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The 30th-anniversary PS5 controller will be available again for a limited time

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-29 09:57:31

You have to be a PS Plus subscriber if you want to increase your odds of getting one, though. In a world of flashy limited-edition video game consoles, the 30th anniversary PS5 hardware Sony released in September 2024 came off as remarkably refined, which might have been why it was so hard to actually buy. If you missed that original drop, you'll have another chance to order it, according to a Facebook post on the official PlayStation Facebook page. Sony is doing a limited restock of the 30th A

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Study finds AI tools made open source software developers 19 percent slower

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-29 10:02:41

When it comes to concrete use cases for large language models, AI companies love to point out the ways coders and software developers can use these models to increase their productivity and overall efficiency in creating computer code. However, a new randomized controlled trial has found that experienced open source coders became less efficient at coding-related tasks when they used current AI tools. For their study, researchers at METR (Model Evaluation and Threat Research) recruited 16 softwa

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Cidco MailStation as a Z80 Development Platform (2019)

news.ycombinator.com Joshua Stein 2025-07-29 13:11:25

The Cidco MailStation is a series of dedicated e-mail terminals sold in the 2000s as simple, standalone devices for people to use to send and receive e-mail over dialup modem. While their POP3 e-mail functionality is of little use today, the hardware is a neat Z80 development platform that integrates a 320x128 LCD, full QWERTY keyboard, and an internal modem. After purchasing one (ok, four) on eBay some months ago, I've learned enough about the platform to write my own software that allows it t

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This accessory kit was made for tinkerers and has 180 modifications

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-07-29 21:35:00

ZDNET's key takeaways This high-quality screwdriver kit has everything for both the budding enthusiast and professional repairer. This 180-piece kit has 160 quality screwdriver bits and a range of other useful tools, such as plastic prybars, a suction cup, and tweezers. There's no LED light on the front of the screwdriver, so working in dark, cramped spaces can be tricky. $69.99 at Amazon I often get asked about tools, and I genuinely enjoy these conversations because I'm a tool enthusiast. O

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AI slows down open source developers. Peter Naur can teach us why

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-29 19:32:08

AI slows down open source developers. Peter Naur can teach us why. AI slows down open source developers. Peter Naur can teach us why. Metr recently published a paper about the impact AI tools have on open-source developer productivity1. They show that when open source developers working in codebases that they are deeply familiar with use AI tools to complete a task, then they take longer to complete that task compared to other tasks where they are barred from using AI tools. Interestingly the

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xAI starts offering Grok to US government agencies

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-30 02:29:53

Just days after apologizing for Grok's recent hard turn toward antisemitism, xAI has announced a suite of AI products for government use. Grok for Government brings together the company's latest commercial products, including Grok 4 and Deep Search, with special considerations given to the needs of federal, state and local agencies. To that end, xAI says it will design custom models for specific national security and research customers. It will also develop specialized AI applications for use i

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This accessory kit was made for tinkerers and has180 modifications

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-07-30 02:35:39

ZDNET's key takeaways This high-quality screwdriver kit has everything for both the budding enthusiast and professional repairer. This 180-piece kit has 160 quality screwdriver bits and a range of other useful tools, such as plastic prybars, a suction cup, and tweezers. There's no LED light on the front of the screwdriver, so working in dark, cramped spaces can be tricky. $69.99 at Amazon I often get asked about tools, and I genuinely enjoy these conversations because I'm a tool enthusiast. O

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GM’s Final EV Battery Strategy Copies China’s Playbook: Super Cheap Cells

wired.com John Voelcker 2025-07-30 02:21:12

General Motors has just announced its latest and likely final piece in what now appears to be a three-pronged cell-chemistry strategy to power GM’s lineup of a dozen EVs through the end of the decade and beyond. GM has stated today it will build low-cost lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells in Spring Hill, Tennessee, starting in late 2027. Conversion of cell lines to produce that chemistry will begin later this year. The cell plant at the Spring Hill complex is owned and operated by Ultiu

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GM to challenge China’s LFP monopoly with upgraded battery factory

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-07-30 02:04:11

GM said Monday it is working with joint venture partner LG Energy Solution to upgrade its Ultium battery factory to make lithium-iron-phosphate cells for the automaker’s low-cost EVs. The factory’s overhaul will give LFP production in the United States a significant boost. Despite being invented and commercialized in the U.S., today the vast majority of LFP cells are currently made in China. The $2.3 billion Spring Hill, Tennessee, battery plant is part of the Ultium Cells LLC joint venture be

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I replaced my AirPods with these Nothing earbuds, and it was a sound decision

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-07-30 06:34:58

Nina Raemont/ZDNET The Nothing Ear (a) are $20 off right now, taking the price of my favorite earbuds down to $89, compared to their original price of $109. ZDNET's key takeaways For $89, the new Nothing Ear (a) earbuds Their affordability, comfort, and long battery life make them a great option for budget-conscious shoppers. They're so great that I've taken them practically everywhere: on flights, to work in the office, and to run my first half marathon. Unfortunately, its middling noise-c

