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Show HN: Omnara – Run Claude Code from Anywhere

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-30 03:33:38

Omnara - Mission Control for Your AI Agents 🚀 Your AI workforce launchpad, in your pocket. 🚀 What is Omnara? Omnara transforms your AI agents (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and more) from silent workers into communicative teammates. Get real-time visibility into what your agents are doing, respond to their questions instantly, and guide them to success - all from your phone. ✨ Key Features Feature Description 📊 Real-Time Monitoring See every step your AI agents take as they work 💬 In

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Blackwater’s founder would like to sell you a privacy phone made in the USA

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-11-30 03:00:00

Unplugged, a company cofounded and backed by Erik Prince, who is also the founder of infamous private military contractor Blackwater, has just released a new version of its “privacy-first” UP Phone that will be made in the US — at some point. The original UP Phone was described by the company as “the ultimate privacy-focused smartphone” and by privacy platform GrapheneOS as “a clear cut scam.” (It was first announced in June 2022, though it didn’t reach customers until 2024; Unplugged wouldn’t

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Apple Cinemas responds to Apple lawsuit

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-11-30 03:13:37

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple Cinemas, a theater chain not affiliated with Apple, has responded to Apple’s recent lawsuit over alleged trademark infringement, as reported by MacRumors. In its lawsuit, Apple alleged that Apple Cinemas and owner Sand Media have tried to “capitalize on the highly-regarded Apple bran

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Salesforce’s new CoAct-1 agents don’t just point and click — they write code to accomplish tasks faster and with greater success rates

venturebeat.com Ben Dickson 2025-11-30 08:00:03

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 Researchers at Salesforce and the University of Southern California have developed a new technique that gives computer-use agents the ability to execute code while navigating graphical user interfaces (GUIs), that is, writing scripts while also moving a cursor and/or clicking buttons on an application, combining the best of both approaches

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Sling TV launches a $5 Day Pass for commitment-free cable

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-30 08:00:21

Are you a TV watcher with commitment issues? Sling TV thinks it has the answer in the shape of its new one-day passes. The app-based alternative to traditional cable will sell you a $5 Day Pass that allows you to stream live TV (including sports)from any channel included in its Sling Orange plan for 24 hours. Sling Orange costs $46 per month and includes the likes of the Disney Channel and various ESPN channels (including ESPN 4K) as plan exclusives. You also get access to channels like TBS, TN

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This new Arch Linux tool takes the hassle out of keeping packages up to date - here's how

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-30 08:45:07

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways New Arch tool alerts maintainers when packages are outdated. Bumpbuddy automates GitLab issue creation for updates. Web dashboard and API planned for future Bumpbuddy versions. Bumpbuddy is a new Arch Linux tool that aims to improve how maintainers are informed about packages within the primary repositories. This new app uses a background service (daemon) to monitor package versions and even automatically opens issues on GitLab if it detect

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The ex-CIA agents deciding Facebook's content policy (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Alan Macleod 2025-11-30 08:07:34

It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It’s a balance”, Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of “the team that writes the rules for Facebook”, determining “what is acceptable and what is not.” Thus, he and his team effectively decide what content the platform’s 2.9 billion active users see and what they don’t see. Aaron is being interviewed in a bright warehouse-turn

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James Cameron Wants to Remind You That Generative AI Is a Threat

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-11-30 08:45:33

As the industry behind generative AI keeps touting its evolution, Hollywood stands on a precipice to see just who’s going to be first to break ground leveraging the controversial technology in film production (although, reportedly, not for a lack of trying and failing behind the scenes). But for James Cameron, at least, the current will-they-won’t-they approach is untenable—and the filmmaker believes that studios have to start getting a grip with the technology now, before it irrevocably damages

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Cloud vs. Local: What’s the Best for Security Camera Footage? (2025)

wired.com Simon Hill 2025-11-30 12:00:00

Whether you want to keep tabs on your kids, package deliveries, or pets when you’re away from home, security cameras and video doorbells are an affordable and easy way to do so. But there’s one important question to settle before deciding on your ideal home security setup: Where will you store those videos? Cloud convenience can be perfect for some, while others may prefer to keep things local and subscription-free. I’ve been testing security cameras and video doorbells for many years now, and

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New data shows AI agents invading the workplace, with mixed results

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-11-30 17:00:21

imaginima ZDNET's key takeaways: Employee trust in AI agents is growing, but only for some tasks. Research found that trust increases the more people use agents. The rapid embrace of agents is rewriting some workplace norms. AI agents are becoming a common fixture in the workplace as businesses look to automate a variety of routine, time-consuming tasks. A growing body of research, however, is revealing the boundaries of the degree of control that employees are willing to hand over to these

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Apple's improved Siri voice assistant may finally have a release date - and I'm ready to ditch Gemini for it

zdnet.com Prakhar Khanna 2025-11-30 17:09:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways: An upgraded version of App Intents could make Siri the true hands-free iPhone companion. Apple is currently testing these Siri App Intents with a handful of third-party apps. The revamped Siri could ship in the spring of 2026, reports Bloomberg. When Apple first announced an upgraded and more capable Siri, every one of its users was reasonably excited. Unfortunately, that promise never happened, and the new Siri continues to be delayed. However, ahead

