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Some users report their Firefox browser is scoffing CPU power

news.ycombinator.com Liam Proven 2025-11-23 04:42:57

People are noticing Firefox gobbling extra CPU and electricity, apparently caused by an "inference engine" built into recent versions of Firefox. Don't say El Reg didn't try to warn you. Mozilla, in its finite wisdom, embedded LLM bots into recent versions of Firefox for the vitally-important purpose of… naming tab groups. Now, some users are noticing CPU and power usage spikes caused by a background process called Inference. All we have so far is a smoking gun, but it does look like Mozilla's

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Leaked Pixel 10 Pro Fold specs echo a world-first for foldables

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-23 14:09:27

TL;DR A trusted outlet has posted the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold’s specs. It looks like the phone will indeed have an IP68 rating for the first time in a foldable. The foldable is also listed with a 5x telephoto camera but 10x ‘optical’ zoom. Google will launch the Pixel 10 phones next week, and the Pixel 10 Pro Fold is also part of the festivities. We’ve already seen some leaked specs and renders, and a reliable source has now posted a comprehensive list of specs. German outlet WinFuture ha

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I wanted to love Sony’s Xperia 1 VII, but its outdated priorities made that impossible

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-23 15:00:38

Sony Xperia 1 VII The Sony Xperia 1 VII packs some of the most powerful photo and video features on the market into a robust build that finally sees a long-term update pledge to match. Sadly, the camera quality doesn't always live up to the promise, and it struggles to stand out on any other merits. It'll delight a niche audience, but it's far too average for such a high asking price for everyone else. It’s been a little while since a Sony phone passed my desk, so I was chomping at the bit to g

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I spent two weeks with the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, and I really think it’s worth $500

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-23 16:00:47

Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic The Galaxy Watch 8 Classic is one of the most expensive Wear OS watches available in 2025, but it's also one of the best. It looks incredible, the rotating bezel is magical, and One UI 8 Watch is a killer piece of software. As long as the price doesn't scare you, the Watch 8 Classic is tough to beat. At first glance, the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic looks like a smartwatch so many of us have been waiting for. It’s a Samsung watch with a reasonably-sized design, a bright

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Surveys show Google desperately needs to do much better with Pixel battery defects

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-23 16:30:46

Zac Kew-Denniss / Android Authority Google’s mid-range Pixel phones have suffered from a litany of battery issues. The company issued updates to some Pixel 4a and Pixel 6a models that effectively reduced battery capacity in a bid to prevent overheating. This comes after some users reported device fires. The issues haven’t ended here, as Google is now offering free battery replacements for some Pixel 7a models due to battery swelling. Will these issues affect the Pixel 9a? I have my reservation

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US sanctions Grinex crypto-exchange, successor to Garantex

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-23 14:46:59

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced sanctions against Grinex, the successor to Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, which was previously sanctioned for helping ransomware gangs launder their money. A TRM Labs report, released in April, revealed that Grinex has strong ties to Garantex's previous operations, but stopped short of providing evidence that it was being used for illicit transactions. Grinex was promoted on Telegram channels linked to Garantex soon after U.S. author

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Plex warns users to patch security vulnerability immediately

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-23 17:41:16

Plex has notified some of its users on Thursday to urgently update their media servers due to a recently patched security vulnerability. The company has yet to assign a CVE-ID to track the flaw and didn't provide additional details regarding the patch, only saying that it impacts Plex Media Server versions 1.41.7.x to 1.42.0.x. Yesterday, four days after releasing security updates that addressed the mysterious security bug, Plex emailed those running affected versions to update their software

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Bye, Bye Titanium! The iPhone 17 Pro's Aluminum Frame Might Be in This New Leak

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-23 17:00:09

Key takeaways: New photo allegedly shows off the aluminum chassis for the iPhone 17 Pro iPhone 17 Pro rumors include camera upgrades and a telephoto lens with up to 8x optical zoom. The Pro is rumored to be getting a scratch-resistant antireflective display. The new iPhone is expected to be released in early September. We are less than a month from Apple's annual September iPhone event, but that hasn't stopped more rumors and leaks about the iPhone 17 Pro from rolling in. This week, an alle

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Dyson Airwrap Co-anda 2x Review: Great, Not a Must-Have

wired.com Boutayna Chokrane 2025-11-23 17:30:00

Each attachment is embedded with RFID chips that auto-adjust heat and airflow based on your last-used settings. Not a revolutionary change, but it is nice not to have to toggle settings every time I switch attachments. You can also pair it with Dyson's app, which offers tutorials based on your hair type and goals. Dyson also moved the fan and heat controls to the base of the handle. It’s a cleaner look, but it can get finicky if you’re used to adjusting settings mid-styling. If you’ve already p

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The Pixel 10 Pro Fold’s full specs may have just leaked

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-11-23 16:51:10

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google gave us the first official look at its upcoming Pixel 10 Pro Fold on Tuesday, but now the full specifications have leaked ahead of the device being launched at next week’s Made by Google event. According to a spec list seen by WinFuture, the flagship Pixel foldable will carry an IP68 rating that provides complete protection against dust and continuous submersion in water. This feature was rumored las

