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A $159 Chromebook was my only computer for a week - how it changed my mind about cheap laptops

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-10-19 03:51:00

Asus CX15 Chromebook ZDNET's key takeaways Asus' CX15 Chromebook is available now for $159. It's one of the most affordable 15-inch laptops released this year, with a handful of features that make it especially good for students. The modest hardware puts a limit on its performance. $159 at Walmart Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Asus' CX15 Chromebook is an affordable, durable laptop that handles the basics for $159. With a standard hardware loadout and solid 15-inch for

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Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 review: The new ChromeOS sweet spot

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-19 10:00:14

In the last few years, I’ve felt like Chromebooks have hit a plateau. ChromeOS is a quirky but mature platform at this point, and Google has continued to add smart and useful features on a regular basis. But the hardware has felt pretty stagnant, with a few exceptions. Most Chromebooks at this point are utilitarian devices that get the job done but inspire little excitement, and I’ve found most Intel-based Chromebooks don’t get me through a day of work before the battery dies. But earlier this

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My brief hands-on with Acer’s new convertible Chromebook has me cautiously optimistic

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2025-10-19 10:00:00

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. Acer’s new Chromebook Plus Spin 514, announced at IFA 2025 in Berlin, is the company’s first laptop to use the Arm-based MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 processor. That chip was used in the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 that launched earlier this summer, and it was key to delivering excellent performance and marathon battery life in that fanles

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NotebookLM can now argue with itself over your notes

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-19 19:27:33

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR NotebookLM is adding new Audio Overview formats: Brief, Critique, and Debate. Each format changes how two AI hosts present your notes, from summaries to arguments. The update is rolling out now. NotebookLM has quickly become a favorite of ours. We’ve used it to cut through everything from apartment contracts to car manuals, and it’s consistently proven to be one of Google’s most practical AI tools. But it’s also got a creative side, especially with its p

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Pearl – An Erlang lexer and syntax highlighter in Gleam

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-16 05:30:43

Pearl An Erlang lexer and syntax highlighter for Gleam! Pearl is a lexer and syntax highlighter for Erlang, written in Gleam. The lexer is based on glexer and just , allowing you to convert Erlang source code into tokens. There is also an API which allows you to highlight Erlang code using ansi colours, html or a custom format. Heavily inspired by contour . gleam add pearl@2 import pearl pub fn main ( ) { let code = " -module(hello). -export([hello_world/0]). hello_world() -> io:fwrite( \" H

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I Ditched My Air Fryer for This Glass-Bowl Model. It's Better in Almost Every Way

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-20 02:51:00

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 9.2 / 10 SCORE Ninja Crispi $180 at Amazon $180 at Best Buy $180 at Target Pros Cook, serve, and storage capabilities Easy to clean: almost everything is dishwasher-safe Intuitive operation No concern about PFAS Ability to see cooking in progress Can buy additional glass vessels for maximum food prep Small storage footprint with nesting capabilities

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Writing a Hypervisor in 1k Lines

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-16 20:12:51

I've wrote a tutorial on building a hypervisor from scratch in 1,000 lines of code (website). Few chapters are still in progress, but it's already good enough to get you started. More specifically, type-1 hypervisor on 64-bit RISC-V with the hypervisor extension (on QEMU). The book is for developers who have finished Operating System in 1,000 Lines and want to learn more about how hypervisors work. Rust C is the best language for writing and learning from scratch, however, the most common fe

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My favorite cooking gadget is getting a big upgrade

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-10-21 07:05:00

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. I’ve owned a Thermomix TM6 for about five years, and I use it multiple times a day for everything from making smoothies in the morning to steaming veggies for dinner, whipping up a sauce, or cooking some rice. It’s the most versatile

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This newish Kindle feature compensates for my terrible memory

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-21 18:00:18

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Like anyone who hates picking out new books, I absolutely love a good series. A lineup of three to five books off a single decision is just efficient. Yet, keeping storylines straight between installments isn’t always seamless. To that end, Kindle Recaps might be the most underrated tool on my e-reader. The feature quietly solves a very real problem for anyone who juggles long series, busy schedules, or a brain that just can’t keep every plot twist straight. H

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This Macintosh programming book library will take you back, even if you weren’t there for it

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-21 19:53:32

Over the weekend, Daring Fireball’s John Gruber linked to a fantastic collection of early Macintosh programming books (via Michael Tsai). It is a carefully assembled catalog of more than 150 books from as early as 1983, covering everything from AppleSoft BASIC, to gaming programming for the Mac. Even if you weren’t around for any of that, believe me: this will be worth your time. A great collection of 150+ early Mac books Here’s how VintageApple.org describes how the Vintage Macintosh Program

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The ABC Programming Language

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-18 13:57:45

The ABC Programming Language: a short introduction (Also available in Japanese) New: The Origins of Python - An article by Lambert Meertens on the origins of ABC, and its influence on Python. New: Implementation for the Raspberry Pi!. The ABC Programmer's Handbook is available online. ABC is an interactive programming language and environment for personal computing, originally intended as a good replacement for BASIC. It was designed by first doing a task analysis of the programming task.

