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South Korea bans smartphones in all middle and elementary school classrooms

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-31 15:37:42

South Korean lawmakers have banned smartphones and other smart devices in elementary and middle school classrooms, The New York Times reports. The law goes into effect in 2026. The legislation only outlaws these devices during class hours and there are no stipulations regarding punishment for violators. The law does, however, give principals and teachers the power to stop students from carrying or using a phone on school grounds. Additionally, students are able to use smart devices during emerg

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We Rebuilt Cloud Life's Infrastructure Delivery with System Initiative

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-31 15:18:29

By Ryan Ryke, CEO, Cloud Life ‍ This is the story of how we eliminated static configuration files from our infrastructure workflows at Cloud Life, and, in the process, cut delivery times by more than half, improved reliability, and made our engineers’ work feel much smoother and more manageable. Before this project, we’d been working with the same model that most modern infrastructure teams use: Terraform scripts, config repos, PR reviews, CI pipelines. We’d optimized what we could, but the w

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Scientist Warns That New Synthetic Lifeform Could Spell Doom for Humankind

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-31 19:01:53

Image by Getty / Futurism Developments It's a technology that doesn't even exist yet, but its effects could be so drastically destructive that scientists in the field are calling for it to be banned now, before it's too late. We're talking, of course, about "mirror life" — synthetic organisms that quite literally turn natural biology on its head. "We should choose not to build mirror life and pass laws to ensure nobody can," John Glass, a synthetic biologist who helped create the first living

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Eddy Cue wanted Apple to acquire two big companies, but Tim Cook said no

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-10-31 20:49:34

A report from The Information yesterday offered a variety of interesting details about Apple’s potential acquisition targets in the artificial intelligence category. One thing I found particularly fascinating in the story was the tidbit that Eddy Cue, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Services, has regularly pushed for Apple to make big acquisitions, only to be shot down by Apple CEO Tim Cook. Apple, Tesla, and Netflix The report describes Eddy Cue as “one of the biggest advocates inside Apple

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These 6 Linux apps could boost your productivity - and you might not have heard of them

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-10-31 19:41:00

Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Linux has tons of productivity tools waiting to help. There are both GUI and command-line apps available. All of the tools listed are free to use. When you think of productivity, I'm sure the usual suspects come to mind: Office suite Groupware PDF creators/editors Image editors File managers Content Management Systems (CMS) To-do lists Project management tools To assume thos

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The best portable power stations for camping in 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2025-10-31 20:08:00

To figure this out, you're going to need to do some calculations and gather some information. First, you need to know what devices you are going to power. List them all, because forgetting that coffee pot or heated blanket could make the difference between the power station lasting all day, or giving up the ghost on you before the day is over. Specifically, you want to know how much power, in watts, each device draws. This information is usually found on a label on the device. For example, a h

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First absolute superconducting switch developed in a magnetic device

news.ycombinator.com University Of Jyväskylä 2025-10-29 23:04:54

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Researchers recently realized the first de Gennes' superconducting switch where superconductivity is completely suppressed. Credit: University of Jyväskylä The University of Jyväskylä, Finland, has been involved as part of an international collaboration that has identified a way to completely suppress superconductiv

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Glow-in-the-Dark Succulents Could Be the Future of Ambient Lighting

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-10-31 20:00:17

Glowing plants are pleasant to look at. Turns out, a simple method for loading glow-in-the-dark particles onto succulent leaves can make these plants prettier—and more useful. In a Matter paper published today, researchers showcase glow-in-the-dark succulents—popular plant buddies—that recharge using sunlight. For years, scientists and engineers have dreamed of harnessing glowing greenery for sustainable lighting, but most attempts, typically through genetic engineering, have achieved limited s

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RFK Jr. Promises to Reveal the ‘Cause’ of Autism Next Month

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-10-31 20:55:13

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is apparently about to solve a mystery that countless doctors and researchers have failed to crack. This week, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and longtime vaccine skeptic teased that he will reveal the cause(s) of autism spectrum disorder next month. Kennedy made the claim during President Donald Trump’s lengthy cabinet meeting Tuesday. After being prompted by Trump, RFK Jr. stated that his agency will announce having found “certain interventions” that are “cle

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Computing’s Top 30: Theofanis Raptis

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2025-10-31 23:00:54

Transitioning between two different cultures and professional roles—from working at a university in Greece to joining the National Research Council of Italy—presented Theofanis Raptis with several valuable lessons, including an understanding of what he calls an intellectual “fermentation” process. Triggered by internationalization, bilateral cooperation, and cross-discipline collaborations, this fermentation included the dynamic exchange and blending of ideas across disciplines and cultures, le

