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Office CMBS Delinquency Rate Spikes to Record 11.7%

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-07 19:37:04

Extend-and-pretend and forbearance deals widely implemented to “cure” delinquent CRE mortgages. The office and multifamily sectors of commercial real estate loans got further bludgeoned in August, despite large-scale extend-and-pretend and forbearance deals executed in the hopes for better times and lower interest rates and more demand so that lenders don’t end up with the property and a huge loss. The delinquency rate of office mortgages that have been securitized into commercial mortgage-b

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Do Microcurrent Devices Actually Work? Dermatologists Share Pros and Cons

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-07 15:30:00

If you regularly watch videos of people's morning and evening routines, you've likely seen several microcurrent devices. Said to produce collagen, sculpt the face, improve skin texture and more, these at-home devices from popular brands like NuFace, ZIIP and Therabody can cost hundreds of dollars. But do they actually work? To find out, we asked dermatologists for more information about microcurrent devices' pros and cons and how they compare to professional treatments. Do microcurrent devices

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May Mobility and Lyft's Self-Driving Partnership Hits the Road in Atlanta

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-07 19:00:03

Table of Contents May Mobility and Lyft's Self-Driving Partnership Hits the Road in Atlanta Lyft and May Mobility kicked off their self-driving partnership in Atlanta on Wednesday. As part of a pilot program, riders in the area can summon a vehicle equipped with May Mobility's autonomous driving technology directly through the Lyft app, "with plans to expand service hours and vehicle availability in the months ahead," the companies said in a release. Lyft customers in Atlanta could be matched

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Lyft’s first ‘robotaxis’ are live in Atlanta

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-10-07 19:00:00

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. For months, Lyft has watched while its rival Uber made deals with seemingly every autonomous vehicle operator under the sun. But the smaller ridehail company has been quietly building a fleet of its own, and Lyft is ready to launch its first customer-ready robotaxi pilot in Atlanta. Lyft is teaming up with May Mobility, an

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Survey shows Google Home users have high hopes from Gemini

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-07 15:04:33

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Home devices are in for a significant reform. On October 1, Google will announce Gemini for smart speakers and displays and subsequently replace Google Assistant with it on these devices. And we have huge expectations from this upgrade. Gemini has big shoes to fill. Google Assistant has shouldered the load of the entire breadth of commands intended for smart speakers for nearly a decade. However, the recent decline in Google Home’s ability to understa

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iPhone 17 Pro Max is Apple’s first $2,000 model…if you get 2TB

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-08 15:20:27

Apple’s flagship iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max are here, and the Pro Max includes a 2TB storage option for the first time ever. Before you start celebrating though, be sure to check the price tag. Highest iPhone 17 Pro Max storage tier will cost you Ahead of today’s ‘Awe dropping’ event, rumors about iPhone 17 price increases were rampant. It turns out, Apple did raise some prices, but they’re arguably not strict “increases.” For example, iPhone 17 Pro now starts at $1,099, up from $999 last yea

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Wow! The Narwal Freo Z Ultra plummets to a new record-low price, saving you $700!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-08 19:49:03

Jonathan Feist / Android Authority We love the Narwal Freo Z Ultra, but can’t deny that paying the full retail price of $1,499.99 hurts the wallet. While definitely worth its price, it’s a good idea to wait for a good deal. Here’s the best one we’ve seen: the Narwal Freo Z Ultra is $700 off right now. This brings the cost down to $799.99, a new record-low price for this fantastic cleaner. Buy the Narwal Freo Z Ultra robot vacuum and mop for just $799.99 ($700 off) This offer is available from

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Source code for the X recommendation algorithm

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-08 14:11:57

X's Recommendation Algorithm X's Recommendation Algorithm is a set of services and jobs that are responsible for serving feeds of posts and other content across all X product surfaces (e.g. For You Timeline, Search, Explore, Notifications). For an introduction to how the algorithm works, please refer to our engineering blog. Architecture Product surfaces at X are built on a shared set of data, models, and software frameworks. The shared components included in this repository are listed below:

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Did Anyone Ask for a Super Thin iPhone Air?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-08 17:59:00

The star of Tuesday's "awe dropping" Apple event was undeniably the iPhone Air, a slim, much-rumored version of its new iPhone 17. It's only 5.6mm thick -- thinner than three stacked credit cards -- if you ignore the huge camera bump. But does anyone actually want a super-thin iPhone? Apple has loaded up the iPhone Air with better battery life and faster processing power via the A19 Pro chip. It's also got a 48-megapixel fusion camera and a 12-megapixel 2x telephoto camera. Apple said this is t

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Did Anyone Ask for a Super Thin iPhone?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-08 22:59:00