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One of Britain's largest stocks of second-hand books ever amassed

news.ycombinator.com Damian Thompson 2025-10-22 18:25:08

One of Britain’s largest stocks of second-hand books ever amassed can be found in the unlikeliest of locations: a vast former youth hostel in a pretty corner of the Yorkshire Dales. Meticulously sorted into subject areas, from naval history to 19th-century literature, architecture to zoology, over 150,000 volumes fill some 25 high-ceilinged rooms spread over four floors. To withstand the sheer weight of all those hardbacks, the building, which began life as a prep school in c1878, must surely be

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Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2025)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-23 02:01:02

Share your information if you are looking for work. Please use this format: Location: Remote: Willing to relocate: Technologies: Résumé/CV: Email: Please only post if you are personally looking for work. Agencies, recruiters, job boards, and so on, are off topic here. Readers: please only email these addresses to discuss work opportunities. There's a site for searching these posts at https://www.wantstobehired.com.

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End of an era as the last 11-inch MacBook Air is now officially obsolete

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-23 15:29:58

The last 11-inch MacBook Air model ever made has now been declared officially obsolete by Apple, some nine years after it was last sold by the company. The smallest of Apple’s MacBooks had long proved a popular choice with many, for two different reasons … First, it was the cheapest MacBook and bought by many of those who were buying their first ever Mac. But it also had a very strong following from those who liked the ultra-portability of the device. I was one of those who bought it for the

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How to perform a reverse phone number lookup

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-23 15:00:04

In an age of constant communication, receiving phone calls or messages from unknown numbers has become increasingly common. Whether it's a missed call from an unfamiliar number, a potential scam or a wrong number, performing a reverse phone number lookup can help you identify the caller. You could start your search with free tools like Google or Whitepages, but if you’re struggling to find the person behind the number, paid services such as Spokeo or BeenVerified might give you more detail. In t

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Look out, Meta Ray-Bans! These AI glasses just raised over $1M in pre-orders in 3 days

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-10-23 15:45:33

Rokid executive Liang Guan wearing Rokid Glasses. Liang Guan/Rokid (via LinkedIn) Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Rokid Glasses are a competitor to Meta Ray-Bans but offer several more advanced features. The company launched a pre-order marketing campaign via Kickstarted and raised over $1 million in pre-orders in the first 3 days. The AI glasses are likely to appeal to tech early adopters who value features over multiple style selections. The po

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The Best Oil to Use for Every Cooking Method, According to Experts

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-23 18:00:09

Walk down the cooking oil aisle and it's easy to get overwhelmed. Olive, avocado, canola, grapeseed, peanut -- they all promise something different, and not every bottle works for every recipe. Use the wrong one and your dish can end up greasy, bitter or just plain off. The key is knowing which oils handle heat best and which are better left raw. High-heat methods like frying or searing call for neutral oils with a higher smoke point, such as canola, avocado, or grapeseed. These options hold up

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Plastic Before Plastic: How gutta-percha shaped the 19th century

news.ycombinator.com George Dillard 2025-10-23 19:03:30

Most American students learn in high school about the 1856 “caning” of Senator Charles Sumner by Representative Preston Brooks. Teachers love the incident because it serves as a tidy encapsulation of so many themes from that period of American history. The attack stemmed, like so many problems in the 1850s, from the dispute over slavery. Sumner was a fierce abolitionist who had recently given an aggressive speech opposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act. In that speech, he attacked Senator Andrew Butle

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TikTok users will soon be able to send voice notes, images and videos in chats

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-23 18:44:13

TikTok is taking another step towards becoming more than just a platform for infinitely scrolling through short videos. The social media app told TechCrunch that its users will soon be able to send voice notes, images and videos in direct messages or group chats. According to a TikTok spokesperson, these features will roll out in the next few weeks. As voice messaging has risen in popularity, TikTok will embrace the trend but is capping the length of its voice notes to one minute. For images an

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SQL Design Patterns

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 03:59:08

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Labor Day sales include Apple's MacBook Air M4 for an all-time-low price

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-23 18:00:36

If you've put off getting a new MacBook then Labor Day sales might be just what you needed to take the plunge. Right now, the 2025 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air M4 are available on Amazon for record-low prices. The 13-inch model is our pick for best MacBook to buy this year, and it's one of the best laptops for college students going back to school soon as well. You can pick up the 13-inch MacBook Air M4 for $799, down from $999 — a 20 percent discount. This model comes with 16GB of RAM and a 256

