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Google is fixing Meet’s messy invitations on Android (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-02 08:00:26

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a simpler method to add new people to an ongoing call in Meet for Android. It could replace the current method, which involves sharing the call link with people. With the new functionality, you would be able to invite contacts by using their email addresses or phone numbers. It’s been a few years since Google Meet was merged with Duo for a more integrated video calling experience on mobile. While the new app has many exciting fea

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Finally, a Bluetooth tracker that's as reliable as AirTags but works for Android too

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-01-02 15:35:13

ZDNET's key takeaways The Chipolo Pop Tracker tag is small, durable, water-resistant, and loud. User-replaceable battery lasts a year. Like all third-party tags, they do not support Apple's own precision finding. $29 at Amazon For me, finder tags like the Apple AirTags have been a game changer. And that's not a word of hyperbole. They have literally saved me countless hours of hassle, headaches, and heart-wrenching frustration trying to find out where I put something down. Okay, I know if I

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Errors found in US judge’s withdrawn decision stink of AI

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-01-02 17:30:01

is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. A US district court judge has withdrawn his decision in a biopharma securities case after lawyers noted that his opinion referenced fake quotes and other erroneous case information — mistakes mirroring errors in other legal cases that have been attributed to artificial intelligence tools. In a letter sent to New Jersey Judge Julien Xavier N

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Google is testing a vibe-coding app called Opal

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-01-02 18:22:51

AI-powered coding tools have become so popular over the past few months that almost every major tech company is either using one or making its own. Makers of these so-called “vibe-coding” tools are a hot commodity at the moment, with startups like Lovable and Cursor fending off buyers and investors keen to tap a hot trend. Google’s now become the latest to hop on this bandwagon: the company is testing a vibe-coding tool called Opal, available to users in the U.S. through Google Labs, which the

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Modernish – A library for writing programs for POSIX-based shells and utilities

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-29 10:42:39

Releases For code examples, see EXAMPLES.md and share/doc/modernish/examples modernish – harness the shell Sick of quoting hell and split/glob pitfalls? Tired of brittle shell scripts going haywire and causing damage? Mystified by line noise commands like [ , [[ , (( ? , , ? Is scripting basic things just too hard? Ever wish that find were a built-in shell loop? were a built-in shell loop? Do you want your script to work on nearly any shell on any Unix-like OS? Modernish is a library fo

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Developing with Kiro: Amazon's New Agentic IDE

news.ycombinator.com Yehuda Cohen 2025-12-29 06:44:59

One of the coolest things about being part of AWS's Community Builders program is that we occasionally get early access to new products. As such with today's public preview that is available over at kiro.dev, I am excited that you guys will be able to have an opportunity to try out this new development experience. Like other agentic IDEs that I've worked with, Kiro still feels early, but in my extensive testing there is no question to my mind that it has already multiplied my productivity by lea

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Asciinema: Record and share your terminal sessions

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-02 14:50:32

Easy recording Record right where you work - in a terminal. To start, run asciinema rec demo.cast , to end press ctrl+d or type exit . Get started » Copy & paste When viewing a recording just pause the player and copy-paste the content you want. It's just text after all!

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Apple rolls out new App Store age ratings and developer requirements

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-02 20:40:53

Apple is notifying developers about automatic changes to the age rating of their apps and games, as it introduces more granular tiers as part of the upcoming expanded family tools. Here’s what that means. Change reflects upcoming improvements to parental control granularity In an email sent to developers today, Apple says that the new App Store age rating system adds three new tiers: 13+, 16+, and 18+, on top of the existing 4+ and 9+ ratings. Apple also says that: ”Age ratings are assigned

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Apple publishes Human-Centered Machine Learning workshop videos

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-02 22:01:33

Today, Apple published on its Machine Learning Research blog, select recordings from its 2024 Workshop on Human-Centered Machine Learning (HCML), highlighting its work on responsible AI development. Almost 3 hours of content made available The event, originally held in August 2024, brought together Apple researchers as well as academic experts, and explored everything from model interpretability to accessibility, and strategies to predict and prevent large-scale negative outcomes due to the ev

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AI slop and fake reports are coming for your bug bounty programs

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2026-01-02 12:00:00

So-called AI slop, meaning LLM-generated low-quality images, videos, and text, has taken over the internet in the last couple of years, polluting websites, social media platforms, at least one newspaper, and even real-world events. The world of cybersecurity is not immune to this problem, either. In the last year, people across the cybersecurity industry have raised concerns about AI slop bug bounty reports, meaning reports that claim to have found vulnerabilities that do not actually exist, be

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All eyes on August as rumors suggest OpenAI is preparing to launch GPT-5

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-03 08:42:17

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR OpenAI plans to launch its GPT-5 model as early as August. The AI model was initially expected to arrive sometime in the middle of the year. GPT-5 is expected to be a more powerful model that incorporates the company’s o3 model and other technologies. Google has many competitors in the AI space, but none bigger than OpenAI. The company’s Gemini rival, ChatGPT, is one of the most popular chatbots currently available. And ChatGPT could get a big boost

