GoKawiil - Latest Tech News & Aggregated Headlines

Japan Post to temporarily suspend mail to US over end of de minimis exemption

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-12 12:41:48

Temporary Suspension of Acceptance of Mail to the United States Due to Changes in U.S. Customs and Regulations On July 30, 2025, the U.S. government issued an executive order titled “Termination of De Minimis Treatment for All Countries” regarding mail to the United States. Under this executive order, starting August 29, 2025, mail containing goods imported for personal use (taxable mail) will no longer be eligible for duty-free treatment, and tariffs will be imposed. On August 15, 2025, U.S.

Topics: customs goods items mail operators

Shop Amazon

Study shows which vehicles pollute the least in every US county

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-12 12:07:05

Greenhouse gas reduction is no longer a priority for the US government, but if you're looking for a new vehicle and want to buy something with the lowest life cycle carbon emissions, you're best off looking for a compact with a small battery. That's one of the findings of a comprehensive study from a group at the University of Michigan that calculates the overall cradle-to-grave carbon impact for different types of vehicles, including factors like powertrain options, location (within the country

Topics: battery mile percent pickup powertrains

Shop Amazon

Elon Musk’s xAI Sues Apple and OpenAI Over App Store Rankings

wired.com Zoë Schiffer 2025-12-12 11:57:24

Elon Musk’s xAI filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI on Monday, accusing the companies of behaving like monopolies and claiming Apple deprioritized ChatGPT rivals like Grok in the App Store. “This is a tale of two monopolists joining forces to ensure their continued dominance in a world rapidly driven by the most powerful technology humanity has ever created: artificial intelligence,” the lawsuit alleges. “Working in tandem, Defendants Apple and OpenAI have locked up markets to maintain the

Topics: apple lawsuit musk openai xai

Shop Amazon

Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging anticompetitive collusion

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-12-12 12:30:38

Elon Musk’s X and xAI filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI on Monday, alleging that the two companies are colluding to stifle competition. “In a desperate bid to protect its smartphone monopoly, Apple has joined forces with the company that most benefits from inhibiting competition and innovation in AI: OpenAI, a monopolist in the market for generative AI chatbots,” the lawsuit reads, referring to Apple’s partnership with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into its systems. This lawsuit is part o

Topics: ai apple company musk openai

Shop Amazon

Musk’s xAI sues Apple, OpenAI alleging anticompetitive scheme harmed X, Grok

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-12 17:46:08

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. Elon Musk's xAI sued Apple and OpenAI on Monday, accusing the pair of an "anticompetitive scheme" to thwart artificial intelligence rivals. The lawsuit, filed by Musk's AI startup xAI and its social network business X, alleges Apple and OpenAI have "colluded" to maintain monopolies in the smartphone and generative AI markets. It accuses Apple of de

Topics: ai apple company musk openai

Shop Amazon

The AI Industry Has a Huge "Credit Card Debt" Issue

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-12 16:16:09

Earlier this month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the quiet part out loud, telling reporters that he believes we're in a "phase where investors as a whole are overexcited about AI." Simmering concerns about a growing AI bubble — a word repeatedly invoked by Altman himself during the appearance — have gripped the industry, with spooked investors triggering a major tech sell-off in the wake of the CEO's remarks. Also fueling these fears was an MIT investigation that found a staggering 95 percent of

Topics: ai bloomberg credit investors openai

Shop Amazon

Two smart ring brands will no longer be available to US shoppers (Update: Statement)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-12 16:42:37

Ultrahuman also tells Android Authority that it is fast-tracking a newly designed smart ring. You can read the full statement below: We welcome the ITC’s recognition of consumer-protective exemptions and its rejection of attempts to block the access of U.S. consumers. Customers can continue purchasing and importing Ring AIR directly from us through October 21, 2025, and at retailers beyond this date. What’s more, our software application and charging accessories remain fully available, after t

Topics: commission competition consumer patent ring

Shop Amazon

Musk companies sue Apple, OpenAI alleging anticompetitive scheme

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-12 22:55:16

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. "In a desperate bid to protect its smartphone monopoly, Apple has joined forces with the company that most benefits from inhibiting competition and innovation in AI: OpenAI, a monopolist in the market for generative AI chatbots," according to the complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. It also accuses Ap

Topics: ai apple company musk openai

Shop Amazon

Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over Siri partnership, App Store charts

