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Microsoft is giving Copilot AI faces you can chat with

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-10-11 03:12:48

is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is trying to make Copilot more approachable by giving the AI assistant an animated face to talk with. The experimental “Portraits” feature in Copilot Labs is currently available in the US, UK, and Canada, and provides 40 stylized human avatars

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Imgur is blocking users in the UK

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-11 03:40:22

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The image-sharing site Imgur has shut off access to UK users after the country’s data watchdog warned the platform of a fine, as reported earlier by the BBC. In a post on Imgur’s help page, Imgur confirms that users in the UK can no longer log in, view content,

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NordVPN's Meshnet 'not going anywhere' after all - thanks to customer revolt

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2025-10-11 07:39:26

Charlie Osborne/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Meshnet allows users to create private, encrypted networks for sharing resources. Customer backlash inspired NordVPN to keep the service running Meshnet will be open-sourced, but no transition timeline is in place. NordVPN has reversed its decision to close down Meshnet and will, instead, be opening it up to the open source community. Also: The best VPNs for rapid speeds and streaming On Tue

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Amazon Unleashes Fire Stick and Fire TVs With Alexa Plus Capability

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-11 05:50:00

Amazon unveiled a new Fire TV 4K Stick Select featuring the new Vega OS, as well as three new Fire TV OS televisions, at an event in New York. All of the devices are designed to be used with Alexa Plus, the next version of Alexa. The televisions incorporate the latest versions of the Omni series QLED TV, the 4K 4-Series and a new 2-Series, and all include onboard presence sensors. Fire TV Stick 4K The Fire TV 4K Select starts at $40 Joseph Maldonado/CNET Amazon says the new Fire TV Stick 4K

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Anthropic Will Use Claude Chats for Training Data. Here’s How to Opt Out

wired.com Reece Rogers 2025-10-11 01:30:00

Anthropic is prepared to repurpose conversations users have with its Claude chatbot as training data for its large language models—unless those users opt out. Previously, the company did not train its generative AI models on user chats. When Anthropic’s privacy policy updates on October 8 to start allowing for this, users will have to opt out, or else their new chat logs and coding tasks will be used to train future Anthropic models. Why the switch-up? “All large language models, like Claude,

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BrowserPod: In-browser full-stack environments for IDEs and Agents via WASM

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-11 10:42:18

We’re excited to introduce BrowserPod a WebAssembly-based, in-browser container technology that runs full-stack development environments across multiple languages. BrowserPod is a generalised, more powerful alternative to WebContainers, with advanced networking capabilities and flexible multi-runtime support. Containers, called Pods, run completely client-side. At their core there is a flexible WebAssembly-based engine that can execute multiple programming languages. Each Pod can: Run multipl

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Alexa+ comes to new Fire TV devices with AI-powered conversations

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-11 11:19:11

At Amazon’s fall hardware event, the company announced will bring its upgraded AI, Alexa+, to its Fire TV devices. With Alexa+, Fire TV users will have access to expanded capabilities, like the ability to ask the AI more complex questions, get more tailored recommendations, find specific scenes in movies, and more. For instance, Fire TV owners could previously ask Alexa+ for recommendations beyond basic questions, like “what’s a good movie for a family movie night?” Now, they could also ask for

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Amazon unveils new Kindle Scribe and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-10-11 11:27:40

At Amazon’s fall hardware event on Tuesday, the company unveiled its newest Kindle Scribe and its first-ever color Kindle Scribe, both of which are launching with new AI features. The new Kindle Scribe has a larger 11-inch glare-free display, is just 5.4mm thick, and weighs only 400g. It’s also 40% faster when writing or turning pages. Amazon says it features a new texture-molded glass to improve the friction when the pen glides across the screen to make it feel like you’re writing on paper. T

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Ring cameras can now recognize faces and help to find lost pets

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-10-11 11:39:07

At an event on Tuesday, Amazon unveiled a range of new AI-powered features for its latest Ring cameras and doorbells. The features will enable Ring users to recognize visitors’ faces and find lost pets by connecting with other Ring users in the same neighborhood. Amazon also launched an Alexa+ feature that functions as a smart doorbell assistant, providing details about visitors before users answer the door. Ring is also introducing its first 4K product line along with “Retinal Vision,” a new

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Venmo and PayPal users will finally be able to send money to each other

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-10-11 11:39:44

Venmo and PayPal — two of the most popular apps for digitally sending money to friends, family, or businesses — have never been natively compatible. But according to Venmo, this is changing in November. “Venmo users and PayPal users will be able to pay each other in the U.S. and worldwide,” Venmo wrote in an email to customers. “That means that PayPal users will be able to find and pay you using your phone number, and later using your email address.” For years, customers have used convoluted w

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Mint Mobile will soon offer home internet service, powered by 5G

