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Google Pixel 10 takes group photos to the next level with Auto Best Take

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-17 17:00:12

TL;DR The Pixel 10 is getting a new feature called Auto Best Take. The feature automatically finds and combines similar photos into one where everybody looks their best. The Add Me feature has also been improved to add the photographer to even bigger groups. Sometimes things happen when attempting to take a group photo, whether it’s someone getting distracted and looking the other way or another person sneezing right before the shutter closes. In 2023, Google rolled out a Pixel feature called

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Google’s Pixel 10 has a secret weapon for long-term storage performance

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-17 17:00:19

TL;DR The Google Pixel 10 series features upgraded storage, with faster UFS 4.0 chips in all models with 256GB of storage or more. UFS 4.0 offers up to double the transfer speeds and is 46% more power-efficient than the UFS 3.1 used in the Pixel 9 series. High-capacity Pixel 10 Pro models also get new Zoned UFS (ZUFS) technology, which improves long-term performance and endurance. Google unveiled the Pixel 10 series today, and at a glance, the new phones don’t seem all that different from the

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Pixelsnap is Google's Qi2-powered answer to MagSafe for the Pixel 10 series

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-17 17:00:48

Google just revealed something called Pixelsnap at today's Made by Google event. This is the company's answer to Apple's MagSafe technology, so it's a magnetic attachment system that can integrate with Qi2 wireless chargers. All of the new Pixel 10 phones have been outfitted with the tech, which lets users "effortlessly snap wireless chargers, stands, grips and thousands of other accessories," including the just-announced official Pixelsnap charger. That Qi2 wireless charger reaches speeds up t

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AWS in 2025: The Stuff You Think You Know That's Now Wrong

news.ycombinator.com Corey Quinn 2025-11-17 16:30:07

One of the neat things about AWS is that it’s almost twenty years old. One of the unfortunate things about AWS is… that it’s almost twenty years old. If you’ve been using the platform for a while, it can be hard to notice the pace of change in the underlying “foundational” services. More worryingly, even if you’re not an old saw at AWS scrying, it’s still easy to stumble upon outdated blog posts that speak to the way things used to be, rather than the way they are now. I’ve gathered some of thes

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Digg.com Is Back

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 17:35:17

Digg what you love. Discover what's next. Digg is where communities connect to share and discover the very best of the internet and beyond.

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ROG Xbox Ally: Release Date, Specs, Price and How It Compares to Steam Deck

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-17 15:24:00

The Steam Deck has yet to find a real competitor in the PC handheld gaming device battle. Other hardware companies, including Asus, Lenovo and MSI, have tried, but so far, their devices keep falling short. Asus plans to try to take another swipe at the crown, though, this time with the help of Microsoft. In June, the two revealed their partnership for a new handheld device: the ROG Xbox Ally. This handheld will come in two variants and will attempt to bring the Xbox console experience to a port

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An Exclusive Look at Reliability Labs, Where Google Stress Tests Pixel Hardware

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-11-17 17:00:34

Smartphones are durable, powerful devices we carry everywhere. They get slightly better every year, too. Whether that's through improved glass technology that's more shatter- and scratch-proof, or screen size adjustments to ensure the best experience in your hand. Take the just-announced Pixel 10 Pro Fold, for example. It's now IP68-rated for water and dust resistance, just like most flagship candybar phones. Just a few years ago, the hinge mechanism on folding phones was still having problems

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Gemini for Home is Google’s biggest smart home play in years

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-11-17 18:00:00

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. It’s finally happening: Google Assistant in the home is getting its Gemini glow-up. “Gemini for Home” is an all-new voice assistant for Google Home, set to arrive later this year, the company announced today. This new voice assistant

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AI Industry Trembles as Nvidia's Stock Nosedives

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-17 21:39:27

Shares of AI chipmaker Nvidia plunged on Wednesday, dropping by more than three percent in early trading — for a total slide of over five percent in the past week. Other major AI players fell as well, including Google, Meta, and Tesla. AI software company Palantir's stock fell by nearly nine percent this morning. Nvidia is particularly interesting, though, because while those other companies mainly produce software, Nvidia has been making bank by selling the hardware powering the AI industry's

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Amazon may abandon its Fire tablet software

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-17 22:34:54

Amazon could finally be ditching its proprietary software on Fire tablets, according to a report by Reuters . The company is reportedly prepping a higher-end tablet that'll run on Android. This device could come next year and will reportedly cost around $400. Amazon's Fire tablet software is itself a heavily modified version of Android, but the upcoming tablet will reportedly use the actual OS. This is great news for those who want easy integration with other Android devices. It's also great n

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Google Wallet adds support for another official state ID, bringing the total to 8