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ChatGPT Agent now available on the Mac app

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-03 12:05:56

Last week, OpenAI announced Agent, a new feature on ChatGPT that can autonomously browse websites, analyze data, generate code, and even interact with third-party platforms like Google Drive and GitHub. Now, Agent is also available on the Mac app. Operator meets Deep Research, now on the Mac As OpenAI explained last week, ChatGPT Agent combines the Deep Research system for reading and interpreting site content, with the more visual, action-based Operator tool, which can interact with websites

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X to test using Community Notes to find the posts everyone likes

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-01-03 12:24:42

Elon Musk’s X will begin experimenting with a new way to use Community Notes, its crowdsourcing fact-checking system, to highlight well-liked posts from users with different perspectives. On Thursday, the Community Notes X account announced the launch of a pilot test where select contributors would be able to rate posts by answering questions about why they either like or don’t like that particular post. The system is similar to how Community Notes fact-checking works. Instead of simply allowin

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Microsoft's Satya Nadella says job cuts have been 'weighing heavily' on him

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2026-01-03 22:53:17

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks with Indonesia's Minister of Communication and Information Technology Budi Arie Setiadi, on the day of their meeting with Indonesian President Joko WIdodo, at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 30, 2024. Microsoft has laid off over 15,000 people so far in 2025. The stress of the belt-tightening has gotten to CEO Satya Nadella. "Before anything else, I want to speak to what's been weighing heavily on me, and what I know many of you are thinkin

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GitHub's AI-powered Spark lets you build apps using natural language - here's how to access it

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2026-01-03 22:32:26

Bloomberg / Contributor/Getty Software development company GitHub's AI-powered app-building platform Spark is now available for public preview to Copilot+ Pro subscribers, the company said Wednesday. First unveiled at GitHub's annual Universe conference in October, Spark allows users to design and launch "micro apps," or "sparks," through natural language prompts. For example, a developer might instruct the system to build an app that summarizes reviews of and provides personalized recommendat

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Open Source Maintenance Fee

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 15:29:35

User story As a WiX maintainer, the Open Source Maintenance Fee provides funding for ongoing maintenance tasks that would ensure the long-term sustainability of the WiX Toolset. Proposal Open Source Maintenance Fee Introduction To ensure the long-term sustainability of this project, we are introducing an Open Source Maintenance Fee. This fee is required to be paid by all consumers of the WiX Toolset project who generate revenue. You can pay via GitHub Sponsors. We plan to enforce the mainte

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The 3M Open 2025: TV Schedule Today, How to Watch, Stream All the PGA Tour Golf From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-03 21:30:04

After last weekend's drama at The Open in Northern Ireland, the Tour returns Stateside to the TPC Twin Cities in Blaine for the 3M Open, with Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas back to defend his title. Keep reading to find out the best live TV streaming services you can use to watch each day of the tournament live wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if they're not available where you are. Vegas claimed a nail-biting one-shot victory over Max Greyserman in last year's tournament, desp

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OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August

news.ycombinator.com Tom Warren 2026-01-04 02:11:25

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Earlier this year, I heard that Microsoft engineers were preparing server capacity for OpenAI’s next-generation GPT-5 model, arriving as soon as late May. After some additional testing and delays, sources familiar with OpenAI’s plans tell me that GPT-5 is now expected to launch as early as next month. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently revealed on X that “we are releasing GPT-5 so

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Diet, not lack of exercise, drives obesity, a new study finds

news.ycombinator.com Maria Godoy 2026-01-03 22:42:03

You can't outrun a bad diet. Food — not lack of exercise — fuels obesity, study finds toggle caption PCH-Vector/iStockphoto via Getty Images Back in the 1800s, obesity was almost nonexistent in the United States. Over the last century, it's become common here and in other industrialized nations, though it remains rare among people who live more traditional lifestyles, such as the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania. So what's changed? One common explanation is that as societies have developed,

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You can actually multitask on an iPad now and it’s the best new feature in 15 years

theverge.com Todd Haselton 2026-01-04 03:14:21

I’ve gone back and forth over the years on whether or not I can actually work from an iPad. The answer has always been: sort of. I can write on an iPad. I can edit on an iPad. So, I guess I’ve always been able to “work” from an iPad. But with a Magic Keyboard and an iPad running the iPadOS 26 beta, I can work like I would right on my MacBook or Surface Pro, using a bunch of windows plastered all over the place. The first public beta for iPadOS 26 dropped today. You can download and install it y

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AI companions: A threat to love, or an evolution of it?

