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The Case Against Social Media Is Stronger Than You Think

news.ycombinator.com Nathan Witkin 2025-09-26 06:39:17

The Mob, 1935, by Carl Hoeckner 1. Introduction The philosopher Dan Williams recently published two pieces on social media— “Scapegoating the Algorithm” at Asterisk Magazine, and “The Case Against Social Media is Weaker Than You Think” at his Substack. As their titles attest to, both argue that the case against social media, on epistemic and political grounds, has been considerably overstated. I recently published a lengthy essay arguing the opposite: that the case against social media has, i

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Tesla board chair calls debate over Elon Musk’s $1T pay package ‘a little bit weird’

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-09-26 09:33:34

In Brief With Tesla shareholders set to vote on a proposed 10-year, $1 trillion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk in November, board chair Robyn Denholm spoke to The New York Times to defend what would be the largest pay package in corporate history. Denholm, who was also on the special committee that put the compensation proposal together, argued that Musk needs to be motivated by extraordinary challenges tied to extraordinary compensation. At the same time, she suggested he’s less inter

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Tether Taps Trump’s Former Crypto Advisor to Lead US Operations

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-09-26 04:00:34

In an effort to solidify itself as the go-to company in the cryptocurrency space for stablecoins, Tether is tapping Bo Hines, the former Executive Director of Donald Trump’s White House Crypto Council to lead its operations in the United States, including efforts to launch a new stablecoin called USAT that will comply with new, Trump-backed regulations, according to CNBC. Tether is best known for its USDT stablecoin, which is pegged to the US Dollar and has become the most commonly used token f

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I unified convolution and attention into a single framework

news.ycombinator.com Kim 2025-09-26 05:02:27

The operational primitives of deep learning, primarily matrix multiplication and convolution, exist as a fragmented landscape of highly specialized tools. This paper introduces the Generalized Windowed Operation (GWO), a theoretical framework that unifies these operations by decomposing them into three orthogonal components: Path, defining operational locality; Shape, defining geometric structure and underlying symmetry assumptions; and Weight, defining feature importance. We elevate this f

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Resizing images in Rust, now with EXIF orientation support

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-22 08:31:22

Resizing images in Rust, now with EXIF orientation support Resizing an image is one of those programming tasks that seems simple, but has some rough edges. One common mistake is forgetting to handle the EXIF orientation, which can make resized images look very different from the original. Last year I wrote a create_thumbnail tool to resize images, and today I released a small update. Now it’s aware of EXIF orientation, and it no longer mangles these images. This is possible thanks to a new ver

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Apple's High Blood Pressure Alerts: When and Where They'll Be Available

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-26 06:10:03

At its big iPhone event on Tuesday, Apple announced that it will soon launch hypertension notifications, joining similar alerts like those for sleep apnea, heart health and noise. However, these notifications for high blood pressure won't just be available on the new Apple Watch Series 11 or Ultra 3. Read on to find out if and when your Apple Watch will receive hypertension notifications. We also discuss how the feature works and what it means. Don't miss any of our unbiased tech content and l

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I tried Apple's 2 big AI features announced at the iPhone 17 event - and both are game changers

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-09-26 09:11:38

Jason Hiner/ZDNET While we didn't hear much about Siri or Apple Intelligence during the 2025 Apple Event that launched new iPhones, AirPods, and Apple Watches, there were two huge AI features announced that have largely slipped under the radar. That's mostly because they were presented as great new features and didn't use overhyped AI marketing language. Nevertheless, I got to demo both features at Apple Park on Tuesday and my first impression was that both of them are nearly fully baked and r

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Kefir: Solo-developed full C17/C23 compiler with extensive validation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-22 22:34:56

To whom it may concern, Today I release Kefir — an independent C17/C23 compiler. Solo-built. Extensively validated, for x86_64 & System-V ABI. With SSA-based optimization pipeline, DWARF-5 support and position-independent code generation. What? Implements the C17/C23 standard. Plus certain GNU C extensions. For Linux (glibc & musl), FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD. Extensive and transparent validation suite. Compiles and runs well-known open source projects — GNU core- and binutils, Curl, Git, Ngi

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Meow: Yet another modal editing on Emacs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-26 09:00:22

Meow Introduction Less is more Meow is yet another modal editing mode for Emacs. Meow aims to blend modal editing into Emacs with minimal interference with its original key-bindings, avoiding most of the hassle introduced by key-binding conflicts. This leads to lower necessary configuration and better integration. More is achieved with fewer commands to remember. Key features compared to existing solutions: Minimal configuration – build your own modal editing system No third-party depende

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iPhone Air offers a new feature never seen in a single-camera iPhone

