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As X loses its CEO, daily usage is down and competition is growing

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-15 23:16:54

With the departure of X CEO Linda Yaccarino, which was announced Wednesday, the company that defined text-first social networking faces renewed competition. Year-over-year, the Elon Musk-owned social network has seen its daily active user base decline by roughly 10% as of the second quarter of 2025, according to new data provided by app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. While X’s user base is still 65% larger than Meta’s Threads and 10 times larger than its next-biggest rival, Bluesky, X’s lastin

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Musk says Tesla is expanding Austin robotaxi service, adding Grok to cars

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-10-16 03:34:16

A vehicle Tesla is using for robotaxi testing purposes on Oltorf Street in Austin, Texas, US, on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company is expanding its robotaxi service area and bringing xAI's Grok to vehicles as it rolled out a new iteration of the artificial intelligence chatbot. Shares gained about 3%. Musk said on X that Grok, his AI chatbot that praised Adolf Hitler and posted a barrage of antisemitic comments recently, will be available in Tesla vehicles "next week

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Gemini can now transform your boring stills into lifelike videos

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-16 03:00:44

TL;DR Gemini will now let you generate videos from existing images using its Veo3 model. Google says you can also use actual photos to transform them into videos. Veo3 will limit the output to eight-second clips in 720p resolution. If you’ve recently come across any realistic-looking videos with bizarre tropes, chances are they were generated using Google’s Veo3 AI video generation in Gemini. Its outstanding continuity of video frames, the ability to automatically generate audio, and seamless

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Minimalist Android fans, Niagara Launcher’s Theme Collection is your new playground

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-16 03:01:24

Andy Walker / Android Authority If there’s one thing Niagara Launcher users love, besides debating which apps to favorite, it’s showcasing their home screen setups online. For a launcher that emphasizes minimalism, it certainly inspires a flood of creativity and innovation from its users. Over the past few months, I’ve explored numerous personalized layouts of varying taste. It’s clearly a facet of the launcher that its fans can’t get enough of. Do you use Niagara Launcher? 34 votes Yes, it's

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Deal: Score a massive 55% discount on the Hisense U8 Mini-LED smart TV

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-16 03:21:48

Right now is a great time to consider upgrading your TV setup. If you’re looking for the ultimate Prime Day deal on a new screen, the Hisense U8 Mini-LED TV is on offer during Amazon Prime Day. This impressive TV is now available for $999.99, a significant drop from its retail price of $2,199.99. The 2025 release was selling for that much as recently as May, and we’ve never tracked it much lower than $1,400. Hisense U8 Mini-LED TV for $997.99 (55% off) The Hisense 65-inch Class U8 Mini-LED ULED

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This phone has an industry-first switchable dual telephoto camera

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-16 03:30:52

TL;DR HUAWEI has announced the launch of the Pura 80 Series. The Pura 80 Ultra features a switchable dual telephoto camera. The series also fits in a new Smart Controls Button to quickly access various features. Samsung isn’t the only phone maker launching new hardware this week. We’re also getting the latest entries into HUAWEI’s Pura line. And the company has done something rather interesting with its most premium model this year. Today, HUAWEI announced the launch of the Pura 80 Series, w

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Gemini lands on the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro as it expands to third-party earbuds

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-16 03:58:47

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google announced plans to bring Gemini to Samsung and Sony earbuds earlier this year. User reports suggest that the chatbot is now available on the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro when connected to a device running One UI 8. Google is steadily making good on its promise to bring Gemini to more devices. After sharing plans to replace Google Assistant with Gemini on Wear OS watches earlier this year, the company finally announced Gemini for Wear OS yesterday, confirming

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YouTube starts rolling out redesigned video player that gives off Liquid Glass vibes [Gallery]

9to5mac.com Ben Schoon 2025-10-16 03:39:26

YouTube is rolling out, or at least widely testing, a new video player design for its web experience that feels much different. YouTube has looked, in many ways, roughly the same for a long time. That includes with the video player, which has had basically the same design for years. When changes do arrive, they’re usually met with passionate response. In some cases, UI changes make it through such as the rounded corners redesign that rolled out back in 2023. In other cases, they’re canned due t

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Prime Day-3 Deals: iPhone 16 Pro $365 off, iPad from $279, Nomad Find My wallet card $20, much more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-10-16 03:45:39

