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Say Bye with JavaScript Beacon

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-16 03:38:35

Sometimes we want to send a piece of data to our servers when user leaves our website or webapp. Maybe it’s for for analytics or even auto-logout when they leave the website. But do you know what is a reliable way of doing it? Most of you might say use XMLHTTPRequest (or fetch) in beforeunload or unload events. Like, window . addEventListener ( "beforeunload" , () => { fetch ( '/analytics' , { method : "POST" , headers : { "Content-Type" : "application/json" , }, body : JSON . stringify ({ eve

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Google was down in eastern EU and Turkey

news.ycombinator.com Web - Http 2025-10-19 03:23:35

Users across multiple Eastern European countries reported a significant and ongoing outage affecting a suite of Google services, causing widespread disruption to both work and daily life. #BREAKING Google services down in some countries, primarily felt across Southeastern Europe pic.twitter.com/cMYRYPHFi8 — Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) September 4, 2025 Reports began flooding into downdetector.com and social media platforms around from users in Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and other Eastern Eu

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The Next Two Weeks Could Redefine Tech

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-10-19 06:00:52

There’s always something at risk when it comes to investing. But right now, it is definitely smart to keep your eyes open for major market disturbances. With the risk-reward balance in the U.S. equities market stabilizing, Wall Street has entered a pivotal stretch over the next 14 trading sessions that may determine its near-term direction. In a span often defined by uncertainty, key economic data and Fed policy will weigh heavily on investor sentiment. No sector is more vulnerable than tech.

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The Apple Watch Ultra 3 Reveal Could Be Just 5 Days Away

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-19 06:00:11

By this time next week, we'll know exactly what Apple has planned for its new Apple Watch lineup. But one thing already seems very likely: a refreshed version of the rugged Ultra. Not only is it due for an upgrade (the Ultra 2 debuted in September 2023), but Apple may have actually dropped the biggest clue yet. Buried in the public beta of iOS 26 (first spotted by MacRumors) are screen specs that don't match any existing Apple Watch model on the market, hinting at the arrival of an Apple Watch U

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My 5 simple tricks to extend iPhone battery life when traveling (including older models)

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-10-19 07:45:18

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. My wife and I like to travel, both in the US and abroad. Naturally, we always take our iPhones with us to snap photos and videos, search for directions, and stay in touch with other people. But when you use your phone all day with no available AC outlets, keeping your battery charge alive can be difficult. As I've trekked to various spots, I've tried different tricks and techniques to prevent the battery from c

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Show HN: A roguelike game that runs inside Notepad++

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-16 00:51:50

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LegalZoom Promo Codes and Deals: 20% Off Services

wired.com Parker Hall 2025-10-19 05:00:00

LegalZoom is one of those online legal services that in most cases can handle basic legal tasks for you. I recently tried it out to make an LLC for my cosmic country band, Steel Fringe (shameless plug), and it appears to have worked just fine (we’re still waiting on a full evaluation from legal experts for a future guide to these services). If you use a LegalZoom promo code right now, you will get a discount on the service. I found it super easy to set up my LLC, and after about $500 and 30 min

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Inside Philips Hue’s plans to make all your lights motion sensors

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-10-19 07:30:00

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Philips Hue has announced that its smart light bulbs — both new and existing models — are being upgraded to feature built-in motion sensing. The new feature, called Hue MotionAware, uses radio-frequency (RF) sensing to detect changes

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Google told to pay $425m in privacy lawsuit

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-19 08:43:30

Google told to pay $425m in privacy lawsuit "This decision misunderstands how our products work, and we will appeal it. Our privacy tools give people control over their data, and when they turn off personalisation, we honour that choice," a Google spokesperson told the BBC. They had been seeking more than $31bn in damages. The verdict comes after a group of users brought the case claiming Google accessed users' mobile devices to collect, save and use their data, in violation of privacy assura

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Trump to host tech CEOs over dinner for inaugural event in renovated Rose Garden

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-10-19 08:48:12

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk to the Rose Garden of the White House to hold a signing ceremony for the Take it Down Act, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 19, 2025. U.S. President Trump will host two dozen high-profile tech and business leaders for an inaugural event in the White House's renovated Rose Garden on Thursday. Invitees include Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and OpenAI founder Sam Altman, according to a lis

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How to decide between Linux and MacOS - if you're ready to ditch Windows

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-10-19 07:20:00

mrgao/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The choice between Linux and MacOS isn't hard. If you can answer these questions, you'll know which to choose. Both are outstanding choices and will serve you well. I use both Linux and MacOS. The former is used for everyday tasks, and the latter for video editing and mobile usage (please, someone, create a Linux laptop that is as reliable and similar to a MacBook). Also: New to Linu

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Reverse engineering Solos smart glasses

news.ycombinator.com John Floren 2025-10-16 03:52:17

Posted 2025/8/28 Reverse engineering Solos smart glasses First and foremost: If you’ve got any documentation on this hardware, please contact me! I would love to read the actual specs for this protocol. Background Before the audio-only AI-based smart glasses of today, we’d periodically see companies announcing smart glasses with displays, usually to small fanfare and little success. The Solos Smart Glasses are just another example. Released in 2018, they targeted cyclists and runners. The co

