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10% Home Depot Promo Codes & Coupons | July 2025

wired.com Matthew Korfhage 2026-02-05 08:00:00

Home Depot goes hard. The company pretty much invented the hardware superstore when it began in 1978, just by being so big. They inflated the neighborhood tool shop into a whole city of lumber, hammers, caulk, power saws, and big rolls of wire. I would know I’m in a Home Depot blindfolded, because of a distinct quality to the air—crisp and particulate, smelling like wood dust and paint and the oiled metal of power tools. The Home Depot smell is buried deep in my childhood, filed somewhere betwee

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OpenAI tightens the screws on security to keep away prying eyes

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2026-02-05 08:44:33

In Brief OpenAI has reportedly overhauled its security operations to protect against corporate espionage. According to the Financial Times, the company accelerated an existing security clampdown after Chinese startup DeepSeek released a competing model in January, with OpenAI alleging that DeepSeek improperly copied its models using “distillation” techniques. The beefed-up security includes “information tenting” policies that limit staff access to sensitive algorithms and new products. For exa

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Epanet-JS

news.ycombinator.com Tom Macwright 2026-02-01 04:57:19

epanet-js is a new web application that combines modern web maps with the industry-standard EPANET hydraulic simulation algorithm. It’s for people planning and updating water utility systems: connecting pipes and pressures and figuring out what will happen. It’s a problem area that I’m totally fascinated by and know very little about. It’s made by the folks from Iterating - Luke Butler and Sam Payá, who are experts in the field. If you’ve been following along with my blog and projects, you migh

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Epic Games ends its antitrust lawsuit against Samsung

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-05 16:58:07

Epic Games has dropped its suit against Samsung. "We’re dismissing our court case against Samsung following the parties’ discussions," Epic CEO and founder Tim Sweeney posted on X. "We are grateful that Samsung will address Epic’s concerns." The company filed the action in September. The lawsuit centered on the company's Auto Blocker feature, which only allows apps to be installed from the Google Play Store and Samsung Galaxy Store. Epic claimed this made it difficult for potential customers to

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Student Loan Repayment Plans Will Last as Long as Most Mortgages. How Much the New Budget Bill Will Cost You

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-05 21:37:00

The Republican-led policy bill cuts repayment plans to two options for future borrowers. Getty Images/Zooey Liao/CNET The Republican-led "One Big Beautiful Bill" was signed into law by President Donald Trump last week, which will result in major changes to student loans, including fewer repayment options, caps on borrowing and new rules for Pell Grants. The nearly 900-page bill means a lot of changes for taxes and Medicare, but its impact on higher education could alter how colleges operate an

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Samsung and Epic Games call a truce in app store lawsuit

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-06 03:10:14

Epic Games, buoyed by the massive success of Fortnite, has spent the last few years throwing elbows in the mobile industry to get its app store on more phones. It scored an antitrust win against Google in late 2023, and the following year it went after Samsung for deploying "Auto Blocker" on its Android phones, which would make it harder for users to install the Epic Games Store. Now, the parties have settled the case just days before Samsung will unveil its latest phones. The Epic Store drama

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Fortnite maker Epic Games settles antitrust case against Samsung

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-02-06 03:22:22

In Brief Fortnite maker Epic Games has settled its antitrust case against Samsung, according to a court filing. The case, filed last September, accused Samsung of working with Google to block rival app stores by default on Samsung phones. “We’re dismissing our court case against Samsung following the parties’ discussions,” Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said in a post on X. He added, “We are grateful that Samsung will address Epic’s concerns.” An Epic spokesperson declined further comment, pointing to

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‘Killer Bee’ Swarm Spotted Near Georgia, Raising Alarms

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2026-02-06 12:50:08

A small county in Georgia may be facing a “killer bee” invasion. The Africanized bee is the common honeybee’s aggressive, lethal cousin. They look just like honeybees, but this hybrid between European and African honeybees is infamous among beekeepers for ganging up and attacking intruders—bee or human—earning them the nickname “killer bee.” Africanized bees arrived on U.S. soil in the 1990s and have since been spotted across parts of the southern U.S. But this latest sighting of so-called kil

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Epic reaches mystery settlement with Samsung days before new Galaxy phones

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2026-02-06 12:31:30

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Last September, after successfully suing Google for running an illegal app store monopoly, Epic Games sued Samsung, too — alleging the phonemaker of illegally conspiring with Google to undermine third-party app stores. An “Auto Blocker” feature on Samsung Android phones, which was turned on by default, automatically kept users from installi

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TikTok reportedly developing new version of app ahead of planned US sale

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-02-07 08:20:12

In Brief TikTok is developing a new version of its app for U.S. users ahead of an expected sale of the app to a group of investors, according to a report from The Information. The company reportedly plans to launch the new app on September 5, while the existing app will stop working in March of next year. The timeline may shift, the report notes. TikTok users in the U.S. would have to download the new app to continue to use the social network. The report comes two days after President Donald

