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Apple's iPhone 17 event is less than a week away. Here's how to watch (and what to expect)

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-10-23 14:27:00

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Apple's iPhone launch event will take place on Tuesday, September 9. The iPhone 17 lineup will likely include a new iPhone 17 Air (Slim) model. Other expected releases include the Apple Watch Series 11 and updated AirPods. September, better known in the industry as Techtember, is here, and kicking off the deluge of fall product announcements may be arguably the biggest of them all: Apple's iPh

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Introduction to Writing Good Puzzle Hunt Puzzles

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-19 21:08:52

Introduction to Writing Good Puzzle Hunt Puzzles Version 1.0 - 2014-02-24 - cleanup, add metapuzzle and solving tools sections Version 0.9 - 2014-02-18 0. About This Document This document is advice for writing puzzles. It is specifically geared toward the MIT Mystery Hunt, though the techniques and ideas will likely be useful in other puzzle-writing. The target audience is those who have participated in one or a few puzzle hunts, but not written a substantial number of puzzles before. I will

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Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks

news.ycombinator.com Josh Dzieza 2025-10-23 14:30:20

WhenWhen armies invade, hurricanes form, or governments fall, a Wikipedia editor will typically update the relevant articles seconds after the news breaks. So quick are editors to change “is” to “was” in cases of notable deaths that they are said to have the fastest past tense in the West. So it was unusual, according to one longtime editor who was watching the page, that on the afternoon of January 20th, 2025, hours after Elon Musk made a gesture resembling a Nazi salute at a rally following Pr

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Google deletes net-zero pledge from sustainability website

news.ycombinator.com Darius Snieckus Rory White 2025-10-23 14:51:26

Pichai added that he knew the “road ahead would not be easy,” but Google “aimed to prove that a carbon-free future is both possible and achievable fast enough to prevent the most dangerous impacts of climate change.” “Today, I’m proud to announce that we intend to be the first major company to operate carbon free — 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year,” he said, in a video announcement . Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai stood smiling in a leafy-green California garden in September 2020

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Show HN: I built FlipCards – a flashcard app with variations to improve learning

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-23 14:49:52

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Show HN: A Map of All YC Companies (5,300 Startups by Batch and Location)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-23 14:52:43

All Batches All Countries Want your own map? Get a white-label version for your accelerator, university, or VC firm.

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Apple Reportedly Planning AI-Enhanced Siri With Search Tool in 2026

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-23 14:52:34

Apple is preparing to unveil its iPhone 17 lineup next week but a major software update is also rumored to be on the horizon. The company is reportedly planning an AI-powered upgrade to Siri in iOS 26.4, arriving as early as March 2026. According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple is working on a new Siri feature called World Knowledge Answers, an AI-driven search tool designed to generate detailed responses that draw from web data, images, video and local information. Bloomberg wrote that Apple

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Google Photos now lets you animate your camera roll with Veo 3 for free

theverge.com Elissa Welle 2025-10-23 15:00:00

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google is adding Veo 3 software capabilities to its video generation feature for Google Photos. US-based users can turn static images into four-second videos by clicking either the “Subtle movements” or, for the more adventurous, the “I’m feeling lucky” options unde

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Mark Zuckerberg encouraged execs to do MMA training with him

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-10-23 14:17:23

In Brief Mark Zuckerberg is so dedicated to his mixed martial arts (MMA) training that he invited his senior executives to join him for workout sessions. This amusing revelation comes from Nick Clegg’s forthcoming book. Meta’s former president of global affairs shares the story in what Fast Company unfavorably describes as a book with “thin prose,” save for some “surprising anecdotes,” such as this tale of Clegg sparring with his deputy Joel Kaplan. According to Clegg’s anecdote, Zuckerberg g

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Google Photos upgrades its image-to-video feature with Veo 3

