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9 Things to Do During a Blackout to Keep Your Family Cool and Safe

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-23 18:30:00

According to Climate Central, the US experienced 60% more power outages during the summer seasons between 2014 and 2023 than it did from 2000 to 2009. This can be due to the increased use of electricity for air conditioners, wildfires, severe weather and downed power lines. Being prepared for a potential summer blackout is important because, according to the US Energy Information Administration, the average blackout lasts longer than five hours. Over five hours without air conditioning can lead

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Plantaform Smart Indoor Garden Review: Rewarding but Risky

wired.com Lisa Wood Shapiro 2025-08-23 19:07:00

It was about a week into my journey as a hydroponic lettuce farmer when I noticed my Mila air purifier, set to auto mode, was running at full blast. Its internal air quality sensor told me the air was dirty. Not sure if the sensor was overly sensitive, I swapped it out for the more powerful and far quieter IQ Air Atem X (9/10 WIRED Recommends) and set it on auto mode. Next time I went into my son’s room, the Atem was running at its highest speed. I checked the room’s IQAir Visual Pro Indoor Air

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Solving `Passport Application` with Haskell

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-23 14:01:15

There's a trend at the moment of solving online games with programming, let's do one from the UK called Passport Application, which is developed by "His Majesty's Passport Office" or HMPO. It's a cultural phenomenon in the UK: despite being quite expensive (about £100 just to start) for the standard online version (a masterpiece of minimalist design, entirely text-based), most British play the game, and do so every 10 years or so. It's an adventure puzzle document collection game. The premise i

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US surgeons complete first-ever heart transplant using robotics

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-08-23 14:54:00

What just happened? Surgeons at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston have performed the nation's first fully robotic heart transplant, a milestone in American medicine. Completed in March, the procedure marks a significant leap in robotic cardiac surgery and offers new hope for patients with advanced heart failure. The patient, a 45-year-old man hospitalized for months with severe heart failure, became the first in the United States to receive a heart transplant using a minimally invasiv

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Anthropic's AI Training on Books Is Fair Use, Judge Rules. Authors Are More Worried Than Ever

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-23 12:00:03

Claude maker Anthropic's use of copyright-protected books in its AI training process was "exceedingly transformative" and fair use, US senior district judge William Alsup ruled on Monday. It's the first time a judge has decided in favor of an AI company on the issue of fair use, in a significant win for generative AI companies and a blow for creators. Two days later, Meta won part of its fair use case. Fair use is a doctrine that's part of US copyright law. It's a four-part test that, when the

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The 11 Best Healthy Beverages With Electrolytes, Low Sugar and More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-23 13:21:00

When it comes to picking the right healthy beverage for your taste and preferences, there are multiple factors to consider. Below, we outline them so you can find the right drink for you. Dietary notes If you follow a specific diet or are looking for specific ingredients, this can help you narrow down the best drink for you. Examples include gluten-free, vegan, nut-free, low-sugar or zero-sugar, and no artificial flavors or sweeteners. You’ll also want to think about what is added to the drink

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Mattress Buying: In-Store or Online?

wired.com Julia Forbes 2025-08-23 13:08:00

For stains, cracking, sagging, dents, or anything of that nature that happen over time, you’re probably out of luck, as this is very much in the early-on sort of scenario. Similarly, let’s say that the stitching of the cover comes undone or it’s clear that the bed wasn’t put together the way it should’ve been, as it’s falling apart. This would be considered a “manufacturing defect” and also should be covered. Here’s one very important piece of information to keep in mind if you find yourself de

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Did AI companies win a fight with authors? Technically

theverge.com Adi Robertson 2025-08-23 13:30:00

In the past week, big AI companies have — in theory — chalked up two big legal wins. But things are not quite as straightforward as they may seem, and copyright law hasn’t been this exciting since last month’s showdown at the Library of Congress. First, Judge William Alsup ruled it was fair use for Anthropic to train on a series of authors’ books. Then, Judge Vince Chhabria dismissed another group of authors’ complaint against Meta for training on their books. Yet far from settling the legal co

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I deleted my second brain

news.ycombinator.com Joan Westenberg 2025-08-23 11:27:29

Two nights ago, I deleted everything. Every note in Obsidian. Every half-baked atomic thought, every Zettelkasten slip, every carefully linked concept map. I deleted every Apple Note I’d synced since 2015. Every quote I’d ever highlighted. Every to-do list from every productivity system I’d ever borrowed, broken, or bastardized. Gone. Erased in seconds. What followed: Relief. And a comforting silence where the noise used to be. For years, I had been building what technologists and lifehacker

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AlphaGenome: AI for Better Understanding the Genome

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-20 20:14:49

Science AlphaGenome: AI for better understanding the genome Share Copy link × Introducing a new, unifying DNA sequence model that advances regulatory variant-effect prediction and promises to shed new light on genome function — now available via API. The genome is our cellular instruction manual. It’s the complete set of DNA which guides nearly every part of a living organism, from appearance and function to growth and reproduction. Small variations in a genome’s DNA sequence can alter a

