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Spotify customers in the US now have access to a lot more audiobook listening time

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-17 22:40:55

Spotify has been gradually rolling out its Audiobooks+ service around the world, and today it has reached subscribers in the United States. After testing the Audiobooks+ service in Canada and Ireland, Spotify began expanding it to additional markets in July. The expanded audiobook streaming service reached the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein on July 17. As of today, Spotify Premium customers in the U.S

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Roku's new Howdy service offers ad-free streaming for $3 per month

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-17 22:15:50

Roku just revealed a new ad-free streaming service called Howdy . The service costs $3 per month, making it an enticing prospect for budget-conscious viewers. The company says this isn't an introductory price and should be permanent. Howdy will stream a whole bunch of content, but it's mostly pre-existing movies and shows. The company has inked deals with Warner Bros. Discovery, Lionsgate and other providers, so the platform will host movies like Elvis and Mad Max: Fury Road and shows like Weed

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Orcas Pretend to Drown Each Other in Rare Training Session Caught on Camera

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-12-17 22:10:22

Orcas are called “killer whales” (even though they’re technically dolphins) for good reason. They’re the ocean’s top predators, hunting down everything from great white sharks to blue whales—the largest animal in the world. But orcas aren’t born killers. It’s a skill they learn from their elders and, as new evidence suggests, practice on each other. Parenthood, a new five-part BBC wildlife series narrated by David Attenborough, includes the first known footage of orcas learning how to drown the

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Roku is launching a cheap, ad-free subscription service of its own

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-12-17 22:18:45

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Today, Roku announced the forthcoming arrival of Howdy, a new monthly subscription service that will give its users access to a massive catalog of on-demand films and series. Like other streamers, Howdy will feature a selection of programming licensed from other studios including Lionsgate and Warner Bros., as well its own original pr

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Tell HN: I underestimated how lonely building solo can be

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-14 06:30:49

No feedback, no one to bounce ideas off, no “nice job” at the end of the day. The freedom is great, but it gets weirdly quiet. Anyone else relate?

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James Gunn Has Even More Batman Rumors to Debunk

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-12-18 03:00:59

Temuera Morrison says Boba Fett’s future return to Star Wars is up to fans now. New set pictures from the Punisher standalone special give us our best look yet at Jon Bernthal’s new costume. Plus, could Grimm make a comeback? Spoilers, away! Inner Child Deadline reports Universal Studios and The Lego Group have joined forces on Inner Child, an “elevated Lego comedy” from writer James Morosini. Though details on the story are currently under wraps, the outlet states the project originally began

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Spotify expands audiobooks access to family plan members in the US for the first time

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-12-18 03:00:00

Spotify is expanding access to its audiobooks to more U.S. subscribers. The company on Tuesday announced the launch of its $11.99 per month Audiobooks+ plan in the market, which allows subscribers or their household members on a Family or Duo plan to add 15 hours of audiobook listening during the month on top of the base plan. Though Spotify launched its audiobooks service in the U.S. back in 2022, household members on Duo and Family plans have long been left out. The offering makes audiobooks

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Roku launches Howdy, a $2.99 ad-free streaming service

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-12-18 03:20:21

Roku is launching an ad-free, subscription streaming service called Howdy. The service costs $2.99 per month and features a library of nearly 10,000 hours of content from its partners, including Lionsgate, Warner Bros. Discovery, and FilmRise, alongside select Roku Original titles. The company says subscribers will be able to watch titles like “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “The Blind Side,” “Weeds,” and “Kids in the Hall,” as well as rom-coms, medical dramas, ‘90s comedy, and the like. “Howdy is ad-fr

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SimpleW – Web Server Library .NET Core

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-18 08:39:57

SimpleW Features Routing API REST (Controller/Method + automatic json serialization/deserialization) Json Web Token Websocket Server Sent Events Static Files OpenTelemetry Documentation To check out docs, visit stratdev3.github.io. Changelog Detailed changes for each release are documented in the CHANGELOG. Contribution Feel free to report issue. License This library is under the MIT License.

