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Linux 6.16 brings faster file systems, improved confidential memory, & more Rust

news.ycombinator.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-12-26 16:09:58

herraez/Getty Images The changes in the latest Linux kernel, Linux 6.16, may be small, but they include some significant ones. Linus Torvalds himself summed up this release as looking fine, small, and calm, but not "really not all that interesting (in all the best ways!)." Here's my list of what's new and improved. First, the Rust language is continuing to become more well-integrated into the kernel. At the top of my list is that the kernel now boasts Rust bindings for the driver core and PCI

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ChatGPT’s new Study Mode is designed to help you learn, not just give answers

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-26 16:00:34

The rise of large language models like ChatGPT has led to widespread concern that "everyone is cheating their way through college," as a recent New York magazine article memorably put it. Now, OpenAI is rolling out a new "Study Mode" that it claims is less about providing answers or doing the work for students and more about helping them "build [a] deep understanding" of complex topics. Study Mode isn't a new ChatGPT model but a series of "custom system instructions" written for the LLM "in col

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SOSV bets plasma will change everything from semiconductors to spacecraft

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-12-26 16:26:17

Sometimes a tool — like a hammer — comes along and everything starts looking like a nail. But other times, new tools end up being more than a simple blunt-force object. The investors at SOSV are betting that plasma will become a nuanced implement capable of everything from enabling fusion power to changing the way semiconductors are made. It sees so much potential that it plans on investing in more than 25 plasma-related startups over the next five years. It is also opening a new Hax lab space

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Samsung DeX in One UI 8 has a hidden ‘Immersive’ mode for true full screen

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-26 21:33:17

TL;DR Samsung’s new DeX in One UI 8 has a hidden “Immersive” mode that enables a true full screen experience, hiding the app header and taskbar. To enable it, you must first maximize an app, then long-press the same maximize button to reveal a hidden menu with the “Immersive” option. This unintuitive method initially led users to believe the full screen feature was removed. Samsung made some big changes to DeX in its latest One UI 8 release. The company killed its classic DeX mode in favor of

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NotebookLM’s impressive new feature is a godsend for visual learners

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-26 21:35:56

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Google has launched Video Overviews in NotebookLM, turning your notes into narrated slide videos. The AI can generate new visuals and mix them with your documents to explain complex topics. A redesigned Studio panel also lets users create multiple outputs per notebook. NotebookLM has gradually become one of Google’s most useful tools for making sense of dense material, especially with its podcast-style Audio Overviews. Now it’s adding a visual twist as V

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Apple releases tvOS 18.6, HomePod 18.6, more new updates

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-26 21:23:58

Apple has just released its latest software updates for users, including watchOS 11.6, tvOS 18.6, visionOS 2.6, iOS 18.6, and more. Here’s what to expect. New software releases focus on security and stability This fall, Apple will ship major new OS updates like iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe, and more. But as it often does in the summer, today Apple released another round of updates for its current OS versions. New releases include: tvOS 18.6 watchOS 11.6 visionOS 2.6 iOS 18.6 iPadOS 18

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9to5Mac Daily: July 29, 2025 – iPhone 17 Pro spotted in the wild?

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2025-12-26 21:39:52

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Bitwarden: Check out Bitwarden Password Manager, featuring a new Apple Watch authenticator integration, secure autofill on Safari and iOS apps, and enterprise-grade security tools that help you manage credentials with confidence. New episodes of 9to5Mac D

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Scientists Unveil the Shocking Truth Behind Lightning’s Mysterious Birth

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-12-26 21:35:00

Lightning has long terrified and fascinated scientists and non-scientists alike. For something so relatively common, the precise atmospheric events that give rise to a lightning strike have been shrouded in mystery, but new research is offering some tantalizing clues. A team of engineers and meteorologists believe they’ve cracked the curious case of how lightning forms in the cloudtops, and their solution comes from an increasingly influential contender for cracking climate mysteries: mathemati

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Pokemon Legends: Z-A Gives Us First Look at Mega Dragonite, Wild Mega Evolutions

