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Reddit is being spammed by AI bots, and it’s all Reddit’s fault

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-13 11:31:43

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has said that the platform is being spammed by AI bots, and is now in “an arms race” to detect and block these fake posts. The irony here is that the very reason Reddit is being targeted by bots is because the company sells access to user posts for AI training … Reddit lets AI bots harvest user posts Things kicked off early last year when Reddit signed a $60M deal to allow user posts to be harvested for AI training. The company involved was subsequently revealed to be

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Structured Output with LangChain and Llamafile

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-09 16:01:10

2 minutes read This article shows how one can teach Llamafile to handle structured outputs like JSON. If you’re already familiar with LangChain, you’ll know that popular models like OpenAI include their own implementations of with_structured_output. Using it is straightforward: All we need is to derive a new class from Pydantic’s BaseModel. The rest happens transparently. You don’t need to teach the LLM anything. Using Llamafile This isn’t currently possible with Llamafile, which I’m using i

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This Marshall Portable Bluetooth Speaker Drops Below Last Prime Day Price to Clear Out Stock Before July

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-09-13 11:40:52

Everyone knows that rock and roll isn’t just a kind of music, it’s a lifestyle. It’s a lifestyle about embracing the good things in life, hanging with your friends, and living life as much as possible. It’s also best accompanied by the power of rock though, and when you’re looking to do that, the best thing you can do right now is to get your hands on a really good speaker. See at Amazon There are plenty of portable Bluetooth speakers out there now, but it can make picking the right one for yo

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The Website for Trump’s All-American Smartphone No Longer Promises It’s ‘MADE IN THE USA’

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-09-13 11:43:04

Earlier this month, the Trump Organization revealed its latest profit-making scheme: the T1, a golden iPhone knockoff that has aptly been dubbed the “Trump phone.” Alongside the new device, the Trumps launched a wireless mobile network called T1 Mobile, which purports to offer unlimited talk, text, and data. Given that Trump is the “America First” president, it was very on-brand for the company to promise that the devices would be manufactured domestically. Given that manufacturing a functioning

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Can No-Buy July Help You Save Money? It Can Do So Much More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-13 11:00:00

Buying only the basics was easier -- and way more fun -- than I ever thought it could be. Jeffrey Hazelwood/CNET No-buy challenges have been around for a while but they're getting a new burst of energy this summer. Social media users are inviting newbies and veterans alike to curb overconsumption and save money with "no-buy July." Also called "low-buy July," the challenge doesn't mean spending no money at all. After all, you can't avoid paying for essentials like housing, food and utilities. B

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Ring adds AI summaries to video alerts, describing what your camera sees

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-09-13 20:45:00

In a nutshell: Amazon-owned Ring is a familiar name in home security, recognized for its video doorbells and cameras that allow homeowners to keep an eye on their property from anywhere. Now, the company is introducing AI "video descriptions," a feature designed to make home monitoring faster and more informative. Instead of the usual vague notifications like "motion detected," Ring's new system sends users a concise, text-based summary of what the camera actually sees. For example, a homeowner

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The Galaxy Watch 8 may ruin my favorite thing about Samsung smartwatches

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-13 18:00:20

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Leaks don’t usually take the wind out of my sails, but the latest details about Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Watch lineup came close. According to renders posted by trusted leaker Evan Blass, the Galaxy Watch 8, Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, and the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2025 will each feature the same squircle design that debuted with the original Galaxy Watch Ultra, and, to put it softly, that’s a massive disappointment. I wasn’t a fan of the Ultra’s shape at launch (o

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This app tells me I’m going to die 5 times a day, and I love it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-13 18:30:23

Matt Horne / Android Authority Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been showing friends a notification on my phone. It simply reads, “Don’t forget, you’re going to die.” Most of them immediately responded by looking at me with a mixture of confusion and concern. I like to let that look sit for a moment before explaining what’s going on. Far from suggesting that I’m unraveling mentally, these notifications are from an app that wants me to cherish life. It’s called WeCroak, and it sends me five

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The best Android 16 features that are already live in One UI 8 beta