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You Are in a Box

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 06:02:43

This post is part 1 of a multi-part series called “the computer of the next 200 years”. You are trapped in a box. You have been for a long time. —D. R. MacIver Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can. —Zawinski's Law of Software Envelopment switching costs and growth most tools simultaneously think too small and too big. “i will let you do anything!”, they promise, “as long as you give up your other tools

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Building Modular Rails Applications: A Deep Dive into Rails Engines

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 06:30:31

I’ve been building Rails applications for the last 10 years on a daily base and almost all of them use active storage now. Users are uploading files and then the questions start rolling in from the team and they are always the same: “How much storage are we actually using?” “Can we see which files aren’t attached to anything anymore?” “What types of files are users uploading the most?” “Is there a way to browse through all our stored files?” I usually open the Rails console, write a few querie

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Every Best Buy store will have Nintendo Switch 2 consoles on July 17th

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2025-07-30 06:51:32

It’s been over a month since the Switch 2’s record-breaking launch, and the console is becoming easier to get with each restock. However, if you’ve been waiting for the launch of Donkey Kong Bananza to buy one, Best Buy sneakily announced that its next in-store restock will happen Thursday, July 17th, the game’s launch day. Every Best Buy location will have consoles in stock. Best Buy’s in-store restock announcement doesn’t mention whether both the standalone console ($449.99) and Mario Kart Wo

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Texas governor says his emails with Elon Musk are too ‘intimate or embarrassing’ to release

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-07-30 10:31:30

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is refusing to release months’ worth of emails sent to Elon Musk and his companies under public records laws, according to a joint report from ProPublica, The Texas Newsroom, and The Texas Tribune. After initially agreeing to an information request, the governor’s office argued that the emails are covered by a law that pre

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Apple's AirPods Pro 2 are still on sale at a record-low price

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-30 14:45:41

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Prime Day may be over but you can still get $100 off. Amazon Prime Day may be officially over, but there are still a lot of great deals hanging around. Apple's AirPods Pro 2 remains deeply discounted at just $149. That's a full $100 off the usual retail price and the lowest price we'v

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Why recycling solar panels is harder than you might think

news.ycombinator.com Anurag Srivastava 2025-07-30 18:38:18

It’s hard work soaking up sunlight to generate clean electricity. After about 25 to 30 years, solar panels wear out. Over the years, heating and cooling cycles stress the materials. Small cracks develop, precipitation corrodes the frame and layers of materials can start to peel apart. In 2023, about 90% of old or faulty solar panels in the U.S. ended up in landfills. Millions of panels have been installed worldwide over the past few decades – and by about 2030, so many will be ready to retire t

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How incel language infected the mainstream internet — and brought its toxicity with it

theverge.com Adam Aleksic 2025-07-30 18:00:00

This excerpt from Adam Aleksic’s Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language has been abridged for online publication. The book is out on July 15th. The modern-day incel is entirely an invention of the twenty-first century. Before the internet, lonely men simply didn’t have a way to gather and share ideas. That all began to change in 1997, when a Canadian student started a website called Alana’s Involuntary Celibacy Project to connect with others over her shared lack of

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Stop vetting engineers like it’s 2021 — the AI-native workforce has arrived

venturebeat.com Jacqueline Samira 2025-07-30 20:15:00

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now You’re already behind if you’re still vetting engineers like it’s 2021. We’re living through what I believe will be the most transformative technological shift of our lifetime, even bigger than the Internet. The AI revolution is accelerating at a pace most of us can’t even fathom. It’s not hype. It’s a recalibration of what it means to bui

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How to scale RL to 10^26 FLOPs

news.ycombinator.com Jack Morris 2025-07-27 22:47:34

TLDR: Reinforcement learning (RL) is the next training technique for building frontier-level AI models. To make it better, we need to train on more data. The current approach of scaling many environments simultaneously is messy and complicated. Instead, I propose we find a way to do next-token prediction on the Web using RL. This way, we learn to reason from general web data, instead of just math and code. I’ve spent a good part of the past year in denial. I was in denial because when OpenAI r

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How does a screen work?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 16:09:06

2983 words | Dan Hollick How does a screen work? From electron guns to tiny electric crystals - digital displays have always been the unsung hero of computing. ╌╌╌╌

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Study warns of ‘significant risks’ in using AI therapy chatbots

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-07-30 21:50:38

Therapy chatbots powered by large language models may stigmatize users with mental health conditions and otherwise respond inappropriately or even dangerously, according to researchers at Stanford University. While recent coverage in The New York Times and elsewhere has highlighted the role that ChatGPT may play in reinforcing delusional or conspiratorial thinking, a new paper titled “Expressing stigma and inappropriate responses prevents LLMs from safely replacing mental health providers” exam

