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Trump administration stops illegal freeze of $5B EV charger funds after losing in court

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-12-06 11:12:08

The Trump administration has finally issued new guidance that states can use to dole out $5 billion in funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, after spending months withholding the money. A coalition of states sued over the funding freeze in the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which was one of the administration’s many attempts to stop funding appropriated by Congress at the start of Donald Trump’s second term. A judge ruled in June that those states were

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A default TV setting is ruining your viewing experience - here's the quick fix that experts recommend

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2025-12-06 17:36:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET For many people, motion smoothing on TVs is only appropriate for gaming and watching live sports; enthusiasts typically prefer turning off the feature to watch anything else because it can detract from the filmmaker's original intent, making on-screen images seem artificial or hyper-realistic. This is what's called the "soap opera effect." Also: How to turn off ACR on your TV (and why you shouldn't wait to do it) It's a perfectly descriptive metaphor that probably requires no

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UI vs. API. vs. UAI

news.ycombinator.com Josh Beckman 2025-12-06 16:11:50

First we built a user interface (UI) when the application was just going to be operated by humans. There’s a whole branch of study around good and bad patterns in that design practice, focusing on how we make things easily operable by humans. Then we added an application programmable interface (API) when we wanted the application to be operated by other applications - integrated programs. Similarly, there are whole conferences and books about what good design looks like for these interfaces, ai

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The Value of Institutional Memory

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-06 16:53:43

In 1978, a dredging gang working for British Waterways was struggling with a problem. They were trying to clear obstacles on the Chesterfield Canal so they could stabilise a concrete wall — not an easy day’s work. But what really had them stumped was a heavy iron chain on the canal bottom. After various attempts, they hooked the chain to their dredger. That did the trick. A firm pull removed the chain and the block of wood on the end of it. The gang took a well-earned break for tea. The tea bre

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Glacier Melt Reveals Remains of Antarctic Meteorologist Lost 66 Years Ago

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-12-06 17:35:39

In 1959, 25-year-old meteorologist Dennis Bell disappeared into a glacial crevasse in the Antarctic before the eyes of his horrified colleague. 66 years later, a Polish team has finally discovered his remains in the wake of a receding glacier. Personnel from the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station on Antarctica’s King George Island first found and recovered some of the remains on the Ecology Glacier in January, according to a statement by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The following

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Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-06 17:48:43

Wikipedia's parent organization lost a challenge to the UK Online Safety Act but can bring another case if the government tries to force it to verify the identity of Wikipedia users. The High Court of Justice in London dismissed claims from the Wikimedia Foundation, which challenged the lawfulness of the categorization system used to determine which sites must comply with obligations. But Justice Jeremy Johnson stressed "that this does not give Ofcom and the Secretary of State a green light to

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Trump admin stops illegal freeze of $5B EV charger funds after losing in court

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-12-06 17:12:08

The Trump administration has finally issued new guidance that states can use to dole out $5 billion in funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, after spending months withholding the money. A coalition of states sued over the funding freeze in the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which was one of the administration’s many attempts to stop funding appropriated by Congress at the start of Donald Trump’s second term. A judge ruled in June that those states were

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Were you an AT&T customer in 2024? You might be owed up to $5,000

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-06 22:10:38

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR AT&T will pay $177 million to settle claims over two major 2024 data breaches. Impacted customers can claim up to $5,000 for documented losses, depending on the breach. Claims must be filed by November 18. If you were an AT&T customer caught up in one or both of the carrier’s big 2024 data breaches, you could be eligible for a cash payout. In some cases, it might be thousands of dollars. As detailed by Top Class Actions, AT&T has agreed to a $177 mi

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What You Need to Know About This Week’s Looming Hurricane

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-12-06 22:19:42

Hurricane trackers are keeping a close eye on a storm with a 90% chance of developing into a hurricane this week. If it does, it would be the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. Tropical Storm Erin, the fifth named storm of the 2025 season, formed off the coast of West Africa on Monday, August 11, according to the National Hurricane Center. As Erin treks westward across the Atlantic, NHC forecasters expect it to strengthen significantly, reaching major hurricane status northeast of Puerto R

