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Apple broadens App Store’s age rating system

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-01-03 04:15:40

Apple is expanding its age rating system for apps. The company on Thursday said it has updated its age rating system to add 13+, 16+, and 18+ ratings to the existing slate of 4+ and 9+ ratings, and remove the 12+ and 17+ age ranges. In addition, app developers will need to answer a new set of age rating questions to help identify the sensitive content in their app. Developers will also be able to update their apps’ age ratings to one of the new options, if needed. The company says it has automa

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When photography was born, fascination, obsession, and danger followed

news.ycombinator.com Michael Patrick Brady 2026-01-01 14:51:04

The prevalence of photography in contemporary life has inspired a lot of griping about the supposedly unprecedented narcissism of our social-media-driven culture. We are continually encouraged to live in the moment instead of through our cameras, scolded for our pursuit of a flattering selfie or an aesthetic backdrop that will draw eyes — and engagement — to our photos and ourselves. But this obsession is nothing new. From nearly the first moment it became possible to capture an image from life

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Who has the fastest F1 website (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 09:30:54

I once spent an hour creating an F1 lights-out reaction test which went viral and was even played by F1 drivers. That sounds like a brag, and it kinda is, but now whenever I pour days or even weeks of work into something, it just seems so inefficient compared to that time I spent an hour on something that went big. Wait! You're not my therapist! Let's look at another F1 website… This is part 3 in a multi-part series looking at the loading performance of F1 websites. Not interested in F1? It sho

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I Want Apple to Steal These Android Camera Features for the iPhone 17

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-03 08:00:13

The iPhone 16 Pro already has a great camera system capable of taking photos so good you'd think they were taken on pro-level mirrorless cameras. I love the quality of all three rear lenses, and while I like recent features, such as the Photographic Styles and Apple's ProRaw image format, I think there's more the company can do to help photographers take their best ever photos. I've spent 14 years reviewing iPhones and Android phones from all brands for CNET, and as a professional photographer

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The Age-Checked Internet Has Arrived

wired.com Matt Burgess 2026-01-03 00:00:00

Beginning today, millions of adults trying to access pornography in the United Kingdom will be required to prove that they are over the age of 18. Under sweeping new online child safety laws coming into force, self-reporting checkboxes that allow anyone to claim adulthood on porn websites will be replaced by age-estimating face scans, ID document uploads, credit card checks, and more. Some of the biggest porn websites—including Pornhub and YouPorn—have said that they will comply with the new rul

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The Download: saving the US climate programs, and America’s AI protections are under threat

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2026-01-03 14:10:00

Nonprofits are trying to preserve a US effort to modernize greenhouse-gas measurements, amid growing fears that the Trump administration’s dismantling of federal programs will obscure the nation’s contributions to climate change. The Data Foundation, a Washington, DC, nonprofit, is fundraising for an initiative that will coordinate efforts among nonprofits, technical experts, and companies to improve the accuracy and accessibility of climate emissions information. It will build on an effort to

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I got ChatGPT Agent to deliver a truly useful report - and then NotebookLM took it to the next level

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2026-01-03 14:42:31

Vlad Georgescu/Getty Images What happens when you take a billion dollars of computer power and let it research a question for twelve whole minutes? A lot more than if you use that same power for just a few seconds, that's for sure. Since ChatGPT Agent is so new, I've been exploring its capabilities and trying to understand what kinds of problems it's best suited for. This time, I asked it to compare cloud storage services. It took twelve minutes to come up with an answer. Also: 9 programming

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Around 6,000 websites to start checking ages in UK, Ofcom says

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-01-04 00:30:21

Around 6,000 websites to start checking ages in UK, Ofcom says 31 minutes ago Share Save Liv McMahon & Andrew Rogers BBC News Share Save Getty Images Around 6,000 sites allowing porn in the UK will start checking if users are over 18 from Friday, according to the media regulator Ofcom. Dame Melanie Dawes, its chief executive, told the BBC "we are starting to see not just words but action from the technology industry" to improve child safety online. She told BBC Radio Four's Today programme th

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Samsung might stop debuting Android updates with Galaxy S phones for good

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-03 22:26:07

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16’s early release schedule has shaken up platform update plans across OEMs. For Samsung, a new leak clarifies that the company will launch major One UI version bumps alongside the Android platform bump, coinciding them with the launch of the Galaxy Z series flagships. Meanwhile, the Galaxy S series flagships will no longer debut with the new Android version. Instead, it would be the first to feature One UI x.5 versions, which ironically will inclu

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Finally, a Bluetooth tracker that's as reliable as AirTags but works for Android too

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-01-03 21:35:13

ZDNET's key takeaways The Chipolo Pop Tracker tag is small, durable, water-resistant, and loud. User-replaceable battery lasts a year. Like all third-party tags, they do not support Apple's own precision finding. $29 at Amazon For me, finder tags like the Apple AirTags have been a game changer. And that's not a word of hyperbole. They have literally saved me countless hours of hassle, headaches, and heart-wrenching frustration trying to find out where I put something down. Okay, I know if I

