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The best Bluetooth trackers for 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-18 22:00:37

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Most people think of AirTags when they picture a Bluetooth tracker. And indeed, Apple’s little white discs used to be the most capable option, relying on a vast finding network of nearby iPhones to pinpoint lost tags. But now, both Google and Samsung have implemented finding networks o

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Lightning on Earth is sparked by a powerful chain reaction from outer space

news.ycombinator.com Ben Turner 2025-12-18 22:49:42

The energy needed for thunderstorms could come from an avalanche of electrons seeded by extraterrestrial cosmic rays , a new study claims. Scientists already knew that lightning is an electrical discharge between thunderclouds and Earth's surface, but exactly how storm clouds obtain an electric field powerful enough to hurl a bolt has remained a mystery for centuries. Now, a new study has used computer models to reveal that lightning strikes as the result of a powerful chain reaction that begi

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These are the best streaming services you aren’t watching

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-19 00:00:28

We all know how to find our favorite shows and blockbuster films on mainstream streaming services like Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+. But even as streaming has opened the door to millions of hours of on-demand entertainment, it can still feel like there’s nothing fresh or exciting to watch anymore. If you agree, it’s time to check out some of the more niche streaming services available, where you can find remarkable content unlikely to be available elsewhere. This article breaks down the best

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Meet Ultra Skelly: Skelly the Skeleton Gets a High-Tech Edition This Halloween

wired.com Nena Farrell 2025-12-18 23:02:00

I know you've seen Skelly at some point in the past five years. Maybe it was driving around your neighborhood during Halloween, or on a viral post about Halloween decorations. Maybe both! Maybe it's in your friend's yard year-round, wearing a Santa hat for Christmas and rocking 2025 glasses with a bottle of champagne for the new year. (Maybe that's just my friend's yard.) The popular 12-foot skeleton, aptly named Skelly, has become a Halloween classic (and a permanent yard mainstay for the Hall

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What’s Inside the Tiny Miracle Food Pouches That Can Save the Lives of Starving Gazans

wired.com Alex Christian 2025-12-19 00:00:00

Take a peanut-based paste packed with 500 calories and nearly 13 grams of protein. Store it in a 92-gram foil pouch, so it can be easily sucked by starving infants on the front line. No water or refrigeration is required, meaning it can be distributed in drought-hit areas and stored at ambient temperature for up to two years. Just a couple of daily sachets can lead to a 10 percent weight gain over six weeks, sustaining recovery from severe acute malnutrition for less than $60 per child. Saving a

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The Subway Game (1980)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-13 22:02:19

The Subway Game Copyright © 1980, Peter R. Samson (to home page) The Subway Game was a diversion that developed out of the frequent visits to New York by myself and various friends at M.I.T. In its basic form it requires two participants: an innocent victim, called the Contestant; and a more knowledgeable companion, called the Monitor. With some allowances, the game can be viewed as a simulation of the following scenario. A stranger to New York is going to visit some friends there. He gets a

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Persona vectors: Monitoring and controlling character traits in language models

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-18 14:38:06

Language models are strange beasts. In many ways they appear to have human-like “personalities” and “moods,” but these traits are highly fluid and liable to change unexpectedly. Sometimes these changes are dramatic. In 2023, Microsoft's Bing chatbot famously adopted an alter-ego called "Sydney,” which declared love for users and made threats of blackmail. More recently, xAI’s Grok chatbot would for a brief period sometimes identify as “MechaHitler” and make antisemitic comments. Other personali

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‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ Star Lucy Finally Comes to ‘Guilty Gear Strive’

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-12-18 18:45:21

Fans of the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime have been looking forward to seeing Lucy cut it up in Guilty Gear Strive as a DLC character for a while now. During this weekend’s EVO tournament, Arc System Works finally pulled back the curtain on how everyone’s favorite living Edgerunner fits into its fighting game. Lucy’s appearance here looks to be justified through her mind being hacked and transferred to the Guilty Gear universe. Still dealing with the events of Edgerunners that left her old crew

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Premier League Summer Series: Stream Bournemouth vs. West Ham From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-18 14:43:43

Bournemouth and West Ham play their third and final fixture of the Premier League Summer Series on Sunday as the preseason tournament moves to Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the game as it happens, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if it's not available where you are. Andoni Iraola's Cherries had a bright start to their US tour with a comfortable 3-0 win over Everton, but the team's preseason optimism was put in

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Premier League Summer Series: Stream Man United vs. Everton From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-18 16:00:08

Manchester United will look to maintain their perfect record so far in the Premier League Summer Series as they take on Everton on Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the preseason tournament's final fixture. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the game as it happens, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if it's not available where you are. Comfortable back-to-back wins over West Ham and Bournemouth have put Ruben Amorim's Red Devils in the dr

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 4 #519

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-18 18:00:04

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle is a tough one. I had to rack my brain to unscramble a few of the answers. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answ

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SAP is acquiring SmartRecruiters