We are back at it again for the third day of Amazon’s massive Prime Day sale. While much of the best Apple gear deals – AirPods Pro 2 at $100 off as well as all-time lows on Apple Watch Series 10, iPad mini 7, and the M3 iPad Air lineup – are still alive and well, we have some fresh deals to bring into the spotlight. Amazon is offering some official Prime Day deals on iPhone 16 Pro units today, including 256GB and 512GB models at up to $365 off. Those offers are also joined by a rare discount on

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This Prime Day Eufy robot vacuum deal is still in stock and saves you 50 percent

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-16 03:00:35

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 . One of our favorite robot vacuums from Eufy, the 11S Max, has dropped to $140 thanks to Amazon Prime Day deals. That's half off its regular price and one of the best discounts we've seen — and even better, it's still in stock as of right now on day three. This model earned a top spot

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Google's Gemini app can now generate videos from static images

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-16 03:00:52

Starting today, Google is bringing image-to-video generation to the Gemini app. The feature comes courtesy of the company's Veo 3 model, which Google began rolling out more broadly to AI Pro users last week after it was initially only available to AI Ultra subscribers. Google To start using Gemini's image-to-video generation, click the "tools" option in the prompt bar and then select "video." Google is currently limiting Veo 3 to producing eight-second clips at 720p. Gemini will output your re

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Disney and ITV partner up to show each other’s shows on their streaming services

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-16 03:01:09

Disney and the British free-to-air broadcaster ITV have launched a new partnership that will allow them to show each other’s shows in an effort to reach new audiences. ITV viewers will be able to watch shows including Only Murders in the Building, Andor, and The Bear – which lives on Disney+ in the UK – while Disney will take advantage of ITV’s various dramas and reality TV offerings. Mr Bates vs The Post Office, ITV’s BAFTA award-winning four-part dramatization of the British Post Office scand

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Prime Day deals on air fryers include our favorite Ninja Foodi dual-zone model on sale for $180

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-16 03:36:19

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 . For many, summer means it's time to grill outdoors. But cooking inside does at least mean you’re likely to deal with fewer bugs. It also makes it easier to try out new kitchen equipment, such as a Ninja air fryer that’s on sale for Prime Day and still in stock. The Ninja Foodi Dual-Zon

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Amazon Prime Day 2025: The deals that the Engadget team spent our hard-earned money on

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-16 03:45:09

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 . You didn't think we were going to cover all these deals and not buy some discounted goods ourselves did you? Amazon's Prime Day is in full swing, and now that two full days have passed, some of us have gotten past our decision paralysis and checked out our online shopping carts. It's

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Fed up with AI scraping your content? This open-source bot blocker can help - here's how

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-10-16 03:10:00

Anubis / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Anyone who runs a website knows how annoying AI bots are these days. F5, the application delivery network company, found that more than half of all web visits come not from people but from data scrapers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Perplexity AI bots. Also: AI bots scraping your data? This free tool gives those pesky crawlers the run-around (Disclosure: Ziff Davis, ZDNET's parent company, filed an April 2025 lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging

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Android Auto not connecting? Try this one setting tweak - it worked for me

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-10-16 03:20:00

Google / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET A few months ago, I bought into the Jeep cult. One bit of fanciness with this vehicle is its ability to connect to Android Auto. I was excited because I'd never owned a car that could connect to my Android phone and actually make use of it. Of course, the biggest reason I wanted to use Android Auto was for the Spotify connection. My previous auto would allow me to connect my phone, but I had to control the music from the phone itself, which I wouldn't do w

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Why I recommend this TCL Mini LED TV over pricier OLED models (especially at $800 off)

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2025-10-16 03:30:10

ZDNET's key takeaways The TCL QM8K (65-inch) is currently available for $997 on Amazon. It handles HDR content with eye-popping, true-to-life brightness. The addition of a soundbar would make its audio more immersive. View now at Best Buy View now at Amazon more buying choices Various TCL QM8K sizes are currently discounted (up to $1,500) across major retailers like Amazon and Best Buy. TCL continually punches above its weight, offering impressive TV tech at prices that demand a cost-benefit

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Forget the subscription: this fitness band has everything I need to track my progress

