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The Pacific Dodged a Monster Tsunami After One of the Biggest Quakes Ever. Here’s Why

gizmodo.com Alan Dykes 2025-12-19 02:55:52

The earthquake near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on July 30, 2025, generated tsunami waves that have reached Hawaii and coastal areas of the U.S. mainland. The earthquake’s magnitude of 8.8 is significant, potentially making it one of the largest quakes ever recorded. Countries around much of the Pacific, including in East Asia and North and South America, issued alerts and, in some cases, evacuation orders in anticipation of potentially devastating waves. Waves of up to

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The Next Planet Parade Takes Place at the End of This Month. Here's How to See the Planets Line Up

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-19 05:00:14

Fresh off the excitement of the Perseids meteor shower is a chance to see six planets lined up in the sky at once. These events, colloquially known as planet parades, only occur about once or twice a year, with the most recent one in February showing off all seven planets in our solar system at once. The next one will feature six of our closest celestial neighbors, and the event starts on Aug. 20. The six planets sharing the sky will be Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. Mars

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The King Is Watching condenses kingdom-building strategy to a single screen

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-19 03:30:03

Game details Developer: Hypnohead Publisher: Tinybuild Platform: Windows Release Date: July 21, 2025 ESRB Rating: N/A Price: $15 Links: Steam | Twitter As satisfying as a successful real-time strategy game campaign can be, dealing with a complex RTS map can often be overwhelming. Keeping track of multiple far-flung resource-production bases, groups of units, upgrade trees, and surprise encounters with the enemy requires a level of attention-splitting that can strain even the best multitas

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Can your PC run Battlefield 6? Full system requirements and multiplayer details revealed

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-12-19 21:16:00

What just happened? Most big PC releases these days come with the anxiety of whether your PC will be able to play them well – or at all. Thankfully, Battlefield 6's just-revealed PC requirements are pretty forgiving. DICE and EA have also unveiled a slew of extra information about the FPS, including more on its multiplayer element and next month's Open Betas. Battlefield 6's minimum system requirements ask for at least an RTX 2060, RX 5600 XT 6GB, or Intel Arc A380 paired with an Intel Core i5-

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Pwn2Own hacking contest pays $1 million for WhatsApp exploit

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-19 21:40:08

The Zero Day Initiative is offering a $1 million reward to security researchers who will demonstrate a zero-click WhatsApp exploit at its upcoming Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 hacking contest. The record bounty targets zero-click security flaws that allow code execution without user interaction on the messaging platform used by more than three billion people worldwide. Meta, alongside Synology and QNAP, is co-sponsoring the Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 competition, which will take place from October 21 to Oct

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The King is Watching condenses kingdom-building strategy to a single screen

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-19 21:30:03

Game details Developer: Hypnohead Publisher: Tinybuild Platform: Windows Release Date: July 21, 2025 ESRB Rating: N/A Price: $15 Links: Steam | Twitter As satisfying as a successful real-time strategy game campaign can be, dealing with a complex RTS map can often be overwhelming. Keeping track of multiple far-flung resource-production bases, groups of units, upgrade trees, and surprise encounters with the enemy requires a level of attention-splitting that can strain even the best multitas

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“No tax on tips” is an industry plant

news.ycombinator.com Eyal Press 2025-12-19 11:47:27

In 2021, an amendment to raise the federal minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour and phase out the subminimum wage for tipped workers was attached to President Joe Biden’s pandemic-relief package. But the Senate parliamentarian removed the proposal from the bill, on procedural grounds. Bernie Sanders, then the Budget Committee chairman, forced a vote on the bill anyway, with the provision included. This decision sparked a furor among supposedly liberal lawmakers, according to Ari Rabin-Havt, S

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Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 02:19:37

Thank you for visiting! Come back in a week to cry again. ‍ Enter your email for our free eBook on crying's benefits and exclusive updates on future projects. Thank you for visiting! Refresh the page to try again. ‍ Enter your email for our free eBook on crying's benefits and exclusive updates on future projects.

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I made a website that makes you cry

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 14:19:37

Thank you for visiting! Come back in a week to cry again. ‍ Enter your email for our free eBook on crying's benefits and exclusive updates on future projects. Thank you for visiting! Refresh the page to try again. ‍ Enter your email for our free eBook on crying's benefits and exclusive updates on future projects.