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A subscription won’t fix the biggest problem I have with the Galaxy Watch

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-08 04:30:24

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority In mid-June, a Samsung official hinted that the company might soon monetize parts of the Samsung Health experience, likely by placing future AI-enhanced features behind a paywall. Personally, I don’t mind paying for a service if it adds value to my life — what’s more valuable than good health? However, paying to unlock more features won’t fix the existing issues with the platform. To be fair, I don’t dislike what Samsung is doing with Health. The current expe

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Hands on with Windows 11 Notepad's new markdown support

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-07 20:55:56

Notepad now lets you use markdown text formatting on Windows 11, which means you can write in Notepad just like you could in WordPad. The new formatting feature is turned on by default, and you just need to select one of the options in the new formatting toolbar. For example, when you highlight one of the lines in Notepad and choose your preferred heading, Notepad will instantly apply that formatting. You can use a heading, a subheading, or a body tag. That's up to you. You can also use bulle

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Mirage: First AI-Native UGC Game Engine Powered by Real-Time World Model

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-06 22:47:42

The future of gaming isn't built level by level by expert designers—it's imagined, generated, and played by anyone, in real time. Meet Mirage: the world's first real-time generative engine enabling live UGC gameplay through state-of-the-art AI World Models. Built to support dynamic, interactive, and sustained gameplay, it enables entire worlds to be generated and modified live—through natural language, keyboard, or controller input. Mirage supports various genres, and today we are releasing tw

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I extracted the safety filters from Apple Intelligence models

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-07 21:50:02

Decrypted Generative Model safety files for Apple Intelligence containing filters Structure decrypted_overrides/ : Contains decrypted overrides for various models. com.apple.*/ : Directory named using the Asset Specifier assosciated with the safety info Info.plist : Contains metadata for the override AssetData/ : Contains the decrypted JSON files : Contains decrypted overrides for various models. get_key_lldb.py : Script to get the encryption key (see usage info below) : Script to get the en

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TikTok’s Escape Plan May Be a Brand New App

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-02-07 23:59:45

TikTok’s time in the U.S. may be running out, but the company has a dramatic plan to save itself. The social media giant is reportedly building a completely new version of its app for users in the United States, according to a report from The Information on Sunday, which cited anonymous sources. This new app, reportedly codenamed “M2,” is being developed ahead of a planned sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations to a group of American investors. According to the report, the company has a tentative pla

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Companies That Tried to Save Money With AI Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-07 16:00:37

Companies that rushed to replace human labor with AI are now shelling out to get human workers to fix the technology's screwups. As the BBC reports, there's now something of a cottage industry for writers and coders who specialize in fixing AI's mistakes — and those who are good at it are using the opportunity to rake in cash. Sarah Skidd, an American product marketing manager, told the British broadcaster that she's not concerned about being replaced by the technology because, as her recent w

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Xbox's sci-fi looter-shooter Blackbird was scrapped even after leaving execs 'blown away'

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-07 16:13:05

Xbox was well on its way to delivering a sci-fi stylized game with plenty of exciting movement mechanics before an abrupt change of heart. The upcoming third-person shooter RPG codenamed Blackbird from ZeniMax Online Studios, which developed The Elder Scrolls Online, has been "shelved indefinitely," according to an exclusive report from Bloomberg. The report added that Xbox execs were "blown away" by the game and had "nothing but complimentary words," according to Bloomberg's sources. The excit

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Is It Cake? How Our Brain Deciphers Materials

news.ycombinator.com Dale Markowitz 2026-02-05 00:43:57

One of the greatest questions of the modern age is: Is it cake? As in: Is it an espresso machine, or cake? Paint can, or cake? Air fryer, or …? Millions of viewers have watched rapt as TikTok bakers slice or bite into inedible-looking objects with fluffy, frosting-filled innards … or have tuned into Is It Cake?, the aptly named Netflix show. Why? As a form of entertainment, this kind of visual trick is hardly new. For centuries, artists have delighted in fooling us into thinking one material is

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Speeding up PostgreSQL dump/restore snapshots

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-07 12:42:19

The last few pgstream releases have focused on optimizing snapshot performance, specifically for PostgreSQL targets. In this blog post, we’ll walk through the key improvements we made, share the lessons we learnt, and explain how they led to significant performance gains. But first, some context! What is pgstream? pgstream is an open source CDC(Change Data Capture) tool and library that offers Postgres replication support with DDL changes. Some of its key features include: Replication of DDL

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Apple @ Work: Macs have never been more expensive to repair, but never been more reliable

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2026-02-07 12:00:00

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Ingram Micro outage caused by SafePay ransomware attack

