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Fourth Power’s sci-fi thermal batteries could be cheaper than pricey natural gas power plants

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-10-03 13:08:20

Fourth Power’s take on long-duration energy storage sounds like something out of a James Bond film. The thermal batteries come complete with superheated liquid tin and argon-filled hermetically sealed chambers. The company’s goal, though, is far more prosaic — to store electricity cheap enough to make solar and wind an obvious choice for 24/7 power. Here’s how the technology works: To store energy, electricity from the grid heats blocks of carbon inside insulated chambers filled with argon gas.

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Samsung patches zero-day security flaw used to hack into its customers’ phones

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-10-03 13:20:09

Samsung says it has fixed a zero-day security vulnerability that is being used to hack into its customers’ phones. The phone maker said the security flaw, discovered in a software library for displaying images on Samsung devices, allows hackers to remotely plant malicious code on Samsung devices running Android 13 through the most recent version, Android 16. Samsung’s advisory said security teams from Meta and WhatsApp privately notified the company on August 13 and was told that “an exploit f

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Waymo approved to start testing autonomous vehicles at San Francisco International Airport

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-10-03 13:39:19

Waymo has been granted a permit to start testing its autonomous vehicles at San Francisco International Airport, ahead of the launch of a commercial service. The San Francisco mayor’s office announced Tuesday that the airport, known as SFO, and Waymo have signed a “Testing and Operations Pilot Permit” after years of back-and-forth negotiations. The deal with SFO comes just two weeks after Waymo was cleared to start testing at nearby San Jose Mineta International airport. SFO is not the first a

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Figure reaches $39B valuation in latest funding round

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-10-03 13:49:44

In Brief Humanoid robotics company Figure raised its largest round of funding yet, a sign of growing investor interest in robots designed to work alongside humans in warehouses, factories, and other settings. San Jose, California-based Figure announced on Tuesday that it raised a Series C funding round that values the company at $39 billion. The round, which “exceeded $1 billion,” said Figure, was led by Parkway Venture Capital with participation from Brookfield Asset Management, Nvidia, and I

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IEEE 2881: Learning Metadata Terms (LMT) Empowers Learning in the AI Age

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2025-10-03 15:00:29

Introduction Learning Metadata Terms (LMT) is a standard that connects metadata terms in practice with the purpose of solving many use cases common to e-learning. While there are other metadata standards, they have been inadequate for keeping up with machine-readable data requirements, which modern AI needs to achieve significance. While data models attempt to be free of technical bindings, there are fundamental design decisions that relate to whether data is intended to be stored in a graph da

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Startup Using AI to Bring Whitney Houston Back on Tour 13 Years After Her Death

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-03 16:18:46

The estate of famed singer Whitney Houston is reviving her legendary vocals with AI for an upcoming orchestral tour, 13 years after her tragic death. The event, called "The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration," used "stem separation technology" courtesy of an AI-powered music platform called Moises to isolate her voice from recordings and produce "near-studio quality audio." "This project demonstrates how legacy artists and their estates can create meaningful experiences for music lovers

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Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 get some major DeX upgrades in latest One UI 8 update

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-03 17:34:07

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR A new One UI 8 update for the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 brings new features to Samsung DeX and the Now Bar. DeX now supports home screen widgets, a dedicated full-screen button, pinning any app to the taskbar, and new keyboard settings. The update also adds Google Finance stock alerts to the Now Bar and new “next” and “previous” media controls to Now Brief. As the stable release of One UI 8 reaches more devices, Samsung DeX users are discovering majo

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Samsung details One UI 8 release schedule for dozens of devices

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-03 17:56:22

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has officially shared the One UI 8 availability schedule. The Galaxy S24, Z Flip 6 and Fold 6, A56 5G, and A36 5G will get the stable update this month. All other eligible devices are scheduled for October. Yesterday, Samsung began rolling out the stable version of One UI 8 to Galaxy S25 devices. Along with that rollout, the company published a newsroom post announcing which devices will be eligible for the update. At the same time, its Korean com

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Here’s everything new for CarPlay in iOS 26

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-03 17:05:18

Over the last several years, CarPlay’s new features have been rare and few. But between CarPlay Ultra’s launch and everything new in iOS 26 for standard CarPlay, things have quickly changed. Here’s what’s new in iOS 26, CarPlay’s biggest update in years. New ‘Liquid Glass’ design and wallpapers As part of Apple’s cross-platform design revamp this year, the new Liquid Glass look of iOS 26 extends to the car too. This means app icons and various UI elements have all received a fresh new design,

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iOS 26.1 beta is coming: When to expect the next update

