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What really happens when your phone runs out of RAM?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-21 16:00:00

Robert Triggs / Android Authority These days, high-end smartphones and even more affordable models ship with about as much RAM as a modern mid-range PC. And why shouldn’t they? We use our phones for various tasks, from flicking through countless apps to playing the latest high-end games. They all need RAM, and increasingly more of it, especially when it comes to chatting with a large language model or using AI to spruce up our media. Can your phone even run out of RAM these days? It sounds unl

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Facebook test uses Meta AI to process photos you've yet to upload

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-21 18:00:21

Facebook has been showing some users a pop-up message asking them if they want to allow the social network to create collages, recaps and AI restylings using photos they've yet to upload from their camera roll. According to TechCrunch, Facebook has been showing users the message when they upload a new Story on the app. It doesn't pop up for everyone, however, since we weren't able to replicate the event. In that notification, Meta wrote that in order to create ideas for users, it'll select media

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A short history of web bots and bot detection techniques

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-16 22:29:35

Did you know your favorite website can detect when you’re browsing it in public transport and when you scroll it laying in your bed? Today we’ll learn how they can do it and how this info is used to fight bots. I gave this talk at Google Developer Student Club Žilina, and CodeBeer in Bratislava last year. To be honest, I had already forgotten about it, but recently I found it in my notes, and damn, this stuff is interesting! So after a bit of editing and updates, here it is as an article. A sm

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Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-17 03:16:34

Last fall, Microsoft announced that individuals who wanted to keep using Windows 10 past its official end-of-support date could do so by opting into the company's Extended Security Update (ESU) program at a cost of $30 per PC. That payment would get users a single year of additional security updates. Today, less than four months before that October 14, 2025, cutoff, Microsoft is announcing additional options for people who can't or don't want to pay that fee. Individuals who want to pay $30 for

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This Prehistoric Trick Shows How Ice Age People Harvested Teeth for Jewelry

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-02-21 16:00:05

When piecing together the cultural practices of ancient humans, traditional archaeologists rely on clues from artifacts such as tools, bones, and pottery. Experimental archaeologists, however, go a step further—recreating past behaviors to experience how people once lived. That’s precisely what a team of researchers recently did to investigate how Stone Age communities in northeastern Europe extracted animal teeth to produce accessories. Led by Aija Macāne, a visiting scholar in the Department

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Anthropic's AI Training on Books Is Fair Use, Judge Rules. Authors Are More Worried Than Ever

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-21 15:00:03

Claude maker Anthropic's use of copyright-protected books in its AI training process was "exceedingly transformative" and fair use, US senior district judge William Alsup ruled on Monday. It's the first time a judge has decided in favor of an AI company on the issue of fair use, in a significant win for generative AI companies and a blow for creators. Two days later, Meta won part of its fair use case. Fair use is a doctrine that's part of US copyright law. It's a four-part test that, when the

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Meta Won Its AI Fair Use Lawsuit, but Judge Says Authors Are Likely 'to Often Win' Going Forward

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-21 15:00:04

AI companies scored another victory in court this week. Meta on Wednesday won a motion for partial summary judgment in its favor in Kadrey v. Meta, a case brought on by 13 authors alleging the company infringed on their copyright protections by illegally using their books to train its Llama AI models. The ruling comes two days after a similar victory for Claude maker Anthropic. But Judge Vince Chhabria stressed in his order that this ruling should be limited and doesn't absolve Meta of future c

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Did AI companies win a fight with authors? Technically

theverge.com Adi Robertson 2026-02-21 16:30:00

In the past week, big AI companies have — in theory — chalked up two big legal wins. But things are not quite as straightforward as they may seem, and copyright law hasn’t been this exciting since last month’s showdown at the Library of Congress. First, Judge William Alsup ruled it was fair use for Anthropic to train on a series of authors’ books. Then, Judge Vince Chhabria dismissed another group of authors’ complaint against Meta for training on their books. Yet far from settling the legal co

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Qwen VLo: From “Understanding” the World to “Depicting” It

news.ycombinator.com Qwen Team 2026-02-20 20:35:04

QWEN CHAT DISCORD The evolution of multimodal large models is continually pushing the boundaries of what we believe technology can achieve. From the initial QwenVL to the latest Qwen2.5 VL, we have made progress in enhancing the model’s ability to understand image content. Today, we are excited to introduce a new model, Qwen VLo, a unified multimodal understanding and generation model. This newly upgraded model not only “understands” the world but also generates high-quality recreations based o

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Facebook is starting to feed its AI with private, unpublished photos

theverge.com Tina Nguyen 2026-02-22 00:30:00

is a senior reporter for The Verge, covering the Trump administration, Elon Musk’s takeover of the federal government, and the tech industry’s embrace of the MAGA movement. For years, Meta’s trained its AI programs using the billions of public images uploaded by users onto Facebook and Instagram’s servers. But apparently, Meta has decided to try training its AI on the billions of images that users haven’t uploaded to those servers. On Friday, TechCrunch reported that Facebook users trying to p

