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I solved a distributed queue problem after 15 years

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-12 19:28:34

When I was responsible for the infrastructure at Reddit, the most important thing I maintained was Postgres, but a close second was RabbitMQ, our message broker. It was essential to the operation of reddit — everything went into a distributed queue before it went to a database. For example, if you upvoted a post, that was written to the queue and the cache, and then returned success to the user. Then a queue runner would take that item, and attempt to write it to the database as well as create a

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Retro Games Fan? Atari's $180 Gamestation Go Is Up for Preorder

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-14 05:30:00

The venerable video game company Atari is offering preorders for a new game console it previewed earlier this year: The Gamestation Go will release in October for $180 (plus $8 shipping). On its website, Atari shows off a colorful portable device with a 7-inch screen and multiple ways to control games including trackpads, a trackball and even a numeric keypad. Atari says the console will come bundled with 200 built-in games including Pac-Man, Centipede, Asteroids and Balls of Steel. It includes

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Judge in Anthropic AI Piracy Suit Worried Authors May 'Get the Shaft' in $1.5B Settlement

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-14 06:07:16

A federal judge on Monday ordered the court to slow-roll a proposed $1.5 billion settlement to authors whose copyrighted works Anthropic pirated to train its Claude AI models. Judge William Alsup, of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, said the deal is "nowhere close to complete," and he will hold off on approving it until more questions are answered. Alsup's concerns seem to be around making sure authors have enough notice to join the suit, according to Bloomberg. In

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Judge: Anthropic’s $1.5B settlement is being shoved “down the throat of authors”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-14 06:21:02

At a hearing Monday, US district judge William Alsup blasted a proposed $1.5 billion settlement over Anthropic's rampant piracy of books to train AI. The proposed settlement comes in a case where Anthropic could have owed more than $1 trillion in damages after Alsup certified a class that included up to 7 million claimants whose works were illegally downloaded by the AI company. Instead, critics fear Anthropic will get off cheaply, striking a deal with authors suing that covers less than 500,0

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iPhone 17 event live blog: on the ground at Apple’s keynote

theverge.com Victoria Song 2025-10-14 06:30:00

We got a glimpse of some software at WWDC 2025, but today is all about the new hardware, baby. We’re anticipating the usual — the iPhone 17 and 17 Pro, new colors, camera upgrades, and quite possibly an iPhone 17 Air if the rumors pan out. The fall is usually when Apple also struts out a new Apple Watch, and based on previous upgrade timelines, it’s likely we’re due for an Ultra 3 and a revamped SE. The AirPods Pro are also due for a refresh. And, as always, it’s possible that there’s something

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New emojis will include Bigfoot, orca whale, treasure chest, and more

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-10-14 05:36:27

The Unicode Consortium has confirmed its next slate of emojis, coming in the next year to eager thumbs near you. Yes, there is indeed a nonprofit organization that creates standardized language across devices from a wide range of hardware makers — that’s why if you send your friend a flamenco dancer emoji from your iPhone, they’ll be able to see that suave dancer in a red dress on their Android. And that same organization gets the final say on what new emojis come to your device. The new emoji

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Orson Welles' Estate Disgusted by Amazon Remaking His Movie Using AI

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-14 10:14:20

Amazon is planning to use artificial intelligence to recreate destroyed footage from Orson Welles' 1942 film "The Magnificent Ambersons" — but the late directors' estate is calling bull. In a statement to Variety, a spokesperson for David Reeder, whose Reeder Brand Management handles Welles' estate on behalf of the auteur's daughter Beatrice, said that the family hadn't been informed of the project, which is slated to generate with AI the final 43 minutes of the film. Edward Saatchi, the CEO o

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Plex tells users to change their passwords after data breach

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-14 10:26:35

The Plex streaming platform has experienced a security breach and is telling customers to change their passwords "immediately." They also suggest that users enable two-factor authentication and sign out of any connected devices that are currently logged in. The company says a database was accessed by an “an unauthorized third party” and that some customers had their emails, usernames and hashed passwords exposed. As indicated, the breach involved hashed passwords, which are scrambled through an

