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Here’s why M4 MacBook Pro is one of the best upgrades you can make right now

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-08-22 22:57:45

Last October, Apple announced the M4 MacBook Pro. On the surface, it looks like yet another MacBook Pro spec bump. However, there are a number of key features that make it worth upgrading to, even if you already have an older 14″ MacBook Pro. Why M4? There’s recently been a pretty big flip in MacBook Pro pricing, which gradually took place over the past year or so: First, Apple introduced a new entry-level MacBook Pro at $1599 in 2023 with baseline M3 Then, it upped the base memory to 16GB a

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Glass nanostructures reflect nearly all visible light, challenging assumptions

news.ycombinator.com Singapore University Of Technology 2025-08-19 13:23:48

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Nanoscale 3D printing of glass. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adv0267 A research team led by SUTD has created nanoscale glass structures with near-perfect reflectance, overturning long-held assumptions about what low-index materials can do in photonics. For decades, glass has been a reliable

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From pilot to profit: The real path to scalable, ROI-positive AI

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2025-08-23 02:00:00

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “The Real Cost of AI: Performance, Efficiency and ROI at Scale.” Read more from this special issue. Three years after ChatGPT launched the generative AI era, most enterprises remain trapped in pilot purgatory. Despite billions in AI investments, the majority of corporate AI initiatives

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CFOs want AI that pays: real metrics, not marketing demos

venturebeat.com James Thomason 2025-08-23 02:00:00

This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “The Real Cost of AI: Performance, Efficiency and ROI at Scale.” Read more from this special issue. Recent surveys and VentureBeat’s conversations with CFOs suggest the honeymoon phase of AI is rapidly drawing to a close. While 2024 was dominated by pilot programs and proof-of-concept demonstrations, in mid-2025, the pressure for measurable results is intensifying, even as CFO interest in AI remains high. According to a KPMG survey of 300 U.

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Acer Swift Go 16 (2025) Review: Affordable OLED Laptop Without Massive Compromises

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-23 21:00:05

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 8.3 / 10 SCORE Acer Swift Go 16 (2025) $1,150 at Acer Pros Gorgeous OLED display Excellent productivity performance Fairly well priced for what's on offer Cons Disappointing battery life Bizarre, narrow number pad Pricing inconsistencies Acer's latest iteration of the Swift Go 16 line spans a wide gamut of roles and prices. It's designed to fill out a

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5 apps I recommend to every savvy investor

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-24 06:00:35

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority I’m really into finance and have been investing for a long time. From stocks and crypto to swing trading and holding, I’ve done it all. Over the years, I’ve also tried out all sorts of investment apps in hopes of getting the proper data and setting up a system that works for me. Some were good, others not so much. In this post, I’ll highlight the good ones and talk about why you should consider using them. Before we dive into the list, I want to clarify that

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Show HN: A Python Language Server, Mypy-compatible

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-24 10:33:25

In 2012, I created Jedi—a Python auto-completion library that eventually reached millions of users and billions of downloads. But as the ecosystem evolved, one limitation became clear: speed. Jedi’s architecture couldn’t deliver the performance needed for large-scale projects. In 2020, I started over—with everything I’d learned—building ZubanLS from the ground up in Rust. After five years of full-time work, ZubanLS is now the first truly fast Python language server. ZubanLS is built for profes

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If you’re using Android 16, you should turn on this important security feature ASAP

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-24 17:30:41

Joe Maring / Android Authority It’s been just about two weeks since Google launched Android 16, and for the most part, it’s an update that came and went without too much fanfare. I’ve been playing around with Android 16 on my Pixel 9a since the update was released, but it wasn’t until a few days ago that I finally enabled Advanced Protection — a new security feature tucked away in the Settings app. Advanced Protection enables a load of robust security features for your phone with the flick of

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Why Does the Return of ‘Friday the 13th’ Have to Be… Like This?

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-08-24 20:00:18

Though previously troubled, the Peacock and A24 series Crystal Lake is now moving full speed ahead—Linda Cardellini will star as Jason Voorhees’ equally murderous mom, Pamela Voorhees—Friday the 13th fans are still longing to see Jason return to the big screen. The rights to the franchise have been in a legal tangle for years, with Sean S. Cunningham, who directed and produced the 1980 original, recently speculating that a new Friday the 13th movie is still a far-off notion. That’s still seemin

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The Business of Betting on Catastrophe

news.ycombinator.com The Mit Press Reader 2025-08-23 04:04:26

The Business of Betting on Catastrophe World Bank pandemic bonds paid out only after death tolls passed a threshold. They’re part of a booming market where investors turn calamity into capital. Adobe Stock/MITP Reader By: Susan Erikson A↑ A↓ Off Bright Dark Blues Gray BeeLine Reader uses subtle color gradients to help you read more efficiently. The pandemic bonds — a financial device made up by one of the world’s most powerful institutions, the World Bank — can seem like a great idea f

