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Every Google Pixel Watch owner should know these 2 simple performance tricks

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-11-18 22:49:00

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways A restart fixes freezes, errors, and update issues. A reset clears all data to fix major glitches. Use restart first, reset only as a last resort. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Like every other piece of tech, our smartwatches can get sluggish after continual use. Maybe you're waiting several seconds for your smartwatch to load functionalities, or you're experiencing anno

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Israeli Cyber Official Arrested During Undercover Internet Crimes Against Children Sting

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-11-18 22:55:13

A high-ranking member of Israel’s cybersecurity directorate was recently arrested in Las Vegas as part of an undercover sting operation involving internet crimes against children, according to the State Department. A joint operation between city police and the FBI that targeted child sex predators resulted in the arrest of Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, a man who, according to many news outlets, has been identified as a member of Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, which operates out of Israeli Pri

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Jackery Explorer 1000 Deal: $350 Off Battery Bank Right Now

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-11-18 22:06:38

Are you an outdoor adventurer looking to turn your boring campsite into a well-lit glamping ground? The Jackery Explorer 1000 V2 is marked down to $449, almost $350 off its list price, a supercharged price reduction for a product that's otherwise a little spendy. Jackery portable power stations have found their way onto multiple WIRED lists, including our roundup of the best power banks, as well as our favorite portable power stations, thanks to their consistent, relatively quiet operation. The

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Texas attorney general accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-11-18 21:59:29

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves as mental health tools,” according to a press release issued Monday. “In today’s digital age, we must continue to fight to protect Texas kids from deceptive and exploitative technology,” Paxton is quoted as saying. “By posing as sources of emotional support, AI platforms can mislead vulnerable users

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This universal adapter's hidden superpower earned it a spot in my travel bag

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-11-19 03:25:00

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Wherever I go -- whether I'm traveling in the UK or abroad -- I bring a universal travel adapter with me. They're the perfect companion to keep my gadgets charged up with their compact form and selection of ports. Over the past few weeks, I've been testing the Baseus EnerCore CG11 6-in-1 universal travel adapter, and it's turned out to be the best-engineered travel adapter I've used so far. Also: I replaced my MacBook charger with this compact wall unit - and wish

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RFK Jr.'s Wi-Fi and 5G conspiracies appear to make it into MAHA report draft

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-19 03:34:11

The Trump administration's plans to improve Americans' health will include a push to review the safety of electromagnetic radiation, echoing long-held conspiracy theories and falsehoods about Wi-Fi and 5G touted by health secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On Friday, Politico obtained a draft version of the "Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy," a highly anticipated report from the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission intended to steer the administration's he

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RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi and 5G conspiracies appear to make it into MAHA report draft

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-19 03:04:53

The Trump administration's plans to improve Americans' health will include a push to review the safety of electromagnetic radiation, echoing long-held conspiracy theories and falsehoods about Wi-Fi and 5G touted by health secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On Friday, Politico obtained a draft version of the "Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy," a highly anticipated report from the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission intended to steer the administration's he

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Android’s best 3DS emulator levels up with dual-screen support, playtime tracking, and more

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-19 08:15:40

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Azahar 2123 is now out of beta, marking the first full release of the highly rated 3DS emulator. The update adds dual-screen support, playtime tracking, and performance improvements. New ROM formats shrink file sizes, though standard .3ds files still need to be converted on desktop. Azahar has quickly become the go-to Nintendo 3DS emulator for Android after Citra’s shutdown last year, and it’s now hitting a major milestone. Version 2123 has officially go

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Meta Wants to Make Its First AR Glasses With a Display as Cheap as a Flagship Phone

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-11-19 08:10:35

If there’s one thing that we’ve learned in the world of mixed reality over the past year, it’s that price is pretty much everything. Just ask Apple, which is still struggling to find an audience for its $3,500 Vision Pro headset. I mean, it’s not that there’s not a lot to love about the Vision Pro (the best UI in mixed reality and a premium display are particular highlights), but I bought my first used car for a price that wasn’t too far off, and that at least got me to work semi-on time. It’s

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Premier League Soccer: Stream Leeds vs. Everton Live From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-19 08:00:03

Leeds United starts life back in the English Premier League on Monday with a tricky opening test against David Moyes' Everton. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services for watching Premier League games as they happen, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if it's not available where you are. Daniel Farke's Lillywhites secured an immediate return to the top flight last term after an impressive campaign in the Championship, which saw them finish narrowly above fello

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Ars Technica System Guide: Five sample PC builds, from $500 to $5,000

