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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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The revived Acclaim will reveal its 2026 lineup in a September 10 showcase

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-31 16:32:06

Acclaim Entertainment, a big name in licensed games in the '90s, is "returning." (Although, much like the new Atari, this is technically a different company that bought the old trademark.) The new Acclaim will focus on publishing indie games and reviving classic franchises. We don't know much beyond that, but we'll learn more on September 10 in the Play Acclaim Showcase. The company's March announcement of its revival hinted at the resurrection of old franchises. But it's unclear which of its c

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This is the most popular AI app - and you might be surprised by the runner-up

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-10-31 16:00:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways ChatGPT and Gemini are the top two gen AI platforms. Grok's users have increased, while DeepSeek's are down. Vibe coding continues to be a steadily growing use of gen AI. Consumer generative AI products like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini continue to transform our daily digital lives. These are the web products and mobile apps making the biggest impact. Also: My top 5 free AI too

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Why the sports watch I recommend for most athletes is not by Garmin or Samsung

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2025-10-31 16:51:00

Suunto Race 2 smartwatch ZDNET's key takeaways The Suunto Race 2 is available with a stainless steel frame for $499, or a titanium frame for $599. The Race 2 offers long battery life, extensive customization, personalized coaching, and reliable accuracy. There is no support for subscription music or payment systems and the app store is limited primarily to sports apps. View now at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I went many years without testing Suunto products,

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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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Anthropic’s auto-clicking AI Chrome extension raises browser-hijacking concerns

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-31 16:17:29

As AI assistants become capable of controlling web browsers, a new security challenge has emerged: users must now trust that every website they visit won't try to hijack their AI agent with hidden malicious instructions. Experts voiced concerns about this emerging threat this week after testing from a leading AI chatbot vendor revealed that AI browser agents can be successfully tricked into harmful actions nearly a quarter of the time. On Tuesday, Anthropic announced the launch of Claude for Ch

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OpenAI will add parental controls for ChatGPT following teen’s death

theverge.com Hayden Field 2025-10-31 16:19:14

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. After a 16-year-old took his own life following months of confiding in ChatGPT, OpenAI will be introducing parental controls and is considering additional safeguards, the company said in a Tuesday blog post. OpenAI said it’s exploring featu

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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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Malaysia’s SkyeChip unveils the country’s first edge AI processor

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-10-31 20:01:00

In Brief Malaysia has developed its first domestic edge AI processor. Malaysian chip design company SkyeChip announced its MARS1000 processor at an industry event on Monday, Bloomberg reported. While an edge processor isn’t as powerful as an advanced Nvidia chip, it still represents a technological milestone for Malaysia, which is looking to play a bigger role in the global AI race. Malaysia already has a foothold in the chip manufacturing sector and has recently increased its efforts and inv

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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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Google might lose its $26 billion search deals. Analysts say that could fuel its AI growth

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos Kif Leswing 2025-11-01 00:54:44

In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT watch now Any day now, a federal judge is expected to issue a landmark ruling that could upend some of the most lucrative deals in Silicon Valley: Google's default search contracts. At stake is more than $26 billion a year, $20 billion of which goes to Apple . That's nearly a quarter of Alphabet's operating income. For decades, the Apple-Google pact has helped determine who controls the internet, which is exactly why it's no

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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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Mirror founder Brynn Putnam to unveil her gaming hardware startup at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-11-01 00:00:00

Seven years after unveiling Mirror at TechCrunch Disrupt 2018, Brynn Putnam is returning to the stage where it all began. The serial entrepreneur who turned a fitness concept into a $500 million acquisition by Lululemon will debut her latest venture at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 at San Francisco’s Moscone West in October. Putnam’s path from that breakthrough Disrupt moment to today is a story of very smart timing. Mirror, the connected fitness device that brought boutique workout classes into home

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China Nvidia rival Cambricon adds to $40 billion rally with 4,000% revenue jump

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-11-01 01:07:38

Chinese semiconductor firm Cambricon posted record profit in the first half of the year underscoring how local challengers to Nvidia are gaining traction as Beijing looks to boost its domestic industry. Cambricon is among a plethora of companies in China that are vying to be an alternative to American giant Nvidia when it comes to providing the chips required to train and run artificial intelligence applications and models. In the first half of the year, Cambricon said revenue surged more than

