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Working with the UK Government to Protect Children Online

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-29 10:23:10

Part of Bluesky’s mission to create a more open and decentralized social web is helping users feel safe and in control of their experience. We always try to balance safety with privacy, and free expression with civility. To achieve our mission, we also work with governments around the world. In the UK, the Online Safety Act requires that online platforms take specific steps to reduce the risk of children seeing harmful content. Since certain parts of that act come into effect later this month,

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Razer’s got a new version of its popular DeathAdder Pro gaming mouse

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2026-01-29 11:57:11

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Razer is announcing a new gaming mouse, the $169.99 DeathAdder V4 Pro. This fresh version of its popular wireless mouse promises to be faster, lighter, and yet more power efficient than its V3 Pro predecessor. The V4 Pro now uses optical sensors for its left- and right-click buttons that are rated for 100 million clicks. It’s also Raze

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The Naya Create modular keyboard is now available for purchase

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-29 21:39:46

The Naya Create modular keyboard is now available for general purchase after being an exclusive for Kickstarter backers. It features a split hinge design that lets users adjust each half independently to support a natural wrist posture and to reduce arm pronation. Split designs are not uncommon, as there are several on our list of the best ergonomic keyboards, but the assistive features don't stop there. The columnar-staggered key layout positions have been manufactured to align with natural fi

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Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-29 21:01:19

Bluesky is adding age verification to its platform in the UK as part of efforts to comply with the country’s Online Safety Act. In an update on Thursday, the platform says it will let users verify their age by scanning their face, uploading an ID, or entering a payment card. Bluesky will perform age verification through Kid Web Services (KWS), an Epic Games-owned tool that developers can use to implement age verification and parental controls on their platforms. If users don’t want to verify th

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Razer's DeathAdder V4 Pro gaming mouse features an optical scrolling wheel

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-30 02:17:05

Razer just announced the pending availability of the DeathAdder V4 Pro gaming mouse , an upgrade to one of our favorite peripherals . The big news here is that this mouse ships with an optical scrolling wheel, and this is the first time Razer has used this tech. The company says the wheel has been "purpose-built for esports." Just like optical switches on keyboards, optical scrolling wheels allow for more precision and durability when compared to their mechanical counterparts. Razer says it off

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I'm an AI tools expert, and these are the only two I pay for (plus three I'm considering)

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2026-01-30 02:22:00

Vstock LLC/Getty Images It's only been almost three years since generative artificial intelligence (AI) hit the mainstream as a new paradigm of productivity, but here we are -- it's everywhere. I test AI tools as part of my work. I'll dig into just about any AI-related technology and see what I can make it do. Many of you have read my ongoing shootouts comparing AIs for programming and AI content checkers, among other kinds of tools. But that's using AI in a rigorous lab environment to provid

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Launch HN: Leaping (YC W25) – Self-Improving Voice AI

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-30 02:42:54

Hey HN, I'm Arkadiy from Leaping AI ( https://leapingai.com ). Leaping lets you build voice AI agents in a multi-stage, graph-like format that makes testing and improvement much easier. By evaluating each stage of a call, we can trace errors and regressions to a particular stage. Then we autonomously vary the prompt for that stage and A/B test it, allowing agents to self-improve over time. You can talk to one of our bots directly at https://leapingai.com, and there’s a demo video at https://www

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Red Hat Technical Writing Style Guide

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-30 05:01:42

Use the full description "IBM S/390". Do not use "s390", "S390", or any other variations. The correct abbreviation for "Software-as-a-Service". Refer also to PaaS Correct. Do not use "samba" or "SAMBA". Correct. Do not use "s-record", "Record", "s-Record", or any other variations. n. Use this term, and write as one word. Do not use other terms or variations. ⁠ screen saver n. Do not use "screensaver". n. Do not use "scroll bar" or "scroll-bar". secure Instead of stating that a product o

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Our favorite desk accessories for Prime Day

theverge.com Verge Staff 2026-01-30 06:00:00

What you have on your desk and in your workspace at home can reveal a lot about you: how you work, what you like to distract yourself with, what kind of toys and other tchotchkes you like to have around you. That is why we have the What’s On Your Desk? series, where we look at how some of our coworkers organize their spaces. It gives us — and you, our readers — a glimpse into the personality of the folks who work here. Out of curiosity, we took a look at some of our past articles to see if any

