office in January, the agency revealed on Friday, July 25. In the latest wave of resignations, thousands accepted deals through the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program. In a statement emailed to SpaceNews on Friday, NASA said about 3,000 employees applied for buyouts through a second round of the program. Earlier this year, the first round saw 870 staffers leave the agency. The nea

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Latest Tech News

Photoshop just made it shockingly easy to edit objects and people into photos

Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring–and Threaten the Open Internet

Show HN: Terminal-Bench-RL: Training Long-Horizon Terminal Agents with RL

Minister must apologise over Savile claim, says Farage

Félix Nadar: the first celebrity photographer (2019)

50x rendering speed improvements in Hologram (Elixir web framework)

Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring—and Threaten the Open Internet

Band Appears on Stage With Poorly-Disguised Robot Playing the Keytar

What if your passkey device is stolen? How to manage risk in our passwordless future

Anthropic throttles Claude rate limits, devs call foul

Tea app leak worsens with second database exposing user chats

iOS 26’s new Messages feature has political fundraisers freaking out

July Mortgage Rate Forecast: The Fed Isn't Rushing to Lower Interest Rates

Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster

Here’s everything new for the Messages app in iOS 26

Microsoft plans to bring Xbox age verification to countries outside of the UK

Tea app leak worsens with second database exposing user chats

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test

Principles for production AI agents

Claude Code weekly rate limits

Anthropic unveils new rate limits to curb Claude Code power users

Tea app confirms data leak after 4Chan users discover unsecured cloud storage

Claude Code new limits – Important updates to your Max account usage limits

Six Principles for Production AI Agents

Trump admin. is muffling CDC’s flagship health journal, report finds

The UK is slogging through an online age-gate apocalypse

Microsoft starts rolling out Xbox age verification in the UK

NASA faces brain drain as thousands exit under voluntary resignation scheme

GLM-4.5: Reasoning, Coding, and Agentic Abililties

Nearly 4,000 NASA Employees Quit as Part of Trump Buyouts

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