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Our favorite cheap wireless earbuds are back on sale for only $45

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-14 10:27:04

The Anker Soundcore Space A40 wireless earbuds are back on sale for a record-low price of $45 a 44 percent discount. These earbuds remain our top pick for best budget wireless earbuds . The most significant feature on the A40 earbuds is the inclusion of active noise cancellation (ANC), which is almost unheard of at this price point. It's not the most sophisticated ANC, but it does sufficiently reduce constant rumbling background noise like on a plane. The built-in mic that's used for transparen

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I've worn my Apple Watch Ultra for 2 years - and I can't believe the shape it's in

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-14 10:36:28

Nearly two years old, and my Apple Watch Ultra 2 is still going strong. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways I've worn my Ultra 2 almost continuously for two years. It's been banged, smashed, soaked, baked, and frozen. Apart from a few small superficial scratches, it's still going strong. Today, my Apple Watch Ultra 2 is 702 days old. I've worn it nearly 24/7 since October 2023. It only comes off my wrist to charge, and t

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These subtle AirPods Pro 3 upgrades would make them an instant buy for me

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-10-14 10:44:00

Jada Jones/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. It's almost time for Apple to announce the iPhone 17 smartphone lineup, but I'm more excited about the possibility of an AirPods Pro 3 announcement. The AirPods Pro 2 are my daily driver earbuds, but there are some features I'd love to see improved in the next model. Also: Apple Event live updates 2025: Last minute leaks on iPhone 17, AirPods 3, Apple Watch Series 11, more I've heard rumors about a complete redesign of th

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Claude Can Now Spin Up Spreadsheets, Reports and Slide Decks Directly in Chat

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-14 09:30:02

Anthropic is pushing Claude further beyond text-based answers. The AI chatbot can now generate and edit files, including Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, PowerPoint slide decks and PDFs, directly inside Claude.ai and its desktop app. This update will allow Claude to deliver finished, professional files instead of just copy-pasted text. The feature is currently in preview for Claude Max, Team and Enterprise customers. Pro users will get access in the coming weeks. Read also: Claude AI Can No

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6 Best Baby Monitors We've Tested and Reviewed (2025)

wired.com Nena Farrell 2025-10-14 07:09:00

This smart baby monitor goes a little further than your standard monitor. It combines a “Dream Sock” smart sock wearable that you attach to your baby's foot and a Cam 2 monitor that you place in the nursery. You can then keep an eye on your baby as it streams 1080p HD video over Wi-Fi to the very comprehensive Owlet App on your smartphone. With the sock wearable in place, you can track your baby’s heart rate and average oxygen level. We found this effective enough, though of course it won’t be a

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New emojis will include Bigfoot, orca whale, treasure chest and more

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-10-14 10:36:27

The Unicode Consortium has confirmed its next slate of emojis, coming in the next year to eager thumbs near you. Yes, there is indeed a nonprofit organization that creates standardized language across devices from a wide range of hardware makers — that’s why if you send your friend a flamenco dancer emoji from your iPhone, they’ll be able to see that suave dancer in a red dress on their Android. And that same organization gets the final say on what new emojis come to your device. The new emoji

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Smart ring maker Oura’s CEO addresses recent backlash, says future is a ‘cloud of wearables’

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-14 10:37:58

Oura CEO Tom Hale is trying to set the record straight about the smart ring maker’s partnership with the Department of Defense (DoD) and data miner Palantir, which is used by defense, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies in the United States and elsewhere. At the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference on Monday, Hale’s interview started off with a bang with his outright denial that the company was sharing user data with the government. “There was a lot of misinformation about this,” he said,

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Next year’s MacBook Pro redesign with OLED gets timeline update

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-14 14:55:33

Apple hasn’t yet shipped the M5 MacBook Pro, but next year the company is rumored to debut an M6 model featuring a “total redesign” that’s thinner and lighter. And that redesigned MacBook Pro with an OLED display just got a fresh timeline update. Production timeline for MacBook Pro OLED displays revealed Next year, Apple is expected to ship two very different new MacBook Pros. Early in the year, the M5 MacBook Pro is expected, which will continue the current hardware design and largely be a sp