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-23 15:00:00

Google’s latest video-generation model, Veo 3, is coming to Google Photos. The new model, available on the mobile app’s Create tab, will allow users in the U.S. to turn their still images into video clips. Google Photos already offers video generation through its recently added “Photo to video” feature, but the company says the addition of Veo 3 enhances that functionality with higher-quality video. The launch also represents how the company is working to bring its latest AI tech to consumers t

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GE Aerospace to invest $300M in Beta Technologies, pair up on hybrid-electric power

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-10-23 15:51:00

GE Aerospace is taking a sizable stake in electric aviation company Beta Technologies, with the pair teaming up to build a hybrid-electric turbogenerator for next-gen aircraft. GE will also invest $300 million, pending regulatory approval, under a strategic deal announced Thursday. The new partnership comes as hybrid solutions gain momentum in the advanced air mobility (AAM) space, a catch-all term to describe the next generation of aviation concepts like eVTOL, hydrogen, and so on. Aircraft ma

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One of Apple Music’s best features is improving at the perfect time

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-23 19:15:14

Apple Music is about to get its biggest update in years thanks to iOS 26, including upgrades to one of my favorite features—lyrics—just in time for the device that will be perfect for them. Lyrics in Apple Music are getting two iOS 26 enhancements When I’m listening to music, I don’t pay much attention to lyrics. My mind is tuned into the rhythm far more than to the words being sung. I know other people—my wife for example—who are very much the opposite. But for whatever reason, my brain str

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Deals: 8TB M4 Pro Mac mini $1,200 off, MacBook Pro $300 off, iPhone 15, Nomad leather iPad case, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-10-23 19:45:11

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is ready to roll with Thursday’s most notable deals on Apple gear and accessories for it all. We have the first discount on a new Qi2.2 25W MagSafe charging stand as well as an exclusive and rare discount on Nomad’s leather iPad Pro folios. But we also have M4 MacBook Pro at $300 off joined by a wild deal on a wild M4 Pro Mac mini configuration at massive $1,200 off the list price. Those offers also join iPhone 15 Pro at $370 off, and much more below. Just be sure to

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France slaps Google with €325M fine for violating cookie regulations

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-23 19:58:05

The French data protection authority has fined Google €325 million ($378 million) for violating cookie regulations and displaying ads between Gmail users' emails without their consent. During several investigations between 2022 and 2023, the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL) found that Google's Gmail email service displayed advertisements in the "Promotions" and "Social" tabs without the consent of Gmail users, thereby breaching Article L. 34-5 of the French Postal and Elect

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5 Things to Know About Why Salesforce Stock is Cratering

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-10-23 19:08:57

Salesforce stock was down almost 8% this morning after a disappointing earnings report last night. The company shared third quarter revenue forecast that came in below expectations and investors worry that has to do with AI monetization problems. The company is all-in on AI, but Wall Street’s patience for the ROI countdown is running thin it seems. At least it’s running thin enough that even though second-quarter revenue came in pretty good and the company shared a $20 billion increase to its

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Hollow Knight: Silksong is breaking Steam, Nintendo’s eShop

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-23 19:02:14

An influx of players excited for this morning's launch of Hollow Knight: Silksong are encountering widespread errors purchasing and downloading the game from Steam this morning. Ars Technica writers have encountered errors getting store pages to load, adding the game to an online shopping cart, and checking out once the game is part of the cart. That aligns with widespread social media complaints and data from DownDetector, which saw a sudden spike of over 11,000 reports of problems with Steam

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Should the Company Trucks Go Electric? Depends on When You Charge

wired.com Aarian Marshall 2025-10-23 19:30:00

Should the company switch its trucks, cars, and vans to electric? It’s a question that plenty of businesses operating fleets of vehicles—in industries like delivery, health care, cable companies, and utilities—are thinking through. Eighty-seven percent of fleet operators polled by Cox Automotive last year said they were expecting to bring aboard some battery-powered vehicles in the next five years. Their top concerns weren’t that different from everyday drivers’: Businesses aren’t sure how to k

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Jury orders Google to pay $425 million for violating user privacy

