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Best VPN services 2025: The fastest VPNs with the best networks, ranked

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2026-01-16 05:40:16

Virtual private networks (VPNs) are essential security tools to stop others from spying on you online. A VPN encrypts your data and conceals your Internet Protocol (IP) address, making it a great tool for general online use, traveling, and streaming. VPNs route traffic through their server network, assigning users new IP locations and preventing tracking, targeted advertising, and data theft. VPNs are not a silver bullet for security, but the best VPN services will protect your privacy without

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Hundred Rabbits – Low-tech living while sailing the world

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-11 18:45:28

home Receive monthly updates via our RSS feed, or by signing up to our monthly newsletter. June 2025 For a few days, Pino became a land creature, living on stilts, while we scrubbed and re-painted the lower part of the hull. Our propeller had a bit of a wobble, which we hope is now corrected. We also battled with the old wheel quadrant and were finally able to remove it, at least a part of it. Boaters have frequently helped us while we were in boatyards, and we are finally able to pay it forw

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Arva AI (YC S24) Is Hiring an AI Research Engineer (London, UK)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-16 05:05:26

Location: In person, Central London, 4-5 days in office Type: Full-Time NB: We are able to sponsor visas Arva AI is revolutionising financial crime intelligence with our cutting-edge AI Agents. By automating manual human review tasks, we enhance operational efficiency and help financial institutions handle AML reviews, while cutting operational costs by 80%. As the AI Research Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in building and iterating on LLM-based and agentic features of our AI-powered c

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CP/M Creator Gary Kildall's Memoirs Released as Free Download

news.ycombinator.com Tekla S. Perry 2026-01-16 08:22:15

The year before his death in 1994, Gary Kildall—inventor of the early microcomputer operating system CP/M—wrote a draft of a memoir, “Computer Connections: People, Places, and Events in the Evolution of the Personal Computer Industry.” He distributed copies to family and friends, but died before realizing his plans to release it as a book. This week, the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, with the permission of Kildall’s children, released the first portion of that memoir. You can downlo

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No More Waiting: New Crypto Law Unlocks Cheaper, Faster Money for Everyone

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-01-16 09:52:16

For more than a decade, cryptocurrency lived in legal limbo. It was too weird to regulate, too volatile to trust, and too new for Washington to take seriously. That just changed. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the GENIUS Act, the first major federal law regulating stablecoins, digital currencies backed by the U.S. dollar. The bill now heads to President Trump’s desk, where it’s expected to become law. Here’s what it means for you, your money, and the financial system around you.

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The Hottest Movie Releases Dropping in 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-16 08:00:04

This has been an epic year for movies, and 2025 is only halfway over. A collection of tentpole titles and must-see blockbusters has already hit the big screen. The trend of studios mining established IP continues, and popular franchises' remakes, sequels and spin-offs will compete for audiences' attention. James Gunn's Superman was way up on our list of must-see blockbusters in 2025, which was compiled at the beginning of the year. If you read my review, you'll know that it delivered. Anthony

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'Eddington' Director Ari Aster Couldn’t Stand ‘Living in the Internet.’ So He Made a Movie About It

wired.com Jake Kleinman 2026-01-16 09:00:00

Like a lot of us, Ari Aster spent the summer of 2020 trapped inside and scrolling on social media. Also like a lot of us, the experience left him feeling pretty bad. “I was living on Twitter,” Aster tells WIRED, “and it was really agitating me.” But unlike most people, the director of Hereditary, Midsommar, and Beau is Afraid wasn’t just doomscrolling on Twitter to pass the time. He was doing research. That summer, Aster wrote the script for his latest film, Eddington, a modern western set in

