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Tim Cook hints Apple’s product roadmap is its most exciting ever

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-15 11:19:38

Apple CEO Tim Cook has long been skilled at talking up the company’s products. But in new remarks made just days ago, Cook hinted that he’s never been as excited about Apple’s product roadmap as now. Cook has ‘never felt so much excitement’ about Apple’s product pipeline Last week Apple leadership held an all-hands meeting with staff that covered a wide range of subjects. AI was a major focus, including updates on Siri’s delayed upgrades. The meeting also reportedly came with some classic Tim

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What Happened When I Tried to Replace Myself with ChatGPT in My English Class

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-12 22:32:25

My students call it “Chat,” a cute nickname they all seem to have agreed on at some point. They use it to make study guides, interpret essay prompts, and register for classes, turning it loose on the course catalog and asking it to propose a weekly schedule. They use it to make their writing sound more “professional,” including emails to professors like me, fearing that we will judge them for informal diction or other human errors. Article continues after advertisement Like many teachers at ev

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Proton fixes Authenticator bug leaking TOTP secrets in logs

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-15 16:09:48

Proton fixed a bug in its new Authenticator app for iOS that logged users' sensitive TOTP secrets in plaintext, potentially exposing multi-factor authentication codes if the logs were shared. Last week, Proton released a new Proton Authenticator app, which is a free standalone two-factor authentication (2FA) application for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. The app is used to store multi-factor authentication TOTP secrets that can be used to generate one-time passcodes for authenticatio

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Facts will not save you – AI, history and Soviet sci-fi

news.ycombinator.com Seva Gunitsky 2025-12-12 00:16:18

A few days ago Microsoft published a list of the 40 jobs most likely to be replaced by AI. The first two entries are translators and historians, which made me laugh. The two jobs have one thing in common — they are acts of interpretation that are never recognized as such by outsiders. It’s probably self-evident in the tech world that history is a matter of assembling facts. A kind of mechanical curation, like sweeping loose pebbles into neat piles. This delusion reflects a larger hubris— the bel

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AI site Perplexity uses “stealth tactics” to flout no-crawl edicts, Cloudflare says

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-15 16:16:26

AI search engine Perplexity is using stealth bots and other tactics to evade websites’ no-crawl directives, an allegation that if true violates Internet norms that have been in place for more than three decades, network security and optimization service Cloudflare said Monday. In a blog post, Cloudflare researchers said the company received complaints from customers who had disallowed Perplexity scraping bots by implementing settings in their sites’ robots.txt files and through Web application

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Amazon splits up the Wondery podcast network and lays off about 110 employees

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-15 21:53:58

Four years after Amazon’s acquisition of podcast network Wondery , the tech giant is dismantling its $300 million purchase and reorganizing various audio properties into separate teams at the company. As first reported by Bloomberg , this reorg will see the studio lose about 110 employees, and CEO Jen Sargent is departing the company. Amazon told Bloomberg it will continue to produce podcasts, though their place within the company will be restructured. The more narrative-focused podcasts under

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Fine-tuned small LLMs can beat large ones with programmatic data curation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 17:55:19

{ "systemInstruction" : { "role" : "system" , "parts" : [ { "text" : "# Retail agent policy As a retail agent, you can help users cancel or modify pending orders, return or exchange delivered orders, modify their default user address, or provide information about their own profile, orders, and related products. - At the beginning of the conversation, you have to authenticate the user identity by locating their user id via email, or via name + zip code. This has to be done even when the use

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Trump Deletes and Reposts Tweet About Sydney Sweeney Several Times

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-12-15 20:30:53

President Donald Trump has been very active on Truth Social this morning, firing off posts about everything from last week’s terrible jobs report to India’s oil imports. But the president’s post about Sydney Sweeney and Taylor Swift had to be deleted and reposted several times to correct spelling errors on Monday. And it speaks to the chaos going on behind the scenes as the president posts to social media when he’s supposed to be running the country. Sweeney is currently at the center of an onl

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Facts will not Save You - AI, History and Soviet Sci-Fi

news.ycombinator.com Seva Gunitsky 2025-12-13 00:16:18

A few days ago Microsoft published a list of the 40 jobs most likely to be replaced by AI. The first two entries are translators and historians, which made me laugh. The two jobs have one thing in common — they are acts of interpretation that are never recognized as such by outsiders. It’s probably self-evident in the tech world that history is a matter of assembling facts. A kind of mechanical curation, like sweeping loose pebbles into neat piles. This delusion reflects a larger hubris— the bel

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Four radioactive wasp nests found on South Carolina nuclear facility