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Nokia’s legendary font makes for a great user interface font

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-23 16:31:43

If you’re of a certain age (and not American), there’s a specific corporate font you’re most likely aware of. You may not know its exact name, and you may not actively remember it, but once you see it, you know exactly what you’re looking at. The font’s called Nokia Sans (and Nokia Serif), and it was used by pretty much every single Nokia device between roughly 2002 and 2013 or so, when it was replaced by a very bland font made by Bruno Maag (with help from the person who designed Comic Sans) th

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Libby is hands down my favorite part of using my Kindle

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-23 18:30:35

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority As a kid, my library handed out tokens for every chapter kids read as part of a summer reading program. At the end of the season, those tokens turned into currency for spending at a karaoke BBQ, with games and toys up for grabs. I’ll never get over the trauma of singing American Pie (I had not realized just how painfully long that song really is), but I will always foster the same love for mass consumption of oversized chapter books. Fast-forward a few decades

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Libby introduces ‘Inspire Me’ to beef up your reading list

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-23 22:00:24

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR Libby will soon officially roll out a new AI-powered discovery tool called Inspire Me. The feature suggests five titles based on saved books or selected prompts. Some users and librarians are skeptical about privacy concerns and AI replacing human curation. Libby, the popular library app for borrowing e-books and audiobooks, has introduced a new discovery tool called Inspire Me. The AI-powered feature offers five tailored recommendations based on a re

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M4 MacBook Pro: One of the first worthy upgrades for Apple Silicon Mac users

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-10-23 21:00:56

Last October, Apple announced the M4 MacBook Pro. On the surface, it looks like yet another MacBook Pro spec bump. However, there are a number of key features that make it worth upgrading to, even if you already have an older 14″ MacBook Pro. Why M4? There’s recently been a pretty big flip in MacBook Pro pricing, which gradually took place over the past year or so: First, Apple introduced a new entry-level MacBook Pro at $1599 in 2023 with baseline M3 Then, it upped the base memory to 16GB a

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Some users have noticed settings that let Meta analyze and retain phone photos

news.ycombinator.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-10-23 12:01:31

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Meta could be scanning your camera roll right now. It's using your photos to provide AI-powered suggestions. Check Facebook settings to turn off the features. Meta could be analyzing and retaining your phone's photos without your explicit consent. Some Facebook users have noticed that, deep within their app settings, Meta has switched on two toggles that allow it to access their camera

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Starlink's New Customer Deal: Get Half-Off a Dish and Hundreds in Year-One Savings

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-24 10:30:00

For people living in rural areas or places where traditional internet providers don't reach, Starlink has been a game changer. The satellite-powered service makes reliable connectivity possible in areas that were often left out. Now, the company is making it even more affordable for new customers to sign up with the lowest monthly prices we've seen so far. The Starlink standard kit is currently available for $175 - half off its usual $349 cost. Unlike previous discounts that were restricted to

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Concern Grows That Elon Musk Is Having Some Kind of AI Meltdown

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-24 14:20:36

With all the frenzied news swirling around these days, it's understandable if you let Elon Musk slip from the top of your mind. While the billionaire's mental state was arguably frayed during his stint as DOGE czar — thanks in no small part to what's been reported as a constant stream of illicit drugs — it's become visibly more concerning since his dramatic departure earlier this summer. Seemingly trying to distract himself from the decline of Tesla, the world's richest man has embarked on a n

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TikTok is now letting everyone DM each other with voice memos and pictures

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-10-24 15:53:06

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Every platform wants to be the place you hang with friends — even Spotify as of this week — so it’s apparently time for TikTok to shore up its direct messaging feature! It told TechCrunch that over the next few weeks, all users should see voice messages

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TikTok now lets users send voice notes and images in DMs

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-10-24 15:15:08

TikTok is giving users new ways to interact with others via direct messages (DMs), the company told TechCrunch on Friday. Users will now be able to send voice notes and share up to nine images or videos in one-to-one and group chats on the platform. With these new features, TikTok is positioning itself as more than just an entertainment platform, aiming to become a place where users interact regularly beyond simply sending each other TikTok videos. Additionally, the new capabilities bring TikTo

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A $159 Chromebook was my only computer for a week - how it changed my mind about cheap laptops

Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 review: The new ChromeOS sweet spot

My brief hands-on with Acer’s new convertible Chromebook has me cautiously optimistic

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SQL Design Patterns

Labor Day sales include Apple's MacBook Air M4 for an all-time-low price

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TikTok now lets users send voice notes and images in DMs

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