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How Android earthquake alerts work (and how to enable them)

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-03-13 08:44:00

bymuratdeniz/Getty Images The next time you get an alert on your Android phone, it might just be life-saving information. Google expanded its earthquake alert system last fall; this week, Samsung introduced its own version that might be even better. Here's how these critical alerts work and how you can turn them on. Android earthquake alerts are available in all 50 US states and six US territories, including American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, an

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Soundcore Waterproof Speaker Is Going for Peanuts, Anker Offers This Deal With Limited Stock

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2026-03-13 08:10:10

A little bit of music goes a long way. Whether you’re working out and trying to push out one more set, you’re reading a book and want something instrumental in the background, or you’re just sitting and zoning out. Heck, even in the shower or bath, it’s nice just to listen to some tunes and relax a little bit. It just so happens we’ve got a great deal for that exact situation today. See at Amazon That’s because you can currently get this Soundcore Select 4 Go bluetooth shower speaker while it’

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SpaceX's String of Starship Failures Continues With Massive Rocket Explosion

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-13 05:41:00

SpaceX's ongoing mission to prepare Starship spacecraft for trips to the moon and, eventually, Mars suffered a setback when a spacecraft exploded this week in South Texas. The explosion happened during what SpaceX called routine testing in preparation for Starship's 10th flight since 2023, which was expected to happen later this month. SpaceX uses a different rocket design to launch its Starlink internet satellites. On X, the space company wrote, "On Wednesday, June 18 at approximately 11 p.m

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MIT student prints AI polymer masks to restore paintings in hours

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-13 08:32:33

MIT graduate student Alex Kachkine once spent nine months meticulously restoring a damaged baroque Italian painting, which left him plenty of time to wonder if technology could speed things up. Last week, MIT News announced his solution: a technique that uses AI-generated polymer films to physically restore damaged paintings in hours rather than months. The research appears in Nature. Kachkine's method works by printing a transparent "mask" containing thousands of precisely color-matched region

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Character.AI taps Meta’s former VP of business products as CEO

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-03-13 08:20:06

Character.AI, the Google-backed AI chatbot provider with tens of millions of monthly active users, announced on Friday that Karandeep Anand, the former VP of Business Products at Meta, is joining the company as CEO. Previously a board adviser to Character.AI, Anand is stepping into the CEO role at a pivotal moment for the chatbot provider, as the company tries to simultaneously grow its platform while combatting child safety concerns. In recent months, Character.AI has added an array of new saf

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

techcrunch.com Kyle Wiggers 2026-03-13 08:27:58

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership with Apple for its generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, the release of GPT-4o with voice capabilities, and the highly-anticipated launch of its text-to-vide

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Conspiracy Theorists Are Creating Special AIs to Agree With Their Bizarre Delusions

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-13 10:30:30

Conspiracy theorists are using AI chatbots not only to convince themselves of their harebrained beliefs, but to recruit other users on social media. As independent Australian news site Crikey reports, conspiracy theorists are having extensive conversations with AI chatbots to "prove" their beliefs. Then, they post the transcripts and videos on social media as "proof" to others. According to the outlet's fascinating reporting, there are already several bots specifically trained on harebrained c

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The Download: talking dirty with DeepSeek, and the risks and rewards of calorie restriction

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2026-03-13 08:10:00

AI companions like Replika are designed to engage in intimate exchanges, but people use general-purpose chatbots for sex talk too, despite their stricter content moderation policies. Now new research shows that not all chatbots are equally willing to talk dirty. DeepSeek is the easiest to convince. But other AI chatbots can be enticed too. Huiqian Lai, a PhD student at Syracuse University, found vast differences in how mainstream models process sexual queries, from steadfast rejection to perf

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Do athletes need smart glasses? Meta and Oakley think so