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Spike in Pancreas Problems From Weight-Loss Drugs Prompts Investigation

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-08-26 06:37:46

Ozempic and similar GLP-1 drugs seem to be hurting some people’s pancreas. UK health officials are planning to study the link between GLP-1 use and acute pancreatitis, following an increase in reported cases this year. The Guardian reported Tuesday that the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is launching an investigation into pancreatitis associated with the drug class. Hundreds of residents have complained about pancreas problems after taking semaglutide or other r

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Amazon's James Bond film will be directed by Denis Villeneuve

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-26 18:30:23

Amazon MGM Studio's James Bond movie, the first of what could be many in a series, will be directed by Denis Villeneuve. The company has revealed that he will be leading the production in an announcement, where it also named Villeneuve's wife Tanya Lapointe as an executive producer. Villeneuve is perhaps best known for directing Dune and Dune: Part Two, the latest adaptations of Frank Herbert's novel starring Timothée Chalamet. He also directed the sci-fi drama Arrival with Amy Adams and Jeremy

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The Severance Podcast is officially back for five new episodes

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-08-27 05:49:07

Three months after the season 2 finale, The Severance Podcast is returning this week with five new episodes and a cool idea. Here’s what to expect. Wait, there’s an official Severance podcast? If you’re a fan of Severance and didn’t know it had an official podcast, you’re in for a treat (but please enjoy each podcast episode equally). Just ahead of the season 2 premiere, showrunner Ben Stiller and actor Adam Scott launched a companion series that recapped each episode of season 1, featuring i

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Trump administration moves to count crypto as a federal mortgage asset

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2025-08-27 14:05:08

In a landmark shift for the U.S. housing finance system, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has issued a directive ordering Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to formally consider cryptocurrency as an asset in single-family mortgage loan risk assessments. The move, signed by FHFA Director William J. Pulte on Wednesday, signals a new era of crypto integration into traditional financial infrastructure — this time within the core of American home lending. The order directs both housing finance giants to

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Ubuntu disables Intel GPU security mitigations, promises 20% performance boost

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-27 22:39:19

Ubuntu users could see up to a 20-percent boost in graphics performance on Intel-based systems under a change that will turn off security mitigations for blunting a class of attacks known as Spectre. Spectre, you may recall, first came to public notice in 2018. Spectre attacks are based on the observation that performance enhancements built into modern CPUs open a side channel that can leak secrets a CPU is processing. The performance enhancement, known as speculative execution, predicts future

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FurtherAI (YC W24) Is Hiring for Software and AI Roles

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-28 06:00:41

Why you should join FurtherAI At FurtherAI, we are building a workforce of AI Teammates to automate insurance workflows. These AI Teammates can practically automate any insurance workflow involving processing unstructured documents, data entry into internal systems or web portals, or even making phone calls. Our core mission is to answer a critical question: Can AI be made as reliable, adaptive, and continuously learning as a new human employee? We have raised a $5MM seed round from top-tier

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Three axial flux motors and 850 kW fast charging? Meet the GT XX.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-28 06:30:19

Mercedes-Benz provided flights from Detroit to Stuttgart and accommodation so Ars could be briefed on the GT XX, as well as some other things we can't publish just yet. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. AFFALTERBACH, Germany—A few years ago, we were treated to the Mercedes-Benz EQXX. It was, at the time, the pinnacle of Mercedes engineering built for the purpose of maximum electric range. While an impressive piece of machinery that looked like it drove out of Le Mans, it wasn't design

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3 things Rhiannon Williams is into right now

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-08-28 03:00:00

The last good Instagram account It’s a truth universally acknowledged that social media is a Bad Vibe. Thankfully, there is still one Instagram account worth following that’s just as incisive, funny, and scathing today as when it was founded back in 2016: Every Outfit (@everyoutfitonsatc). Originally conceived as an homage to Sex and the City’s iconic fashion, Every Outfit has since evolved into a wider cultural critique and spawned a podcast of the same name that I love listening to while runn

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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 2025-08-28 18:30:00

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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The Download: Introducing the Power issue

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-08-29 02:10:00

Introducing: the Power issue Energy is power. Those who can produce it, especially lots of it, get to exert authority in all sorts of ways. The world is increasingly powered by both tangible electricity and intangible intelligence. Plus billionaires. The latest issue of MIT Technology Review explores those intersections, in all their forms. Here’s just a taster of what you can expect from our latest issue: + Are we ready to hand AI agents the keys? We’re starting to give AI agents real aut