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-16 11:35:13

Wasps living around a Cold War-era nuclear facility in South Carolina have built at least four radioactive nests, raising questions about their source of hazardous material and the extent of environmental contamination, according to a report by The New York Times. Last week, news broke that officials at the site—Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina—had found one radioactive nest on July 3. The discovery was documented in a July 22 report by the US Department of Energy, which own

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Spotify is getting more expensive for a lot of subscribers around the world

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-16 16:15:27

The price for streaming ad-free music is about to increase for Spotify subscribers in several markets around the world, according to the company. Spotify announced plans to increase prices in “multiple markets” on Monday, although customers in the United States are spared for now. The company is informing subscribers in impacted markets where it will “update […] prices” via email, according to its post today. “Over the next month, Premium subscribers in multiple markets across South Asia, the

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Verizon is cutting loyalty discounts, raising fees, and removing perks, all at once (Updated)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-16 21:28:47

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Verizon is removing loyalty discounts, which could increase monthly bills by $10 to $25 per line. Several service charges are also increasing, while Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass perks are ending. Despite no base plan price changes, the overall monthly bill will rise for a lot of users due to the loss of discounts and the hike in fees. Update, August 04, 2025 (09:28 AM ET): Verizon has shared the following statement through a spokesperson on the

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Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade no-crawl directives

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-16 21:39:30

5 min read We are observing stealth crawling behavior from Perplexity, an AI-powered answer engine. Although Perplexity initially crawls from their declared user agent, when they are presented with a network block, they appear to obscure their crawling identity in an attempt to circumvent the website’s preferences. We see continued evidence that Perplexity is repeatedly modifying their user agent and changing their source ASNs to hide their crawling activity, as well as ignoring — or sometimes

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Do LLMs identify fonts?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-12 03:56:24

Spoiler: not really dafont.com is a wonderful website that contains a large collection of fonts. It’s more comprehensive and esoteric than Google Fonts. One of its features is a forum where users can ask for help identifying fonts – check out this poor fellow who’s been waiting for over two years and bumped his thread. I thought it would be interesting to see if an LLM could do this task, so I scraped the forum and set up a benchmark. I implemented this as a live benchmark. By this I mean that

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OpenMind wants to be the Android operating system of humanoid robots

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-12-16 21:00:00

Many companies are focused on building robots, or the hardware components to help them move, grip objects, or interact with the world around them. OpenMind is focused under the hood. The Silicon Valley-based startup is building a software layer, called OM1, for humanoid robots that acts as an operating system. The company compares itself to being the Android for robotics because its software is open and hardware agnostic. Stanford professor Jan Liphardt, the founder of OpenMind, told TechCrunc

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Paid subreddits plan on hold as company prioritizes search engine plans

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-17 02:20:48

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman confirmed plans for paid subreddits earlier this year but now says that the initiative has been de–prioritized. However, he says that the company still believes in the opportunity, suggesting that a Reddit paywall of some kind will be introduced at some stage … Paid subreddits plan Huffman first hinted at the plan last year, but didn’t go into any details. We will unlock the door for new use cases, new types of subreddits that can be built that may have exclusive con

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Canon Promo Codes: 10% Off | August 2025

wired.com Scott Gilbertson 2025-12-13 03:30:00

Normally we think the Canon EOS R8 is the best deal, but when you can save $500 on an EOS R5 C Body, why not upgrade? The R5 offers a 45 Megapixel Full-frame sensor and can shoot 8K RAW Video. It’s a powerhouse of a camera and a steal at this price. If you don’t need the huge 45 MP sensor of the R5, the smaller, cheaper R6 Mark II Body is also available for $100 off. There are plenty of other Canon discounts and free shipping offers live now, so you can save extra on lens kits, printers, camera

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Verizon is cutting loyalty discounts, raising fees, and removing perks, all at once

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-17 10:16:47

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Verizon is removing loyalty discounts, which could increase monthly bills by $10 to $25 per line. Several service charges are also increasing, while Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass perks are ending. Despite no base plan price changes, the overall monthly bill will rise for a lot of users due to the loss of discounts and the hike in fees. Verizon has recently been in the news for revamping its customer support experience, but also for losing 51,000

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Mozilla warns of phishing attacks targeting add-on developers

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-17 11:00:15

Mozilla has warned browser extension developers of an active phishing campaign targeting accounts on its official AMO (addons.mozilla.org) repository. Mozilla's add-on platform hosts over 60,000 browser extensions and more than 500,000 themes used by tens of millions of users worldwide. According to Mozilla's advisory, these phishing emails are impersonating the AMO team and claim that the targeted developer accounts require updates to maintain access to development features. "The developer c