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Anime Girl VTubers Are Selling Out Concerts, but Are They ‘Real?’ Depends on Who You Ask

wired.com Dexter Thomas 2026-01-04 00:00:00

I’m at a sold-out concert in Hollywood, and I’m the only one in the 1,200-plus-capacity venue who doesn’t know any of the songs. One of the acts has just finished, and everyone around me begins chanting and waving their light sticks. We don’t have to wait long: Kou Mariya, one of the headliners, appears. Not on the stage itself, but on a massive screen spanning the entirety of its length. (She will never appear on the stage, because she is a sexy 6,669-year-old blonde vampire anime girl who exis

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Information Warfare

news.ycombinator.com Yuxi Liu 2025-12-30 11:41:58

A mosaic view of the info-battleground: information for anti-informative goals. Intentionally useless errors, diplomatic speech, Chinese censorship, spam campaign, stock market arbitrage, continental philosophy, etc.

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Anthropic unveils ‘auditing agents’ to test for AI misalignment

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2026-01-04 03:15:53

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now When models attempt to get their way or become overly accommodating to the user, it can mean trouble for enterprises. That is why it’s essential that, in addition to performance evaluations, organizations conduct alignment testing. However, alignment audits often present two major challenges: scalability and validation. Alignment testing r

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Musk’s Starlink hit with hours-long outage after rollout of T-Mobile satellite service

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2026-01-04 09:42:16

Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink said it had a "network outage" on Thursday. The company said it was working on a solution. There were more than 60,000 reports of an outage on Downdetector, a site that logs issues. Starlink is owned and operated by SpaceX, which is also run by Musk. At 4:30 p.m. ET, Musk apologized for the outage on X and said, "Service will be restored shortly." At 6:23 p.m. ET, SpaceX's vice president of Starlink engineering, Michael Nicolls, said in an X po

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Starlink suffers global outage, as T-Mobile rolls out integration [U]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-04 08:37:06

For the past hour, Starlink customers around the globe have had trouble using the service. Although unrelated, the outage comes just one day after T-Mobile launched its integration with the satellite network. On X, Starlink acknowledged that it is working through the solution of a global outage, which began a little more than an hour ago: Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution. We appreciate your patience, we'll share an update once this issue is

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Starlink outage: Service returns after over two hours down

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-04 09:41:06

SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service experienced a global outage on Thursday that lasted for over two hours. Reports of connectivity issues started around 3:20PM ET, based on DownDetector. SpaceX didn't acknowledged the outage until 4:05PM ET, via a post on the Starlink X account. Service began to come back for some at around 5:30PM ET, and Michael Nicolls, Starlink's VP of engineering, said the provider had "mostly recovered" at 6:23PM ET. Users across the US, Europe, the UK and Asia r

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Starlink’s satellite internet is back online after a massive outage

theverge.com Richard Lawler 2026-01-04 09:53:02

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Starlink users reported they couldn’t connect to SpaceX’s satellite internet service for a few hours on Thursday afternoon before service was eventually restored. Widespread Starlink outages, like the ones we reported on in 2022 and 2023, have been rare, and this appears to be the first one in 2025. The outage began around 3:15PM ET or so

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Starlink suffers global outage, as T-Mobile rolls out integration

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-04 14:37:06

For the past hour, Starlink customers around the globe have had trouble using the service. Although unrelated, the outage comes just one day after T-Mobile launched its integration with the satellite network. On X, Starlink acknowledged that it is working through the solution of a global outage, which began a little more than an hour ago: Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution. We appreciate your patience, we'll share an update once this issue is

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Mwm – The smallest usable X11 window manager

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-31 12:04:49

mwm The window manager for the true minimalist: 20 LOC. No modes. No "eye-candy". No mouse control. No virtual desktops. No configuration files. Not standards-compliant. No title bars, no status bars, no buttons, no borders, no menus, etc. All windows are full-screen, just one is visible at any given time. Absolutely adaptable to your needs. Includes just what is strictly needed. This is the smallest, actually usable window manager I know about. Even TinyWM is twice as large. Howeve

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Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan, improves survival of aged mice

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-04 12:29:58

As revenues from the anti-aging market — riddled with hope and thousands of supplements — surged past $500 million last year, Emory University researchers identified a compound that actively delays aging in cells and organisms. A newly published study in Nature Partner Journals’ Aging demonstrates that psilocin, a byproduct of consuming psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, extended the cellular lifespan of human skin and lung cells by more than 50%. In parallel, research

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Musk's Starlink hit with outage day after rollout of T-Mobile satellite service

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2026-01-04 18:39:48

Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink said it had a "network outage" on Thursday. The company said it was working on a solution. There were more than 60,000 reports of an outage on Downdetector, a site that logs issues. Starlink is owned and operated by SpaceX, which is also run by Musk. Musk apologized for the outage on his social media platform X and said, "Service will be restored shortly." Musk posted earlier Thursday that the company's direct-to-cell-phone service was "growing