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New Chipolo Loop and Card trackers offer Find My compatibility and 400-foot range

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-11-01 04:44:33

The Chipolo POP proved a popular AirTag competitor when it launched earlier this year, and the company has now added two further Find My compatible trackers. The new models are the Loop and a new version of the Card, with the former essentially a Pop with an integrated silicon loop for even easier attachment to bags, keys, and so on … One of the reasons the Pop proved so popular was all of the colours available, and this is continued with the Loop. Meet LOOP – a rechargeable tracking tag desi

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Chipolo launches new Loop and Card Bluetooth trackers

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-01 04:00:00

Chipolo is adding two rechargeable Bluetooth trackers to its lineup. The new Chipolo Loop and Chipolo Card trackers are compatible with both the Apple Find My network and Google’s Find Hub. The new trackers are available for pre-order on the Chipolo website today. The Card tracker is thin enough to fit inside your wallet and has a speaker in the corner capable of reaching 110 dB, to ensure you can hear it easily. It comes in black and will retail for $39. The Loop is a small circular tag remini

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The Oura Ring is the Department of Defense's not-so-secret weapon

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-11-01 04:00:25

Nina Raemont/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Oura is opening a facility in Texas to serve the Department of Defense. This facility will open next year. Oura Rings will continue to be used in several research studies that enhance soldier performance. Wearables were once confined to fitness trackers that counted steps. Today, the devices are crucial research tools for the Department of Defense. Smart ring maker Oura is opening a manufacturin

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Chipolo launches its first rechargeable Bluetooth trackers

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-11-01 04:00:00

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Device tracker brand Chipolo announced the Loop and Card, two new Bluetooth-powered item trackers that can be recharged instead of requiring users to replace their batteries. The Loop and Card both support Apple’s Find My and Google’s Find My Device networks, and will sit in Chipolo’s tracker lineup alongside the colorful Pop pucks that the company launched earlier this year. Both gadgets are available to p

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3 Things James O’Donnell is into right now

technologyreview.com James O'Donnell 2025-11-01 06:00:00

Overthink This is a podcast in which two very smart people (who happen to be young and hilarious professors of philosophy) draw unexpected philosophical connections between facets of modern life. Ellie Anderson and David Peña-Guzmán have done hour-long episodes on everything from mommy issues to animal justice, with particularly sharp segments on tech-adjacent issues like biohacking and the relationship between AI and art. Whenever I think society is dealing with a brand-new problem, these two

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14-year prison term sought over theft of trade secrets on iPhone 18 chip process [U]

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-11-01 08:33:23

Six people have been arrested after Apple chipmaker TSMC said that several then-employees tried to steal trade secrets relating to the company’s most advanced chip process. TSMC fired the individuals concerned and is now taking legal action against them. Update: Three of the six have now been indicted, and prosecutors are seeking a 14-year prison sentence for one of them – see the update at the end … The report relates to the company’s 2-nanometer chip process, which is expected to be used for

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Alphabet's Verily closes its medical device division and lays off staff

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-01 08:00:09

Alphabet's Verily was one of the company's star "moonshot" businesses, with its research delving into areas ranging from connected diabetes therapies to robot surgery. Now, Verily has shuttered its medical device division and laid off staff, the company announced in a memo seen by Business Insider. The number of employees who lost their jobs was not revealed. "We have made the difficult decision to discontinue manufacturing medical devices and will no longer be supporting them going forward," a

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Delphi in the Age of AI

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-28 10:54:03

How do I start using Machine Learning in Windows? Machine Learning is a branch of artificial intelligence that deals with the design and development of algorithms that can learn from and make predictions on data. Machine Learning algorithms have been used in a variety of applications, such as spam detection, facial recognition, and disease diagnosis. In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in Machine Learning, due to the availability of large data sets and advances in computing p