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-13 20:00:33

Joe Maring / Android Authority Android 16 is now available for Pixel phones, although some of the more exciting features won’t be ready until the release of Android 16 QPR1 later this year. On the other hand, Samsung’s One UI 8 beta, which is based on Android 16, has already surprised us by going live faster than expected and packing some fundamental features that Pixels don’t have yet and won’t have until QPR1. Of course, One UI 8 beta also has all of Samsung’s apps and design language, as wel

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The best sleep trackers of 2025: These sleep trackers improved my sleep

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-13 19:15:13

Why we like it: The Oura Ring is the best sleep tracker for a few reasons. It's discreet and far more comfortable to wear to bed compared to a health band or smartwatch. Oura's data capture is accurate, with its sleep staging algorithm matching the performance of a polysomnography sleep lab test. The objective sleep and readiness scores it provides after I wake up often are in line with how I'm feeling on a day-to-day basis. It also isn't hardcore about getting perfect sleep, which allows for

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The best HP laptops of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-09-13 20:00:18

A new laptop is an investment, and making it last is essential to maximizing its value. To care for your new laptop, you'll want to minimize the amount of bumps and vibrations it's exposed to and keep it closed when not in use to protect the keys and screen, which can be fragile. Maximizing your laptop's battery life is also part of its longevity, as it's best to keep it between 30% and 80% to optimize battery life. Besides these obvious factors, you'll want to keep the software and drivers up

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GIF export in Snipping Tool begins rolling out to Windows Insiders

news.ycombinator.com Windows Insider Blog 2025-09-11 00:45:39

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are beginning to roll out an update to Snipping Tool to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11. Snipping Tool (version 11.2505.21.0) GIF export In this update, we are adding GIF export for screen recordings – designed to boost your productivity and turn quick captures into shareable moments. To get started, open Snipping Tool’s screen recorder via Win + Shift + R or launch the app and toggle to screen recording mode. Record a screen rec

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'Sticky thinking' hampers decisions in depression

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-11 06:01:57

Though low mood is the best-known symptom of depression, indecisiveness and biased thinking are also common. But these problems, which can lead to delays in making important choices — and being more likely to make poor ones — receive less attention, write the authors of a recent paper in Emotion. Many of the theories that have been put forward to explain difficulties with decision-making are based on work suggesting that depressed people are not as responsive to rewards, or punishments, as thos

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Ticket-Driven Development: The Fastest Way to Go Nowhere

news.ycombinator.com The Cynical Developer 2025-09-13 20:01:12

When every dev is just doing the next ticket, who’s steering the ship? Let me guess how your day started. You opened your laptop, fired up the sprint board, and grabbed the next ticket in the “Ready” column. Maybe it was a small feature. Maybe a bug. Either way, you didn’t write it, you didn’t scope it, and you definitely didn’t question it. Because that’s not how it works here. We are Ticket-Driven Developers now. Thinking is out. Throughput is in. Tickets are moving. Morale is not. The A

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Unreal Amber Fossils Show ‘Last of Us’ Zombie Fungus Terrorizing Bugs During the Cretaceous

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-09-13 19:00:21

In the video game The Last of Us and its spin-off HBO series, humans fight to survive against cordyceps, a parasitic fungus that turns its hosts into zombies. While the infections are wildly dramatized in both the game and the show, these fungi aren’t mere science fiction. In fact, some species have been around since the age of the dinosaurs, a new study suggests. An international team of researchers led by Yuhui Zhuang, a doctoral student of paleontology at China’s Yunnan University, recently

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These Three Messaging Apps Are Encrypted, but One Stands Above the Rest

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-13 19:00:03

Key points: Most widely used messaging app Uses the same encryption protocol as Signal Collects heaps of your data Free, but owned and operated by Meta WhatsApp is the most popular private messaging app on this list, with about 2 billion monthly users, according to Exploding Topics. Because it's so popular, there's a higher chance that other people you might be chatting with have WhatsApp, and therefore your chats can be encrypted. And if the person you're chatting with doesn't have WhatsAp

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This $1,299 Robot Dog Plays Soccer, Dances and Can 'Evolve' With AI

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-13 19:00:06

After an initial appearance at CES 2025, the Hengbot $1,299 Sirius robot dog is going on preorder Thursday, highlighting an agile body that's able to play soccer while also integrating with OpenAI to develop its own personality. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET's parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.) While robot dogs have been around for decades with brands like Sony's Aibo, Hengbot's Sirius