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-12-12 22:27:13

Elon Musk has surprisingly made good on one of his promises. Earlier this month, Musk accused Apple of rigging the App Store rankings and threatened to sue the company for this “unequivocal antitrust violation.” “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store,” Musk posted at the time. In a Texas court on Monday, Musk’s xAI officially filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI, accusing the two companies of colluding to preve

Topics: ai app apple openai store

Shop Amazon

Netflix sets opening dates for its destination entertainment hubs

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-12 22:08:51

We now have the opening dates for Netflix's branded entertainment complexes that we first learned of in 2023. The 100,000-square-foot amusement centers will be centered around all things Netflix and will include a retail component, a restaurant called Netflix Bites and numerous "immersive story-driven experiences" based on the company's most successful properties. The Netflix House in Philadelphia will open November 12 at the King of Prussia Mall, and the Dallas location will open December 11 a

Topics: experiences immersive location netflix shows

Shop Amazon

Defending against malware persistence techniques with Wazuh

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-13 03:01:11

Malware persistence techniques enable attackers to maintain access to compromised endpoints despite system reboots, credential changes, or other disruptions. Common methods include altering configurations, injecting startup code, and hijacking legitimate processes. These approaches ensure the malware or attacker remains active, allowing malicious activities to continue without the need for re-exploitation. In this article, we will examine the nature of malware persistence techniques, their imp

Topics: access malware persistence techniques wazuh

Shop Amazon

Prediction-Encoded Pixels image format

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-12 23:05:38

Prediction-Encoded Pixels This format is specifically designed to be for low-color pixel art (<=16 colors works best, up to 256 colors is supported). It uses "Prediction by Partial Matching, Order-2" compression, which is able to compress packed-palette-indices smaller than GIF, PNG, and QOI, while sacrificing a bit of time. It's 2-10x slower than GIF/PNG/QOI (depending on the image), but often compresses the image 20-50% smaller than GIF/PNG (and multiple-times smaller than QOI). If you care

Topics: compression image in_pep pep struct

Shop Amazon

The air is hissing out of the overinflated AI balloon

news.ycombinator.com Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 2025-12-13 03:05:45

Opinion There tend to be three AI camps. 1) AI is the greatest thing since sliced bread and will transform the world. 2) AI is the spawn of the Devil and will destroy civilization as we know it. And 3) "Write an A-Level paper on the themes in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet." I propose a fourth: AI is now as good as it's going to get, and that's neither as good nor as bad as its fans and haters think, and you're still not going to get an A on your report. You see, now that people have been usin

Topics: ai chatgpt companies percent work

Shop Amazon

Most Air Purifiers Haven’t Been Tested on Humans. That’s a Problem

gizmodo.com Amiran Baduashvili 2025-12-13 08:50:51

Portable air cleaners aimed at curbing indoor spread of infections are rarely tested for how well they protect people—and very few studies evaluate their potentially harmful effects. That’s the upshot of a detailed review of nearly 700 studies that we co-authored in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. Many respiratory viruses, such as covid-19 and influenza, can spread through indoor air. Technologies such as HEPA filters, ultraviolet light, and special ventilation designs—collectively kno

Topics: air people studies technologies tested

Shop Amazon

NordVPN deal: Get a two-year plan for up to 77 percent off

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-13 12:41:25

There are dozens of VPNs to choose from, but to think they're all created equally would be a mistake. Some are better than others, and NordVPN sits squarely in the better category. Now, you can save up to 77 percent on most of NordVPN's plans. Arguably the best plan for most people is the NordVPN Plus plan, which you can get two years of access for only $108 right now. That's 73 percent off the usual rate, and NordVPN throws in an addition three months for free, so you're actually getting a 27-m

Topics: 77 nordvpn percent plan threat

Shop Amazon

This new Pixel 10 feature makes weather reports even more personal, but not for everyone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-13 22:30:30

The Pixel 10 series features Magic Cue , a type of personal assistant that pulls information from other apps. Thanks to Magic Cue, the Pixel 10, 10 Pro, and 10 Pro XL now have a new weather-related feature that makes weather reports even more personal, but sadly, not for everyone. The three new Pixel flagships now support personal weather insights in the Pixel Weather app. These insights deliver tailored weather details and preparation tips based on events and plans saved in your Google account

Topics: 10 insights personal pixel weather

Shop Amazon

From Hackathon to YC

news.ycombinator.com Neha Suresh 2025-12-13 14:08:26

This story is being published in the Product Hunt Weekly Newsletter. If you'd like to read more stories like this, subscribe here. 🌟 Hey everyone, I’m Neha, the founder of @April — an AI executive assistant that keeps your inbox, calendar, and meeting prep under control so you can finally get your time back. April exists because of a hackathon I almost skipped, my car crashing into a pillar… and a YC interview I never saw coming. The Hackathon That Changed Everything It's the end of May 2025.