9to5mac.com Dylan Mcdonald 2025-09-26 12:28:55

Apple has been including Portrait Mode on iPhone models with only one back camera since the iPhone XR, but the iPhone Air is the first one to get a fully-featured Portrait Mode. A brief history When Apple introduced the iPhone XR, one of the headlining features was how it could take “dramatic portraits using a single camera lens”. However, these portraits were limited to just people and pets. So, if you wanted to take a portrait photo of something like a flower, you could not. Similarly, the

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Lee Pace Reveals the Secrets of His ‘Foundation’ Bod

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-09-27 00:50:03

Foundation season three has ended (we’re still reeling) and we are more than thrilled that a fourth season is on the way. Though Apple TV+’s Asimov adaptation has a lot of things to recommend about it—complex characters, dynamic worldbuilding, a plot that celebrates the wonders of math—you also can’t count out the Lee Pace factor. The charismatic, cult-beloved actor has been a pivotal part of all three seasons. Though Foundation takes place across hundreds of years, the galaxy it’s set in is ru

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Lee Pace Has Big Hopes for the Fourth Season of ‘Foundation’

wired.com Tim Marchman 2025-09-27 00:38:27

In the world of prestige sci-fi, Foundation reigns as the biggest sleeper hit. Mention the Apple TV+ adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s classic series in a group of friends and you’ll suddenly find everyone has been secretly watching it. Something of a flawed masterpiece, the show, which wraps its third season Friday, has been averaging about 1.5 million hours watched per week in the US over the last month, according to Luminate. Not Wednesday numbers, but in the same ballpark as other genre fare like

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The 6 Biggest Moments in the Shocking ‘Foundation’ Season 3 Finale

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-09-27 12:10:32

Foundation season three has come to an end, but it still feels like there’s so much story left to tell. Thank goodness Apple TV+ confirmed just yesterday that season four is on the way! But before we ponder what’s next, we must discuss the season finale. “The Darkness” was… well, a lot sure did happen, didn’t it? Here are the six most important takeaways from the Foundation season three finale. The first two are admittedly not too outrageous, but buckle up for the rest. The Foundation Finally

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This is the Most Effective Type of Creatine You Should Be Taking to See Results, According to Registered Dietitians

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 16:00:00

If you look in the supplement aisle at your local pharmacy, you'll likely find different forms of creatine in gummies, powders, capsules and even drink mixes. That's because creatine is a popular fitness supplement for those who want to gain strength and power while improving performance. It's also naturally made in our bodies and assists our muscles with energy production when we work out. Though creatine can be found in smaller quantities in foods like salmon, chicken, beef and pork, many peo

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Education report calling for ethical AI use contains over 15 fake sources

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-27 16:01:27

On Friday, CBC News reported that a major education reform document prepared for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador contains at least 15 fabricated citations that academics suspect were generated by an AI language model—despite the same report calling for "ethical" AI use in schools. "A Vision for the Future: Transforming and Modernizing Education," released August 28, serves as a 10-year roadmap for modernizing the province's public schools and post-secondary institutions. The

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New FAA program will let eVTOL startups test some operations before full certification

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-09-27 16:33:06

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced a new pilot program that will let electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) startups test some operations before they receive full regulatory certification. It’s a potentially big change for these companies, as they’ve spent the last few years performing limited test flights of their aircraft while working toward FAA approval. But the program has its limits. Companies will have to partner with state, local, tribal, or territorial gove

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Joby and Archer join FAA's eVTOL pilot testing program

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-09-27 20:33:44

The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it's launching a pilot program to speed up the rollout of air taxis. Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation , major players in the electric vertical takeoff and landing, or eVTOL, space, said they are participating in the program. Shares of each were higher on Friday. The program will establish at least five projects through public-private partnerships with state and local governments to promote safe usage of electric vertical takeoff and landing airc

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How to Make Legacy Databases AI-Ready

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2025-09-27 23:00:12

A significant roadblock organizations face when taking advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is a legacy database. ITP.net reports that nearly 90 percent of businesses are hindered by legacy technologies, and approximately 62 billion data and analytics work hours are lost annually due to their inefficiencies. Organizations frequently grapple with legacy system issues, including security risks, increased costs, poor data accessibility, and slow AI model training. To

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Apple, Google and Meta are trying to perfect a science fiction gadget: The universal translator

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-09-28 00:45:01

Apple AirPods Pro 3 models are displayed during Apple's "Awe-Dropping" event at the Steve Jobs Theater on the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9, 2025. Nic Coury | AFP | Getty Images For decades, shows like "Star Trek" and novels like "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" have showcased fictional universal translators, capable of seamlessly converting any language into English and vice versa. Now, those gadgets once limited to works of science fiction are inching close to r

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Google Home notifications go missing on Pixel 10, but Google’s working on a fix

