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Want a free VPN? How to use ProtonVPN on Android without having to pay

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-09-14 15:32:19

June Wan/ZDNET I'm going to start off by saying that when presented with a free VPN service, I typically turn and run because most of those services cannot be trusted one bit. Even some paid VPN services aren't always what you think they should be. However, there are some VPNs that carry with them a reputation for being secure, stable and trustworthy. Nearly all of those VPNs have an associated cost, some of which can only be used for free during a trial period. And then there's ProtonVPN. A

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MIT student uses AI and printing tech to revolutionize art restoration

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-09-14 18:15:00

TL;DR: A new chapter in art conservation is unfolding at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where mechanical engineering graduate student Alex Kachkine has developed a technique that could dramatically change how damaged paintings are restored. For centuries, art restoration has been a painstaking, manual craft, with conservators spending months or even years meticulously retouching faded or cracked works, often matching colors by hand for thousands of tiny regions. Now, artificial intel

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Spotify’s much hated ‘Create’ button could soon go away, if you want it to (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-14 19:02:11

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Spotify introduced a “Create” button in its app’s bottom navigation, but the move sparked widespread user backlash. Code within the latest app release suggests the company is listening to user feedback, as it could soon give users an option to hide the Create button. This opt-out toggle is not yet live, nor has Spotify officially confirmed it. Old habits die hard, and Spotify is learning this the hard way. The service introduced the “Create” button on it

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2 clever ways Android 16 guards your security - but you need to enable them

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-09-14 19:35:48

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Google released Android 16 a bit earlier than expected, and although it was missing some crucial features, there are key additions to the platform that go a long way to improve security. This was an important step forward, as the need for improved security grows every year. Without companies like Google, Apple, and others upping the ante on security, the mobile space would wind up the wild west of the technological landscape, with ne'er-do-wells poppi

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SourceHut moves business operations from US to Europe

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-14 19:06:29

[PATCH sr.ht-docs v2] Terms of service & privacy updates Export this patch --- v2: rollback the premature removal of compliance with US law Will defer this until we finish shutting down the US business entity entirely. privacy.md | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++ ------------------------------- terms.md | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ------------------------ 2 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-) diff --git a/privacy.md b/privacy.md index ab96a1f..ed6eb5c 100644 --- a/privacy.md +++ b

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After successfully entering Earth’s atmosphere, a European spacecraft is lost

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-14 19:32:24

A European company that seeks to develop orbital spacecraft for cargo, and eventually humans, took a step forward this week with a test flight that saw its "Mission Possible" vehicle power up and fly successfully in orbit before making a controlled reentry into Earth's atmosphere. However, after encountering an "issue," the Exploration Company lost contact with its spacecraft a few minutes before touchdown in the ocean. In an update on LinkedIn Tuesday morning, the company characterized the te

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Historic paintings are being reborn with MIT's AI-based restoration method

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-09-15 04:15:00

TL;DR: A new chapter in art conservation is unfolding at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where mechanical engineering graduate student Alex Kachkine has developed a technique that could dramatically change how damaged paintings are restored. For centuries, art restoration has been a painstaking, manual craft, with conservators spending months or even years meticulously retouching faded or cracked works, often matching colors by hand for thousands of tiny regions. Now, artificial intel

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Amazon to invest £40 billion in the UK over next three years

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-09-15 02:19:10

LONDON — Amazon will invest £40 billion ($54 billion) in the U.K. over the next three years, the e-commerce titan announced Tuesday. The company said it plans to spend the money on building four new fulfillment centers — large warehouses where it prepares orders for delivery — as well as upgrades and expansions to its existing operations buildings across the country. The announcement was cheered by the British government, which has been courting investments from major tech players of late as i

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Google could face changes to search in the UK as regulators crack down