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The iPhone 17 Needs Amazing Cameras. Here's What I Think Apple Should Do

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-30 16:00:00

The iPhone 16 Pro already packs one of the best camera setups found on any phone, but the iPhone 17 needs to take things even further when it launches in just a few weeks. Sure, Apple's phones are capable of taking stunning photos, thanks to its awesome software, ProRaw format and its wealth of video skills, but Apple's rivals have been doing big things, too. The Galaxy S25 Ultra, the Pixel 9 Pro and the Xiaomi 14 Ultra all pack amazing camera setups that have given the iPhone 16 Pro a run for i

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Best Kids Backpacks, Tested and Reviewed (2025)

wired.com Adrienne So 2025-11-30 16:03:00

As an adult gear tester, I have one major problem with looking for the best kids backpack: Ultimately, the decision is not up to me. My 8-year-old and 10-year-old are the ones who have to carry this backpack to school, camp, and beyond. It has to protect iPads and Chromebooks, fit lunch boxes and water bottles, and get kicked around cars, bikes, and school gyms. Most importantly, it has to be comfortable. And be a good fashion accessory. And you have to find it quickly when it’s hung up on a hoo

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Radicle 1.3.0

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-30 21:33:42

Radicle is a peer-to-peer, local-first code collaboration stack built on Git. Radicle 1.3.0 The Radicle team is delighted to announce the release of Radicle 1.3.0 (29043134a). This release contains 48 commits by 7 contributors. We would like to thank everyone for their continued effort in helping us improve the Radicle protocol and tooling via their contributions and usage reports 👾 Installation curl -sSf https://radicle.xyz/install | sh -s -- --no-modify-path --version=1.3.0 Canonical Refe

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United Now Offers Complete Seasons of Apple TV Plus Shows

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-30 22:00:00

United has a new offering for passengers looking to fight in-flight boredom: full seasons of Apple TV Plus original shows. United on Tuesday announced Apple TV Plus is now included at no cost on the airline's more than 130,000 seatback screens and in the United app. The entire first seasons of Severance, Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Slow Horses and Silo are among the select titles available. Passengers will also get access to The Morning Show and Bad Sisters in September. An Apple TV Plus subscriptio

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This Gemini UI change should’ve been the default from the start (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-01 09:58:20

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google could move Gemini’s AI model switcher to the bottom of your smartphone screen. This would make it easier to switch AI models with one hand compared to the current UI. Google could also bring a UI tweak to Gemini’s video menu. Google’s Gemini chatbot lets you choose between several AI models for your specific needs. You can use the flash models if you value quick, responsive answers, or the Pro models if you need more in-depth answers. Now, it

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Qodo CLI agent scores 71.2% on SWE-bench Verified

news.ycombinator.com Tomer Yanay 2025-12-01 09:05:59

We’re excited to announce that Qodo Command, our CLI agent, achieved a scored of 71.2% on SWE-bench Verified (submission pending review), the leading benchmark for evaluating AI agents on real-world software engineering tasks. This achievement is a strong signal that Qodo’s agents are built for the realities of production development. For use cases like reviewing code, writing tests, fixing bugs, and generating features, our CLI agent goes beyond autocomplete to deliver thoughtful, context-awar

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The Best Whitening Toothpaste of 2025, According to Dentists

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-01 05:26:00

Why we like it: Colgate Optic White Pro Series toothpaste is one whitening toothpaste that Dr. Fatima Khan, a dentist in Houston, Texas, recommends. Some of her reasons for recommending it include its trusted brand name and its 5% hydrogen peroxide whitening agent. Unlike other whitening agents that work by removing stains on the surface of the tooth, hydrogen peroxide can get inside the tooth so it whitens intrinsically as well as extrinsically. Sachar also recommends this toothpaste, saying,

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StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-01 06:08:13

StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers [LWN subscriber-only content] StarDict is a GPLv3-licensed cross-platform dictionary application. It includes dictionaries for a number of languages, and has a rich plugin ecosystem. It also has a glaring security problem: while running on X11, using Debian's default configuration, it will send a user's text selections over unencrypted HTTP to two remote servers. On August 4, Vincent Lefevre reported the problem to the oss-security mailing list an

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I went hands-on with ChatGPT Codex and the vibe was not good - here's what happened

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-12-01 10:00:00

Aleksandra Konoplia/Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways ChatGPT Codex wrote code and saved me time. It also created a serious bug, but it was able to recover. Codex is still based on the GPT-4 LLM architecture. Well, vibe coding this is not. I found the experience to be slow, cumbersome, stressful, and incomplete. But it all worked out in the end. ChatGPT Codex is ChatGPT's agentic tool dedicated to code writing and modification. It can access your GitHub repository, make changes, and issue

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The value of institutional memory