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-11 15:07:39

TL;DR Mint Mobile ran a new ad on Jimmy Kimmel Live featuring Ryan Reynolds and Guillermo. The ad announced Mint’s upcoming 5G Home Minternet service, with sign-ups open for launch notifications. The service will be powered by T-Mobile’s 5G Home Internet, which currently costs $30–$50 per month. Mint Mobile is best known for two things. First, its affordable prepaid phone service with annual rates that work out to as low as $15 a month. Mint is owned by T-Mobile and runs on the same nationwid

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The Apple Watch Series 11 is already on sale

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-11 14:30:35

The Apple Watch Series 11 is already available on Amazon, and you can pick up select color and case combos for $10 less than Apple's base price. The newest generation of Apple's smartwatch was just revealed this month at the company's iPhone 17 event in Cupertino. The Series 11 packs some new features like 5G connectivity on cellular models, a more scratch-resistant screen, new sleep features, improved battery life and a hypertension alert system that just received FDA clearance. The GPS-only v

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How Well Does a $600 Gaming Headset Sound? I Had a Listen.

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-10-11 15:03:04

Let’s say you’re looking for a gaming headset upgrade, and you have a lot of consoles all in one place. The newly announced SteelSeries Arctis Nova Elite headset could offer audiophile-quality sound for gamers who want to listen to the cacophony of their consoles (both Xbox and PlayStation), a PC, and a phone all at once. Sounds good, right? Just know the Elite will rip open your wallet in a desperate search for $600. The Arctis Nova Elite costs so much money, I would expect earcups to be made

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Google's AI Mode adds images as search giant tries to keep pace with rivals

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-10-11 19:00:44

The company's updated visual results will provide users with a whole new set of use cases for AI Mode, especially since some queries aren't suited for text-based answers, said Robby Stein, vice president of product management at Google Search. Google has been racing to find ways to integrate generative AI into its search engine since OpenAI rocked the tech sector with the launch of its chatbot ChatGPT in late 2022. As its AI rivals have changed how users can seek information online, Google has

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Too many AI tools? This platform manages them all in one place

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-10-11 19:00:46

J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways AI Experience aggregates businesses' AI tools in a single UI. The new platform comes with "Voice Agents" and "Web Agents." Broadly, companies are selling AI management tools to businesses. On Tuesday, software company ServiceNow announced the launch of its new AI Experience platform, designed to make businesses' myriad internal AI tools accessible through a single and intuit

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DoorDash rolls out creator program for short-form videos, adds AI features and dine-in rewards

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-10-11 19:00:00

DoorDash said on Tuesday that it’s launching a creator program that will compensate users for short-form videos posted on its app. The company also introduced “Going Out,” which rewards users for dining at local restaurants, along with new AI features. DoorDash says short-form videos posted by local creators will let users preview dishes before they order them. Uber Eats started testing a TikTok-like short-form video feed last year to boost discovery and help restaurants showcase their dishes.

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Opera's AI browser will cost you $20 a month

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-11 23:30:22

Would you pay $20 for an AI-powered browser? Opera is betting on it with the release of its $19.90 (per month) "next generation AI browser," Opera Neon, meant for people who use AI every day. The Norwegian company first announced Neon in May and has now launched it to a limited number of users. According to Opera, "it's a browser built to not only let you browse the web, but to also use agentic AI to act for you and with you as you browse and work on complex projects. Opera Neon moves beyond a

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Hinge is taking a fairer approach to account banning

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-10-11 23:00:00

Hinge has decided that it won’t kick you off the app entirely anymore if just one thing on your profile breaks the rules. Instead of banning your entire account, Hinge will now flag and remove that specific issue, allowing you to address it first. Your profile will remain live but hidden from the discovery feed until you make the changes. The company will also explain why it was flagged, sending an email and push notification, and you’ll also see a message in the app prompting you to update yo

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Galaxy S26 series camera leak shows a worrying trend for Samsung’s flagship phones

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-12 08:35:55

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR A new report reveals the camera specifications for the Galaxy S26 series, with only the Galaxy S26 Edge’s ultrawide camera expected to see a year-over-year spec bump. The leak reveals that the cameras on the other phones may not feature any significant upgrades, with some specs remaining unchanged since 2023 This could put the Galaxy S26 at a disadvantage to competing phones like the iPhone 17. With most Android flagship launches completed for this year’s

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Companies Are Lying About AI Layoffs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-12 05:07:16

Companies are Lying About AI Layoffs Companies are saying that the economy and AI are causing the large amount of tech layoffs, but Vanessa Wingårdh looked at the H-1B visa data and noticed that the companies are lying. She argues that the American employees are being replaced by cheaper H-1B visa workers. WSJ also reported on this due to some senators speaking up. As proof she uses the H-1B data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. When filtering by fiscal years 2023, 2024 and

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Opera launches its AI browser, but you’ll have to pay to try it

theverge.com Elissa Welle 2025-10-12 05:00:00

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A limited number of people will get to try out Opera’s AI browser, Neon, starting today for $19.90 per month. The Norwegian software company first announced the “agentic browser” in May, but details were sparse. Now, we know that Opera Neon includes different AI ag