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Meta Poaches Two More Apple AI Executives

news.ycombinator.com Hartley Charlton 2026-01-16 08:30:59

After poaching one of Apple's top artificial intelligence executives with a $200 million pay package to lure him away from the company, Meta has now hired two of his subordinates, Bloomberg reports. Apple's Mark Lee and Tom Gunter are set to join Meta's Superintelligence Labs team, a newly established division tasked with building advanced AI systems capable of performing at or beyond human-level intelligence. Earlier this month, Ruoming Pang joined Meta. Until recently, he led Apple's found

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Adam Mosseri to hand off day-to-day at Threads to Meta’s AI lead

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-16 05:06:53

After two years under Instagram head Adam Mosseri, Meta is officially handing off Threads to a new leader. Here’s what the change could mean for the app’s future. As first reported by Axios, Meta is naming longtime executive Connor Hayes, formerly head of generative AI product, as the new head of Threads starting in September. The move marks the first time someone outside Instagram will take the reins of the text-based social app, in yet another sign that Meta seems to be finally getting serio

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My favorite use-case for AI is writing logs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-16 06:38:48

July 17, 2025 My favorite use-case for AI is writing logs One of my favorite AI dev products today is Full Line Code Completion in PyCharm (bundled with the IDE since late 2023). It’s extremely well-thought out, unintrusive, and makes me a more effective developer. Most importantly, it still keeps me mostly in control of my code. I’ve now used it in GoLand as well. I’ve been a happy JetBrains customer for a long time now, and it’s because they ship features like this. I frequently work with c

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The Motorola Razr Ultra still comes with a free 1TB upgrade

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-16 16:20:39

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Now that the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 is out, it’s time to make a decision. Will you get Samsung’s flip phone or the Motorola Razr Ultra? Motorola’s is actually more expensive, but it is better in many ways, and the brand is making the purchase a bit more enticing with a free 1TB storage upgrade. Buy the Motorola Razr Ultra and get a free 1TB storage upgrade for $1,299.99 ($200 off) This offer is available directly from Motorola’s official website. You get the sa

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Adam Mosseri steps back from Threads, app to be overseen by Meta’s AI lead

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-16 17:06:53

After two years under Instagram head Adam Mosseri, Meta is officially handing off Threads to a new leader. Here’s what the change could mean for the app’s future. As first reported by Axios, Meta is naming longtime executive Connor Hayes, formerly head of generative AI product, as the new head of Threads starting in September. The move marks the first time someone outside Instagram will take the reins of the text-based social app, in yet another sign that Meta seems to be finally getting serio

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Show HN: Easy alternative to giflib – header-only decoder in C

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-16 04:56:33

GIF Decoder Library TurboStitchGIF is a lightweight, header-only C library for decoding GIF images with a focus on efficiency and minimal resource usage. Designed for embedded systems and performance-critical applications, it provides a simple API for decoding both static and animated GIFs while maintaining a tiny footprint. ✨ Key Features Single-header implementation - Just include gif.h in your project - Just include in your project Zero dynamic allocations - Works with user-provided memor

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Daisy Ridley’s Husband Cast in Adaptation of Former Reylo ‘Star Wars’ Fan Fiction

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-16 17:00:27

The behind-the-scenes story of an upcoming romantic comedy could, on its own, be a pretty fascinating movie. Here’s the pitch. A young Star Wars fan writes a piece of Reylo (that’s Rey and Kylo Ren for the non-shippers out there) alternative universe fanfiction. The fan is approached about turning the story into a novel, only, it can’t be specific to Star Wars anymore. So the names change, but the intention and romance stay the same. That book becomes a smash hit bestseller, Hollywood comes call

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Does Your Favorite Emoji Crack the List of CNET's Top Picks?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-16 12:41:39

Every July 17, the internet comes together and celebrates World Emoji Day. The date was chosen because it's displayed on the 📅 calendar emoji, but it's a day to appreciate all emoji, even the more obscure ones, like the 🫙jar. In honor of the internet holiday, I asked my colleagues at CNET what their favorite and most used emoji are. The rules for voting were simple: You could only vote once for your favorite emoji and once for your most-used emoji. There was more variety in the category of favo

