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Want a Sustainable Phone? The Modular Fairphone 6 Could Be the Answer

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-15 16:24:00

Sustainable tech leader Fairphone unveiled its latest modular device on Thursday at an event in Amsterdam, presenting a clear challenge to mainstream phone-makers everywhere. The Fairphone 6 is a fully repairable phone built to last, with what the company says is its lowest carbon footprint yet. Fairphone is a phone-maker like no other. Rather than being just another tech company making a generic Android phone, Fairphone is a value-driven Dutch social enterprise that sources materials ethically

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Here’s a running list of all of Tesla’s robotaxi mishaps so far

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-09-15 21:56:08

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Tesla’s robotaxi rollout has been rockier than the fanboys and influencers who got early access to the company’s driverless vehicles would like you to believe. And thanks to these diligent Redditors, we now have a list of all the mistakes the company’s “unsupervised” vehicles have made in the first couple days. Several inc

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Bumble jumps 26% as dating company plans to axe 30% of workforce

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-09-16 01:44:25

DANA POINT, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 27: Whitney Wolfe Herd, Founder & CEO, Bumble speaks onstage during Vox Media's 2023 Code Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel on September 27, 2023 in Dana Point, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media) Bumble shares rallied more than 26% Wednesday after the dating app company revealed in a securities filing that it intends to slash 30% of its workforce, or about 240 roles. The layoffs will result in $13 million to $18 million

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Drone maker AeroVironment shares pop 20% on earnings beat

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2025-09-16 01:58:25

In this article An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the AeroVironment Inc. booth during the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) in Tampa, Florida, US, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. AeroVironment stock rocketed more than 20% higher Wednesday as the drone maker beat fourth quarter expectations on the top and bottom lines. Here's how the company did compared to analyst expectations: Earnings : $1.61 per share adjusted vs $1.39 per share expected : $1.61 per share adjusted vs $1.3

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Applying to Jobs Has Become an AI-Powered Wasteland

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-16 01:12:52

If you’re one of millions of job seekers struggling to find stable employment, just know it’s probably not you. With the onslaught of so-called "generative AI" — Silicon Valley’s term for complex prediction algorithms that can be used to create new content based on vast amounts of material that they gathered without the permission of its creators — the job search has become a veritable gauntlet of fake job listings, automated application bots, and computer-generated interviews. Though it’s onl

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How to watch the Axiom Mission 4 astronauts reach the ISS

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-16 01:30:59

A new Dragon spacecraft launched on top of a Falcon 9 rocket at 2:31AM Eastern time on June 25, 2025 to take the four astronauts of Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station. It's the second Axiom mission that's been sponsored in part by national governments, with the country and space organization of each participant contributing to mission costs. Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson serves as the mission commander, while Indian Space Research Organisation astonaut Shubhanshu Shukla is

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Sourcehut Moving to Europe

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-15 22:29:58

Just received this: Hello! I'm writing to let you know that, as part of our work to move our business operations from the United States to Europe, we are rolling out changes to our terms of service and privacy policy. As promised, we are giving you two weeks notice and a chance to participate in the discussion about the proposed changes. You can review the diff of the proposed changes on the sr.ht-dev mailing list: https://lists.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/sr.ht-dev/patches/60282 The changes will take

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How to Think about Parallel Programming: Not! [video] (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Guy Steele 2025-09-13 05:12:22

InfoQ Homepage Presentations How to Think about Parallel Programming: Not! How to Think about Parallel Programming: Not! Like Reading list View Presentation Vertical Horizontal Full Speed: 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x Download MP3 Slides 01:09:36 Summary Guy L. Steele Jr. believes that it should not be the programmer’s job to think about parallelism, but languages should provide ways to transparently run tasks in parallel. This requires a new approach in building languages supporting algorithms b

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Second study finds Uber used opaque algorithm to dramatically boost profits

news.ycombinator.com Simon Goodley 2025-09-16 01:11:15

A second major academic institution has accused Uber of using opaque computer code to dramatically increase its profits at the expense of the ride-hailing app’s drivers and passengers. Research by academics at New York’s Columbia Business School concluded that the Silicon Valley company had implemented “algorithmic price discrimination” that had raised “rider fares and cut driver pay on billions of … trips, systematically, selectively, and opaquely”. The Ivy League business school research – w

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dbrand stops blaming customers for holding Switch 2 case wrong, offers Joy-Con grip replacements

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-16 05:04:19

Oliver Cragg / Android Authority TL;DR Users reported Switch 2 Joy-Cons easily detaching with the dbrand Killswitch case installed. dbrand’s initial response echoed Steven Jobs’ “you’re holding it wrong” debacle. Enhanced replacement units will be offered for free to all customers next month. If dbrand is known for anything, it’s premium products and excessive snark. Usually that works in its favor, but when several customers revealed a flaw in the Killswitch case for the Switch 2 on Reddit,

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Third places and neighborhood enterpenuership: Evidence from Starbucks cafes