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-13 11:03:04

TL;DR Meta just launched the Oakley Meta HSTN, a new pair of AI-powered smart glasses for athletes. The glasses feature a 3K camera, open-ear speakers, IPX4 water resistance, and built-in Meta AI. A $499 limited edition arrives July 11, with cheaper models and broader availability to follow. Smart glasses haven’t gone mainstream yet, but Meta’s not giving up. After targeting the fashion crowd with its Ray-Ban Meta lineup, the company is trying to convince us that the eyewear is a must-have fo

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The Linkind EP6 Smart Hexagon Panels turn boring walls into amazing light shows

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-13 11:30:05

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Have you ever seen those cool hexagon lights that YouTubers love to adorn their walls with? They look fantastic, and I always wanted some, but they can get a bit pricey. Thanks to the folks at Linkind, I finally got to test some, and the best part is that its EP6 Smart Hexagon Panels won’t break the bank. Let’s dive right in. Setting things up Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority First things first, you have to get these lights installed. Let me start by wa

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The Lowfree Flow84 is the mechanical keyboard Apple would make today

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-03-13 11:00:00

The Lowfree Flow84 is the latest episode in my on-again, off-again love affair with mechanical keyboards. I describe it as the mechanical keyboard Apple would make for a mix of good and bad reasons, but we’ll get to that! It’s one of a relatively new breed of low-profile mechanical keyboards, something that would have seemed a contradiction in terms just a few years earlier … What’s a mechanical keyboard anyway? Given that Apple-style chiclet keyboards now dominate the market, and many Mac us

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Snap is acquiring Saturn, a calendar app used at thousands of high schools

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-13 11:00:46

Snap has acquired Saturn , a calendar app for high school and college students. The company didn't disclose the terms of the deal but said that close to 30 of Saturn's full-time employees will be joining Snap as part of the acquisition. It's not clear what exactly Snap has planned for Saturn, but the company confirmed to Engadget that the calendar app will continue to operate as a standalone service. It also suggested that the acquisition could help Snap bring calendar-focused features into Sna

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16 billion passwords leaked from Apple, Google, more: Here are the facts and how to protect yourself

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2026-03-13 11:32:00

Moor Studio/Getty With so much news about data breaches, you have to be careful not to panic each time you hear of a new one. Take the latest report of a major breach. In the headline for a recent story published by Cybernews, the cybersecurity media outlet said that 16 billion passwords were exposed in a record-breaking data breach, opening access to Facebook, Google, Apple, and any other service imaginable. Sounds scary, right? But reading the story itself paints a different picture. Also:

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I found a budget Motorola with a better battery than smartphones twice the price

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2026-03-13 11:45:00

ZDNET's key takeaways Motorola's Moto G is available from the company's website for $200. The smartphone boasts a long-lasting battery, booming speakers, and a solid camera array. However, I wouldn't call it a "pocket-sized theater" due to its sub-standard screen. View now at Amazon View now at Motorola more buying choices In a world where flagship smartphones can cost $1,000 or more, key brands have carved a niche for themselves by developing midrange alternatives. These manufacturers equip

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Why I recommend this budget Android phone to most people over Samsung and Google

zdnet.com Kerry Wan 2026-03-13 11:55:01

ZDNET's key takeaways The Nothing Phone 3a Pro offers exceptional value at its $459 sale price. An improved design, camera stack, and charging speed round out this year's upgrades. The lack of wireless charging and IP rating is easy to shoulder, but not the lack of retail presence. View now at Nothing View now at Amazon View now at Walmart more buying choices There's no greater reality check for a tech journalist than when you're at a family gathering, set your phone on the dining table, and

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HCP Vault Secrets End of Life

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-13 10:47:21

HashiCorp will be decommissioning HCP Vault Secrets. The team is shifting focus to bringing the ease of use learnings from HCP Vault Secrets to HCP Vault Dedicated. Current HCP Vault Secrets users are encouraged to migrate to HCP Vault Dedicated. Important Timelines End of Sale: June 30, 2025 New customers will no longer have access to HCP Vault Secrets Existing customers will be able to add new HCP Vault Secrets applications until the end of life End of life: August 27, 2025 (pay-as-you-go

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A Python-first data lakehouse