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Trump strikes “wild” deal making US firms pay 15% tax on China chip sales

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-06 22:31:51

Ahead of an August 12 deadline for a US-China trade deal, Donald Trump's tactics continue to confuse those trying to assess the country's national security priorities regarding its biggest geopolitical rival. For months, Trump has kicked the can down the road regarding a TikTok ban, allowing the app to continue operating despite supposedly urgent national security concerns that China may be using the app to spy on Americans. And now, in the latest baffling move, a US official announced Monday t

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Electronic Arts blocks more than 300,000 attempts to cheat after launching Battlefield 6 beta

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-12-06 22:01:30

Games giant Electronic Arts launched an open beta over the weekend for its upcoming first-person shooter Battlefield 6 and — almost immediately — the game was swamped with cheaters. Soon after the game’s launch, countless players complained online about encountering cheaters. In response, a member of Electronic Arts’ anti-cheat team, who goes by AC, wrote in an official forum that the company saw players report 104,000 “instances of potential cheaters” over the first two days of the game’s bein

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Samsung Galaxy S25 FE leak suggests last year’s chip is making a return

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-07 03:24:37

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A listing for the Galaxy S25 FE recently appeared on a British retailer’s website. The listing included technical specifications and official images. It appears the Galaxy S25 FE will have an Exynos 2400e chip. It won’t be much longer before Samsung releases the Galaxy S25 FE. This year, the company is expected to launch the phone a little earlier than usual. Although Samsung has not revealed the device yet, it looks like a British retailer may have jump

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Beloved by bands and bank robbers, the Ford Transit turns 60

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 03:53:55

Beloved by bands and bank robbers, the Ford Transit turns 60 3 days ago Share Save Theo Leggett International Business Correspondent Share Save BBC Theo Leggett at the wheel of the oldest Ford Transit still in existence Climbing into a 1965 Ford Transit is like stepping into a time capsule on wheels. Forget your modern high-tech nicknacks like satnavs and touchscreens. All you get here is a steering wheel, a big chrome-lined speedometer dial and a chunky heater control. There isn't even a rad

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Ask HN: Do you think differently about working on open source these days?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 02:13:02

Wondering if anyone here has changed their opinion on open sourcing their projects or contributing to open source now that LLM's are a thing... I don't know yet what I think, but my latest side project I decided to create privately on github.

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Apple Fitness Plus Targets Ozempic Users With New Weight-Loss Partnership

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-07 02:18:00

If you're a FuturHealth member, you'll now have a free membership to Apple Fitness Plus as part of your program. It's Apple Fitness Plus’s first direct integration with a personalized GLP-1 weight loss program. FuturHealth offers personalized weight loss guidance and medications with the help of licensed dietitians and doctors. These include GLP-1 agonists such as semaglutide -- better known as Ozempic. It's partnered with Valisure, a tech company that provides independent quality assurance, to

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AOL Will Pull the Plug on Dial-Up Internet, 34 Years After Its Launch

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-07 03:44:00

Like TV screen static, a VHS tape rewinding, or a butter churn, the grating sound of AOL dial-up Internet will also soon be a thing of the past. As simply stated on its support website, "Dial-up Internet to be discontinued." The service will end Sept. 30 2025, at which point, "this service and the associated software, the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, which are optimized for older operating systems and dial-up internet connections, will be discontinued." That's not good news for

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Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-07 03:45:56

It's easier than ever to manipulate video footage to deceive the viewer and increasingly difficult for fact checkers to detect such manipulations. Cornell University scientists developed a new weapon in this ongoing arms race: software that codes a "watermark" into light fluctuations, which in turn can reveal when the footage has been tampered with. The researchers presented the breakthrough over the weekend at SIGGRAPH 2025 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and published a scientific paper in Jun

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AOL to discontinue dial-up internet

news.ycombinator.com Yan Zhuang 2025-12-06 23:15:38

AOL announced that its dial-up internet service will be discontinued next month. If this is how you learned that AOL’s dial-up still exists — presumably you read this on a broadband internet connection — you’re not alone. The service, seen by many as a relic of the early days of the internet, will be discontinued Sept. 30 along with its associated software, the company said. AOL made the announcement quietly via a statement on its help portal on Friday: “AOL routinely evaluates its products an

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Apple Fitness Plus Targets GLP-1 Users With New Weight-Loss Partnership

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-07 08:18:00

If you're a FuturHealth member, you'll now have a free membership to Apple Fitness Plus as part of your program. It's Apple Fitness Plus’s first direct integration with a personalized GLP-1 weight loss program. FuturHealth offers personalized weight loss guidance and medications with the help of licensed dietitians and doctors. These include GLP-1 agonists such as semaglutide -- better known as Ozempic. It's partnered with Valisure, a tech company that provides independent quality assurance, to

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Notion CEO Ivan Zhao wants you to demand better from your tools

theverge.com Casey Newton 2025-12-07 08:00:00

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Casey Newton, founder and editor of Platformer and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. This is the second episode of my productivity-focused Decoder series that I’m doing while Nilay is out on parental leave. Today, I’m talking with Notion cofounder and CEO Ivan Zhao. I’ve followed Notion for quite some time now — I’m a big fan, and a major part of my workflow for Platformer is actually built on top of Notion’s database feature. So I was very excited to get I

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This collaborative doodling website is like Google Maps plus MS Paint

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-12-07 08:14:40

A new website that lets you paint over a world map with other users in real-time has taken the digital illustration community by storm. Wplace is a collaborative pixel art platform that serves as a spiritual successor to Reddit’s r/Place April Fools’ Day experiments, placing time restrictions on drawing tools that motivate users to team up to complete large or complex paintings. While r/Place provided its users with a blank white pixel grid, Wplace is layered over an interactive canvas of a wor

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A simple pixel physics simulator in Rust using Macroquad

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-02 18:21:39

Sbixel Sbixel is a very simple pixel physics simulator I made to learn Rust. It uses macroquad for drawing — and I was pleasantly surprised by how simple and awesome it is! Quick demo (click for youtube link): ⚠️ This project is very basilar and doesn't have much ambition to go anywhere — it's mainly a learning sandbox. How It Works The simulation uses a "sector" system to reduce unnecessary processing by only simulating active areas of pixels. All settings related to simulation and perfo

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Justice Dept. Settles with Greystar to End Participation in Algorithmic Pricing

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 11:50:53

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division filed a proposed settlement today to resolve the United States’ claims against Greystar Management Services LLC as part of its ongoing enforcement against algorithmic coordination and other anticompetitive practices in rental markets across the country. Greystar, the largest landlord in the United States, manages almost 950,000 rental units across the country. As alleged in Plaintiffs’ complaint, Greystar and other landlords, including five co-defenda

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Pay-to-Play? Trump Slaps 15% “Export Tax” on Big Tech’s China AI Chips

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-12-07 12:55:28

Nvidia and AMD have reportedly agreed to pay the U.S. government a 15% cut of their revenue from their specialized chip sales in China, in a deal so unconventional the business world is still reeling. The arrangement, effectively a new kind of “export tax,” is an unprecedented move that ends a months-long blockade and reopens one of the world’s largest markets for America’s two most valuable chipmakers. The news, first reported by the Financial Times, reveals the original and transactional tac

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Running macOS on an iPad? Jailbreak project makes progress

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-07 17:29:34

Apple may not be merging macOS and iPadOS, but the two version 26 operating systems share a lot of similarities. Still, the quest to actually port the Mac operating system to the iPad continues. As Steve Troughton-Smith suggests Mastodon, “hackintosh” may soon refer to an iPad running macOS and not a homegrown Mac clone. “Apple may not bring macOS to iPad, but it looks like we’re getting to a point where people can hackintosh it together on a jailbroken device anyway,” he writes. In a series

