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UK starts enforcing online age-check rules

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-12-25 10:29:26

In Brief A U.K. law requiring that pornography websites verify the age of their users took effect Friday. The BBC reports that around 6,000 porn sites have said they will start verifying users’ ages to comply with the Online Safety Act, although at least one major site was not requiring age checks as of Friday morning. The law also requires that online platforms prevent children from being exposed to harmful content, which is why sites like Reddit, Bluesky, X, and Grindr have also begun askin

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Dell's back to school sale includes up to $350 off Premium laptops

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-27 20:32:05

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . That brings the price of a specced out 16-inch model down to $2,350. Dell is holding a back to school sale on all kinds of laptops and accessories, and there are some significant discounts on offer. The company's newly-released line of Premium laptops is up to $350 off, depending on t

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VPNs top App Store charts as Online Safety Act age checks kick in

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-28 21:55:59

VPNs top App Store charts as Online Safety Act age checks kick in Just now Share Save Liv McMahon Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images Virtual private network (VPN) apps have become the most downloaded on Apple's App Store in the UK after sites such as PornHub, Reddit and X began requiring age verification of users on Friday. VPNs can disguise your location online - allowing you to use the internet as though you are in another country. It means people are likely using them to bypass re

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Drafting Software Recommendation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-24 09:46:50

I am looking for simple, logical, programmatically powerful drafting software to draw floor plans. Ideally it would be online or open source. I don't have a windows computer at this time, so unless I want to get one I need to use something that is capable of running on older unix / linux or online. I tried Canva to reproduce a pen and ink sketch I made but so far I have a found it lacking. It is slow to use and illogical. Point and click and drag sucks relative to being able to enter the parame

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Oh Lord, ‘Peacemaker’ Has Its Foxy Season 2 Song

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-12-28 14:10:13

One of the best, most everlasting parts of that first season of Peacemaker was its opening credits as the antihero and friends (and his dad) danced to “Do You Wanna Taste It?” by Wig Wam. With season two less than a month out, everyone’s been wondering what its song would be, and the answer is…”Oh Lord” by Foxy Shazam. During Saturday night’s Peacefest at San Diego Comic-Con, James Gunn took to the stage to break the news, calling it a song “from my favorite band in the world that is objectivel

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U.K. starts enforcing online age check rules

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-12-28 10:29:26

In Brief A U.K. law requiring that pornography websites verify the age of their users took effect Friday. The BBC reports that around 6,000 porn sites have said they will start verifying users’ ages to comply with the Online Safety Act, although at least one major site was not requiring age checks as of Friday morning. The law also requires that online platforms prevent children from being exposed to harmful content, which is why sites like Reddit, Bluesky, X, and Grindr have also begun askin

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How to draw lambda diagrams (2020)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-29 08:57:31

If you don’t want spoilers for my puzzle a few days ago, don’t read ahead! I think lambda diagrams are extremely cool, and haven’t seen any detailed description on how they work online. I’ll start by showing some very simple examples of lambda diagrams, and then build up to more complicated ones. First of all, what are lambda diagrams? They are pictorial representations of lambda expressions, and hence count as a pictorial system for a large portion of mathematics. I will assume that you under

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In-Flight Wi-Fi Is Getting a Boost on These Starlink-Enabled Airlines

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-29 14:00:00

Sluggish airline internet might become a thing of the past. For the last 20 years, airline internet has been notoriously unreliable, but Starlink is changing the game with significantly faster speeds. In fact, the latest reports show it's already twice as fast as its in-flight competitors. Starlink-equipped planes achieve superior internet speeds due to its fleet of almost 8,000 low-Earth orbit satellites, which operate much closer to Earth than the geostationary satellites used by competitors

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The Age-Checked Internet Has Arrived

wired.com Matt Burgess 2025-12-30 06:00:00

Beginning today, millions of adults trying to access pornography in the United Kingdom will be required to prove that they are over the age of 18. Under sweeping new online child safety laws coming into force, self-reporting checkboxes that allow anyone to claim adulthood on porn websites will be replaced by age-estimating face scans, ID document uploads, credit card checks, and more. Some of the biggest porn websites—including Pornhub and YouPorn—have said that they will comply with the new rul

