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Threads launches its own DM inbox, as app moves further away from Instagram

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-08-18 13:59:00

Instagram Threads is rolling out users’ most-requested feature to date: the ability to message people directly, without having to switch to another app, like Instagram. The company said direct messages (DMs) will begin rolling out to users globally beginning on Tuesday, alongside a new visual element called highlighter. The latter will emphasize interesting perspectives and conversations, Meta says, starting with Trending Topics. At launch, Threads DMs offer a basic set of features. They’ll su

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Eating Dairy Before Bed Can Give You Nightmares, Study Suggests

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-08-19 08:00:17

Has a late-night cheese session ever seemed to send you down your own personal Nightmare on Elm Street? You’re probably not alone. Research out today has revealed a link between lactose intolerance and a higher risk of bad dreams. Scientists in Canada conducted the study by surveying college students. People who reported having regular nightmares and poorer sleep in general were also more likely to report having food allergies, including lactose intolerance, they found. The researchers speculat

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End of an Era

news.ycombinator.com Chris Crawford 2025-08-19 19:17:11

I recall saying to one of my colleagues at Atari way back in 1982 that I wanted to make a game that would be genuine art. A year later I built a game that was my first experiment in that direction: Gossip. It was a ridiculously simple game in which a player attempted to win favor in a group by calling people and telling them how much you liked or disliked some third party. The underlying concept was that “people like people who like people they like.” For some reason, many players had problems a

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Unpacking Our Conversation With a Former DOGE Staffer

wired.com Zoë Schiffer 2025-08-20 05:08:11

Vittoria Elliott: Can you tell me about your interactions with the other DOGE people? Did you make friends? Did you make colleagues- Sahil Lavingia: Yeah. Vittoria Elliott: ... at least? Do you know... What was your relationship with the other DOGE people, and what were your impressions of them? Sahil Lavingia: It was pretty friendly. I mean, it was kind of joining a little troop. We were working together 12 hours a day, and we laugh and joke and you had to because a lot of the work itself wa

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Shadow of a Doubt

news.ycombinator.com Andrew Kay 2025-08-17 23:00:49

Adjust Share Listen to an audio version of this article. “I want y’all to walk to the sign that represents the kind of OCD you most identify with,” announces the moderator, a young woman named Angie Bello who sits cross-legged on the carpet and whose service doodle, Sully, has docked his submarine snout in her lap. Around the room, volunteers hoist placards that say things like violent harm ocd, sexuality ocd, and contamination ocd. They smile benignly, and for an instant all one hundred of us

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My Friends Always Ask Me What MacBook to Buy. Here's What I Tell Them

wired.com Luke Larsen 2025-08-21 01:00:00

We all have that one friend who's tech-savvy that everyone turns to for advice, especially ahead of big sale events like Amazon Prime Day. Well, that's me. I'm that guy. When people find out what I do for a living, everything gets turned up to 11. I review laptops for my job, and almost everyone needs one. If people don't know where to begin, here's how I guide them through the process of picking the right Apple MacBook—where I recommend you start. Start With the MacBook Air You might think n

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Meet Jim O’Neill, the longevity enthusiast who is now RFK Jr.’s right-hand man

technologyreview.com Jessica Hamzelou 2025-08-21 16:00:00

Although much less of a public figure than his new boss, O’Neill is quite well-known in the increasingly well-funded and tight-knit longevity community. His acquaintances include the prominent longevity influencer Bryan Johnson, who describes him as “a soft-spoken, thoughtful, methodical guy,” and the billionaire tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel. In speaking with more than 20 people who work in the longevity field and are familiar with O’Neill, it’s clear that they share a genuine optimism about h

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Trump says he has 'a group of very wealthy people' to buy TikTok

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-08-21 11:52:21

Trump says he has 'a group of very wealthy people' to buy TikTok 4 hours ago Share Save Laura Blasey BBC News, Washington DC Share Save Future Publishing via Getty Images President Donald Trump has said he has a buyer for TikTok, the video-sharing app that was banned in the US amid claims it posed a national security risk. In a Fox News interview, Trump said he had a group of "very wealthy people" willing to acquire the platform. "I'll tell you in about two weeks," he teased. A sale would nee

