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Inbox swamped? Perplexity's new Email Assistant works for Gmail and Outlook

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-10-17 00:17:00

MirageC/Moment via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Email Assistant can help you review, organize, and draft emails. It's available to paid subscribers of Perplexity Max. AI companies are marketing heavily to enterprise customers. Perplexity is bringing its AI directly to white-collar workers' inboxes with an automated assistant that can review and organize emails, and respond to messages in an approximation of their human users' voic

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Zig feels more practical than Rust for real-world CLI tools

news.ycombinator.com Dayvi Schuster 2025-10-16 20:56:00

Dayvi Schuster 8 min read Tuesday, September 23, 2025 Why Zig Feels More Practical Than Rust for Real-World CLI Tools Why I reach for Zig first for my CLI tools lately Introduction So when it comes to memory management there are two terms you really need to know, the stack and the heap. The stack is a region of memory that stores temporary data that is only needed for a short period of time. It operates in a last-in, first-out (LIFO) manner, meaning that the most recently added data is the fi

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Scientists Predict Extreme Global Water Shortages by 2100

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-10-17 04:00:08

Earth’s climate and its water are inextricably linked—one cannot exist without the other. As the climate undergoes unprecedented, human-driven change, the global water system is changing too. While this link is well-established, it’s difficult to predict exactly when and where extreme water shortages will occur as a result of climate change. This uncertainty inhibits decision makers’ ability to prepare for these catastrophic scenarios. A new study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communi

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5 ways to streamline Identity Governance with this free tool

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-17 08:02:12

tenfold’s Community Edition gives organizations with up to 150 users a free, full-featured IGA solution. Here are five ways you can streamline governance processes and reduce your IT workload using this free tool. In a world of non-stop cyberattacks, data breaches and compromised accounts, best practices like the Principle of Least Privilege have become an essential safeguard for organizations of all sizes. From global players to local businesses, everyone is at risk. This makes enforcing secu

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Zip Code Map of the United States

news.ycombinator.com Caleb B 2025-10-17 08:50:06

This zip code map of the United States visualizes over 42,000 zip codes in the 50 states. Zip codes are five digit postal codes used for mail delivery in the US. The points on the map show the geographic center of each zip code. The interactive visualization lets you type in a zip code and will show you where that zip code lies on the map. As you begin to type in the zip code, the map will highlight all the zip codes that begin with those numbers. For example, if you type in “0”, you will highl

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AI won't use as much electricity as we are told

news.ycombinator.com John Quiggin 2025-10-17 07:29:23

From Renew Economy The recent rise of “generative AI” models has led to a lot of dire predictions about the associated requirements for energy. It has been estimated that AI will consume anything from 9 to 25 per cent of all US electricity by 2032. But we have been here before. Predictions of this kind have been made ever since the emergence of the Internet as a central part of modern life, often tied to claims and counterclaims about the transition to renewable energy. Back in 1999 let alone

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Why Zig Feels More Practical Than Rust

news.ycombinator.com Dayvi Schuster 2025-10-17 11:56:00

Dayvi Schuster 8 min read Tuesday, September 23, 2025 Why Zig Feels More Practical Than Rust for Real-World CLI Tools A deep dive into the practical advantages of Zig over Rust for building command-line interfaces. Introduction So when it comes to memory management there are two terms you really need to know, the stack and the heap. The stack is a region of memory that stores temporary data that is only needed for a short period of time. It operates in a last-in, first-out (LIFO) manner, mean

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Chicago’s Once-Disgusting River Just Hosted a Swimming Party

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-10-17 12:45:51

On Sunday, over 250 swimmers dove into the Chicago River for its first open water swim in almost a century. The Chicago River Swim’s triumphant return this past weekend celebrated the city’s environmental progress and raised $150,000 for ALS research at Northwestern’s Ozdinler Lab and swim-safety education programs at the Salvation Army Kroc Center, according to a recent Chicago River Swim statement. “Swimming in the Chicago River may sound like a wild idea, but the river has come a long way f

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Apple looks set to make two iOS 26 security changes to make iPhones safer

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-17 16:02:25

A combination of new code spotted by Macworld and 9to5Mac suggests that Apple may be set to make two iOS 26 security changes which will make iPhones safer. Historically, Apple has issued security patches as part of a new iOS build. This has two significant disadvantages which can leave many iPhones unprotected against the latest threats for longer than necessary … The first is that each new iOS version takes time to develop, and security updates had to wait for this work to be complete. Secon

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We’re living in a golden age of affordable mechanical keyboards

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2025-10-17 16:30:00

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The mechanical keyboard world has undergone a renaissance. Thanks to increased competition and commoditized tech, features that used to be exclusive to limited-run DIY boards in the $300-plus range just a few years ago are now available in prebuilt

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The best password managers of 2025: Expert tested