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-19 02:00:25

Sometimes I go longer than I intend without writing an updated version of our PC building guide. And while I could just claim to be too busy to spend hours on Newegg or Amazon or other sites digging through dozens of near-identical parts, the lack of updates usually correlates with "times when building a desktop PC is actually a pain in the ass." Through most of 2025, fluctuating and inflated graphics card pricing and limited availability have once again conspired to make a normally fun hobby a

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95% of AI Pilots Failing

news.ycombinator.com Sheryl Estrada 2025-11-19 17:36:03

Good morning. Companies are betting on AI—yet nearly all enterprise pilots are stuck at the starting line. The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025, a new report published by MIT’s NANDA initiative, reveals that while generative AI holds promise for enterprises, most initiatives to drive rapid revenue growth are falling flat. Despite the rush to integrate powerful new models, about 5% of AI pilot programs achieve rapid revenue acceleration; the vast majority stall, delivering little to

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Linktree goes dark in India — and the company isn’t sure why

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-11-19 17:46:17

Linktree, the popular link-in-bio service used by millions of creators and businesses, has been inaccessible in India for several days — and its sudden disappearance from the Indian web remains a mystery, even to the Australian startup itself. Over the past week, Linktree has been inaccessible in India, with a few users raising the issue on X. Initially, TechCrunch noticed that the site briefly displayed a message suggesting it had been blocked by the Indian government. Later, this was replaced

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Pixel Watch running slow? Do this to instantly improve the performance

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-11-19 22:22:08

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways A restart fixes freezes, errors, and update issues. A reset clears all data to fix major glitches. Use restart first, reset only as a last resort. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Like every other piece of tech, our smartwatches can get sluggish after continual use. Maybe you're waiting several seconds for your smartwatch to load functionalities, or you're experiencing anno

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How much RAM does your Linux PC really need in 2025?

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-19 22:30:24

redstallion/iStock/Getty Images Plus ZDNET's key takeaways RAM is a crucial component for a smooth PC experience. Linux doesn't require as much RAM as Windows. More is always better. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. I'm not going to start this with a "back in the day" because it's too easy and obvious. Besides, it's time to live in the now, and the rules and needs of today are not the same as they were 10, 20, or 30

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Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 14:01:38

Block Reels & Shorts on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, YouTube. Set scrolling limits on any app with antiscroll mode. No Ads, No Reels, No Shorts, No Distractions. iOS has some limitations,so it’s not technically possible to block Reels and Shorts the same way as on Android. Although it can't be done the same way, I’m building an iPhone app with a different approach to help cut down on scrolling addiction. Drop your email and I’ll let you know when is launched!

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NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-16 10:55:13

Sean Duffy, the acting administrator of NASA for a little more than a month, has vowed to make the United States great in space. With a background as a US Congressman, reality TV star, and television commentator, Duffy did not come to the position with a deep well of knowledge about spaceflight. He also already had a lot on his plate, serving as the secretary of transportation, a Cabinet-level position that oversees 55,000 employees across 13 agencies. Nevertheless, Duffy is putting his imprin

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The perfect cup of coffee, wherever you are? You need the OutIn Nano portable espresso maker and Fino coffee grinder

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-20 03:19:25

For many, the perfect cup of coffee is the best way to start their day. But if you don’t have a lot of kitchen counter space, travel frequently, or spend your weekends camping, the ideal brew isn’t always within reach. At-home Coffee makers are large, bulky, and expensive. And while portable espresso makers aren’t a new concept, the manual work and water temperature limitations get in the way. Unless you get the OutIn Nano portable espresso maker and the Fino Coffee grinder. Having won leadersh

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MCP tools with dependent types

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-20 00:02:31

August 17, 2025 MCP tools with dependent types This summer, I’ve been playing a bit with writing an MCP server for Defold editor. The idea was to give Claude access to evaluating Lua code in the editor scripting context, so it can use the APIs available for querying and modifying game content. The best word to describe the experience is entertaining — it has a very vague idea of the available APIs, and prefers to experiment by evaluating code instead of browsing documentation, which results in

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The best gadgets and apps in August (so far)

theverge.com Barbara Krasnoff 2025-11-20 03:00:41

is a reviews editor who manages how-tos and various projects. She’s worked as an editor and writer (and occasional sci-fi author) for more years than she cares to admit to. During the last half month, we’ve covered a lot of interesting gadgets and apps and thought we’d highlight a few that caught our attention the most. For example, we have a robovac that can mop the edges of your walls (something that my manual mop usually fails at), a charging cable that with any luck will last a good long ti