The star of Tuesday's "awe dropping" Apple event was undeniably the iPhone Air, a slim, much-rumored version of its new iPhone 17. It's only 5.6mm thick -- thinner than three stacked credit cards -- if you ignore the huge camera bump. But does anyone actually want a super-thin iPhone? Apple has loaded up the iPhone Air with better battery life and faster processing power via the A19 Pro chip. It's also got a 48-megapixel fusion camera and a 12-megapixel 2x telephoto camera. Apple said this is t

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A Split-Second Hint in the iPhone Air Launch Shows Apple's Ready for the Smart Home

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-08 23:17:00

Apple's "awe dropping" Tuesday event has wrapped up, and we're all still taking in the new paper-thin iPhone Air line (not everyone's in awe of it) as well as the iPhone 17 Pro. But something caught my ear in the middle of the iPhone Air announcement. Along with other connectivity support, Apple made sure to add that the iPhone Air would support Thread. In a presentation where every second and word was intentional, it means a lot that the company included it. "So, what's Thread?" is probably yo

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Microsoft says employees will be expected in office three days a week

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-09 11:10:11

Microsoft said on Tuesday that employees will be expected to work in an office three days a week starting next year. Employees that work near Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, or the Puget Sound area, will be required to be in the office three days a week, starting in February. After that, the policy will extend to other U.S. locations and then to international offices. The company is sending emails to employees who live within 50 miles of a Microsoft office around Puget Sound a

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Your Blink subscription price is going up - unless you act fast

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-10-09 11:49:00

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Blink is raising the price of a monthly and yearly subscription. The Plus plan will be $12/month and $120/year. The company hasn't changed its subscription price since 2020. For the first time ever, Blink is raising the price of its subscription plan -- but it's adding some new features. And if you hurry, you can avoid the rate increase. In an email to subscribers this week, the company explained

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Microsoft is officially sending employees back to the office

news.ycombinator.com Ashley Stewart 2025-10-09 11:31:17

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. One of Big Tech's last remaining RTO holdouts is officially sending employees back to the office. Microsoft is mandating employees work from offices at least three days a week, according to an internal email the company sent to staff on Tuesday. The mandate will happen in three phases, beginning at the end of February 2026, with Seattle-area employees who live within 50 miles of a Mic

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Blink just raised its subscription price - but you get 2 new features in return

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-10-09 14:08:00

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's takeaways Blink is raising the price of a monthly and yearly subscription. The new price will be $3.99 a month or $39.99 a year. The company hasn't changed its subscription price since 2020. For the first time ever, Blink is raising the price of its subscription plan -- but it's adding some new features. In an email to subscribers this week, the company explained that "for the first time since Blink launched su

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X open sourced their latest algorithm

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-09 15:11:57

X's Recommendation Algorithm X's Recommendation Algorithm is a set of services and jobs that are responsible for serving feeds of posts and other content across all X product surfaces (e.g. For You Timeline, Search, Explore, Notifications). For an introduction to how the algorithm works, please refer to our engineering blog. Architecture Product surfaces at X are built on a shared set of data, models, and software frameworks. The shared components included in this repository are listed below:

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France vs. Iceland: Livestream World Cup 2026 Qualifier Soccer From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-09 15:17:02

Two sides who got their World Cup 2026 qualifying campaigns off to winning starts meet at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday as France host Iceland. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the game as it happens, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if the match isn't available where you are. Les Bleus claimed a 2-0 win against Ukraine on Friday in their Group D opener, thanks to goals from Michael Olise and Kylian Mbappé. However, Didier Deschamps'

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Switch modder owes Nintendo $2 million after representing himself in court

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-09 14:29:04

It has often been said that the lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. That truism apparently extends to Switch modders as well, at least in the case of Ryan Daly. The operator of the now-defunct moddedhardware.com (archived) now owes Nintendo $2 million after a recent settlement filed in a Washington state District Court. The final judgement, which was jointly agreed to by both parties, asserts that Daly knowingly sold devices such as the MIG Switch and MIG Dumper that "are pri

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Deals: 24GB M4 MacBook Pro now a massive $400 off, M4 Pro also $400 off, iPhone 16 Pro $470 off, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-10-09 19:43:20

Happy Apple event day folks! Before all of the “Awe dropping” new reveals, we are touching down with some notable price drops on MacBook Pro. This includes one of the best price drops ever on Apple’s 24GB M4 MacBook Pro at $400 off alongside this upgraded M4 Pro MacBook Pro with 48GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD at the same $400 off the list price. And if you’re not upgrading to iPhone 17, we have put together some particularly notable price drops on iPhone 15, 15 Pro Max, and iPhone 16 Pro models with

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Google Home is making your smart home more controllable than ever before

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-09 23:40:13

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The Google Home web app now features a “Devices” tab, allowing control of more smart devices. This update is currently available to users in the Google Home Public Preview program. The new controls include lights, locks, and thermostats, but not media devices, though more device types and controls are promised to be coming soon Google is gearing up for some big changes to Google Home. The company officially announced that Gemini is coming to Google H

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Geoengineering will not save humankind from climate change