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As X loses its CEO, daily usage is down and competition is growing

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-01-30 06:16:54

With the departure of X CEO Linda Yaccarino, which was announced Wednesday, the company that defined text-first social networking faces renewed competition. Year-over-year, the Elon Musk-owned social network has seen its daily active user base decline by roughly 10% as of the second quarter of 2025, according to new data provided by app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. While X’s user base is still 65% larger than Meta’s Threads and 10 times larger than its next-biggest rival, Bluesky, X’s lastin

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Microsoft Outlook goes down around the world - here's what we know

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-01-30 16:15:00

NurPhoto / Contributor/Getty If you're having trouble logging in to your email this morning, you're (probably) not fired. A massive outage is affecting Microsoft's Outlook service, leaving many people unable to access their email accounts. Also: How passkeys work: The complete guide to your inevitable passwordless future Reports of problems started shortly before 10 p.m. ET Wednesday, but surged just before 7 a.m. ET. As of 9 a.m., reports were still on the rise, indicating there was no resol

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OpenAI’s own web browser could arrive within weeks

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-31 02:00:39

OpenAI is said to be almost ready to unleash its own web browser, which could be out in the wild within weeks. According to Reuters sources, the company is aiming to more deeply integrate its services into users’ work and personal lives, and the browser is part of that strategy (as is its push into hardware ). Naturally, the browser is slated to have a ChatGPT-style chatbot baked in. OpenAI is reportedly looking to use the browser to capture more user data — a strategy that has worked out to Go

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Don't cancel Netflix yet: I used these secret codes to unlock shows I didn't know existed

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2026-01-31 14:30:14

Adam Breeden/ZDNET Netflix wasn't the first streaming platform, but it was the first to make video-on-demand mainstream. Fourteen years ago, as it phased out its mailing service, it took a massive bite out of the global market. Also: This 30-second fix made my Roku TV run like new again (and why it works) Remember that? Physical DVDs showing up in your actual mailbox -- the one at the end of your driveway (or your hallway)? To my surprise, that was still actually a thing up until late 2023. W

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‘Night at the Museum’ Franchise Gets Reboot at Disney 20 Years After the First Film

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2026-01-31 11:50:05

The Night at the Museum film franchise is getting another go at 20th Century Studios under Disney to mine more historical hijinks. It’s been 20 years (a shocking number, yes) since the release of the first film starring Ben Stiller (Severance) as a museum night watch guard who goes on adventures when the exhibits come to life at night. The concept spawned several sequels, which featured stars like Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Rami Malek, and Dan Stevens as legendary figures. Deadline reports th

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An ambitious vision of a city built from lava

news.ycombinator.com Francesca Perry 2026-01-28 23:33:03

Venice, Italy CNN — Erupting from fiery volcanoes, lava has historically been an uncontrollable force that destroys buildings and neighborhoods in its wake. But what if that force could instead be redirected and harnessed to create whole cities? An ambitious project from Icelandic firm s.ap arkitektar, presented at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale (running until November 23), proposes just that. Whereas lava naturally cools on the landscape to become volcanic rock such as basalt, “Lava

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Try 1Password for free to save $20 (and all your unique passwords) for Prime Day

9to5mac.com Sponsored Post 2026-02-01 06:36:12

Using 1Password to remember every username and password that accumulates is easily one of the best quality-of-life improvements you can make in your digital world. In addition to saving all your passwords and secure information, 9to5Mac readers can also try 1Password free for 14 days and take home a $20 credit as a Prime Day exclusive! 1Password is hands-down the best fix for fumbling with passwords because it’s private, cross-platform, and the absolute leader in password management features. 1

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As Waymo Debuts in Philadelphia, It May Want to Look Into the Time Furious Locals Tore Apart an Adorable Robot

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-01 21:09:51

The City of Brotherly Love is known for lots of things: cheesesteaks, the Liberty Bell, Paddy's Pub, and residents who don't take kindly to outsiders messing around in their business. Way back in 2015, Philadelphians' territorial nature briefly became national news when hitchBOT — a child-size hitchhiking robot that relied on the kindness of strangers and had already traversed several entire countries with their help — arrived in Philadelphia and quickly got decapitated by furious locals. The

