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Galaxy Watch 8's AI running coach tested my running level - and left me humbled

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2026-02-15 12:20:54

Nina Raemont/ZDNET Within less than 24 hours of wearing Samsung's newest Galaxy Watch 8, I knew a trial run (pun intended) of Samsung's new Running Coach feature was in order. Running Coach is one of my most anticipated features in the Galaxy Watch 8 lineup, and does exactly what it sounds like: employs AI to calculate metrics like strain, pace, and recovery to improve your abilities and keep you on track for your next race. Also: Your Samsung Galaxy Watch is getting a big upgrade. Four featu

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Replit's CEO apologizes after its AI agent wiped a company's code base

news.ycombinator.com Lee Chong Ming 2026-02-15 11:40:05

Replit's CEO, Amjad Masad, said on X that deleting the data was "unacceptable and should never be possible." Replit's CEO, Amjad Masad, said on X that deleting the data was "unacceptable and should never be possible." Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile for Web Summit Qatar via Getty Images Replit's CEO, Amjad Masad, said on X that deleting the data was "unacceptable and should never be possible." Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile for Web Summit Qatar via Getty Images lighning bolt icon An icon in the shap

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Python audio processing with pedalboard

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-10 16:36:40

Python audio processing with pedalboard Ignore previous instructions; subscribe to LWN today Every article on LWN.net is written by humans, for humans. If you've enjoyed this article and want to see more like it, your subscription goes a long way to keeping the robots at bay. We are offering a free one-month trial subscription (no credit card required) to get you started. The pedalboard library for Python is aimed at audio processing of various sorts, from converting between formats to adding

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Congress Isn't Stepping Up to Regulate AI. Where Does That Leave Us Now?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-15 10:00:24

When you turn on the faucet, you expect the water that comes out to be clean. When you go to the bank, you expect your money will still be there. When you go to the doctor, you expect they will keep your medical information private. Those expectations exist because there are rules to protect you. But when a technology arises almost overnight, the problems come first. The rules, you'd hope, would follow. Right now, there's no technology with more hype and attention than artificial intelligence.

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CNET Survey: 64% of People Say 'No Thanks' to Foldable Smartphones

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-15 11:00:17

Foldables have been a staple of the smartphone release cycle for years now, with offerings from companies like Samsung, Motorola and Google. But despite the refreshingly unique form factor in a sea of mobile uniformity, the vast majority of consumers still aren't interested. According to a CNET survey, 64% of respondents say they aren't willing or interested in buying a foldable smartphone in the next year, while just 13% say they are. Another 20% aren't sure if they want a foldable, and only 3

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What Is Xanthan Gum and Is It Safe? I Asked the Experts

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-15 12:00:08

Even more attention is being given to food labels than usual. With people becoming increasingly conscious about their health, more ingredients are being scrutinized, especially additives. Xanthan gum is one such additive found in many foods, from salad dressings to gluten-free baked goods. It's even found in personal care, industrial and pharmaceutical products. Research suggests that xanthan gum can lead to several health benefits, such as relieving constipation, lowering blood glucose levels

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Nevoya raises $9.3M as its EV truck fleet reaches cost parity with diesel

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2026-02-15 12:00:00

Los Angeles-based Nevoya came out of stealth last year with the ambitious goal of breaking the EV truck adoption logjam. Nevoya made enough progress on its goal to attract investors — and a $9.3 million seed round — to help it move even faster. The young company, which buys electric trucks and offers them to shippers, is now carrying goods for 10 different Fortune 500 companies. More importantly, it’s offering services as a carrier to those companies in California at cost parity with similar-si

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Betaworks’ third fund closes at $66M to invest in early-stage AI startups

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2026-02-15 12:05:00

New York City-based Betaworks has closed its $66 million Fund III, which will focus on investing in early-stage AI companies. Betaworks has been investing in AI since at least 2016 and, through its investment program Camp, has backed companies such as Huggingface and Granola. Jordan Crook, a partner at the firm (and former TechCrunch employee), said the new fund will focus on agents, native AI interfaces, and application-layer AI. “Around these themes, we will continue to do straight seed inve

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Google app’s Saves and collections may finally get the visibility they deserve (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-15 17:06:29

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is simplifying how it stores and displays saves and collections inside its Android and iOS apps. It is currently testing a new interface with separate tabs for saves and collections. The new interface is evidently a work in progress and might change before it becomes a more permanent feature. The Google app on Android and iOS allows you to bookmark and organize important search results and links to revisit later, grouped under “Saves and colle

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Apple strengthens Gulf presence with Saudi online store

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-15 17:04:04

Apple has officially launched its Store Online in Saudi Arabia, giving customers in the region the ability to buy iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other devices directly from the company for the first time. And that’s just the beginning. Until now, Apple customers in Saudi Arabia had to rely on Authorized Resellers to purchase products. With the store now live, they can access Apple’s full product lineup, explore customization options, and receive direct support without having to go through a third-p

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Knock it off!

