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Under Trump 2.0, Tech Companies Pull Back on Pride

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-09-06 23:35:32

Tech companies were happy to have their name appear alongside President Donald Trump’s strange, authoritarian-esque military parade. But they are suddenly seeming a bit shy about supporting Pride events. Wonder what that is about? CNBC reports that San Francisco Pride will not feature Facebook parent company Meta as one of its sponsors this year—a major absence from a company that once had a major presence at the parade. For what it’s worth, the disappearance of Meta’s branding appears to be a

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My "Are you presuming most people are stupid?" test

news.ycombinator.com Andy Masley 2025-09-07 03:31:15

Sometimes when people talk about a problem in society, they strongly imply that most people are stupid. This is wrong. Most people aren’t super knowledgeable about a lot of specific facts about the world (only half of Americans can name the 3 branches of government) but they’re intelligent when it comes to their own lives and the areas they work and spend time in. We should expect the average person to struggle with factual questions about abstract ideas and far-off events, but not so much abou

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Media Matters sues FTC, says agency is retaliating on behalf of Elon Musk

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-07 03:15:34

Media Matters for America sued the Federal Trade Commission yesterday, alleging that the FTC's ongoing investigation into the group "has violated Media Matters' First Amendment rights by retaliating against the organization for its reporting on Elon Musk and X." "The investigation is the latest effort by Elon Musk and his allies in the Trump administration to retaliate against Media Matters for its reporting on X, the social media site Musk controls, and it's another example of the Trump admini

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How a data-processing problem at Lyft became the basis for Eventual

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-09-06 22:00:00

When Eventual founders Sammy Sidhu and Jay Chia were working as software engineers at Lyft’s autonomous vehicle program, they witnessed a brewing data infrastructure problem — one that would only become larger with the rise of AI. Self-driving cars produce a ton of unstructured data from 3D scans and photos to text and audio. There wasn’t a tool for Lyft engineers that could understand and process all of those different types of data at the same time — and all in one place. This left engineers

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Chrome on Android is finally making a long-awaited UI change over a year after iOS

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-07 07:00:13

TL;DR A browser with its address bar at the bottom of the screen is a desirable layout for mobile devices. Chrome on iOS got this option back in 2023, but has so far lacked it on Android. Today, Google finally starts giving Android users the choice, as well. Smartphones may be pocket-sized computers, but there are a million and one good reasons why we wouldn’t want to use the same exact apps we do on our full-sized machines. Just the very fact that we’re interacting through a touchscreen mean

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A new Android 14 update is now available for Chromecast with Google TV

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-07 07:59:16

TL;DR A new Android 14 update is rolling out to Chromecast with Google TV devices. The update is landing on devices that are still on Android 12 and those that already have the initial Android 14 update installed. The initial update was pulled due to reported issues. After missing the intended 2024 deadline, Google finally started rolling out Android 14 to Chromecast with Google TV in March. That rollout was halted, however, after users reported issues. But as the saying goes, the second time

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Nvidia's RTX 5050 GPU starts at $249 with last-gen GDDR6 VRAM

news.ycombinator.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2025-09-07 06:57:51

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. Nvidia has announced GeForce RTX 5050 GPUs for both desktops and laptops with support for ray tracing and DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation. On the desktop side, the RTX 5050 will start at $249, draw up to 130W of power, and feature 8GB of last-gen GDDR6 video memory (VRAM) and 2,560 Blackwell CUDA cores. The cards will be made by thi

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Study Says U.S. Babies Are Missing a Key Gut Microbe, Fueling Allergy Risk

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-09-07 07:55:44

The prevalence of allergies and other chronic diseases is on the rise, with the number of food allergy cases in the U.S. increasing 50% between 2007 and 2021. These allergies can be life-threatening, and understanding their root cause is more important than ever before. A new study has brought experts closer to doing just that. The findings, published Tuesday, June 24 in the journal Communications Biology, linked the rise of allergies and other chronic conditions such as asthma and eczema to th