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Survival at High Altitudes: Wheel-Well Passengers (1996)

news.ycombinator.com Veronneau 2025-12-14 06:29:40

Abstract: Ten specific "wheel-well" passenger stowaway flights (the wheel-well area was entered just before takeoff) are documented in the N.Y. Times, covering the period 1947 to 1993. Five stowaways survived flights encompassing altitudes as high as 39,000 feet, with six dying in the process (one flight had two stowaways: one fatal, one surviving). Three Douglas DC-8 and four Boeing 707 aircraft, plus a Caravelle, an unknown jet, and a piston airliner were utilized. Several of the wheel well f

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Typed languages are better suited for vibecoding

news.ycombinator.com Onur Solmaz 2025-12-16 22:55:31

This post has made it to the Hacker News front page, see the discussion there. My >10 year old programming habits have changed since Claude Code launched. Python is less likely to be my go-to language for new projects anymore. I am managing projects in languages I am not fluent in—TypeScript, Rust and Go—and seem to be doing pretty well. It seems that typed, compiled, etc. languages are better suited for vibecoding, because of the safety guarantees. This is unsurprising in hindsight, but it wa

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A parser for TypeScript types, written in TypeScript types

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-17 08:12:58

tsints a parser for typescript types, written in typescript types (no js here!) testimonials please no please I beg you — @jakebailey.dev EM WHAT THE FUCK ur deranged hell yeah i cant wait to do ludicrous shit with ts7 speeds why are you like this usage code like this import type { Parse } from "./parser/index.ts" ; type _ = Parse < "{some:[ts, 'type']}" > ; evaluates to a @babel/parser -style AST type _ = { type : "TSTypeLiteral" ; members : [ { type : "TSPropertySignature" ; key :

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Aug. 4, #315

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-17 09:30:40

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition is a bit tricky. Hope you know your car-race details! Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athl

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The Fulbright Program: Chock Full of Bright Ideas

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-16 22:24:58

One of the most memorable events in my career so far was being selected as a host for the Fulbright Program. When Emily (Simons) approached me with her idea of applying for this type of scholarship, I was already blown away by her enthusiasm—but little did I imagine how immensely enriching her visit to the lab would turn out to be! We initially discussed a project aligned with our shared interest in healthcare topics; specifically, I proposed making Emily part of a planned project with cardiolo

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Too Hot Inside? These Houseplants Actually Help Beat the Heat

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-17 02:00:10

Looking for a smarter way to beat the summer heat without blasting your air conditioner all day? You might want to take a closer look at the houseplants sitting quietly on your windowsill. According to experts, certain indoor plants don't just brighten up a room, they can literally lower the temperature in your home. And yes, science backs it up. Thanks to a natural process called transpiration, some houseplants release moisture into the air, creating a cooling effect that can help your space f

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Scottish Premiership Soccer: Stream Celtic vs. St. Mirren Live From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-17 03:30:00

Celtic begins its campaign for a fifth consecutive Scottish Premier League title on Sunday with a tricky-looking season opener at home to St. Mirren. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the game as it happens, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if the match isn't available where you are. Another league triumph this season would see Brendan Rodgers' men surpass their eternal Glasgow rivals, Rangers, moving ahead with 56 Scottish top-flight t

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Inside OpenAI’s quest to make AI do anything for you

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-12-17 05:00:00

Shortly after Hunter Lightman joined OpenAI as a researcher in 2022, he watched his colleagues launch ChatGPT, one of the fastest-growing products ever. Meanwhile, Lightman quietly worked on a team teaching OpenAI’s models to solve high school math competitions. Today that team, known as MathGen, is considered instrumental to OpenAI’s industry-leading effort to create AI reasoning models: the core technology behind AI agents that can do tasks on a computer like a human would. “We were trying t

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Tourist Spots ‘Extinct’ Jellyfish Not Seen in 50 Years

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-12-17 06:00:56

Jellyfish enthusiasts rejoice: Depastrum cyathiforme—a wrinkled, barrel-shaped jelly with tiny tentacles for hair—may not actually be extinct, despite being MIA for nearly 50 years. We can thank tourist Neil Roberts, who accidentally came across the jelly while on holiday in South Uist in Scotland. This particular stalked jellyfish was much-beloved during the Victorian and Edwardian eras, appearing in exquisite detail in illustrations by famous naturalists. Historical records suggested the jell

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Aug. 3, #314

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-17 04:24:34

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition might be tough. The yellow category came together right away for me, but the others...not so much. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that the game

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Today I’m toying with

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-12-17 03:15:03

The simple joy of gadgets — that’s what “Today I’m Toying With” is all about. We’re always looking for new gadgets to toy with... particularly exclusive first-looks! If you’ve got a worthy product, hit me up at [email protected] with “Today I’m toying with” in your subject line.

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