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Should we remove XSLT from the web platform?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-23 18:37:13

What is the issue with the HTML Standard? XSLT v1.0, which all browsers adhere to, was standardized in 1999. In the meantime, XSLT has evolved to v2.0 and v3.0, adding features, and growing apart from the old version frozen into browsers. This lack of advancement, coupled with the rise of JavaScript libraries and frameworks that offer more flexible and powerful DOM manipulation, has led to a significant decline in the use of client-side XSLT. Its role within the web browser has been largely sup

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Show HN: Evaluating LLMs on creative writing via reader usage, not benchmarks

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-23 08:33:58

narrator uses ai to write exactly what you want to read. currently in early access. just a fun side project :)

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Time to End Roundtripping by Big Pharma

news.ycombinator.com Brad W. Setser 2025-11-23 17:08:42

Sometimes a news story makes your case for you. That happened this past week, when the Wall Street Journal published a remarkable story on surging U.S. imports of peptides and protein-based hormones from Ireland. Chelsey Dulaney and Jared Hopkins wrote: “Planes have been jetting from Ireland to the U.S. this year carrying something more valuable than gold: $36 billion worth of hormones for popular obesity and diabetes drugs … The peptide- and protein-based hormones feed into a category of drug

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I'm Eyeing These 7 iPhone 17 Pro Max Rumors to Decide Whether to Upgrade

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-23 15:58:00

Every time new iPhone models roll around, I ask myself two questions: Should I upgrade this year? And, should this be the year I finally make the jump to the larger iPhone Pro Max? Some years it's a more difficult choice, such as when the iPhone 15 Pro Max was the only model with a 5x telephoto camera. But as we get closer to the iPhone 17 announcements, I just might make the leap. Here's a rundown of some of the features rumored for the iPhone 17 Pro Max that I'm most curious about. Don't mis

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Trump Rips Up Environmental Rules Protecting Wildlife From Destructive Rocket Launches

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-23 21:48:14

Their friendship may be over, but president Donald Trump just handed Elon Musk and his company SpaceX a major boon by brushing aside major environmental regulations. On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order to accelerate space launches by effectively deregulating the industry. As part of this push, the Federal Aviation Administration is directed to "eliminate or expedite" environmental reviews — an obstacle that has been a persistent thorn in Musk's side. Covering all its bases, the order

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US government agency drops Grok after MechaHitler backlash, report says

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-24 00:11:06

xAI apparently lost a government contract after a tweak to Grok's prompting triggered an antisemitic meltdown where the chatbot praised Hitler and declared itself MechaHitler last month. Despite the scandal, xAI announced that its products would soon be available for federal workers to purchase through the General Services Administration. At the time, xAI claimed this was an "important milestone" for its government business. But Wired reviewed emails and spoke to government insiders, which rev

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The Pixel 10 report card is now in: Here’s how the phones score in energy efficiency and durability

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-24 10:31:28

TL;DR The EU durability and energy efficiency ratings for the Pixel 10 series have been released. The Pixel 10 Pro appears to be the most energy-efficient out of the bunch. All three models received an “A” grade for durability. There’s only about one week left separating us from the launch of the Pixel 10 series. Although leaks have spoiled plenty of details, it appears there’s still more to learn about Google’s next flagship. For example, we’re now learning how energy-efficient and durable t

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Gerard Butler's Movies Tend to Fly Under the Radar in Theaters, but They're Living It Up in Netflix's Top 10

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-24 10:15:04

Each week, Netflix drops a list of the top 10 films and TV shows dominating the platform, and for the week of Aug. 4, two Gerard Butler films appear in the US Top 10 list: 2016's Gods of Egypt and 2023's Kandahar. Butler is a reliable movie star whose career is filled with action and adventure films (and the kid-friendly How to Train Your Dragon franchise), but I didn't realize that his name carried so much weight -- and that he was this prolific -- until I noticed he stars in six films currentl

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Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-24 11:32:02

Starlink operator SpaceX is fighting Virginia's plan to deploy fiber Internet service to residents, claiming that federal grant money should be given to Starlink instead. SpaceX is already in line to win over $3 million in grant money in the state but is seeking $60 million. Starlink is poised to benefit from the Trump administration rewriting rules for the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) grant program. While the Biden administration decided that states should priori

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The Pixel 10 Pro Fold could have Qi2 support, but don’t celebrate yet

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-24 03:59:14

TL;DR A long-time leaker has claimed that the Pixel 10 Pro Fold is “Qi2-compliant.” This statement doesn’t actually clarify whether the foldable phone has built-in magnets. This also comes after leaks revealed that the conventional Pixel 10 phones could have integrated magnets. We’ve seen a few Google Pixel 10 series leaks suggesting that the phones offer magnets for Qi2 wireless charging. What about the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, though? It sounds like we now have a (murky) answer. Veteran leaker E

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iOS 18.6.1 now available, here’s what’s new