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Nvidia CEO Huang sells $15 million worth of stock, first sale of $873 million plan

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-09-07 11:57:03

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends a round table discussion at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 11, 2025. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sold 100,000 shares of the chipmaker's stock on Friday and Monday, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The sales are worth nearly $15 million at Tuesday's opening price. The transactions are the first sale in Huang's plan to sell as many as

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New York City's Power Is Going Down Amid Brutal Heatwave

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-07 11:09:13

"Like an air fryer, it's going to be hot." America Unplugged While a gigantic heat dome parks itself like an unwelcome guest over a major swath of the United States, residents of the ultra-dense metropolis of New York City are the perfect example of a country so cooked by climate change that it's overwhelming existing infrastructure. More than 3,000 people were without power for a second day in a row in parts of Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island, according to local broadcaster PIX 11. Con Ed

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4Real-Video-V2: Feedforward Reconstruction for 4D Scene Generation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-07 11:35:33

1Snap Inc. 2KAUST 4Real-Video-V2 is capable of computing a 4D spatio-temporal grid of video frames and 3D Gaussian particles for each time step using a feed-forward architecture. Its architecture has two main components, a 4D video diffusion model and a feedforward reconstruction model. Your browser does not support the video tag. This represents a major upgrade over 4Real-Video, introducing a new 4D video diffusion model architecture that adds no additional parameters to the base video model

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Ozempic Might Be a Dementia Buster, Too

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-09-07 09:55:27

Semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, might also double as a brain booster. Research out today describes a link between semaglutide use and a reduced risk of dementia in people with type 2 diabetes. Scientists at Case Western Reserve University conducted the study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. They found that diabetes patients taking semaglutide have a significantly lower risk of dementia than those taking other diabetes medicati

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Tired of Prime Video Ads? You Can Ditch Them for an Extra Cost

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-07 09:57:39

Amazon rolled out advertisements in Prime Video content for customers in the US in January 2024. Since then, it has reportedly increased the ad load. If you're reading this, you might be missing the commercial-free days of yore. Whether you're accessing Prime Video through an Amazon Prime membership ($15 a month or $139 a year) or a $9-a-month standalone Prime Video membership, you can remove ads on movies and TV shows for an extra $3 a month. Amazon notes that "some content will continue to in

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CapCut combines simplicity and function in a free video editor

techspot.com Unknown 2025-09-07 15:31:00

Cut, reverse and change speed: getting it just right is easier than ever, posting only your wonderful moments. CapCut for desktop is a free, powerful video editing software designed for Windows and macOS. It offers a full-featured timeline editor with advanced tools like keyframe animation, chroma key, motion tracking, and audio syncing. Ideal for content creators, CapCut combines professional-grade features with an intuitive interface, making it easy to produce high-quality videos for social m

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Google Password Manager is getting a Material 3 Expressive glow up (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-07 15:40:13

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Google Password Manager on Android is getting a Material 3 Expressive makeover. Passwords and passkeys can now be filtered. This change is not exclusive to Android 16. Material 3 Expressive was officially introduced during Google I/O last month. Since then, we’ve seen Android’s new design language gradually trickle down to various apps like Drive and Google Phone. Now the makeover is making its way to Password Manager on Android. Authority Insights st

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Malware on Google Play, Apple App Store stole your photos—and crypto

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-06 16:44:56

A new mobile crypto-stealing malware called SparkKitty was found in apps on Google Play and the Apple App Store, targeting Android and iOS devices. The malware is a possible evolution of SparkCat, which Kaspersky discovered in January. SparkCat used optical character recognition (OCR) to steal cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases from images saved on infected devices. When installing crypto wallets, the installation process tells users to write down the wallet's recovery phrase and store it

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Nvidia’s RTX 5050 GPU starts at $249 with last-gen GDDR6 VRAM

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2025-09-07 15:45:49

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. Nvidia has announced GeForce RTX 5050 GPUs for both desktops and laptops with support for ray tracing and DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation. On the desktop side, the RTX 5050 will start at $249, draw up to 130W of power, and feature 8GB of last-gen GDDR6 video memory (VRAM) and 2,560 Blackwell CUDA cores. The cards will be made by thi