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-27 00:00:03

Pokemon Legends: Z-A is bringing back mega evolutions, the battle gimmick that first appeared in the X and Y games, but is also bringing us new twists, including brand-new mega evolutions. A recent Pokemon Presents video walked us through a few different features of the game, including the new and returning mechanics from the series' last romp through Lumiose City. Mega evolution, which allows you to temporarily evolve certain Pokemon if they're equipped with a corresponding stone, is coming ba

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Apple to Open Manufacturing Academy in Detroit, but Don't Expect a US iPhone in the Near Future

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-27 00:18:00

Apple announced today that it is opening a manufacturing academy in Detroit next month, offering free training for small businesses and innovators. The Apple Manufacturing Academy, in partnership with Michigan State University, is designed to help American companies implement artificial intelligence and new techniques in manufacturing, the company said in a statement. "Apple works with suppliers in all 50 states because we know advanced manufacturing is vital to American innovation and leaders

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Google Photos has a new look for its editor, and reactions are split

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-27 06:01:32

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR For its 10th anniversary, Google Photos announced it was overhauling its editor UI. The new editor was initially supposed to arrive in June, but Google later pushed that back to August. With August still a few days away, we’re already seeing the new interface roll out. Google Photos isn’t just a great solution for storing and organizing all your pics, but also a solid all-in-one tool for performing some edits. Back in May, while Google was celebratin

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Project Zero – Policy and Disclosure: 2025 Edition

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 06:03:40

News and updates from the Project Zero team at Google

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Xbox adds age checks in UK to comply with Online Safety Act

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-12-27 11:22:00

Recap: Digital platforms across the United Kingdom are adjusting their operations after the country's new Online Safety Act came into force, with Microsoft's Xbox gaming service among the latest to announce compliance measures. The legislation, aimed at making digital spaces safer for children and young people, has set off a wave of new regulations that require internet companies to verify users' ages if their platforms could potentially host explicit or harmful content. Microsoft confirmed thi

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The Famous Home Depot Skelly Finds Its Voice With New App for Halloween

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-27 09:56:00

Make no bones about it: Skelly's going high tech. Home Depot's popular 12-foot-tall skeleton decoration is coming back to life this Halloween with an app that lets you give the new Ultra Skelly a voice and new moves to scare the trick-or-treaters. The new animatronic version is shorter than the original at 6.5 feet tall, but you can freak out your whole neighborhood with this skeleton's rotating upper torso, moving mouth and 18 LCD eye variations (ew). And now Skelly can chat with visitors thro

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Photoshop's New AI Tool Wants to Help You Spend Less Time Relighting Photos

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-27 10:00:06

Photoshop is getting a new dose of generative AI, Adobe announced Tuesday. Three new Firefly-powered editing tools are rolling out now, including a new photo harmonization tool, a new upscaling feature to make images sharper and updates to its AI eraser. Adobe users got a sneak peek at the harmonize tool at last fall's creator conference, Adobe Max, when it was known as Project Perfect Blend. Adobe Applied Research Scientist Mengwei Ren told CNET at the time that the tool uses AI to create new

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Got nothing to watch? Roku wants to end your boredom with new discovery tools

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-27 16:00:21

Roku TL;DR Roku is introducing a number of Roku OS updates aimed at making it easier to find what you’re streaming next. Top 10 TV Shows, Top 10 Movies, and a Newly Added section will help you keep on top of trends. A new In Theaters Now row lets you plan for what you’ll be streaming a few months down the road. Can’t find the streaming solution you’re looking for from the current lineup of Android TV devices? That’s not a problem, and the market’s big enough to support competition from the l

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FBI seizes $2.4M in Bitcoin from new Chaos ransomware operation

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-27 16:52:41

FBI Dallas has seized approximately 20 Bitcoins from a cryptocurrency address belonging to a Chaos ransomware member that is linked to cyberattacks and extortion payments from Texas companies. The crypto was seized on April 15, 2025, and was traced to an affiliate named "Hors," who is suspected of launching the attacks against the companies. "The seized funds were traced to a cryptocurrency address allegedly associated with a member of the Chaos ransomware group, known as 'Hors,' who has been

