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Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti vs AMD Radeon 9060 XT with DLSS and FSR Enabled

techspot.com Tim Schiesser 2026-01-01 06:20:00

When looking to buy a mid-range graphics card for a gaming PC, you're probably choosing between the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and the Radeon RX 9060 XT, and per our recommendation, 16GB versions for both GPU models. In today's review, we will be comparing these GPUs with multiple upscaling modes enabled to determine which model performs best in realistic gaming configurations. We know many of you will be using DLSS 4 on a GeForce GPU and FSR 4 on a Radeon GPU, and this review includes performance data

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Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations

news.ycombinator.com Wikimedia Foundation 2026-01-01 06:12:29

17 July 2025 — Next week, on 22 and 23 July 2025, the High Court of Justice in London will hear the Wikimedia Foundation’s legal challenge to the Categorisation Regulations of the United Kingdom (UK)’s Online Safety Act (OSA). The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, announced its legal challenge earlier this year, arguing that the regulations endanger Wikipedia and the global community of volunteer contributors who create the information on

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Food delivery service Calo scores $39 million in Series B extension as it sets eyes on the UK

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-01-01 08:35:57

Middle Eastern food delivery startup Calo said Tuesday it has raised $39 million in a Series B extension that was led by AlJazira Capital. The fundraise, which was more than 1.5x of its original $25 million raise in December, also saw participation from existing backers such as Nuwa Capital, STV, Khwarizmi Ventures, and Al Faisaliah Group. The company is using this funding to expand into territories like the UK and also explore different partnerships in physical space. Calo primarily offers re

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Europe sets its sights on multi-billion-euro gigawatt factories as it plays catch-up on AI

cnbc.com April Roach 2026-01-01 06:02:29

Data storage tapes are stored at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) facility at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which will house the U.S. supercomputer to be powered by Nvidia's forthcoming Vera Rubin chips, in Berkeley, California, U.S. May 29, 2025. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Europe is setting its sights on gigawatt factories in a bid to bolster its lagging artificial intelligence industry and meet the challenges of a rapidly-changing sector. Buzz aroun

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First look at the iPhone 17 Pro? These public images confirm big design and camera upgrades

zdnet.com Kerry Wan 2026-01-01 02:41:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET In a series of rare events, the iPhone 17 Pro has seemingly appeared publicly ahead of its expected September launch. Late Monday, X user @Skyfops shared two images of what can be assumed to be an Apple employee handling a test development iPhone. Also: You can download iOS 26 public beta right now - how to install (and which iPhones support it) While the iPhone is encased in a security cover, typically used to hide the device's final design, there's a dead giveaway that the m

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The Vatican observatory looks to the heavens

news.ycombinator.com Rebecca Mead 2025-12-31 21:34:40

When the late Pope Francis was elected, a dozen years ago, and famously declined the pomp and perquisites typically associated with the office, among his renunciations was the use of the papal summer residence—a seventeenth-century palazzo in Castel Gandolfo, about fifteen miles south of Rome. Generations of Popes had enjoyed the use of the mansion, which overlooks a volcanic lake and is surrounded by spectacular terraced gardens. The palazzo is now a museum where visitors can admire a gallery o

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Does alleged iPhone 17 Pro leak show second Camera Control?

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-01-01 05:55:25

Yesterday we learned about three new potential iPhone 17 Pro camera features. Today a test unit was possibly spotted in the wild — potentially showing us the first glimpse at one of those rumored features. Frankly, I was a bit skeptical of the MacRumors tipster who anonymously claimed that iPhone 17 Pro would feature three hardware and software camera features that weren’t already leaked or rumored. Since publishing, however, I’m a lot more convinced that their tip is legitimate (and I’m genera

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AV-Racer Devlog (1): Getting a functional car model

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-30 11:23:09

wassimulator; I make stuff Next article ► AV-Racer Devlog (1): Getting a functional car model est. reading time: 10 minutes The first question revolving around the interest of making a car game was figuring out the methods used by car games in simulating a car body. My modest lacunary conglamurate of car facts was all I had to start with, the general idea was to simulate car and tire forces that would move the thing through the might of physics. The right approach to this problem became a matt

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Fintech dystopia

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-01 08:57:44

"Just like beauty, efficiency, competition, and security are all in the eye of the beholder. For example, one person’s “efficiency” may be another person’s “dismantling critical government infrastructure.” And yet technological solutions designed to make things more efficient, more competitive, or more secure are often presented by Silicon Valley as neutral and universally desirable. That veneer of neutrality and universality can be dangerous if it disguises the fact that Silicon Valley is solvi

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Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses sales triple as EssilorLuxottica doubles down on wearables