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MCP Tools and Dependent Types

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-20 12:02:31

August 17, 2025 MCP tools with dependent types This summer, I’ve been playing a bit with writing an MCP server for Defold editor. The idea was to give Claude access to evaluating Lua code in the editor scripting context, so it can use the APIs available for querying and modifying game content. The best word to describe the experience is entertaining — it has a very vague idea of the available APIs, and prefers to experiment by evaluating code instead of browsing documentation, which results in

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Ars Technica System Guide: Four sample PC builds, from $500 to $5,000

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-20 14:00:25

Sometimes I go longer than I intend without writing an updated version of our PC building guide. And while I could just claim to be too busy to spend hours on Newegg or Amazon or other sites digging through dozens of near-identical parts, the lack of updates usually correlates with "times when building a desktop PC is actually a pain in the ass." Through most of 2025, fluctuating and inflated graphics card pricing and limited availability have once again conspired to make a normally fun hobby a

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Aug. 18, #329

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-20 09:45:41

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. I always struggle with the puzzles that focus on one single player's team history, unless they're an athlete I really follow closely. Guess what? The blue group today is like that. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Editi

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ArchiveTeam has finished archiving all goo.gl short links

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-20 04:46:04

Run an ArchiveTeam Warrior on your computer. The ArchiveTeam Warrior is a virtual archiving appliance. You can run it to help with the ArchiveTeam archiving efforts. It will download sites and upload them to our archive — and it’s really easy to do! The warrior is a virtual machine, so there is no risk to your computer. The warrior will only use your bandwidth and some of your disk space. The warrior runs on Windows, OS X and Linux. You’ll need VirtualBox (recommended), VMware or a similar pr

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Comparison of different C libraries providing generic containers capabilities

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-15 11:45:15

Introduction The goal of this project is to compare several C libraries that provide some STL like capabilities of the C++ (container template) but are targeting classic C language. A STL like library for C is a C library providing several classic generic containers for the C language, like vector, list, sorted set, unordered_map, and so on. A small benchmark to compare their performance is includes in the bench directory. To do this, the same simple programs will be implemented by the librar

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Aug. 17, #328

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-19 20:39:00

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 is both fun and tough. The purple category was kind of brilliant, actually. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition has been out of beta for six months, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that the game has ea

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Pebblebee Is Getting Serious About Personal Safety Tracking

wired.com Sophie Charara 2025-11-20 04:00:00

Think of Bluetooth trackers and safety in the past few years and your first thought might be the misuse of Apple AirTags and similar devices against women in domestic abuse and stalking cases. Alongside collaborative initiatives to counter and shut down these malicious uses (such as the IETF’s Detection of Unwanted Location Trackers, or DULT, standard), tracker makers themselves are flipping the script, turning tech that has been used to monitor women against their will into tech that protects

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Researcher to release exploit for full auth bypass on FortiWeb

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-19 08:24:32

A security researcher has released a partial proof of concept exploit for a vulnerability in the FortiWeb web application firewall that allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication. The flaw was reported responsibly to Fortinet and is now tracked as CVE-2025-52970. Fortinet released a fix on August 12. Security researcher Aviv Y named the vulnerability FortMajeure and describes it as a "silent failure that wasn’t meant to happen." Technically, it is an out-of-bounds read in FortiWeb’s coo

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Modern Cars Wreak Havoc on Radar Detectors

news.ycombinator.com Andrew P. Collins 2025-11-15 23:55:29

Get The Drive’s daily newsletter The latest car news, reviews, and features. Email address Sign Up Thank you! Terms of Service & Privacy Policy. Escort Radar, one of the big brands in the radar detection biz, has been under some scrutiny this year as customers and reviewers reported suboptimal performance on the $800 Redline 360c—Escort’s flagship. Today, it’s dropping a big firmware update to address those complaints. I’ve now had the chance to test this new firmware and speak with somebody at

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Show HN: Lue – Terminal eBook Reader with Text-to-Speech

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-19 18:00:33

✨ Features Feature Description 📖 Multi-Format Support Support for EPUB, PDF, TXT, DOCX, DOC, HTML, RTF, and Markdown with seamless format detection 👄 Modular TTS System Edge TTS (default) and Kokoro TTS (local/offline) with extensible architecture for new models 🌌 Rich Terminal UI Clean, responsive interface with customizable color themes and full mouse & keyboard support 💾 Smart Persistence Automatic progress saving, state restoration, and cross-session continuity for seamless reading 🌍 Cross-

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Linktree goes dark in India — and the company isn’t sure why

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