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Online Safety Act: What went wrong?

news.ycombinator.com Callum Booth 2025-12-18 20:00:55

The Online Safety Act recently rolled out in the UK and you’ll be very happy to hear it’s a raging dumpster fire. But this newsletter isn’t about that per se. Instead, in this poorly-considered mire, there’s a kernel of truth, a little glowing nugget that reveals what’s wrong with much technology regulation. Before we get to this little-discussed point, let’s cut up some context into bite-sized chunks and have a good old gobble. So, the Online Safety Act 2023. Theoretically it’s a Pretty Good

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IRS head says free Direct File tax service is ‘gone’

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-19 00:30:47

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 Trump administration may have just axed the IRS Direct File program. During a summit earlier this week, IRS Commissioner Billy Long said the free tax filing service is “gone,” adding that “big beautiful Billy wiped that out,” as reported earlier by Bloomberg

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AI Won’t Boost Human Productivity Yet, U.S. Federal Reserve Says

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-12-19 04:00:13

Generative AI is not just another tech hype cycle that is bound to die down but is instead a game-changer for human productivity, according to the Federal Reserve. The big caveat, though, is the road to get there will be “inherently slow” and “fraught with risk.” In a recent paper published by the Fed Board of Governors, researchers suggest that the hype around generative AI is probably not a bubble in the long run and that the technology will be a serious macroeconomic force, proving to have r

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AC or DC: Which Is Better?

wired.com Rhett Allain 2025-12-19 05:30:00

As the story goes, the rock band AC/DC took its name from a label on an old sewing machine in the Young brothers’ home. It must have meant that the machine could run on either alternating-current or direct-current electricity. Today, all the newfangled electronic devices in our homes run only on DC power—even lighting fixtures, now that LEDs have replaced incandescent bulbs. But wait. The electricity that comes out of your wall socket is alternating current. That means each device needs to conv

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Joby Aviation and defense contractor L3Harris to test autonomous hybrid aircraft

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-12-19 05:00:00

Joby Aviation is often cast as a developer of commercial electric air taxis, but the publicly traded company has also pursued a separate track to market through a long-standing relationship with the U.S. Department of Defense. Now, its years of research and development with the Department of Defense may be paying off. The company on Thursday said it had signed an agreement with defense contractor L3Harris Technologies to “explore opportunities” to develop a new aircraft class — specifically, a

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Proposed "Click to Cancel" Act tackles subscription traps with clearer cancellation rules (again)

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-12-19 16:15:00

What just happened? A court decision temporarily halted the rollout of the FTC's click-to-cancel rule last month, but the drive for greater transparency and simplicity for consumers navigating the subscription economy remains strong. State-level regulations on automatic renewals are still in effect in areas such as California and New York, and now federal lawmakers are once again turning their attention to this issue. Democratic lawmakers have introduced the Click to Cancel Act, a bill designed

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You might not need tmux

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-19 14:04:16

Hear me out, I can already read the descenting opinions: But I need session persistence! But I need split windows! But I need to group windows per project! But I need lots of terminals inside of a remote server! I had the exact same response whenever someone would argue against using tmux . For context, I've been a huge fan of tmux and have been using it as a daily part of my workflow for 7+ years. Whether I'm developing on my local machine or in SSH, I was using tmux . However, a couple o

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SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3P Review: A Big Upgrade From Budget Gaming Headsets

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-12-19 15:00:57

Voice chatting in games is important; everyone who’s ever played a co-op shooter knows that. And as someone who plays dumb baby games like Fortnite constantly, I can attest. The thing about comms, or more specifically, in-game audio, is that it can be unstable, which is why investing in a gaming headset to minimize hiccups is key. On that front, I’ve been slacking; I’ve been using a terrible gaming headset that looks like a Fisher-Price version of a real one, which has gotten me by with a very b

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AI Won’t Boost Human Productivity Just Yet, a New Paper From the Federal Reserve Says