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-12-18 15:12:51

In Brief SAP announced Friday that it has reached an agreement to acquire recruiting software company SmartRecruiters. In a press release, the European software giant said that SmartRecruiters “powerful, user-friendly interfaces and seamless workflows” will complement SAP’s existing HR tools. Muhammad Alam, the SAP executive board member who leads product and engineering, said in a statement that with this acquisition, “Customers will be able to manage the entire candidate lifecycle — from so

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Alarming New System Can Identify People Through Walls Using Wi-Fi Signal

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-18 12:45:30

Once upon a time, in their startling report titled "Bigger Monsters, Weaker Chains," ACLU analysts Jay Stanley and Barry Steinhardt argued that the US was quickly becoming a full-blown "surveillance society," where advanced technology and crumbling regulation come together to create the kind of world that was previously the domain of dystopian science fiction. "The fact is, there are no longer any technical barriers to the Big Brother regime portrayed by George Orwell," they wrote. That was in

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Original Tesla Cofounder Roasts Cybertruck for Looking "Like a Dumpster"

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-18 16:00:29

Martin Eberhard, one of the original cofounders of Tesla — who actually started the company and didn't retroactively bestow himself a title giving that impression, unlike a certain billionaire — isn't too pleased with his baby's newest crowning jewel: the Cybertruck. In comments made in a recent interview with YouTuber Kim Java spotted by Electrek, Eberhard vented his frustration with Tesla's recent direction — which is when the highly heterodox pickup truck caught a stray. "I am actually disa

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Too Hot Inside? These Houseplants Actually Help Beat the Heat

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-18 14:00:10

Looking for a smarter way to beat the summer heat without blasting your air conditioner all day? You might want to take a closer look at the houseplants sitting quietly on your windowsill. According to experts, certain indoor plants don't just brighten up a room, they can literally lower the temperature in your home. And yes, science backs it up. Thanks to a natural process called transpiration, some houseplants release moisture into the air, creating a cooling effect that can help your space f

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Unitree Just Launched Its Most Affordable Humanoid Robot Yet

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-18 15:00:12

Watch this: Unitree R1: The Cheapest Humanoid Robot Yet? 03:16 A new humanoid robot just dropped, and it's being advertised at the most affordable price I've ever seen for a humanoid robot of its size. Unitree's R1 humanoid robot starts at just $5,900. That's more than $10,000 less than the company's G1 humanoid, which starts at $16,000. While that's quite a low price in the humanoid robot market, where top-of-the-line models can cost more than $100K, it's essential to understand that Unitree'

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Scottish Premiership Soccer: Stream Celtic vs. St. Mirren Live From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-18 15:30:00

Celtic begins its campaign for a fifth consecutive Scottish Premier League title on Sunday with a tricky-looking season opener at home to St. Mirren. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the game as it happens, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if the match isn't available where you are. Another league triumph this season would see Brendan Rodgers' men surpass their eternal Glasgow rivals, Rangers, moving ahead with 56 Scottish top-flight t

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Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-14 06:08:02

“A lot of factors contributed to this, but speed limits are one of the most important,” said Roni Utriainen , traffic engineer with the city’s Urban Environment Division. Authorities described the milestone as exceptional and credited long-term planning, targeted infrastructure changes, and lower speed limits. Helsinki has completed an entire year without a single traffic-related fatality, according to city and police officials. The last recorded death occurred in early July 2024 in the Kontul

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The SEC Shifts Gears on Crypto

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-12-18 17:00:21

The Securities and Exchange Commission made its biggest pro-crypto move yet this week. On Thursday, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins launched “Project Crypto,” an overarching roadmap of the Commission’s approach to regulating cryptocurrency. The aim of the project, according to Atkins, is to make the United States “the crypto capital of the world” by onshoring crypto asset distributions. Atkins hopes to do so by updating the Commission’s rules and regulations regarding on-chain software systems, encou

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How to Clean Your Mattress (2025)

wired.com Julia Forbes 2025-12-18 18:09:00

It’s important to know how to clean your mattress. Not just for day-to-day cleanliness and hygiene, but let’s say you’re dealing with an emergency—a “my mattress is ruined" situation where you have the frantic energy of an emergency clean-up crew. Is a trip to the dump inevitable? Not necessarily. Before you think, “I’m so clean, this would never happen to me!” I’m telling you, it can. I've seen a lot over the course of my career as a professional mattress tester and certified sleep coach. If y

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LangExtract: Python library for extracting structured data from language models

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-14 10:56:46

LangExtract Table of Contents Introduction LangExtract is a Python library that uses LLMs to extract structured information from unstructured text documents based on user-defined instructions. It processes materials such as clinical notes or reports, identifying and organizing key details while ensuring the extracted data corresponds to the source text. Why LangExtract? Precise Source Grounding: Maps every extraction to its exact location in the source text, enabling visual highlighting for

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C++26 Reflections adventures and compile-time UML