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-23 19:03:02

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A federal jury in California has ordered Google to pay $425 million for violating user privacy by collecting the data of millions of people even after they disabled tracking, as reported earlier by Reuters. The decision stems from a class action lawsuit filed i

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Salesforce slump deepens as stock drops 7% on disappointing guidance

cnbc.com Ari Levy 2025-10-23 23:49:51

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff attends the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 23, 2025. A bad year just got worse for Salesforce . Following a disappointing revenue forecast in its quarterly earnings report late Wednesday, Salesforce's stock slumped 8%, bringing its decline for 2025 to 28%. That's the worst performance in large-cap tech. Revenue increased 10% in the fiscal second quarter from a year earlier, cracking double-digit growth for the first t

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I pay for Google Gemini, but GPT-5 has convinced me to switch to ChatGPT and here’s why

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-23 18:00:51

Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority ChatGPT has become the Xerox of the AI world, but OpenAI no longer has the stage to itself. Google has been pushing Gemini deeper into its ecosystem, and every few weeks it feels like another rival pops up with promises of being faster, smarter, or more useful. So when the latest GPT-5 model launched last month, it felt like a release OpenAI couldn’t afford to get wrong. While OpenAI’s benchmarks claim that GPT-5 is better than the competition, the numbers o

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The first Google TVs with Gemini are finally here

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-23 23:00:57

TL;DR The TCL QM9K series is the first Google TV lineup to debut Gemini, marking the replacement of Google Assistant. The TVs include an Ambient Display mode powered by a presence sensor, automatically waking up when someone enters the room. The TVs, which will hit retail later this month, are available in various sizes up to 98 inches and with top-tier specs like HDR6500 brightness and LD6000 local dimming zones. Gemini on Google TV devices was first announced at CES 2025. It promised to rep

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Pixel phones could soon let you set up unique vibrations for each contact (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-23 23:53:10

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR We spotted Google Contacts code that hints at contact-specific vibration patterns for Pixel phones. Apple and Samsung already allow you to assign specific haptics to your contacts. If it rolls out, the feature would tell you who’s calling even when your Pixel is in silent mode. Pixel phones already let you set custom ringtones for individual contacts, but Google could be preparing to take things further. Code hidden in the latest version of the Google

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Hands-on: Kuxiu’s new X40 Turbo brings Qi2.2 fast 25W charging to your iPhone

9to5mac.com Fernando Silva 2025-10-23 23:55:34

Wireless charging and iPhones have had an interesting relationship. While Android phones had wireless charging extremely early, it took Apple years to adopt the regular Qi wireless charging with the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus back in 2017. Back then, it only charged at 7.5W, and it was not very efficient. Then Magsafe and the Qi2 standard recently came around and allowed iPhones to charge at 15W. But now we are getting Qi2.2, which is faster, cooler, and more efficient, and Kuxiu is the first to bring

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Hollow Knight: Silksong fans have brought down the eShop, Steam and Xbox Store

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-23 23:21:16

Hollow Knight: Silksong is officially available for purchase, after six long years of waiting. The anticipation is at a fever pitch. Fans have swarmed to Steam to purchase the game and, well, it looks like they overloaded the system and shut it down. The same thing seems to be happening to the Nintendo eShop and the Xbox Store. Multiple social media users and data from services like DownDetector are noting that the service is down for many people, with a massive spike in reports pretty much the

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This new Spotify feature almost made me ditch Apple Music - but iOS 26 changed my mind

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-10-23 22:30:00

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Last month, Spotify launched Spotify Mix. Since trying Spotify Mix, I'm tempted to switch platforms. Apple Music is slated to get its version, AutoMix, next week. As a loyal Apple Music user who has been curating playlists on the native app since my iPod Touch, none of Spotify's flashy releases have ever been enough to convince me to make the switch -- or at least that was until Spotify Mix. Al

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7 features the iPhone 17 needs - and yes, it starts with AI

