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Japanese Grandparents Create Life-Size Totoro with Bus Stop for Grandkids (2020)

news.ycombinator.com Sonya Harris 2025-07-29 11:09:14

Totoro is a hallmark character created by Studio Ghibli, Japan's beloved animation studio. The plump bodied, wide smiling magical creature’s most iconic image is that of him waiting for an unusual bus in the rain. The magic of that scene (featured in the 1988 film My Neighbor Totoro) has been a spark of nostalgia, imagination, and inspiration for a variety of creatives. Such is the case for a pair of grandparents in Takaharu, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. The couple—who is in their 70s—decided to

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Chrome OS is “combining” with Android, but what does that mean?

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-29 11:28:23

Android and Chrome OS have been developed in parallel for years, but Google is planning to streamline its operating systems. In a recent interview, Android Ecosystem President Sameer Samat stated bluntly that Android and Chrome OS are merging. This shift, a long time in the making, could give Google more room to maneuver as it plans for new mobile computing experiences. In the interview, TechRadar's Lance Ulanoff had other things on his mind, but Samat peppered him with questions about how he u

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Xbox Ally X and Ally leaked prices make the Steam Deck sound like a steal

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-29 15:14:59

TL;DR The prices for Xbox’s upcoming handhelds may have leaked. The most expensive model may cost €899, while the cheaper model is said to be €599. While the metadata was scraped from ASUS’ website, these prices could just be place holders. Earlier this year, leaks suggested Xbox was partnering with ASUS to release a handheld under the Xbox brand. A month ago, the company finally confirmed the collaboration during its summer showcase, unveiling two models: the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbo

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Android’s redesigned QR code scanner is finally here with one-handed improvements

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-29 15:59:54

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Google has finally started rolling out the design refresh for Android’s built-in QR code scanner, which we first spotted a year ago. The new interface brings all the buttons close to the bottom of the screen for easier one-handed use. The updated QR code scanner is not available widely, but should reach all users in the coming days. Android’s built-in QR code scanner is finally getting its long-overdue design refresh, a year after we first spotted it i

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This hidden Pixel camera setting makes my photos absolutely pop - here's how

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-07-29 15:54:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET One reason why the Pixel phones are so popular is the camera. There's a depth, a level of clarity, and brilliant/accurate colors that most phone cameras cannot match. Also: I changed 10 settings on my Pixel phone to significantly improve the user experience Google is always trying to one-up itself by improving the Pixel camera with every iteration. Back with the Pixel 8, Google introduced the P3 wide gamut capture feature that came along with the Ultra HDR format of Android 14

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Lenovo Legion Go S: Windows 11 vs. SteamOS Performance, and General Availability

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-29 14:47:54

We have already covered it ahead of its launch: the Lenovo Legion Go S is a high-end handheld PC that comes in two flavors: a SteamOS variant and a Windows 11 version. Today, we are going to look at the performance across both versions, based on multiple benchmarks collected from different sources on the webs. The Lenovo Legion Go S: SteamOS for the Masses Both versions of the Legion Go S use a similar AMD processor (Z2 Go at 4c/8t) and a 55.5 Wh battery, but the SteamOS model is priced about

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Strategies for Fast Lexers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-29 14:42:54

In this blog post I’ll explain strategies I used to make the purple garden lexer really fast. purple-garden is an s-expr based language I am currently developing for myself. Its my attempt at building a language I like, with a battery included approach, while designing it with performance in mind. This doesn’t mean all approaches are feasible for your use case, architecture and design. I tried to bring receipts for my performance claims, so watch out for these blocks at the end of chapters: I

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Microsoft has a new trick to improve laptop battery life on Windows

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-07-29 15:50:05

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft has started testing a new feature in Windows 11 that will improve laptop battery life. A new adaptive energy saver mode will soon automatically enable or disable the main energy saver mode, based on your laptop’s workload rather than just its amount of battery life left. The energy saver mode in Windows 11 typically dims a display brightness by 30 percent, disables t

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Explore 20 years of Mac UI design through emulations of a single app

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-07-29 19:16:19

What’s a Mac app that was included on the very first Macintosh back in 1984 – long before the internet – and still exists on today’s machines, albeit with a different name? Designer and author Marcin Wichery has not only traced the first 20 years of development of that app, but has also included emulators that let you experience it for yourself … The app in question: Control Panel, more recently renamed as Settings. That might not sound like the most fascinating of apps to track across time,

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Your complete Windows 11 upgrade guide: Everything to know - before you ditch Windows 10

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-07-29 23:11:00

Chartchai Sansaneeyashewin/Getty Images Windows 11 is about to celebrate its fourth anniversary and runs on hundreds of millions of PCs worldwide. When it debuted in 2021, the new version of Microsoft's flagship operating system was arguably an incremental change to Windows 10, with a fresh look and feel on top of core code that was practically identical to its predecessor. The more important change, it turned out, was a new set of hardware compatibility requirements that made many existing PC