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TSMC says employees tried to steal trade secrets on iPhone 18 chip process

news.ycombinator.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-18 06:53:15

Apple chipmaker TSMC has said that several then-employees tried to steal trade secrets relating to the company’s most advanced chip process. TSMC fired the individuals concerned and is now taking legal action against them. The former employees may also face criminal prosecution. The report relates to the company’s 2-nanometer chip process, which is expected to be used for the A20 chips across next year’s iPhone 18 lineup … TSMC 2nm process expected to debut in iPhone 18 TSMC leads the world i

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Online shopping is full of copycats

theverge.com Mia Sato 2025-12-18 08:00:00

is features writer with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Let’s be real: the internet is full of a lot of the same stuff. From derivative content on social media to websites that all look the same, what was once a portal to new worlds and experiences has been feeling a bit dry recently, like I’ve seen all this stuff before. And now, eve

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TSMC says employees tried to steal trade secrets on iPhone 18 chip process

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-18 12:19:35

Apple chipmaker TSMC has said that several then-employees tried to steal trade secrets relating to the company’s most advanced chip process. TSMC fired the individuals concerned and is now taking legal action against them. The former employees may also face criminal prosecution. The report relates to the company’s 2-nanometer chip process, which is expected to be used for the A20 chips across next year’s iPhone 18 lineup … TSMC 2nm process expected to debut in iPhone 18 TSMC leads the world i

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I tested 3 text-to-speech AI models to see which is best - hear my results

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-12-18 12:06:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways There are now several AI tools available that can generate humanlike speech. Some AI voices can now whisper, laugh, and perform other expressive feats. TTS tools vary in terms of their level of realism and their intended audiences. Synthetic voices generated by artificial intelligence are, for better or worse, becoming commonplace. Meanwhile, the number of companies developing this technology is growing rapidly. Recent innovations in AI, s

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Lunar Outpost celebrates release of Lego Moon Rover Space Vehicle

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-18 12:57:41

Browsing the toy aisle at Target, Ari and Aiden were in for a surprise. There, among the newly stocked Lego sets, was a box with an image of a familiar-looking space vehicle. "I pointed at the box and said, 'Hey, what's that?' and they said, 'It's MAPP!'" said Andrew "AJ" Gemer, Ari and Aiden's father. "They didn't even know we had a Lego set until the day it was released." "It was cool to see their faces light up like that," he said in an interview with collectSPACE. The box for the new Lego

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Amazon is bringing its Starlink alternative to Australia next year

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-12-18 12:05:11

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Amazon’s unproven Project Kuiper satellites will be put to work next year, supplying internet access to rural Australians. The retail giant announced an agreement with Australia’s state-owned National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) on Tuesday to provide satellite internet to more than 300,000 eligible customers across the country by mid-2026. “Australia’s vast geography presents unique connectivity chal

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The Morning After: Could the next PlayStation have triple the power of the PS5?

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-18 23:15:05

Leaks claim it could even land at the same launch price. Five years since the launch of PlayStation 5 and, naturally, it’s time to ruminate on what’s next. In a YouTube video from Moore’s Law is Dead, the leaker shares what they believe is extensive information on the PlayStation 6’s possible specs, starting price and release timing. Caveat: Moore’s Law is Dead adds in the video a disclaimer that the info was sourced from a leaked AMD presentation to Sony back in 2023, adding that some of thes

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Clojure Civitas – Publish Clojure Ideas and Explorations

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-14 22:33:21

Clojure Civitas Clojure Civitas makes it easy for you to publish Clojure ideas and explorations without the overhead of setting up a new project, blog, or repo. Whether you're sketching out a quick experiment or writing a deeper post, just fork this repo, create a namespace, write, commit and submit a pull request. This is your shared scratch space. Think. Code. Share. ⚡ No setup – Clone this repo, make a new namespace, start coding. ✍️ Write as you code – Capture notes, results, and ideas a

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Monitor your security cameras with locally processed AI

news.ycombinator.com Eric Blohm 2025-12-18 22:05:23

Frigate is an open source NVR built around real-time AI object detection. All processing is performed locally on your own hardware, and your camera feeds never leave your home. Get access to custom models designed specifically for Frigate with Frigate+.

