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Android’s Desktop Mode gets a handy shortcut to pin your favorite apps to the taskbar

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-28 13:01:19

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is improving Android’s still-in-development Desktop Mode by adding the ability to pin apps to the taskbar for quick access. A new “pin to taskbar” shortcut appears in an app’s context menu, letting you add it to the dock for easy launching even after it’s closed. This is a small but necessary step in Google’s effort to make Android a more viable desktop competitor, especially against platforms like the iPad. Android finally has a proper Desktop

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This $220 Android tablet feels just like my Surface Pro - and the battery is just as good

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-07-28 13:37:37

ZDNET's key takeaways Tabwee's 10-inch tablet with Android 15 is available on Amazon for $220. It features a large 5,000mAh battery for decent runtime, and comes with a folio case, keyboard, stylus, and a mouse. The hardware has its limitations for more demanding tasks. $219.99 at Amazon It amazes me just how much bang for your buck you can get if you choose an Android tablet over an iPad these days. While the cheapest new iPad will set you back at least $300, you can get some absolutely amaz

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There’s a Strange New Hole in Yellowstone National Park

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-07-28 13:55:19

Last April, geologists conducting routine maintenance at temperature logging stations in Yellowstone National Park’s Norris Geyser Basin found something unexpected: a previously undocumented thermal pool of blue water. The newly identified pool, found in the Porcelain Basin subbasin, is about 13 feet (4 meters) wide, its idyllic blue water is around 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius), and the water’s surface sits about one foot (30 centimeters) below the rim of the pool, according to a

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Uber’s latest robotaxi partner is China’s Baidu

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-07-28 13:02:50

Uber has struck another deal with a robotaxi provider, and this time it’s with Chinese tech giant Baidu. The two companies announced Tuesday that they have agreed to a “multi-year strategic partnership to deploy thousands of Baidu’s Apollo Go autonomous vehicles (AVs) on the Uber platform” in multiple markets outside the U.S. and mainland China. Those deployments will start in Asia and the Middle East later this year, the companies said. Uber has been on a tear of AV partnerships lately as it

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Android’s screen magnifier can’t zoom the keyboard, but a fix is finally on the way

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-28 17:42:08

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android is updating its screen magnifier to finally allow users to zoom in on the on-screen keyboard, addressing a major accessibility limitation. A new “magnify keyboard” toggle enables the full-screen magnifier to enlarge the keyboard and navigation bar, which were previously fixed in size. Contributed by an Amazon engineer, the feature is now live in the Android Canary channel and is expected to arrive in a future update for Pixel phones. The Andro

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Ask HN: Is it time to fork HN into AI/LLM and "Everything else/other?"

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-28 17:51:17

I would very much like to enjoy HN the way I did years ago, as a place where I'd discover things that I never otherwise would have come across. The increasing AI/LLM domination of the site has made it much less appealing to me.

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Nvidia CEO Meets With Trump and Secures Permission to Sell AI Chips in China Again

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-07-28 17:25:49

It’s been a very busy week for Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. After meeting with President Donald Trump and senior officials in Beijing in recent days, Huang has secured a major victory for his AI-chip empire. On Monday, Nvidia announced that the U.S. government will allow it to resume sales of its H20 AI chips in China. The company still needs to secure official licensing approval from the Trump administration, but officials have reportedly assured Nvidia “that licenses will be granted.” The company

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Rwazi raises $12M Series A to help companies with consumer insights and intelligence

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-07-28 17:30:00

Joseph Rutakanga spent eight years looking for tools to help companies gather consumer insight data. Eventually, he decided to just build them. Now his startup, called Rwazi, has raised a $12 million Series A led by Bonfire Ventures to help companies with market intelligence and consumer insights. He founded the company in 2021 with co-founder Eric Sewankambo. “There was an abundance of consumer and market-level data for places like the U.S., UK, and a few parts of Western Europe, maybe some t

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Perplexity offers free AI tools to students worldwide in partnership with SheerID

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-07-28 21:00:00

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine that competes with Google and ChatGPT, has partnered with identity verification company SheerID to offer up to two years of free premium service to more than 264 million students worldwide, the companies announced Monday. The deal tackles a key challenge for AI companies: providing educational acces

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A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Hackers

news.ycombinator.com Renee Dudley 2025-07-28 20:18:16

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights Chinese Tech Support: Microsoft is using engineers in China to help maintain the Defense Department’s computer systems — with minimal supervision by U.S. personnel. Microsoft is using engineers in China to help maintain the Defense Department’s computer systems — with minimal supervision by U.S. personnel. Skills Gap: Digital escorts of

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‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Reveals Galactus’ Big Goal

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-07-28 21:00:46

Noah Hawley teases a plethora of new creatures coming to Alien: Earth. Mark Frost weighs in on the potential future of Twin Peaks after David Lynch’s passing. Plus, Jennifer Love Hewitt wants you to stick around after the credits for I Know What You Did Last Summer. Spoilers now! SuperUnknown Deadline reports Madeleine McGraw (The Black Phone, The Black Phone 2) is attached to star in SuperUnknown, “a supernatural coming-of-age thriller” from directors Chris and Nick Riedell. The story is said

