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Samsung’s Project Moohan headset has a new launch date, but what about tri-fold?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-24 09:39:01

Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung will reportedly launch its Project Moohan headset on October 21. This will apparently be an online launch, but there’s no word on geographical availability. Samsung’s “tri-fold” device will reportedly launch at a separate event. Samsung has been working on an Android XR headset, codenamed Project Moohan, in partnership with Google for a while now. We’ve previously heard launch date rumors, but a reliable outlet has now revealed a different date.

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Android 16 now makes a stronger Material 3 Expressive first impression with latest QPR beta

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-24 12:12:07

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 adds a new Material 3 Expressive look to the Setup Wizard. The redesigned Setup Wizard includes thicker buttons and a cleaner card-like UI on certain screens. Most users are likely to miss the changes as the Setup Wizard only appears on new or wiped devices, but a refresh was much needed to make a strong first impression. Google recently rolled out Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 for supported Pixel phones, packing in many key changes,

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Robotaxis as public transit? Waymo thinks so

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-10-24 13:00:00

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Waymo is teaming up with tech transit startup Via to integrate its autonomous vehicles into city public transit networks, starting with a growing suburb of Phoenix. In Chandler, Arizona, Waymo’s robotaxis will soon join the town’s Flex

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Meta Horizon TV is an entertainment hub for VR headsets

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-24 22:12:16

After revealing his company's latest augmented reality and smart glasses at Meta Connect this year, Mark Zuckerberg has introduced a new entertainment hub for its Quest headsets called Horizon TV. Zuckerberg said Meta believes watching video content is going to be a huge category for both virtual reality headsets and glasses in the future. Meta has already teamed up with several major streaming services to provide shows and movies you can enjoy in VR. One of those partners is Disney+, which will

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Stepping Down as Libxml2 Maintainer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-24 21:17:20

Hello, since I’ve stepped in as libxslt maintainer I’ve been studying both libxslt and libxml2 codebases. I have the time to maintain the library I just need to get familiar with the latest changes you introduced like: I haven’t find how to manage both output and input buffers. I found functions like: xmlOutputBufferCreateIO but by the places in which I’ve found them is not clear on how to use them. Should I send you an email with my questions or do you prefer other means of communication?

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WhatsApp for iOS gets message reminders

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-25 09:18:13

A few weeks ago, WhatsApp started testing a feature that would let users set reminders for incoming messages. This feature is now live. Here’s how it works. Preset or custom timers spanning 1 minute to 1 day Different users have different methods to avoid forgetting to reply to a text message. If you’re anything like me, you probably keep them unread until you can actually respond. Still, sometimes, a few important messages can fall through the cracks. With its latest update (via WABetaInfo),

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On iOS 26 with a T-Satellite plan? These six iPhone apps work via satellite

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-26 17:56:24

When T-Mobile launched its T-Satellite service back in July, iPhone users were limited to text messaging via satellite – but the company promised that support for selected additional apps would follow. With the launch of iOS 26, the company has started to make good on that promise, with support for six apps so far. Notably, you don’t need to choose T-Mobile as your carrier in order to subscribe to the service … T-Satellite from T-Mobile We’d known since 2022 that T-Mobile would be SpaceX’s fi

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Samsung 870 QVO 4TB SATA SSD-s: how are they doing after 4 years of use?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-25 03:03:18

I’ve been running four Samsung 870 QVO 4TB SATA SSD-s for a while now. They’re old enough to be popping up on the second-hand market, so I thought it would be good to provide a few additional data points for those thinking about buying one. Mine have mainly been used in a home server setting, with one also being used as a backup drive at times. I initially got these drives because I found the noise that hard drives generated to be unacceptably high in a small apartment. They’re also quite a bit

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I tested the Apple Watch Ultra 3 to figure out who should upgrade - here's my advice

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-10-27 08:23:09

Apple Watch Ultra 3 ZDNET's key takeaways Apple's rugged smartwatch is now available to preorder. The watch gets an additional six hours of battery life for a total of 42 hours of wear. Sleeping with the smartwatch is difficult. View now at Apple Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If the new Apple Watch Series 11, Apple's baseline smartwatch, is the girl next door, then Apple's Ultra 3 is the Mt. Kilimanjaro-scaling, rugged neighbor. People might be using the Series 11 to

