GoKawiil - Latest Tech News & Aggregated Headlines

Open Source Maintenance Fee

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 03:29:35

User story As a WiX maintainer, the Open Source Maintenance Fee provides funding for ongoing maintenance tasks that would ensure the long-term sustainability of the WiX Toolset. Proposal Open Source Maintenance Fee Introduction To ensure the long-term sustainability of this project, we are introducing an Open Source Maintenance Fee. This fee is required to be paid by all consumers of the WiX Toolset project who generate revenue. You can pay via GitHub Sponsors. We plan to enforce the mainte

Topics: eula fee maintenance open wix

Shop Amazon

Apple launches AirPods firmware public beta for iOS 26, here’s what’s new

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-03 15:28:46

Apple has launched its first ever public beta for AirPods firmware, bringing forthcoming iOS 26 features to AirPods users ahead of their fall launch. Here’s everything new. Apple debuts first ever public beta for AirPods firmware AirPods beta firmware has historically been difficult to install. That changed this summer, when the developer beta became easier to get than ever. And now, for the first time, Apple has launched an AirPods firmware public beta too. You can visit beta.apple.com to e

Topics: airpods beta features firmware new

Shop Amazon

There's finally a trailer for Battlefield 6, but no multiplayer details just yet

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-03 15:01:44

We knew it was coming and now it's here. EA has officially dropped a trailer for the long-rumored Battlefield 6. The footage is heavy on story, but light on gameplay. As for that story, there's a global war raging with a private military contractor, prompting an explosion-laden presidential address. The trailer certainly suggests that the newest entry in the franchise will have plenty of cinematic set-pieces. EA has confirmed that Battlefield 6 will have both multiplayer and a single player ca

Topics: battlefield company ea feature trailer

Shop Amazon

WatchOS 26 public beta is out right now - 8 new Apple Watch features you can try

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2026-01-03 15:20:00

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Your iPhone, Apple Watch, and other Apple-owned devices are getting a big overhaul. The best part? You won't have to pay a dime for them -- all you have to do is update your software. Several new features are coming to WatchOS 26, and the public beta software is now available for interested users to try. Just remember: before updating to the public beta, it's encouraged to backup your device. Reddit users in the r/Apple Watch subreddit are already getting into the latest upda

Topics: apple feature iphone watch workout

Shop Amazon

Home Safe? Snap Map Will Let Your Friends and Family Know With Alert

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-03 12:42:25

"Let us know when you're home." How many times have you heard that from friends or family at the end of the night, but forgotten to follow up when you get through the door? Snapchat has added a feature to its popular Snap Map that will take care of it for you. The messaging app launched a new feature on Thursday called "Home Safe," which will alert friends and/or family that you're home safely even when you forget to do so. It's ideal to let folks know when you're back from a vacation, a night

Topics: friends home location safe snapchat

Shop Amazon

iPadOS 26 preview: The rare software update that makes (most) old hardware feel new

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-03 15:18:54

The Mac and the iPad are different devices that do different things. This has been the line from Apple executives, from its initial introduction to the advent of touchscreen PCs to just last month when Apple’s Craig Federighi talked to us about iPadOS 26’s new multitasking features. But it sometimes feels like this internal commitment to keeping the devices separate has held the iPad back as its hardware has become more capable. A mouse cursor? Sure, we’ll add it, after a few years of insisting

Topics: different ipad ll multitasking new

Shop Amazon

watchOS 26 preview: a subtler take on AI

theverge.com Victoria Song 2026-01-03 15:14:19

is a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 13 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. Apple just launched the watchOS 26 public beta, which means everyone can now try the latest software heading to the Apple Watch this fall. That includes new Apple Intelligence features, such as Workout Buddy, new messaging features, the Wrist Flick gesture, and more. I’ve been using the developer beta and have some thoughts to share.

Topics: ai apple buddy features workout

Shop Amazon

My cat Norbert gives this automatic wet food feeder two paws up, and it's on sale

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2026-01-03 20:35:00

Allison Murray/ZDNET The Petlibro Polar Wet Food Automatic Feeder is $13 off when you buy it at Amazon. ZDNET's key takeaways The Petlibro Polar Wet Food Automatic Feeder normally retails for $130 and is available in black and white. The Polar feeder can keep wet food fresh for up to three days and connects to an app to customize feeding schedules. It is a relatively large device and needs power and Wi-Fi to function. After getting our orange tabby cat, Norbert, in 2018, my husband and I q