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-01 16:17:40

EssilorLuxottica, Meta’s partner in the smart glasses market and owner of brands such as Ray-Ban and Oakley, just reported stronger-than-expected quarterly revenue, driven in part by rising demand for the Ray-Ban Meta. Here’s the breakdown. In its quarterly results, EssilorLuxottica reported a 7.3% revenue increase, beating a Bloomberg-compiled analyst estimate of 5.9%. It is worth mentioning that at current exchange rates, however, revenue rose by just 3.2%, reflecting the impact of a stronger

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iOS 26’s new Messages feature has political fundraisers freaking out

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2026-01-01 16:18:14

iOS 26 adds a new filtering system to the Messages app that tucks away messages from “Unknown Senders” into a separate tab. Punchbowl News (via Daring Fireball and Political Wire) reports that Republicans in Washington, D.C. are already freaking out about the fundraising implications of this new feature, warning that it “could cost them $25 million in fundraising revenue.” iOS 26 has political fundraisers on edge The memo was sent by the NRSC (National Republican Senatorial Committee) last we

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.gitignore Is Inherently Sisyphean

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-29 23:49:50

You just started a new project. You ran cargo init , poetry init and go mod init . Those commands created the necessary files to work, it also added the following lines to your .gitignore: target __pycache__ bin All great. You continue implementing features, and when the time comes, you publish your project to your Git hosting platform of choice. People start to get interested in your project. One even decides that he's going to implement a new feature! Literally free work done for you! Alr

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Show HN: Companies use AI to take your calls. I built AI to make them for you

news.ycombinator.com Piper Ai 2026-01-01 16:17:14

How does Piper work? Install extension → Click any phone number → Type what you need → Piper calls them. You get results in minutes. Works on any website with phone numbers. What kind of calls can Piper make? The boring ones. Restaurant reservations, doctor appointments, customer service battles, subscription cancellations, price shopping. Any call that makes you think 'ugh, I'll do it tomorrow.' Does it sound like a robot? Nope! Piper sounds more human than most humans before coffee. Natural

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A Life-Size Naboo Starfighter Will Be Among the Highlights of George Lucas’ New Museum

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2026-01-01 16:00:33

To close out San Diego Comic-Con with a bang, George Lucas made his first appearance at the long-running pop culture fest alongside filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and award-winning Lucasfilm designer Doug Chiang. But the panel topic wasn’t a new Star Wars project; it was the importance of keeping art accessible to the public, especially during unprecedented times, at the Lucas Museum opening next year in Los Angeles. Fanboys, fret not, though—during a quick sizzle reel of featured works, eagle-ey

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Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-01 21:17:19

Back in April, the rental car company Hertz announced that it would be using UVeye, an AI damage scanning hardward and software system from a former defense contractor of the same name, to check its cars for damage after they were returned. It didn't take long for problems to arise. As our sister site The Drive reported last month, customers soon started complaining that Hertz was charging them hundreds of dollars for minor cosmetic scuffs that would have been shrugged off by a human employee,

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Has 5G lived up to the hype? People are united in this survey.

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-01 11:07:20

Eric Zeman / Android Authority 5G phones have been on the market for over five years, and I vividly remember how the entire industry hyped up this tech. From industrial applications and remote surgery to unforeseen advancements and cars that talk to each other, companies breathlessly declared how 5G would change the world. Now that the dust has settled, colleague Rob Triggs conducted a deep dive to find out whether 5G actually lived up to the hype. He also asked readers for their opinion, and

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The Vatican Observatory Looks to the Heavens

news.ycombinator.com Rebecca Mead 2026-01-01 21:34:40

When the late Pope Francis was elected, a dozen years ago, and famously declined the pomp and perquisites typically associated with the office, among his renunciations was the use of the papal summer residence—a seventeenth-century palazzo in Castel Gandolfo, about fifteen miles south of Rome. Generations of Popes had enjoyed the use of the mansion, which overlooks a volcanic lake and is surrounded by spectacular terraced gardens. The palazzo is now a museum where visitors can admire a gallery o

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The Useless UseCallback

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-01 20:44:26

28.07.2025 — React, JavaScript, useCallback, Performance — 5 min read #1: The Uphill Battle of Memoization #2: The Useless useCallback I thought I'd written enough about memoization by now, but I feel there is one pattern I'm seeing a lot lately that makes me think otherwise. So today, I want to look at useCallback , and to some extent useMemo , in situations where I think they are totally pointless. Why memoize? There's usually only two reasons to create a memoized version of a function wi

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James Cameron Wants to Do an ‘Avatar’ Animated Anthology Movie

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-01-01 21:15:18

The lush new Avatar: Fire and Ash trailer just dropped today—the movie’s in theaters December 19—but James Cameron is already thinking about what’s next for Pandora. Not just Avatar 4 and beyond; though the films are famously on the cutting edge of motion-capture technology, Cameron would like to dig deeper into their world using a more traditional form of animation. Speaking to Empire Magazine, Cameron revealed he’s had conversations with Disney about further expanding the reach of stories rev