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Mac Mini Sale: Get Into MacOS for Less Than $500 Today

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-10-27 09:17:16

In the market for a new MacOS-based desktop, but don't have a lot of space to spare? Amazon is currently offering discounts on both the 256GB and 512GB model of the late 2024 Apple Mac Mini (8/10, WIRED Recommends) with the M4 chip. Apple's M4 CPU is at the heart of both versions of this miniaturized desktop, with 10 cores each for the CPU and GPU. Our reviewer Brenda Stolyar had no complaints about the performance, noting that it handled multiple browser tabs, chat programs, and other apps wit

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T-Mobile's T-Satellite Service Now Works With These iPhone and Android Apps

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-27 20:50:00

This summer, T-Mobile launched its T-Satellite service, which allows you to send text messages and contact emergency services outside cellular coverage areas. The company promised that other apps would be able to work with data on the Starlink network starting in October. Fall has come early. It's only September, and several apps on iOS and Android already support T-Satellite data. With the release of iOS 26, Apple joins Google in offering compatibility with a host of apps -- such as mapping,

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Same-day delivery comes to space, as Impulse promises satellite transport in hours, not months

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-10-27 21:07:15

Amazon made same-day delivery the benchmark on Earth. Impulse Space is pitching a similar concept for satellites bound for geostationary orbit about 22,000 miles above Earth, compressing what is typically a months-long transit into a matter of hours. In the span of a week, the in-space propulsion startup announced a trio of deals aiming to unlock geostationary orbit (GEO) for commercial and defense users. That includes a demonstration mission with defense contractor Anduril planned for 2026; a

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Hate Windows 11's vibe? Make it look more like Linux or MacOS - here's how

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-10-28 09:51:29

Screenshot by Jack Wallen/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Seelen UI is a desktop environment for Windows. With this app, you can achieve a Linux or MacOS look. Seelen UI is free to use and install on Windows 10/11. As a longtime Linux user, my opinion of the Windows UI has never really wavered: I think it's pretty dismal. Given that Linux has a cornucopia of desktop environments from which to choose, it makes perfect sense that someone wh

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GNOME 49 arrives this week, and it's packed with features and polish you'll love

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-10-28 13:05:51

Jack Wallen/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways GNOME 49 will be available on Sept. 17. The latest release switches out some default apps. This new GNOME adds just the right amount of polish. GNOME is a Linux desktop environment that you either love or hate. I've used GNOME and GNOME-based desktops for years and have always fallen on the side of "love. " With each new release, I always find a feature or two (or a bit of extra polish) that makes

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Apple Watch Ultra 3: A closer look at its satellite communications tools

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-29 00:00:12

The latest generation of smartwatches is looking to the skies to expand their connectivity capabilities. The Apple Watch Ultra 3 will be the second mainstream smartwatch (not counting the Garmin Fenix 8 Pro) to support satellite communications, and the new connectivity feature is one of a few changes coming to the device. Other upgrades include the S10 chip, a slightly larger display, bigger battery that lasts up to 42 hours, support for 5G, as well as the hypertension and sleep score features c

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Review: Apple Watch Ultra 3 delivers off-grid connectivity as Series 11 extends battery

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-10-29 05:00:00

When Apple Watch arrived in 2015, there was no way to send or receive data without an iPhone or wifi. Now these things can talk to space. It’s wild. Apple Watch Ultra 3 is the first version to include satellite connectivity, a feature introduced with iPhone 14 just three years ago. It comes standard in every Ultra 3 and enables the ability to contact emergency services without a cellular connection. Over the last few days, we’ve been testing Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Apple Watch Series 11. Check

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I tried every new Apple Watch released in 2025 - here's why the Ultra 3 deserves your attention

