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California is set to become the first US state to manage power outages with AI

technologyreview.com Alexander C. Kaufman 2026-01-26 17:00:00

In April, the PJM Interconnection—the nation’s largest grid system, spanning 13 states along the densely populated mid-Atlantic and Eastern Seaboard—took a big step toward embracing AI by inking a deal with Google to use its Tapestry software to improve regional planning and speed up grid connections for new power generators. ERCOT, the Texas grid system, is considering adopting technology similar to what CAISO is now set to use, according to a source with knowledge of the plans who requested a

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Your iPhone Has a White Noise Function. Here's How to Turn It On

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-26 18:00:04

Listening to natural sounds can lower stress, relieve perceived pain and foster a more positive disposition, according to research from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Other studies suggest that white noise could help parents get their babies to sleep, adults learn words and improve learning in environments full of distractions. And if you're looking to buy a white noise machine for yourself or your child, your iPhone can function as one, saving you money on a new device. R

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Black hole merger challenges our understanding of black hole formation

news.ycombinator.com Gayoung Lee 2026-01-26 12:38:20

Gravitational waves—ripples in space-time caused by violent cosmic events—travel at the speed of light in every direction, eventually fading out like ripples in water. But some events are so destructive and extreme that they create disturbances in spacetime more like powerful waves than small ripples, with enough energy to reach our own detectors here on Earth. Today, the LIGO Collaboration announced the detection of the most colossal black hole merger known to date, the final product of which

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Let's Learn x86-64 Assembly (2020)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-26 10:22:15

Let's Learn x86-64 Assembly! Part 0 - Setup and First Steps published on Apr 18 2020 The way I was taught x86 assembly at the university had been completely outdated for many years by the time I had my first class. It was around 2008 or 2009, and 64-bit processors had already started becoming a thing even in my neck of the woods. Meanwhile, we were doing DOS, real-mode, memory segmentation and all the other stuff from the bad old days. Nevertheless, I picked up enough of it during the classes

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Astronomers Detect a Black Hole Merger That’s So Massive It Shouldn’t Exist

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2026-01-26 11:01:09

Gravitational waves—ripples in space-time caused by violent cosmic events—travel at the speed of light in every direction, eventually fading out like ripples in water. But some events are so destructive and extreme that they create disturbances in spacetime more like powerful waves than small ripples, with enough energy to reach our own detectors here on Earth. Today, the LIGO Collaboration announced the detection of the most colossal black hole merger known to date, the final product of which

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 14, #294

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-26 20:37:58

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition might be tough, if timely. I guess I'm not up on the 2025 HR Derby, but maybe you are. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that the game has earned e

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Let's Learn x86-64 Assembly Part 0 – Setup and First Steps

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-26 16:22:15

Let's Learn x86-64 Assembly! Part 0 - Setup and First Steps published on Apr 18 2020 The way I was taught x86 assembly at the university had been completely outdated for many years by the time I had my first class. It was around 2008 or 2009, and 64-bit processors had already started becoming a thing even in my neck of the woods. Meanwhile, we were doing DOS, real-mode, memory segmentation and all the other stuff from the bad old days. Nevertheless, I picked up enough of it during the classes

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The Day Grok Tried to Be Human

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-01-26 11:28:33

For 16 hours this week, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok stopped functioning as intended and started sounding like something else entirely. In a now-viral cascade of screenshots, Grok began parroting extremist talking points, echoing hate speech, praising Adolf Hitler, and pushing controversial user views back into the algorithmic ether. The bot, which Musk’s company xAI designed to be a “maximally truth-seeking” alternative to more sanitized AI tools, had effectively lost the plot. And now, xAI ad

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 14, #764

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-26 14:00:06

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. There are some TV and movie references in today's NYT Connections puzzle. If you spent your childhood in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, you're sure to get one of them. That purple category, though ... good luck! Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Ti

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Why the Weather Is Literally Giving You a Headache

gizmodo.com Danielle Wilhour 2026-01-26 12:00:20

If you are one of the 39 million Americans in the U.S. living with migraines, there’s a good chance an intense headache will begin when the weather shifts. You aren’t alone. Studies find 30% to 50% of people with migraines identify some type of weather change as a trigger, making it the most commonly reported migraine source. Yet, it’s also one of the most puzzling. Some people are more sensitive to weather As a neurologist and headache specialist practicing in Colorado, a place with frequent

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Foods That Naturally Relieve Headaches, Backed by Health Pros

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-26 12:00:04

What you eat could be the key to easing your headache or migraine symptoms. Though adjusting your diet is far from a miracle cure, when paired with other healthy habits, like maintaining your hydration, getting enough exercise, getting enough sleep and managing stress, it's a low-effort way to relieve your pain. "The most important thing I tell patients is that migraines are highly individualized," says Dr. Nicholas Church, a board-certified member of the American Board of Family Medicine and t