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-09-15 03:35:00

Google could face changes to its online search services in the U.K. after regulators raised concerns over the tech giant's dominance. The Competition and Markets Authority on Tuesday said it is consulting on a proposal to give Google "strategic market status," a designation under new competition rules for tech firms that hold entrenched power in a certain market. The watchdog was granted expanded competition and merger control powers this year as the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers

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Why you should always put your phone face down on a table (hint: it's not just about being polite)

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2025-09-15 01:30:13

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET A friend of mine recently told me, "I always keep my phone on silent mode… which doesn't matter because I compulsively look at it every three minutes anyway." He's not the only one. From becoming a text addict to having full-blown smartphone dependency, the urge to look at and interact with our "flat things" has been deeply ingrained into our collective behavior for some time now. Also: Best early Prime Day deals 2025: 30+ sales on tech products live now Monitoring your p

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Show HN: Weather Watching

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-14 09:25:48

Where is the camera? I won't tell you. But it's somewhere in Manhattan, below 14th Street. Thanks to Brian for technical pointers, and James for the idea to do clothes in addition to umbrellas!

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Trump's Attack May Instead Spur Iran to Speedrun a Nuclear Weapon It Wasn't Building Previously

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-14 18:26:50

Trump's Attack May Instead Spur Iran to Speedrun a Nuclear Weapon It Wasn't Building Previously An extremely ironic outcome. Bomb Squad President Donald Trump is trying to derail Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions by bombing its known nuclear research facilities — but it turns out that's easier said than done. US officials have trumpeted that the recent strikes obliterated Iran's nuclear enrichment sites, but satellite images have cast doubt on that claim. And in any case, Trump's bombing camp

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Minimal Boolean Formulas (2011)

news.ycombinator.com Russ Cox 2025-09-11 11:53:25

Minimal Boolean Formulas Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. 28. That's the minimum number of AND or OR operators you need in order to write any Boolean function of five variables. Alex Healy and I computed that in April 2010. Until then, I believe no one had ever known that little fact. This post describes how we computed it and how we almost got scooped by Knuth's Volume 4A which considers the problem for AND, OR, and XOR. A Naive Brute Force Approach Any Boolean function of two variables ca

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Should You Buy an Induction or Electric Stove? Here’s How to Make the Right Choice

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-15 04:10:00

Even if you enjoy cooking, waiting for a pot of water to boil is probably one of the things you'd rather not have to deal with. And yes, the more you watch it, the slower it boils -- that's just science. But did you know that some ways of heating a pot are quicker than others? They can be better for other reasons, too. Using an electric stove can take longer than you'd like, making a gas range the preferred choice -- not to mention they usually heat your pots and pans more evenly, too. And with

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Samsung confirms Unpacked for early July

theverge.com Allison Johnson 2025-09-15 07:00:00

is a reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Samsung’s summer Unpacked is officially on, starting at 10AM ET on Wednesday, July 9th. The invitation features a jazzy little bop and the words “Ultra Unfolds,” so I think it’s safe to assume we’re getting that foldable Ultra phone the company previously hinted at. The event is set to take place in Brooklyn, but you can watch

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Show HN: Pickaxe – A TypeScript library for building AI agents

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-12 05:07:51

Pickaxe: A Typescript library for building AI agents that scale Pickaxe is a simple Typescript library for building AI agents that are fault-tolerant and scalable. It handles the complexities of durable execution, queueing and scheduling, allowing you to focus on writing core business logic. It is not a framework. Everything in Pickaxe is just a function that you have written, which makes it easy to integrate with your existing codebase and business logic. You can build agents that call tools,

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Trump Snubbed Jared Isaacman as NASA Chief, but the Private Astronaut Isn’t Done With Space

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-09-15 09:24:41

Although Jared Isaacman is out of the running for the position of NASA administrator, the space enthusiast is still very much interested in staying in the game. In a recent appearance, Isaacman revealed he would still like to pursue launching robotic missions to space. This weekend, Isaacman received the National Space Society’s Wernher von Braun Award for the privately funded Polaris Dawn mission that he led in September 2024. After his speech, Isaacman spoke of plans he would have executed as