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-10-29 05:00:26

Apple Watch Ultra 3 ZDNET's key takeaways Apple's rugged smartwatch is now available to preorder. The watch gets an additional six hours of battery life for a total of 42 hours of wear. Sleeping with the smartwatch is difficult. View now at Apple Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If the new Apple Watch Series 11, Apple's baseline smartwatch, is the girl next door, then Apple's Ultra 3 is the Mt. Kilimanjaro-scaling, rugged neighbor. People might be using the Series 11 to

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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5’s biggest rival is arriving next week

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-29 13:58:20

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR MediaTek has announced that its next Dimensity flagship processor will be launched next week. This chip is expected to be the Dimensity 9500 processor. The processor is said to pack a powerful CPU, Mali G1-Ultra graphics, and an NPU with 100 TOPS of performance. Qualcomm will announce the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 next week, and it’s expected to power a host of flagship Android phones. Now, arch-rival MediaTek has revealed that its own high-end processo

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Windows 11 upgrade failed? These are my 4 most powerful troubleshooting secrets

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-10-29 15:00:00

SvetaZi/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. When Windows decides that it isn't interested in completing an upgrade, it can be maddeningly unhelpful, spitting out error codes and cryptic messages that can leave even experts scratching their heads. Also: How to upgrade your 'incompatible' Windows 10 PC to Windows 11 - for free That can happen with a routine Windows 11 feature update, but it's especially frustrating when you're trying to install Window

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Facebook's settlement payments are on the way - here's how much you can expect

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-10-29 08:45:57

Maria Korneeva/Moment via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Payments have started going out in the 2023 Facebook privacy suit. Each user who filed will get between $5 and $40. Your amount depends on how long you used the site. If you filed a claim in the $725 million Facebook privacy settlement back in 2023, your payment might be on the way. Several years ago, Facebook, its parent company Meta, and political marketing company Cambri

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People Who Hunt Down Old TVs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-26 11:51:19

They are televisions from another era, replaced by the flat screen, high-resolution displays of the modern era. Yet cathode-ray tubes are still surprisingly in demand. The moment he saw pictures of the grubby old televisions for sale, Shaan Joshi knew he had to have them. Joshi, a game developer and writer from central Florida in the US, immediately paid up: $2,500 (£1,900) for 10 cathode-ray tube (CRT) TVs. Chunky boxes with thick glass screens. Relics from another time. Wi-fi connectivity? Ap

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Check Your Bank Accounts, You Might Spot a Deposit From a Facebook Lawsuit

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 15:09:19

Read your email carefully this week: On Monday morning, I received an email from PayPal with the enticing subject line, "Your Facebook Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation Settlement Payment." And no, it wasn't a scam. I opened it to find my PayPal account had been sent $37.55 as my share of Facebook's $725 million privacy settlement. Don't miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET as a preferred Google source. I was glad I spotted the email, because the money w

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I wish my web server were in the corner of my room (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-26 19:05:05

Back in college I used to run part of my website from a Linux box in my room. I made it into a speech synthesiser, and people could connect to the machine to talk into my flat. (Retrospective apologies to my flatmates.) This is way back in 2000 so before smartphones, and before texting, and before always-on internet (college was an exception), and before camera phones or being able to reliably email photos let alone video. Decent text-to-speech still felt novel. We had a friend who was travell

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Millions of Facebook users are finally getting their payouts from the $725M privacy settlement

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-30 01:43:12

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR In 2022, Meta agreed to pay a $725 million settlement to millions of users for allegedly selling their personal information to Cambridge Analytica. The company handling the payments has confirmed that the distribution of the money has commenced and will continue over the next 10 weeks. If your claim was approved, you’ll receive an email three to four days before your payment is sent. It was a while ago, but you may remember when Meta got in trouble f

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Internet Archive’s big battle with music publishers ends in settlement

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-30 05:52:01

A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit where music publishers sued the Internet Archive over the Great 78 Project, an effort to preserve early music recordings that only exist on brittle shellac records. No details of the settlement have so far been released, but a court filing on Monday confirmed that the Internet Archive and UMG Recordings, Capitol Records, Sony Music Entertainment, and other record labels "have settled this matter." More details may come in the next 45 days, when parties