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2026-01-04 03:43:35

As our lives grow increasingly digital and we spend more time interacting with eerily humanlike chatbots, the line between human connection and machine simulation is starting to blur. Today, more than 20% of daters report using AI for things like crafting dating profiles or sparking conversations, per a recent Match.com study. Some are taking it further by forming emotional bonds, including romantic relationships, with AI companions. Millions of people around the world are using AI companions

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Hacker slips malicious 'wiping' command into Amazon's Q AI coding assistant - and devs are worried

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2026-01-04 08:06:00

Amazon / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET A while back, my ZDNET colleague David Gewirtz worried that someday AI coding agents could destroy open-source software. That day has come. A hacker managed to plant destructive wiping commands into Amazon's "Q" AI coding agent. Also: Coding with AI? My top 5 tips for vetting its output - and staying out of trouble This has sent shockwaves across developer circles. As details continue to emerge, both the tech industry and Amazon's user base have responded

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Why I recommend this Asus laptop over the MacBook Pro to creators and professionals

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-01-04 08:49:00

Asus ProArt P16 ZDNET's key takeaways The Asus ProArt P16 is available now, starting at $1,900. It pairs powerful hardware with a suite of customizable options designed for creatives. The deep personalization requires engagement from the user, the huge trackpad won't be everyone's cup of tea, and the ultra-glossy display tends to glare. $1,699.99 at Best Buy Over at Best Buy, the Asus ProArt P16 is on sale for $1,700. Asus' ProArt series consists of sleek laptops with high-end hardware for c

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The Best Co-op Games to Play With Your Friends in Every Scenario

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-04 06:01:00

Despite how gaming has changed over the years, one thing remains the same -- people love playing games together. Whether you're solving a puzzle, hunting monsters or escaping Hell, it's better with a friend (or three). It should come as no surprise that games like Split Fiction and It Takes Two from Hazelight Studios, which focus on cooperative play, were critical successes. Some of my best memories are marathon gaming sessions with friends, squished together on a couch or logging in online fro

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OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August

theverge.com Tom Warren 2026-01-04 08:00:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Earlier this year, I heard that Microsoft engineers were preparing server capacity for OpenAI’s next-generation GPT-5 model, arriving as soon as late May. After some additional testing and delays, sources familiar with OpenAI’s plans tell me that GPT-5 is now expected to launch as early as next month. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently revealed on X that “we are releasing GPT-5 so

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Everything you need for college: Tech gadgets to make school easier

zdnet.com Gabriela Pérez Jordán 2026-01-04 12:36:00

As we approach back-to-school season, many students will be heading to college for the first time. This life-changing chapter can already be overwhelming, not to mention thinking about everything you may need for class. Luckily, technology has made things a lot easier for college students in 2025. Also: The best laptops for college You'll need a capable laptop to complete your assignments to keep up with your classes. When walking around campus, you need a pair of headphones to keep you entert

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WiX Toolset: Introduce the Open Source Maintenance Fee

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-04 09:29:35

User story As a WiX maintainer, the Open Source Maintenance Fee provides funding for ongoing maintenance tasks that would ensure the long-term sustainability of the WiX Toolset. Proposal Open Source Maintenance Fee Introduction To ensure the long-term sustainability of this project, we are introducing an Open Source Maintenance Fee. This fee is required to be paid by all consumers of the WiX Toolset project who generate revenue. You can pay via GitHub Sponsors. We plan to enforce the mainte

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AI slop and fake reports are exhausting some security bug bounties

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2026-01-04 12:00:00

So-called AI slop, meaning LLM-generated low quality images, videos, and text, has taken over the internet in the last couple of years, polluting websites, social media platforms, at least one newspaper, and even real-world events. The world of cybersecurity is not immune to this problem, either. In the last year, people across the cybersecurity industry have raised concerns about AI slop bug bounty reports, meaning reports that claim to have found vulnerabilities that do not actually exist, be

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OpenAI Is Quietly Trying to Get More Money as It Burns Through Cash at a Staggering Pace

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-04 16:06:53

Despite raising over $60 billion in venture capital, OpenAI seems to be burning through cash faster than it can raise it. Mere months after wrapping up a $40 billion funding round, the AI company is now said to be reopening the books in search of more money, according to Wired. Investors both new and old are now being asked — again — to consider pouring funds into the company, two unnamed sources told Wired. That last round, which was said to be closed on March 31st, sent OpenAI's valuation to

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Support Group Launches for People Suffering "AI Psychosis"

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-04 17:24:13

An unknown number of people, in the US and around the world, are being severely impacted by what experts are now calling "AI psychosis": life-altering mental health spirals coinciding with obsessive use of anthropomorphic AI chatbots, primarily OpenAI's ChatGPT. As we've reported, the consequences of these mental health breakdowns — which have impacted both people with known histories of serious mental illness and those who have none — have sometimes been extreme. People have lost jobs and home

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Google is fixing Meet’s messy invitations on Android (APK teardown)

Finally, a Bluetooth tracker that's as reliable as AirTags but works for Android too

Errors found in US judge’s withdrawn decision stink of AI

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OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August

Diet, not lack of exercise, drives obesity, a new study finds

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Hacker slips malicious 'wiping' command into Amazon's Q AI coding assistant - and devs are worried

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AI slop and fake reports are exhausting some security bug bounties

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Support Group Launches for People Suffering "AI Psychosis"

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