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'Fantastic Four: First Steps': What to Know About Post-Credits Scenes

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-20 04:00:06

Marvel's newest movie is here, and we have good and bad news. The good: You don't have to do any homework before seeing The Fantastic Four: First Steps, according to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige. The bad: It's the last Marvel flick we're getting until 2026. More good: It has a super Rotten Tomatoes score. More bad: You'll miss out if you don't stick around to watch the credits. The Fantastic Four: First Steps premiered in theaters last week and kicks off Phase Six of the Marvel Cinemati

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Nitrous Oxide Deaths in America Are Surging

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-12-20 09:20:29

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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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 1, #1504

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-20 10:00:04

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Wordle puzzle refers to something that is famously associated with both Kermit the Frog and comedian Steve Martin. It's a fun word, but the letters are a bit tricky. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If

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Donald Trump’s New Crypto Bible Is Everything the Industry Ever Wanted

wired.com Joel Khalili 2025-12-20 04:30:03

The White House has laid out its plan to usher in a “new American Golden Age,” with cryptocurrency at its center. In a 160-page report published Wednesday, White House representatives outlined a series of recommendations to federal government officials as they set about building a legal framework and regulatory ruleset for companies handling crypto assets in the US. If put into action by lawmakers and regulators, the recommendations would effectively gift the crypto industry—which spent hundre

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Coinbase says it's launching tokenized stocks, predictions markets for U.S. users in coming months

cnbc.com Tanaya Macheel 2025-12-20 16:11:33

Coinbase is planning to expand its core trading app beyond crypto, the company said Thursday. The newly imagined "everything exchange" will include tokenized real-world assets, stocks, derivatives, prediction markets and early-stage token sales. The new offerings will roll out in the next few months, first to U.S. users, followed by a "gradual international rollout based on jurisdictional approvals," Max Branzburg, vice president of product at Coinbase, told CNBC. "We're building an exchange f

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Denver rent is back to 2022 prices after 20k new units hit the market

news.ycombinator.com Sarah Mulholland 2025-12-20 16:29:55

With 20,000 new units on the market, prices are down about 3.7 percent. New apartment buildings under construction in on Holly Street in Denver’s North Park Hill neighborhood, June 20, 2024. Apartment rents in the Denver metro continue to slide. The average rent in the area fell 3.7 percent in the second quarter compared to the prior year, according to a new report from the Apartment Association of Metro Denver. Rents started falling at the end of last year, the association’s data show. The

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SEC debuts 'Project Crypto' to bring U.S. financial markets 'on chain'

cnbc.com Tanaya Macheel 2025-12-20 21:08:26

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday debuted "Project Crypto," an initiative to modernize securities rules and regulations to allow for crypto-based trading. "To achieve President Trump's vision of making America the crypto capital of the world, the SEC must holistically consider the potential benefits and risks of moving our markets from an off-chain environment to an on-chain one," SEC chair Paul Atkins said in remarks to an "American Leadership in the Digital Finance Revolution

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The best sports watches of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2025-12-20 21:46:35

Ordinary smartwatches are great for communication and using apps, but dedicated GPS sports watches provide extensive customization of the user experience with a focus on training. You don't have to be a professional triathlete to enjoy the Garmin Fenix 8 AMOLED, available starting at $1,100, and avid runners could easily train and excel using a value sport watch like the Coros Pace Pro, priced at $349. With a sports watch, your sleep, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and more can hel

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Slow

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-20 21:00:58

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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Meta faces antitrust investigation over AI chatbot integration in WhatsApp

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-12-21 00:31:00

In brief: Meta began integrating its AI chatbot into WhatsApp in 2024, offering users easy access to its large language model service. This move may have breached Europe's antitrust laws, and Italian authorities are now weighing whether to impose a substantial fine on the US company. The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) recently launched an antitrust investigation into Meta AI's integration within WhatsApp. In March 2025, Meta began pre-installing its AI chatbot in the messaging app, which

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How to Scan Force Pushed Commits for Secrets

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-21 00:10:21

Key Insights The new Force Push Scanner tool scans for secrets in dangling commits on GitHub that remain exposed after certain force push operations. Run the following command to scan your GitHub repositories: python force_push_scanner . py -- db - file pushes . sqlite3 -- scan < github_org / user Zero-Commit Force Push operations: where developers attempt to erase mistakes by resetting their git history without pushing new commits. There are tens of millions of dangling commits publicly acc

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Uber Eats Is Giving You a Taste of AI With These New App Features

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-21 00:36:24

Artificial intelligence features are popping up everywhere. From how you search the web to your photo editing skills, bots are probably a part of your day-to-day life. Now Uber Eats wants a bite. The food delivery service, powered by ride-share comoany Uber, shared a statement on Thursday about the rollout of AI features for restaurants and customers. A few of the updates bring Uber Eats in closer competition with DoorDash, which already has a few of Uber Eats' new features. AI won't control e

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Introduction to XEphem (Motif)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-21 06:17:25

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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The Wyndham Championship 2025: TV Schedule Today, How to Watch, Stream All the PGA Tour Golf From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-21 04:45:00

The PGA Tour heads to North Carolina for the final regular-season event on the 2025 calendar, as a strong lineup takes on the Wyndham Championship. Keep reading to find out the best live TV streaming services you can use to watch each day of the tournament live wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if they're not available where you are. This weekend's action at the 7,131-yard, par-70 Sedgefield Country Club course provides the final opportunity players have to get into the top 7

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Tesla’s ‘robotaxi’ rides in San Francisco have a human at the wheel

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-21 06:20:52

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. Tesla’s newly-launched ride-hailing service in San Francisco isn’t quite ready for the “robotaxi” designation. After launching its robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, with a “safety monitor” in the passenger seat last month, a video of Tesla’s service in San Francisco shows a vehicle arriving with a human at the wheel, as reported earlier by Business I