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Google Sends Out Bizarre Email Saying AI Will Now Control Your Phone's Apps

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-22 14:27:12

One of the most powerful tech corporations on earth has a message for Android users: its AI will soon be taking control of your phone. Android users have begun receiving ominous emails warning that Gemini, Google's proprietary large language model (LLM), will soon be able to "help you" with apps like Phone, Messages, and WhatsApp. Crucially, the emails note that Gemini will be able to "help" users regardless of "whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off" — which prompted some understandab

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Model minimalism: The new AI strategy saving companies millions

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2026-02-22 15:00:00

This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “The Real Cost of AI: Performance, Efficiency and ROI at Scale.” Read more from this special issue. The advent of large language models (LLMs) has made it easier for enterprises to envision the kinds of projects they can undertake, leading to a surge in pilot programs now transitioning to deployment. However, as these projects gained momentum, enterprises realized that the earlier LLMs they had used were unwieldy and, worse, expensive. Ente

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Anthropic says Claude helps emotionally support users - we're not convinced

zdnet.com Radhika Rajkumar 2026-02-22 14:40:25

Richard Drury/Getty Images More and more, in the midst of a loneliness epidemic and structural barriers to mental health support, people are turning to AI chatbots for everything from career coaching to romance. Anthropic's latest study indicates its chatbot, Claude, is handling that well -- but some experts aren't convinced. Also: You shouldn't trust AI for therapy - here's why On Thursday, Anthropic published new research on its Claude chatbot's emotional intelligence (EQ) capabilities -- w

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New Process Uses Microbes to Create Valuable Materials from Urine

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-22 12:43:41

Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), UC Irvine, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), have used biology to convert human urine into a valuable product. The team genetically modified yeast to take the elements present in urine and create hydroxyapatite – a calcium and phosphorus-based mineral naturally produced by humans and other animals to build bones and teeth. Commercially manufactured hydroxyapatite is used in surgery and dentistry to

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YouTube’s mobile video editor is coming to iOS

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2026-02-22 15:38:02

Google is preparing to bring YouTube Create to iOS devices nearly two years after the video editing app launched exclusively on Android. Job listings reviewed by TechCrunch reveal the company is actively hiring engineers in India for the iOS development project. The job postings show Google is recruiting software engineers in Bengaluru specifically to build the iOS version. The original Android app debuted in the U.S. and seven other markets in September 2023, then expanded to 13 more markets b

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YouTube adds more AI, but not everyone's happy about it

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2026-02-22 20:37:00

The big picture: Is YouTube becoming harder to navigate as the platform increasingly embraces AI-generated "slop"? As many users start to ask that question, the Alphabet-owned company is doubling down, introducing even more AI-powered features aimed at enhancing search and enabling conversational interactions. Google recently confirmed that two new AI features are coming to YouTube. The company says the updates are aimed at helping users find what they're looking for more quickly and efficientl

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OpenAI’s Unreleased AGI Paper Could Complicate Microsoft Negotiations

wired.com Kylie Robison 2026-02-22 20:35:29

A small clause inside OpenAI’s contract with Microsoft, once considered a distant hypothetical, has now become a flashpoint in one of the biggest partnerships in tech. The clause states that if OpenAI’s board ever declares it has developed artificial general intelligence (AGI), it would limit Microsoft’s contracted access to the startup’s future technologies. Microsoft, which has invested more than $13 billion in OpenAI, is now reportedly pushing for the removal of the clause and is considering

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The first new iOS 18.6 features were just detailed by Apple

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-02-23 00:28:58

iOS 18.6 is currently being beta tested, with a launch expected in the next month or so. Unlike the major iOS 26 update arriving this fall, 18.6 will focus primarily on bug fixes and stability. But Apple has just shared details on two new features coming in iOS 18.6 too—at least for EU users. Installing apps and marketplaces from the web will get easier with iOS 18.6 Yesterday Apple announced sweeping changes coming to iPhone and iPad users in the EU. The updates involve App Store-related pol

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ChatGPT Use Is Rising But a Surprising Number of Americans Still Haven't Heard of It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-23 00:00:00

About a third of American adults say they've used the generative AI tool ChatGPT, while one in five say they've never heard of it, according to new survey results released this week by the Pew Research Center. The 34% who said they have used the gen AI tool from OpenAI include 58% of adults under 30, the largest share among any age cohort. The share of ChatGPT users drops with age: 41% of those 30 to 49, 25% of those 50 to 64 and 10% of those 65 and older. There is also a correlation with educa

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Copilot Chat in VS Code is now open source

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-22 22:06:43

GitHub Copilot - Your AI peer programmer GitHub Copilot is an AI peer programming tool that helps you write code faster and smarter. GitHub Copilot adapts to your unique needs allowing you to select the best model for your project, customize chat responses with custom instructions, and utilize agent mode for AI-powered, seamlessly integrated peer programming sessions. Sign up for GitHub Copilot Free! When you install Copilot in Visual Studio Code, you get two extensions: GitHub Copilot - Pr

