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Intel, Not AMD, Could Be the Secret to Kickass Next-Gen Handheld PCs

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-12-13 12:07:31

Intel is an empire past its prime and is beset on all sides. Just as Paul “Muad’Dib” Atreides of Dune monologued on the many futures he perceived, there is “a narrow way through” for the beleaguered chipmaker. The way forward could be with a newfound gaming focus on its next-gen chips. Its desktop CPUs may be getting a gamer-centric upgrade, but the real surprise may be how it could win out in a market it has yet to truly compete in: handheld gaming. Handheld gaming PCs need Intel to shake thin

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Balabolka is a free text-to-speech tool for Windows

techspot.com Unknown 2025-12-13 22:55:00

The on-screen text can be saved as a WAV, MP3, MP4, OGG or WMA file. The program can read the clipboard content, view the text from AZW, CHM, DjVu, DOC, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, MOBI, ODT, PRC, PDF and RTF files, customize font and background colour, control reading from the system tray or by the global hotkeys. The program uses various versions of Microsoft Speech API (SAPI); it allows to alter a voice's parameters, including rate and pitch. The user can apply a special substitution list to impro

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Qwen-Image: Crafting with native text rendering

news.ycombinator.com Qwen Team 2025-12-13 17:56:40

GITHUB HUGGING FACE MODELSCOPE DEMO DISCORD We are thrilled to release Qwen-Image, a 20B MMDiT image foundation model that achieves significant advances in complex text rendering and precise image editing. To try the latest model, feel free to visit Qwen Chat and choose “Image Generation”. The key features include: Superior Text Rendering : Qwen-Image excels at complex text rendering, including multi-line layouts, paragraph-level semantics, and fine-grained details. It supports both alphabeti

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Qwen-Image is a powerful, open source new AI image generator with support for embedded text in English & Chinese

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2025-12-14 03:07:53

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 After seizing the summer with a blitz of powerful, freely available new open source language and coding focused AI models that matched or in some cases bested closed-source/proprietary U.S. rivals, Alibaba’s crack “Qwen Team” of AI researchers is back again today with the release of a highly ranked new AI image generator model — also open s

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Why I recommend this budget phone with a paper-like screen over 'minimalist' devices

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2025-12-14 22:11:00

TCL 60 XE Nxtpaper 5G ZDNET's key takeaways TCL's 60 XE Nxtpaper 5G is on sale on Amazon for $222. It has a unique display, and a feature set that promotes minimalism and digital well-being. I just wish the camera system and general performance were better. $249.99 at Amazon Being glued to your smartphone's screen all day can do a number on your eyes, and I definitely can feel it. TCL's Nxtpaper technology offers a paper-like screen that's made for tired eyes like mine. The TCL 60 XE Nxtpaper

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The Ski Rental Problem

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-11 02:34:47

Ski Rental Problem The ski rental problem is a classic example problem in online algorithms. It feels like a small but interesting problem that can be explained relatively easily while some clever tricks can be applied to it. In this article, I took these lecture notes by Debmalya Panigrahi and Hangjie Ji and tried to rewrite them in a way that is easier to understand (at least for me). Formulation You are going skiing in the mountains but you are unsure about the weather reports and don't k

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LangExtract: Python library for extracting structured data from language models

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-11 04:56:46

LangExtract Table of Contents Introduction LangExtract is a Python library that uses LLMs to extract structured information from unstructured text documents based on user-defined instructions. It processes materials such as clinical notes or reports, identifying and organizing key details while ensuring the extracted data corresponds to the source text. Why LangExtract? Precise Source Grounding: Maps every extraction to its exact location in the source text, enabling visual highlighting for

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The tradeoff between human and AI context

news.ycombinator.com Doug Turnbull 2025-12-12 11:37:40

AI coding is a skill. You have to decide how much context to put in your brain vs the AI. You can waste your time thinking about the wrong problem because you failed to delegate. Or you can give yourself a headache when the AI coder doesn’t get it. I think about it in terms of spectrum of human to AI context. At the highest levels, we, humans, own all the context. We operate here when our specific value-add matters. We also work here in the many cases AI coders aren’t that smart yet. At the low

