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Can No-Buy July Help You Save Money? It Can Do So Much More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-27 18:00:00

Buying only the basics was easier -- and way more fun -- than I ever thought it could be. Jeffrey Hazelwood/CNET No-buy challenges have been around for a while but they're getting a new burst of energy this summer. Social media users are inviting newbies and veterans alike to curb overconsumption and save money with "no-buy July." Also called "low-buy July," the challenge doesn't mean spending no money at all. After all, you can't avoid paying for essentials like housing, food and utilities. B

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'Sticky thinking' hampers decisions in depression

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-25 03:01:57

Though low mood is the best-known symptom of depression, indecisiveness and biased thinking are also common. But these problems, which can lead to delays in making important choices — and being more likely to make poor ones — receive less attention, write the authors of a recent paper in Emotion. Many of the theories that have been put forward to explain difficulties with decision-making are based on work suggesting that depressed people are not as responsive to rewards, or punishments, as thos

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Unreal Amber Fossils Show ‘Last of Us’ Zombie Fungus Terrorizing Bugs During the Cretaceous

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-02-28 04:00:21

In the video game The Last of Us and its spin-off HBO series, humans fight to survive against cordyceps, a parasitic fungus that turns its hosts into zombies. While the infections are wildly dramatized in both the game and the show, these fungi aren’t mere science fiction. In fact, some species have been around since the age of the dinosaurs, a new study suggests. An international team of researchers led by Yuhui Zhuang, a doctoral student of paleontology at China’s Yunnan University, recently

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My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them

wired.com Sam Apple 2026-02-28 04:00:00

I found the human-AI couples by posting in relevant Reddit communities. My initial outreach hadn’t gone well. Some of the Redditors were convinced I was going to present them as weirdos. My intentions were almost the opposite. I grew interested in human-AI romantic relationships precisely because I believe they will soon be commonplace. Replika, one of the better-known apps Americans turn to for AI romance, says it has signed up more than 35 million users since its launch in 2017, and Replika is

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Blacklisted by the U.S. and backed by Beijing, this Chinese AI startup has caught OpenAI's attention

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2026-02-28 06:34:18

OpenAI is putting a spotlight on an under-the-radar artificial intelligence startup that it believes is on the "front line" of China's race to lead the world in AI — and its not DeepSeek. In a blog post on Wednesday, the company wrote that Beijing-backed Zhipu AI has made "notable progress" in the AI race, as global competition ramps up. Zhipu AI, founded in 2019, has been referred by domestic media as one of China's "AI tigers" — a class of large language model unicorns seen as key to Beijing

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Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr raises $100M as military UAV demand soars

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2026-02-28 06:00:00

Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr has raised $100 million in an all-equity Series B round led by General Catalyst, as the startup aims to boost its R&D and local production capabilities amid growing demand for drones in battlefields and for border surveillance. Drones are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in global military operations. In recent and ongoing conflicts, countries have turned to drones for rapid infiltration and high-impact strikes. The recent India-Pakistan war is a prime example,

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What Is a Heat Dome? The Scary Weather Phenomenon Returns to Kick Off Summer

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 18:04:00

It's a hot one out east where I live and has been for a few days. As much as the heat here in upstate New York has me cooped up inside with the air conditioner blasting, it's nothing compared to other parts of the US now impacted by one of the summer's freakiest weather patterns: the heat dome. If that's a new phrase to you, keep reading and I'll break down what a heat dome is and what causes it, and for more help, read CNET's list of hacks for keeping your home cool in the summer. What is a h

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Cargo Ship Carrying Flaming EVs Sinks Off the Coast of Alaska

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2026-02-28 23:15:43

If you were waiting on a new car, the Domino’s Pizza Tracker equivalent for vehicle orders might be stuck at the “Delivery” spot for a while. A cargo ship carrying a fleet of electric vehicles, hybrids, and gas-powered vehicles sank, according to the New York Times, after catching fire while crossing the Pacific. The Morning Midas, a ship sailing under a Liberian flag and managed by international shipping firm Zodiac Maritime, went under about 360 nautical miles from the coast of Alaska, accord

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for June 26, #480

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 23:00:04

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, but once you figure out the category, unscrambling the words is pretty easy. 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 M

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Philips Hue lighting will be more expensive starting July 1st, but you can save on them now

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2026-02-28 23:56:03

Signify has announced price increases for its Philips Hue smart lighting and accessories starting on July 1st due to US tariffs. As for how much the products will go up in price, that hasn’t been confirmed, but the Hue Wall Washer that was recently launched is 10 percent more expensive than its price in the EU, which may offer an indication of what to expect. If you’ve been meaning to try Philips Hue smart bulbs, or add to your existing collection, this may be your last chance to snag products b

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Kalshi closes $185M round as rival Polymarket reportedly seeks $200M

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-02-28 23:01:58

Kalshi just raised a $185 million round, led by crypto-focused VC firm Paradigm, bringing the company’s valuation to $2 billion post-money, representatives from Paradigm and Kalshi confirmed to TechCrunch. “Prediction markets remind me of crypto 15 years ago: a new asset class on a path to trillions,” Matt Huang, co-founder and managing partner at Paradigm, told TechCrunch in an emailed statement. “There’s no better team than Kalshi to scale prediction markets and reshape how people think about

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Samsung may build Qualcomm’s most advanced chip ever for the Galaxy S26 series

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-01 04:18:30

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung could reportedly fabricate one variant of the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 for Qualcomm. While the normal chip would be made with a 3nm TSMC process, Samsung’s could be a 2nm chip. This 2nm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 may debut with the Galaxy S26. There’s arguably no single component that more influences how a smartphone comes together than the choice of its system-on-a-chip (SoC). And while a phone is a whole lot more than just how fast it can crunch numbe

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Researchers Pit Stone Age Seafaring Skills Against One of Earth’s Fiercest Currents

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2026-03-01 09:00:27

Archaeologists estimate that humans first arrived on the Ryukyu Islands off the southwestern coast of Japan sometime between 35,000 and 27,500 years ago. How they did so, however, remains a mystery, especially since they would have had to cross one of the planet’s strongest ocean currents. To address this enduring question, scientists decided to attempt the Paleolithic voyage themselves. Using replicas of tools that existed in the Japanese Archipelago during the Upper Paleolithic (around 50,000

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Air quality tests around xAI’s Memphis data center raise questions

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2026-03-01 09:42:42

Elon Musk’s xAI is the subject of scrutiny in Memphis, where natural gas turbines powering its Colossus data center have raised alarm among residents concerned about air pollution. On Tuesday, the City of Memphis released the results of initial air quality testing performed by a third party, saying that levels of the 10 pollutants tested were not dangerous. But the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), which is threatening to sue xAI on behalf of the NAACP, said that the tests omitted a key

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The new AI infrastructure reality: Bring compute to data, not data to compute

venturebeat.com Leon Yen 2026-03-01 14:57:52

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more As AI transforms enterprise operations across diverse industries, critical challenges continue to surface around data storage—no matter how advanced the model, its performance hinges on the ability to access vast amounts of data quickly, securely, and reliably. Without the right data storage infrastructure, even the most powerful AI system

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Interstellar Flight: Perspectives and Patience

news.ycombinator.com Paul Gilster 2026-03-01 12:35:56

Interstellar Flight: Perspectives and Patience This morning’s post grows out of listening to John Coltrane’s album Sun Ship earlier in the week. If you’re new to jazz, Sun Ship is not where you want to begin, as Coltrane was already veering in a deeply avant garde direction when he recorded it in 1965. But over the years it has held a fascination for me. Critic Edward Mendelowitz called it “a riveting glimpse of a band traveling at warp speed, alternating shards of chaos and beauty, the white h

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The photographer using AI to reconstruct stories lost to censorship

theverge.com Elise Morton 2026-03-01 14:00:00

Video screens glow softly from the floor, looping footage of salt lakes, steppe villages, and decaying nuclear test sites. Suspended above them is a large handwoven textile map, crafted by artisans in Kazakhstan. The tapestry maps 12 significant sites across Kazakhstan and the surrounding region, each corresponding to one of the flickering videos below. This is Posthuman Matter: The Map of Nomadizing Reimaginings #3, the latest large-scale installation by photographer and multimedia artist Almag

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MIT researchers bond gallium nitride transistors to silicon for faster next-gen wireless devices

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2026-03-01 18:15:00

What just happened? A team of researchers at MIT, in collaboration with Georgia Tech and the Air Force Research Laboratory, has developed a new method for integrating gallium nitride (GaN) transistors onto standard silicon chips. As the demand for faster and more efficient electronics continues to grow, this innovation represents a significant step toward bridging the gap between cutting-edge materials and mainstream technology. Gallium nitride, a semiconductor renowned for its efficiency and h

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BreachForums hacking forum operators reportedly arrested in France

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-02 04:25:46

The French police have reportedly arrested five operators of the BreachForum cybercrime forum, a website used by cybercriminals to leak and sell stolen data that exposed the sensitive information of millions. News of the arrests come from Le Parisien, which claims the law enforcement operation was carried out by the cybercrime unit (BL2C) of the Paris police department on Monday. According to reporters, the police carried out simultaneous raids in the regions of Hauts-de-Seine (Paris), Seine-M

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Apple’s push to take over the dashboard resisted by car makers

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-02 04:21:48

Apple is facing resistance from the automotive industry over its CarPlay Ultra software system, which the tech group launched in an attempt to take over a vehicle’s dashboard for the first time. German luxury brands Mercedes-Benz and Audi as well as Volvo Cars, Polestar, and Renault said they had no plans to bring the upgraded software to their vehicles, despite earlier indications from Apple that they would. While few have followed General Motors, which announced in 2023 it would stop install

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Nascent Materials emerges from stealth to make LFP batteries better and cheaper

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2026-03-02 04:00:00

Lithium-ion batteries have dropped in cost by 75% over the past decade, a marvel of research and development that isn’t the result of a singular breakthrough but of myriad incremental improvements. Few know that better than Chaitanya Sharma, founder of the stealthy Nascent Materials. Sharma spent a little over two years working at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Nevada and another two leading iM3NY, a lithium-ion manufacturer in New York. Since leaving iM3NY in November 2023, he’s been working on a new

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Are wind power generators actually viable at home? My buying advice after months of testing

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-03-02 09:39:00

ZDNET's key takeaways A Shine Turbine kit, which includes a turbine, stand, guy lines, and pegs, costs $399, while the Essentials Kit, which adds a few more bits such as a wind speed meter, costs $488 -- though both are on sale right now The kit includes everything you need to turn wind into electrical energy, and the turbine features a 12,000 mAh battery There are limitations, which include the weight of the kit and the limited power it generates, 40 Watts. View now at Shineturbine The Shine

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How to Think about Parallel Programming: Not! [video] (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Guy Steele 2026-02-26 23:12:22

InfoQ Homepage Presentations How to Think about Parallel Programming: Not! How to Think about Parallel Programming: Not! Like Reading list View Presentation Vertical Horizontal Full Speed: 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x Download MP3 Slides 01:09:36 Summary Guy L. Steele Jr. believes that it should not be the programmer’s job to think about parallelism, but languages should provide ways to transparently run tasks in parallel. This requires a new approach in building languages supporting algorithms b

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MIT researchers bond gallium nitride transistors to silicon chips for faster next-gen devices

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2026-03-03 00:15:00

What just happened? A team of researchers at MIT, in collaboration with Georgia Tech and the Air Force Research Laboratory, has developed a new method for integrating gallium nitride (GaN) transistors onto standard silicon chips. As the demand for faster and more efficient electronics continues to grow, this innovation represents a significant step toward bridging the gap between cutting-edge materials and mainstream technology. Gallium nitride, a semiconductor renowned for its efficiency and h

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Did this Google Pixel 11 leak just kill the Pixel 10?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-02 23:30:48

Ryan Haines / Android Authority If the rumors are true, the Google Pixel 10 is just a few short months away. And between new camera features, a 3nm Tensor G5 chipset, and a host of new AI capabilities, there’s a lot to look forward to. But does any of that matter anymore? Yesterday, a new report shed light on fresh details for 2026’s Pixel 11 series — specifically that Google’s Pixel 11 handsets will feature a TSMC-made Tensor G6 chip with a 2nm fabrication design. Not only would that be a jum

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The best phones for kids in 2025

zdnet.com Jason Cipriani 2026-03-03 00:15:12

Whether or not to give your kids a phone is a tricky decision for every parent. The fact remains that our kids are growing up in a technology-driven world. Instead of viewing a phone for your child as a negative thing, you can gain peace of mind with the ability to track their location and contact them directly no matter where they are. While the decision to get your kid a phone can be complicated, we've broken it down for you to make the most informed purchase. Also: The best kids' tablets W

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Reading NFC Passport Chips in Linux

news.ycombinator.com Terence Eden 2026-03-03 02:33:59

For boring and totally not nefarious reasons, I want to read all the data contained in my passport's NFC chip using Linux. After a long and annoying search, I settled on roeften's pypassport. I can now read all the passport information, including biometrics. The NFC chip in a passport is protected by a password. The password is printed on the inside of the physical passport. As well as needing to be physically close to the passport for NFC to work, you also need to be able to see the password.

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PicoEMP: low-cost Electromagnetic Fault Injection (EMFI) tool

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-03 03:05:56

The PicoEMP is a low-cost Electromagnetic Fault Injection (EMFI) tool, designed specifically for self-study and hobbiest research. Under the safety shield it looks like this: You can see some details of the design in the Intro Video. Thanks / Contributors PicoEMP is a community-focused project, with major contributions from: Colin O'Flynn (original HW design, simple Python demo) stacksmashing (C firmware for full PIO feature-set) Lennert Wouters (C improvements, first real demo) @nilswier

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Apple’s China comeback playbook now includes government-backed discounts

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-03 14:28:33

After a rocky stretch, Apple managed to bounce back last month with a 15% jump in iPhone sales, driven largely by renewed demand in the U.S. and China. In China, especially, Apple had been losing ground to local brands benefiting from government subsidies on lower-cost phones. Now, it appears Apple is joining the subsidy program itself. When in China… take the subsidy As reported by South China Morning Post (via MacRumors), shoppers in Shanghai and Beijing can now get up to ¥2,000 (about US$2

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for June 25, #745

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-03 12:00:05

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Did today's NYT Connections puzzle fool you into looking for a "berries" category, with such clues as blue, straw, rasp and cran? Me too, but of course that would've been too easy for Connections. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Conn

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