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Blacklisted by the U.S. and backed by Beijing, this Chinese AI startup has caught OpenAI's attention

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-09-13 21:34:18

OpenAI is putting a spotlight on an under-the-radar artificial intelligence startup that it believes is on the "front line" of China's race to lead the world in AI — and its not DeepSeek. In a blog post on Wednesday, the company wrote that Beijing-backed Zhipu AI has made "notable progress" in the AI race, as global competition ramps up. Zhipu AI, founded in 2019, has been referred by domestic media as one of China's "AI tigers" — a class of large language model unicorns seen as key to Beijing

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Pixel phones might finally be getting this highly requested feature in India (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-13 20:47:57

Andy Walker / Android Authority Pixel 8a TL;DR Google might be getting ready to introduce Call Screening on Pixel phones in India. The feature lets users identify callers and their reasons for calling before answering the phone, helping thwart spam calls. India might get the manual version of Call Screening instead of the automatic version available in the US. India has over a billion cellphone users and is one of the most affected countries in the world when it comes to spam calls. Hundreds

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Finally, a smart ring worthy of replacing my Oura 4 - and with no subscription fees

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-13 21:30:16

ZDNET's key takeaways The RingConn Gen 2 is a subscription-free smart ring that retails for $300. It monitors your sleep, activity, stress, and vitals, and it's got a marathon battery life. The only downside is the user interface feels underdeveloped. View now at Amazon View now at Ringconn more buying choices Most smart rings these days claim to offer marathon battery lives, but often fall short of their promise. Many smart rings claim to last a week's worth of battery, but only make it to f

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This amazing Samsung gaming monitor is $300 off and comes with a free headset!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-13 19:42:16

Samsung makes some of the best gaming monitors around, especially if you’re looking for one of those fancy, huge, curved, ultrawide ones. The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 (G91SD) 49-Inch Curved Gaming Monitor is an excellent option if you want something less expensive, and today’s deal makes it much more enticing. It is $300 off, and you also get a free headset! Get the Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 (G91SD) with a free JBL Quantum ONE headset for $999.99 ($599.95 off) This offer is available directly from

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James Bond Has Shaken Up a New Director: ‘Dune’ Helmer Denis Villeneuve

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-09-13 19:15:11

Rumors have been circulating about who’ll be the next director to put James Bond through his superspy paces. Now we know who’s been hired: Denis Villeneuve, the four-time Oscar nominee behind Dune, Dune: Part Two, Blade Runner 2049, Arrival, Sicario, and more. Variety reports Villeneuve will also executive produce with his partner and frequent collaborator Tanya Lapointe. The trade has a very excited statement from Villeneuve to go with the news: “Some of my earliest movie-going memories are c

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Here are 14 of our favorite deals from Amazon’s early Prime Day sale

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2025-09-13 19:15:33

Amazon’s next Prime Day event hasn’t officially kicked off yet, but in classic Amazon fashion, the retailer has already dropped a selection of early deals ahead of its four-day sale. While steeper discounts are not likely to arrive until next month, many of the current offers are already worth considering, especially if you’re a Prime member looking to score a deal on one of Amazon’s own devices or services. From record lows on security gear and power stations to a solid deal on what was alread

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How to Watch Inter Milan vs. River Plate From Anywhere for Free: Stream FIFA Club World Cup Soccer

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-13 22:00:03

It's a decisive clash in a delicately poised Group E today at the FIFA Club World Cup as Inter Milan and River Plate battle for a guaranteed place in the knockout stage. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to watch every match of the tournament as it happens, wherever you are in the world. We'll also explain how to use a VPN if the match isn't available where you are. The two teams are tied at the top of the group on 4 points, with third-placed Monterrey also in contention

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All childhood vaccines in question after first meeting of RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-13 23:04:25

A federal vaccine panel entirely hand-selected by health secretary and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gathered for its first meeting Wednesday—and immediately announced that it would re-evaluate the entire childhood vaccination schedule, as well as the one for adults. The meeting overall was packed with anti-vaccine talking points and arguments from the new panel members, confirming public health experts' fears that the once-revered panel is now critically corrupted and that Kenned