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Crafting your own Static Site Generator using Phoenix (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-18 06:58:36

Image by Annie Ruygt This is a post about building up your own Static Site Generator from scratch. If you want to deploy your Phoenix LiveView app right now, then check out how to get started. You could be up and running in minutes. The year is 2023, you have many options for building a Static Website. From the OG Jekyll to literally hundreds of JavaScript based options to people suggesting you should just craft HTML by hand. All of these solutions are correct and good, and you know what? You

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Microsoft to disable Excel workbook links to blocked file types

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-19 08:26:25

Microsoft has announced that it will start disabling external workbook links to blocked file types by default between October 2025 and July 2026. After the rollout, Excel workbooks referencing blocked file types will display a #BLOCKED error or fail to refresh, eliminating security risks associated with accessing unsupported or high-risk file types, including, but not limited to, phishing attacks that utilize workbooks to redirect targets to malicious payloads. This change is being introduced

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Show HN: The easiest accessibility (a11y) checker for VSCode

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-16 18:49:37

Be-a11y VSCode Extension A Visual Studio Code extension for running accessibility audits using be-a11y. This extension allows you to analyze your project or a remote website for accessibility issues directly from VSCode. Results are presented in a convenient way and can be saved for further review. Features Run accessibility audits on the current workspace (local project) or any URL View results directly in VSCode Save the latest accessibility report to a file All actions available in the

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Shortcuts in iOS 26: Everything new coming to your iPhone, more

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-21 22:51:23

The Shortcuts app is getting several upgrades in iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe that unlock brand new possibilities for automation on Apple platforms. Here’s what’s coming. Liquid Glass design and new icon Shortcuts in iOS 26 starts with a new, updated app icon. Gone are the lighter blue colors of the past, replaced by a more consistent pink-purple look. After opening the app, Liquid Glass makes Shortcuts feel refreshed in several ways too. Shortcuts’ navigation tab bar is now floating and transpare

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Maru OS – Use your phone as your PC

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-23 23:24:40

The only PC you need is the one in your pocket . Maru takes personal computing one step closer to closed-loop. Your hardware's capabilities are shared across your mobile device and desktop so you don't have to context-switch around so much. Say goodbye to coordinating your work amongst dozens of different devices.

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Maru OS – Your phone is your PC

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-24 17:24:40

The only PC you need is the one in your pocket . Maru takes personal computing one step closer to closed-loop. Your hardware's capabilities are shared across your mobile device and desktop so you don't have to context-switch around so much. Say goodbye to coordinating your work amongst dozens of different devices.

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Still Haven't Signed Up for My Free Daily Deals Texts? Here's How You Can Join

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-25 02:19:00

I search the internet high and low to find deals that really save you money. And I mean deals that offer genuine savings, not reductions that are just a lot of buzz without actually saving you much. That's why every day my team and I scour your favorite sites (Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy and more) to handpick daily deals for CNET's Deals texts to subscribers. We deliver the hottest sales to your phone, helping you score must-have items with minimal effort while keeping a lot of cash in your pocket

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Kevin Feige Teases a Major ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Location

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-25 08:08:53

“The fun of an Avengers movie is introducing people to each other and seeing how very different personalities get along,” says Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios. “In the case of a movie that involves the threat of worlds literally colliding, it’s fun to see them visit each other’s homes.” Feige was speaking to the official Marvel website about The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which is now in theaters. It’s the final piece of the puzzle before Avengers: Doomsday comes out in December

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Show HN: ELF Injector

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-25 12:00:02

ELF Injector Injects a relocatable code chunk of arbitrary size into an ELF executable that will run before the original entry point of the executable. Building NOTE: The code can only build and run on a 32-bit ARM processor as it contains a mix of C and assembly. Build elf_injector : ~/elf_injector $ make all gcc -Werror -std=gnu99 -fno-builtin -Wall -Wextra -O2 -c src/elf_injector.c -o elf_injector.o gcc -nostdlib elf_injector.o -o elf_injector gcc -Werror -std=gnu99 -fno-builtin -Wall -W