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-10 17:22:03

“Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible”. Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things. Data and ML scientists - A life in the middle Despite AI eating the world and data becoming one of the most important things for every company on the planet, but getting models from prototype to production is still pretty problematic. According to HBR , fewer than 1 in 5 models ever make it into prod

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Phoenix.new – Remote AI Runtime for Phoenix

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-13 09:57:04

I’m Chris McCord, the creator of Elixir’s Phoenix framework. For the past several months, I’ve been working on a skunkworks project at Fly.io, and it’s time to show it off. I wanted LLM agents to work just as well with Elixir as they do with Python and JavaScript. Last December, in order to figure out what that was going to take, I started a little weekend project to find out how difficult it would be to build a coding agent in Elixir. A few weeks later, I had it spitting out working Phoenix a

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This 6-in-1 Anker Desktop Charger Costs About as Much as Going Out for Lunch

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2026-03-13 11:10:07

Tell me if this is you. You’ve got all your fancy gadgets, but only one measly outlet available. Deciding whether to juice up your phone or your laptop first—what a conundrum. Sure, you could plug one in and then trudge over to the next outlet across the room for the other, but that’s just sheer madness. Who’s got time for that nonsense? Save yourself the hassle and get a proper desktop that can handle all your devices at once. The Anker USB-C charging station is your knight in shining armor, bo

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Longer commercial breaks lower the value of ad-based streaming subscriptions

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-13 10:46:19

Amazon Prime Video subscribers aren’t the only streaming customers being subjected to longer commercial breaks lately. Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) Max has increased the amount of commercials it shows to US subscribers from approximately four minutes per hour to about six minutes per hour. A US support page for Max currently says that subscribers to Max with ads “can expect about 6 minutes of ads per hour.” But PCWorld noticed this week that this differs from what Max used to claim, which as

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Rocket Report: Two big Asian reuse milestones, Vandenberg becomes SpaceX west

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-13 11:02:28

Welcome to Edition 7.49 of the Rocket Report! You may have noticed we are a little late with the report this week, and that is due to the Juneteenth holiday celebrated in the United States on Thursday. But that hasn't stopped a torrent of big news this week, from exploding Starships to significant reuse milestones being reached in Asia. As always, we welcome reader submissions, and if you don't want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the form will not appear on AMP-enabled

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‘Major Anomaly’ Behind Latest SpaceX Starship Explosion

wired.com Stephen Clark 2026-03-13 11:38:37

Musk wrote that the nitrogen COPV appears to have failed below its proof pressure, within conditions that should not have damaged the tank. "If further investigation confirms that this is what happened, it is the first time ever for this design," Musk added. Picking Up the Pieces Earlier Wednesday, just hours before the late-night explosion at Starbase, an advisory released by the Federal Aviation Administration showed SpaceX had set June 29 as a tentative launch date for the next Starship tes

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Iran’s government says it shut down internet to protect against cyberattacks

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2026-03-13 11:44:19

Earlier this week, virtually everyone in Iran lost access to the internet in what was called a “near-total national internet blackout.” At the time, it was unclear what happened or who was responsible for the shutdown, which has severely limited Iranians’ means to get information about the ongoing war with Israel, as well as their ability to communicate with loved ones inside and outside of the country. Now, Iran’s government has confirmed that it ordered the shutdown to protect against Israel

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Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF hits record-low price of $229

techspot.com Our Editors Hand-Pick Related Products Using A Variety Of Criteria 2026-03-13 15:19:00

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Adobe brings pro-level computational photography to iPhone users with Indigo

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2026-03-13 15:29:00

What just happened? Adobe has introduced Indigo, a new computational photography app for iPhone that aims to bring pro-grade image processing to everyday users. Developed by a team led by Marc Levoy, a pioneer in computational photography, Indigo is designed to push the boundaries of what smartphone cameras can achieve by leveraging advanced algorithms and years of research. Indigo distinguishes itself through its unique approach to image capture and processing. Unlike most camera apps that rel