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Unlocking enterprise agility in the API economy

technologyreview.com Mit Technology Review Insights 2025-11-01 00:00:00

From CapEx to OpEx: The new connectivity mindset Another, practical concern is also driving this shift: the need for IT models that align cost with usage. Rising uncertainty about inflation, consumer spending, business investment, and global supply chains are just a few of the economic factors weighing on company decision-making. And chief information officers (CIOs) are scrutinizing capital-expenditure-heavy infrastructure more closely and increasingly adopting operating-expenses-based subscri

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MasterClass memberships are 50 percent off for Labor Day

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-01 00:00:35

If you want to brush up on some skills or learn new ones, MasterClass offers a good way to do just that. The streaming service has hundreds of classes taught by professionals and experts in their fields, and now you can get a subscription for 50 percent less than usual. All MasterClass membership tiers are on sale right now, so you can sign up for as low as $5 per month. With a subscription, you could watch a class on writing taught by James Patterson, or learn cooking techniques from Thomas Ke

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Try these obscure Linux apps to help level up your productivity

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-01 00:41:35

The Penguin key is a nice touch. Jack Wallen/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Linux has tons of productivity tools waiting to help. There are both GUI and command line apps available. All of the tools listed are free to use. When you think of productivity, I'm sure the usual suspects come to mind: Office suite Groupware PDF creators/editors Image editors File managers Content Management Systems (CMS) To-do lists Project management tools And much more To assume those are the only produc

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Using information theory to solve Mastermind

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-28 12:54:11

How you've just played optimal Mastermind Mastermind is a game all about information. The Code Master selects one of $ 6^4 = 1\,296 $ secret codes. Each incorrect guess gives us information by eliminating some of these; the more codes that are ruled out, the more information that guess has provided. Let's quantify this insight! Suppose a guess gets some response that reduces the number of possible keys from some number $n$ to a smaller $n'<n$. The convention in information theory, a branc

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Robert Downey, Jr. Rumored to Clash With Ryan Reynolds on Set of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

gizmodo.com Gordon Jackson 2025-10-31 23:04:26

Damien Leone gets cold feet about revealing Art the Clown’s origin, Patton Oswalt plays a Romulan on Strange New Worlds, and Silent Hill finally returns with a new sequel. Faster than you can say, “Una Chin Riley,” it’s Morning Spoilers! Avengers: Doomsday According to “multiple insiders” (via the Express Tribune), Robert Downey, Jr. forced Marvel to reshoot three weeks-worth of material because he was unsatisfied with his body double’s performance inside the Doctor Doom suit. Reshooting the s

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Terraton wants to be the McDonald’s of biochar

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-11-01 00:00:00

If there’s one thing McDonald’s has done for the world, it’s made starting a burger restaurant relatively straightforward. Franchisees buy into the system, and in return they get equipment, marketing, and even an operating manual. Terraton wants to bring that same model to biochar, a technology that turns agricultural waste into a carbon dioxide-sequestering fertilizer. Terraton recently raised a $11.5 million seed round for it’s “business-in-a-box” approach to biochar project development, the

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US sanctions fraud network used by North Korean ‘remote IT workers’ to seek jobs and steal money

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-11-01 00:43:04

The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned an international fraud network used by North Korea to infiltrate U.S. companies with hackers posing as legitimate job seekers, agency officials announced Wednesday. The sanctions are the latest action taken by the U.S. Treasury in recent months aimed at combating North Korean government workers from seeking employment at American companies using fake identities and documents to apply for jobs. Once employed, the hackers earn a wage from the company, but also ste

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Apple Music radio stations are now available outside of Apple Music for the first time

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-11-01 04:15:05

In what appears to be a marketing effort for its subscription service, Apple has partnered with TuneIn to offer the free Apple Music radio stations outside of the Apple Music app for the first time. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, starting today, all six of the Apple live music radio stations will be made available to listen to on TuneIn. TuneIn reports more than 75 million monthly active users, spanning a variety of platforms and devices. Live radio has been a key element of Apple Mus

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Healthcare Services Group data breach impacts 624,000 people

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-01 04:27:36

The Healthcare Services Group (HSGI) is alerting more than 600,000 individuals that their personal information was exposed in a security breach last year. The healthcare services provider stated that it detected unauthorized access to its network on October 7, 2024, and subsequently discovered that the intrusion had begun on September 27. The investigation that followed revealed that the intruders had exfiltrated data from the systems they had accessed. “The investigation determined that an u

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Slowing down programs is surprisingly useful

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 02:38:35

Most research on programming language performance asks a variation of a single question: how can we make some specific program faster? Sometimes we may even investigate how we can use less memory. This means a lot of research focuses solely on reducing the amount of resources needed to achieve some computational goal. So, why on earth might we be interested in slowing down programs then? Slowing Down Programs is Surprisingly Useful! Making programs slower can be useful to find race conditions