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2025-10-18 00:00:36

At a time when data breaches are a daily occurrence, securing your online accounts is a must. When you have a dozen or more online accounts, with each service requiring complex username and password combinations, trying to remember each one is an impossible task. This is where password managers shine. These services remember and securely store your credentials for you to help keep your online accounts safe, and to reduce the risk of users relying on memorable -- but weak -- passwords. They also

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Walking Michigan City (Indiana)

news.ycombinator.com Chris Arnade 2025-10-18 00:44:57

I play a game of "Guess what they make" when walking past a generic plant, which I’m usually pretty good at, but"Die-cutting solutions for the paper packaging industry, including corrugated cardboard" completely eluded me. That’s what the Marbach plant I passed in Michigan City manufactures, among other things, which is a fancy way of saying they make tools that are then used to make packaging. A few hours later I came to another long low-slung acre sized building that gave few hints of what i

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Indoor surfaces act as sponges for harmful chemicals

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-17 23:33:34

Scientists injected volatile organic compounds into a test house and found large reservoirs for the potentially hazardous chemicals in porous surfaces such as wood, cement and paint. VOCs contained in insecticides, cigarette smoke and wildfire smoke can remain on indoor surfaces for as long as one year. Irvine, Calif., Sept. 22, 2025 — Indoor surfaces have an unexpectedly strong ability to absorb and hold harmful chemical compounds that can threaten human health for as long as a year, accordin

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The common sense unit of work

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-14 00:49:04

What if we were to model a typical software development lifecycle in code? The unit of work would be the fundamental abstraction. We’d build state machines and workflows around it, carrying it from specification to deployment through activities performed by product managers, engineers, designers, and others. The process could be customised to each team’s needs, with all the bells and whistles. But fundamentally, its effectiveness and adaptability depends on how good this central abstraction is.

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AI-generated “workslop” is destroying productivity?

news.ycombinator.com Kate Niederhoffer 2025-10-18 14:07:13

A confusing contradiction is unfolding in companies embracing generative AI tools: while workers are largely following mandates to embrace the technology, few are seeing it create real value. Consider, for instance, that the number of companies with fully AI-led processes nearly doubled last year, while AI use has likewise doubled at work since 2023. Yet a recent report from the MIT Media Lab found that 95% of organizations see no measurable return on their investment in these technologies. So m

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Umberto Eco: Ur-Fascism

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-18 16:25:51

Celebrated Italian author and scholar Umberto Eco (1932-2016) published an article in 1995 entitled Ur-Fascism . Eco grew up during the time of Mussolini. In the article, he jumps from memories of that experience to describe some varieties of fascism and other types of totalitarianism. Not all are well-defined fascism, he says, but he does identify the core characteristics of what he calls Ur-Fascism. I think it is possible to outline a list of features that are typical of what I would like to

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Perplexity launches an AI email assistant for Max subscribers

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-18 20:52:12

Perplexity has introduced a new feature dubbed Email Assistant. With this resource, users can direct an AI chatbot to execute basic email tasks such as scheduling meetings, organizing and prioritizing emails, and drafting replies. At launch, Gmail and Outlook are the only supported email clients. Email assistant is only available to members of the company's pricey Max plan, which costs $200 a month. Perplexity added this upscale subscription option in July. Once an Max user has signed up for th

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Fine-grained HTTP filtering for Claude Code

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-18 20:49:02

Posted on September 12, 2025 Fine-grained HTTP filtering for Claude Code Default‑deny HTTP(S) for dev tools and AI agents. Script rules in JS or shell, log every request, and keep egress within your policy. Coding agents are becoming more powerful every day without commensurate security and governance tooling. The result is a world where solo developers happily run claude --dangerously-skip-permissions for hours unmoderated while many of the world's most important organizations have barely tr

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Human-Oriented Markup Language

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-19 07:48:36

# A sample HUML document. website :: hostname : "huml.io" ports :: 80 , 443 # Inline list. enabled : true factor : 3.14 props :: mime_type : "text/html" , encoding : "gzip" # Inline dict. tags :: # Multi-line list. - "markup" - "webpage" - "schema" haikus :: one : """ A quiet language Lines fall into their places Nothing out of place """ Motivation HUML was primarily born out of the numerous frustrations with YAML, where one easy-to-miss, accidental indentation change can dangerously alter the

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eBay to acquire social marketplace platform Tise

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-10-19 16:45:07

eBay announced on Monday that it’s acquiring Tise, a social marketplace for second-hand fashion and interior design items. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. eBay says the Oslo, Norway-based company’s platform will open the door to a community of Gen Z and millennial customers. The company also says Tise’s community features, such as the ability to follow sellers, like and comment on listings, and receive personalized product recommendations, along with its focus on current inv

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Be careful with Go struct embedding