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I used Google Veo to bring my selfies and photos to life - and things got hilariously weird

zdnet.com Tiernan Ray 2025-07-29 23:26:00

Tiernan Ray / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Google this week made available the latest iteration of its Veo video-generation tool to users of its Gemini artificial intelligence program who have a "Pro" or "Ultra" account. Also: I used Google's Flow AI to create my own videos with sound and dialogue - Here's how it went Veo has been available in preview for some time now. What's new with the latest implementation is the ability to begin your video by uploading a still image to serve as the init

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At Least One Familiar Face Won’t Be Back for ‘Practical Magic 2’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-07-29 23:00:11

Clay McLeod Chapman’s Ghost Eaters is coming to the big screen. Get a creepy teasing look at IT: Welcome to Derry. Plus, what’s coming on Invasion and Rick & Morty. Spoilers, away! Practical Magic 2 In a recent social media post (via Deadline), Evan Rachel Wood confirmed she “wasn’t asked” to return for Practical Magic 2, stating she believes her character, Kylie, is set to be recast. I am getting asked about this a lot, so l’ll just clear it up now;I was not asked to come back and be in the

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Tomorrow: TechCrunch All Stage launches in Boston — and ticket prices rise

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-07-29 23:30:00

TechCrunch All Stage officially kicks off tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. ET at SoWa Power Station in Boston — and that’s when ticket prices jump to full rate. This isn’t just another founder event. It’s the summit built to help startups fundraise smarter, scale faster, and lead with impact. Whether you’re tightening your pitch, planning a raise, or navigating team growth, TC All Stage delivers the tactics and tools to take you further. Right now, until the doors open tomorrow, Founder Passes are just $

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Google exec says the company will unify Android and ChromeOS

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-30 03:00:53

Google is taking another step toward unifying its ecosystem by merging Android and ChromeOS. Sameer Samat, the president of Google’s Android ecosystem, confirmed this shift in an interview with TechRadar . Samat was curious how the publication's Lance Ulanoff manages things across several Apple devices, namely a MacBook, iPhone and Apple Watch. "I asked because we’re going to be combining ChromeOS and Android into a single platform, and I am very interested in how people are using their laptops

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Microsoft will halt new Office features for Windows 10 in 2026

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-07-30 03:37:39

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft has quietly revealed that it will stop adding new features to Office apps (Microsoft 365) for Windows 10 users in August 2026. While security updates will remain in place for Office apps running on Windows 10 until October 2028, Microsoft will cut off new feature support gradually next year. Microsoft 365 Personal and Family users will stop getting new features on Wi

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East Asian air cleanup likely contributed to acceleration in global warming

news.ycombinator.com Samset 2025-07-30 10:30:37

RAMIP simulations and recent emissions changes in East Asia We first document the emissions perturbation applied in the RAMIP baseline and East Asia simulations21 (see “Methods”), and compare them to the actual emissions reductions from the same region since around 2010. Briefly, RAMIP isolates the climate effects of aerosol emissions in one region by comparing two sets of transient emission simulations; one following a global, high emissions pathway (SSP3-7.0, which assumes weak air quality po

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Apple's Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 08:27:02

TL;DR: Apple’s rules and technical restrictions are blocking other browser vendors from successfully offering their own engines to users in the EU. At the recent Digital Markets Act (DMA) workshop, Apple claimed it didn’t know why no browser vendor has ported their engine to iOS over the past 15 months. But the reality is Apple knows exactly what the barriers are, and has chosen not to remove them. Safari is the highest margin product Apple has ever made, accounts for 14-16% of Apple’s annual o

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Your iPhone Has a White Noise Function. Here's How to Turn It On

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-30 11:00:04

Listening to natural sounds can lower stress, relieve perceived pain and foster a more positive disposition, according to research from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Other studies suggest that white noise could help parents get their babies to sleep, adults learn words and improve learning in environments full of distractions. And if you're looking to buy a white noise machine for yourself or your child, your iPhone can function as one, saving you money on a new device. R

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Google exec: ‘We’re going to be combining ChromeOS and Android’

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-07-30 10:34:55

Google’s head of Android has said that the company plans to combine its mobile operating system with ChromeOS, the software that currently runs across Google’s Chromebook laptops. Sameer Samat, president of Google’s Android ecosystem, told TechRadar that “we’re going to be combining Chrome OS and Android into a single platform.” Samat, who’s responsible for Android’s implementation across mobile, wearables, XR, TV, and auto, added that he’s “interested in how people are using their laptops thes

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Where are the iPhone’s WebKit-less browsers?