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'Persona 5: The Phantom X' Brings the Series to Your Phone—and It's Shockingly Good

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-08-24 02:11:56

Persona games are herculean efforts to finish. A single playthrough of any game in the main series, which includes everything from saving the world to studying for finals, frequently clocks in at around 100 hours. Much of that time is spent building relationships with the game’s characters and world by hanging out with friends, doing mundane tasks like laundry, or finding new parts of the city to explore. It creates a dedication that leaves many players so attached to each game’s cast that they’

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Anthropic says Claude helps emotionally support users - we're not convinced

zdnet.com Radhika Rajkumar 2025-08-24 07:40:25

Richard Drury/Getty Images More and more, in the midst of a loneliness epidemic and structural barriers to mental health support, people are turning to AI chatbots for everything from career coaching to romance. Anthropic's latest study indicates its chatbot, Claude, is handling that well -- but some experts aren't convinced. Also: You shouldn't trust AI for therapy - here's why On Thursday, Anthropic published new research on its Claude chatbot's emotional intelligence (EQ) capabilities -- w

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As job losses loom, Anthropic launches program to track AI’s economic fallout

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-08-24 08:59:19

Silicon Valley has opined on the promise of generative AI to forge new career paths and economic opportunities – like the newly coveted solo unicorn startup. Banks and analysts have touted AI’s potential to boost GDP. But those gains are unlikely to be distributed equally in the face of what many expect to be widespread AI-related job loss. Amid this backdrop, Anthropic on Friday launched its Economic Futures Program, a new initiative to support research on AI’s impacts on the labor market and

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Can AI run a physical shop? Anthropic’s Claude tried and the results were gloriously, hilariously bad

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-08-24 12:28:07

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Picture this: You give an artificial intelligence complete control over a small shop. Not just the cash register — the whole operation. Pricing, inventory, customer service, supplier negotiations, the works. What could possibly go wrong? New Anthropic research published Friday provides a definitive answer: everything. The AI company’s ass

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'Persona 5: The Phantom X' Brings The Series To Your Phone—and It's Shockingly Good

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-08-24 12:11:56

Persona games are herculean efforts to finish. A single playthrough of any game in the main series, which includes everything from saving the world to studying for finals, frequently clocks in at around 100 hours. Much of that time is spent building relationships with the game’s characters and world by hanging out with friends, doing mundane tasks like laundry, or finding new parts of the city to explore. It creates a dedication that leaves many players so attached to each game’s cast that they’

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Anthropic has a plan to combat AI-triggered job losses predicted by its CEO

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-08-24 16:13:00

NurPhoto/Getty Images The rise and rapid adoption of advanced AI tools has led to widespread concerns about mass job displacement and other economic disruptions. Now, one of the industry's biggest players is looking ahead, hoping to understand what steps can be taken in the present to brace the world for the future. AI start-up Anthropic announced Friday that it was launching its Economic Futures Program, a research initiative devoted to studying and preparing for AI's near-term economic impac

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Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-24 14:09:14

We let Claude manage an automated store in our office as a small business for about a month. We learned a lot from how close it was to success—and the curious ways that it failed—about the plausible, strange, not-too-distant future in which AI models are autonomously running things in the real economy. Anthropic partnered with Andon Labs, an AI safety evaluation company, to have Claude Sonnet 3.7 operate a small, automated store in the Anthropic office in San Francisco. Here is an excerpt of

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How Anthropic's new initiative will prepare for AI's looming economic impact

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-08-24 20:52:39

NurPhoto/Getty Images The rise and rapid adoption of advanced AI tools has led to widespread concerns about mass job displacement and other economic disruptions. Now, one of the industry's biggest players is looking ahead, hoping to understand what steps can be taken in the present to brace the world for the future. AI start-up Anthropic announced Friday that it was launching its Economic Futures Program, a research initiative devoted to studying and preparing for AI's near-term economic impac

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David H. Rosmarin brings a founder-focused approach to anxiety at TechCrunch All Stage

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-08-25 08:00:00

Startups demand constant decision-making, pressure-filled pivots, and bring big emotional swings. It’s no wonder anxiety shows up at every stage. But what if it didn’t have to be a liability? At TechCrunch All Stage 2025 on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, Dr. David H. Rosmarin, clinical psychologist, author, and Harvard Medical School professor, will lead a refreshingly honest roundtable session that challenges how founders think about fear and pressure. His roundtable, “Thriving with A

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Quantum computing is having a moment. But the technology remains futuristic

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-08-25 16:00:02

Microsoft's Majorana 1 quantum computing chip Microsoft It doesn't quite have the buzz of artificial intelligence, but quantum computing is having a moment of its own. Some of the most powerful institutions in the world, including Google , Microsoft , Amazon , IBM and the U.S. government, are spending many millions of dollars in a race to develop and build the first practical quantum computer. Startups focused on quantum technology attracted about $2 billion last year, according to a McKinsey &

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Threads now has a better word filter than Instagram