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Welcome to the Year of Hell With Nacelle’s New ‘Star Trek’ Action Figures

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-12-31 10:30:04

Nacelle’s new Star Trek line of figures may only just be getting ready to beam in, but we’re already chomping at the bit to see more of what the company has in store beyond a first wave of some truly delightful deep cuts. While we already know the lineup for wave two of the new line—revealed by none other than io9 ourselves back in March—now we can reveal two of our most anticipated figures in the plastic flesh. To celebrate San Diego Comic-Con (and Nacelle’s panel at the convention, happening

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The POSIX specification of vi

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-28 08:01:27

Certain terminals do not have all the capabilities necessary to support the complete vi definition. When these commands cannot be supported on such terminals, this condition shall not produce an error message such as "not an editor command" or report a syntax error. The implementation may either accept the commands and produce results on the screen that are the result of an unsuccessful attempt to meet the requirements of this volume of POSIX.1-2024 or report an error describing the terminal-rel

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Google’s Pixel Watch 4 might charge on its side

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-01-01 20:13:51

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Google’s rumored Pixel Watch 4 may charge on its side rather than on its back, based on leaked official renders of the watch published by Android Headlines. The watch may also get a roughly 25 percent improvement in charging speed over the Pixel Watch 3. Without charging contacts on the back, the Pixel Watch 4 will now have a “new array of sensors,” Android Headlines says. Th

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Donkey Kong Bananza review: Nintendo's latest 3D platformer is an instant classic

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-02 05:15:48

The best Nintendo games do two things. The first is introducing a delightful gaming mechanic — take Ultrahand in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom or Cappy in Super Mario Odyssey for some recent examples. The second is building a world around that mechanic for players to explore. Obviously games are more than one specific tool, and building a compelling game around a good mechanic is no small task. But when it all comes together, look out. You’ve got a game that people will remember for

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Solving a Childhood Mystery: How BASIC Games Learned to Win

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-29 11:03:56

🎮Game ♟️Strategy 🏁Chess 🤖Algorithm 💻Game Dev Want to try the game first? Play the JavaScript version here. Source code available here. Background From my teenage years until now, I’ve kept an old BASIC book. It’s a translated version of “BASIC Computer Games” written by David H. Ahl. BASIC (Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is an old programming language designed to be easy for beginners to use. It was probably easier to use than assembler or C. I remember later creating a tex

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This iPhone case adds USB-C port to Lightning models

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-05 05:21:28

Do you own an iPhone with a Lightning port but wish it was USB-C? A new iPhone case just arrived that could be the best solution. New case available for iPhone 14 line and older Apple switched the iPhone to USB-C a couple years ago with the iPhone 15 line. But many other devices, including Apple products like the Mac and iPad, went all-in on USB-C much sooner. In 2025, it’s become increasingly likely that your iPhone might be the only device that still depends on Lightning. While products li

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Earthquake Causes 2.5-Meter Ground Slip in First-Ever Footage

news.ycombinator.com Ashley Fike 2026-01-05 22:15:22

A security camera in Myanmar captured something scientists have never seen before on film: the surface of the Earth lunging sideways during a magnitude 7.7 earthquake. In 1.3 seconds, the ground shifted 2.5 meters (a little over 8 feet), revealing something researchers have only been able to model or guess at until now. It’s the first direct video of a fault line in motion, offering a rare, horrifyingly calm glimpse at the forces that shape continents and rearrange cities. Videos by VICE Scie

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Pixel 10 Pro looks a lot like the base model in leaked renders

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2026-01-07 04:54:12

is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. After sharing the first official leaked renders of the Pixel 10 yesterday, today Android Headlines has shared images of the 10 Pro too. It looks almost identical to the base model, but will apparently launch in a more muted set of colors. Android Headlines reports that the black and white finishes are the familiar “Obsidian” and “Porcelain” that Google has used before. The g