Topics: device feeder food pet wet

Shop Amazon

WiX Toolset: Introduce the Open Source Maintenance Fee

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 21:29:35

User story As a WiX maintainer, the Open Source Maintenance Fee provides funding for ongoing maintenance tasks that would ensure the long-term sustainability of the WiX Toolset. Proposal Open Source Maintenance Fee Introduction To ensure the long-term sustainability of this project, we are introducing an Open Source Maintenance Fee. This fee is required to be paid by all consumers of the WiX Toolset project who generate revenue. You can pay via GitHub Sponsors. We plan to enforce the mainte

Topics: eula fee maintenance open wix

Shop Amazon

There is no memory safety without thread safety

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-04 00:35:39

There is no memory safety without thread safety Memory safety is all the rage these days. But what does the term even mean? That turns out to be harder to nail down than you may think. Typically, people use this term to refer to languages that make sure that there are no use-after-free or out-of-bounds memory accesses in the program. This is then often seen as distinct from other notions of safety such as thread safety, which refers to programs that do not have certain kinds of concurrency bugs

Topics: language memory program races safety

Shop Amazon

Uber Is Finally Making It Easier for Riders to Avoid Male Drivers

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2026-01-04 00:15:45

For women in the U.S., getting a ride with a woman driver on Uber is about to get easier. On Wednesday, Uber announced that it’s rolling out new features that will give women riders the option to request women drivers and vice versa. “Across the US, women riders and drivers have told us they want the option to be matched with other women on trips,” said Uber vice president of U.S. and Canada operations Camiel Irving in a press release. “We’ve heard them — and now we’re introducing new ways to

Topics: driver drivers features uber women

Shop Amazon

White House unveils sweeping plan to “win” global AI race through deregulation

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-04 05:37:05

On Wednesday, the White House released "Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan," a 25-page document that outlines the Trump administration's strategy to "maintain unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance" in AI through deregulation, infrastructure investment, and international partnerships. But critics are already taking aim at the plan, saying it's doing Big Tech a big favor. Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Michael J. Kratsios and Special Advisor f

Topics: administration ai document federal plan

Shop Amazon

The once most-overlooked Fujifilm camera might become my favorite

theverge.com Vjeran Pavic 2026-01-04 05:00:00

Right now, there are five Fujifilm cameras that are using the exact same 40MP sensor. So picking the right one for you can be confusing, but fret not. Most Fuji cameras offer similar results, and your choice might come down to just the form factor. The good news is that Fujifilm’s latest camera, the X-E5 , is packed with top features in a form factor that has won me over. This year, the X-E5 grew in size and price. The $1,700 camera is slightly larger and heavier than the X-E4, borrowed a new l

Topics: camera cameras e5 features fujifilm

Shop Amazon

Google has new ideas on how to save money while shopping online

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-04 10:00:39

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google has begun rolling out its AI-powered tool that lets you try on new clothes. Additionally, it is bringing an advanced price tracker in Shopping results that alerts you every time the price of a saved product drops below a specified value. In the coming fall, it will also allow users to use AI Mode to get inspiration for outfits and interior design. In addition to rolling out AI Mode to all users in the US, Google showcased its AI-powered Try It On

Topics: ai feature google price try

Shop Amazon

Snapchat can automatically let a trusted friend know you got home safe

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-04 10:00:10

Snapchat can now let your friends know if you're back home from an outing safe and sound without you having to send a message. The app has launched a new feature called Home Safe, which sends one-time alerts to contacts of your choice. You can only send these alerts to people you already share your location with, and since that off by default, you'd have to activate it on Snap Maps for all your friends or for specific ones. Your friends will only get the notification once, and it will shut off a

Topics: friends home location safe snap

Shop Amazon

XOR_singleheader: Header-only binary fuse and XOR filter library

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-04 08:09:26

Header-only Xor and Binary Fuse Filter library Bloom filters are used to quickly check whether an element is part of a set. Xor filters and binary fuse filters are faster and more concise alternative to Bloom filters. Furthermore, unlike Bloom filters, xor and binary fuse filters are naturally compressible using standard techniques (gzip, zstd, etc.). They are also smaller than cuckoo filters. They are used in production systems. This is a simple C header-only library. It implements both binar

Topics: binary buffer filter filters fuse

Shop Amazon

Wix: Introduce the Open Source Maintenance Fee

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-04 09:29:35

User story As a WiX maintainer, the Open Source Maintenance Fee provides funding for ongoing maintenance tasks that would ensure the long-term sustainability of the WiX Toolset. Proposal Open Source Maintenance Fee Introduction To ensure the long-term sustainability of this project, we are introducing an Open Source Maintenance Fee. This fee is required to be paid by all consumers of the WiX Toolset project who generate revenue. You can pay via GitHub Sponsors. We plan to enforce the mainte