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ChatGPT Agent now available on the Mac app

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-04 18:05:56

Last week, OpenAI announced Agent, a new feature on ChatGPT that can autonomously browse websites, analyze data, generate code, and even interact with third-party platforms like Google Drive and GitHub. Now, Agent is also available on the Mac app. Operator meets Deep Research, now on the Mac As OpenAI explained last week, ChatGPT Agent combines the Deep Research system for reading and interpreting site content, with the more visual, action-based Operator tool, which can interact with websites

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Starlink is experiencing a network outage

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-04 18:52:00

SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service is experiencing an outage. Reports of connectivity issues started around 3:20PM ET, based on DownDetector, though SpaceX has only recently acknowledged the outage via a post on the Starlink X account. Users across the US, Europe and the UK have also reported issues on r/starlink, the service's Reddit page, and SpaceX has even acknowledged the outage on Starlink's website. The number of people potentially impacted could number in the millions — as of

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OpenAI confirms ChatGPT Agent is now rolling out for $20 Plus users

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-04 18:59:14

ChatGPT Agent is now rolling out to users with $20 Plus subscription, but OpenAI warns that it will take a few days for the rollout to finish. ChatGPT Agent is already available for those with $200 Pro subscription, but what exactly is the 'Agent' mode? With Agent, ChatGPT can now do work for you using its own computer. This includes handling complex tasks from start to finish. As OpenAI noted in a press release, Agent mode allows GPT to handle requests like “look at my calendar and brief me

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Working on a Programming Language in the Age of LLMs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-01 05:12:30

I’ve been working on Rye since 2018. It’s a project of joy — but also because I believe there is a potential to create something of value to others, eventually. Even people living under a rock know we’ve entered the age of LLMs. I don’t jump to ships too soon, but eventually, even I had to admit: code can get generated from prompts. And in many situations — with a smart prompter — the results are quite OK. Even if you disagree, genie can’t be put back in the bottle. Technical progress generall

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The Outer Worlds 2 Walks Back $80 Price, Now Launching at $70

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-04 17:24:40

The Outer Worlds 2 from Obsidian Entertainment was set to be the third game to follow the trend started by Mario Kart World of having a launch price of $80. Instead, it's another game that saw a price reduction after the initial announcement. Last month, The Outer Worlds 2 was one of the big titles shown at the Xbox Games Showcase and even had its own dedicated show after the event. Obisidan revealed the release date of Oct. 29 and the hefty price tag of $80, but the developer has since changed

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Hackers—hope to defect to Russia? Don’t Google “defecting to Russia.”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-04 18:25:56

To the casual observer, cybercriminals can look like swashbuckling geniuses. They possess technical skills formidable enough to penetrate the networks of the biggest companies on the planet. They cover their tracks using technology that is arcane to most people—VPNs, encrypted chat apps, onion routing, aliases in dark web forums. They talk trash, extorting corporate ransoms in cryptocurrency, and they aim high, not flinching even at the prospect of stealing data on US presidential candidates.

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Starlink satellite internet service is down everywhere

theverge.com Richard Lawler 2026-01-04 18:46:11

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Since around 3:30PM ET on Thursday, Starlink users have reported they can’t connect to SpaceX’s satellite internet service. The Starlink website first confirmed the issue with a banner message saying “Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage. Our team is investigating.” On X, Starlink posted a more detailed message at 4:05PM ET

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Here's What Killed Hulk Hogan

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-04 23:08:38

Image by Paul Kane/Getty Images Developments Hulk Hogan, one of the most famed professional wrestlers of all time, has passed away at the age of 71 in his home near Tampa, Florida. In a statement posted to Facebook, local law enforcement announced that "personnel responded to a medical call at 9:51 am today," revealing that the "nature of the call was for a cardiac arrest." Hogan was pronounced dead after being taken to the nearby Morton Plant Hospital. Police said there was no suspicious act

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America’s AI watchdog is losing its bite

technologyreview.com James O'Donnell 2026-01-04 22:59:09

It found that the security giant Evolv lied about the accuracy of its AI-powered security checkpoints, which are used in stadiums and schools but failed to catch a seven-inch knife that was ultimately used to stab a student. It went after the facial recognition company Intellivision, saying the company made unfounded claims that its tools operated without gender or racial bias. It fined startups promising bogus “AI lawyer” services and one that sold fake product reviews generated with AI. These

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Apple broadens App Store’s age rating system

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Musk’s Starlink hit with hours-long outage after rollout of T-Mobile satellite service

Starlink suffers global outage, as T-Mobile rolls out integration [U]

Starlink outage: Service returns after over two hours down

Starlink’s satellite internet is back online after a massive outage

Starlink suffers global outage, as T-Mobile rolls out integration

Mwm – The smallest usable X11 window manager

Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan, improves survival of aged mice

Musk's Starlink hit with outage day after rollout of T-Mobile satellite service

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Starlink is experiencing a network outage

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Starlink satellite internet service is down everywhere

Here's What Killed Hulk Hogan

America’s AI watchdog is losing its bite

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