Topics: april like people time yc

Shop Amazon

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Monday, Aug. 25

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-13 21:38:35

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

Topics: 1989 author cooper gael journalist

Shop Amazon

Developers lose focus 1,200 times a day — how MCP could change that

venturebeat.com Sylvain Kalache 2025-12-13 16:15:00

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 Software developers spend most of their time not writing code; recent industry research found that actual coding accounts for as little as 16% of developers’ working hours, with the rest consumed by operational and supportive tasks. As engineering teams are pressured to “do more with less” and CEOs are bragging about how much of their codeb

Topics: ai context developers mcp tools

Shop Amazon

Will at centre of legal battle over Shakespeare’s home unearthed after 150 years

news.ycombinator.com Caroline Davies 2025-12-12 10:42:32

A will that has been lost for more than 150 years and was at the centre of a bitter legal battle by William Shakespeare’s family over who owned the playwright’s final home has been unearthed in an unlabelled box at the National Archives. The original 1642 document was made by Thomas Nash, who was married to Shakespeare’s granddaughter Elizabeth Hall. In it, he bequeathed New Place, reputedly the second grandest house in Stratford-upon-Avon, to his own cousin Edward Nash. However, on Thomas’s d

Topics: edward elizabeth nash shakespeare thomas

Shop Amazon

Trees on city streets cope with drought by drinking from leaky pipes

news.ycombinator.com Author.Fullname 2025-12-11 03:46:42

Urban trees lining streets fare better in dry spells than those in parks – now it seems that leaky water pipes are the reason for their endurance Trees on the streets of Montreal in Canada benefit from leaky pipes Catherine Zibo/Shutterstock Trees growing on city streets are more resistant to drought than those in parks because they are drinking from an unusual water source: leaky pipes. After long periods with little rain, water levels and sap flow tend to decrease more in trees growing in p

Topics: parks pipes streets trees water

Shop Amazon

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 25, #1528

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-13 17:00:02

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

Topics: 1989 author cooper gael journalist

Shop Amazon

Former Meta exec Nick Clegg offers careful criticism of ‘cloyingly conformist’ Silicon Valley

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-12-13 17:32:56

In Brief Meta’s former policy chief Nick Clegg seems to be walking a tightrope as he promotes his upcoming book, “How to Save the Internet.” Unlike certain other Meta employee memoirs, “How to Save the Internet” doesn’t sound like a tell-all or a scathing critique. And in an interview with the Guardian, Clegg (who previously led the U.K.’s Liberal Democrats) seems to distance himself from Silicon Valley without quite disavowing his former employer. “I really do believe that, despite its imper

Topics: clegg internet meta people sound

Shop Amazon

Top Microsoft AI Boss Concerned AI Will Start to Demand Rights

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-13 11:45:22

In a blog post this week, Microsoft's head of AI Mustafa Suleyman responded to the drastic rise in mental health crises stemming from AI use, calling for caution "about what happens in the run up towards superintelligence." At the core of Suleyman's argument isn't the dystopian threat of AI gaining consciousness — an idea currently grounded more in fantasy than scientific evidence, according to many researchers — but the belief that it already is. "My central worry is that many people will sta

Topics: ai microsoft people suleyman tech

Shop Amazon

Local Restaurant Exhausted as Google AI Keeps Telling Customers About Daily Specials That Don't Exist

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-13 14:15:14

If you're trying to find out what a restaurant has to offer, you might look up its menu, or go to its Facebook page. Hell, you could call and ask. But that's all démodé. Why not query an AI chatbot, a piece of software notorious for inventing facts out of the tokenized ether of the internet, and treat its answer like the word of God? Here's why: because you'd annoy the hell out of the restaurant. Just ask the beleaguered owners of the Montana eatery Stefanina's Wentzville, who are begging thei

Topics: ai customers google restaurant specials

Shop Amazon

I couldn’t find an ideal pet app, so I used Notion instead

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-13 12:00:48

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A lot of things have been falling by the wayside as I deal with work and life, including my chores, plans to make scheduled appointments, and other general tasks I need to complete in my daily life. I even nearly lost my phone number of 20 years. But as my garden turns to shambles and that cupboard remains unsorted and overflowing, one thing that I don’t want to compromise on is my pets’ health. I have two cats that I absolutely adore, so when I overestimate