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Is AI overhyped or underhyped? 6 tips to separate fact from fiction

zdnet.com Joe Mckendrick 2025-12-27 16:20:19

Mininyx Doodle / Getty Images Who do you believe when it comes to the potential impact of artificial intelligence? An MIT Nobel laureate economist or the former CEO of the world's biggest tech company? MIT economist Daron Acemoglu, for his part, says the current hype is way over the top. AI might profitably automate only 5% of tasks and add just 1% to global GDP over the coming decade, he said in a recent MIT Sloan presentation. Acemoglu also asserted that AI's potential is less clear than the

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Linux 6.16 brings faster file systems, improved confidential memory support, and more Rust support

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-12-28 04:40:13

herraez/Getty Images The changes in the latest Linux kernel, Linux 6.16, may be small, but they include some significant ones. Linus Torvalds himself summed up this release as looking fine, small, and calm, but not "really not all that interesting (in all the best ways!)." Here's my list of what's new and improved. First, the Rust language is continuing to become more well-integrated into the kernel. At the top of my list is that the kernel now boasts Rust bindings for the driver core and PCI

Topics: kernel linux new rust torvalds

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50x rendering speed improvements in Hologram (Elixir web framework)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-24 04:27:54

Hologram v0.5.0 Released! Hologram 0.5.0 represents a major evolution of the framework, delivering significant new features, performance improvements, and architectural changes that provide a more robust foundation for future development. This release brings substantial performance enhancements across the entire stack - execution times have improved from milliseconds to microseconds in many core client-side operations, making Hologram fast enough to handle real-time interactions like mouse mov

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Want to Buy a New iPhone? You Should Probably Wait

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-28 04:45:05

If you're ready to upgrade your iPhone, you'll probably want to hang tight. Apple tends to unveil its new phones in September, as it did last year with the iPhone 16 lineup. It's expected to release the iPhone 17 series at the same time this year. So, if you can wait a couple more months, you'll either score the latest device or get a discount on previous models. Watch this: Hey, Apple: Steal These S25 Edge Features for a Skinny iPhone 04:33 Newer iPhones tend to include camera and processor

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Trump’s cybersecurity cuts putting nation at risk, warns New York cyber chief

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-12-27 11:53:34

During the first few months of the new Trump administration, the White House slashed cybersecurity budgets, staff, and initiatives. And some, including cybersecurity experts and legislators, are not happy about it. One of them is Colin Ahern, the chief cyber officer for the state of New York. In a recent interview with TechCrunch, Ahern said that both he and New York Governor Kathy Hochul are worried that the Trump administration’s cuts to cybersecurity are putting the country at risk. “We wor

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I bought Samsung's Galaxy Watch Ultra 2025, but I'd recommend this model instead

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2025-12-28 09:30:17

Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra ZDNET's key takeaways The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra is on sale for $650 in four color options. Its display is vibrant and large, the battery lasts through a couple of days, and LTE is provided at no extra cost. It comes in a single 47mm size, gesture support is limited, and external sensor connections are not supported. $649.99 at Amazon Last year's Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra was my favorite Google WearOS smartwatch, so when I saw the 2025 Watch Ultra with its new

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Samsung Promo Codes: 30% Off | July 2025

wired.com Molly Higgins 2025-12-28 06:00:00

Samsung makes everything from smartphones and gaming monitors, to smart TVs and dishwashers. I'm always looking for a sale (I’m assuming you are, too), and I've found the best Samsung promo codes to help you save big on your most important tech purchases. At WIRED, we often review the South Korean company’s products, especially Samsung’s vast lineup of Galaxy smartphones, and I've rounded up a bunch of Samsung coupons for (virtually) every type of shopper. Today’s Best Samsung Coupons for up to

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, July 29

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-28 09:09:00

Back Services & Software All the news and tips you need to get the most out of services, apps and software you use every day.

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Hands-on with Anker’s latest three products: Impressively thin MagSafe battery, more

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-12-28 16:18:11

Today, Anker announced three new products for its Anker Nano lineup of charging gear. It announced a new power bank, a new 7-in-1 charging station, and a new MagSafe/Qi2 battery – the last of which is certainly impressive. I’ve had the products for a couple days now, and I’ll be providing some quick impressions. Nano Power Bank (10K) First things first: a new compact power bank. It packs 10,000mAh of capacity in a very small form factor, and it’s one of the most impressive 10K power banks I’ve

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Whistle pet trackers are shutting down next month

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-28 21:28:28

Whistle, a subsidiary of Mars that makes pet trackers, has announced that it's being acquired by Tractive. As part of the acquisition, Whistle trackers will stop working, but Tractive is offering to replace those trackers for free for a limited time. The official shutdown date for Whistle's pet trackers is August 31, 2025. Users will be able to request a replacement tracker until September 30, 2025 by providing their tracker's serial number and then choosing a new Tractive tracker. Tractive wil

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Warner Bros. Discovery will be Warner Bros. and Discovery after they break up

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-12-28 21:06:48

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. This time next year, the corporate entity known as Warner Bros. Discovery will be no more, and the two companies it’s splitting into have some very inspired names. Today, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that “Warner Bros.” and “Discovery Global” are the names of the two new businesses that will exist after it completes its restructu

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Apple iOS 26 public beta is live, here's everything you need to know about the new iPhone features and how to use them

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-29 00:59:57

Exciting changes are coming to your iPhone this fall, including a new aesthetic called Liquid Glass. Liquid Glass is a huge new change coming to iOS 26. (Apple) The wait for accessing all the new Apple iOS 26 features is still a couple months away. However, you can now download and install the public beta if you're itching to see what's coming this fall. Prefer more of a guided tour? Check out our preview of the iOS 26 public beta release, which includes the fresh home and lock screen redesign

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Control your computer with your mind? Meta's working on that

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-12-29 02:24:00

Hand gestures on the Project Moohan headset demoed by ZDNET's Kerry Wan at Google I/O. Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Since the onset of the command line, the way humans have interacted with their computers has been restricted to a keyboard. Meta's new wristband seeks to change that. Last week, Reality Labs at Meta, the team responsible for developing the company's AR and VR offerings, published a paper in Nature detailing plans for a noninvasive wristband that uses electrical signals from the user's bod

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Latest Tech News

Linux 6.16 brings faster file systems, improved confidential memory, & more Rust

ChatGPT’s new Study Mode is designed to help you learn, not just give answers

SOSV bets plasma will change everything from semiconductors to spacecraft

Samsung DeX in One UI 8 has a hidden ‘Immersive’ mode for true full screen

NotebookLM’s impressive new feature is a godsend for visual learners

Apple releases tvOS 18.6, HomePod 18.6, more new updates

9to5Mac Daily: July 29, 2025 – iPhone 17 Pro spotted in the wild?

Scientists Unveil the Shocking Truth Behind Lightning’s Mysterious Birth

Pokemon Legends: Z-A Gives Us First Look at Mega Dragonite, Wild Mega Evolutions

Apple to Open Manufacturing Academy in Detroit, but Don't Expect a US iPhone in the Near Future

Google Photos has a new look for its editor, and reactions are split

Project Zero – Policy and Disclosure: 2025 Edition

Xbox adds age checks in UK to comply with Online Safety Act

The Famous Home Depot Skelly Finds Its Voice With New App for Halloween

Photoshop's New AI Tool Wants to Help You Spend Less Time Relighting Photos

Got nothing to watch? Roku wants to end your boredom with new discovery tools

FBI seizes $2.4M in Bitcoin from new Chaos ransomware operation

Is AI overhyped or underhyped? 6 tips to separate fact from fiction

Linux 6.16 brings faster file systems, improved confidential memory support, and more Rust support

50x rendering speed improvements in Hologram (Elixir web framework)

Want to Buy a New iPhone? You Should Probably Wait

Trump’s cybersecurity cuts putting nation at risk, warns New York cyber chief

I bought Samsung's Galaxy Watch Ultra 2025, but I'd recommend this model instead

Samsung Promo Codes: 30% Off | July 2025

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, July 29

Hands-on with Anker’s latest three products: Impressively thin MagSafe battery, more

Whistle pet trackers are shutting down next month

Warner Bros. Discovery will be Warner Bros. and Discovery after they break up

Apple iOS 26 public beta is live, here's everything you need to know about the new iPhone features and how to use them

Control your computer with your mind? Meta's working on that

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