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Google's Nest Aware Just Got Pricier. Here's How Much It'll Cost You

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-16 15:52:00

Subscribers to Google's Nest Aware smart home system can expect a price increase starting next month. The basic Nest Aware monthly subscription will increase from $8 per month to $10 per month. The Nest Aware Plus subscription will increase from $15 per month to $20 per month. The price increase will go into effect whenever your next bill on or after Aug. 15 arrives, according to the email. It could also go into effect after your promotional period, if you currently have a special limited-time

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Here's Your First Look at the Newest Emoji Coming Out This Fall

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-16 16:26:02

World Emoji Day is held every year on July 17 because that's the day on the 📅 calendar emoji. This year, the Unicode Consortium -- a non-profit devoted to developing, maintaining and promoting software standards and data -- used the day to announce the newest emoji. The upcoming emoji, which include a Sasquatch and an orca, will debut this September as part of Unicode 17.0. Here are the new emoji you can expect to see later this year. Trombone Treasure chest Distorted face Hairy creature (S

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3D-printed living lung tissue

news.ycombinator.com Patty Wellborn 2026-01-16 17:20:42

UBC Okanagan researchers have developed a 3D bio-printed model that closely mimics the complexity of natural lung tissue, an innovation that could transform how scientists study lung disease and develop new treatments. Dr. Emmanuel Osei, Assistant Professor in the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, says the model produces tissue that closely resembles the complexity of a human lung, enabling improved testing of respiratory diseases and drug development. “To conduct our research and the testi

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This Emoji Won Most Popular New Emoji, but It Was Never Really a Contest

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-16 21:05:00

Emoji are a fun way to communicate with others, and the internet celebrates this with World Emoji Day every July 17 (since that's the date on the calendar emoji). As part of those celebrations, Emojipedia, an online directory of emoji and their meanings, announces awards for most popular new emoji, most anticipated emoji and even lifetime achievement awards. In my opinion, this year's winner for Most Popular New Emoji was bound to win. Based on Emojipedia's site data, the winner of the Most 202

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These overpriced airport battery chargers have been recalled for a fire risk

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2026-01-16 22:32:59

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. A company called iStore has issued a recall for its 5,000mAh Magnetic Wireless Power Bank (model IST-09991/W05) because its lithium ion battery can “overheat and ignite while charging,” posing a fire and burn risk. iStore has received three reports of the power banks exploding during charging resulting in a minor burn for one user and around $15,

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The Trump Administration Reportedly Has Extensive Logs of Epstein Money Transfers, Refuses to Release Them

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-16 23:30:07

It's not just a purported "client list" of late billionaire sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein — the Trump administration is reportedly hiding $1.5 billion worth of suspicious banking transactions from the public. As the New York Times reports, senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), who heads the Senate Finance Committee, is calling for enormous money transfers sent to and by Epstein — including wire transfers from wealthy individuals and payments to numerous women — to be made public. It's the polar opposite of

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Anti-Exploitation Group Horrified by Elon Musk's AI-Powered Waifu

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-17 02:04:39

One of the weirder bits of news on the AI front this week has been Elon Musk's rollout of sexually-charged animated chatbots. Officially called "companions" — or by the slangier "waifus," a Japanese term for a fictional romantic partner — the virtual characters rolled out to X-formerly-Twitter just days after Grok experienced a catastrophic meltdown, blasting users with racist comments and calling itself "MechaHitler." Users on X-formerly-Twitter can now pay a $300 monthly subscription to acce

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US Mobile is upgrading its Unlimited plans with uncapped data, improved roaming, and more

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-17 03:20:59

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR US Mobile’s Unlimited Premium plan now offers truly unlimited, uncapped data on all three networks, with upgraded hotspot, roaming, and international benefits. The Unlimited Starter plan also sees improvements, including higher data caps and optional priority access on the Warp (Verizon) network for a small fee. Customers can even try US Mobile’s multi-network feature free for 30 days, allowing access to all three major networks without switching or p