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 00:27:54

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Many Pixel 10 users report they’re not receiving notifications from the Google Home app on their new phone. Fixes like force-stopping the app or clearing its data work briefly before issues return, often after a reboot. Google has acknowledged the issue and is currently working on a solution. Don’t want to miss the best from Android Authority? Set us as a preferred source in Google Search to support us and make sure you never miss our latest exclusiv

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Claude’s memory architecture is the opposite of ChatGPT’s

news.ycombinator.com Shlok Khemani 2025-09-27 09:55:50

Claude Memory: A Different Philosophy How Claude memory works, how it differs from ChatGPT, and what these approaches reveal. Earlier this week, I dissected ChatGPT's memory system. Since then, I've been doing the same for Claude and realized something remarkable: these two leading AI assistants have built completely opposite memory systems. In this post, I'll start by breaking down exactly how Claude's memory works—what it stores and how it retrieves information. Then we'll get to the intere

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Crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Alone. By Stand-Up-Paddleboard

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-24 17:42:36

We will, of course, put a live tracker online for his journey, and thanks to modern communications equipment, the paddler will be able to send information, pictures and even videos from the middle of the Atlantic. Preparations for this special challenge have been ongoing for many months. However, for a project like this to come together, a lot of things have to fit together perfectly.

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AI 'friend' chatbots probed over child protection

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-28 16:36:53

AI 'friend' chatbots probed over child protection The seven companies - Alphabet, OpenAI, Character.ai, Snap, XAI, Meta and its subsidiary Instagram - have been approached for comment. The impacts of AI chatbots to children is a hot topic, with concerns that younger people are particularly vulnerable due to the AI being able to mimic human conversations and emotions, often presenting themselves as friends or companions. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is requesting information on how the c

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Apple, Google and Meta are trying to perfect a science-fiction gadget: The universal translator

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-09-28 17:00:01

Apple AirPods Pro 3 models are displayed during Apple's "Awe-Dropping" event at the Steve Jobs Theater on the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9, 2025. Nic Coury | AFP | Getty Images For decades, shows like "Star Trek" and novels like "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" have showcased fictional universal translators, capable of seamlessly converting any language into English and vice versa. Now, those gadgets once limited to works of science fiction are inching close to re

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How do AI models generate videos?

technologyreview.com Will Douglas Heaven 2025-09-28 16:01:44

Sure, the clips you see in demo reels are cherry-picked to showcase a company’s models at the top of their game. But with the technology in the hands of more users than ever before—Sora and Veo 3 are available in the ChatGPT and Gemini apps for paying subscribers—even the most casual filmmaker can now knock out something remarkable. The downside is that creators are competing with AI slop, and social media feeds are filling up with faked news footage. Video generation also uses up a huge amount

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Gene-edited pancreatic cells transplanted into a patient with type 1 diabetes

news.ycombinator.com Javier Carbajal 2025-09-27 19:45:28

Crispr gene-editing technology has demonstrated its revolutionary potential in recent years: It has been used to treat rare diseases, to adapt crops to withstand the extremes of climate change, or even to change the color of a spider’s web. But the greatest hope is that this technology will help find a cure for a global disease, such as diabetes. A new study points in that direction. For the first time, researchers succeeded in implanting Crispr-edited pancreatic cells in a man with type 1 diab

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Apple Watch hypertension alerts feature receives FDA clearance

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-09-28 17:45:53

When Apple announced the new Apple Watch Series 11 and Apple Watch Ultra 3 this week, it unveiled its latest health feature: hypertension notifications. At the time, the company said it expected clearance from the Food and Drug Administration in the United States “soon.” As of Thursday night, that clearance has officially been granted, and the hypertension notifications feature is set to launch next week. Apple says that hypertension notifications will be available in more than 150 countries a

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Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-28 19:35:36

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Apple TV+ acclaimed sci-fi series is coming back for a new season

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-29 08:12:17

The Foundation series on Apple TV+ has increasingly been hailed as one of the streamer’s best shows. And despite a lot of uncertainty surrounding the show’s fate, Apple has just announced good news: Foundation will return for season 4. Foundation officially renewed for season 4 on Apple TV+ Foundation is about to air its season 3 finale, wrapping up what’s been called “one of the best shows of the year and a must-watch show for all sci-fi fans.” And until today, there were a lot of questions

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France confirms new Apple spyware campaign alert

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-29 08:38:23

In a threat and incidents report released today, France’s Information Security Agency confirmed that Apple issued a new wave of threat notifications earlier this month. Here are the details. The alert didn’t specify who was behind the recent campaign According to the agency’s report, Apple sent its latest round of security alerts to French citizens on September 3, 2025, marking the fourth campaign just this year. Previous notification waves were sent on March 5, April 29, and June 25. As the

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The Case Against Social Media Is Stronger Than You Think

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Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"

Apple TV+ acclaimed sci-fi series is coming back for a new season

France confirms new Apple spyware campaign alert

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