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-16 05:10:21

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RV Camping This Summer? This Power Station With Solar Panels Is at a Record Low Price

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-09-16 05:25:27

If you’re heading out for camping this summer, having a reliable power station is already a smart move. But pairing your power station with a solar panel for true off-grid independence is even better—and right now, the Jackery Solar Generator 300 with a 100W panel is available at a record low price on Amazon, down by 40%. At just $298, this bundle is a steal compared to its original $499 price tag, which makes it one of the best (early Prime Day) deals you’ll find for a portable solar power set

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Want a Sustainable Phone? The Modular Fairphone 6 Could Be The Answer

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-16 02:24:00

Sustainable tech leader Fairphone unveiled its latest modular device on Thursday at an event in Amsterdam, presenting a clear challenge to mainstream phone-makers everywhere. The Fairphone 6 is a fully repairable phone built to last, with what the company says is its lowest carbon footprint yet. Fairphone is a phone-maker like no other. Rather than being just another tech company making a generic Android phone, Fairphone is a value-driven Dutch social enterprise that sources materials ethically

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Credit, Debit or Crypto? Mastercard Says It'll Add Stablecoin as a Payment Option

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-16 05:00:00

Cheng Xin/Getty Images How does a carousel of currencies -- cash, credit, crypto, installment -- attached to a single payment credential sound to you? Well, that's what Mastercard is touting with its One Credential, noting a particular interest in attracting Gen Z. Mastercard announced it's partnering with payment processor Fiserv to bring its recently announced stablecoin, FIUSD, to the Mastercard network. That means Mastercard One Credential users will be able to choose to pay with FIUSD, ca

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New space startup Lux Aeterna wants to make satellites reusable

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-09-16 05:00:00

Satellites can accomplish incredible tasks like provide internet, or help monitor wildfires. But many of them ultimately meet a fiery death burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere. Others use their last bit of fuel to move to so-called “graveyard” orbits, where they circle the planet in a perpetual deep freeze. A new startup called Lux Aeterna wants to change this. The Denver-based company, which is coming out of stealth today, has designed a reusable satellite called Delphi that it aims to launch

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Fairphone Gen 6 is here with a modular design that gives you even more freedom

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-16 12:00:51

Supplied by Fairphone TL;DR Fairphone has announced the Fairphone Gen 6 smartphone. The phone maintains a repairable, modular design, but now has accessories that attach to its back. The Fairphone Gen 6 has a recommended price of ~$695, while a deGoogled version will be available in the US for $899. Fairphone has made a name for itself over the years thanks to its repairable designs, long update policies, and sustainable approach to smartphone manufacturing. We’ve been expecting a new phone

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2025 iPad Pro production underway, but pricing expected to deter many

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-16 14:56:50

2025 iPad Pro production is reportedly already underway, as both Samsung and LG began making the displays earlier this month. The new models are expected to launch toward the end of the year, with October a likely bet. However, the high pricing of the OLED iPad Pro models is said to have deterred many potential buyers last year, and the same is expected to be true this year … Digitimes cites a Korean report. As reported by ZDNet Korea, Samsung Display (SDC) and LG Display (LGD) began mass pro

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This New Watch Is Being Purpose-Built for Space Exploration—and It's Not an Omega

wired.com Chris Hall 2025-09-16 14:00:00

When you think of space exploration and watches, one name immediately comes to mind: Omega. Since its Speedmaster chronograph was selected by NASA half a century ago it has become synonymous with space travel. The timing of a 13-second engine burn to save Apollo 13 cemented its role in space history, and Omega has not missed a single opportunity to deepen the partnership, from officially naming it the Moonwatch to creating endless commemorative limited editions (even if it is by no means the onl

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Google Wallet finally lets you fix your custom passes without deleting them first

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-16 15:32:08

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Wallet for Android now lets you edit your custom passes via an edit button. This is a welcome change as you previously had to delete and then re-add your custom pass if you wanted to edit it. This option seems to be a gradual release for now, so you might have to wait to see it on your phone. Google Wallet gained custom pass functionality almost a year ago, allowing users to create a digital pass from any text document. The app doesn’t let you

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Japan Adventures: A Designer's Perspective

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-13 21:15:13

Recently, our designer, José, embarked on an exciting trip, trading the familiar silhouette of the Seattle skyline for the dazzling and bustling streets of Tokyo, Japan. What started as a birthday getaway quickly evolved into a deep dive into Japan’s carry culture, offering fresh insights on how people move through their day, one bag and egg sandwich at a time. José returned not just with souvenirs, but with pages of observations. His notes, “Musings on Japan Carry Culture,” offer a peek into t

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Thoughts on Asunción, Paraguay

news.ycombinator.com Rasheed Griffith 2025-09-14 15:45:07

Almost two years ago I recorded a podcast with Tomás Mandl on his book Modern Paraguay: Uncovering South America's Best Kept Secret. If you have been following me since then you might already know that Friedrich Nietzsche’s sister moved to Paraguay with her husband to start a new German Colony to advance Nazi ambitions of Aryan supremacy. Perhaps, you already know that Alfredo Stroessner, the military dictator of Paraguay for 35 years (the longest Western Hemisphere Cold War dictator apart from