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Trump Phone website trades ‘Made in the USA’ claim for patriotic vibes

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-14 03:40:34

TL;DR Trump Mobile has removed its “Made in the USA” claim from the T1 Phone product page. The website now uses vague patriotic language like “American-Proud Design.” Key specs also appear to have changed. When the Trump Organization launched its gold T1 Phone last week, it made clear that the phone was “Made in the USA.” That phrase has now quietly disappeared from the Trump Mobile website, and it’s not the only early claim that appears to have changed. As The Verge spotted, the banner that

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Study shows gaming can reduce stress, even the violent kind

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-09-14 07:33:00

Editor's take: Violent video games have long been blamed as the source of many societal problems. However, an increasing number of studies continue to show that gaming poses no significant threat to society or human health, and the latest adds an interesting new perspective to the ongoing debate. A recently published study aims to dispel yet another myth about video games, showing that both violent and non-violent gaming sessions can effectively reduce stress levels. The research centers on A P

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Trump administration moves to count crypto as a federal mortgage asset

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2025-09-14 07:05:08

In a landmark shift for the U.S. housing finance system, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has issued a directive ordering Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to formally consider cryptocurrency as an asset in single-family mortgage loan risk assessments. The move, signed by FHFA Director William J. Pulte on Wednesday, signals a new era of crypto integration into traditional financial infrastructure — this time within the core of American home lending. The order directs both housing finance giants to

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Video Shows Tesla "Safety Monitor" Hitting Panic Button as Robotaxi Becomes Confused on Public Road

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-14 07:19:39

That could've been a lot worse. Tesla's extremely questionable Robotaxi launch has already seen some of its cars violate traffic laws. Now, new footage shows a Tesla robotaxi screwing up so badly that its human "safety monitor" is forced to hit the panic button — which is actually a touchscreen menu, in true tech industry fashion — heaping even more scrutiny onto the self-driving vehicles' capabilities. The footage, spotted by Teslarati, was taken by pro-Tesla influencer and investor Dave Lee

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Samsung could be ditching the S Pen as you know it — for a very good reason

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-14 07:18:03

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s already rumored to be adopting new, active S Pen tracking tech for the Galaxy Z Fold 7. Now a new report claims Samsung will use the same new system on the Galaxy S26 Ultra. While this would result in a thicker stylus, one side effect might be opening the door for Qi2 magnetic support. Modern smartphones may have the PDAs of yesteryear in their DNA, but over the past couple decades we’ve seen advancement after advancement take this hardware to

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Reddit is being spammed by AI bots, and it’s all Reddit’s fault

Structured Output with LangChain and Llamafile

This Marshall Portable Bluetooth Speaker Drops Below Last Prime Day Price to Clear Out Stock Before July

The Website for Trump’s All-American Smartphone No Longer Promises It’s ‘MADE IN THE USA’

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The best sleep trackers of 2025: These sleep trackers improved my sleep

The best HP laptops of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

GIF export in Snipping Tool begins rolling out to Windows Insiders

'Sticky thinking' hampers decisions in depression

Ticket-Driven Development: The Fastest Way to Go Nowhere

Unreal Amber Fossils Show ‘Last of Us’ Zombie Fungus Terrorizing Bugs During the Cretaceous

These Three Messaging Apps Are Encrypted, but One Stands Above the Rest

This $1,299 Robot Dog Plays Soccer, Dances and Can 'Evolve' With AI

Blacklisted by the U.S. and backed by Beijing, this Chinese AI startup has caught OpenAI's attention

Pixel phones might finally be getting this highly requested feature in India (APK teardown)

Finally, a smart ring worthy of replacing my Oura 4 - and with no subscription fees

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How to Watch Inter Milan vs. River Plate From Anywhere for Free: Stream FIFA Club World Cup Soccer

All childhood vaccines in question after first meeting of RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel

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Study shows gaming can reduce stress, even the violent kind

Trump administration moves to count crypto as a federal mortgage asset

Video Shows Tesla "Safety Monitor" Hitting Panic Button as Robotaxi Becomes Confused on Public Road

Samsung could be ditching the S Pen as you know it — for a very good reason

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