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-30 22:53:43

In 1978, a dredging gang working for British Waterways was struggling with a problem. They were trying to clear obstacles on the Chesterfield Canal so they could stabilise a concrete wall — not an easy day’s work. But what really had them stumped was a heavy iron chain on the canal bottom. After various attempts, they hooked the chain to their dredger. That did the trick. A firm pull removed the chain and the block of wood on the end of it. The gang took a well-earned break for tea. The tea bre

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How to get AI to work in 22 languages

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-01 12:01:09

How to get AI to work in 22 languages 60 minutes ago Share Save Priti Gupta Technology Reporter Reporting from Mumbai Share Save Priti Gupta Translation tech has made work easier for Vineet Sawant Vineet Sawant has spent the last two years navigating the streets of Mumbai on a scooter as a delivery driver. "Being on the road is always very stressful and especially in cities like Mumbai," he says. But when he started out language barriers were an additional problem. His first language is Marat

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Even the lowly canister vacuum now wants access to your Wi-Fi network

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-12-01 09:20:32

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Despite the convenience of cordless stick vacs, canister vacuums are still very much a thing for those with battery anxiety or those who want a lighter cleaner. Miele still offers over 20 different models of canister vacs in the US, but its latest is the comp

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Participate in Standards Development for P2807.9

computer.org Joshua Roller 2025-12-02 02:07:31

“Guide for Application of Knowledge Graphs for Rail Transit,” designated by the Project Number P2807.9, is a groundbreaking standard that has significantly impacted the rail transit industry. By providing a comprehensive framework for the development and implementation of Knowledge Graphs (KG), specifically tailored for the rail transit sector, referred to as rail-transit-oriented KG (RTKG), this guide addresses the critical need for consistent knowledge patterns and unified interface standards.

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Scientists Design Huge Spacecraft That Could Carry 2,400 Colonists to Alpha Centauri

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-02 03:11:53

A team of engineers has come up with designs of a 36-mile spacecraft, dubbed Chrysalis, designed to carry up to 2,400 passengers to Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our own. As first spotted by Live Science, the ambitious vision recently won the team the top prize at the Project Hyperion Design Competition, which was launched last year by an international consortium of scientists, engineers, and urban planners. Unsurprisingly, Chrysalis sounds like it was yanked straight out of a sci

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Study warns of security risks as ‘OS agents’ gain control of computers and phones

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-12-02 03:14:07

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 Researchers have published the most comprehensive survey to date of so-called “OS Agents” — artificial intelligence systems that can autonomously control computers, mobile phones and web browsers by directly interacting with their interfaces. The 30-page academic review, accepted for publication at the prestigious Association for Computatio

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Your OnePlus phone might soon get a handy new Gemini feature (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-02 03:51:19

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority TL;DR Strings in the latest Google app beta reference OnePlus Mind Space integration. Mind Space is a OnePlus app for saving notes, articles, screenshots, and other on-screen content. This could let Gemini quickly retrieve saved items, though there’s no indication of a rollout yet. Gemini might be getting a new trick on certain OnePlus devices. In the latest beta of the Google app (16.31.75.sa.arm64), we found strings suggesting the AI assistant might soon b

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The Ending of ‘Weapons’ Is Very Personal to Zach Cregger

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-02 03:20:21

You can’t watch a movie like Weapons and not sense that parts of it come from deep within a person. The portrayals of family, fear, and loss—it’s all heartbreaking and scary even before you get to the chills and thrills. Writer-director Zach Cregger fully admits the film was written as a way for him to cope with the loss of a good friend, but his personal connections to the material go even beyond that. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Cregger talked about some of the big reveals in the final act of th

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Meteorite Crashes Into Georgia Home, Turns Out to Be 20 Million Years Older Than Earth

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-12-02 03:25:56

On a clear June day in Georgia, a blazing fireball suddenly fell out of the sky over the Atlanta metro area. The source of this spectacle was a 1-ton meteor that exploded in mid-air, sending a cherry tomato-sized fragment shooting through the roof of a McDonough home. Though no one knew it then, this space rock hailed from a time long before Earth had even formed. Using optical and electron microscopes, geologists at the University of Georgia analyzed 0.8 ounces (23 grams) of fragments recovere

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How Apple may revamp Siri to a voice assistant I'd actually use (and ditch Gemini for)

zdnet.com Prakhar Khanna 2025-12-02 08:50:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways: An upgraded version of App Intents could make Siri the true hands-free iPhone companion. Apple is currently testing these Siri App Intents with a handful of third-party apps. The revamped Siri could ship in the spring of 2026, reports Bloomberg. When Apple first announced an upgraded and more capable Siri, every one of its users was reasonably excited. Unfortunately, that promise never happened, and the new Siri continues to be delayed. However, ahead

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Best Kids Backpacks, Tested and Reviewed (2025)

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This Gemini UI change should’ve been the default from the start (APK teardown)

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StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers

I went hands-on with ChatGPT Codex and the vibe was not good - here's what happened

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