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Scarcity, Inventory, and Inequity: A Deep Dive into Airline Fare Buckets

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-09 15:31:43

Airline pricing may seem mystifying, but behind every airfare is a complex system of fare buckets and inventory controls. Airlines don't just sell seats - they manage a dynamic inventory of fares, divided into booking classes (fare buckets) with different prices and rules. For the technically curious, understanding how fare buckets work reveals the "source code" of airline revenue management. This report delves into the hierarchy of booking classes, how airlines update seat availability across r

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The Ending of ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Changed Weeks Before Release

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-09 15:30:41

Filmmakers love to tinker with their movies until the last possible second. A nip here, a tweak there, change the sound, the levels, etc. But, eventually, the studios need a finished movie so it can be sent to theaters, screened for press, etc. This week’s new horror film, I Know What You Did Last Summer, had tinkering too, but it was even closer to release and more impactful to the story than most other movies. In fact, the entire ending of the movie flipped on its head mere weeks before coming

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Alaska Airlines Flights Resume After IT Outage. What to Do if You Were Affected

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-10 04:04:00

Alaska Airlines paused its operations for several hours, late on July 20. This was due to what the company called, "a significant IT outage" affecting its operations. About 3 hours later, flights resumed and the company posted on X: "Alaska Airlines has resolved its earlier IT outage and has resumed operations. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, and encourage guests to check your flight status before heading to the airport." The delays affected Alaska Air and Horizon Air flights at

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Google’s leaked Pixel 10 images confirm a third camera

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-01-10 05:59:13

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. It appears that Google will be adding a third back camera to the base Pixel 10 this year, based on what Android Headlines reports are official renders of the rumored phone. The third camera will be a telephoto camera, Android Headlines says, with the other two cameras being a primary sensor and an ultrawide. This isn’t a total surprise, as Android Headlines has previously rum

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Computer Glitch Grounds Every Alaska Airlines Flight

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2026-01-10 15:45:21

A computer outage forced Alaska Airlines and its subsidiary Horizon Air to ground all flights Sunday night, halting operations across the board. On Monday, the airline said that operations were coming back online. The airline requested a system-wide ground stop from federal aviation authorities at about 11 p.m. ET on Sunday night. That stop remained in effect until around 2 a.m. ET Monday, when the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed it had been lifted. But disruptions didn’t end there. A

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Beyond Wellness

wired.com Geraldine Castro 2026-01-11 10:00:00

The line between science and wellness has been blurred beyond recognition. WIRED is here to help.

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There's an Online Community That Believes the Internet Died in 2016. Here's How AI Fits Into the Picture

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-11 02:00:00

It's no surprise that the rise of artificial intelligence is sparking debates among experts. Moreover, whether you use ChatGPT or Google Gemini, generative AI is increasingly being integrated into our daily lives. It's only fair to ask: Could AI take over the internet? Some members of the online community reckon it already has. This old online theory is on the rise again, and it all has to do with Shrimp Jesus. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET's parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against Open

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Roman Roads Research Association (UK)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-11 00:42:58

We continue Margary’s work by researching Roman roads using modern technology such as LiDAR, which uses lasers fired from an aircraft to create an incredibly accurate model of the earth’s surface beneath any vegetation, revealing surviving archaeology otherwise not visible. The example below is a Roman road in Lincolnshire, just east of Grantham, where until recently it was assumed that the A52 followed the course of a Roman road, which it almost certainly doesn’t. Instead, a different road lead

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If You Thought Your Life Was a Mess, Spare a Thought for Boeing's Massively Failed Starliner Spacecraft

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-11 16:28:43

Even after pouring $2 billion into its much-maligned Starliner spacecraft, NASA and Boeing remain committed to getting back off the ground. As Ars Technica reports, the head of NASA's commercial crew program, Steve Stich, revealed last week that Boeing and its propulsion supplier, Aerojet Rocketdyne, are making considerable changes to the astronaut shuttle following a disastrous first crewed mission to the International Space Station last year. The spacecraft experienced several "in-flight ano

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If You Thought Your Life Was a Mess, Spare a Thought for Boeing's Starliner