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Claude can now edit and create files, including Excel spreadsheets

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-14 14:30:43

Anthropic has begun rolling out a small but significant update to Claude. Starting today you can use the chatbot to create and edit Excel spreadsheets, documents, PowerPoint slide decks and PDFs. In the past, Claude offered rudimentary file support, but now you can interact with any documents you need to modify directly through the chatbot. The new functionality is part of a feature preview you can try out as long as you have a Max, Team or Education subscription. Sorry, Pro and free users, you'

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Claude can create PDFs, slides, and spreadsheets for you now in chat

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-10-14 14:30:17

Anthropic ZDNET's key takeaways Anthropic's Claude can now create PDFs, slides, and spreadsheets. File creation is available to Max, Team, and Enterprise users. Pro users will get access in the upcoming weeks. AI chatbots such as Anthropic's Claude have always been helpful co-creators for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, or projects you are working on. However, this typically involved you having to copy and paste the text over -- until now. On Tuesday, Anthropic announced Claude wil

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Linus Torvalds warns Linux devs: Stop cluttering patches with automated, useless links

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-10-14 14:42:00

Leonid Korchenko/Moment/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Linus Torvalds doesn't like non-informative links in proposed Linux code changes. Useless links are from AI dev programs and automated tools. Torvalds thinks links should lead to useful info about a patch. It all started with a single fix to a resource node rewrite in the Linux kernel. The more Linus Torvalds looked at it, the more puzzled he became. You see, the fix didn't "act

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Apple highlights Brazilian study on domestic App Store performance

news.ycombinator.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-14 14:05:16

As the App Store faces increasing regulatory pressure in Brazil, a study highlighted by Apple today shows that iOS apps generated R$63.8 million ($11.7 million) in the country last year, with most of that revenue incurring no commission. Here are the details. A bit of background Like in many countries around the world, Apple has been fighting an uphill battle in Brazil, hoping to convince local regulators to keep the App Store model intact. In late 2022, MercadoLibre, Latin America’s biggest

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Claude can now create and edit files

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-14 14:25:55

Claude can now create and edit Excel spreadsheets, documents, PowerPoint slide decks, and PDFs directly in Claude.ai and the desktop app. This transforms how you work with Claude—instead of only receiving text responses or in-app artifacts, you can describe what you need, upload relevant data, and get ready-to-use files in return. File creation is now available as a preview for Max, Team, and Enterprise plan users. Pro users will get access in the coming weeks. What you can do Claude creates

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Is the Popular $599 BowFlex Bike as Good as a Peloton? I Tested Both

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-14 12:00:00

CNET key takeaways More affordable than other exercise bikes at $600 Access to the JRNY app and third-party apps like Peloton Warranty lasts for up to 10 years If you're on the hunt for an affordable exercise bike, the BowFlex IC SE is worth considering. It's one of CNET's top-tested bikes and a solid Peloton alternative, offering a similar experience without the steep price tag. At $600, half the price of a Peloton bike, you'll get a bike that offers a smooth ride and over 100 resistance l

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Apple iPhone 17 launch event: how to watch

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-14 14:00:00

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s that time of year again: Apple is getting ready to reveal all of the changes coming to its latest generation of iPhones. This year’s “awe dropping” event is expected to include spec bumps across the iPhone 17 lineup, in addition to an ultra-thin iPhone 17 A

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Google’s Veo 3 can now generate vertical AI videos

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-10-14 14:23:51

Google has added support for 1080p resolution and vertical video formats to its Veo 3 AI video generator. According to the announcement on Google’s developer blog, both Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast — a faster, and more affordable version of the video model that produces lower-quality results — now allow users to generate videos in a 9:16 aspect ratio that’s better suited for content displayed on mobile devices and social media apps. The blog says that vertical video support can be enabled by setting th