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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 2025-12-26 22:17:14

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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My First Look at T-Mobile's Unique Starlink T-Satellite Service Made Me Head Far From Home

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-26 18:18:00

Is T-Mobile's new T-Satellite service worth $10 a month to be able to text from almost anywhere outside cellular coverage areas? The Starlink-based satellite service can be a convenience if you're camping or hiking remote areas, but also a communications lifeline for people who don't have regular cellular access or need emergency aid. To test it out, though, I had to find a cellular dead zone. T-Mobile estimates there are 500,000 square miles in the US with no cell coverage, so I left my home i

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Principles for production AI agents

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 09:19:03

Every now and then, people ask me: “I am new to agentic development, I’m building something, but I feel like I'm missing some tribal knowledge. Help me catch up!”. I’m tempted to suggest some serious stuff like multiweek courses (e.g. by HuggingFace or Berkeley), but not everyone is interested in that level of diving. So I decided to gather six simple empirical learnings that helped me a lot during app.build development. This post is somewhat inspired by Design Decisions Behind app.build, but

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Six Principles for Production AI Agents

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 21:19:03

Every now and then, people ask me: “I am new to agentic development, I’m building something, but I feel like I'm missing some tribal knowledge. Help me catch up!”. I’m tempted to suggest some serious stuff like multiweek courses (e.g. by HuggingFace or Berkeley), but not everyone is interested in that level of diving. So I decided to gather six simple empirical learnings that helped me a lot during app.build development. This post is somewhat inspired by Design Decisions Behind app.build, but

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

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-12-28 08:35:17

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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Aeneas transforms how historians connect the past

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-23 12:53:58

Research Aeneas transforms how historians connect the past Share Copy link × Introducing the first model for contextualizing ancient inscriptions, designed to help historians better interpret, attribute and restore fragmentary texts. Writing was everywhere in the Roman world — etched onto everything from imperial monuments to everyday objects. From political graffiti, love poems and epitaphs to business transactions, birthday invitations and magical spells, inscriptions offer modern hist

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I finally found a tablet that can easily replace my iPad and Kindle (and is affordably priced)

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-12-28 17:57:00

TCL Nxtpaper 11 Plus ZDNET's key takeaways The TCL Nxtpaper 11 Plus is available for $249. This tablet can switch from full color to an E Ink-like display with the press of a button, it has 256GB of storage, and an eye-catching matte display with 120Hz refresh rate. The Nxtpaper 11 Plus can get heavy when you use it one-handed and doesn't include a case or stylus, though you can buy them separately. $249 at Walmart I test a lot of tablets, and admittedly, the design aspirations of many of the

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SIMD within a register: How I doubled hash table lookup performance

news.ycombinator.com Aleksey Maltsev 2025-12-28 14:41:34

While working on a Cuckoo Filter implementation in C#, I created an array-like structure for the underlying hash table. I chose an 8-bit fingerprint: it aligns nicely on a byte boundary and still keeps the false-positive rate around 3 %. The layout looked straightforward—just a byte array where the start of each bucket is calculated as bucketIdx * bucketSize . The size of each bucket is 4 slots, which is a solid choice for Cuckoo Filter. Bucket 0 3A 00 B7 F2 Bucket 1 4C 91 00 DE Bucket n AA 00

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How big can I print my image?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-25 11:36:03

How big can I print my image? Jul 24, 2025 For an image to look as sharp as real life, it needs to have a resolution higher then that of the human eye: usually around 1 arcminute, or 1/60th of a degree. $$ \text{Linear resolution} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{1 radian}} \times 1 \text{ arcminutes} $$ $$ \text{Linear resolution }(\text{inches}) = \text{Distance (m)} \times 0.0115 $$ $$ \text{Features / Inch } = \frac{87}{\text{Distance (m)}} $$ For an image to look good at 1 meter, around