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The Top Diseases We Choose to Stay Ignorant About, According to Scientists

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-11-01 04:55:15

The old adage “ignorance is bliss” feels especially fitting when it comes to healthcare. In fact, new research reveals that one in three people avoids—or is likely to avoid—medical information. In a study published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine earlier this month, researchers investigated data from 92 studies involving 564,497 participants from 25 countries. Despite the fact that successful treatment often depends on early detection, their results indicate that many people are reluctant

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2025 VW Jetta GLI: Save the manuals, but not like this

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-01 04:39:10

Manual transmissions have gone the way of the dodo, but you can still find a few out there. Bless Volkswagen for keeping the helical gears turning, both literally and figuratively. The 2025 Jetta GLI, Volkswagen's sporty sedan, still offers a gear lever with actual gears attached at the other end, and a third pedal hanging down from under the dash. Meanwhile, Golf GTI fans are still sobbing in their beer because 2024 was the last model year you could row your own in the hot hatch—now it's paddle

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Android 16 will soon let you know which apps use Advanced Protection features (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-01 08:45:23

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16’s Advanced Protection is getting new useful features. We’ve discovered an under-development interface that will list all the apps that are aware of Advanced Protection being turned on. Besides Google apps, the feature will also include third-party apps that can access the state of Advanced Protection. With the rollout of Android 16 earlier this year, Google introduced an “Advanced Protection” mode that enables high-security features on Andr

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Your Gemini app just got a major AI image editing upgrade - for free

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-11-01 08:13:00

Getty Images/gleitfrosch Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways A mystery 'nano banana' image editing model climbed the charts. DeepMind was secretly behind the model, which is now available. Users can get started for free in the Gemini app. Every now and then, the LMArena will have a mystery model with a fun name shoot up to the top of the leaderboard. Shall I remind you of OpenAI's Project Strawberry? More recently, a mystery 'nano banana' model cli

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I Spent over $31,900 on Whiteout Survival – Here's Why I Regret It

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 08:34:20

Hey everyone, I’ve been debating whether to post this for a long time. It’s not easy admitting this, but after stepping back and looking at the numbers, I feel like I need to share my experience—not for myself, but to warn others who might be heading down the same path. I’m using a throwaway account for obvious reasons, but I feel it’s important to put this out there and hopefully help someone avoid making the same mistakes I did. I started playing Whiteout Survival in December 2023 and played

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How to Slow Down a Program? and Why It Can Be Useful

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 07:38:35

Most research on programming language performance asks a variation of a single question: how can we make some specific program faster? Sometimes we may even investigate how we can use less memory. This means a lot of research focuses solely on reducing the amount of resources needed to achieve some computational goal. So, why on earth might we be interested in slowing down programs then? Slowing Down Programs is Surprisingly Useful! Making programs slower can be useful to find race conditions

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The Therac-25 Incident (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Remy Porter 2025-11-01 02:57:56

A few months ago, someone noted in the comments that they hadn't heard about the Therac-25 incident. I was surprised, and went off to do an informal survey of developers I know, only to discover that only about half of them knew what it was without searching for it. I think it's important that everyone in our industry know about this incident, and upon digging into the details I was stunned by how much of a WTF there was. Today's article is not fun, or funny. It describes incidents of death an

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Dietitian Tips for Fighting Food Noise -- Without Using Semaglutide

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-01 08:00:00

If you’ve ever found your mind consumed with constant thoughts about food, chances are you have experienced food noise. It's usually brought on by conflicting messages about nutrition, either through everyday conversation or content online. It could be feeling guilty because you ate a cupcake when you promised yourself you weren’t going to touch sweets for a while, or maybe you’re trying to meet your protein quota and are obsessively keeping track of it. These thoughts are common, and in some ca

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Voice recording on Nothing Phone 3’s Essential Space gets a due upgrade

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-01 15:34:51

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Nothing has updated the voice recorder functionality in Essential Space. With this update, the voice recordings will not have complete transcriptions instead of just summaries. The update is limited to Nothing Phone 3 and has yet to arrive on the Phone 3a, which offers similar summarization functionality for voice notes. The Nothing Phone 3 may stop short of being the perfect flagship, but it has some unique and nifty elements. One of them is Essential S

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Show HN: FilterQL – A tiny query language for filtering structured data

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-30 00:55:01

FilterQL A tiny query language for filtering structured data 🚀 There are two main parts of this repository: the TypeScript library and the FilterQL language specification. Implementations in other languages are more than welcome! TypeScript Library Installation bun add filterql # or: npm install filterql Usage Define a schema for your data and create a FilterQL instance: import { FilterQL } from "filterql" // The schema determines what fields are allowed in the query const schema = { tit

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South Korea bans smartphones in all middle and elementary school classrooms

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