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The Bank Secrecy Act is failing everyone. It’s time to rethink financial surveillance.

technologyreview.com Katie Haun 2025-08-29 09:55:31

The US is on the brink of enacting rules for digital assets, with growing bipartisan momentum to modernize our financial system. But amid all the talk about innovation and global competitiveness, one issue has been glaringly absent: financial privacy. As we build the digital infrastructure of the 21st century, we need to talk about not just what’s possible but what’s acceptable. That means confronting the expanding surveillance powers quietly embedded in our financial system, which today can tra

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

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-29 08:50:13

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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The best noise-canceling earbuds of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-08-29 09:00:18

When did everything become so noisy? The best noise-canceling earbuds don't just improve your music-listening experience, they also offer up complete silence when you need zero distractions. Active noise-cancelation (ANC) is a highly coveted feature in the current earbud market. With the help of tiny microphones on the earbuds' exterior, ANC earbuds actively cancel out incoming sound waves, preserving quiet while amplifying in-ear sound. No matter how strong a pair's noise-canceling powers are,

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Best Internet Providers in San Francisco

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-29 10:46:00

What is the best internet provider in San Francisco? According to CNET broadband experts, Sonic is the best internet service provider in San Francisco. It offers speeds up to 940Mbps and zero data caps for just $50 a month. But if that doesn't persuade you, there are alternatives. Verizon 5G Home Internet, AT&T Fiber and Xfinity are widespread and varied in the area, so if you just miss Sonic's catch area, check out these three ISPs. For residents looking for a more affordable plan, we recomme

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Updating to Android 16 gives you 2 useful security features - but you need to enable them

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-08-29 12:20:16

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Google released Android 16 a bit earlier than expected, and although it was missing some crucial features, there are key additions to the platform that go a long way to improve security. This was an important step forward, as the need for improved security grows every year. Without companies like Google, Apple, and others upping the ante on security, the mobile space would wind up the wild west of the technological landscape, with ne'er-do-wells poppi

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Advanced Python Function Debugging with MCP Integration

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-27 04:56:53

Gnosis Mystic 🔮 AI-Powered Python Function Analysis and Control Gnosis Mystic gives AI assistants direct access to your Python functions through runtime hijacking and intelligent analysis. Add minimal decorators, and Claude can inspect, optimize, and control your code in real-time. Inspiration and Work Mystic was inspired by Giantswarm's mcp-debug. Code by fairly stock Claude Code. Prompts, code sketches, and planning by Claude Desktop using Gnosis Evolve tools. ✨ Why Gnosis Mystic? The P

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Best Portable Air Conditioners: Cooling Your Home One Room at a Time

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-29 14:03:00

Not only did the Midea MAP14HS1TBL excel in performance compared with most portable air conditioners we tested, but it also has a lot of features and specialty options. This model isn't cheap, but it's a well-rounded luxury AC unit with everything you need -- and then some. To start, the MAP14HS1TBL has the highest cooling capacity of any other model we tested. Those 12,000 BTUs come in handy for cooling larger spaces up to 550 square feet, and it showed in the performance. The Midea model beat

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Cancer-targeting nanoparticles are moving closer to human trials

technologyreview.com Anne Trafton 2025-08-29 22:00:00

In the original production technique, layers with different properties can be laid down by alternately exposing a particle to positively and negatively charged polymers, with extensive purification to remove excess polymer after each application. Each layer can carry therapeutics as well as molecules that help the particles find and enter cancer cells. But the process is time-consuming and would be difficult to scale up. In the new work, the researchers used a microfluidic mixing device that al

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World Curling tightens sweeping rules, bans firmer broom foams ahead of Olympics

news.ycombinator.com The Canadian Press 2025-08-27 06:00:29

World Curling has tightened its sweeping equipment rules heading into the Olympic season. The move, announced Friday, follows concern over firmer broom foams that many players said gave sweepers too much control. Several high-profile models — including some from Goldline, BalancePlus and Hardline — are now banned. Only brushes with less-firm foam are approved for competition, effective immediately. World Curling said the decision followed extensive consultation with players, manufacturers and

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Biocide overdose blunder suspected in A321 dual-engine incident

news.ycombinator.com David Kaminski-Morrow 2025-08-30 02:05:21

UK investigators probing a serious dual engine problem on a departing Airbus A321 have discovered its fuel system had previously been overdosed with biocide, after a maintenance engineer misunderstood a measurement term. The engineer was confused by the term ‘ppm’ – meaning ‘parts per million’ – while conducting a biocidal shock treatment of the Titan Airways A321’s fuel tanks, as the jet neared the end of a month-long maintenance check. While the anti-contamination treatment required a biocid

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