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-03 17:34:04

iOS 26 is now available for all users, but beta testers who have had the update for months may now wonder when Apple plans to debut the first iOS 26.1 beta. Here’s when to expect the next beta update. Apple’s history indicates iOS 26.1 beta will arrive this week or next iOS 26 released on Monday, September 15. Here’s how that compares to prior years: iOS 18: Monday, September 16 iOS 17: Monday, September 18 iOS 16: Monday, September 12 iOS 15: Monday, September 20 As you can see, there’s

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Deals: 24GB MacBook Air $200 off, 512GB Mac mini $110 off, Beats woven cables $13, iPhone 16 Pro Max $300 off, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-10-03 17:45:00

Alongside the ongoing pre-orders for the new AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and Apple Watch Series 11, our 9to5Toys Lunch Break has some notable deals to scope out today elsewhere. Firstly, we are tracking the first chance to save and new all-time lows on the Beats woven USB-C cables at $13 Prime shipped alongside a collection of iPhone 17/Air screen protectors from $3 a pop. On the more substantial side of things, Apple’s 24GB M4 MacBook Air models are now $200 off while $300 price drops a

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Following teen suicide, OpenAI explores automatic underage user restrictions

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-03 17:19:49

OpenAI is developing a system designed to automatically identify teen users and restrict their usage of ChatGPT. In a blog post published Tuesday, the company said the new experience would come with age-appropriate policies, including a block of graphic sexual content. "In cases of acute distress," the system will also have the capability to contact law enforcement to ensure user safety. In scenarios where ChatGPT can't definitively estimate the age of a user, it will default them to the new gat

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YouTube just announced a bunch of AI tools for creators

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-03 17:33:41

YouTube held an event today aimed at creators and announced all kinds of new tools, many of which include AI in one way or another. Let's get into some of the more interesting drops. There's an AI tool that can automatically edit raw footage into a "compelling first draft." It'll create a video complete with "music, transitions and voiceover." It's being tested right now and should roll out in the coming weeks. The platform is also launching software that will automatically create voiceovers i

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Microsoft: WMIC will be removed after Windows 11 25H2 upgrade

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-03 17:58:59

Microsoft has announced that the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool will be removed after upgrading to Windows 11 25H2 and later. WMIC is a legacy built-in Windows command-line tool that allows users to interact with the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) system using text commands. In a Microsoft 365 message center update, Microsoft now advises IT administrators to switch to Windows PowerShell for WMI, scripts, and other tools because later Windows releases will

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Get an iPhone 17 Pro free with trade-in at Verizon right now - how the deal works

zdnet.com Alison Denisco Rayome 2025-10-03 13:00:29

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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4 ways I save money on my favorite AI tool subscriptions - and you can too

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-10-03 17:29:03

PM Images/DigitalVision/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I subscribe to several generative AIs, both for personal and professional reasons. Those include ChatGPT, Google AI Pro, Copilot through Microsoft 365, and Perplexity AI. But with most of those AIs generally costing $20 a month, subscribing to them all can put a heavy dent into my wallet. That's why I've dug up discounts on these services that save me a fair chunk of change. Here's what I've done to sav

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Copilot Chat arrives free for Microsoft 365 users - check if you have it

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-10-03 17:43:20

Microsoft Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Copilot Chat is now integrated into Microsoft 365. Chat is available in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. But you'll need a Microsoft 365 business account. You're working on a Word document or PowerPoint presentation and you want to discuss certain questions or ideas with an AI chatbot. That's the goal behind the new Copilot Chat integration in Microsoft 365. In a Monday blog post, Seth Patt

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Some Pixel 7 users say their batteries are swelling - what Google is doing about it

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-10-03 17:52:13

CNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro users are seeing a rise in battery issues. The swelling is causing some phones to separate. Google is offering several remedies, including a replacement. Yet another Pixel phone is experiencing battery issues. Just a few months after the Pixel 7a had such widespread battery problems that Google offered to repair them for free, and the Pixel 6a saw overheating problems so severe at leas

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Adding FRM parser utility to MariaDB

news.ycombinator.com Himanshu Pandey 2025-09-30 07:42:54

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Tesla Faces US Auto Safety Investigation over Door Handles

news.ycombinator.com Rick Clough 2025-10-03 17:42:14

US auto safety regulators opened an investigation into whether some Tesla Inc. vehicle doors are defective, citing incidents in which exterior handles stopped working and trapped children inside. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday it’s opening a preliminary evaluation of Tesla’s electrically powered door handles becoming inoperative due to issues with certain vehicles’ low-voltage batteries. While the probe specifically focuses on an estimated 174,290 Model Y SUVs,

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Java 25 Officially Released

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 15:25:42

Java 25 / JDK 25: General Availability JDK 25, the reference implementation of Java 25, is now Generally Available. We shipped build 36 as the second Release Candidate of JDK 25 on 15 August, and no P1 bugs have been reported since then. Build 36 is therefore now the GA build, ready for production use. GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here: https://jdk.java.net/25 Builds from other vendors will no doubt be available soon. This release includes eighteen JEPs [1]: 470: PEM En