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Apple's latest AI project may be a web search tool

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-19 09:06:19

Apple continues to seek a foothold in the artificial intelligence race, and its next effort could bring the company into web search. Mark Gurman at Bloomberg reports that Apple is building a search platform that it may incorporate into its AI-driven overhaul of Siri. Sources said the tool, internally called World Knowledge Answers, could also be added to the Safari web browser and the Spotlight smartphone search interface. Apple's efforts in AI have been under the microscope since the lackluste

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Want Paramount Plus? You Can Get Half Off Annual Plans Right Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-19 08:21:00

Between hikes at Netflix, Apple TV Plus and Peacock, streaming services haven't held back on increasing prices in 2025. It's as good a time as any for a deal, and Paramount Plus is offering one for new and returning subscribers. Now through Sept. 18, you can get half off Paramount Plus' annual plans, which require you to pay up-front for the 12 months. You can choose between $30 for a year of Paramount Plus Essential, which is ad-based, and $60 for Paramount Plus Premium, which has no commercia

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10 Horror Sequels to Watch on Peacock

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-10-19 13:30:02

Horror is a staple on nearly every streaming service, but what if you’ve seen all the important classics and are looking to venture a little further afield? One way to keep mainlining your favorite villains and settings is to dive into sequel territory. Not all horror sequels are created equal, but for every misguided cash grab, there’s a cult classic waiting to be rediscovered. Head to Peacock, home of next year’s Crystal Lake prequel series, to check out these 10 horror sequels. Halloween II

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Opera One for iOS has a new version, and it’s all about tab management (and a dash of AI)

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-19 17:25:03

Today, Opera announced an update to Opera One, its iOS browser, with multiple improvements to tab viewing, searching, managing, and more. Here are the details. Tab groups, search, swipes, and more Most iOS users fall into two main categories: those who close a tab immediately after they’re done with it (even if they’re bound to open that same website again in a few minutes), and those who never, ever close their tabs. Opera is out today with an update to its Opera One browser on iOS, which wi

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OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT Projects to free users

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-19 17:50:27

OpenAI has announced that it's making its Projects feature available to free users of ChatGPT. Projects let you organize chats with the company's AI assistant around a specific subject, and were previously one of several privileges only enjoyed by paid subscribers. While on some level Projects are glorified folders for ChatGPT conversations, the ability to set custom instructions for how the AI responds or limit what information and files it can reference, makes the feature a useful option for

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16 of the Best Apple TV Plus Shows You're Probably Not Watching

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-19 17:00:03

Apple TV Plus is chock-full of must-see shows. However, it seems that not enough people know this. You're probably thinking, what about shows like Severance, Ted Lasso and Seth Rogen's new Emmy-nominated comedy The Studio? Well, yeah. Those are a few examples of the titles on the platform that have gained popularity -- and are so worth your time. Outside of those three shows, though, there is an epic content library waiting to be discovered. With the iPhone launch event a week away, now is the

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All-New Philips Hue Smart Home Products Apparently Leak on Amazon

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-19 17:15:08

Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home Security For more than 10 years Tyler has used his experience in smart home tech to craft how-to guides, explainers, and recommendations for technology of all kinds. From using his home in beautiful Bend, OR as a testing zone for the latest security products to digging into the nuts and bolts of the best data privacy guidelines, Tyler has experience in all aspects of protecting your home and belongings. With a BA in Writing from George Fox and certification in Technic

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Former NASA chief says United States likely to lose second lunar space race

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-19 17:11:20

As part of its efforts to shore up NASA's flailing Artemis Program, the Trump administration earlier this year proposed two major changes to the agency's deep space exploration plans. First, in the president's budget request for fiscal year 2026, the White House sought to terminate NASA's costly Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft after the Artemis III mission, the first human landing. And second, to focus on "direct-to-surface" exploration, the White House sought to cancel the Luna

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Roblox will require age verification for all users to access communication features

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-19 21:36:53

Roblox announced that it aims to roll out age estimation technology to all of its users by the end of 2025. Users on the gaming and social network will have to confirm their age in order to access communication features within the platform under the new policy. Roblox initially rolled out an age verification option to teen accounts in July as part of an effort to keep users younger than 13 from accessing select chat features. In addition to confirming ages for individual accounts, Roblox also s

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Apple’s rumored AI search tool for Siri could rely on Google

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-19 21:47:46

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. Apple is working on an AI-powered search feature for Siri – but it might need Google’s help to make it happen, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. As noted by Gurman, Google is currently in the lead to help Apple revamp its voice assistant, which

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OpenAI boosts size of secondary share sale to $10.3 billion

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos Ashley Capoot 2025-10-20 01:50:48

OpenAI is increasing the size of its secondary share sale by more than $4 billion, CNBC has learned. The artificial intelligence startup is giving eligible current and former employees the opportunity to sell roughly $10.3 billion in stock, up from the $6 billion it was initially targeting, according to a person familiar with the offering. The sale will be at a $500 billion valuation, in line with expectations, said the person, who asked not to be named because the details are private. OpenAI'