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Microsoft plans to bring Xbox age verification to countries outside of the UK

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-02 02:19:53

Microsoft is implementing an age verification system on Xbox accounts to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act, and in a new blog post announcing the move, the company suggests it'll come to other countries, too. Players in the UK who indicate on their account that they're 18 years or older will now "begin seeing notifications encouraging them to verify their age," Microsoft says. The process is optional for now, and players will be able to enjoy playing Xbox games until "early 2026," when ver

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Tao on “blue team” vs. “red team” LLMs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-02 00:36:39

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Wuchang patch "optimization" may be forcing lower-res upscaling even at native resolution

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2026-01-02 06:01:00

Facepalm: 505 Games, publisher of Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, has managed to pour oil on the fire of controversy surrounding the game by releasing a patch that apparently forces upscaling even when native resolution is selected. The game has been slammed on Steam for its poor optimization and forcing a lower rendering resolution even when scaling is set to 100%. Wuchang: Fallen Feathers has a few good critic reviews, but its Steam rating is Mostly Negative, with the majority of complaints directe

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New AirPods Pro 3 Coming Soon? Rumors, Leaks and Everything We Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-02 14:57:00

Apple last updated its flagship AirPods Pro buds in 2022, and rumor has it the company will release the next-gen AirPods Pro 3 this fall alongside its new iPhones. While there's no guarantee we'll get the AirPods Pro 3 this year, Apple has released a new model of AirPods every year since 2019 (I'm counting 2023's AirPods Pro 2 with USB-C as a new model), and the Pro line is due for an upgrade. Last year we got the all-new AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 with Active Noise Canceling, but the AirPods Max o

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The UK is slogging through an online age-gate apocalypse

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-01-02 16:05:25

People across the United Kingdom have been faced with a censored and partially inaccessible online landscape since the country introduced its latest digital safety rules on Friday. The Online Safety Act mandates that web service operators must use “highly effective” age verification measures to stop kids from accessing a wide range of material, on penalty of heavy fines and criminal action against senior managers. It’s primarily focused on pornography and content that promotes suicide, self-har

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Microsoft starts rolling out Xbox age verification in the UK

theverge.com Tom Warren 2026-01-02 16:29:38

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is starting to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act by prompting Xbox players to verify their age today. The prompts will be shown to Xbox players who indicate they’re over the age of 18 and will be shown when you sign into an Xbox account in the UK. Microsoft says it’s also exploring bringing similar age verification tools to other countries in the future. To powe

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9to5Mac Daily: July 28, 2025 – AirPods public beta, more

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2026-01-02 21:01:58

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Bitwarden: Check out Bitwarden Password Manager, featuring a new Apple Watch authenticator integration, secure autofill on Safari and iOS apps, and enterprise-grade security tools that help you manage credentials with confidence. New episodes of 9to5Mac D

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The first Star Trek: Starfleet Academy trailer is filled with Easter eggs

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-02 21:45:54

We've known Star Trek: Starfleet Academy was coming for a while now , but we finally have some real footage. Paramount just dropped a trailer , in addition to an official announcement that the show will premiere in "early 2026." For the uninitiated, the show is set at the titular Starfleet Academy in future San Francisco and follows a group of cadets and their instructors. The trailer introduces us to all of the major characters, more or less, all while chancellor Holly Hunter does her best spa

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TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla vs GM: A tale of two earnings

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2026-01-02 21:06:00

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! The poll results are in (from last week’s edition) and it’s clear what you want: Analysis with a capital A. You also want scoops, a bit of a news roundup, and deals, but far and away you’re looking for analysis. I’ve always sprinkled my thoughts and insights throughout the newsletter, but over the next few weeks and months you’ll se

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Cognitive Offloading: How AI is Quietly Eroding Our Critical Thinking

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2026-01-02 23:00:30

Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly permeated every facet of modern life, seamlessly performing tasks ranging from trivial errands to complex decision-making processes. The allure of AI lies predominantly in its unmatched potential for efficiency, convenience, and accuracy. However, this unprecedented convenience brings with it a hidden yet profound threat: the subtle erosion of human capacity for critical thinking through cognitive offloading. Understanding Cognitive Offloading Cognitive

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Got a suspicious Amazon refund text? Don't click the link - it's a scam

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2026-01-03 02:35:17

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET You've just received a text message that appears to be from Amazon. In it, the online retailer says that an item you recently purchased failed a routine inspection, is being recalled, or isn't up to Amazon's standards. As a result, you're due a full refund -- sometimes without even having to return the product. You just have to select a link in the message to claim your refund. Also: Got a suspicious E-ZPass text? Don't click the link (and what to do if you already

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