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Between utopia and collapse: Navigating AI’s murky middle future

venturebeat.com Gary Grossman 2025-08-21 14:15:00

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more In the blog post The Gentle Singularity, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman painted a vision of the near future where AI quietly and benevolently transforms human life. There will be no sharp break, he suggests, only a steady, almost imperceptible ascent toward abundance. Intelligence will become as accessible as electricity. Robots will be performing

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Hollywood’s pivot to AI video has a prompting problem

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-08-21 13:00:00

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. It has become almost impossible to browse the internet without having an AI-generated video thrust upon you. Open basically any social media platform, and it won’t be long until an uncanny-looking clip of a fake natural disaster or animals doing impossible things slides across your screen. Most of the videos look absolutely terrible.

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How to Slow Down Your Biological Clock

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-08-21 13:00:13

Death is inevitable. But the journey getting there is far from universal. The average life expectancy at birth worldwide is now around 73 years but varies widely between countries and even between individual states in America. I, and presumably many readers, know some people who have barely lost a step as they’ve gotten older, as well as people who sharply declined as they entered their golden years. These realities invite the question: How can we significantly slow down our biological clock? A

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The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger

wired.com Reece Rogers 2025-08-20 23:30:00

Before Duolingo wiped its videos from TikTok and Instagram in mid-May, social media engagement was one of the language-learning app’s most recognizable qualities. Its green owl mascot had gone viral multiple times and was well known to younger users—a success story other marketers envied. But, when news got out that Duolingo was making the switch to become an “AI-first” company, planning to replace contractors who work on tasks generative AI could automate, public perception of the brand soured

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Tech Workers Say They're Rapidly Being Replaced by AI

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-21 06:15:12

"She claimed it was outperforming us." As AI conquers every human-driven endeavor at a breathless pace, from bombing military targets to teaching kids, we gotta ask ourselves a scary question: what is it doing to the workplace right now, and in the future? Sure, we have Dario Amodei, CEO of hotshot AI company Anthropic, saying he foresees AI models erasing 50 percent of entry-level white collar positions throughout the entire job market, but that could be all marketing hype. To get to the bot

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People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-21 07:00:14

As we reported earlier this month, many ChatGPT users are developing all-consuming obsessions with the chatbot, spiraling into severe mental health crises characterized by paranoia, delusions, and breaks with reality. The consequences can be dire. As we heard from spouses, friends, children, and parents looking on in alarm, instances of what's being called "ChatGPT psychosis" have led to the breakup of marriages and families, the loss of jobs, and slides into homelessness. And that's not all.

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This Town Started Charging for Trash by the Bag. Here’s What Happened

gizmodo.com Tik Root 2025-08-21 08:00:40

Until a few years ago, the town of Plympton, Massachusetts, was quite literally throwing away money. People were producing so much trash that it was threatening to put the municipal transfer station out of business. Under the town’s system, residents would buy a $240 sticker for their cars that allowed them yearlong access to the dump, where they could dispose of as much garbage as they wished. But the sheer volume, combined with climbing landfill fees, meant that this service was costing the l

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Missing Heritability: Much More Than You Wanted to Know

news.ycombinator.com Scott Alexander 2025-08-21 08:13:00

The Story So Far The mid-20th century was the golden age of nurture. Psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and the spirit of the ‘60s convinced most experts that parents, peers, and propaganda were the most important causes of adult personality. Starting in the 1970s, the pendulum swung the other way. Twin studies shocked the world by demonstrating that most behavioral traits - including socially relevant traits like IQ - were substantially genetic. Typical estimates for adult IQ found it was about 60%

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Gareth Edwards Is Glad You Liked ‘Rogue One,’ Just Don’t Ask Him to Make Another ‘Star Wars’

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-08-22 01:15:50

Gareth Edwards, who directed Godzilla (2014), The Creator, and the brand-new Jurassic World Rebirth, is always going to be asked about his time in the galaxy far, far away. That’s just the nature of Star Wars and, more specifically, Star Wars fans, most of whom look very fondly upon 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story—especially in the wake of Andor‘s two-season run on Disney+. Edwards is thrilled for all the goodwill, but that doesn’t mean he’s hoping for a return to that world. “I’m very happ