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-12-19 16:00:13

Generative AI is not just another tech hype cycle that is bound to die down but is instead a game-changer for human productivity, according to the Federal Reserve. The big caveat, though, is the road to get there will be “inherently slow” and “fraught with risk.” In a recent paper published by the Fed Board of Governors, researchers suggest that the hype around generative AI is probably not a bubble in the long run and that the technology will be a serious macroeconomic force, proving to have r

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Tech giants blocking some Ukraine and Gaza posts under new online rules

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-19 14:38:38

Tech giants blocking some Ukraine and Gaza posts under new online rules 4 hours ago Share Save Ned Davies, Shayan Sardarizadeh & Matt Murphy BBC Verify Share Save Getty Images Social media companies are blocking wide-ranging content - including posts about the wars in Ukraine and Gaza - in an attempt to comply with the UK's new Online Safety Act, BBC Verify has found. The new legislation, which came into effect last Friday, imposes fines on social media companies and other websites which fa

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Apple Glasses rumors signal that Apple thinks Mark Zuckerberg is right

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-19 09:57:53

Apple Glasses are reportedly in development with a targeted 2026 launch, and rumors around the new AI product indicate that Apple may find itself in surprising agreement with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg says glasses are ‘ideal form factor for AI’ Yesterday Meta reported its quarterly earnings, and Mark Zuckerberg shared a big vote of confidence in smart glasses on the investor call. Per Meta’s transcript of the call, here’s what Zuckerberg said: I continue to think that glasses are

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A Hitchhiker's Guide to the AI Bubble

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-20 05:04:23

"The competition for AGI—AI that surpasses humans at all cognitive tasks—is of fundamental geopolitical importance." That's The Economist, last week. Not some breathless tech blogger or venture capitalist talking their book. The world's most prestigious economic publication. Notice the framing - it treats AGI as a foregone geopolitical contest. They're not wrong about the competition. They're just wrong about what we're competing for. I started coding again last year. First time in 13 years.

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Nitrous Oxide Deaths in America Are Surging

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-12-20 03:20:29

A common sedative sometimes taken to get high is becoming deadlier. Research out this week finds that annual U.S. deaths caused by nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or whippits, have significantly spiked over the past decade and a half. Researchers at the University of Mississippi and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign conducted the study, an analysis of mortality data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They found that yearly reported nitrous ox

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Horrifyingly Huge New Stick Insect Discovered Exactly Where You Think

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-12-20 05:05:48

Australia is famous for hosting the weirdest creatures we’ve ever seen. Sometimes, these weird creatures also come extra-large—like the newly discovered stick insect that researchers believe may be the heaviest of all Aussie insects. The insect, named Acrohylla alta, is about 15 inches (40 centimeters) long—about the height of a bowling pin—and weighs around 0.1 pounds (44 grams), slightly lighter than the heaviest golf ball. In a recent Zootaxa paper, wildlife researchers Angus Emmott and Ross

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 1, #782

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-20 04:00:05

Looking for the most recent 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, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle could be tough. But I admit I really liked the nostalgic blue category. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and t

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Apple reports biggest revenue growth since December 2021

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-12-20 10:51:45

Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the world premiere of "F1" at Times Square in New York on June 16, 2025. Apple reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday that topped Wall Street expectations for profit and revenue. iPhone sales grew 13% year-over-year and overall revenue grew 10% — Apple's largest quarterly revenue growth since December 2021. Apple shares were up about 3% in after-hours trading on Thursday. Here's how Apple did versus consensus estimates for the quarter ending June 28: Earnings

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Microsoft Predicts These Jobs Are Safe From AI

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-12-20 10:05:42

Much ink has already been spilled about the threat of AI to various labor markets. As new forms of automation seep into industries, folks want to know which jobs are endangered and which are safe. Well, a new study published by Microsoft researchers purports to show which positions have the most AI “applicability,” and which do not. From the research, you might assume you could predict which careers have longevity and which may soon go the way of the Dodo—although the report itself denies that t