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-07-30 12:35:57

It’s been 16 months since a DMA ruling allowed iOS developers like Google and Mozilla to use their own browser engines in the EU, so… where are they? According to the Open Web Advocacy (OWA) — a nonprofit group of software engineers that advocates for the open web — Apple continues to place technical and financial restrictions on WebKit-alternative iOS browser engines that effectively stifle competition. OWA says these barriers include insufficient testing tools outside of the US, hostile legal

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Google confirms it’s ‘combining’ Chrome OS and Android into a single platform

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-30 12:01:06

We exclusively reported back in November that Google was working to merge Chrome OS into Android . Now, a Google executive has effectively confirmed the company’s intentions to combine the two platforms. Sameer Samat, president of Android ecosystem at Google, asked a TechRadar journalist why they were using an Apple Watch, iPhone, and MacBook: I asked because we’re going to be combining Chrome OS and Android into a single platform, and I am very interested in how people are using their laptops

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Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 11:12:18

Is my data truly private? Yes, absolutely. Your documents, text, and writing never leave your Mac. We don't collect, store, or transmit any of your personal content. All processing happens locally using offline large language models (LLMs) that run directly on your machine. What apps does it work with? Works with most macOS apps including Mail, Messages, Safari, Chrome, Pages, Word, Slack, Notion, and many more. What about system requirements? Requires macOS 14.0 or later. Works with both Appl

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Monday, July 14

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-30 12:05:00

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today's Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Oh, come on, New York Times -- that 8-Across answer in the Mini Crossword today is just a bunch of letters! It could almost be any letters that seem to make a sound! Stumped by this or any other answer today? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for dail

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macOS Tahoe 26: All the new features in Messages

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-07-30 08:22:31

9to5Mac is brought to you by CleanMyMac: Tidy up your Mac and iPhone today! Try 7 days free and use our code 9TO5MAC15 for 15% off. Also check out CleanMyPhone for your iPhone! macOS Tahoe 26 will be released to everyone later this year, and it brings a handful of notable new features to the Messages app. There are new customization options, upgraded search functionality, group message improvements, and more. Head below for all the new features coming to the Messages app on Mac later this year

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Five companies now control over 90% of the restaurant food delivery market

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 07:23:37

While reading the latest results from Prosus, I realized there seems to be a trend that nobody is talking about. There is an obvious wave of consolidation in the food delivery market happening right before our eyes. The once-hot food delivery sector has gone cold faster than your DoorDash order. New entrants have disappeared as most of the VC money chases the cool and hip AI startups. Alongside a wave of acquisitions, the world's food delivery market is consolidating in the hands of 5 companies.

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Microsoft Plans to Purge Passwords — Here's How to Protect Yours

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-30 02:00:00

Microsoft is moving closer to a password-free future, and if you're still using the Authenticator app to manage logins, big changes are coming fast. Starting Aug. 1, the app will no longer support passwords at all. This shift has already been in motion-new password creation was disabled in June, and autofill support was cut off in July. For years, Microsoft Authenticator was a go-to for managing both multi-factor authentication and saved passwords. But now, it's being refocused to support passk

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Grok team apologizes for the chatbot's 'horrific behavior' and blames 'MechaHitler' on a bad update

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-30 01:45:20

The team behind Grok has issued a rare apology and explanation of what went wrong after X's chatbot began spewing antisemitic and pro-Nazi rhetoric earlier this week, at one point even calling itself "MechaHitler." In a statement posted on Grok's X account late Friday night, the xAI team said "we deeply apologize for the horrific behavior that many experienced" and attributed the chatbot's vile responses to a recent update that introduced "deprecated code." This code, according to the statement,

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A Dinosaur Appears to Have Died on the Exact Spot They Later Built a Dinosaur Museum, Burying Its Fossil Underneath It

futurism.com Unknown 2025-07-30 02:30:46

In Denver, scientists uncovered a 67.5-million-year-old dinosaur fossil deep underground — and by chance, it just so happened to be buried underneath the parking lot of a museum that houses similar specimens. As the Denver Museum of Nature and Science explained in Catalyst, its online magazine, the ancient bone fragment was buried some 763 feet below the institution's parking lot, making it the oldest and deepest such fossil to be discovered within city limits. Beyond the coincidence of findin

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Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS — I say that’s freedom

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-29 23:00:13

Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority Police in Spain have reportedly started profiling people based on their phones; specifically, and surprisingly, those carrying Google Pixel devices. Law enforcement officials in Catalonia say they associate Pixels with crime because drug traffickers are increasingly turning to these phones. But it’s not Google’s secure Titan M2 chip that has criminals favoring the Pixel — instead, it’s GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused alternative to the default Pixel OS. As som

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Galaxy Z Flip 7’s Exynos 2500 benchmarked: Flagship power or foldable flop?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-30 01:30:11

In a first for Samsung’s foldables, the new Galaxy Z Flip 7 sports a Samsung Exynos processor instead of its usual Qualcomm Snapdragon chip. I’m reasonably convinced the Exynos 2500 looks more than good enough on paper, even if it won’t quite match the Snapdragon 8 Elite inside the Galaxy S25 series and Z Fold 7. But the real proof is in the testing, so I’ve run the Galaxy Z Flip 7 through our usual suite of benchmarks to see just how far off the top spot it really is. For comparison, we’ve gra

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