Topics: eula fee maintenance open wix

Shop Amazon

7 Best Coffee Makers (2025): Drip Is Drippin'

wired.com Matthew Korfhage 2026-01-04 06:34:00

How We Tested and Chose the Best Drip Coffee Machines AccordionItemContainerButton LargeChevron I've been a drip coffee fan—some might say fanatic—for quite some time, and so much of my machine selection comes from personal experience and decade-long history as a coffee writer and reporter. To broaden my selection, I listened to some of the best minds in coffee, including internet bean personalities like James Hoffmann and Lance Hedrick, trusted baristas and roasters, my friend Joel, and countle

Topics: brew coffee cup drip water

Shop Amazon

Snapchat will notify your friends when you’ve made it home safe

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-01-04 10:00:00

Snapchat is launching a new Home Safe feature that makes it easier to inform your loved ones when you have arrived safely after making your way home. Building on the app’s existing location capabilities, Snapchat’s Home Safe allows you to send an automatic alert to chat conversations with friends to let them know you’re back at home without having to remember to send direct messages. While many communications apps like Snapchat, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger enable you to share live location

Topics: home location safe snapchat users

Shop Amazon

Snapchat will now let your friends know you’ve made it home safe

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-01-04 10:00:00

Snapchat is launching a new way for users to let their friends and family know they’ve made it home safe after an outing, called “Home Safe,” the social network announced on Thursday. To use the feature, you need to set your home location by tapping your Bitmoji on Snap Map and then “My Home.” When you head out and want to notify a friend when you get home, open the conversation, tap the Map icon, and then the Home Safe button. Your friend will receive an automatic alert in your chat conversat

Topics: home location map safe snap

Shop Amazon

Google’s new AI feature lets you virtually try on clothes

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-01-04 10:00:00

Google announced on Thursday that it’s launching a new AI feature that lets users virtually try on clothes. The tech giant is also rolling out updated price alerts and teased an upcoming feature that will let users explore shoppable outfits and room inspiration using generative imagery. The official launch of the virtual try-on feature comes two months after Google first began testing it. The feature works by allowing users to upload a photo of themselves to virtually try on a piece of clothing

Topics: feature google tech try users

Shop Amazon

What does connecting with someone mean?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-04 14:16:48

Published on 24th July 2025 Connect I read a lot about the idea of connecting with people. They say it's the reason to get good at conversation — so you can connect. A problem I had with this advice is I couldn't find a good explanation of what connecting means. It means mutual empathy — they get you and you get them. It's discovering similar values, experiences and perspectives. It's a feeling of trust and comfort where you both feel safe to say what is truly on your mind. That feeling is wh

Topics: connect experiences feel good walls

Shop Amazon

Trump's AI Action Plan Is Here: 5 Key Takeaways

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-04 12:00:09

The Trump administration on Wednesday laid out the steps it plans to take to ensure "global AI dominance" for the US, with an AI Action Plan that calls for cutting regulations to speed up the development of artificial intelligence tools and the infrastructure to power them. Critics said the plan is a handout to tech and fossil fuel companies, slashing rules that could protect consumers, prevent pollution and fight climate change. Though the plan itself isn't binding (it includes dozens of poli

Topics: ai federal plan said tech

Shop Amazon

We found Google’s next Pixel-only calling feature and it’s borrowed from Apple (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-04 23:41:19

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google may be launching a new AI-powered “Call Message” feature that acts like an on-device voicemail with live transcriptions and summaries. The feature works offline without using data or Wi-Fi and is likely powered by Gemini Nano. Like many AI features Google debuts with new Pixel phones, Call Message could be a Pixel 10 exclusive launching next month. Google already packs its Pixel phones with a bunch of smart calling features like Call Screening

Topics: feature features google message pixel

Shop Amazon

WhatsApp is testing message reminders

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-05 00:31:31

If you’re like me and often read a message, tell yourself you’ll reply later, and then instantly forget about it, a new WhatsApp experiment might bring the solution. New feature has presets and custom options According to recent findings by WABetaInfo (via Tecnoblog), WhatsApp is now testing a feature that lets users set reminders for specific messages. So rather than pinning chats, starring messages, or simply hoping to remember to check back later, users can schedule an actual notification