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Behold, a Script for ‘The Batman Part II’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-08-22 05:31:19

It feels like the only thing we’ve heard about The Batman Part II for years now is that various people are waiting on a script to be delivered. Now, with all the energy of a schoolboy rushing to file homework that was due earlier in the week, Reeves has provided evidence: some words that will potentially be in The Batman Part II exist. Reeves took to social media this afternoon to seemingly confirm that the latest version of his sequel to the 2022 DC film was finally ready to be sent off to Jam

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This Once-a-Month Ozempic Rival Just Delivered Big Results

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-08-22 17:45:22

Having to take Ozempic or other weight loss drugs can be a real pain in the ass, with users often having to jab themselves once each week. In newly released clinical trial data, Amgen’s once-monthly experimental drug MariTide performed as well as or even better than the existing blockbuster GLP-1 medications semaglutide and tirzepatide. People taking MariTide consistently lost more weight than those on placebo, with some losing up to 20% of their baseline weight over a year’s time. Amgen is mov

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The Power and Beauty of Incrementalism

news.ycombinator.com Phil Levin 2025-08-23 04:39:53

This article is X-Posted from the Live Near Friends blog. Looking to buy your own friend compound? We have specialist real estate agents who help people make it happen in: San Francisco Bay Area • Seattle • Los Angeles • Washington, DC. Get in touch: [email protected]. I’ve seen a lot of our readers get blocked in their live-near-friends dreams by the size of their visions. They want a “bestie row” - a single block filled with 10 their friends. Or they want a rural compound on a hill w

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The Download: how to clean up AI data centers, and weight-loss drugs’ side effects

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-08-23 09:10:00

In a sandy industrial lot outside Reno, Nevada, rows of battery packs that once propelled electric vehicles are now powering a small AI data center. Redwood Materials, one of the US’s largest battery recycling companies, showed off this array of energy storage modules, sitting on cinder blocks and wrapped in waterproof plastic, during a press tour at its headquarters on June 26. The event marked the launch of the company's new business line, Redwood Energy, which will initially repurpose (

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An Internet Co-op for the People: How Ex-Spectrum Employees Are Making a Difference in the Bronx

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-23 08:00:00

In New York City, the vision of free, high-speed and community-owned internet was once more than just a dream. The People's Choice Communications, a worker- and community-owned internet cooperative, launched in 2020 -- and thanks to subsidies from the Affordable Connectivity Program, it successfully offered fast, cheap internet in the Bronx while the ACP was still active. "No one believed that we could actually build out the system," said Troy Walcott, president of People's Choice, "and then we

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We’re learning more about what weight-loss drugs do to the body

technologyreview.com Jessica Hamzelou 2025-08-23 16:00:00

We know they can suppress appetite, lower blood sugar, and lead to dramatic weight loss. We also know that they come with side effects, which can include nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting. But we are still learning about some of their other effects. On the one hand, these seemingly miraculous drugs appear to improve health in other ways, helping to protect against heart failure, kidney disease, and potentially even substance-use disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer. But on the other,

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New IQ research shows why smarter people make better decisions

news.ycombinator.com University Of Bath 2025-08-23 17:30:08

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study from the University of Bath's School of Management has found that individuals with a higher IQ make more realistic predictions, which supports better decision-making and can lead to improved life outcomes. The research, published in the Journal of Personality and Social

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Some thoughts on my first YC Demo Day

news.ycombinator.com Bill Chambers 2025-08-23 20:19:02

This year was my first time attending YC Demo Day. It’s a fascinating event and, really a fascinating product for investors. Growing up in the bay area, I remember over a decade ago admiring people in YC. I was always impressed and it is a real privilege to be able to attend from the other side (as an investor). I went not because I am a prolific investor, I went because I thought that it would be a unique experience. The Product: Startups This seems obvious, but the startups are the produc

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You've Probably Hit Your Protein Goal: Here's What Experts Think You Need Instead