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-11-17 22:18:29

Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images ZDNET's takeaways Montana residents can now add their state ID to Google Wallet. This addition brings the feature to a total of eight states. Digital IDs are a companion to your physical ID, not a replacement. Get more ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source. One more state has joined the list that officially lets you use Google Wallet as your ID. Montana residents can now add their official state driver's license or

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Sequoia Backs Zed's Vision for Collaborative Coding

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 18:13:16

Nathan Sobo August 20th, 2025 Today we're announcing our $32M Series B led by Sequoia Capital with participation from our existing investors, bringing our total funding to over $42M. For the past four years, we've been building the world's fastest IDE, but that's just the foundation for what comes next. Our ultimate vision is a new way to collaborate on software, where conversations about code remain connected to the code itself, instead of being tied to aging snapshots or scattered across dif

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Show HN: Typed-arrow – compile‑time Arrow schemas for Rust

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-15 09:34:36

typed-arrow provides a strongly typed, fully compile-time way to declare Arrow schemas in Rust. It maps Rust types directly to arrow-rs typed builders/arrays and arrow_schema::DataType — without any runtime DataType switching — enabling zero runtime cost, monomorphized column construction and ergonomic ORM-like APIs. Why compile-time Arrow? Performance: monomorphized builders/arrays with zero dynamic dispatch; avoids runtime DataType matching. matching. Safety: column types, names, and nullab

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Rare Supernova Rips Open a Star, Revealing Its Hidden Anatomy

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-11-17 22:40:56

A new discovery offers fresh insights into the life cycle of massive stars and their imminent death. On September 6, 2021, Steve Schulze, a researcher at Northwestern University, was on the lookout for fresh supernovas when he came across a strange explosion that left behind an extremely exposed corpse. The dying star had a rather stressful death, stripping down to its stellar bone and exposing its inner layers. “We quickly noticed that this supernova was unlike anything we had seen before,” Sc

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Sony’s PlayStation 5 Gets a Big Price Hike

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-11-17 22:51:35

After Xbox and Nintendo both made their consoles and peripherals more expensive, it was inevitable that Sony would make the same move. Now every version of the PlayStation 5 costs $50 more, no matter if you decide to opt for the all-digital version or the PlayStation 5 Pro. No matter whether you’re an Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo diehard, all your consoles will cost you way more, all down to the economic shitstorm caused by Trump tariffs. In a blog post, Sony said it was navigating “a challen

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Sony is raising PS5 prices, starting tomorrow

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-11-17 22:17:11

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Sony is raising the price of all PS5 models by $50 in the US. The company cited the “challenging economic environment,” which includes the tariffs President Trump has placed on imported products. The changes will go into effect on Thursday, and the new prices are as follows: PlayStation

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'Peacemaker' Season 2: When to Watch the Return of James Gunn's DCU Series

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-17 22:00:04

Peacemaker is back for season 2, and it only took three and a half years to get here. John Cena once again suits up as the titular hero who is struggling to squash his toxic past while looking for where he may actually fit in the DCU superhero sphere. But for those who remember The Suicide Squad, the man in the odd helmet (whose civilian name is Chris Smith), made an unsavory choice -- and it's still haunting him to this day. It makes you wonder: If a pocket dimension existed in your closet, wo

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I Saw the Future of AI Film and It Was Empty

wired.com John Semley 2025-11-17 22:30:00

Last year, filmmaker Paul Schrader—the director of Blue Collar, American Gigolo, and First Reformed, and writer of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver—issued what seemed like the last word on artificial intelligence in Hollywood filmmaking. A few days after the release of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi blockbuster Dune: Part Two, Schrader asked his Facebook followers: “Will Dune 3 be made by AI? And, if it is, how will we know?” Schrader is well regarded not only as a director, but one of cinema’s top-she

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Arkansas Hosts the Planet’s Only Public Diamond Mine

wired.com Benj Edwards 2025-11-18 03:29:05

In southwest Arkansas, the state government runs what might be the world’s most unusual diamond mine. For the price of a movie ticket, anyone can dig for diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park—and keep whatever they find. The 37-acre search field near Murfreesboro sits atop an ancient volcanic pipe that erupted roughly 100 million years ago. That eruption brought diamonds that formed deep within the Earth’s mantle to the surface, where they now wait in the soil for anyone with a garden trowe

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White Noise Makes Beer Brew Faster, Scientists Claim

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-11-18 08:10:36

Music can make people do things faster, with running, dancing, and doing chores being good examples. It seems, however, that we’re not alone in picking up the pace at the sound of a good tune. Researchers have discovered that playing a sound commonly known as white noise can shorten fermentation—arguably the most important step in brewing beer—by 21 to 31 hours, without markedly changing the flavor. This could help breweries increase beer production without diminishing quality. How sound chang