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SIMD Within a Register: How I Doubled Hash Table Lookup Performance

news.ycombinator.com Aleksey Maltsev 2025-12-29 08:41:34

While working on a Cuckoo Filter implementation in C#, I created an array-like structure for the underlying hash table. I chose an 8-bit fingerprint: it aligns nicely on a byte boundary and still keeps the false-positive rate around 3 %. The layout looked straightforward—just a byte array where the start of each bucket is calculated as bucketIdx * bucketSize . The size of each bucket is 4 slots, which is a solid choice for Cuckoo Filter. Bucket 0 3A 00 B7 F2 Bucket 1 4C 91 00 DE Bucket n AA 00

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Your iPhone's Messages App Can Do Math. Here's How

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-28 21:00:03

Apple will release iOS 26 this fall, and it will bring Liquid Glass and more features to your iPhone. But iOS 18 upgrades your Messages app so that it can solve tricky equations without your Calculator app, and it doesn't need Google to look up conversion rates, either. Prior to iOS 18, if you wanted to figure out how to split a bill with your texting group from afar, you'd have to use your calculator app or Spotlight and then switch back to Messages. With iOS 18 you can perform multistep calcu

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Amazon AI coding agent hacked to inject data wiping commands

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-28 17:43:44

A hacker planted data wiping code in a version of Amazon's generative AI-powered assistant, the Q Developer Extension for Visual Studio Code. Amazon Q is a free extension that uses generative AI to help developers code, debug, create documentation, and set up custom configurations. It is available on Microsoft’s Visual Code Studio (VCS) marketplace, where it counts nearly one million installs. As reported by 404 Media, on July 13, a hacker using the alias ‘lkmanka58’ added unapproved code on

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Vanilla JavaScript support for Tailwind Plus

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-30 03:11:21

There are a lot of UI blocks in Tailwind Plus that need JavaScript to really be useful, like dialogs, dropdowns, command palettes, and more. And unless you're a React or Vue user, using those UI blocks has always meant writing all of that tricky JavaScript yourself. Well today that finally changes — every UI block in Tailwind Plus is now fully functional, accessible, and interactive, including the plain HTML examples. Now you can use any dropdown, command palette, dialog, drawer, and more in a

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Latest Tech News

Intel, Not AMD, Could Be the Secret to Kickass Next-Gen Handheld PCs

Balabolka is a free text-to-speech tool for Windows

Qwen-Image: Crafting with native text rendering

Qwen-Image is a powerful, open source new AI image generator with support for embedded text in English & Chinese

Why I recommend this budget phone with a paper-like screen over 'minimalist' devices

The Ski Rental Problem

LangExtract: Python library for extracting structured data from language models

The tradeoff between human and AI context

Crafting your own Static Site Generator using Phoenix (2023)

Microsoft to disable Excel workbook links to blocked file types

Show HN: The easiest accessibility (a11y) checker for VSCode

Shortcuts in iOS 26: Everything new coming to your iPhone, more

Maru OS – Use your phone as your PC

Maru OS – Your phone is your PC

Still Haven't Signed Up for My Free Daily Deals Texts? Here's How You Can Join

Kevin Feige Teases a Major ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Location

Show HN: ELF Injector

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

My First Look at T-Mobile's Unique Starlink T-Satellite Service Made Me Head Far From Home

Principles for production AI agents

Six Principles for Production AI Agents

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

Aeneas transforms how historians connect the past

I finally found a tablet that can easily replace my iPad and Kindle (and is affordably priced)

SIMD within a register: How I doubled hash table lookup performance

How big can I print my image?

SIMD Within a Register: How I Doubled Hash Table Lookup Performance

Your iPhone's Messages App Can Do Math. Here's How

Amazon AI coding agent hacked to inject data wiping commands

Vanilla JavaScript support for Tailwind Plus

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