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Diabetic Woman No Longer Needs Insulin After Single Dose of Experimental Stem Cells

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-07 19:24:45

Image by Getty / Futurism Treatments A Canadian woman with type 1 diabetes spent nearly a decade dependent on her glucose monitor and insulin shots — but after a single dose of manufactured stem cells implanted into her liver, she's now free. In an interview with CTV, 36-year-old Amanda Smith of London, Ontario described how it felt to be part of such a groundbreaking experiment that has allowed her body to once again produce its own insulin. "I remember, like, being scared and excited," Smit

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Show HN: Oasis – an open-source, 3D-printed smart terrarium

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-07 19:03:41

Oasis https://oasis-terrarium.com Oasis is a fully open-source, mostly 3d-printed smart terrarium. It provides the ideal environment for humidity-loving plants like mosses, ferns, orchids, and many others. The design includes: high power LED lighting a mister for providing plants with water and maintaining high humidity fans for airflow a temperature/humidity sensor for monitoring environment conditions wifi connectivity to allow control and configuration from your phone or computer (see

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The 5 Best Essential Oil Diffusers (and One to Avoid)

wired.com Louryn Strampe 2025-09-07 19:04:00

I first learned about Pura from a friend whose house always smelled like a high-end boutique under every circumstance. Cooking project, water leak … no matter what was going on in her house at the time, I only ever smelled berries. I have two cats and a multi-sports-playing tween—I knew I needed this. Now, about 17 months into my Pura journey, I have some thoughts. While most of my time has been with the now discontinued Pura 3, I have also since used the Pura 4 and new large-room Pura Plus, al

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75 million deepfakes blocked: Persona leads the corporate fight against hiring fraud

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-09-07 23:00:00

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more As remote work has become the norm, a shadowy threat has emerged in corporate hiring departments: sophisticated AI-powered fake candidates who can pass video interviews, submit convincing resumes, and even fool human resources professionals into offering them jobs. Now, companies are racing to deploy advanced identity verification technol

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Your Android phone just got a major upgrade for free - including these Pixel models

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-09-07 23:23:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Android 16 is officially here, and Google has some big upgrades on the way. Instead of releasing a new OS and a new phone lineup at the same time, Google is making the same move it did with Android 15 and giving both software and hardware their time to shine. Also: How to turn on Android's Private DNS mode - and why it's an absolute must for security This is the earliest Google has launched a major Android release in a while (for comparison, Android 15 was released on Oct. 15

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Want a free VPN? How to use ProtonVPN on Android without having to pay

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-09-07 23:32:19

June Wan/ZDNET I'm going to start off by saying that when presented with a free VPN service, I typically turn and run because most of those services cannot be trusted one bit. Even some paid VPN services aren't always what you think they should be. However, there are some VPNs that carry with them a reputation for being secure, stable and trustworthy. Nearly all of those VPNs have an associated cost, some of which can only be used for free during a trial period. And then there's ProtonVPN. A

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Marvel Might Finally Have Made Some Progress on ‘Blade’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-07 23:00:07

Get a look at the new and returning faces of I Know What You Did Last Summer in new posters. The first teaser for Daryl Dixon season 3 takes a detour to Spain. Plus, what’s coming on Rick and Morty. Spoilers get! Blade Speaking with Variety, screenwriter David Goyer revealed he recently reached out to Marvel asking if the company needs “help” with its troubled Blade movie, but was told “we think we’ve cracked it.” I had my agent call Marvel and say, ‘Do you guys need any help?’ And they said,

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Fewer Identity Theft Reports, Larger Losses: Here's What to Make of Latest Research

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-07 21:45:02

Is your data protected? Getty The Identity Theft Resource Center said Tuesday that fewer people contacted it for help over the past year, but also warned that new technologies, including artificial intelligence, are making it increasingly easier for cybercriminals to successfully victimize people. The ITRC mentions that, while fewer people are reporting crimes, the crimes that are reported represent greater financial loss. According to the ITRC's 2025 Trends In Identity Report, a total of 7,58

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US House bans WhatsApp from staff devices

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2025-09-07 21:30:07

In Brief The U.S. House of Representatives’ top official has banned WhatsApp from government-issued devices used by its staff, saying the app poses potential security risks, Reuters reported, citing a memo sent to House staff. “The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, and potential security risks involved with its use,” Reuters reported the memo as saying. The memo inst

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How a data processing problem at Lyft became the basis for Eventual

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-09-07 23:00:00

When Eventual founders Sammy Sidhu and Jay Chia were working as software engineers at Lyft’s autonomous vehicle program, they witnessed a brewing data infrastructure problem — and one that would only become larger with the rise of AI. Self-driving cars produce a ton of unstructured data from 3D scans and photos to text and audio. There wasn’t a tool for Lyft engineers that could understand and process all of those different types of data at the same time — and all in one place. This left engine

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Meta is absent from SF Pride this year, as tech industry retreats from public support of LGBTQ+

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-09-08 02:41:56

Parade goers hold Pride flags during the annual Pride Parade in San Francisco on Sunday, June 29, 2024. Minh Connors | San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is staying mum these days when it comes to the LGBTQ+ community. It wasn't always that way. San Francisco Pride Executive Director Suzanne Ford told CNBC she remembers when Zuckerberg personally called the nonprofit to ensure that the company then known as Facebook had a spot at the annual event

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2 clever ways Android 16 guards your security - but you need to enable them

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-09-08 03:35:48

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Google released Android 16 a bit earlier than expected, and although it was missing some crucial features, there are key additions to the platform that go a long way to improve security. This was an important step forward, as the need for improved security grows every year. Without companies like Google, Apple, and others upping the ante on security, the mobile space would wind up the wild west of the technological landscape, with ne'er-do-wells poppi

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Google may be forced to link to rival search platforms in the UK

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-08 10:02:12

Google may be forced to link to rival search platforms in the UK 3 hours ago Share Save Zoe Kleinman & Liv McMahon Technology editor & technology reporter Share Save Getty Images Google may have to make changes in the UK to give consumers more choice over who they use for online search services, the competition watchdog has said. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the US technology giant under a new law which means the regulator can demand changes at a firm if it is

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Under Trump 2.0, Tech Companies Pull Back on Pride

My "Are you presuming most people are stupid?" test

Media Matters sues FTC, says agency is retaliating on behalf of Elon Musk

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A new Android 14 update is now available for Chromecast with Google TV

Nvidia's RTX 5050 GPU starts at $249 with last-gen GDDR6 VRAM

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Nvidia CEO Huang sells $15 million worth of stock, first sale of $873 million plan

New York City's Power Is Going Down Amid Brutal Heatwave

4Real-Video-V2: Feedforward Reconstruction for 4D Scene Generation

Ozempic Might Be a Dementia Buster, Too

Tired of Prime Video Ads? You Can Ditch Them for an Extra Cost

CapCut combines simplicity and function in a free video editor

Google Password Manager is getting a Material 3 Expressive glow up (APK teardown)

Malware on Google Play, Apple App Store stole your photos—and crypto

Nvidia’s RTX 5050 GPU starts at $249 with last-gen GDDR6 VRAM

Diabetic Woman No Longer Needs Insulin After Single Dose of Experimental Stem Cells

Show HN: Oasis – an open-source, 3D-printed smart terrarium

The 5 Best Essential Oil Diffusers (and One to Avoid)

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Your Android phone just got a major upgrade for free - including these Pixel models

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Fewer Identity Theft Reports, Larger Losses: Here's What to Make of Latest Research

US House bans WhatsApp from staff devices

How a data processing problem at Lyft became the basis for Eventual

Meta is absent from SF Pride this year, as tech industry retreats from public support of LGBTQ+

2 clever ways Android 16 guards your security - but you need to enable them

Google may be forced to link to rival search platforms in the UK

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