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Wahoo Kickr Run Review: a (Mostly) Screen-Free Treadmill

wired.com Parker Hall 2025-11-01 08:32:00

Ask any serious runner and they’ll tell you that treadmills are usually the bane of their existence. Alas, for folks who don’t live in Mediterranean climates, they’re a necessary winter evil that keeps us fitter in the off-season, but not necessarily happier. The no-frills design of the Wahoo Kickr Run, plus a magical mode that allows it to track your pace without touching a button, is what makes it the most real-pavement-seeming treadmill I have ever run on. I’m admittedly 20 pounds heavier th

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OpenAI says it plans ChatGPT changes after lawsuit blamed chatbot for teen's suicide

cnbc.com Salvador Rodriguez Lora Kolodny 2025-11-01 05:18:20

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Federal Reserve's Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 22, 2025. OpenAI is detailing its plans to address ChatGPT's shortcomings when handling "sensitive situations" following a lawsuit from a family who blamed the chatbot for their teenage son's death by suicide. "We will keep improving, guided by experts and grounded in responsibility to the people who use our tools — and we hope others

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Google Play Store preps a small but welcome UI change (Updated: Rolling out)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-01 16:18:22

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Play Store is preparing a redesigned account switcher. A prominent “Switch account” row appears below a greeting and your profile picture. The feature is enabled by flags in v46.8.29-31, mirroring recent rollouts in other Google apps. Update, August 27, 2025 (06:18 AM ET): The redesigned account switcher on the Google Play Store has started rolling out to some users, as reported by X user Joe Lenington. Original article, June 30 10, 2025 (11:5

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What are you most looking forward to on September 9? [Poll]

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-11-01 17:30:50

The iPhone 17 event is finally official with the slogan “Awe dropping,” taking place on Tuesday, September 9. We’re expecting Apple to announce either six or seven new devices, alongside some possible new iPhone cases and Watch bands too … The September 9 lineup Here’s what we’re expecting to see: iPhone 17 iPhone 17 Air iPhone 17 Pro iPhone 17 Pro Max Apple Watch Series 11 Apple Watch Ultra 3 With the possibility also of: AirPods Pro 3 Additionally, we may see a new premium case mat

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This tiny ratchet beats any multitool or Swiss Army Knife I've ever tested - and it's only $25

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-11-01 15:15:18

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET I'm always on the lookout for a now toy -- ahem, I mean tool -- to add to my everyday carry (EDC) gear. New multitools, flashlights, and other cool tools are always on my radar. A few weeks ago, I happened to come across something that, the moment I saw it, I just had to have it. It was one of those gambles: "it might be good, it might be on the way back to Amazon by the end of the day". Also: 10 tiny tools I carry with me everywhere - how they work It turned out

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AI Is Crushing the Early Career Job Market, Stanford Study Finds

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-11-01 17:47:25

If you suspected that AI is taking jobs away from young workers, there is now data to back this up. Three economists at Stanford University’s Digital Economy Lab —professor Erik Brynjolfsson, research scientist Ruyu Chen, and postdoctoral fellow Bharat Chandar— published a paper on Tuesday that found early-career workers aged 22 to 25 in the most AI-exposed jobs “have experienced a 13 percent relative decline in employment.” “In contrast, employment for workers in less exposed fields and more

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A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

wired.com Taylor Lorenz 2025-11-01 16:00:00

In a private group chat in June, dozens of Democratic political influencers discussed whether to take advantage of an enticing opportunity. They were being offered $8,000 per month to take part in a secretive program aimed at bolstering Democratic messaging on the internet. But the contract sent to them from Chorus, the nonprofit arm of a liberal influencer marketing platform, came with some strings. Among other issues, it mandated extensive secrecy about disclosing their payments and had restr

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I tried using a $159 Chromebook as my main laptop for a week - and it was oddly satisfying

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-11-01 18:00:21

Asus CX15 Chromebook ZDNET's key takeaways Asus' CX15 Chromebook is available now for $159. It's one of the most affordable 15-inch laptops released this year, with a handful of features that make it especially good for students. The modest hardware puts a limit on its performance. $159 at Walmart Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Asus' CX15 Chromebook is an affordable, durable laptop that handles the basics for $159. With a standard hardware loadout and solid 15-inch for

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