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Paint.NET is a free and flexible image editor for Windows

techspot.com Unknown 2025-12-20 15:04:00

Paint.NET is an image and photo editing application for Windows. It features an intuitive user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins. It started development as an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is now maintained and developed by Rick Brewster. Originally intended as a free replacement for the

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AI is a floor raiser, not a ceiling raiser

news.ycombinator.com Elroy Team 2025-12-20 12:01:37

AI is a Floor Raiser, not a Ceiling Raiser¶ A reshaped learning curve¶ Before AI, learners faced a matching problem: learning resources have to be created with a target audience in mind. This means as a consumer, learning resources were suboptimal fits for you: You're a newbie at $topic_of_interest , but have knowledge in related topic $related_topic . But finding learning resources that teach $topic_of_interest in terms of $related_topic is difficult. , but have knowledge in related topic .

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Slow

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-20 15:00:58

Slow What problems can human beings only solve over a very long period of time? And how can we build institutions that solve those problems? Below is a list of marvellous projects which human beings have undertaken over an exceptionally long time. Many examples contributed by people on Twitter. The focus is on goal-directed projects (e.g., a scientific experiment or a building), less on more decentralized or unplanned changes (e.g., languages, domestication of livestock, cities, religions). O

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AI Is a Floor Raiser, Not a Ceiling Raiser

news.ycombinator.com Elroy Team 2025-12-20 18:01:37

AI is a Floor Raiser, not a Ceiling Raiser¶ A reshaped learning curve¶ Before AI, learners faced a matching problem: learning resources have to be created with a target audience in mind. This means as a consumer, learning resources were suboptimal fits for you: You're a newbie at $topic_of_interest , but have knowledge in related topic $related_topic . But finding learning resources that teach $topic_of_interest in terms of $related_topic is difficult. , but have knowledge in related topic .

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Design and development shop the Iconfactory is selling some apps — and AI is partially to blame

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-12-20 18:36:05

At one point, an app called Twitterrific was one of the most popular iPhone apps for browsing Twitter. These days, the company behind that app, and the many apps that followed, is struggling. And AI may partially be to blame. On Wednesday, the company known as the Iconfactory admitted it was at a crossroads and was putting up several of its apps for sale due to a lack of resources. While the announcement positioned the matter as a situation where the Iconfactory’s app catalog had simply grown t

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NVIDIA is ending support for its GTX 10-, 9- and 7-series GPUs

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-21 00:31:12

NVIDIA is calling time on its Maxwell, Pascal and Volta GPUs, with one last significant driver release scheduled for October. This means that all graphics cards belonging to the GeForce GTX 7-, 9- and 10-series categories will only receive quarterly security updates beyond the October cutoff, with support ending entirely three years later in 2028. While they’ll still work after that, they won’t be optimized for new games and are more vulnerable to technical exploits. NVIDIA described its 11-yea

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This handy NordVPN tool flags scam calls on Android - even before you answer

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-12-21 00:10:31

NordVPN / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways NordVPN can detect a scam call before you answer it. The Scam Call Protection is only for NordVPN Premium Android users. Future features include caller ID for legitimate calls and an option to report. Your phone rings, but the call is from an unknown number. Should you pick it up? It could be important. Or it could be a scam call. You're not sure what to do. Well, a new tool from the folks at NordVPN could help you decide. Scam C

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Introduction to XEphem (Motif)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-21 00:17:25

Introduction to XEphem To start the program, log into one of the Mac classroom computers. Then click the Application icon in the dock. Navigate to the program itself like so. Other Applications xephem-3_7_1 When you click on the program's name to start it, you may have to wait a short time while the program loads. Eventually, when it has finished loading all its datafiles, you'll see the Main XEphem Window. Items which look like slightly raised rectangles indicate that you can change their