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Apple Intelligence: Everything you need to know about Apple’s AI model and services

techcrunch.com Brian Heater 2025-10-14 14:51:52

If you’ve upgraded to a newer iPhone model recently, you’ve probably noticed that Apple Intelligence is showing up in some of your most-used apps, like Messages, Mail, and Notes. Apple Intelligence (yes, also abbreviated to AI) showed up in Apple’s ecosystem in October 2024, and it’s here to stay as Apple competes with Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and others to build the best AI tools. What is Apple Intelligence? Image Credits:Apple Cupertino marketing executives have branded Apple Intelligence

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Godfather of AI Says His Creation Is About to Unleash Massive Unemployment

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-14 18:04:02

One of the most prominent pioneers of artificial intelligence has some grim predictions about what the technology he created is soon going to unleash onto humankind. Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose work on neural networks earned him the title of "Godfather of AI," suggested in an interview with the Financial Times that tech CEOs who preach positive outcomes for the future of AI are deluding themselves and others. "What’s actually going to happen is rich people are goin

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NotebookLM moves one step closer to replacing your real-life tutor

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-14 13:54:39

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority TL;DR Google is introducing a range of new NotebookLM features to improve learning. NotebookLM gets quizzes and flashcards, along with an Explain option, to help you memorize better. It also gets multiple new formats for reports and a Learning Guide that lets you ask open-ended questions and adapts to your learning style. While AI, in general, is marketed to enhance learning, NotebookLM has proven to especially boost understanding of concepts and enhance p

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Gemini’s improved home screen is coming soon, and it could get new tweaks (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-14 18:36:33

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini could be getting a refreshed home screen, as we’ve also seen before. Google has begun testing it with a small set of users using the latest beta version of the Google app. Google is also testing suggestions for queries based on your Google activity, although this is currently in the early stages of testing. For a few past months, Google has been testing visual changes to Gemini’s home screen. One of those changes, seemingly inspired by ChatGPT,

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Google Home is making your smart home more controllable than ever before

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-14 18:40:13

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The Google Home web app now features a “Devices” tab, allowing control of more smart devices. This update is currently available to users in the Google Home Public Preview program. The new controls include lights, locks, and thermostats, but not media devices, though more device types and controls are promised to be coming soon Google is gearing up for some big changes to Google Home. The company officially announced that Gemini is coming to Google H

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Leak says AirPods Pro 3 will be available to purchase starting today

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-14 18:54:41

Apple’s big iPhone 17 launch event is now just hours away. A last-minute leak indicates at least one new product unveiled today—AirPods Pro 3—will be available for purchase immediately after the event ends. Best Buy is notifying members of AirPods Pro 3 availability starting today AirPods Pro 3 are expected to be one of the highlights of Apple’s ‘Awe dropping’ event today, with a packed array of new features rumored. But a leak shared on Reddit seems to point to the new product being availabl

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I solved a distributed queue problem after 15 years

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Judge in Anthropic AI Piracy Suit Worried Authors May 'Get the Shaft' in $1.5B Settlement

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New emojis will include Bigfoot, orca whale, treasure chest, and more

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Our favorite cheap wireless earbuds are back on sale for only $45

I've worn my Apple Watch Ultra for 2 years - and I can't believe the shape it's in

These subtle AirPods Pro 3 upgrades would make them an instant buy for me

Claude Can Now Spin Up Spreadsheets, Reports and Slide Decks Directly in Chat

6 Best Baby Monitors We've Tested and Reviewed (2025)

New emojis will include Bigfoot, orca whale, treasure chest and more

Smart ring maker Oura’s CEO addresses recent backlash, says future is a ‘cloud of wearables’

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Claude can now edit and create files, including Excel spreadsheets

Claude can create PDFs, slides, and spreadsheets for you now in chat

Linus Torvalds warns Linux devs: Stop cluttering patches with automated, useless links

Apple highlights Brazilian study on domestic App Store performance

Claude can now create and edit files

Is the Popular $599 BowFlex Bike as Good as a Peloton? I Tested Both

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Gemini’s improved home screen is coming soon, and it could get new tweaks (APK teardown)

Google Home is making your smart home more controllable than ever before

Leak says AirPods Pro 3 will be available to purchase starting today

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