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Nothing’s first over-ear headphones leak ahead of July unveiling

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-13 15:06:31

The Headphone 1 will arrive next month, and we likely now know what they look like. Nothing has probably made its biggest impression in the tech world with its distinctive mid-range Android phones (like the 3a Pro pictured above). But the UK-based brand’s first product was actually wireless earbuds, and now it’s preparing to unveil its first over-ear headphones on July 1. As is often the way, though, we don’t have to wait until then to get our first look at the upcoming cans, as pictures have l

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4 ways Google Lens on Chrome magnifies my productivity - and how to use it

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2026-03-13 15:13:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET You may have noticed an odd little button that sometimes appears in your Chrome browser bar labeled "Google Lens." It's actually been there for a number of years now, although it doesn't always show up. But have you ever used it? Have you even given it a second thought? Or has it just become one more piece of digital clutter your brain edits out? We've covered Google Lens before on ZDNET. We've done so a number of times, in fact. But we've always covered it as a fe

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I gave up my iPhone for dumbphone with no apps. A month later, here's my take

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-03-13 15:53:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Light Phone 3 is on pre-order with support from many major carriers for $699. It's setting a new standard for simplified phones by combining a sleek, minimal product with a focused purpose. I wish the battery lasted longer, there are still some features in development, and it's not exactly cheap. View now at The Light Phone Much attention has been paid to the idea of a "dumbphone." We've all had the thought: how liberating it would be to ditch the smartphone forever,

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Planting flags in AI coding territory

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-13 15:39:02

Answering this often triggers more questions that shouldn't surprise anyone. Do you have some workable requirements? Have you created meaningful tests aligned with those? Can you understand and fix your code when those tests fail? Are you seeing opportunities to delete code in a way that enhances its value by reducing its liability? In all of these questions, code is ingrained with purpose, hampered by ambiguity, and therefore very much human, even when it lies forgotten in some machine wher

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Open source can't coordinate?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-13 01:06:12

Open Source Can’t Coordinate I was taking a shower this morning, and was pondering yesterday’s problem, where I suspect that I have an outdated version of hotspot Linux profiler, but I can’t just go and download a fresh release from GitHub, because hotspot is a KDE app, and I use NixOS. And NixOS isn’t a problem — it’s a solution. Linux on desktop is a rickety tower of competing libraries, protocols and standards, which is always in an Escheresque sort of perpetual motion, taking off but simul

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How Android earthquake alerts work (and how to enable them)

Soundcore Waterproof Speaker Is Going for Peanuts, Anker Offers This Deal With Limited Stock

SpaceX's String of Starship Failures Continues With Massive Rocket Explosion

MIT student prints AI polymer masks to restore paintings in hours

Character.AI taps Meta’s former VP of business products as CEO

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

Conspiracy Theorists Are Creating Special AIs to Agree With Their Bizarre Delusions

The Download: talking dirty with DeepSeek, and the risks and rewards of calorie restriction

Do athletes need smart glasses? Meta and Oakley think so

The Linkind EP6 Smart Hexagon Panels turn boring walls into amazing light shows

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Snap is acquiring Saturn, a calendar app used at thousands of high schools

16 billion passwords leaked from Apple, Google, more: Here are the facts and how to protect yourself

I found a budget Motorola with a better battery than smartphones twice the price

Why I recommend this budget Android phone to most people over Samsung and Google

HCP Vault Secrets End of Life

A Python-first data lakehouse

Phoenix.new – Remote AI Runtime for Phoenix

This 6-in-1 Anker Desktop Charger Costs About as Much as Going Out for Lunch

Longer commercial breaks lower the value of ad-based streaming subscriptions

Rocket Report: Two big Asian reuse milestones, Vandenberg becomes SpaceX west

‘Major Anomaly’ Behind Latest SpaceX Starship Explosion

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4 ways Google Lens on Chrome magnifies my productivity - and how to use it

I gave up my iPhone for dumbphone with no apps. A month later, here's my take

Planting flags in AI coding territory

Open source can't coordinate?

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