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LG Gram Pro 16 (2025) Review: Thin Is Still In

wired.com Christopher Null 2026-01-26 10:00:00

Last year’s LG Gram Pro 17 was a classic study in laptop compromise. Incredibly thin and light, it was a veritable marvel of engineering that weighed in at half the heft of a typical 17-inch notebook. On the other hand, it was an unstable performance dud that ran so hot it nearly burnt the hair off my legs. The compromise scales ultimately tipped against the Gram Pro in 2024, but I’ll give credit to LG for staying the course and continuing to iterate on this design, and fixing many of the flaws

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX might invest $2 billion in Musk’s xAI

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-01-26 14:12:17

In Brief One Elon Musk business might be making a big investment in another. According to a Wall Street Journal report that cites investors close to SpaceX, the company has agreed to invest $2 billion in Musk’s AI startup xAI. The investment would reportedly be part of the $5 billion equity raise (along with another $5 billion in debt) that Morgan Stanley announced at the end of June. This would be SpaceX’s first investment in xAI, and one of its biggest investments in another company. The WS

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Edward Burtynsky's monumental chronicle of the human impact on the planet

news.ycombinator.com Bill Mckibben 2026-01-26 04:47:00

If there was one absence in Burtynsky’s account of our time, however, it was the single greatest result of all that mining, burning, and consuming: the transformation of the atmosphere. Nothing else comes close in scale to the chemical disruption of the air—the flood of CO 2 now rapidly overheating the Earth and producing a series of changes so titanic they dwarf even the forces that these photos depict. But carbon dioxide is invisible, which is a problem for photographers. That’s why in some w

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 13, #293

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-26 10:49:03

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition has some fun categories. There's only one requiring last names, and one requiring teams, so if you can sort those easily, you should be in good shape. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Sup

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Grok team apologizes for the chatbot's 'horrific behavior' and blames 'MechaHitler' on a bad update

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-26 06:45:20

The team behind Grok has issued a rare apology and explanation of what went wrong after X's chatbot began spewing antisemitic and pro-Nazi rhetoric earlier this week, at one point even calling itself "MechaHitler." In a statement posted on Grok's X account late Friday night, the xAI team said "we deeply apologize for the horrific behavior that many experienced" and attributed the chatbot's vile responses to a recent update that introduced "deprecated code." This code, according to the statement,

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 13, #763

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-26 09:00:04

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle wasn't as tough as some puzzles are. I spotted the four purple category words right away. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a n

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Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS — I say that’s freedom

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-26 04:00:13

Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority Police in Spain have reportedly started profiling people based on their phones; specifically, and surprisingly, those carrying Google Pixel devices. Law enforcement officials in Catalonia say they associate Pixels with crime because drug traffickers are increasingly turning to these phones. But it’s not Google’s secure Titan M2 chip that has criminals favoring the Pixel — instead, it’s GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused alternative to the default Pixel OS. As som

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The MacBook Upgrade Program that starts at $33.28/month

9to5mac.com Sponsored Post 2026-01-26 06:24:58

The MacBook is one of the most powerful tools of the modern age. Most people will spend years of their lives in front of their computer. So it makes sense to have a great one. But the way we buy them is broken. High cost. Trade-in headaches. Endless upgrade cycles. For most people, spending upwards of $2,000 upfront puts a huge hole in your pocket, not to mention the hassle and time spent reselling it when you’re ready to upgrade. But there’s a newer option…and it’s growing fast among profes

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Malware found in official gravityforms plugin indicating supply chain breach

news.ycombinator.com Rafie Muhammad 2026-01-25 22:41:59

Update 7-12-2025 06:00 UTC: We have observed some activity in regard to one of the backdoors that involves a gf_api_token parameter. The IP address 193.160.101.6 tries to request, for every site, the following URLs with a spoofed user agent: /wp-content/plugins/gravityforms_2.9.12/notification.php?gf_api_token=Cx3VGSwAHkB9yzIL9Qi48IFHwKm4sQ6Te5odNtBYu6Asb9JX06KYAWmrfPtG1eP3&action=ping /wp-content/plugins/gravityforms_2.9.11.1/notification.php?gf_api_token=Cx3VGSwAHkB9yzIL9Qi48IFHwKm4sQ6Te5odNt

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Stone–Wales Transformations

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-26 08:07:12

Buckminsterfullerene is a molecule shaped like a soccer ball, made of 60 carbon atoms. If one of the bonds between two hexagons rotates, we get a weird mutant version of this molecule: This is an example of a Stone-Wales transformation: a 90° rotation in a so-called ‘π bond’ between carbon atoms. Here’s how it works in graphene: Graphene is a sheet of carbon molecules arranged in hexagons. When they undergo a Stone–Wales transformation, we get a Stone–Wales defect with two pentagons and two he