Topics: feature like message messages whatsapp

Shop Amazon

Jitsi privacy flaw enables one-click stealth audio and video capture

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-05 02:31:16

Jitsi is an open-source web conferencing application. Jitsi also hosts a public instance, with millions of monthly active users. Attack scenario Let’s walk through an example. An attacker runs a meeting called `MiniGinger` on the public Jitsi instance meet.jit.si. When a user visits the attacker controller webpage `CuteCats.com`, in the background they are redirected to: https://meet.jit.si/MiniGinger#config.prejoinConfig.enabled=false If the user visited any other Jitsi meeting before and

Topics: background feature jitsi meeting user

Shop Amazon

Trump Says He’s ‘Getting Rid of Woke’ and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech

wired.com Kate Knibbs 2026-01-05 04:11:07

President Trump announced that the United States’ stance on intellectual property and AI would be a “commonsense application” that does not force AI companies to pay for each piece of copyrighted material used in training frontier models. “You can't be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book, or anything else that you've read or studied, you're supposed to pay for,” Trump said. “We appreciate that, but just can't do it— because it's not doable.” The president al

Topics: ai companies copyrighted federal trump

Shop Amazon

Google adds new button to Discover that will save you some scrolling

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-05 10:47:02

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Google has added a new jump-to-top button in the Discover feed. It only appears when accessing Discover from the launcher, not inside the Google app. The button is available in the latest beta version and appears when you scroll up. Some people are content with endlessly scrolling through the Google Discover feed, but others are keen to get back to the latest updates at the top as fast as possible. Big tech will always oblige if it keeps you on the platf

Topics: app button discover feed google

Shop Amazon

Trump Says He's 'Getting Rid of Woke' and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech

wired.com Kate Knibbs 2026-01-05 10:11:07

President Trump announced that the United States’ stance on intellectual property and AI would be a “commonsense application” that does not force AI companies to pay for each piece of copyrighted material used in training frontier models. “You can't be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book, or anything else that you've read or studied, you're supposed to pay for,” Trump said. “We appreciate that, but just can't do it— because it's not doable.” The president al

Topics: ai companies copyrighted federal trump

Shop Amazon

Uber finally launches feature to prioritize women's safety

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2026-01-06 00:43:09

Uber is giving women more control over their next ride. The ride-share app launched Women Preferences on Wednesday, which allows women to be matched with women drivers for further safety and security. The change has been widely requested among women riders and drivers, according to Uber's press release. Also: The best Apple Watch: Here's the best smartwatch for you The new feature will launch in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Detroit in the next few weeks. Women Drivers will be among the op

Topics: drivers report safety uber women

Shop Amazon

Latest Tech News

Open Source Maintenance Fee

Apple launches AirPods firmware public beta for iOS 26, here’s what’s new

There's finally a trailer for Battlefield 6, but no multiplayer details just yet

WatchOS 26 public beta is out right now - 8 new Apple Watch features you can try

Home Safe? Snap Map Will Let Your Friends and Family Know With Alert

iPadOS 26 preview: The rare software update that makes (most) old hardware feel new

watchOS 26 preview: a subtler take on AI

My cat Norbert gives this automatic wet food feeder two paws up, and it's on sale

WiX Toolset: Introduce the Open Source Maintenance Fee

There is no memory safety without thread safety

Uber Is Finally Making It Easier for Riders to Avoid Male Drivers

White House unveils sweeping plan to “win” global AI race through deregulation

The once most-overlooked Fujifilm camera might become my favorite

Google has new ideas on how to save money while shopping online

Snapchat can automatically let a trusted friend know you got home safe

XOR_singleheader: Header-only binary fuse and XOR filter library

Wix: Introduce the Open Source Maintenance Fee

7 Best Coffee Makers (2025): Drip Is Drippin'

Snapchat will notify your friends when you’ve made it home safe

Snapchat will now let your friends know you’ve made it home safe

Google’s new AI feature lets you virtually try on clothes

What does connecting with someone mean?

Trump's AI Action Plan Is Here: 5 Key Takeaways

We found Google’s next Pixel-only calling feature and it’s borrowed from Apple (APK teardown)

WhatsApp is testing message reminders

Jitsi privacy flaw enables one-click stealth audio and video capture

Trump Says He’s ‘Getting Rid of Woke’ and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech

Google adds new button to Discover that will save you some scrolling

Trump Says He's 'Getting Rid of Woke' and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech

Uber finally launches feature to prioritize women's safety

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising

Latest Tech News

Trending Topics

Hot Now

Popular

Emerging

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising