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Shooting the Moon: Art of Lunar Photography (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Karl Perera Ma 2025-09-19 17:07:25

The popularity of shooting the moon remains as strong as ever. Whatever the current phase of the moon, it is an impressive object to photograph. In my own journey into astrophotography, I have taken many pictures of the moon with a camera or a through a telescope. It is an easy target, so beginners can capture it without the use of tracking. I will explain how to begin shooting the moon so that you get amazing pictures of your own. So, grab your camera, step into the realm of lunar photography,

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Meta buys Scale AI in a $14.3B deal

news.ycombinator.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-09-20 08:02:28

Alexandr Wang, CEO of ScaleAI speaks on CNBC's Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23, 2025. Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang told employees in a memo on Thursday that he's leaving for Meta, confirming reports from earlier in the week about his departure and a large investment from the social networking company. Meta is pumping $14.3 billion into Scale AI as part of the deal, and will have a 49% stake in the artificial intelligence startup, but will not have

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AirTag 2 Rumors: The Most Recent Leaks and What They Mean

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 09:45:02

It's been more than four years since Apple launched the original AirTag. In Apple years, that's practically a lifetime. While the little tracker has become a go-to for finding lost keys, wallets and luggage, it is severely overdue for an update. That sort of delay is unusual for Apple, which tends to refresh most of its product lines every couple of years. Now, as we head into summer travel season, when item trackers are more useful than ever, rumors and hints are heating up that a second-gen A

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Best Gaming Routers for 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 10:00:00

“Gaming router” is more of a marketing term than a legitimate designation. Sometimes it tells you the router comes with gaming features like device prioritization, but often it just means flashy lights and futuristic designs. Don't fall for it. The main metric you should pay attention to is jitter, which tells you how often your gaming experience will be interrupted by lag. We tested 31 of the top Wi-Fi routers to find the ones that remove lag from the equation as much as possible. What’s the b

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Best Fiber Internet Providers in Your Area

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 10:00:00

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Scale AI's Alexandr Wang confirms departure for Meta as part of $14.3 billion deal

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-09-20 13:01:07

Alexandr Wang, CEO of ScaleAI speaks on CNBC's Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23, 2025. Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang told employees in a memo on Thursday that he's leaving for Meta, confirming reports from earlier in the week about his departure and a large investment from the social networking company. Meta is pumping $14.3 billion into Scale AI as part of the deal, and will have a 49% stake in the artificial intelligence startup, but will not have

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I finally found the perfect 3-in-1 chargers for my Google Pixel devices

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-20 19:30:31

SwanScout 708G2 3-in-1 Pixel charger The SwanScout 708G2 is the perfect compact and foldable 3-in-1 charger for Pixel fans. With a 10W main wireless charging pad for Pixels (and other phones), a 3.5W wireless pad for Pixel Buds (and other earbuds), and a Pixel Watch 2/3 (or Fitbit Versa 3/4 and Sense 1/2), it's a wire tangle-free solution to top up your gear on your bedside table or at your desk. Since the launch of the first Pixel Watch, I’ve been keeping my eye on Amazon, AliExpress, Etsy, an

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The best wireless chargers for 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-20 18:00:35

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . If you’ve upgraded your phone recently, there’s a good chance it supports wireless charging. Battery life can be one of the first things to deteriorate as your phone ages, so you’ll need quick and easy ways to power up wherever you are. You may not always be able to have a cable on you

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The best live TV streaming services to cut cable in 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-20 20:03:48

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . We still think paying for a live TV streaming service makes better financial sense than signing up for cable or satellite TV. Of course, the price difference between the two is steadily narrowing as many live TV streaming subscriptions have jumped to more than $80 per month. Still, you

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Why this SSD docking station is one of my best investments for my PC - and it's on sale

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-09-20 17:45:13

ZDNET's key takeaways The Sabrent USB SSD 4-bay docking station is available now on Amazon for $80. This docking station makes adding external drives to your system a total plug-and-play affair. The case is plastic, so it feels a bit cheap but that doesn't get in the way of performance. View now at Amazon At Amazon, the Sabrent USB SSD docking station is on sale for $80 right now, a 11% discount. It seems I'm always running out of room on my iMac drives. Why? Video files. You see, I film man

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The best fitness rings of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-20 20:00:23

The Oura Ring is one of the most popular fitness rings on the market, offering five different finishes and various sizes. The Oura Ring 4 debuted in October and boasts some substantial hardware and software upgrades from the tried and true Oura Ring 3. Oura is still the top brand for smart rings, and you can't go wrong with the Oura Ring 3, but if comfort is your main priority, the Oura Ring 4 is best for you. That's because one of the most essential upgrades from generation to generation is Ou

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I wore the Whoop 5.0 for a month - it gave me the best of Oura Ring, Apple Watch, and more

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-20 20:00:25

Nina Raemont/ZDNET Four years after the launch of the Whoop 4.0, Whoop finally launched two new health trackers, the Whoop 5.0 and the Whoop MG. last month. While Whoop is mainly considered a health tracker used by pro athletes and fitness enthusiasts, the launch of the new wearables caters to a more general, health-minded customer base willing to pay a high price for cutting-edge health tech. Also: Garmin unveils its Apple Ultra Watch 2 competitor, the Venu X1 The latest health bands track

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If the moon were only 1 pixel: A tediously accurate solar system model (2014)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-20 17:40:05

Sun Mercury Venus Earth You Are Here Moon Mars Jupiter Io Europa Ganymede Callisto Saturn Titan Uranus Neptune Pluto (we still love you) That was about 10 million km (6,213,710 mi) just now. Pretty empty out here. Here comes our first planet... As it turns out, things are pretty far apart. We’ll be coming up on a new planet soon. Sit tight. Most of space is just space. Halfway home. Destination: Mars! It would take about seven months to travel this di

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This 150W USB-C/A Wall Charger Is 41% Off, No Need to Wait for Prime Day

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-09-20 20:40:14

If you’ve ever struggled with a tangle of old chargers and power strips to keep all your devices charged, you’ll appreciate what the latest 150W USB-C wall charger can do. This compact and powerful charging station is now available at an all-time low on Amazon for just $27, down from a list price of $46 which is a 41% discount that makes it a deal too good to miss. For the price of less than an meal, you get a thin solution that lets you charge three devices at once, whether your phone, tablet,

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It's About Darn Time: Apple Will Finally Screen Your Calls and Messages

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 17:15:02

There's one big feature I'm looking forward to in iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and MacOS Tahoe 26, and it's one that Apple should have added ages ago: call and text screening. It could do more than keep me from talking to strangers -- it could keep me safe from scammers looking to steal my information or my identity. Similar to features from Google and Samsung, Apple's Call Screening vets unknown callers by checking what they want before sending them your way. The company announced the capability at its W

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How Long Can I Leave Fresh Chicken in the Fridge?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 18:45:00

I often use the best meat delivery services to get high-quality chicken delivered straight to my home. But sometimes I don't use it all and need to store the leftovers. If you're wondering how long your chicken will last in the fridge, here's some intel that may keep you from eating spoiled meat. This is especially important because summer is almost here and poultry is a higher-risk meat than beef due to its propensity to develop E. coli and other foodborne illnesses. That's why you never want

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Ars Technica’s gift guide for Father’s Day: Give dad some cool things

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-20 20:30:04

Greetings Arsians! It's time—at least in some parts of the world—to celebrate dads. Father's Day is nearly here, and as there's a custom of gift-giving, many of us will have to choose something. Below, various Ars editors have identified a few things they've bought recently that they think could be great gifts for dads—with the caveat that there are an indefinably large spectrum of variations of what dads are like. Still, we did our best to include a few things that are pretty general, and a few

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15 Best Mobile Games for iOS and Android

wired.com Simon Hill 2025-09-20 19:00:00

Don’t doomscroll through more depressing news—use that phone to lift your mood instead. The best mobile games will bring a little joy to your day, whether you’re killing time on the commute or chilling on the couch. These games are all addictive slices of gaming pleasure we have been gorging on for years. As smartphone screens and processing power have grown, the lines between mobile gaming and just gaming have blurred, and you can find tons of great mobile games that have been ported or adapte

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is getting a fifth and final season

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-09-20 19:07:47

We’re still over a month away from the premiere of season three, but Paramount has announced that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is getting a fifth season — and that it will be its last. While Strange New Worlds’ first four seasons are (or will be) all ten episodes long, the fifth will run for just six. Still, executive producers Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers, and Alex Kurtzman said in a joint statement that they’ll “complete our five-season mission, just as we envisioned it.” “From the ve

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Show HN: GetHooky – a language-agnostic Git hook manager

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-20 17:31:44

The art of forgetting to run the linter isn't old - wise old programmer, 2025 Ever forgot to run the linter before doing a git push to production? Not anymore! GetHooky will make sure you don't screw up again! Automatically test and lint your code upon doing a commit or git push! Most tools for git hook mangement are mostly language specific and work for specific languages only, or you either have to do crazy configurations. But with GetHooky, all you have to do is, install once, use as ma

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The best mini gaming PCs of 2025: Expert recommended

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-09-20 19:51:12

PCs have been through a number of evolutions in terms of size, transforming from hulking machines to something no bigger than a hardback book that packs enough power to handle the most demanding workloads. The same has happened with gaming PCs, and with their increased power and cooling demand, it's amazing just how much power and performance can fit into such a small package. Also: The best cheap gaming PCs you can buy If you don't have the space in your life for a huge gaming rig, a mini gam

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Meta is paying $14 billion to catch up in the AI race

theverge.com Alex Heath 2025-09-20 20:05:10

Meta is paying $14.3 billion to acquire 49 percent of Scale AI and hire its CEO, Alexandr Wang, to revamp its troubled AI efforts. As part of the deal, Wang will report directly to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and remain on Scale’s board of directors, both companies announced on Thursday. Sources say Wang will lead a new AI lab at Meta tasked with building “superintelligence.” Meta spokesperson Ashley Zandy says the company “will share more about this effort and the great people joining this team i

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Tesla's Robotaxi Launch Date Was Supposed to Be Today, But We're Shocked to Hear That It's Been Pushed Back

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-21 02:12:15

The launch of Tesla's robotaxi network will have to wait. On Tuesday, CEO Elon Musk made a tweet stating that, "tentatively," the first public rides on its autonomous vehicles — which will not be in its purpose-built Cybercabs, but in regular Teslas with updated software — will start on June 22. But the date could shift, Musk added, because "we are being super paranoid about safety." That comment could prove to be revealing. Tesla's robotaxi initiative is clouded with uncertainty, because th

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Roundtable (YC S23) Is Hiring a President / CRO

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 02:00:00

Roundtable is a research and deployment company building the proof-of-human layer in digital identity. Roundtable seeks to research and build real-world Turing Tests, and to productize these developments in bot detection, fraud prevention, and continuous authentication. You’ll be joining Roundtable’s C-suite alongside CEO Mayank Agrawal and CTO Mathew Hardy. The primary job will be to design, manage, and execute the commercial muscle of the company. You should be prepared to spend your time do

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AI flunks logic test: Multiple studies reveal illusion of reasoning

techspot.com Cal Jeffrey 2025-09-21 07:17:00

Bottom line: More and more AI companies say their models can reason. Two recent studies say otherwise. When asked to show their logic, most models flub the task – proving they're not reasoning so much as rehashing patterns. The result: confident answers, but not intelligent ones. Apple researchers have uncovered a key weakness in today's most hyped AI systems – they falter at solving puzzles that require step-by-step reasoning. In a new paper, the team tested several leading models on the Tower

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Deal: Your Samsung Galaxy Ring purchase comes with a free $100 gift card!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-21 07:38:37

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority If you’ve been looking to get a Samsung Galaxy Ring, today is your lucky day. While released nearly a year ago, this accessory is very rarely on sale. There’s no discount on it right now, but you can get a free $100 gift card with your purchase. Get the Samsung Galaxy Ring with a $100 gift card for $399.99 ($100 off) This offer is available from Amazon, so the free gift card is for use exclusively with the popular online retailer. The sale applies to all colo

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Emulating an iPhone in QEMU (Part 2)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 04:52:12

What's the plan? At the end of our previous blog post, we got PreBoard to show its UI. But we had no idea if getting SpringBoard to work would even be possible, since we didn’t have SEP emulation. Still, we wanted to see how far we could get without it. Before SpringBoard could show anything, we had plenty of issues to fix. Although the backboardd and SpringBoard processes were starting and stable, they were stuck in different places. Our strategy was to go through system logs, find suspiciou

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Builder.ai did not "fake AI with 700 engineers"

news.ycombinator.com Gergely Orosz 2025-09-21 03:47:46

The Pulse is a series covering insights, patterns, and trends within Big Tech and startups. Notice an interesting event or trend? Send me a message. Before we start, an important correction from last week’s The Pulse: this publication was among those to incorrectly report that defunct AI startup, Builder.ai, faked its product by hiring 700 human engineers to pretend to be an AI product called Natasha. I’ve since talked with former engineers at Builder.ai to get the real story, which is the firs

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Show HN: Tool-Assisted Speedrunning the Boring Parts of Animal Crossing (GCN)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 04:37:06

What if the GameCube Keyboard Controller worked with Animal Crossing...? It started out as a "quick, simple project", then quickly turned into seven quick simple projects. Demonstration video (on YouTube) Typing at the speed of TAS Typing in Animal Crossing (GCN) is painfully slow. Or, at least.. it was. Not anymore. Pro Gamer WPM (unassisted): TBD Tool-assisted WPM: Also TBD Custom Keycaps Compose digital diary entries in style with this set of 81 custom, 3D printed keycaps that map pe

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Schumer Interrupts Crypto Debate to Announce Sen. Padilla Was Roughed Up by Federal Thugs in California

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-09-21 11:36:29

Sen. Alex Padilla, the Democratic senator from California, was forcibly removed from a press conference held by the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, on Thursday that was focused on ICE’s campaign of terror against the people of Los Angeles. Padilla was thrown to the ground and handcuffed. And it put a real damper on the current debate about the controversial cryptocurrency bill that Chuck Schumer is currently trying to get passed in the Senate. Two videos of Padilla’s arrest at the

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Shooting the Moon: Art of Lunar Photography (2023)

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This 150W USB-C/A Wall Charger Is 41% Off, No Need to Wait for Prime Day

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Ars Technica’s gift guide for Father’s Day: Give dad some cool things

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The best mini gaming PCs of 2025: Expert recommended

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Builder.ai did not "fake AI with 700 engineers"

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Schumer Interrupts Crypto Debate to Announce Sen. Padilla Was Roughed Up by Federal Thugs in California

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