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This Linux distro makes openSUSE accessible to all - even newbies should take a look

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-02-01 21:03:45

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET OpenSUSE is a powerful operating system, but I still haven't recommended it to new Linux users. Why? It's too powerful, and it doesn't include essential day-to-day software. That's a shame, because openSUSE is also very reliable, stable, and secure. Fortunately, Antônio Medeiros has created a spin of openSUSE that's more accessible for less-experienced users. That distribution is Linux Kamarada, and it offers the power of openSUSE with the ease of us

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Samsung just gave its Galaxy foldable phones a big security upgrade - for free

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-02-02 02:14:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Alongside the release of its latest foldables, the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Galaxy Z Fold 7, tech giant Samsung also announced a slew of new AI features for its devices at Samsung Unpacked. While the new features make it easy to access AI assistance, they also highlight the need for enhanced security -- and Samsung, with its latest Knox update, has stepped up to the plate. Also: The best VPN services (and how to choose the right one for you) Tech companies tend to prefer on-device

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Blok is using AI personas to simulate real-world app usage

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-02-02 02:00:00

AI-powered coding tools like Cursor, Replit, Claude Code, and Lovable are helping developers write many lines of code every day to ship products faster. However, app makers still have to rely on either shipping full beta versions of their apps or using simulation software to gauge how upcoming features will work. Blok, a company that is coming out of stealth, allows developers to use AI to simulate different user personas to test an app’s features and learn how to make their apps better. The c

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The MFA You Trust Is Lying to You – and Here's How Attackers Exploit It

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-02 11:02:12

Still getting login codes via text or authenticator apps? You’re not alone—and that’s a big problem. What used to feel like a smart security layer is now one of the easiest ways for attackers to gain access to your accounts. First we were told to use SMS for MFA. Then we were told: “Don’t use SMS for MFA, use an authenticator app instead.” And while that may seem like a step forward, it’s still fundamentally flawed. Authenticator apps do improve over SMS by avoiding message interception, but t

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The biggest AI feature announced at Samsung Unpacked was also the most subtle

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-02-02 11:00:28

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Alongside the release of its latest foldables, the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Galaxy Z Fold 7, tech giant Samsung also announced a slew of new AI features for its devices at Samsung Unpacked. While the new features make it easy to access AI assistance, they also highlight the need for enhanced security -- and Samsung, with its latest Knox update, has stepped up to the plate. Also: The best VPN services (and how to choose the right one for you) Tech companies tend to prefer on-dev

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Google brings Gemini to Wear OS watches, adds AI Mode to Circle to Search

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-02-02 11:00:00

Google announced on Wednesday that it’s rolling out Gemini to Wear OS watches, nearly two months after teasing the move back in May. The tech giant is also adding new Circle to Search capabilities by integrating its AI Mode search experience directly into the feature and adding support for gaming-related queries. Gemini is rolling out to watches from Pixel, Samsung, OPPO, OnePlus, and Xiaomi that are running Wear OS 4+ over the coming weeks, the company says. The announcement is part of Google’

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Heavy AI use makes you more likely to burn out and quit your job, new study finds

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2026-02-02 21:00:14

Boris Zhitkov/Getty The adoption of AI tools in the workplace is making employees more productive, but new research from freelance hiring firm Upwork suggests it might also be hurting their mental health. Following a survey of 2,500 workers (including executives, full-time employees, and freelancers) across multiple countries, the research showed that the most devoted users of AI tools, including agents, are also 88% more likely to experience burnout and twice as likely to quit, compared to th

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SUSE launches new European digital sovereignty service to meet surging demand

news.ycombinator.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2026-02-03 03:24:13

Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Wary of the US government and tech companies, the European Union (EU) has seen a surge in support for open source and Linux. In the last few months, local EU governments, including the city of Lyon in France, the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, and Denmark, have begun their move to Linux and open-source software from Microsoft Windows and Office. Now, Luxembourg-based European open-source powerhouse SUSE is offering extensive support to