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-10-23 23:05:00

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The release of the Google Pixel 10 phones with deeply integrated AI features that offer impressive new capabilities has revealed the biggest gaps the iPhone 17 needs to fill. Many of the smartest AI services in the world are already on the iPhone as apps, and so there's the possibility that Apple could partner with them for deeper integrations. The new AI camera features in the Pixel 10 could be th

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TCL’s Bright-As-Hell Flagship 4K TV Is Filled With Enticing Features… and AI

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-10-23 23:00:00

Gemini has taken over Android phones like the Pixel 10, and soon enough the AI chatbot will invade Google TVs. First on the list to get AI-ified is the budget-end brand TCL with its new flagship mini LED 4K TV, the QM9K, freshly announced at IFA 2025. If you hate the idea of a chatbot attached to your TV, maybe good picture quality is enough to distract from the proliferation of AI into every product category. In the same vein as Sony’s TV push last year with its Bravia series, TCL has a habit

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Porsche's New Cayenne Will Charge Itself Like No Other EV

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-23 20:02:00

Table of Contents Porsche's New Cayenne Will Charge Itself Like No Other EV Those who closely follow electric cars will have heard whispers of wireless charging for a while now. And if you're not an EV aficionado, you've probably wondered why it hasn't happened. Well, that's all about to change. Porsche announced on Thursday that it's rolling out wireless charging on the upcoming all-electric Cayenne later this year. The goal is to put an end to wrangling thick and bulky charging cables. Inste

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Ecovacs claims its fast-charging robovac can clean nonstop

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-23 23:00:00

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Ecovacs’ latest mopping robovac may not need to take charging breaks while cleaning your home. The company says its new Deebot X11 Omnicyclone uses GaN-enabled fast charging to power up every time it returns to its base station for mop rinses, allowing it to kee

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Six years after launch, Apple Arcade is striving for a bigger audience

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-10-23 23:30:00

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. In 2019, Apple Arcade launched with roughly 70 premium mobile games that had no ads, no in-app purchases, and no sex or violence. Some of the games in the initial launch period, like What the Golf?, were praised for their innovation and depth beyond what’s typically expected of mobile games. In the six years since, Apple Arc

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Latest Tech News

Apple's iPhone 17 event is less than a week away. Here's how to watch (and what to expect)

Introduction to Writing Good Puzzle Hunt Puzzles

Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks

Google deletes net-zero pledge from sustainability website

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Mark Zuckerberg encouraged execs to do MMA training with him

Google Photos upgrades its image-to-video feature with Veo 3

GE Aerospace to invest $300M in Beta Technologies, pair up on hybrid-electric power

One of Apple Music’s best features is improving at the perfect time

Deals: 8TB M4 Pro Mac mini $1,200 off, MacBook Pro $300 off, iPhone 15, Nomad leather iPad case, more

France slaps Google with €325M fine for violating cookie regulations

5 Things to Know About Why Salesforce Stock is Cratering

Hollow Knight: Silksong is breaking Steam, Nintendo’s eShop

Should the Company Trucks Go Electric? Depends on When You Charge

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Salesforce slump deepens as stock drops 7% on disappointing guidance

I pay for Google Gemini, but GPT-5 has convinced me to switch to ChatGPT and here’s why

The first Google TVs with Gemini are finally here

Pixel phones could soon let you set up unique vibrations for each contact (APK teardown)

Hands-on: Kuxiu’s new X40 Turbo brings Qi2.2 fast 25W charging to your iPhone

Hollow Knight: Silksong fans have brought down the eShop, Steam and Xbox Store

This new Spotify feature almost made me ditch Apple Music - but iOS 26 changed my mind

7 features the iPhone 17 needs - and yes, it starts with AI

TCL’s Bright-As-Hell Flagship 4K TV Is Filled With Enticing Features… and AI

Porsche's New Cayenne Will Charge Itself Like No Other EV

Ecovacs claims its fast-charging robovac can clean nonstop

Six years after launch, Apple Arcade is striving for a bigger audience

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