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I have yet to find any Android tablet that I love more than the Pixel Tablet

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-23 15:30:39

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority It’s been two years (and a few days) since Google released the Pixel Tablet, and I’ve been using it since that very first day. At the time, I thought Google’s approach to an Android tablet was pretty weird but intriguing. Always-on, always ready, not really a Nest Hub, nor as powerful as the best Android tablets — it felt like a bit of a Frankenstein product that would only win the hearts of a small niche of users. I was part of that niche, and two years late

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Google Drive could soon help you decode documents faster (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-23 20:09:05

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Drive on Android is working on introducing Gemini-based PDF summary capabilities, similar to those found on Drive on the web. Users will soon be able to access PDF summaries directly within the PDF viewer via a three-dot menu or header icon. The app is also working on multi-file and limited folder summarization features that allow content across various Docs and PDFs to be summarized simultaneously. Google Drive has received many Gemini-relate

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No One Is in Charge at the US Copyright Office

wired.com Kate Knibbs 2026-02-23 20:20:43

It’s a tumultuous time for copyright in the United States, with dozens of potentially economy-shaking AI copyright lawsuits winding through the courts. It’s also the most turbulent moment in the US Copyright Office’s history. Described as “sleepy” in the past, the Copyright Office has taken on new prominence during the AI boom, issuing key rulings about AI and copyright. It also hasn’t had a leader in more than a month. In May, Copyright Register Shira Perlmutter was abruptly fired by email by

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Apple tests if AI assistants can anticipate the consequences of in-app actions

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-24 00:08:42

As AI agents come closer to taking real actions on our behalf (messaging someone, buying something, toggling account settings, etc.), a new study co-authored by Apple looks into how well do these systems really understand the consequences of their actions. Here’s what they found out. Presented recently at the ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces in Italy, the paper From Interaction to Impact: Towards Safer AI Agents Through Understanding and Evaluating Mobile UI Operation Impacts intro

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This Is the Least Rewarding Card in My Wallet. Here's Why I Still Use It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-23 23:00:00

CNET/Getty Images As a credit card writer, I carefully curate my wallet. I have cash-back cards that earn rewards on everyday spending, travel cards with useful perks and other cards that I've picked up for one reason or another. Most of them earn between 2% and 5% rewards in different categories or provide benefits such as trip insurance. Then there's my humble Capital One VentureOne Rewards Credit Card*, which earns a flat 1.25x miles on all purchases and comes with relatively few travel be

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Best Resume Writing Services for College Grads, Career Changes and Promotions in 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-24 04:00:00

Ease of use Creating a resume can be difficult enough on its own, so you'll want a resume writing tool or service that's easy to use. Luckily, many tools on this list walk you through what you need in your resume, like offering guidance on what to elaborate on. Some also make it simple to change the layout of your resume to help you differentiate yourself from other applicants. Many of the services here will connect you with a person who will ask questions about your work experience and then c

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Judge rejects Meta's claim that torrenting is “irrelevant” in AI copyright case

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-24 11:55:52

Now that Meta has largely beaten an AI training copyright lawsuit raised by 13 book authors—including comedian Sarah Silverman and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz—the only matter left to settle in that case is whether Meta violated copyright laws by torrenting books used to train Llama models. In an order that partly grants Meta's motion for summary judgment, judge Vince Chhabria confirmed that Meta and the authors would meet on July 11 to "discuss how to proceed on the plaintiffs’ sep

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Uv and Ray: Pain-Free Python Dependencies in Clusters

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-24 16:14:06

When we discovered the uv package manager , we realized that a new era of Python package management had arrived. It tackles the Python developers’ dependency headaches with consistency and speed, which also enables quick development cycles. Here is a (non-exhaustive) collection of things the folks from astral.sh are getting right that we really like: They package the whole environment : You don’t need to worry about setting up your own Python distribution which in itself can be quite cumbersom

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Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night

news.ycombinator.com Dreyer 2026-02-20 15:53:29

Capture and care of moths Bogong moths (A. infusa) of both sexes were caught in the wild during their autumn and spring migrations (2019 and 2018) using a LepiLED insect light (www.gunnarbrehm.de), or a vertical beam search light (model GT175, Ammon Luminaire Company), placed in front of a white sheet suspended between two trees. Almost all of the animals were caught near the Mount Selwyn Snowfields (southeast New South Wales, Australia: 35.914° S, 148.444° E; elevation, 1,600 m), which is appr

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WhatsApp Deploys AI, for Those Incapable of Comprehending Straightforward Messages From Their Friends and Family

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-24 23:19:24

WhatsApp Deploys AI, for Those Incapable of Comprehending Straightforward Messages From Their Friends and Family We are once again asking: who asked for this? Summary Judgment WhatsApp is now offering AI summaries of text threads for those too lazy to read through their messages themselves. In a press release, the Meta-owned messaging app framed the new AI summarizing function as an optional feature that can help busy users keep up with their texts. "We've all been there — rushing between m

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Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026

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New Process Uses Microbes to Create Valuable Materials from Urine

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Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night

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