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Design and development shop the Iconfactory is selling some apps —and AI is partially to blame

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-12-21 00:36:05

At one point, an app called Twitterrific was one of the most popular iPhone apps for browsing Twitter. These days, the company behind that app, and the many apps that followed, is struggling. And AI may partially be to blame. On Wednesday, the company known as the Iconfactory admitted it was at a crossroads and was putting up several of its apps for sale due to a lack of resources. While the announcement positioned the matter as a situation where the Iconfactory’s app catalog had simply grown t

Topics: ai app apps company iconfactory

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A Deadly Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease Is Hitting NYC

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-12-21 05:05:01

A deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease is ripping through Central Harlem in New York City. Local health officials report that about two dozen residents have been sickened by the pneumonia-causing bacteria so far this month. The NYC Health Department issued its latest update on the outbreak Wednesday, following its first report last week. Since July 25, there have been 22 cases of Legionnaires’ disease diagnosed throughout the area, along with one death. Residents in the affected neighborhoo

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Octopath Traveler 0 Isn't Just a Prequel, It's a Whole New Approach

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-21 04:22:53

The Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase on Thursday showed trailers for some games already announced for the Nintendo Switch 2 and revealed a few new ones as well. The biggest of those debut games is the third game in the Octopath Traveler series, Octopath Traveler 0. As the "0" implies, this game is a prequel to the first Octopath Traveler game, released on the original Switch in 2019. This turn-based RPG makes a big change to the series by allowing players to make their own protagonist instead o

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Spikes in malicious activity precede new security flaws in 80% of cases

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-21 08:00:00

Researchers have found that in roughly 80% of cases, spikes in malicious activity like network reconnaissance, targeted scanning, and brute-forcing attempts targeting edge networking devices are a precursor to the disclosure of new security vulnerabilities (CVEs) within six weeks. This has been discovered by threat monitoring firm GreyNoise, which reports these occurrences are not random, but are rather characterized by repeatable and statistically significant patterns. GreyNoise bases this on

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Android Auto not connecting? This one setting tweak fixed things for me

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-21 10:08:00

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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Latest Tech News

Online Safety Act: What went wrong?

IRS head says free Direct File tax service is ‘gone’

AI Won’t Boost Human Productivity Yet, U.S. Federal Reserve Says

AC or DC: Which Is Better?

Joby Aviation and defense contractor L3Harris to test autonomous hybrid aircraft

Proposed "Click to Cancel" Act tackles subscription traps with clearer cancellation rules (again)

You might not need tmux

SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3P Review: A Big Upgrade From Budget Gaming Headsets

AI Won’t Boost Human Productivity Just Yet, a New Paper From the Federal Reserve Says

Tech giants blocking some Ukraine and Gaza posts under new online rules

Apple Glasses rumors signal that Apple thinks Mark Zuckerberg is right

A Hitchhiker's Guide to the AI Bubble

Nitrous Oxide Deaths in America Are Surging

Horrifyingly Huge New Stick Insect Discovered Exactly Where You Think

Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 1, #782

Apple reports biggest revenue growth since December 2021

Microsoft Predicts These Jobs Are Safe From AI

Paint.NET is a free and flexible image editor for Windows

AI is a floor raiser, not a ceiling raiser

Slow

AI Is a Floor Raiser, Not a Ceiling Raiser

Design and development shop the Iconfactory is selling some apps — and AI is partially to blame

NVIDIA is ending support for its GTX 10-, 9- and 7-series GPUs

This handy NordVPN tool flags scam calls on Android - even before you answer

Introduction to XEphem (Motif)

Design and development shop the Iconfactory is selling some apps —and AI is partially to blame

A Deadly Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease Is Hitting NYC

Octopath Traveler 0 Isn't Just a Prequel, It's a Whole New Approach

Spikes in malicious activity precede new security flaws in 80% of cases

Android Auto not connecting? This one setting tweak fixed things for me

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