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Peacock announces its steepest price hike in its short history

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-17 03:52:04

TL;DR Peacock is raising the prices of its Premium and Premium Plus plans. The Premium tier will go up to $11, while Premium Plus will cost $17. The price hike will go into effect on July 23 for new subscribers and August 22 for existing members. Another day, another subscription service raises its prices. The streaming platform Peacock will soon raise its subscription rates for both new and existing customers. According to Bloomberg, Comcast Corp has announced that it will hike the cost of

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Like clockwork, Peacock is raising subscription prices again

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-17 03:36:44

Peacock, NBCUniversal's streaming home for The Office and Love Island USA, is going to cost a good bit more starting on July 23, Variety reports. The streaming service's two existing tiers will cost an additional $3 per month, and Peacock will also start testing a cheaper $7.99 "Select" tier that includes access to NBC and Bravo shows and a limited number of titles from the NBCUniversal back catalog. With the new price hike, Peacock's ad-supported "Premium" plan will go from costing $8 per mont

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The AI Replaces Services Myth

news.ycombinator.com Mert Deveci 2026-01-17 00:51:53

During college, my class was instructed to study Schopenhauer in political philosophy. Complete bummer, pessimist, the guy just makes you want to kill yourself. There was one quote about him though that really opened my eyes. Schopenhauer's philosophy is the mirror of his own nature... What he saw was not the world, but himself writ large." Nietzsche Schopenhauer basically talked about himself. Not the world. His prior conclusions on how the world works influenced his work. However, you and

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All AI models might be the same

news.ycombinator.com Jack Morris 2026-01-16 23:28:49

Project CETI is a large-scale effort to decode whale speech. If AI models do learn a universal language, we might be able to use it to talk to whales. Growing up, I sometimes played a game with my friends called “Mussolini or Bread.” It’s a guessing game, kind of like Twenty Questions. The funny name comes from the idea that, in the space of everything, ‘Mussolini’ and ‘bread’ are about as far away from each other as you can get. One round might go like this: Is it closer to Mussolini or bre

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What's going on with gene therapies?

news.ycombinator.com Nehal Udyavar 2026-01-14 12:48:53

Tree of Hope, Remain Strong (1946) by Frida Kahlo First attempts in a new field of medicine rarely go according to plan. On September 14, 1990, Dr. William French Anderson and his team at the National Institute of Health (NIH) performed the first official gene therapy trial. The patient, a 4-year-old Ashanti deSilva, suffered from a rare genetic disease called adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency, a form of severe combined immune deficiency (SCID). Children with ADA-SCID rarely make it to adult

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Uber Is Going All-in on Robotaxis

gizmodo.com Rhett Jones 2026-01-17 03:00:35

By the end of this decade, your next Uber ride might not have a driver at all. At least, that’s what Uber wants you (and its investors on Wall Street to believe.) Uber announced a new partnership today with luxury electric vehicle maker Lucid and the robotics company Nuro. Under the agreement, Uber plans to deploy a fleet of at least 20,000 Lucid Gravity SUVs equipped with Nuro’s self-driving technology over the next six years. The robotaxi service is expected to launch in a yet unnamed major U

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Uber Unveils Global Robotaxi Plan With Lucid and Nuro

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-17 00:09:00

Table of Contents Uber Announces Global Robotaxi Plan With Lucid and Nuro Picture ordering an Uber from the airport, but your ride is a robotaxi. That's what you can expect a year from now with Uber's new program in partnership with electric vehicle manufacturer Lucid and tech company Nuro. The partnership will combine Uber's ride-sharing platform with Lucid's new electric SUV, the Gravity, and Nuro's autonomous driving technology. It'll be launching first in an unnamed "major US city," but is

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