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Unreal Engine 5.6 outperforms 5.4 with up to 30% faster frame rates and improved lighting

techspot.com Cal Jeffrey 2025-09-15 15:04:00

Bottom line: Epic's latest version of Unreal Engine is making waves with substantial performance improvements and visual enhancements that address long-standing engine issues. Direct comparisons against Unreal Engine 5.4 show at least a 30-percent increase in performance, especially in CPU-limited scenarios. The findings come from tests by the YouTube channel MxBenchmarkPC (above), which put the Paris tech demo by Scans Factory (below) through its paces. Running on a system equipped with an RTX

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Media Matters is suing the FTC to block investigation into X advertiser boycott

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-15 14:45:15

Media Matters for America has sued the US Federal Trade Commission, claiming that the agency is unfairly targeting it in retaliation for past criticisms of the social media platform X in violation of the organization's First Amendment rights. It's the latest move in the ongoing hostilities between the nonprofit media watchdog and X owner Elon Musk. "The Federal Trade Commission seeks to punish Media Matters for its journalism and speech in exposing matters of substantial public concern—includin

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A solid-state battery breakthrough may be taking shape in Maryland

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-09-15 19:18:00

Forward-looking: In a quiet corner of Beltsville, Maryland, a new chapter in battery technology is unfolding. Ion Storage Systems, a company that began as a university research project, has emerged as a leading contender in the race to commercialize solid-state batteries – a technology long promised but rarely delivered at scale. After a recent visit to the company's Maryland facility, The Wall Street Journal concluded that Ion Storage Systems stands out as a company with a real chance of achie

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Trump Media Has a Bold Plan to Regain Confidence

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-09-15 19:56:45

Trump Media and Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social, announced an ambitious new financial strategy on Monday: it’s going to spend up to $400 million to buy its own stock. In a press release, CEO Devin Nunes framed the move as a resounding “vote of confidence in our Company, our stock, and our strategic plans.” With approximately $3 billion in cash on its balance sheet, Nunes argued, the company has the flexibility to take actions that “support strong shareholder returns.” But in

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for June 24, #744

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-15 19:00:03

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. That purple category name is a mouthful, even though you might be able to group the four words of that category together without really understanding it. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 24, #274

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-15 19:00:05

Looking for the most recent regular 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 and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition is a mix today. The blue category could be tough, as those teams aren't super well-known. And if you watch a lot of TV sports programming, you might figure out the purple category. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of bet

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Scientists Are Sending Cannabis Seeds to Space

wired.com Sarah Sinclair 2025-09-15 19:16:15

Having dedicated much of his working life to studying the cannabis plant, Radišič believes it is uniquely qualified for space agriculture. It grows fast, adapts well, and has been an agricultural crop for thousands of years. According to Radišič, if at some point we want to grow life on Mars, this makes it an ideal candidate. “Sooner or later, we will have lunar bases, and cannabis, with its versatility, is the ideal plant to supply those projects,” he tells WIRED. “It can be a source of food, p

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Next-gen Xbox and PlayStation 6 expected in 2027, powered by AMD's UDNA graphics

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-09-15 23:26:00

Something to look forward to: If rumors prove accurate, Sony and Microsoft may once again align on GPU architecture for their next-generation consoles, this time leveraging AMD's upcoming UDNA graphics platform. The expected performance gains in ray tracing and AI upscaling suggest a significant shift that could outpace current PC GPUs on a per-compute-unit basis. With both companies also exploring handheld form factors and staggered launch timelines, these developments offer an early look at th

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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory shares first images from planned decade-long survey of the sky

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-15 23:25:57

The National Science Foundation just shared the first images captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a sample of the footage it'll capture as part of a planned decade-long survey that's starting later in 2025. The project, dubbed the "Legacy Survey of Time and Space" is predicted to lead to the discovery of "millions of new asteroids within the first two years" the survey is running. In just a 10 hour period, the National Science Foundation says that the Rubin Observatory "discovered 2,104 n