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-14 04:28:43

Even after pouring $2 billion into its much-maligned Starliner spacecraft, NASA and Boeing remain committed to getting back off the ground. As Ars Technica reports, the head of NASA's commercial crew program, Steve Stich, revealed last week that Boeing and its propulsion supplier, Aerojet Rocketdyne, are making considerable changes to the astronaut shuttle following a disastrous first crewed mission to the International Space Station last year. The spacecraft experienced several "in-flight ano

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Boeing’s Starliner Won’t Get to Fly This Year, but the Wonky Spacecraft Is Far From Dead

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2026-01-15 10:50:43

It’s been more than a year since Starliner’s failed test flight left a crew stranded in space, and Boeing’s spacecraft still isn’t ready to fly. In a recent update, NASA officials said they are working toward launching a mission aboard Starliner in 2026, and there probably won’t be any astronauts involved. During a press briefing last week, Steve Stich, NASA’s commercial crew program manager, told reporters that Boeing is making several changes to its Starliner spacecraft to keep its thrusters

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Introducing the Ars Technica Posting Guidelines version 3.0

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-17 20:43:23

Ars Technica's community is—in our biased opinion—second to none online. For more than 26 years, readers have enabled and inspired our work, creating a community with an amazing signal-to-noise ratio. To aid these efforts, we're updating our Posting Guidelines to make them more accessible to new readers—and more straightforward and more transparent for everyone. The substance of the guidelines isn't changing. Most provisions are just common-sense items meant to foster genuine discussion, such a

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Recommended Practice for Variant Design of Electronics Production Line (IEEE Std 3147-2024)

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2026-01-18 23:00:32

Introduction The rapid development of electronic products results in a significant need for either upgrading existing electronics production lines (EPLs) or designing newEPLs. Changes in product orders also lead to a frequent reconfiguration of electronics production lines. However, due to unreasonable design, many EPLs fail to meet the initial objective. This recommended practice addresses a preferred technique to help practitioners efficiently design a high-performance EPL. Overview of the S

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Latest Tech News

UK starts enforcing online age-check rules

Dell's back to school sale includes up to $350 off Premium laptops

VPNs top App Store charts as Online Safety Act age checks kick in

Drafting Software Recommendation

Oh Lord, ‘Peacemaker’ Has Its Foxy Season 2 Song

U.K. starts enforcing online age check rules

How to draw lambda diagrams (2020)

In-Flight Wi-Fi Is Getting a Boost on These Starlink-Enabled Airlines

The Age-Checked Internet Has Arrived

Welcome to the Year of Hell With Nacelle’s New ‘Star Trek’ Action Figures

The POSIX specification of vi

Google’s Pixel Watch 4 might charge on its side

Donkey Kong Bananza review: Nintendo's latest 3D platformer is an instant classic

Solving a Childhood Mystery: How BASIC Games Learned to Win

This iPhone case adds USB-C port to Lightning models

Earthquake Causes 2.5-Meter Ground Slip in First-Ever Footage

Pixel 10 Pro looks a lot like the base model in leaked renders

Scarcity, Inventory, and Inequity: A Deep Dive into Airline Fare Buckets

The Ending of ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Changed Weeks Before Release

Alaska Airlines Flights Resume After IT Outage. What to Do if You Were Affected

Google’s leaked Pixel 10 images confirm a third camera

Computer Glitch Grounds Every Alaska Airlines Flight

Beyond Wellness

There's an Online Community That Believes the Internet Died in 2016. Here's How AI Fits Into the Picture

Roman Roads Research Association (UK)

If You Thought Your Life Was a Mess, Spare a Thought for Boeing's Massively Failed Starliner Spacecraft

If You Thought Your Life Was a Mess, Spare a Thought for Boeing's Starliner

Boeing’s Starliner Won’t Get to Fly This Year, but the Wonky Spacecraft Is Far From Dead

Introducing the Ars Technica Posting Guidelines version 3.0

Recommended Practice for Variant Design of Electronics Production Line (IEEE Std 3147-2024)

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