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-08-25 16:39:00

Threads has taken another step towards decoupling from Instagram by introducing its own word blocking filters. Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Thursday that the Hidden Words setting on Threads includes “newly added custom filters to block words, phrases, and emojis in batches, with optional time limits.” A previous version of Hidden Words was tied to Instagram, meaning you could only mute the same words and phrases across both platforms. This change enables users to tailor what they wa

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My AC system wasn't blowing cold air - these 5 easy and quick fixes did the trick

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2025-08-26 02:30:23

Yuga Kurita/Getty Images It always happens during a heatwave. That moment of sinking dread when your AC unit kicks on, but instead of a refreshing blast of arctic air, you're met with a weak, lukewarm breeze. Then panic sets in. Is the AC dead? Is this going to cost a fortune? How will I get to sleep tonight in this stifling heat and humidity? While a truly broken AC unit can indeed be a headache and an expense, the good news is that it's not always a catastrophic failure. The reason your syst

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I Switched from Flutter and Rust to Rust and Egui

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-22 18:31:13

This is just a personal experience, there are no absolute truths. Like in any other blog post, a lot of the things you'll read here could be just a skill issue, or legitimate issues. It's up to you to decide. We had an app that had a nice Flutter UI that called Rust binaries. The bindings were generated using flutter_rust_bridge, which is an amazing piece of software. A lot of people have built large and complex apps using this tool. It's crazy how far it can just work, just by running: flutte

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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator's Iconic Opening Battle, Part I

news.ycombinator.com Bret Devereaux 2025-08-22 22:01:27

This week, we’re going to take a close look at arguably the most famous and recognizable Roman battle sequence in film: the iconic opening battle from Gladiator (2000). Despite being a relatively short sequence (about ten minutes), there’s actually enough to talk about here that we’re going to split it over two weeks, talking about the setup – the battlefield, army composition, equipment and battle plan – this week and then the actual conduct of the battle next week. The iconic opening battle,

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A Wild New Take on ‘Phantom of the Opera’ Is Coming, and No One Has Any Idea What It Is

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-08-26 04:30:56

For the past few months, Phans (The Phantom of the Opera fans) have been following mysterious messages and clue drops around New York City for something called Masquerade. Talk online abounded about the roses left in Times Square or the red envelope letters signed by “the Opera Ghost” for the faithful, as a viral campaign teased that something was coming in the realm of immersive theater. As a big Phan and immersive theater nerd, I’ve waited from the far wings on the West Coast with major FOMO f

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AlphaGenome: AI for better understanding the genome

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-26 05:16:00

Science AlphaGenome: AI for better understanding the genome Share Copy link × Introducing a new, unifying DNA sequence model that advances regulatory variant-effect prediction and promises to shed new light on genome function — now available via API. The genome is our cellular instruction manual. It’s the complete set of DNA which guides nearly every part of a living organism, from appearance and function to growth and reproduction. Small variations in a genome’s DNA sequence can alter a

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Anthropic summons the spirit of Flash games for the AI age

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-26 16:33:20

On Wednesday, Anthropic announced a new feature that expands its Artifacts document management system into the basis of a personal AI app gallery resembling something from the Flash game era of the early 2000s—though these apps run on modern web code rather than Adobe's defunct plugin. Using plain English dialogue, users can build and share interactive applications directly within Claude's chatbot interface using a new API capability that lets artifacts interact with Claude itself. Claude is an

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Shifts in diatom and dinoflagellate biomass in the North Atlantic over 6 decades

news.ycombinator.com Crispin M. Mutshinda 2025-08-26 18:36:04

Abstract The North Atlantic Ocean has large seasonal blooms rich in diatoms and dinoflagellates which can contribute disproportionately relative to other primary producers to export production and transfer of resources up the food web. Here we analyze data from the Continuous Plankton Recorder to reconstruct variation in the surface ocean diatom and dinoflagellate community biomass over 6 decades across the North Atlantic. We find: 1) diatom and dinoflagellate biomass has decreased up to 2% per

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People use AI for companionship much less than we’re led to believe

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2025-08-26 20:21:28

The overabundance of attention paid to how people are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support, sometimes even striking up relationships, often leads one to think such behavior is commonplace. A new report by Anthropic, which makes the popular AI chatbot Claude, reveals a different reality: In fact, people rarely seek out companionship from Claude and turn to the bot for emotional support and personal advice only 2.9% of the time. “Companionship and roleplay combined comprise less than 0.5

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Uber has Atlanta’s autonomous ride-hailing and delivery market on lock

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-08-27 04:10:26

Uber Eats customers in Atlanta can now opt in to have their food delivered via sidewalk delivery robots, following partner Serve Robotics’s launch on Thursday. The move comes just two days after Uber and Waymo launched a commercial robotaxi service in the city. Serve, which spun out of Uber in 2021 before braving the public markets last year, is one of 18 autonomous vehicle companies that Uber has partnered with to get a first-mover advantage on the consumer-facing side of autonomy. The ride-ha

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