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Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations

news.ycombinator.com Fernando Pessoa 2026-02-03 09:02:33

Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up? If not, you might want to pass on purchasing Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Advanced, published by Springer Nature in April. Based on a tip from a reader, we checked 18 of the 46 citations in the book. Two-thirds of them either did not exist or had substantial errors. And three researchers cited in the book confirmed the works they supposedly authored were fake or the citation

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Introduction to Indian English

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-01 10:47:34

Content In less than 200 years since its formal introduction as part of a nascent and westernized education system, English has grown to be the medium through which the people of India communicate with the world, and often with one another. In large parts of a country with several major languages, it vies with Hindi—the most commonly used Indian language—as the spoken language of choice. There is a range of ability from a mere smattering of words, to some amount of rudimentary communication, to

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Amazon Slashes This Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet by 54%, Making It the Cheapest Model for Prime Day

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2026-02-04 02:45:58

If you’ve been thinking about picking up a new tablet without spending a small fortune, you’ve got options. You don’t have to get the newest and the best tech out there. But you still want to make sure you get something decent. And luckily for you, that tablet exists. In fact, the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus makes a strong case for itself, especially now that it’s on sale at Amazon. See at Amazon Head to Amazon to get the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus for $55, down from its usual price of $120. That’s $65 o

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New Android TapTrap attack fools users with invisible UI trick

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-04 06:39:25

A novel tapjacking technique can exploit user interface animations to bypass Android's permission system and allow access to sensitive data or trick users into performing destructive actions, such as wiping the device. Unlike traditional, overlay-based tapjacking, TapTrap attacks work even with zero-permission apps to launch a harmless transparent activity on top of a malicious one, a behavior that remains unmitigated in Android 15 and 16. TapTrap was developed by a team of security researcher

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Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion

news.ycombinator.com Iida 2026-01-31 09:18:39

Plant materials and growth conditions Col-0 was used as the wild type unless stated otherwise. ein2-1, etr1-3, ate1-2;ate2-1, prt6-5, proWOX4-erYFP, proPXY:GUS, proPXY:erVenus and 35S:EIN3-GFP have been described previously10,13,27,37,38,39,40. ate1-2;ate2-1 mutants were reciprocally backcrossed into Col-0 for three generations and transfer DNA insertions were confirmed by genotyping to obtain double-homozygous mutants. Seeds were sown on half-strength MS (Duchefa) plates supplemented with 0.0

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Latest Tech News

Working with the UK Government to Protect Children Online

Razer’s got a new version of its popular DeathAdder Pro gaming mouse

The Naya Create modular keyboard is now available for purchase

Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK

Razer's DeathAdder V4 Pro gaming mouse features an optical scrolling wheel

I'm an AI tools expert, and these are the only two I pay for (plus three I'm considering)

Launch HN: Leaping (YC W25) – Self-Improving Voice AI

Red Hat Technical Writing Style Guide

Our favorite desk accessories for Prime Day

As X loses its CEO, daily usage is down and competition is growing

Microsoft Outlook goes down around the world - here's what we know

OpenAI’s own web browser could arrive within weeks

Don't cancel Netflix yet: I used these secret codes to unlock shows I didn't know existed

‘Night at the Museum’ Franchise Gets Reboot at Disney 20 Years After the First Film

An ambitious vision of a city built from lava

Try 1Password for free to save $20 (and all your unique passwords) for Prime Day

As Waymo Debuts in Philadelphia, It May Want to Look Into the Time Furious Locals Tore Apart an Adorable Robot

This Linux distro makes openSUSE accessible to all - even newbies should take a look

Samsung just gave its Galaxy foldable phones a big security upgrade - for free

Blok is using AI personas to simulate real-world app usage

The MFA You Trust Is Lying to You – and Here's How Attackers Exploit It

The biggest AI feature announced at Samsung Unpacked was also the most subtle

Google brings Gemini to Wear OS watches, adds AI Mode to Circle to Search

Heavy AI use makes you more likely to burn out and quit your job, new study finds

SUSE launches new European digital sovereignty service to meet surging demand

Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations

Introduction to Indian English

Amazon Slashes This Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet by 54%, Making It the Cheapest Model for Prime Day

New Android TapTrap attack fools users with invisible UI trick

Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion

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