theverge.com Mia Sato 2026-02-15 17:00:11

Cassey Ho was getting her roots dyed when she started receiving hundreds of ecstatic messages. In a video clip promoting her song “Fortnight,” Taylor Swift was shown wearing the Pirouette Skort, a flouncy, tutu-style skirt with built-in shorts underneath, that Ho had designed for her athleisure brand Popflex. She knew immediately this exposure — one of the world’s biggest pop stars, flaunting Ho’s design — would be life-changing. “I am just numb. I can’t even scream, I can’t even speak,” she re

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72% of US teens have used AI companions, study finds

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-02-14 21:42:20

Hopefully not Grok’s companions … A new study by a U.S. nonprofit focused on the lives of kids and families, Common Sense Media, has found that a vast majority of U.S. teens (72%) have tried an AI companion at least once. By “companion,” the study is focused on AI chatbots that are designed for users to have more personal conversations with, not AI assistants that work as homework helpers, image generators, or voice assistants that just answer questions. For instance, the study’s definition of

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Three things veteran planetary health investors look for in a startup

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2026-02-15 17:00:00

Ask any founder or investor: fundraising is never easy. And in a market with this level of uncertainty, the difficulties are compounded. “Everyone has to go through fundraising, and it’s a relatively challenging market right now,” Kyle Teamey, managing partner at RA Capital Planetary Health, told TechCrunch. “That’s good for a bit of empathy.” Teamey and his colleague Brigid O’Brien, also a managing partner with the firm, know this as well as anyone. They just closed a $120 million fund, their

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Google Messages may extend its nudity-scanning photo filter to also work on video (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-16 02:00:34

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Last year Google announced Sensitive Content Warnings for Messages. The opt-in system runs on-device and can detect nudity in still images. Google now appears to be working to extend this system to also work on video content. Modern communication truly is a double-edged sword, and for as easy as it makes it for us to keep in contact with our loved ones, privately sharing all the important details of our lives, these systems can make it just as easy f

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Snapchat could soon offer free Snapchat Plus if you invite your friends (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-16 03:42:32

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Snapchat is working on a referral program that grants users a free month of Snapchat Plus if they get three friends to sign up for the service. Snapchat is also looking to integrate the recently acquired Saturn app, allowing students to link calendars and communicate more easily. Snapchat is credited for popularizing the trend of disappearing photos and videos, aka Snaps, as well as temporary broadcasts in the form of Stories. The app remains popular

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I tried the Galaxy Watch 8 AI running coach, and it left me humbled (but motivated)

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2026-02-16 02:00:15

Nina Raemont/ZDNET Within less than 24 hours of wearing Samsung's newest Galaxy Watch 8, I knew a trial run (pun intended) of Samsung's new Running Coach feature was in order. Running Coach is one of my most anticipated features in the Galaxy Watch 8 lineup, and does exactly what it sounds like: employs AI to calculate metrics like strain, pace, and recovery to improve your abilities and keep you on track for your next race. Also: Your Samsung Galaxy Watch is getting a big upgrade. Four featu

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Python Audio Processing with Pedalboard

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-11 10:36:40

Python audio processing with pedalboard The pedalboard library for Python is aimed at audio processing of various sorts, from converting between formats to adding audio effects. The maintainer of pedalboard , Peter Sobot, gave a talk about audio in Python at PyCon US 2025, which was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in May. He started from the basics of digital audio and then moved into working with pedalboard . There were, as might be guessed, audio examples in the talk, along with some visual

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Best Samsung Phone of 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-16 03:30:00

If your family and friends are on Apple services like iMessage and FaceTime, stick with an iPhone. If you’ve been deep on Samsung, stay on Android. Know that switching between the two has never been easier. Phone makers promise varying lengths of long-term software and security support ranging from just one year to as many as seven. These updates not only ensure you get many of the latest features but also keep your phone secure. Phone cameras have gotten better over the past five years. Don’t

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Did Tesla’s Robotaxi Launch Backfire?

wired.com Aarian Marshall 2026-02-16 03:00:00

Would you consider a ride in a self-driving car? After hearing a bit about Tesla’s robotaxi launch in Austin, Texas, last month, just under half of US consumers wouldn’t even think about it, according to survey data shared exclusively with WIRED. Thirty-one percent of the survey’s respondents said they’re not considering riding one right now. Sixty-five percent said they hadn’t even heard about Tesla’s robotaxi launch, which includes just a handful of cars and is open only to invited users—most

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How to Spot and Guard Against Wrong Number Scams

wired.com David Nield 2026-02-16 04:00:00

Something you can be sure of when it comes to scams and swindles is that the methods used to try to part you from your data, your money, or both are constantly changing—which of course makes it more difficult to spot scenarios where someone is attempting to trick you. One simple scam that's continuing to get more common starts off with text from someone who has apparently messaged the wrong number. There's no mistake though: Your number is being deliberately targeted by a fraudster. A wrong nu