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Apple's Mac mini M4 is up to $110 off right now

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-30 21:34:38

The Apple Mac mini M4 desktop computer is on sale via Amazon right now. This brings the price of the entry-level version, with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, down to $499. The model with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage is down to $689, which is a discount of $110. You can also pick up one with 24GB of RAM for $904. This is the model that came out at the tail-end of 2024 and represented the first major redesign of the product in ten years. We reviewed a version of this computer and called it

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How to disable ACR on your TV - and why you should ASAP

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2025-10-31 01:13:44

Adam Breeden/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Smart TVs track viewing habits with ACR tech. Collected data fuels billions in targeted ads. Turning off ACR protects privacy but takes effort. Did you know that whenever you turn on your smart TV, you invite an unseen guest to watch it with you? These days, most popular TV models utilize automatic content recognition (ACR), a form of ad surveillance technology that gathers information about eve

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Creating a VGA Signal in Hubris

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-31 01:04:24

A while ago I got a ST Nucleo-H753ZI evaluation board because I wanted to try out Hubris, Oxide's embedded operating system. After getting the basic demo app with the blinking lights running I set it aside for a lack of an idea what to do with it. A few weeks ago I was looking through old Raspberry Pi accessories on the hunt for a project. What stuck out to me wasn't any of the Raspberry Pi stuff, but the old 4 by 3 VGA monitor I had standing around. Could I just wire those pins in the VGA cable

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CubeSats are fascinating learning tools for space

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-31 05:02:02

These are CubeSats. Satellites that are going to space—or at least, the ones I have here are prototypes. But these have one thing in common: they're all powered by either a Raspberry Pi, or a microcontroller. There are already Pis in space, like on Mark Rober's SatGus, on GASPACS, and the Astro Pis on the Space station. Another Pi is going up this weekend, which is why I'm posting this today. I'll get to that one, but I wanted to spend some time talking about two things that fascinate me: Raspb

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China says Nvidia violated anti-monopoly law after preliminary probe

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-10-31 20:18:14

China is one of Nvidia's largest markets, particularly for data centers, gaming and artificial intelligence applications. China's market regulator on Monday said that Nvidia violated the country's anti-monopoly law, according to a preliminary probe, adding that Beijing would continue its investigation into the U.S. chip giant. Shares of Nvidia were down around 2% in premarket trading. Late last year, China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) opened an investigation into Nvidia

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Latest Tech News

Samsung’s Project Moohan headset has a new launch date, but what about tri-fold?

Android 16 now makes a stronger Material 3 Expressive first impression with latest QPR beta

Robotaxis as public transit? Waymo thinks so

Meta Horizon TV is an entertainment hub for VR headsets

Stepping Down as Libxml2 Maintainer

WhatsApp for iOS gets message reminders

On iOS 26 with a T-Satellite plan? These six iPhone apps work via satellite

Samsung 870 QVO 4TB SATA SSD-s: how are they doing after 4 years of use?

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Mac Mini Sale: Get Into MacOS for Less Than $500 Today

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Same-day delivery comes to space, as Impulse promises satellite transport in hours, not months

Hate Windows 11's vibe? Make it look more like Linux or MacOS - here's how

GNOME 49 arrives this week, and it's packed with features and polish you'll love

Apple Watch Ultra 3: A closer look at its satellite communications tools

Review: Apple Watch Ultra 3 delivers off-grid connectivity as Series 11 extends battery

I tried every new Apple Watch released in 2025 - here's why the Ultra 3 deserves your attention

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Windows 11 upgrade failed? These are my 4 most powerful troubleshooting secrets

Facebook's settlement payments are on the way - here's how much you can expect

People Who Hunt Down Old TVs

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I wish my web server were in the corner of my room (2022)

Millions of Facebook users are finally getting their payouts from the $725M privacy settlement

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Apple's Mac mini M4 is up to $110 off right now

How to disable ACR on your TV - and why you should ASAP

Creating a VGA Signal in Hubris

CubeSats are fascinating learning tools for space

China says Nvidia violated anti-monopoly law after preliminary probe

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