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Bolt Graphics claims 13x leap over Nvidia RTX 5090 with less wattage – and huge caveats

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-12-19 02:27:00

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust Add a LARGE GRAIN OF SALT: The GPU market is hotter than ever, fueled by gaming, AI, and data center demand. But real competition to Nvidia remains scarce. That's where Bolt Graphics comes in, pitching its new Zeus architecture as a disruptor. The company claims it can beat Nvidia's flagship cards in raw performance, but a closer look suggests Zeus might be more smoke than silicon, possibly repackag

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3D Line Drawings

news.ycombinator.com Amritansh Kwatra 2025-12-18 21:16:12

This is an experiment examing how to create a 3D line drawing of a scene. In this post, I will describe how this can be done by augmenting the process of generating 3D Gaussian Splats 3D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Rendering, by Kerbl et al. and leveraging a process to transform photographs into Informative Line Drawings Learning to Generate Line Drawings that Convey Geometry and Semantics, by Chan, Isola & Durand. Examples The majority of scenes shown above are generated u

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Jeh Aerospace nets $11M to scale the commercial aircraft supply chain in India

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-12-18 22:30:00

Indian startup Jeh Aerospace founders Vishal Sanghavi and Venkatesh Mudragalla have had a front row seat to the commercial aircraft sector and its growing production bottleneck. The two former Tata Group executives spent close to two decades in different positions at the company and worked on projects that included participation from global aerospace companies, including Boeing, Sikorsky, and Lockheed Martin. Now, armed with $11 million in Series A funding, the pair are working to ease global

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MSI Claw benchmarked using AMD and Intel chips: Ryzen Z2 Extreme trumps Core Ultra 7 258V

techspot.com Kishalaya Kundu 2025-12-19 02:06:00

Why it matters: MSI's new Claw A8 handheld builds on the success of the Claw 8 AI+ with notable performance gains in popular games, especially at typical handheld power levels. As handheld gaming grows more demanding, small but key hardware improvements are making a big difference for players. Following the success of its Claw 8 AI+ console in 2024, MSI unveiled the Claw A8 handheld at Computex 2025. Early benchmarks from China-based reviewer Golden Pig Upgrade show a significant performance bo

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Google Pixel 9a drops to a new record-low price, saving you $100

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-19 08:48:29

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority The mid-tier smartphone market is healthier than ever. There are plenty of great phones at very reasonable price points. One of our favorites is the Google Pixel 9a, which is already affordable at its full $499 retail price. The deal is now even sweeter, as the device has dropped to a new record low price of $399. Buy the Google Pixel 9a for just $399 ($100 off) This offer is available from Amazon. The discount applies to all available color versions: Obsidia

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Hims & Hers stock falls 10% on revenue miss

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-12-19 12:54:05

The Hers app arranged on a smartphone in New York on Feb. 12, 2025. Shares of Hims & Hers Health fell 9% in extended trading on Monday after the telehealth company reported second-quarter results that missed Wall Street's expectations for revenue. Here's how the company did based on average analysts' estimates compiled by LSEG: Earnings per share: 17 cents adjusted vs. 15 cents expected 17 cents adjusted vs. 15 cents expected Revenue: $544.8 million vs. $552 million expected Revenue at Hims

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Palantir is extending its reach even further into government

news.ycombinator.com Makena Kelly 2025-12-19 00:44:49

President Donald Trump’s administration has dramatically expanded its work with Palantir, elevating the company cofounded by Trump ally Peter Thiel as the government’s go-to software developer. Following massive contract terminations for consulting giants and government contractors like Accenture, Booz Allen, and Deloitte, Palantir has emerged ahead. Now the data analytics firm is partnering with those companies—offering them a lifeline while consolidating its own power. Palantir has become one

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Valve founder Gabe Newell just purchased a superyacht company

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-19 12:20:39

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Valve founder Gabe Newell is setting out on a new adventure — and it doesn’t involve Half-Life 3. Instead, Newell is acquiring Oceanco, the yacht-building company that’s creating his $400 million super ship, as reported earlier by Boat International. In a post

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Palantir tops $1 billion in revenue for the first time, boosts guidance

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-12-19 17:30:54

Palantir topped Wall Street's estimates Monday, surpassing $1 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, and hiking its full-year guidance. Shares rallied more than 5%. Here's how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: 16 cents adj. vs. 14 cents expected 16 cents adj. vs. 14 cents expected Revenue: $1.00 billion vs. $940 million expected The artificial intelligence software provider's revenues grew 48% during the period. Analysts hadn't expected the $1 billion reve

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Fashion giant Chanel hit in wave of Salesforce data theft attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-19 17:54:17

French fashion giant Chanel is the latest company to suffer a data breach in an ongoing wave of Salesforce data theft attacks. Chanel says the breach was first detected on July 25th after threat actors gained access to a Chanel database hosted at a third-party service provider, as first reported by WWD. The breach only impacted customers in the United States and exposed personal contact information. "Based on the findings of the investigation, the data obtained by the unauthorized external pa

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Cellular Starlink expands to support IoT devices

news.ycombinator.com About Michael Kan 2025-12-15 16:32:52

SpaceX’s cellular Starlink system isn’t just for phones in cellular dead zones. In New Zealand, the satellite technology now covers IoT devices, starting with equipment to monitor beehives. In December, New Zealand mobile carrier One NZ was the first to start offering cellular Starlink service to consumers, about a month before T-Mobile kicked off its own beta in the US. On Tuesday, SpaceX and One NZ notified the US Federal Communications Commission about their plan to use more radio spectrum

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Diet Swap Study Reveals How Ultra-Processed Foods Can Derail Weight Loss

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-12-19 17:10:37

In case you needed more incentive to cut down on ultra-processed foods, a new diet swap study out today reveals that people experienced greater weight loss while eating minimally processed foods than they did when they ate a nutritionally similar, ultra-processed diet. In a six-month trial led by scientists at University College London, study participants were assigned one of the two diet regimes to follow for eight weeks, and then took a four week break before swapping to the other diet for an

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Latest Tech News

Spotify customers in the US now have access to a lot more audiobook listening time

Roku's new Howdy service offers ad-free streaming for $3 per month

Orcas Pretend to Drown Each Other in Rare Training Session Caught on Camera

Roku is launching a cheap, ad-free subscription service of its own

Tell HN: I underestimated how lonely building solo can be

James Gunn Has Even More Batman Rumors to Debunk

Spotify expands audiobooks access to family plan members in the US for the first time

Roku launches Howdy, a $2.99 ad-free streaming service

SimpleW – Web Server Library .NET Core

TSMC says employees tried to steal trade secrets on iPhone 18 chip process

Online shopping is full of copycats

TSMC says employees tried to steal trade secrets on iPhone 18 chip process

I tested 3 text-to-speech AI models to see which is best - hear my results

Lunar Outpost celebrates release of Lego Moon Rover Space Vehicle

Amazon is bringing its Starlink alternative to Australia next year

The Morning After: Could the next PlayStation have triple the power of the PS5?

Clojure Civitas – Publish Clojure Ideas and Explorations

Monitor your security cameras with locally processed AI

Bolt Graphics claims 13x leap over Nvidia RTX 5090 with less wattage – and huge caveats

3D Line Drawings

Jeh Aerospace nets $11M to scale the commercial aircraft supply chain in India

MSI Claw benchmarked using AMD and Intel chips: Ryzen Z2 Extreme trumps Core Ultra 7 258V

Google Pixel 9a drops to a new record-low price, saving you $100

Hims & Hers stock falls 10% on revenue miss

Palantir is extending its reach even further into government

Valve founder Gabe Newell just purchased a superyacht company

Palantir tops $1 billion in revenue for the first time, boosts guidance

Fashion giant Chanel hit in wave of Salesforce data theft attacks

Cellular Starlink expands to support IoT devices

Diet Swap Study Reveals How Ultra-Processed Foods Can Derail Weight Loss

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