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Amazon Drone Beehive Concept (2019)

news.ycombinator.com Aurambout 2025-12-07 17:43:27

Transport is one of the main pillars of modern economies comprising a spectrum of individual systems and their interconnections that are intended to cover the mobility demand of people and goods. Transport systems include an extensive series of physical and organisational elements and are being characterised by an overall intrinsic complexity. These elements can be influencing each other directly and/or indirectly, linearly or nonlinearly, having also potential feedback cycles [1]. In particular

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Apple is preparing a Siri upgrade that could make Gemini users really jealous

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-08 00:56:18

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Apple is reportedly preparing a major overhaul for Siri. The updated Siri is likely to be able to control a variety of third-party apps, performing very specific actions inside those apps. The update is expected to roll out in Spring next year with the iOS 26.4 update. Back in 2024, Apple promised a significant Siri upgrade that would understand voice commands better, have a more intuitive model running underneath, and be “deeply integrated” into the sys

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There’s a new Xbox emulator on Android, but here’s why you should run away from it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-08 04:42:45

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR The supposed first Xbox emulator on Android, Xanite, has launched in V0.1. It is not able to emulate Xbox games, and it appears to be nothing more than an empty shell. Updates are promised in the coming weeks, but don’t get your hopes up. Emulation on Android has come a long way in recent years, with systems up to and including the Nintendo Switch and PS3 now playable. However, despite coming out way back in 2001, the original Xbox still doesn’t have a

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Low-cost MacBook production starting soon, possible $599 or $699 pricing

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-08 04:34:22

We learned back in June that Apple is working on a new entry-level MacBook, to be powered by the A18 Pro chip rather than an M-series processor. This would be the first time the company has ever offered a MacBook below $999. A new supply-chain report says that the first stage of production is scheduled to begin sometime next month, with full-scale manufacturing potentially in progress by the end of the year … Low-cost MacBook The MacBook Air has always been the cheapest model offered by Apple

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How old is the earliest trace of life on Earth?

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-08 04:00:03

The question of when life began on Earth is as old as human culture. “It's one of these fundamental human questions: When did life appear on Earth?” said Professor Martin Whitehouse of the Swedish Museum of Natural History. So when some apparently biological carbon was dated to at least 3.95 billion years ago—making it the oldest remains of life on Earth—the claim sparked interest and skepticism in equal measure, as Ars Technica reported in 2017. Whitehouse was among those skeptics. This July

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Latest Tech News

Trump administration stops illegal freeze of $5B EV charger funds after losing in court

A default TV setting is ruining your viewing experience - here's the quick fix that experts recommend

UI vs. API. vs. UAI

The Value of Institutional Memory

Glacier Melt Reveals Remains of Antarctic Meteorologist Lost 66 Years Ago

Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs

Trump admin stops illegal freeze of $5B EV charger funds after losing in court

Were you an AT&T customer in 2024? You might be owed up to $5,000

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Trump strikes “wild” deal making US firms pay 15% tax on China chip sales

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Samsung Galaxy S25 FE leak suggests last year’s chip is making a return

Beloved by bands and bank robbers, the Ford Transit turns 60

Ask HN: Do you think differently about working on open source these days?

Apple Fitness Plus Targets Ozempic Users With New Weight-Loss Partnership

AOL Will Pull the Plug on Dial-Up Internet, 34 Years After Its Launch

Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes

AOL to discontinue dial-up internet

Apple Fitness Plus Targets GLP-1 Users With New Weight-Loss Partnership

Notion CEO Ivan Zhao wants you to demand better from your tools

This collaborative doodling website is like Google Maps plus MS Paint

A simple pixel physics simulator in Rust using Macroquad

Justice Dept. Settles with Greystar to End Participation in Algorithmic Pricing

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Apple is preparing a Siri upgrade that could make Gemini users really jealous

There’s a new Xbox emulator on Android, but here’s why you should run away from it

Low-cost MacBook production starting soon, possible $599 or $699 pricing

How old is the earliest trace of life on Earth?

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