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Which Death Stranding 2 Edition Should You Buy?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-15 23:05:00

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will launch on June 26 exclusively for the PlayStation 5, but those who buy a special edition of the game will be able to access it early. The question is, with three special editions available, which version should you get? Death Stranding 2 is the sequel to legendary developer Hideo Kojima's 2019 game, and it improves on every aspect of the original, making it a game that anyone who is remotely interested in it should play. The edition you should purchase will

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Show HN: Pickaxe – a TypeScript library for building AI agents

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-13 01:07:51

Pickaxe: A Typescript library for building AI agents that scale Pickaxe is a simple Typescript library for building AI agents that are fault-tolerant and scalable. It handles the complexities of durable execution, queueing and scheduling, allowing you to focus on writing core business logic. It is not a framework. Everything in Pickaxe is just a function that you have written, which makes it easy to integrate with your existing codebase and business logic. You can build agents that call tools,

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Four months after a $3B valuation, Harvey AI grows to $5B

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-09-16 03:03:00

In Brief Harvey AI, a startup that provides automation for legal work, has raised $300 million in Series E funding at a $5 billion valuation, the company told Fortune. The round was co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue, with participation from existing investors, including Conviction, Elad Gil, OpenAI Startup Fund, and Sequoia. The financing comes just four months after Harvey announced that Sequoia led a $300 million Series D round at a $3 billion valuation. While many AI companies aim to ke

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Apple releases developer beta 2 for visionOS 26

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-16 07:11:26

Alongside the new macOS 26 developer beta 2, Apple has also pushed out the second developer beta of visionOS 26, and the rest of its operating systems. The build number for today’s visionOS 26 beta 2 release is 23M5279f. As announced on WWDC25, visionOS 26 brings spatial widgets, a much-improved Personas feature, support for 180-degree and 360-degree videos from action cams like Insta360 and GoPro, and PSVR 2 controllers. It also features a new, Jupiter immersive environment, as well as suppo

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Latest Tech News

Want a free VPN? How to use ProtonVPN on Android without having to pay

MIT student uses AI and printing tech to revolutionize art restoration

Spotify’s much hated ‘Create’ button could soon go away, if you want it to (APK teardown)

2 clever ways Android 16 guards your security - but you need to enable them

SourceHut moves business operations from US to Europe

After successfully entering Earth’s atmosphere, a European spacecraft is lost

Historic paintings are being reborn with MIT's AI-based restoration method

Amazon to invest £40 billion in the UK over next three years

Google could face changes to search in the UK as regulators crack down

Why you should always put your phone face down on a table (hint: it's not just about being polite)

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Trump's Attack May Instead Spur Iran to Speedrun a Nuclear Weapon It Wasn't Building Previously

Minimal Boolean Formulas (2011)

Should You Buy an Induction or Electric Stove? Here’s How to Make the Right Choice

Samsung confirms Unpacked for early July

Show HN: Pickaxe – A TypeScript library for building AI agents

Trump Snubbed Jared Isaacman as NASA Chief, but the Private Astronaut Isn’t Done With Space

Unreal Engine 5.6 outperforms 5.4 with up to 30% faster frame rates and improved lighting

Media Matters is suing the FTC to block investigation into X advertiser boycott

A solid-state battery breakthrough may be taking shape in Maryland

Trump Media Has a Bold Plan to Regain Confidence

Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for June 24, #744

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 24, #274

Scientists Are Sending Cannabis Seeds to Space

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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory shares first images from planned decade-long survey of the sky

Which Death Stranding 2 Edition Should You Buy?

Show HN: Pickaxe – a TypeScript library for building AI agents

Four months after a $3B valuation, Harvey AI grows to $5B

Apple releases developer beta 2 for visionOS 26

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