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-07 17:58:49

An ongoing outage at IT giant Ingram Micro is caused by a SafePay ransomware attack that led to the shutdown of internal systems, BleepingComputer has learned. Ingram Micro is one of the world's largest business-to-business technology distributors and service providers, offering a range of solutions including hardware, software, cloud services, logistics, and training to resellers and managed service providers worldwide. Since Thursday, Ingram Micro's website and online ordering systems have b

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ApplePay vs. Alternative Payment Services

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-07 18:13:49

2025-07: "ApplePay vs. Alternative Payment Services" by Marc Stibane Thought experiment Imagine an airport which issues a frequent traveller card which millions of passengers have signed up for. This Airport demands from the shops in the airport mall to either only offer their traveller card for payments, or any other payment method, but not both. So if merchants offer alternative payment methods to customers, they may not offer the airport traveller card. This would be ridiculous, right? We

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A new, faster DeepSeek R1-0528 variant appears from German lab

news.ycombinator.com Carl Franzen 2026-02-07 14:22:18

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 It’s been a little more than a month since Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, an offshoot of Hong Kong-based High-Flyer Capital Management, released the latest version of its hit open source model DeepSeek, R1-0528. Like its predecessor, DeepSeek-R1 — which rocked the AI and global business communities with how cheaply it was trained and how wel

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Best Pillows for Back Sleepers, Tested by a Sleep Expert

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-08 11:00:00

Regardless of your sleeping position, you need the right accessories to get a restful night's sleep. However, getting a new mattress can be expensive, so a supportive pillow might be a better option. The perfect pillow for back sleepers strikes the right balance between height and firmness. It should be supportive enough to ensure your neck and spine are properly aligned, but not so firm that it leaves you with a stiff neck. I have tested over 25 pillows during my time as a CNET sleep expert, an

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Fairphone 6 lands a perfect 10 for repairability

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-09 03:00:01

Dutch company Fairphone continues to lead the charge on consumer- and planet-friendly electronics, proving that a great phone doesn't have to be impossible to repair or environmentally unsustainable. The Fairphone 6 has just been released, coming two years after the last generation of the phone built to last. The folks over at iFixit wasted no time in conducting a teardown of this new entry to see how it stacks up against previous generations. The Fairphone 6 scored a perfect 10 out of 10, like

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Ingram Micro suffers global outage as internal systems inaccessible

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-09 12:14:03

IT giant Ingram Micro is experiencing a global outage that is impacting its websites and internal systems, with customers concerned that it may be a cyberattack after the company remains silent on the cause of the issues. Ingram Micro is one of the largest business-to-business technology distributors and service providers in the world, offering hardware, software, cloud, logistics, and training solutions to resellers and managed service providers worldwide. The company employs around 24,000 pe

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Ready for Apple Glasses? Apple Is Expected to Launch More Tech for Your Eyes

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-10 03:00:06

Bridget Carey Editor at Large Bridget Carey is an award-winning reporter who helps you level-up your life -- while having a good time geeking out. Her exclusive CNET videos get you behind the scenes as she covers new trends, experiences and quirky gadgets. Her weekly video show, "One More Thing," explores what's new in the world of Apple and what's to come. She started as a reporter at The Miami Herald with syndicated newspaper columns for product reviews and social media advice. Now she's a mo

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Apple reverts China slump, sees first iPhone quarterly growth in two years [report]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-10 17:24:42

For the past two years, Apple has been having a tough time in China. Just recently, the U.S. trade war and local incentives from the Chinese government really got in the way of iPhone sales. However, Apple seems to be regaining control of the situation. A two-year long downturn in China As we covered recently, Apple’s extended rough patch in China may finally be easing. Since Q3 2022, the company has posted year-over-year revenue growth in just one quarter, with declines of up to 13% in the ot

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Crunchyroll blames third-party vendor for AI subtitle mess

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-11 06:57:48

At the start of last year, Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini told The Verge the company was "very focused on testing" generative AI tools for subtitling and captioning speech to text. The comment came just months after the streamer temporarily took down the debut episode of one of its newest shows, The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons, after people complained about poor subtitles. Much of the translation was nonsensical, with missing punctuation in many sentences. At the time, some fans speculated th

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Alaskan Woman’s Death From Gonorrhea Sparks Fears of a New Strain

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2026-02-12 03:25:42

A well-known sexually transmitted infection might be causing more trouble than usual in Alaska. Local health officials this week have reported the death of a woman in her 50s from a rare complication of gonorrhea that’s becoming increasingly more common in the state. On Monday, the Alaska Department of Health detailed the tragic death in its latest epidemiology bulletin. The woman died from an untreated gonorrhea infection that had spread widely throughout her body. Health officials are worried

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10% Home Depot Promo Codes & Coupons | July 2025

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