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AI Isn’t Coming for Hollywood. It's Already Arrived

wired.com Zoë Schiffer 2025-11-18 10:00:00

Lady Gaga probably wasn’t thinking that a coup would unfold in her greenhouse. Then again, she was cohosting a party there with Sean Parker, the billionaire founder of Napster and first president of Facebook. It was February 2024, and the singer had invited guests to her $22.5 million oceanside estate in Malibu to mark the launch of a skin-care nonprofit. One of the organization’s trustees was her boyfriend, whose day job was running the Parker Foundation. In the candlelit space, beside floor-t

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Samsung reveals top apps downloaded by US Galaxy users this summer

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-18 21:38:41

Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has revealed a ranked list of the top apps Galaxy users downloaded from the Galaxy Store this summer. The company will release similar lists going forward to showcase the Galaxy Store’s most downloaded apps. Samsung TV Plus took the top spot in the rankings this summer, followed by a mix of streaming services, mobile games, and productivity apps. For the first time ever, Samsung has released a ranking of the most downloaded apps from the Galaxy

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YouTube Music could soon let you comment on playlists, here’s what we know (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-18 23:09:23

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube is working on bringing comments to YouTube Music playlists. YouTube Music already allows comments on audio, video, and podcast content. If it succeeds, YouTube might also bring comments to video playlists on the main app. Two years ago, Google rolled out YouTube’s most hotly debated feature to YouTube Music. The comments section, which is both a treasure chest of insights and a bottomless pit of bullying remarks, is currently available for audio,

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Seven years later, people still haven’t changed how they use Siri

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-11-18 22:54:43

It’s proving a very long wait for the new Siri, but perhaps it doesn’t matter so much after all. A new survey shows that most people are using Siri and other voice assistants in exactly the same way they did way back in 2018. While some new capabilities have been added, and there are some generational differences in usage, the vast majority of it falls into five rather basic categories … The new Siri is a long time coming After many years of Siri being accused of being the dumbest intelligent

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The best portable monitors in 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-18 21:00:36

Whether you're working on the go, gaming away from your desk or just want a second screen to boost your productivity, a portable monitor can be a handy solution. These lightweight displays are perfect for adding more screen space to your setup without taking up much room — especially useful if you're using a compact laptop or traveling often. Many of the best portable monitors now support USB Type-C connections for easy plug-and-play setups, and some even run entirely on USB power, so you don

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The Block Stacking Problem

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-16 08:01:44

The Block Stacking Problem John D. Norton Department of History and Philosophy of Science University of Pittsburgh https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/jdnorton.html February 21, 2025 1. Introduction In the block stacking problem, a collection of blocks are to be stacked at a table edge. If we stack the blocks so that they protrude past the edge of the table, how far can they go horizontally? The curious and then surprizing result is that we can extend the stack horizontally arbitrarily far.

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The value of hitting the HN front page

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 12:00:11

I’ve been a member of Hacker News (HN) since 2012. You can see my profile here. (Thanks to Jeff Beard for introducing me to it so many years ago.) I currently hover around the upper 30s on the top 100 leader list. I’ve talked about that community with the good folks at RedMonk. After submitting thousands of stories, including over 400 with more than 100 points, here are outcomes I expect from a high ranking HN post. Traffic The first is the traffic. It’s not uncommon to get thousands of visit

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Modern CI is too complex and misdirected (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 14:30:06

The state of CI platforms is much stronger than it was just a few years ago. Overall, this is a good thing: access to powerful CI platforms enables software developers and companies to ship more reliable software more frequently, which benefits its users/customers. Centralized CI platforms like GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, and Bitbucket provide benefits of scale, as the Internet serves as a collective information repository for how to use them. Do a search for how to do X on CI platform Y a

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Best Sunscreens for 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-18 22:29:00

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. The hottest days of the year are upon us, and while outdoor summer activities are fun, you should know that prolonged sun exposure and ultraviolet rays can cause premature aging, sunburn and even skin cancer, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation -- and that's true all year round. Using sunscreen is one of the best ways to prot

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It's the Economy, Donald

wired.com Jake Lahut 2025-11-18 21:30:00

For months, the mantra inside the White House has been a MAGA version of “Keep calm and carry on.” President Donald Trump’s inner circle and more junior aides have embraced the term “No panicans”—specifically around tariffs—to signal there is no room to panic over, and certainly no room for dissent from, the president’s economic policies. The administration’s areas of focus—deporting immigrants whose labor powers key sectors like agriculture and construction, levying tariffs, and cutting social

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