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-09 23:24:40

A team of the world’s best ice and climate researchers studied a handful of recently publicized engineering concepts for protecting Earth’s polar ice caps and found that none of them are likely to work. Their peer-reviewed research, published Tuesday, shows some of the untested ideas, such as dispersing particles in the atmosphere to dim sunlight or trying to refreeze ice sheets with pumped water, could have unintended and dangerous consequences. The various speculative notions that have been

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Survey shows an overwhelming number of users want Gemini on Google Home

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-10 03:04:33

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Home devices are in for a significant reform. On October 1, Google will announce Gemini for smart speakers and displays and subsequently replace Google Assistant with it on these devices. And we have huge expectations from this upgrade. Gemini has big shoes to fill. Google Assistant has shouldered the load of the entire breadth of commands intended for smart speakers for nearly a decade. However, the recent decline in Google Home’s ability to understa

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The 4.2-inch Pocket AIR Mini is set to shake up the sub-$150 gaming handheld scene

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-10 11:53:28

TL;DR The AYANEO Pocket AIR Mini has a new 4.2-inch 4:3 screen, with a price “everyone can afford.” As the name indicates, the design is a smaller version of the AYANEO Pocket AIR. Rumors indicate it will cost less than $140, making it AYANEO’s most affordable device. If there’s one retro gaming handheld OEM that doesn’t rest on its laurels, it’s AYANEO. The company is currently juggling two very high-profile launches in the Pocket DS and KONKR Pocket FIT, but now we’ve finally gotten our fir

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Apple @ Work Podcast: Apple’s Jeremy Butcher on what’s new for IT with macOS 26 and iOS 26

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2025-10-10 11:00:00

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‘Shake to summarize’ a webpage in Firefox when running iOS 26

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-10 12:55:19

Mozilla is taking advantage of the on-device Apple Intelligence capabilities in iOS 26 to offer a shake-to-summarize feature in the latest iPhone version of Firefox. Provided you have an iPhone 15 Pro or later and are running iOS 26, the summary is created directly on your device – but it’s also available for older phones … The company offers a video demonstration of taking a busy recipe webpage, shaking the iPhone, and turning it into a clear bullet point list of ingredients and steps. Shake

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Google could be cooking up a new look for voice search in the Play Store (Updated: Rolling out)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-10 13:10:49

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a new UI for voice search. The new UI only shows up when you tap the mic icon while in the Search tab. The bottom sheet shows your recent searches, up to your last four. Update, September 9, 2025 (03:10 AM ET): Play Store’s new voice search UI is now widely rolling out. AssembleDebug / Android Authority Original article, January 30, 2025 (03:47 PM ET): Using voice search in the Google Play Store is fairly simple. Just tap the m

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Is OOXML Artifically Complex?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-07 20:07:00

Is OOXML Artifically Complex? A while ago, the official blog of LibreOffice published a provocative article: “An artificially complex XML schema as a lock-in tool.” Its target is Microsoft’s XML-based file formats — the Office Open XML (OOXML). The article alleges that, although Microsoft put its Office formats through standardization, the spec is engineered to be so complex that it obstructs interoperability with third-party software. Moreover, the complexity is allegedly gratuitous and disco

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ICEBlock handled my vulnerability report in the worst possible way

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-10 19:38:49

Last week, I wrote about how Joshua Aaron's ICEBlock app, which allows people to anonymously report ICE sightings within a 5-mile radius, is – unfortunately, and despite apparent good intentions – activism theater. This was based on Joshua's talk at HOPE where he made it clear that he isn't taking the advice of local community groups, that ICE sightings aren't verified in any way, and that he doesn't know what he's doing when it comes to security and privacy. In that post, in the section about

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How RSS beat Microsoft

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-10 17:50:01

People like to tell the story of how VHS beat Betamax because adult film studios backed VHS. It’s a clutch-your-pearls story that says nothing about why these multi-million-dollar businesses picked one format over the other. The real story is that while Betamax tapes had better resolution and fidelity, VHS was cheaper, offered longer recordings, and, most importantly, was the more open format. Not many people talk about how or why RSS won the content syndication war because few people are aware

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Rabbit Overhauls Its R1 AI Device With a Major Touch-Focused OS Update

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-11 03:14:11

The Rabbit R1, a dedicated AI device that received middling reviews last year, just received a major software update overhauling the entire operating system, Rabbit Inc. founder and CEO Jesse Lyu said Monday in a video posted on X. In the video, Lyu acknowledges the R1's shortcomings, saying his team was overwhelmed by the hype and expectations the device received. Since then the R1 has seen 30 updates, but with rabbitOS2 the device's operating system is getting a complete overhaul. RabbitOS2

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France vs. Iceland: Livestream World Cup 2026 Qualifier Soccer From Anywhere

Switch modder owes Nintendo $2 million after representing himself in court

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Geoengineering will not save humankind from climate change

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