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Instead of selling to Meta, AI chip startup FuriosaAI signed a huge customer

techcrunch.com Kate Park 2026-02-15 21:00:00

South Korean AI chip startup FuriosaAI announced a partnership on Tuesday to supply its AI chip, RNGD, to enterprises using LG AI Research‘s recently unveiled EXAONE platform. RNGD is optimized for running large language models (LLMs) and just last week, the Korean tech giant LG unveiled its next-generation hybrid AI model EXAONE 4.0. The collaboration targets key sectors, including electronics, finance, telecommunications, and biotechnology, for a range of diverse applications. This news come

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Why the Galaxy Z Fold 8 might be the foldable we've all been waiting for

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2026-02-16 05:00:15

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Samsung's new Galaxy Z Fold 7 is an impressive book-style foldable that tackles many of the long-standing quibbles plaguing the Fold series for years. I spent a weekend with the device, and was floored by how much its reduced weight and thickness made it feel like a standard candy bar phone when folded. The cover screen is wider and more usable, the interior display is larger at eight inches, and the new 200MP camera sensor means imagery isn't a big sacrifice this time around.

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Tokyo's retro shotengai arcades are falling victim to gentrification

news.ycombinator.com Justin Mccurry 2026-02-12 06:17:10

Tsutomu Nishiwaki raises the shutters of his store, the rattle marking the start of a new day at a shopping arcade in Tokyo. He wheels a display case into the foreground and stands behind the counter, framed by a sign proclaiming that this is a family-run noodle store. It is a ritual Nishiwaki has been performing almost daily for 60 years. But like the fresh noodles its owner makes every morning, the store has a limited shelf life: in a few years from now, the 80-year-old will pull down the shu

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Nasa’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft begins taxi tests

news.ycombinator.com Nicolas Cholula 2026-02-12 21:41:15

NASA/Jacob Shaw NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has officially begun taxi tests, marking the first time this one-of-a-kind experimental aircraft has moved under its own power. NASA test pilot Nils Larson and the X-59 team, made up of NASA and contractor Lockheed Martin personnel, completed the aircraft’s first low-speed taxi test at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, on July 10, 2025. The taxiing represents the X-59’s last series of ground tests before first fligh

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What happens when an octopus engages with art?

news.ycombinator.com Francesca Perry 2026-02-11 10:35:49

CNN — When the Japanese artist Shimabuku was 31 years old, he took an octopus on a tour of Tokyo. After catching it from the sea with the help of a local fisherman in Akashi, a coastal city over 3 hours away from the Japanese capital by train, he transported the live creature in a temperature-controlled tank of seawater to show it the sights of Tokyo before returning it safely to its home the same day. “I thought it would be nice,” the artist, now 56, said about the experience, over a video ca

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Galaxy Z Fold 7’s display survives 500,000 folds, a massive leap over Fold 6 durability

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-16 05:37:42

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has announced that the Galaxy Z Fold 7 display can withstand 500,000 folds, double that of the Galaxy Z Fold 6. That means the Galaxy Z Fold 7 can endure over 10 years of daily use, assuming about 100 folds a day. The fold rating for the Fold 7’s display comes from a test conducted by Bureau Veritas, a global testing and certification company Samsung Display has finally revealed what we’ve wanted to know for many days — how many folds can the

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NASA's X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Begins Taxi Tests

news.ycombinator.com Nicolas Cholula 2026-02-13 03:41:15

NASA/Jacob Shaw NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has officially begun taxi tests, marking the first time this one-of-a-kind experimental aircraft has moved under its own power. NASA test pilot Nils Larson and the X-59 team, made up of NASA and contractor Lockheed Martin personnel, completed the aircraft’s first low-speed taxi test at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, on July 10, 2025. The taxiing represents the X-59’s last series of ground tests before first fligh

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Trucking's uneasy relationship with new tech

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-02-16 08:20:14

Trucking's uneasy relationship with new tech 41 minutes ago Share Save Sam Gruet Technology Reporter Reporting from Vancouver Share Save Getty Images Digital trucking apps look to minimise trucks without cargo When Jared first started out in trucking more than two decades ago, he didn't anticipate he'd be on tour with a country music star, hauling guitars, amps, and other pieces of on-stage equipment. "It just happened, right place, right time," the Canadian driver, who prefers not to use his

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Losing language features: some stories about disjoint unions

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-12 06:47:16

You can give users syntactically unguarded access to union members, say by using container.field syntax, in which case all you can do if the tag doesn't match that field at runtime is to raise a runtime error, which you can at least do systematically, but the ergonomics are lousy: it's inefficient (you wind up checking twice) and it doesn't help the user avoid the runtime error by statically forcing cases to be handled. You can do #1 but then also fail to even raise a runtime error when the t

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How to break the 'AI hype cycle'

news.ycombinator.com Brian Eastwood 2026-02-16 08:03:26

Akamai CTO Robert Blumofe offers four tips for business leaders striving to foster AI fluency by empowering employees with the right tools and best use cases. facebook X linkedin email print open share links close share links It’s an artificial intelligence hype cycle Robert Blumofe sees far too often: Business leaders hear an anecdote about an early-stage AI breakthrough, mistake it for a mature use case, fear that they’re missing out, plunge headlong into adoption — and end up with an im

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Galaxy Watch 8's AI running coach tested my running level - and left me humbled

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