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007 First Light is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC on March 27

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-20 01:10:11

A PlayStation State of Play showcase all about 007 First Light shed some light on how Hitman developer IO Interactive's James Bond game works. The stream also disclosed what was, until now, a top-secret nugget of intel: the release date. 007 First Light is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, Steam and Epic Games Store on March 27. The State of Play included a partial playthrough of the first mission, which sees Bond stealthily tailing a suspicious bellhop through a fanc

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Ditching Windows? How to decide between Linux and MacOS - in 7 simple steps

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-10-20 01:02:16

Andrii Yalanskyi/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The choice between Linux and MacOS isn't hard. If you can answer these questions, you'll know which to choose. Both are outstanding choices and will serve you well. I use both Linux and MacOS. The former is used for everyday tasks, and the latter for video editing and mobile usage (please, someone, create a Linux laptop that is as reliable and similar to a MacBook). Also:

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Tufte CSS

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 00:41:57

Tufte CSS Dave Liepmann Tufte CSS provides tools to style web articles using the ideas demonstrated by Edward Tufte’s books and handouts. Tufte’s style is known for its simplicity, extensive use of sidenotes, tight integration of graphics with text, and carefully chosen typography. Tufte CSS was created by Dave Liepmann and is now an Edward Tufte project. The original idea was cribbed from Tufte-LaTeX and R Markdown’s Tufte Handout format. We give hearty thanks to all the people who have contr

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The Tech Industry Has a Dirty Secret: The More People Learn About AI, the Less They Trust It

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-20 04:04:04

Researchers have found that trust in artificial intelligence falls among people as they become more AI literate — a damning revelation that highlights persistent skepticism in the tech. AI companies continue to paint the tech as a mesmerizing, revolutionary inflection point for humanity that justifies enormous capital expenditures to run wildly resource-intensive AI models. But when real-life users become more familiar with the tech — realizing that, at their core, products like ChatGPT are wo

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Amazon's Tomb Raider series will star Sophie Turner as Lara Croft

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-20 05:30:35

We finally have our Lara Croft, well over two years after Prime Video's Tomb Raider series was first announced. Game of Thrones alum Sophie Turner has been cast in the role, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She had better start trying on khaki shorts and blue sleeveless shirts. Turner acknowledges the "massive shoes to fill" from previous actors that have played the role, shouting out Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander. She also says she can't wait for audiences "to see what we have cooking

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The first new Bond game in over a decade is Hitman meets action blockbuster

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-20 05:35:51

IO Interactive seemingly wrapped up its assassination series Hitman in 2023, launching the anthology on practically every game platform. But it’s not done with sneaking, subterfuge, and… sniper rifles. The game developer announced that it was making a new James Bond game, teasing an "unrefined" Bond in training – yes, it’s another reimagined origin story. At a closed-door briefing at Gamescom, I watched the team play through some early parts of 007 First Light, with Bond part of a team of more

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Vector search on our codebase transformed our SDLC automation

news.ycombinator.com Antony Brahin 2025-10-19 00:58:27

Grounding AI in Reality: How Vector Search on Our Codebase Transformed Our SDLC Automation Antony Brahin 6 min read · 1 day ago 1 day ago -- Listen Share By: Antony Brahin In software development, the process of turning a user story into detailed documentation and actionable tasks is critical for success. However, this manual process can often be a source of inconsistency and a significant time investment. I was driven to see if I could streamline and elevate it. The journey from a user story

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Say Bye with JavaScript Beacon

Google was down in eastern EU and Turkey

The Next Two Weeks Could Redefine Tech

The Apple Watch Ultra 3 Reveal Could Be Just 5 Days Away

My 5 simple tricks to extend iPhone battery life when traveling (including older models)

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LegalZoom Promo Codes and Deals: 20% Off Services

Inside Philips Hue’s plans to make all your lights motion sensors

Google told to pay $425m in privacy lawsuit

Trump to host tech CEOs over dinner for inaugural event in renovated Rose Garden

How to decide between Linux and MacOS - if you're ready to ditch Windows

Reverse engineering Solos smart glasses

Apple's latest AI project may be a web search tool

Want Paramount Plus? You Can Get Half Off Annual Plans Right Now

10 Horror Sequels to Watch on Peacock

Opera One for iOS has a new version, and it’s all about tab management (and a dash of AI)

OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT Projects to free users

16 of the Best Apple TV Plus Shows You're Probably Not Watching

All-New Philips Hue Smart Home Products Apparently Leak on Amazon

Former NASA chief says United States likely to lose second lunar space race

Roblox will require age verification for all users to access communication features

Apple’s rumored AI search tool for Siri could rely on Google

OpenAI boosts size of secondary share sale to $10.3 billion

007 First Light is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC on March 27

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Tufte CSS

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Amazon's Tomb Raider series will star Sophie Turner as Lara Croft

The first new Bond game in over a decade is Hitman meets action blockbuster

Vector search on our codebase transformed our SDLC automation

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