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-18 12:12:15

The first thing I do every time I need to learn a new codebase is to start drawing the UML diagram of its classes, and usually give up soon after I started. The process of doing it manually is certainly useful, but now with reflections I figure it would be fun to try generate it instead. With C++26 reflections[1] the general consensus is that the magnitude of language change is comparable to what happened with C++11. After my little experiment with it, I would cautiously agree. So how does one

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We Must Admit That This Video of Two Small Robots Punching Each Other With Boxing Gloves Is Pretty Awesome

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-18 09:45:15

These days, robots with varying degrees of impressiveness can manage all kinds of tasks. But two diminutive humanoids seen boxing with outsize gloves at the recent World AI Conference in Shanghai may take the cake. In a video posted to X, AI security researcher Helen Toner — who was, it should be noted, a driving force behind the ultimately failed coup against CEO Sam Altman back in November 2023 — showed off the boxing ring prowess of two short-statured robots from the Chinese company Unitree.

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PSA: Make sure you have these privacy features enabled on your iPhone

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-18 16:34:03

9to5Mac is brought to you by Incogni: Protect your personal info from prying eyes. With Incogni, you can scrub your deeply sensitive information from data brokers across the web, including people search sites. Incogni limits your phone number, address, email, SSN, and more from circulating. Fight back against unwanted data brokers with a 30-day money back guarantee. Over the years, Apple has introduced multiple features that help preserve your privacy and curb abusive tracking and data mining f

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A dive into open chat protocols

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-14 22:00:54

A dive into open chat protocols I’m between projects right now, so as is my idiom I’m going to take some random topic that has caught me on a manic swing in my little bipolar life, and dive deeper into it for a few days. One of the low-key topics in the back of my mind is that “the world needs an open chat protocol that doesn’t suck”, and something made me start thinking seriously about XMPP again for the first time in a decade. I used XMPP myself a fair amount in its little Golden Age of the e

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ThinkPad designer David Hill on unreleased models

news.ycombinator.com Avram Piltch 2025-12-18 04:40:11

Interview Launched in 1992, the boxy black ThinkPad with its little red nub remains the quintessential business productivity notebook. Unlike commercial offerings from competitors such as Dell and HP, Lenovo's laptop has a following of people who collect old models and celebrate each new innovation. If you bought a ThinkPad between 1995 and 2017, it was probably designed under the oversight of David W. Hill, who served as lead designer under both IBM and Lenovo for those 22 years. We caught up

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Telo MT1

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-18 09:40:51

We redesigned the EV truck footprint and function from the ground up by marrying the state of the art in electrification and advanced safety technology. With Toyota Tacoma capability, Tesla-like range and efficiency, in the footprint of a MINI Cooper, the TELO MT1 is the most compact, practical and technically advanced truck. Meeting the need for a highly functional and powerful EV pickup equally suited to navigating downtown and hauling people and gear out of town. RESERVE YOURS

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 3 #518

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-18 14:00:03

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle is a funny one. Some of the words were easy, but others took me a little thought to unscramble. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections an

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I bought Samsung's Galaxy Watch Ultra 2025 - here's why I have buyer's remorse

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2025-12-18 09:00:13

Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra ZDNET's key takeaways The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra is on sale for $650 in four color options. Its display is vibrant and large, the battery lasts through a couple of days, and LTE is provided at no extra cost. It comes in a single 47mm size, gesture support is limited, and external sensor connections are not supported. $649.99 at Amazon Last year's Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra was my favorite Google WearOS smartwatch, so when I saw the 2025 Watch Ultra with its new

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ThinkPad designer David Hill spills secrets, designs that never made it

news.ycombinator.com Avram Piltch 2025-12-18 10:40:11

Interview Launched in 1992, the boxy black ThinkPad with its little red nub remains the quintessential business productivity notebook. Unlike commercial offerings from competitors such as Dell and HP, Lenovo's laptop has a following of people who collect old models and celebrate each new innovation. If you bought a ThinkPad between 1995 and 2017, it was probably designed under the oversight of David W. Hill, who served as lead designer under both IBM and Lenovo for those 22 years. We caught up

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The best Bluetooth trackers for 2025

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Original Tesla Cofounder Roasts Cybertruck for Looking "Like a Dumpster"

Too Hot Inside? These Houseplants Actually Help Beat the Heat

Unitree Just Launched Its Most Affordable Humanoid Robot Yet

Scottish Premiership Soccer: Stream Celtic vs. St. Mirren Live From Anywhere

Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year

The SEC Shifts Gears on Crypto

How to Clean Your Mattress (2025)

LangExtract: Python library for extracting structured data from language models

C++26 Reflections adventures and compile-time UML

We Must Admit That This Video of Two Small Robots Punching Each Other With Boxing Gloves Is Pretty Awesome

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I bought Samsung's Galaxy Watch Ultra 2025 - here's why I have buyer's remorse

ThinkPad designer David Hill spills secrets, designs that never made it

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