Topics: health notion pet template use

Shop Amazon

The best Labor Day sales for 2025: Get up to 50 percent off tech from Apple, Anker, Shark and others

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-13 15:16:26

Labor Day marks the unofficial end to summer as the weather starts to get crisper and students head back to school for the new semester. It also marks a good time to check out the tech deals available across the web. While seasonal holidays like Memorial Day and Labor Day are not the boon for tech sales that shopping events like Amazon Prime Day are, they can present good opportunities to save on things like laptops, tablets, smart home gear and more. Here, we've curated the best Labor Day sa

Topics: apple best day percent year

Shop Amazon

Sonos back-to-school sale: Headphones and speakers are up to 25 percent off

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-13 17:00:35

The back-to-school season isn't only a good time to save on things like a new laptop. Case in point: Sonos' back-to-school sale. Whether you want to upgrade the sound in your dorm room or home office, you can save up to 25 percent on Sonos speakers and other gear right now. Included in the sale is the Era 100, which has a 10-percent discount at the moment. Our choice for midrange smart speaker is down to $179 from $199 as part of a larger sale on the Sonos website. The same price is available o

Topics: 100 era percent sale sonos

Shop Amazon

Get up to 35 percent off Anker wireless chargers ahead of Labor Day

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-13 17:31:27

Anker makes some of our favorite charging gear, and now you can save on a bunch of wireless power accessories from the brand. Whether you're going back to school soon or want a new charging station that can power up a few devices at once, there are discounts here worth considering. One of the best is this 3-in-1 MagSafe charging station, on sale for a record low price of $63. The Qi2-certified charger wirelessly charges your compatible iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods on one compact and convenie

Topics: anker charging iphone percent qi2

Shop Amazon

You can now download and tweak Grok 2.5 for yourself as it goes open source

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-13 18:47:35

Unhinged as Grok may be, it's now open source. xAI's CEO, Elon Musk, posted on X that the company made the older Grok 2.5 model available to the public and will do the same with the upcoming Grok 3. For now, anyone can download, run and even tweak Grok, whose source code was uploaded to the Hugging Face platform. However, there are restrictions to xAI's open-source license, which doesn't let people use Grok to train, create or improve other AI models. It's not the first time xAI has made its mo

Topics: grok model open source xai

Shop Amazon

Latest Tech News

Japan Post to temporarily suspend mail to US over end of de minimis exemption

Study shows which vehicles pollute the least in every US county

Elon Musk’s xAI Sues Apple and OpenAI Over App Store Rankings

Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging anticompetitive collusion

Musk’s xAI sues Apple, OpenAI alleging anticompetitive scheme harmed X, Grok

The AI Industry Has a Huge "Credit Card Debt" Issue

Two smart ring brands will no longer be available to US shoppers (Update: Statement)

Musk companies sue Apple, OpenAI alleging anticompetitive scheme

Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over Siri partnership, App Store charts

Netflix sets opening dates for its destination entertainment hubs

Defending against malware persistence techniques with Wazuh

Prediction-Encoded Pixels image format

The air is hissing out of the overinflated AI balloon

Most Air Purifiers Haven’t Been Tested on Humans. That’s a Problem

NordVPN deal: Get a two-year plan for up to 77 percent off

This new Pixel 10 feature makes weather reports even more personal, but not for everyone

From Hackathon to YC

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Monday, Aug. 25

Developers lose focus 1,200 times a day — how MCP could change that

Will at centre of legal battle over Shakespeare’s home unearthed after 150 years

Trees on city streets cope with drought by drinking from leaky pipes

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 25, #1528

Former Meta exec Nick Clegg offers careful criticism of ‘cloyingly conformist’ Silicon Valley

Top Microsoft AI Boss Concerned AI Will Start to Demand Rights

Local Restaurant Exhausted as Google AI Keeps Telling Customers About Daily Specials That Don't Exist

I couldn’t find an ideal pet app, so I used Notion instead

The best Labor Day sales for 2025: Get up to 50 percent off tech from Apple, Anker, Shark and others

Sonos back-to-school sale: Headphones and speakers are up to 25 percent off

Get up to 35 percent off Anker wireless chargers ahead of Labor Day

You can now download and tweak Grok 2.5 for yourself as it goes open source

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising

Latest Tech News

Trending Topics

Hot Now

Popular

Emerging

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising