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Is this $600 Acer the best laptop deal right now? I tested it, and here's my verdict

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-03-04 10:30:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Acer Swift Go 14 (2024) is on sale now at B&H for $599. It's a lightweight, responsive laptop with a touchscreen, and a slick media playback menu. However, for a laptop so optimized for media, its speakers aren't the best. $599 at B&H Photo-Video The 14-inch Acer Swift Go was among the first round of laptops to come loaded with Intel's Meteor Lake AI processors last year, and it does so for $899 (on sale now for $599), a mid-range price point right in the sweet spot

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Why I recommend this hybrid Windows laptop over competing models for work travel

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-03-04 10:34:00

ZDNET's key takeaways HP's 16-inch Envy x360 2-in-1 (2024) comes in a variety of configurations, but the version with 1TB of storage and an OLED display starts at $1,599. It sports one of the most gorgeous displays I've seen on a convertible laptop in this price range. It's a little on the heavy side, and swapping configurations can be buggy. View now at HP We saw a host of great 2-in-1 laptops in 2024, forcing more and more laptop diehards (myself included) who were previously unwilling to c

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Framework Laptop 12 press reviews are live and Framework Laptop 13 in-stock

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-04 10:17:40

We have a lot of updates to share with you today: Framework Laptop 12 press reviews are live and shipments are starting, Framework Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen 300 Series) is now in stock, and we have a number of events coming up! Let’s start with Framework Laptop 12. This is a 12.2” touchscreen convertible laptop that is highly repairable, durable, and upgradeable, and it comes in five awesome colorways. It’s also my personal favorite of our four product lines and the computer I use most day-to-day. T

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OpenAI Charges by the Minute, So Make the Minutes Shorter

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-04 09:17:25

Want to make OpenAI transcriptions faster and cheaper? Just speed up your audio. I mean that very literally. Run your audio through ffmpeg at 2x or 3x before transcribing it. You’ll spend fewer tokens and less time waiting with almost no drop in transcription quality. That’s it! Here’s a script combining of all my favorite little toys and tricks to get the job. You’ll need yt-dlp, ffmpeg and llm installed. # Extract the audio from the video yt-dlp -f 'bestaudio[ext=m4a]' --extract-audio --au

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Ring security cameras get AI smarts to tell you what they are seeing

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-03-04 15:31:37

While the rush to AI–ify all the things gets exceedingly silly at times, adding intelligence to Ring security cameras does at least have the potential to be a smart move. The company has announced a beta version of Video Descriptions, which attempts to describe exactly what doorbell and other security cameras are seeing when notifying you … Amazon has just made the announcement. With Video Descriptions, you will see text descriptions of the motion activity your Ring doorbells and cameras see—

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Ring's AI video descriptions tell you who's doing what

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-04 15:00:48

Here's a use of artificial intelligence that could be handy. Ring is adding AI-generated text descriptions of alerts. If it works well, a glance will be all it takes to tell whether something requires your attention. Ring founder Jamie Siminoff gave some examples of the new notifications. "A person is walking up the steps with a black dog" could tell you it's just the dog walker returning. Or, "Two people are peering into a white car in the driveway" could indicate it's time to call the fuzz.

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Ring camera alerts are about to get a lot smarter

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2026-03-04 15:00:00

Ring cameras are getting an AI upgrade that can tell you what’s happening at your front door, as well as show you. Video Descriptions is a new feature that generates text descriptions of the motion activity on Ring doorbells and cameras. Now, instead of an alert that says “Front door: person detected,” you’ll get something like “person with broom and mop is leaving.” Or instead of “Living room: motion detected,” you might get “a dog is tearing up paper towels on the rug.” You can see how this w

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Fun with uv and PEP 723

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-03 22:41:26

Fun with uv and PEP 723 June 24, 2025 For the longest time, I have been frustrated with Python because I couldn’t use it for one-off scripts. I had to first ensure it was running in an environment where it could find the right Python version and the dependencies installed. That is now a thing of the past. If you are not a Pythonista (or one possibly living under a rock), uv is an extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust. uv also provides this nifty tool called uvx (k

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Dell Touchscreen Laptop (64GB RAM, 2TB SSD) Drops by 74% Off, Making It the Cheapest 5-Star Computer

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2026-03-04 20:10:06

A lot of us have jobs, studies, and hobbies that require a lot of oomph when it comes to computing power. It means that a low-level laptop just isn’t going to cut it, and that also means that we end up staring coldly at some seriously expensive bits of tech. It doesn’t have to be that way though, not if you know where to look for really good deals. See at Amazon We’ve found one such deal today. Thanks to a massive discount on Amazon, you can currently get your hands on the Dell Inspiron 15 353

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Credit, Debit or Crypto? Mastercard Says It'll Add Stablecoin as a Payment Option

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-04 20:00:00

Cheng Xin/Getty Images How does a carousel of currencies -- cash, credit, crypto, installment -- attached to a single payment credential sound to you? Well, that's what Mastercard is touting with its One Credential, noting a particular interest in attracting Gen Z. Mastercard announced it's partnering with payment processor Fiserv to bring its recently announced stablecoin, FIUSD, to the Mastercard network. That means Mastercard One Credential users will be able to choose to pay with FIUSD, ca

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Finally, an Android Auto adapter that's functional, easy to pair with, and priced well

zdnet.com Kerry Wan 2026-03-05 03:45:11

ZDNET's key takeaways The AAWireless Two costs $65 and gives you wireless Android Auto support when plugged in. A new built-in button lets you quickly swap between paired devices. The companion app is almost too robust, but that's a good problem to have. $64.99 at Amazon Since I bought my first car three years ago, I've had the worst luck with wireless Android Auto adapters. I initially sprung for the Motorola MA1 because of its popularity and, admittedly, Amazon's algorithmic recommendation,

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This Acer laptop has a game-changing feature for multimedia consumption (and it's $300 off)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-03-05 03:50:13

ZDNET's key takeaways The Acer Swift Go 14 (2024) is on sale now at B&H for $599. It's a lightweight, responsive laptop with a touchscreen, and a slick media playback menu. However, for a laptop so optimized for media, its speakers aren't the best. $599 at B&H Photo-Video The 14-inch Acer Swift Go was among the first round of laptops to come loaded with Intel's Meteor Lake AI processors last year, and it does so for $899 (on sale now for $599), a mid-range price point right in the sweet spot

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$2,000 Slashed Off Dell’s 15-Inch Laptop, Prime Day Deal Leaves Amazon’s Margin Gone

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2026-03-05 06:10:13

If you’re looking for a premium laptop, this early Prime Day deal on the Dell Inspiron 15-inch touchscreen laptop is one you won’t want to miss – and it’s open to both Prime and non-Prime members. Amazon has bundled this powerful (i7, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) machine with a set of high-value accessories including a lifetime subscription to Microsoft Office Pro, a USB drive, a mouse, and a 7-in-1 USB hub. The regular retail price is $2,599 but with this limited-time offer, you can have the laptop for

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This 2-in-1 Windows laptop balances work and play better than most models I've tested

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-03-05 08:00:19

ZDNET's key takeaways HP's 16-inch Envy x360 2-in-1 (2024) comes in a variety of configurations, but the version with 1TB of storage and an OLED display starts at $1,599. It sports one of the most gorgeous displays I've seen on a convertible laptop in this price range. It's a little on the heavy side, and swapping configurations can be buggy. View now at HP We saw a host of great 2-in-1 laptops in 2024, forcing more and more laptop diehards (myself included) who were previously unwilling to c

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Build your first iOS app on Linux / Windows

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-05 06:31:02

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‘Andor’ Star Stellan Skarsgård Was the Ultimate ‘Star Wars’ Script Rulebreaker

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2026-03-05 05:30:58

The level of secrecy on Disney’s prized franchises is known to be on another level. Between Marvel and Star Wars, script and set leaks are something the studio wants to keep the spigot closed on. But it turns out that sometimes tight security makes the work challenging for its stars, including certain cast members of the hit Disney+ show Andor. The nugget of behind the scenes lore was revealed while Andor star Diego Luna, who is currently doing a stint hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live, had own his Sta

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Bitcoin price rises as Israel-Iran ceasefire begins, and Senate unveils major crypto bill

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos Talia Kaplan Jordan Smith 2026-03-05 15:16:57

Crypto prices, including bitcoin , rose on Tuesday after President Trump announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel. By midday Tuesday, bitcoin had passed the $105,000 level, ether jumped back above the $2,400 mark, and XRP climbed to $2.19. The risk-on action in the markets, which also saw stocks rally on the Mideast de-escalation, wasn't the only source of momentum, as Republican senators unveiled a major bill to set the rules of the road for crypto. Specifically, the legislation would de

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Here's How to Move the Chrome Address Bar to the Bottom of Android Phone Screens

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-05 14:55:00

Depending on how you use cell phones -- and maybe even your hand size, Google's latest tweak just might be a very welcome change. Starting Tuesday, Chrome for Android users can now place the address bar at the bottom of their phone screens, a move that finally comes nearly 17 years after the first Android phone hit the market in 2008. Users can still keep the address bar at the top, but being able to have it at the bottom might make sense for folks with a certain hand size or phone size. In a

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Immune molecules may affect mood

technologyreview.com Anne Trafton 2026-03-05 20:00:00

“If you’re sick, there’s so many more things that are happening to your internal states, your mood, and your behavioral states, and that’s not simply you being fatigued physically. It has something to do with the brain,” she says. In the cortex, the researchers found certain receptors in a population of neurons that, when overactivated, can lead to autism-like symptoms such as reduced sociability in mice. But the researchers determined that the neurons become less excitable when a specific form

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‘Techno King’ Elon Musk Doesn’t Own a Computer, His Lawyers Tell Court

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-03-05 20:18:09

He fancies himself the innovator of our time. “Disrupt” could be his middle name. Technology, it seems, is in his DNA. And yet, Elon Musk apparently—supposedly—has a secret Luddite streak: he doesn’t use a computer. The revelation didn’t come from a biography or a tell-all interview. It came from a legal filing in the high-stakes, mud-slinging lawsuit between Musk and OpenAI, where the future of artificial intelligence is on trial in a Northern California courtroom. Amid thorny questions of cor

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Save $25 on the Anker Laptop Power Bank and keep all your devices juiced up

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-06 00:34:30

Dave Carr So yoy keep running out of juice mid-day? The best solution is to get a power bank, and this one is one of our favorite ones right now. The Anker Laptop Power Bank is very portable, well-built, and plenty capable. It’s also $25.01 off today! Buy the Anker Laptop Power Bank for just $109.98 ($25.01 off) This offer is available from Amazon. You can get the same discount on both the Black and Silver color models. The Anker Laptop Power Bank seems to have suffered from the recent market

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Generative AI and privacy are best frenemies - a new study ranks the best and worst offenders

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2026-03-06 00:14:59

TU IS/Getty Most generative AI companies rely on user data to train their chatbots. For that, they may turn to public or private data. Some services are less invasive and more flexible at scooping up data from their users. Others, not so much. A new report from data removal service Incogni looks at the best and the worst of AI when it comes to respecting your personal data and privacy. For its report "Gen AI and LLM Data Privacy Ranking 2025," Incogni examined nine popular generative AI servic

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Elon Musk’s Lawyers Claim He Doesn’t Use a Computer, Even Though There's a Vast Amount of Evidence That He Does

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-05 10:07:36

Elon Musk’s Lawyers Claim He Doesn’t Use a Computer, Even Though There's a Vast Amount of Evidence That He Does Are you serious? Discovery Channel Amid Elon Musk's attempt to kneecap OpenAI, attorneys for the billionaire claim he doesn't use a computer — even though he obviously does, including the fact that he's posted about doing so multiple times in the recent past. As flagged by Wired, this bizarre legal gambit came in response to claims from OpenAI — which has counter-sued Musk in the f

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Could Apple's New Adaptive Power Feature Extend Your iPhone's Battery Life?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-06 09:30:00

Usually, I'm the one adapting my behavior based on the power remaining in my iPhone, but starting this fall, I can ask my iPhone to do more of the adapting. A new Adaptive Power setting in iOS 26 can extend battery power by intelligently trimming energy usage in small ways that add up to extend the time before you need to recharge. See also: Adaptive Power in iOS 26 Could Save the iPhone 17 Air From This Major Pitfall Currently, the iPhone uses as much power as it needs to perform its tasks. Y

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How to get Windows 10 extended security updates for free: 2 options

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2026-03-06 15:00:19

hxdbzxy / Getty Images With just a few months remaining until the Windows 10 end-of-support date, Microsoft seems to have belatedly realized that owners of tens of millions of consumer PCs running Windows 10 aren't ready to replace their old computers, and they're also not about to fork over $30 for a one-year Extended Security Updates (ESU) subscription. So today, the company waved the white flag and announced new "free enrollment options" for the ESU program, along with a description of the

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Lenovo 2-in-1 IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook Is Nearly 50% Off and Comes with a Keyboard, Limited Stock Available

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2026-03-06 20:10:21

A lot of laptops are either too bulky, too limited, or just too expensive to justify. But every now and then, something strikes the right balance. You can use it to work every day, you can watch your favorite shows and movies, and you can just get some shopping done in your downtime. That’s what you’ll find with this particular laptop, which is on sale right now. It’s a deal you’re going to want to claim as soon as possible. Check out Best Buy to get the Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook 2-in-1

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‘The Strangers – Chapter 2’ Pays Homage to ‘Halloween II’ in First Trailer

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-03-06 20:20:57

Maya (Madelaine Petsch) survived the horrors of The Strangers—but she can’t breathe easy yet. The hospital where she’s supposed to be recovering is hardly a safe place, as the first trailer for The Strangers – Chapter 2 reveals. Remember when Laurie Strode realized Michael Myers had followed her to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital in Halloween II, intent on finishing what he’d started in the first film? Same vibes here. As slasher fans may recall, Renny Harlin (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dre

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How Today’s Pentest Models Compare and Why Continuous Wins

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-06 23:01:11

As threat actors grow faster, stealthier, and more persistent, the approach to pentesting needs to keep evolving. Traditional, periodic assessments no longer keep up with rapidly changing attack surfaces. Static tests offer a snapshot, but attackers see a live stream. Security testing needs to shift testing models to mirror how real-world attackers operate. At Sprocket Security, our Continuous Penetration Testing (CPT) solution is an always on, always active, and hybrid pentesting model. In th

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Gemini Robotics On-Device brings AI to local robotic devices

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-06 23:05:10

We’re introducing an efficient, on-device robotics model with general-purpose dexterity and fast task adaptation. In March, we introduced Gemini Robotics, our most advanced VLA (vision language action) model, bringing Gemini 2.0’s multimodal reasoning and real-world understanding into the physical world. Today, we’re introducing Gemini Robotics On-Device, our most powerful VLA model optimized to run locally on robotic devices. Gemini Robotics On-Device shows strong general-purpose dexterity an

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Your Bitcoin Might Soon Get You a Mortgage—No, Really

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-03-07 00:34:43

In a move that should send a chill down the spine of anyone who remembers 2008, the man now in charge of regulating a huge chunk of the U.S. housing market wants to see if your crypto holdings—like Bitcoin or Solana—should count when Americans apply for a mortgage. That’s right: your dog-themed coin stash might one day help you buy a house. Bill Pulte, the new director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), announced the plan on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “We will study t

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Latest Tech News

Is this $600 Acer the best laptop deal right now? I tested it, and here's my verdict

Why I recommend this hybrid Windows laptop over competing models for work travel

Framework Laptop 12 press reviews are live and Framework Laptop 13 in-stock

OpenAI Charges by the Minute, So Make the Minutes Shorter

Ring security cameras get AI smarts to tell you what they are seeing

Ring's AI video descriptions tell you who's doing what

Ring camera alerts are about to get a lot smarter

Fun with uv and PEP 723

Dell Touchscreen Laptop (64GB RAM, 2TB SSD) Drops by 74% Off, Making It the Cheapest 5-Star Computer

Credit, Debit or Crypto? Mastercard Says It'll Add Stablecoin as a Payment Option

Finally, an Android Auto adapter that's functional, easy to pair with, and priced well

This Acer laptop has a game-changing feature for multimedia consumption (and it's $300 off)

$2,000 Slashed Off Dell’s 15-Inch Laptop, Prime Day Deal Leaves Amazon’s Margin Gone

This 2-in-1 Windows laptop balances work and play better than most models I've tested

Build your first iOS app on Linux / Windows

‘Andor’ Star Stellan Skarsgård Was the Ultimate ‘Star Wars’ Script Rulebreaker

Bitcoin price rises as Israel-Iran ceasefire begins, and Senate unveils major crypto bill

Here's How to Move the Chrome Address Bar to the Bottom of Android Phone Screens

Immune molecules may affect mood

‘Techno King’ Elon Musk Doesn’t Own a Computer, His Lawyers Tell Court

Save $25 on the Anker Laptop Power Bank and keep all your devices juiced up

Generative AI and privacy are best frenemies - a new study ranks the best and worst offenders

Elon Musk’s Lawyers Claim He Doesn’t Use a Computer, Even Though There's a Vast Amount of Evidence That He Does

Could Apple's New Adaptive Power Feature Extend Your iPhone's Battery Life?

How to get Windows 10 extended security updates for free: 2 options

Lenovo 2-in-1 IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook Is Nearly 50% Off and Comes with a Keyboard, Limited Stock Available

‘The Strangers – Chapter 2’ Pays Homage to ‘Halloween II’ in First Trailer

How Today’s Pentest Models Compare and Why Continuous Wins

Gemini Robotics On-Device brings AI to local robotic devices

Your Bitcoin Might Soon Get You a Mortgage—No, Really

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