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Understanding Tool Calling in LLMs – Step-by-Step with REST and Spring AI

news.ycombinator.com Muthukumaran Navaneethakrishnan 2025-07-30 16:44:47

✅ What Spring AI Handles for You ✅ Tool schema generation ✅ Argument binding ✅ tool_call_id mapping mapping ✅ Message state management ✅ Parallel tool orchestration ✅ Sequential tool routing ✅ Spring Boot DI, validation, and observability ✅ Compatible with OpenAI, Mistral, Gemini, and others You keep writing business logic. Spring AI wires up everything else. 🔌 Bonus: Tool Calling via MCP — No Extra Code Need your tools to work beyond just chat — like inside other agents or frontend c

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How does a screen even work?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 21:09:06

2983 words | Dan Hollick How does a screen work? From electron guns to tiny electric crystals - digital displays have always been the unsung hero of computing. ╌╌╌╌

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ISRO successfully conducts hot tests of Gaganyaan propulsion system

news.ycombinator.com Authors 2025-07-30 20:19:04

ISRO has successfully conducted two hot tests of the Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System (SMPS) at the space agency's Propulsion Complex in Mahendragiri on July 3. The short-duration tests, lasting 30 seconds and 100 seconds respectively, were aimed at validating the test article configuration, ISRO said in a statement on Wednesday (July 8, 2025). Also read: What will Gaganyaan change for India? | Explained "The overall performance of the propulsion system during these hot tests was no

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Experimental imperative-style music sequence generator engine

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-26 21:33:57

pattrns pattrns is an experimental imperative-style music sequence generator engine. It allows you to programmatically create music sequences either in plain Rust as library (static, compiled) or in Lua as a scripting engine (dynamic, interpreted). So it's also suitable for live coding music. In addition to its imperative event generator approach, it also supports the creation of musical events using tidalcycle's mini-notation. This crate only deals with the generation of raw musical events.

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Aliens Can Detect Earth’s Airports From 200 Light-Years Away

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-07-30 22:00:53

Humans might not know of any intelligent beings beyond Earth, but if they exist, they might already know about us. New research shows that radar systems at commercial and military airports are inadvertently announcing our presence to any aliens with the ability to listen. Preliminary results from a study led by Ramiro Caisse Saide, an astrophysics PhD candidate at the University of Manchester, suggest extraterrestrials up to 200 light-years away could theoretically detect electromagnetic signal

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I Will Text You the Best Daily Deals for Free Every Day. Here's How to Join

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-30 05:24:00

Good news, fans of deals and discounts: I've spent the last decade crawling the internet for the best deals pretty much every day, and in that time I've learned a thing or 12 about finding deals that really save you money, including which discounts mean genuine savings and which reductions are just a lot of buzz without meaningful cost-cutting. That's why every day my team and I handpick daily deals for CNET's Deals texts to subscribers, delivering irresistible sales straight to your phone and h

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Best Black Friday in July 2025 deals at Best Buy: The best offers that end tomorrow

zdnet.com Allison Jewell 2025-07-30 18:51:24

Tech prices are getting harder and harder to stomach, but there are times you can catch a break. Luckily, Best Buy is giving you your chance to save this summer. Big-ticket items like the M3 MacBook Pro, Samsung The Frame TV, and Beats Studio Pro are discounted by hundreds of dollars. Get daily deals straight to your inbox during Prime Day when you sign up for ZDNET Recommends, your one-stop newsletter for the sale. Also: The best Prime Day deals so far Best Buy's Black Friday in July sale be

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A better Ghidra MCP server – GhidrAssistMCP

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 16:21:33

GhidrAssistMCP A powerful Ghidra extension that provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, enabling AI assistants and other tools to interact with Ghidra's reverse engineering capabilities through a standardized API. Overview GhidrAssistMCP bridges the gap between AI-powered analysis tools and Ghidra's comprehensive reverse engineering platform. By implementing the Model Context Protocol, this extension allows external AI assistants, automated analysis tools, and custom scripts to seaml

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Prime Day Has Ended, but You Can Still Snag My Favorite All-in-One Kitchen Appliance for 25% Off

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-30 13:19:00

Amazon's Prime Day sale has wrapped up, but we're spotting some deals that are still live today, including a sweet 25% discount on the Chefman Everything Maker, a clever kitchen gadget that can make almost anything. The normal list price of $60 on the Chefman website already feels like a steal for what this appliance can accomplish. Which is, well, everything. But the Price Day price brings it down to just $45, which is a steal. The midnight version is also on sale for 20% off. Too often, all-i

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The 30th-anniversary PS5 controller will be available again for a limited time

Study finds AI tools made open source software developers 19 percent slower

Cidco MailStation as a Z80 Development Platform (2019)

This accessory kit was made for tinkerers and has 180 modifications

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This accessory kit was made for tinkerers and has180 modifications

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