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-11-24 14:06:42

As expected, Apple is rolling out iOS 18.6.1 to iPhone users today. This update, along with watchOS 11.6.1, introduces a “redesigned Blood Oxygen feature” for Apple Watch Series 10, Series 9, and Ultra 2 in the United States. What’s new in iOS 18.6.1? As we reported this morning, Apple is rolling out a new version of the Blood Oxygen feature for Apple Watch users in the United States. This comes over 18 months after Apple began selling the Apple Watch without the Blood Oxygen feature in Americ

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Apple Watch blood oxygen workaround arrives just in time

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-11-24 16:00:53

With the release of watchOS 11.6.1 and companion iOS 18.6.1, Apple managed to restore blood oxygen readings for U.S. owners of Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Ultra 2. The method is slightly less convenient, as it shifts processing data and displaying results to the iPhone, but it restores a capability that had been entirely removed since late 2023. The timing works in Apple’s favor. That’s because Apple Watch Series 8, Ultra 1, and earlier owners who are on the fence about upgrading to S

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Ditch the Q-Tips and Clean Your Ears Safely

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-24 14:35:00

An essential part of maintaining proper ear health is ridding your ears of wax buildup. Many people use cotton swabs to pull wax from their ear canals, but there are safer ways to clean them. The truth about Q-tips The cotton swab, also known as the Q-tip, is the most common device used for cleaning your ears. Its shortcomings illustrate the basic problems with using these types of instruments for earwax removal. Thanks to their long, narrow shape, Q-tips are more likely to push earwax into y

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Apple Pumps Out iOS 18.6.1, Redesigning Blood Oxygen Feature on Some Devices

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-24 14:41:30

Apple released iOS 18.6.1 on Thursday after the tech giant mentioned this latest update to its mobile software in a blog post earlier today. The update introduces a redesigned blood oxygen experience to iPhones paired with certain Apple Watches, but not much else. You can download iOS 18.6.1 by going to Settings, then tapping General. Next, select Software Update, then tap Update Now and follow the prompts on your screen. People with an Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10 or Apple Watch Ultra 2 ca

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GPT-5 brings big improvements to Mac vibe coding

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-11-22 12:00:35

My former colleague Parker Ortolani has been experimenting with “vibe coding” for months, building native and web apps by steering large language models with carefully crafted prompts. GPT-4o and Claude helped him get functional prototypes running, but GPT-5 is the first model that delivers the complete experience he’s been waiting for. Here’s how GPT-5 improves on earlier models: What makes GPT-5 better for vibe coding Parker says it plainly in his blog post: “The good news is that GPT-5 is

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Reverse Proxy Deep Dive: Why Load Balancing at Scale Is Hard

news.ycombinator.com Mitendra Mahto 2025-11-21 02:05:24

This post is part of a series. Part 1 - A deep dive into connection management challenges. Part 2 - The nuances of HTTP parsing and why it’s harder than it looks. Part 3 - The intricacies of service discovery. Part 4 - Why Load Balancing at Scale is Hard. Load Balancing One of the most critical roles for a reverse proxy is load balancing requests across different upstream hosts. From a list of upstream servers, the proxy must decide where each incoming request should go. The primary goals

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Axle (YC S22) is hiring product engineers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-24 20:00:30

We are looking for talented engineers to join our team as early members. As a Product Engineer, you’ll help build the platform that makes this possible. From structuring and cleaning complex data to using LLMs for automated data extraction, you’ll have the chance to wear a lot of hats and shape the future of our platform. We’re looking for individuals who think creatively about problems, push for real-world customer impact, and are excited about helping financial data reach full connectivity.

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Private Spaceflight Enters the Wild West as Trump Slashes Regulations

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-11-24 21:15:17

President Donald Trump is calling for an ease of regulations for commercial spaceflight and streamlining licensing for rocket launches and reentries. The move highly favors companies like SpaceX but could have negative repercussions on environmental habitats surrounding launchpads. On Wednesday, August 13, Trump signed an executive order intended to bolster the spaceflight industry and increase the overall commercial launch cadence. In it, Trump calls on Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who

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Multiple Galaxy S25 FE leaks reveal renders, colors, and possible launch date

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-25 02:19:32

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Galaxy S24 FE TL;DR New renders of the Galaxy S25 FE have leaked. The names of the colorways could be Absolute Black, Midnight Blue, Light Blue, and White. The launch date will reportedly be September 5, 2025. Samsung will be hosting a press conference next month during Europe’s largest consumer electronics trade show, IFA. While the focus is expected to be mostly on AI, it’s possible the company could also use the moment to announce its next Android phone, th

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Google’s latest foldable teaser raises unexpected naming questions

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-25 02:56:01

TL;DR The new Google foldable teaser is titled “Google Pixel Pro Fold 10,” hinting at a possible naming change. You’ll notice the video reuses the previous teaser’s footage and soundtrack but adds a new nostalgic voiceover. The Pixel 10 lineup launches August 20, alongside the Pixel Watch 4 and Pixel Buds 2a. As excitement for the Google Pixel 10 series continues to build, the tech giant just released another teaser for its upcoming foldable. The latest video might borrow quite a lot from the

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