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-19 21:16:08

Go has a feature called struct embedding that allows you to compose types. It looks something like this: type Position struct { X int Y int } type Colour struct { R byte G byte B byte } type Rectangle struct { Position Colour Width int Height int } r := Rectangle { } fmt . Printf ( "%d,%d " , r . Position . X , r . Position . Y ) fmt . Printf ( "%d,%d " , r . X , r . Y ) But what do you think this code does? type FooService struct { URL string } type BarConnectionOptions struct { URL string

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MediaTek's Next Chip Will Boost Low-Power AI in Next Year's Top Android Phones

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-20 05:00:03

MediaTek has unveiled its next big chip for premium Android phones, promising improvements for performance and AI operations. MediaTek's chip, the Dimensity 9500, debuts at a seemingly deliberate moment just days before Qualcomm is set to reveal its own silicon, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. While we don't know the latter's performance metrics, it will almost certainly compete with the Dimensity 9500 to run the most powerful Android smartphones. The first phones running MediaTek's new chip will

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Palantir Wants to Be a Lifestyle Brand

wired.com Caroline Haskins 2025-10-20 08:00:00

Palantir Technologies, which moved from Silicon Valley to Denver in 2020, sells software that immigration authorities use to identify and arrest people, militaries use to organize drone strikes, and corporations use to manage their supply chains. Now, it also sells tote bags. Last year, Palantir relaunched an online merchandise store, and its website was recently redesigned with a swanky interface and new payment system. A mock terminal in the lower left corner displays “code” documenting each

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This Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 rival has impressive camera, ray tracing capabilities

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-20 10:00:22

Supplied by MediaTek TL;DR MediaTek has announced the Dimensity 9500 processor, which is expected to power some flagship Android phones. The new chipset has an upgraded CPU with SME2 support, a GPU with major ray tracing upgrades, and plenty more features. OPPO and vivo are expected to be the first brands to launch Dimensity 9500 phones in the coming weeks. MediaTek is the world’s largest smartphone processor company by market share, but the company has typically played second fiddle to Qual

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Pointer Tagging in C++: The Art of Packing Bits into a Pointer

news.ycombinator.com Caden Parker 2025-10-20 04:46:37

A 64-bit pointer can address over 18 exabytes (18 billion gigabytes) of memory, which far exceeds the needs of even the most top-end supercomputers. For this reason, most modern desktop CPUs only use 48 bits for virtual addresses, leaving the upper 16 bits unused. The bottom bits are typically underutilized, too. Most malloc implementations align allocations to 16-byte boundaries, so the bottom four bits are always set to zero. These bottom four bits can be repurposed to store extra data, as lo

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How can I influence others without manipulating them?

news.ycombinator.com Andi Roberts 2025-10-20 01:20:16

We influence others every day, whether we intend to or not. Sometimes it is through the way we argue, sometimes through the way we listen, and sometimes simply through the story we tell about what matters. Influence is not the property of the few who hold authority. It is the currency of all relationships. The word persuasion often carries with it the scent of manipulation, as though one person is moving another toward something they do not really want. But there is another way to hold it. Infl

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Security Bite: Apple quietly shipped one of its most practical security features yet

9to5mac.com Arin Waichulis 2025-10-20 01:13:02

9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is all we do. Our unique integrated approach to management and security combines state-of-the-art Apple-specific security solutions for fully automated Hardening & Compliance, Next Generation EDR, AI-powered Zero Trust, and exclusive Privilege Management with the most powerful and modern Apple MDM on the market. The result is a totally automated Appl

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A coin flip by any other name (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-17 05:59:54

A Coin Flip by Any Other Name… Consider the following graph. If we remove each edge with independent probability 1 / 2 , 1/2, 1/2, what's the probability that there is still a path from the top to the bottom vertex? Since each subset of edges is equally likely to be removed, this is the same as asking how many ways there are to cut this graph in two—that is, how many sets of removed edges would disconnect the top and bottom vertices. In general, getting through a combinatorics problem like th

Topics: normal probability problem rn vectors

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Why, as a responsible adult, SimCity 2000 hits differently

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-16 17:26:41

C:\ArsGames We love games here at the Ars Orbiting HQ, from modern to ancient and all points in between. With that in mind, we've partnered with the folks at GOG.com to create a store page featuring a curated list of some of our favorites from GOG's catalog. At the end of every month, we'll rotate a couple of titles off the list and add a few new ones; altogether, we have a list of about 50 games to set in front of you. Twice a month, we'll publish a personal retrospective like this one, where w

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A Coin Flip by Any Other Name

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-17 10:59:54

A Coin Flip by Any Other Name… Consider the following graph. If we remove each edge with independent probability 1 / 2 , 1/2, 1/2, what is the probability that there is still a path from the top to the bottom vertex? Since the removal of each subset of edges is equally likely, this kind of question is equivalent to counting the subsets of edges that we can remove without disconnecting two vertices. How easily we crunch through this enumeration depends on how we manage to decompose the problem

Topics: normal probability problem rn vectors

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Inbox swamped? Perplexity's new Email Assistant works for Gmail and Outlook

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Umberto Eco: Ur-Fascism

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