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-24 00:34:44

There's plenty of healthy eating and workout trends that come and go over the years, but one topic seems to come up again and again: Protein. Contrary to what you may be hearing on social media, you're probably already getting all the protein you need. Similar to counting calories, the protein goals trend has gotten out of hand, causing people to buy expensive protein bars, shakes and slabs of meat. According to Dr. Andrew Freeman, a cardiologist at National Jewish Health in Denver, it's actual

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People use AI for companionship much less than we’re led to believe

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2025-08-24 13:21:28

The overabundance of attention paid to how people are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support, sometimes even striking up relationships, often leads one to think such behavior is commonplace. A new report by Anthropic, which makes the popular AI chatbot Claude, reveals a different reality: In fact, people rarely seek out companionship from Claude and turn to the bot for emotional support and personal advice only 2.9% of the time. “Companionship and roleplay combined comprise less than 0.5

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Salesforce CEO Claims Half of the Company’s Work Is Now Done by AI

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-08-24 21:30:46

While many companies that went all in on AI have since pulled back, Salesforce is going full steam ahead. In an interview with Bloomberg, CEO Marc Benioff claimed that as much as 30% to 50% of the company’s work is now completed by AI—though no word on how much of his role personally has been made redunant or how much of his $39.6 million in compensation that he’ll be giving up. “All of us have to get our head around this idea that AI could do things that before, we were doing, and we can move

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45-hour voyage in replica canoe tests Paleolithic migration theory

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-24 21:02:30

Earlier this week, we reported on a Swedish archaeologist who spent the last three years sailing the fjords in a replica boat similar to those the Vikings may have used. Not to be outdone, Japanese researchers have followed suit, building their own seaworthy dugout canoe with Paleolithic-era tools to cross between Taiwan and Yonaguni Island, where one of the world’s strongest ocean currents, the Kuroshio, remains active. They presented their findings in two new papers published in the journal S

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Brad Feld on ‘Give First’ and the art of mentorship (at any age)

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-08-24 13:31:20

Brad Feld has spent decades operating by a simple principle: Give without expecting anything in return. This philosophy goes beyond traditional pay-it-forward thinking, he says. It’s about helping others, knowing only that meaningful connections and opportunities will emerge organically over time if you do. The entrepreneur and VC, who began angel investing in the 1990s, rose to prominence through his candid blog “Feld Thoughts,” which pulled back the curtain on the then-secretive venture indus

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Latest Tech News

Threads launches its own DM inbox, as app moves further away from Instagram

Eating Dairy Before Bed Can Give You Nightmares, Study Suggests

End of an Era

Unpacking Our Conversation With a Former DOGE Staffer

Shadow of a Doubt

My Friends Always Ask Me What MacBook to Buy. Here's What I Tell Them

Meet Jim O’Neill, the longevity enthusiast who is now RFK Jr.’s right-hand man

Trump says he has 'a group of very wealthy people' to buy TikTok

Between utopia and collapse: Navigating AI’s murky middle future

Hollywood’s pivot to AI video has a prompting problem

How to Slow Down Your Biological Clock

The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger

Tech Workers Say They're Rapidly Being Replaced by AI

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"

This Town Started Charging for Trash by the Bag. Here’s What Happened

Missing Heritability: Much More Than You Wanted to Know

Gareth Edwards Is Glad You Liked ‘Rogue One,’ Just Don’t Ask Him to Make Another ‘Star Wars’

Behold, a Script for ‘The Batman Part II’

This Once-a-Month Ozempic Rival Just Delivered Big Results

The Power and Beauty of Incrementalism

The Download: how to clean up AI data centers, and weight-loss drugs’ side effects

An Internet Co-op for the People: How Ex-Spectrum Employees Are Making a Difference in the Bronx

We’re learning more about what weight-loss drugs do to the body

New IQ research shows why smarter people make better decisions

Some thoughts on my first YC Demo Day

You've Probably Hit Your Protein Goal: Here's What Experts Think You Need Instead

People use AI for companionship much less than we’re led to believe

Salesforce CEO Claims Half of the Company’s Work Is Now Done by AI

45-hour voyage in replica canoe tests Paleolithic migration theory

Brad Feld on ‘Give First’ and the art of mentorship (at any age)

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