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Reading NFC Passport Chips in Linux

news.ycombinator.com Terence Eden 2025-09-16 15:33:59

For boring and totally not nefarious reasons, I want to read all the data contained in my passport's NFC chip using Linux. After a long and annoying search, I settled on roeften's pypassport. I can now read all the passport information, including biometrics. The NFC chip in a passport is protected by a password. The password is printed on the inside of the physical passport. As well as needing to be physically close to the passport for NFC to work, you also need to be able to see the password.

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HPE's GreenLake intelligence brings agentic AI to IT operations

techspot.com Bob O'Donnell 2025-09-16 13:44:00

In case you haven't heard, GenAI is old news. Now, it's all about agentic AI. At least, that certainly seems to be the theme based on the latest announcements from the major tech industry vendors. All of them are focused on driving the story of more autonomous actions enabled by AI. That said, there's still a tremendous amount of activity and advancement happening in the "traditional" era of generative AI – particularly around integrating the technology into businesses and their internal IT ope

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What’s inside Genspark? A new vibe working approach that ditches rigid workflows for autonomous agents

venturebeat.com Sean Michael Kerner 2025-09-16 13:09:24

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Vibe coding has been all the rage in recent months as a simple way for anyone to build applications with generative AI. But what if that same easy-going, natural language approach was extended to other enterprise workflows? That’s the promise of an emerging category of agentic AI applications. At VB Transform 2025 today, one such applicat

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Stanford’s ChatEHR allows clinicians to query patient medical records using natural language, without compromising patient data

venturebeat.com Taryn Plumb 2025-09-16 13:24:25

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more What would it be like to chat with health records the way one could with ChatGPT? Initially posed by a medical student, this question sparked the development of ChatEHR at Stanford Health Care. Now in production, the tool accelerates chart reviews for emergency room admissions, streamlines patient transfer summaries and synthesizes inform

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Few Americans pay for news when they encounter paywalls

news.ycombinator.com Emily Tomasik 2025-09-16 15:46:38

Compilation of major news outlets’ paywalls prompting readers to become paid subscribers to view their content. (Pew Research Center collage) Newspaper revenue has been in decline for decades, and most Americans now prefer to get news from digital devices. In this environment, many news organizations – and not just newspapers – put paywalls on their websites or apps, blocking access to articles or other content unless news consumers pay or subscribe. The vast majority of Americans (83%) say th

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Build your first iOS app on Linux / Windows

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-16 14:31:02

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Mid-sized cities outperform major metros at turning economic growth into patents

news.ycombinator.com Dave Deek 2025-09-16 12:26:19

New research provides ammunition for spreading federal R&D dollars beyond Silicon Valley. Economists Federica Coelli (EBRD) and Paul Pelzl (NHH Norwegian School of Economics) studied 2.5 million patents across 759 U.S. communities over 40+ years. Their finding: smaller urban areas innovate effectively when economies improve. Current reality: Just 5% of U.S. communities produce 75% of all patents. Share By the numbers: The boom effect: 8.3% increase in overall patents when oil/gas employment

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‘Ironheart’ Has Kinks to Work Out, But Flies High Enough

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-09-16 14:00:08

Since Avengers: Endgame, the MCU has examined which heroes will step up now that most of the original characters have bowed out. In the case of Iron Man, this question has mostly been answered in Spider-Man, but fans of the armored Avenger’s comics know his actual successor comes in Riri “Ironheart” Williams, introduced in 2016 by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato, Jr. Marvel brought Riri into the cinematic fold with 2022’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, with the promise of her eventually

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RFK Jr. Accuses Congressman of Being Paid by Big Pharma to Support Vaccines

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-09-16 15:40:29

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, faced over three hours of questioning at a House subcommittee hearing on Tuesday that covered everything from the shocking errors in his first major health report to his complete ignorance of federal lawsuits against major health insurance companies. But one of the standout moments during the hearing occurred when Kennedy suggested that a sitting member of Congress only opposed the health secretary’s actions because he was bought

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Want a Sustainable Phone? The Modular Fairphone 6 Could Be the Answer

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Want a Sustainable Phone? The Modular Fairphone 6 Could Be The Answer

Credit, Debit or Crypto? Mastercard Says It'll Add Stablecoin as a Payment Option

New space startup Lux Aeterna wants to make satellites reusable

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2025 iPad Pro production underway, but pricing expected to deter many

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Japan Adventures: A Designer's Perspective

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Mid-sized cities outperform major metros at turning economic growth into patents

‘Ironheart’ Has Kinks to Work Out, But Flies High Enough

RFK Jr. Accuses Congressman of Being Paid by Big Pharma to Support Vaccines

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