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-10-16 03:35:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Amazfit Helio Strap is available now for $99. As a smartwatch alternative, the strap offers virtually all the same health tracking features via the robust Zepp app, with over a week of battery life. The fabric strap isn't made of exceedingly high quality materials, but luckily can be easily replaced. View now at Amazon Amazfit, makers of such smartwatches as the Bip 5 and the new Balance 2, just released its new Helio Strap, a fitness tracker that has all the core fu

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The MacBook Air M4 brought me back to Apple (and at this price, I have no regrets)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-10-16 03:45:00

MacBook Air M4 in Sky Blue Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET The MacBook Air M4 (15-inch) is on sale at Amazon during Prime Day, starting at $1,049 for the 16GB version. When Apple announced the MacBook Air M4 earlier this year, it was clear that the laptop would be an incremental upgrade from last year's model, with the latest in Apple silicon and a host of software and AI-powered features. The fact that the 13-inch version was $100 less was a pleasant surprise, however, positioning it as a competitive ch

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The new Bluetti Elite 100 V2 for over 50% off is my favorite Prime Day power station deal

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-16 03:45:50

Bluetti Elite 100 V2 Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Amazon Prime Day is here, and you might be forgiven for thinking you're trapped in the movie Groundhog Day, because wasn't it also Prime Day yesterday and the day before? Yup, it was -- for the first time, Prime Day is a four-day shopping event, compared to two days in the past, running July 8-11. But never mind -- the deals are worth it! And some deals are so good, I feel like I need to tell you about them even though I've not yet finished my

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Analyzing Database Trends Through 1.8M Hacker News Headlines

news.ycombinator.com Miguel Salinas 2025-10-13 14:55:04

How the analysis was done I used camelAI with a ClickHouse database of every HN story to do all analysis. You can use it for free with no login here to explore the data interactively yourself. 18 years • 1.8 million headlines • 13 database engines Hacker News is a real-time barometer of developer excitement. I mined every story title from February 2007 to June 2025 and asked three questions: How has headline volume for each database changed over time? Which engines are accelerating the fast

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Flix – A powerful effect-oriented programming language

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-16 02:02:04

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Underwater turbine spinning for 6 years off Scotland's coast is a breakthrough

news.ycombinator.com Mcdermott Is A Reporter On The Associated Press Climate 2025-10-16 02:23:46

Submerged in about 40 meters (44 yards) of water off Scotland’s coast, a turbine has been spinning for more than six years to harness the power of ocean tides for electricity — a durability mark that demonstrates the technology’s commercial viability. Keeping a large, or grid-scale, turbine in place in the harsh sea environment that long is a record that helps pave the way for bigger tidal energy farms and makes it far more appealing to investors, according to the trade association Ocean Energy

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Is Gemini 2.5 good at bounding boxes?

news.ycombinator.com Simon Edwardsson 2025-10-16 00:35:21

Is Gemini 2.5 good at bounding boxes? Sort of... July 10, 2025 TL;DR Gemini 2.5 Pro is a decent object detector, matching Yolo V3 from 2018 on MS-COCO val. Multimodal Large Language Models keep getting better, but are they ready to dethrone CNNs in computer vision tasks like object detection? The allure of skipping dataset collection, annotation, and training is too enticing not to waste a few evenings testing. I decided to write a small benchmark and check Gemini 2.5 on MS-COCO, focusing on

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The First ‘Red Sonja’ Trailer Feels Like an Early Aughts Throwback

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-16 03:00:02

Late last night the first trailer for Red Sonja, Dynamite Comic’s iconic chain-mail-bikini-clad warrior brought to life by Revenge star Matilda Lutz, hit the web, and it’s time to party like it’s 2004. The trailer, which might’ve revealed a bit too much about what happens in the film, all but promises to be a nostalgic throwback to sweeping fantasy and stylized action vibes from the early to mid-aughts. Directed by MJ Bassett (Rogue, Solomon Kane), Red Sonja follows the titular hero, who, after

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Elon Musk’s Newest AI Chatbot Is Powerful, Controversial, and Already Under Fire

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-10-16 03:45:11

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has launched a new version of its chatbot—Grok 4—and its rollout is already dividing the internet. Unveiled on July 9, Grok 4 and its premium version, “SuperGrok,” are being hailed by some benchmarkers as the most powerful chatbots on the market. Musk fans, AI engineers, and benchmark testers are applauding its capabilities. But others are skeptical, pointing to a recent storm of hallucinations, including responses laced with antisemitic tropes, that severely damage

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When Is the 'Love Island USA' Finale? Here's What to Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-16 02:00:06

Want Peacock but don't want to pay full price? College students may be eligible to get discounted Premium and people with Instacart Plus and Xfinity internet may qualify for free Premium. If you want to know more about the streamer, read our review.