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ParadeDB takes on Elasticsearch as interest in Postgres explodes amid AI boom

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-07-28 21:24:51

Open source database management system Postgres is nearly 40 years old, but has recently started seeing explosive demand due to being very well-suited for AI applications. Despite this rise in popularity, search and analytics functionality remain limited. ParadeDB is changing that. ParadeDB is an open source Postgres extension that facilitates full-text search and analytics directly in Postgres without users needing to transfer data to a separate source. The platform integrates with other data

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China's Baidu to bring its driverless cars to Uber globally

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-07-29 01:37:39

A passenger walks near Uber signage after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on July 10, 2022. Baidu has struck a partnership with Uber to deploy its autonomous cars on the ride-hailing giant's platform outside the U.S. and mainland China. The first deployments are expected to happen in Asia and the Middle East later this year. The two companies said the multi-year partnership will see "thousands" of Baidu's Apollo Go autonomous vehicles on Uber globally.

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NVIDIA says it can resume selling key AI chips to China

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-29 01:00:15

NVIDIA will be able to start selling its H20 AI GPU to China again soon after gaining approval to do so from the US government, the company announced in a blog post. Earlier this year, the company was blocked from selling the H20 to China over concerns it could aid the nation's military. "NVIDIA is filing applications to sell the H20 GPU again. The US government has assured NVIDIA that licenses will be granted and NVIDIA hopes to start deliveries soon," the article states. The company also anno

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Best Yoga Mat (2025), Tested and Reviewed

wired.com Emily Peck 2025-07-29 01:30:00

When it comes to choosing a yoga mat, there’s more to it than meets your third eye chakra. Sourcing a stylish design might look good in a yoga class, but a mat that feels easy to move on and offers essential grip is key to perfecting your poses. From dynamic moves such as dolphin plank or crow pose to a restorative savasana at the end of your practice, using a supportive and comfortable yoga mat can make all the difference. Grip, flexibility, and materials that clean easily are all important fa

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I hope Google doesn’t screw up these things when it merges Chrome OS into Android

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-29 10:00:38

Ryan Haines / Android Authority A Google executive confirmed in an interview that the company is combining Chrome OS and Android. This comes a while after we exclusively reported that Chrome OS will effectively be absorbed into Android. It also comes after Google said it would develop Chrome OS on “large portions of the Android stack.” This all sounds very interesting on paper, but I have some reservations about such a merger. Here are the things Google can’t afford to screw up when it combine

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I was wrong about Obsidian: Here’s why it’s actually a powerful app

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-29 10:00:53

Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority Obsidian sat unused in my app drawer for months. I tried playing around with it when I first set out to ditch big tech from my digital life, but I found it far too intimidating and clunky. I’d poke around in it every now and again, and then scurry back to Google Keep. Obsidian clearly wasn’t for me. Then, something subtle shifted that made me reconsider the purple app. So now I’m doing something I never thought I would: singing the praises of Obsidian. Now,

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I treated myself to this $129 pen, and it spoiled every other writing device for me

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-07-29 07:15:12

ZDNET's key takeaways The Ridge Bolt Pen's starting price of $59 is less than when I bought it, but it's still a fantastic gift for the writer in your life. It features a grippy design that makes handling a breeze, and the ink moves smoothly across paper. Of course, the one and only caveat with the pen is its price, but I've found it to be well worth it. View now at Amazon Various configurations of the Ridge Bolt Pen are on sale right now, including the 24K Gold finish, which sells for $89 (d

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VHS, VCDs, and Laserdiscs in Southeast Asia

news.ycombinator.com Ruben Schade 2025-07-25 15:02:13

One of those factoids you often hear about Southeast Asia is that VCDs and Laserdiscs were more popular than VHS tapes. The cited reason is usually mould, on account of their tropical climates. But there was more to it. For starters, what are VCDs and Laserdiscs? One of them is an initialism, and the other one is a word that sometimes employs camelCase. Initialisms are distinct from acronyms, in that you don’t pronounce them as a word. Laser is an acronym, and ATM is an initialism. camelCased w

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Google's Reverse Acquihire of Windsurf and the Future of AI Developer Tools

news.ycombinator.com Itamar Friedman 2025-07-29 10:25:00

The reverse acquihire of Windsurf by Google is more than a corporate reshuffle. It offers a rare glimpse into the strategic realignments happening in AI-powered developer tools – a space that is powerful, promising, but still deeply unsettled. Windsurf set out with an ambitious bet: bringing “agentic” capabilities directly into the IDE. It wasn’t just about generating code snippets faster; it aimed to create a true coding partner, capable of understanding high-level intent and navigating large

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Is Nano-Hydroxyapatite Toothpaste an Effective Fluoride Alternative? Dentists Weigh In