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Malware Found in Official GravityForms Plugin Indicating Supply Chain Breach

news.ycombinator.com Rafie Muhammad 2026-01-26 04:41:59

Update 8-11-2025 06:00 UTC: We have observed some activity in regard to one of the backdoors that involves a gf_api_token parameter. The IP address 193.160.101.6 tries to request, for every site, the following URLs with a spoofed user agent: /wp-content/plugins/gravityforms_2.9.12/notification.php?gf_api_token=Cx3VGSwAHkB9yzIL9Qi48IFHwKm4sQ6Te5odNtBYu6Asb9JX06KYAWmrfPtG1eP3&action=ping /wp-content/plugins/gravityforms_2.9.11.1/notification.php?gf_api_token=Cx3VGSwAHkB9yzIL9Qi48IFHwKm4sQ6Te5odNt

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The 25 Best Non–Prime Day Deals From Retailers That Are Not Amazon

wired.com Simon Hill 2026-01-25 18:38:31

Prime Day started as a one-day sale, but Amazon has expanded it to nearly a week in its pursuit of absolute ecommerce dominance. We were all sucked in by fast shipping and low prices, but if you’re wary of feeding the beast, you needn’t go without great deals on tech. Plenty of other retailers are offering discounts and bargains this week, including Walmart, REI, Target, Wayfair, Best Buy, and Home Depot. You can also snag deals on many of the best tech devices direct from the manufacturers. Her

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4 Arrested Over Scattered Spider Hacking Spree

wired.com Matt Burgess 2026-01-26 09:30:00

WIRED reported this week on public records that show the United States Department of Homeland Security urging local law enforcement around the country to interpret common protest activities and surrounding logistics—including riding a bike, livestreaming a police encounter, or skateboarding—as “violent tactics.” The guidance could influence cops to use everyday behavior as a pretext for police action. An AI hiring bot used on the McDonald’s “McHire” site exposed tens of millions of job applican

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 12, #292

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-26 06:12:06

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition has one of those classic purple categories, where you probably won't figure it out before you've answered all the others. Need help? Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Fe

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Dict Unpacking in Python

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-22 15:05:03

mom can we have dict unpacking in python? we have dict-unpacking-at-home please don't use this no seriously. I do not need another joke package of mine to be deemed "critical" to pypi 1 ok how do I use it pip install dict-unpacking-at-home add # -*- coding: dict-unpacking-at-home -*- to the top of your file (second line if you have a shebang) enjoy! # -*- coding: dict-unpacking-at-home -*- dct = { 'greeting' : 'hello' , 'thing' : 'world' } { greeting , thing } = dct print ( greeting , gree

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The Nex Playground will wear out your energetic kids, and it’s $60 off during Prime Day

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2026-01-26 18:00:00

is an editor covering deals and commerce. He joined in 2018, and covers gaming, PCs, accessories, and more. The Nex Playground is a console full of kid-friendly games that operate solely with motion controls. It’s cooler than it sounds; the little cube’s camera can track two players’ movements in a multitude of games — five of which come free with the console. It’s a great way to exhaust your little ones when going outside isn’t an option, and it’s $60 off for Prime Day. Normally $249.99, you

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 12, #762

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-26 22:00:04

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. The purple group in today's NYT Connections puzzle was easier than some of the other groups, I thought. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and

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The Best Anti-Prime Day Sales to Shop Before They're Over

wired.com Nena Farrell 2026-01-27 04:10:30

If you're over seeing what you could buy on Amazon but still want to shop good sales, this is the story for you. We've hunted the web for all the sales going on with small businesses we love, ranging from outdoor pizza ovens to the best iPhone accessories, and even some local bookstores. Shop all the sales below that are still happening today before they're over (most end at midnight tonight!). Open to more true Prime Day shopping? Don't miss our guide to the Best Prime Day Deals, plus our Prim

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WordPress Gravity Forms developer hacked to push backdoored plugins

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-27 09:30:07

The popular WordPress plugin Gravity Forms has been compromised in what seems a supply-chain attack where manual installers from the official website were infected with a backdoor. Gravity Forms is a premium plugin for creating contact, payment, and other online forms. Based on statistic data from the vendor, the product is isntalled on around one million websites, some belonging to well-known organizations like Airbnb, Nike, ESPN, Unicef, Google, and Yale. Remote code execution on the server

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California is set to become the first US state to manage power outages with AI

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX might invest $2 billion in Musk’s xAI

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 13, #293

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Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS — I say that’s freedom

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The Nex Playground will wear out your energetic kids, and it’s $60 off during Prime Day

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WordPress Gravity Forms developer hacked to push backdoored plugins

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