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Quora’s Poe releases a developer API with access to a bouquet of AI models

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-12-21 06:00:00

Quora’s AI platform Poe announced on Thursday that it’s releasing an API that allows developers to easily access different models or bots for their own applications. The API doesn’t require a separate fee. Instead, usage is tracked via Poe’s existing point-based subscription plans, where each model call costs a set number of points. For instance, low-quality image generation through GPT-4o in a 1:1 aspect ratio and 1024 x 1024 size would cost 328 points. Today, Poe’s plans include the $4.99 pe

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U.S. senators introduce new pirate site blocking bill, "Block BEARD"

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-21 09:55:16

Efforts to introduce pirate site blocking to the United States continue with the introduction of the "Block BEARD" bill in the Senate. The bipartisan proposal, backed by Senators Tillis, Coons, Blackburn, and Schiff, aims to create a new legal mechanism to combat foreign piracy websites. Block BEARD is similar to the previously introduced House bill "FADPA", but doesn't directly mention DNS resolvers. After a decade of focusing efforts overseas, the push for website blocking has landed back on

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‘Gremlins 3’ Is Waiting for Steven Spielberg’s Approval

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-12-21 08:00:01

Bloober Team’s The Medium is heading to the big screen. Friday the 13th prequel Crystal Lake adds another deep-cut connection to its cast. Plus, what’s coming on Revival. Spoilers away! Gremlins 3 During a recent appearance at Manchester’s Comic-Con (via Games Radar), Zach Galligan revealed a script has been written for a third Gremlins movie Warner Bros. is “waiting on” Steven Spielberg to “read and approve.” After 35 years, they’ve come up with a script […] Warner Bros. is incredibly intere

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Arm stock tumbles on chip designer's muted profit forecast

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-21 16:42:57

Shares of Arm Holdings plunged 12% on Thursday after the chip designer offered muted guidance for earnings. Second-quarter adjusted earnings will be between 29 cents and 37 cents per share, Arm said late Wednesday. Wall Street had projected 35 cents per share. The company forecast second-quarter revenue of $1.01 billion to $1.11 billion, which was in line with consensus estimates of $1.05 billion. The concerning outlook was amplified by commentary from Arm CEO Rene Haas, who indicated the com

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I May Never Ride an Amusement Park Ride Again After Watching Netflix's Latest Docuseries

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-21 15:00:03

Each week, Netflix releases a list of the Top 10 films and TV shows dominating the platform, and for the week of July 21, the new original docuseries Critical: Between Life and Death made a big impression on viewers and it ranked No. 7 in the platform's most-watched shows. While medical shows -- including series like The Pitt, Pulse and ER -- have always been popular, Critical is an unscripted documentary that depicts real-life emergencies as they're happening. What makes it so captivating is th

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Apple to announce Q3 2025 earnings today, here’s how to listen in live

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-21 21:35:41

Apple is set to release its Q3 2025 earnings results later today, followed by a conference call set to start at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET. Here’s how you can listen in live. Trade tensions to play a major role in today’s results Right after the market closes later today, Apple is set to report its Q3 2025 earnings, offering a clearer picture of how its many businesses did between April and June, as well as how ongoing trade tensions with key supplier countries like China and India have impac

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The Pacific Dodged a Monster Tsunami After One of the Biggest Quakes Ever. Here’s Why

The Next Planet Parade Takes Place at the End of This Month. Here's How to See the Planets Line Up

The King Is Watching condenses kingdom-building strategy to a single screen

Can your PC run Battlefield 6? Full system requirements and multiplayer details revealed

Pwn2Own hacking contest pays $1 million for WhatsApp exploit

The King is Watching condenses kingdom-building strategy to a single screen

“No tax on tips” is an industry plant

Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry

I made a website that makes you cry

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 1, #1504

Donald Trump’s New Crypto Bible Is Everything the Industry Ever Wanted

Coinbase says it's launching tokenized stocks, predictions markets for U.S. users in coming months

Denver rent is back to 2022 prices after 20k new units hit the market

SEC debuts 'Project Crypto' to bring U.S. financial markets 'on chain'

The best sports watches of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

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Meta faces antitrust investigation over AI chatbot integration in WhatsApp

How to Scan Force Pushed Commits for Secrets

Uber Eats Is Giving You a Taste of AI With These New App Features

Introduction to XEphem (Motif)

The Wyndham Championship 2025: TV Schedule Today, How to Watch, Stream All the PGA Tour Golf From Anywhere

Tesla’s ‘robotaxi’ rides in San Francisco have a human at the wheel

Quora’s Poe releases a developer API with access to a bouquet of AI models

U.S. senators introduce new pirate site blocking bill, "Block BEARD"

‘Gremlins 3’ Is Waiting for Steven Spielberg’s Approval

Arm stock tumbles on chip designer's muted profit forecast

I May Never Ride an Amusement Park Ride Again After Watching Netflix's Latest Docuseries

Apple to announce Q3 2025 earnings today, here’s how to listen in live

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