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Opera launches its AI-centric Neon browser

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-10-12 05:00:00

Browser maker Opera launched its AI-centric browser Neon Tuesday, with the ability to create apps through AI prompts and create repeatable prompts through a feature it calls cards. With this Opera joins a growing number of companies like Perplexity and The Browser Company that are trying to make agentic browsers happen. The company first announced that it was working on Neon in May, but the browser was in closed preview. It will now start sending invites to select people, who can use the browse

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Not just a swelling scare: Galaxy Ring owners report serious battery drain issues

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-12 08:02:23

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR Users across Reddit and Samsung’s forums are reporting severe battery drain on their Galaxy Rings. Complaints suggest the wearable’s battery life is has dropped from several days to just hours. Samsung has acknowledged the issue on its community forums, offering troubleshooting and service options. However, many customers describe frustrating warranty and replacement experiences. Following YouTuber Daniel’s (@ZONEofTECH) report about his Galaxy Ring b

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Opera releases Neon, its AI-powered browser with a built-in agent

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-12 10:00:00

Following its official announcement in May, Opera will today start giving access to Neon, its subscription-based AI browser with agentic capabilities. Here are some of its most interesting features. With Neon, Opera joins the incipient, but increasingly competitive, AI-based browser market. And in an attempt to stand out, the company has developed a few interesting features that will help users make the most of Neon’s agentic capabilities. Tasks First up is Tasks. It’s designed to understand

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Show HN: Cap'n-rs – Rust implementation of Cloudflare's Cap'n Web protocol

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-12 04:13:00

Cap'n Web Rust Implementation A complete, production-ready implementation of the Cap'n Web protocol in Rust, providing capability-based RPC with promise pipelining and multi-transport support. Features ✅ Full Protocol Compliance - Implements the complete Cap'n Web wire protocol 🔒 Capability-Based Security - Unforgeable capability references with automatic lifecycle management 🚀 Promise Pipelining - Reduced round-trips through dependency resolution 🌐 Multi-Transport - HTTP batch, WebSocket, an

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Geolocation and Starlink

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-12 08:23:31

The ISP Column A column on various things Internet Other Formats: Geolocation and Starlink September 2025 Geoff Huston "Where are you?" is not an easy question to answer on the Internet. The telephone system's address plan embedded a certain amount of physical location information in the fixed line network, and a full E.164 telephone number indicated your location in terms of your country, and your area within that country. The Internet did not adopt a geographic address plan which me

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A SQL Heuristic: ORs Are Expensive

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-12 01:29:55

A SQL Heuristic: ORs Are Expensive Query planning is hard. Sometimes. Queries often have more than one filter (using an and clause). But the developer can often end up in situations requiring an or clause: select count(*) from application where submitter_id = :user_id or reviewer_id = :user_id; But this is slow! With 1,000,000 applications and 1000 users uniformly distributed on both columns, it takes over 100ms.1 If we rewrite it with only and s select ( select count(*) from application

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My iPhone Air Keeps Dropping Calls, but a Fix Has Finally Arrived

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-12 10:02:00

The so-called scratchgate fiasco may have drummed up a lot of attention since Apple released its latest iPhones, but I've been struggling with a different issue. Over the last several weeks, my iPhone Air has had trouble placing and receiving calls, and there have been periods in which I've completely lost service, even after turning my phone off and on again. After digging online, it appears others have been experiencing similar problems. Phone Arena pointed to Reddit threads in which iPhone

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OpenAI Rolls Out ChatGPT’s Ability to Buy Stuff for You

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-10-12 19:10:18

OpenAI just made it possible to buy things directly from ChatGPT. Starting today, all ChatGPT users in the U.S. can use a new feature called Instant Checkout to purchase items from Etsy sellers without leaving the chat. OpenAI says more than a million Shopify merchants, including Glossier, SKIMS, and Spanx, are coming soon. For now, Instant Checkout only supports single-item purchases, but OpenAI plans to add multi-item carts and expand to more merchants and regions. The company also announce

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A SQL Heuristic: Ors Are Expensive

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-12 16:29:55

A SQL Heuristic: ORs Are Expensive Query planning is hard. Sometimes. Queries often have more than one filter (using an and clause). But the developer can often end up in situations requiring an or clause: select count(*) from application where submitter_id = :user_id or reviewer_id = :user_id; But this is slow! With 1,000,000 applications and 1000 users uniformly distributed on both columns, it takes over 100ms.1 If we rewrite it with only and s select ( select count(*) from application

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Microsoft is giving Copilot AI faces you can chat with

Imgur is blocking users in the UK

NordVPN's Meshnet 'not going anywhere' after all - thanks to customer revolt

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BrowserPod: In-browser full-stack environments for IDEs and Agents via WASM

Alexa+ comes to new Fire TV devices with AI-powered conversations

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Venmo and PayPal users will finally be able to send money to each other

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Google's AI Mode adds images as search giant tries to keep pace with rivals

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