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Phoenix Joins Marvel Rivals on Friday: Here's What We Know About Season 3 So Far

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-16 02:00:07

Marvel Rivals season 3 is almost upon us, bringing with it the blessing of the Phoenix Force. Jean Grey, original member of the X-Men and sometimes terror of the cosmos, is joining the roster as a new duelist. As usual, we're also getting a new map, some balance changes and several quality of life changes when it comes to cosmetics. And hang in there, Daywalker devotees -- Blade is coming in Season 3.5 next month. Phoenix's abilities in Marvel Rivals Phoenix joins as yet another duelist -- an

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Gemini can now turn your photos into video with Veo 3

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-16 03:02:08

wGoogle's Veo 3 videos have propagated across the Internet since the model's debut in May, blurring the line between truth and fiction. Now, it's getting even easier to create these AI videos. The Gemini app is gaining photo-to-video generation, allowing you to upload a photo and turn it into a video. You don't have to pay anything extra for these Veo 3 videos, but the feature is only available to subscribers of Google's Pro and Ultra AI plans. When Veo 3 launched, it could conjure up a video b

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Mazda reveals next-gen CX-5 details, including a hybrid, due in 2027

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-16 03:10:41

A new version of Mazda's popular CX-5 SUV is on the way. Earlier today, the Japanese automaker revealed details about the third-generation CX-5, which goes on sale in Europe later this year before coming here in 2026. The current CX-5, first introduced in 2017, marked Mazda's move upmarket, with a renewed focus on elegant interiors and keen handling without luxury automaker prices. Mazda remains committed to its core principle of "Jinba Ittai"—the horse and rider being at one—and the cars remai

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Latest Tech News

As X loses its CEO, daily usage is down and competition is growing

Musk says Tesla is expanding Austin robotaxi service, adding Grok to cars

Gemini can now transform your boring stills into lifelike videos

Minimalist Android fans, Niagara Launcher’s Theme Collection is your new playground

Deal: Score a massive 55% discount on the Hisense U8 Mini-LED smart TV

This phone has an industry-first switchable dual telephoto camera

Gemini lands on the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro as it expands to third-party earbuds

YouTube starts rolling out redesigned video player that gives off Liquid Glass vibes [Gallery]

Prime Day-3 Deals: iPhone 16 Pro $365 off, iPad from $279, Nomad Find My wallet card $20, much more

This Prime Day Eufy robot vacuum deal is still in stock and saves you 50 percent

Google's Gemini app can now generate videos from static images

Disney and ITV partner up to show each other’s shows on their streaming services

Prime Day deals on air fryers include our favorite Ninja Foodi dual-zone model on sale for $180

Amazon Prime Day 2025: The deals that the Engadget team spent our hard-earned money on

Fed up with AI scraping your content? This open-source bot blocker can help - here's how

Android Auto not connecting? Try this one setting tweak - it worked for me

Why I recommend this TCL Mini LED TV over pricier OLED models (especially at $800 off)

Forget the subscription: this fitness band has everything I need to track my progress

The MacBook Air M4 brought me back to Apple (and at this price, I have no regrets)

The new Bluetti Elite 100 V2 for over 50% off is my favorite Prime Day power station deal

Analyzing Database Trends Through 1.8M Hacker News Headlines

Flix – A powerful effect-oriented programming language

Underwater turbine spinning for 6 years off Scotland's coast is a breakthrough

Is Gemini 2.5 good at bounding boxes?

The First ‘Red Sonja’ Trailer Feels Like an Early Aughts Throwback

Elon Musk’s Newest AI Chatbot Is Powerful, Controversial, and Already Under Fire

When Is the 'Love Island USA' Finale? Here's What to Know

Phoenix Joins Marvel Rivals on Friday: Here's What We Know About Season 3 So Far

Gemini can now turn your photos into video with Veo 3

Mazda reveals next-gen CX-5 details, including a hybrid, due in 2027

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