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Microsoft Favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio Code

news.ycombinator.com Tom Warren 2025-10-03 16:48:37

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is adding automatic AI model selection to its Visual Studio Code editor that will automatically pick the best model for “optimal performance.” This new auto model feature will select between Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5, GPT-5 mini and other models for GitHub Copilot free users, but pai

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We're launching a new Google app for Windows experiment in Labs

news.ycombinator.com Vinay Mahagaokar 2025-10-03 17:05:46

Today, we’re launching a new experimental Google app for Windows in Labs to help you find what you need, faster. Now you can search without switching windows or interrupting your flow. Whether you're writing in a doc or in the middle of a game, just press Alt + Space to instantly search for information from your computer files, installed apps, Google Drive files — and of course, the web. With Google Lens built in, you can select and search anything on your screen, making it easy to translate i

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‘Fantastic Four’ Takes Its First Steps Home Next Week

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-10-03 17:00:53

If you didn’t see Fantastic Four: First Steps in theaters or just want to see it again, you can on digital starting September 23. The latest Marvel Studios will arrive on all the usual platforms, followed by a physical launch on October 14. Along with the standard deleted scenes, special features include a gag reel, commentary track with director Matt Shakman and production designer Kasra Farahani, and three featurettes centering the heroes, their comic book villains, and the film’s retrofuturi

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Welcome to the Age of Ultra-Cheap, Ad-Filled Projectors

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-10-03 17:15:03

With all the Roku-native TVs crowding the market, the company behind today’s popular streaming platform wants to project a new kind of cheap option for streaming. Roku partnered up with Aurzen, the makers of the $300 Z-shaped Aurzen Zip mini projector, and now they have a full $250 cinema you can set up for quick and dirty Netflix or Howdy (Roku’s $3/month ad-free streaming service) and chill sessions on your bedroom wall—as long as you’re not expecting the brightest display. Take a breath and

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Feds Launch Investigation Into Faulty Tesla Doors

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-10-03 17:25:41

U.S. regulators just launched an investigation into faulty door handles on certain Tesla cars, after receiving several reports of exterior handles glitching and leaving children trapped inside. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Tuesday that it’s opening a preliminary probe into Tesla’s electrically powered door handles, focusing on 2021 Model Y vehicles. The review covers nearly 175,000 cars and will gauge how widespread and serious the problem is. “At this time,

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The Sun Is Entering a New and Unexpected Active Stage

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-10-03 17:35:48

When solar activity reached an all-time low in 2008, astronomers reasonably figured the Sun was entering into a period of historically low activity. They were wrong. New research published September 8 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters suggests that 2008 marked the beginning of a steady increase in solar activity. To be clear, this “reversal” extends beyond the well-known 11-year cycles the Sun typically follows. Specifically, the researchers found a slow uptick in many of the Sun’s key “vita

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Farsighted? These Eye Drops Could Eventually Replace Your Reading Glasses

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-10-03 17:50:18

If you haven’t yet experienced it yourself, you’ve certainly seen older family members start to hold smartphones and restaurant menus up to their noses, squinting at the small text. That’s because as we age, we all develop presbyopia, or age-related farsightedness—trouble focusing on close objects or text. That’s where surgery or reading glasses usually come in, but new research suggests there could be another option. Researchers have demonstrated that after taking special eye drops two or thre

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Prime Day Again? Yes, Amazon's Prime Day Is Coming Back This October

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-03 16:49:00

Black Friday is preeminent among shopping events -- the big kahuna of sales, the top dog of deals. But you won't have to wait all the way until November to score some epic deals, especially if you're an Amazon Prime member. Amazon on Tuesday confirmed the dates for this year's Prime Big Deal Days: Oct. 7 and 8. That's about three weeks away, and there are already some early deals live now. Amazon started Prime Day a decade ago in 2015. Since then, bargain hunters and savvy shoppers have looked

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How to Set Up and Use a Burner Phone

wired.com Lily Hay Newman 2025-10-03 17:44:27

Authorities around the world can use your cell phone to track your location and potentially access other sensitive private information about you. One possible protection from this data collection is a burner phone. As invasive state surveillance ramps up globally—including new initiatives in the United States to monitor travelers, protesters, and vulnerable populations—privacy tools that were formerly the domain of digital hermits and people involved in organized crime are now more and more appe

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Fourth Power’s sci-fi thermal batteries could be cheaper than pricey natural gas power plants

Samsung patches zero-day security flaw used to hack into its customers’ phones

Waymo approved to start testing autonomous vehicles at San Francisco International Airport

Figure reaches $39B valuation in latest funding round

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Startup Using AI to Bring Whitney Houston Back on Tour 13 Years After Her Death

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YouTube just announced a bunch of AI tools for creators

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4 ways I save money on my favorite AI tool subscriptions - and you can too

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