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-29 06:06:03

Picking the best toothpaste can be a challenge, especially with newer ingredients being added to the market. Nano-hydroxyapatite is a timely example and the star ingredient for popular brands like Boka and Davids. Amidst health concerns around fluoride and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US Secretary of Health and Human Services, proposing to remove it from public water, nano-hydroxyapatite has been promoted as an effective alternative to fluoride in toothpaste. Many claim that it can repair enamel, prev

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Best Debit Cards for Kids and Teens: Greenlight, BusyKid, Capital One and More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-29 07:05:00

CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review products and services. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. My Gen Z teen got an after-school job last year, and she wanted an easy way to access her money and save for her summer trip with a school group. We chose a teen debit card that included automatic deposit for her paychecks, easy transfers and -- most important to me -- no fees. I also wanted some safeguards, like setting spendin

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A Recession Could Be Hiding in Plain Sight. Here’s the Best Advice to Prepare

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-29 08:00:00

Recession risks are down, but keep your guard up. Getty Images/Jeffrey Hazelwood/CNET In April, recession fears surged after President Trump began his chaotic tariff campaign. Forecasts for a severe economic downturn hit 66%, according to Polymarket. As Trump deferred some of his most aggressive trade proposals, those forecasts leveled out, but the contours of a potential recession are hard to ignore. Growth in the first quarter of 2025? Down. Jobless claims? Sharply higher. Consumer sentiment

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This Guy Attached 21 Chef’s Knives to a Slicing Robot Arm to Determine Which One Is Best

wired.com Joe Ray 2025-07-29 10:00:00

After the fifth tomato, I had to know how my knife did. Without judgment, Heimendinger announced that it placed "second to last in the cohort." I felt responsibility for this knife, and a little embarrassment, until I remembered his knives came straight out of the box and into the testing process with an unblemished factory edge. My knife, on the other hand, had been in regular use in my test kitchen for more than six months receiving only the occasional honing. Plus, I noted protectively that t

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Meta to spend hundreds of billions to build AI data centres

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-07-29 07:59:02

Meta to spend hundreds of billions to build AI data centres The company, which has made most of its money from online advertising, generated more than $160bn in revenue in 2024. Meta has invested heavily in efforts to develop what it called "superintelligence" - technology that it said could out-think the smartest humans. He said one of the sites would cover an area nearly the size of Manhattan (59.1 sq km/22.8 sq miles). The first multi-gigawatt data centre, called Prometheus, is expected t

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Nvidia says it will restart AI chip sales to China

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-07-29 10:03:35

Nvidia says it will restart AI chip sales to China Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang is currently in China The chips have been a key focus of export controls aimed at keeping the cutting-edge technology out of Beijing's hands as the AI race between the US and China heats up. The move reverses a ban on sales of Nvidia's H20 chips to Beijing, which was imposed by US President Donald Trump's administration in April over concerns that they could be used by the Chinese military. The US governme

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Five 'new' iOS 26 features that feel familiar (I've been using them on Android for years)

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2025-07-29 11:45:11

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Apple's WWDC annual developer conference signaled the first major redesign of iOS since 2013, with flashy demos of iOS 26's Liquid Glass design and AI-driven features. Apple sometimes takes its time bringing features to its many surfaces, but when it does, it's often a highly polished and well-considered take on a familiar theme. Let's unpack a few ways where Apple is catching up, and how they stack up against their Android counterpart. 1. Call Screening and Hold Assist Kerry

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Nvidia is set to resume China chip sales after months of regulatory whiplash

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-07-29 08:36:47

Nvidia announced Monday that it’s filing applications to restart sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chips to China, capping a spasmodic few months that saw the Trump administration impose restrictions, then quickly reverse course after a high-profile dinner meeting. The company expects to receive U.S. government licenses soon and begin deliveries shortly after, according to a blog post. Nvidia is also introducing a new “RTX Pro” chip designed specifically for the Chinese market, calling i

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Nvidia says it will resume H20 AI chip sales to China 'soon,' following U.S. government assurances

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-07-29 12:43:01

Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia Corp., speaks during a news conference on May 21, 2025. Nvidia said Tuesday that it hopes to resume sales of its H20 general processing units to China, in a major win for the company that has suffered from U.S. export curbs. Nvidia's sales of the H20 AI chips, which had been designed specifically to keep them out of export controls on China, were halted in April. "The U.S. government has assured NVIDIA that licenses will be granted, and NVIDIA hopes

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Transition to using 16 KB page sizes for Android apps and games

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-25 16:04:10

Get ready to upgrade your app's performance as Android embraces 16 KB memory page sizes Android’s transition to 16 KB Page size Posted by Mayank Jain – Product Manager and Jomo Fisher – Software Engineer Traditionally, Android has operated with the 4 KB memory page size. However many ARM CPUs (the most common processors for Android phones) support the larger 16 KB page size, offering improved performance gains. With Android 15, the Android operating system is page-size-agnostic, allowing devi

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