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Modder injects AI dialogue into 2002’s Animal Crossing using memory hack

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-02 06:36:48

When software engineer Joshua Fonseca recently connected the GameCube simulation classic Animal Crossing to a modern AI language model like the kind that powers ChatGPT, he decided to shake things up. By programming the AI to roleplay as villagers growing aware of their debt situation, and giving them a shared memory to track conversations, Fonseca orchestrated a scenario where the residents began to organize against their raccoon landlord. In Animal Crossing, Tom Nook runs the town shop and pr

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This is your chance to save up to $400 on GRID Studio frames

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-02 10:14:48

If you’ve ever wanted one of GRID Studio’s famous deconstructed iPhones (or know someone who would really love it), now’s the time. To celebrate GRID Studio’s 5th anniversary, they’re taking hundreds off the regular price. But you have to act quick. We have featured GRID Studio’s frames multiple times on 9to5Mac, and for good reason. From the original iPhone to iPads, MacBooks, iPods, and beyond, their beautiful deconstructed wall art frames always prove popular gifts and collector’s items. No

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Scientists Finally ‘See’ a Proton Move Through Water, and It Only Took 200 Years

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-10-02 10:00:37

For over two centuries, scientists have known that water transports a positive charge through protons. But they had never actually seen it happen—until now. In a Science paper published September 11, Yale researchers reported that they devised a method to track, measure, and effectively “see” a proton’s journey through water. For the experiment, the team used a 30-foot-long mass spectrometer—an instrument that separates different elements by mass—that took years to customize and refine. The dev

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FTC scrutinizes OpenAI, Meta, and others on AI companion safety for kids

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-10-02 14:14:00

Olemedia/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The FTC is investigating seven tech companies building AI companions. The probe is exploring safety risks posed to kids and teens. Many tech companies offer AI companions to boost user engagement. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating the safety risks posed by AI companions to kids and teenagers, the agency announced Thursday. The federal regulator s

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How Prehistoric Humans Survived a Supervolcano So Big We Probably Should Have Gone Extinct

gizmodo.com Jayde N. Hirniak 2025-10-02 14:35:08

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events that Earth has seen in the past 2.5 million years. While the volcano is located in what’s now Indonesia, living organisms across the entire globe were potentially affected. As an archaeologist who specializes in studying volcanic eruptions of the past, I often think about how incredible it is that humans survived this extinction-level event that was over 10,000 times larger

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Instagram fixed an issue that caused posting multiple Stories to tank your reach

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-02 18:47:14

Instagram fixed a bug that caused the reach of some users' Stories to shrink when they posted more than one Story a day, Instagram head Adam Mosseri shared on Friday. The fix addresses a common complaint shared by creators in the last year that they were disincentivized to use Stories because of how regularly using the feature impacted the number of people who actually saw their posts. "People were complaining about getting less reach with their Stories if they posted lots of Stories in the sam

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The ‘Chainsaw Man’ Movie Is Hitting Theaters Even Earlier Than Expected

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-02 18:50:10

Animation studio Mappa‘s upcoming theatrical release of Chainsaw Man: The Movie – Reze Arc has bumped up its premiere date. Now, the film arc continuation of the 2022 anime will hit theaters—including select IMAX screens—a few days earlier than initially scheduled. The film will now premiere in theaters on October 24. This date adjustment came with the release of a new English dub trailer of the film. The story, created by Tatsuki Fujimoto (Look Back), follows Denji, a down-on-his-luck young ma

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Windows 11 23H2 Home and Pro reach end of support in 60 days

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-02 21:15:22

Microsoft has reminded customers today that devices running Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 23H2 will stop receiving updates in November. Enterprise and Education editions will continue to receive mainstream support for an additional year, until November 10, 2026, as stated on the Windows release health dashboard. "On November 11, 2025, Windows 11, version 23H2 (Home and Pro editions) will reach end of servicing. The November 2025 monthly security update will be the last update available f

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Many hard LeetCode problems are easy constraint problems

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 00:44:05

September 10, 2025 Many Hard Leetcode Problems are Easy Constraint Problems Use the right tool for the job. In my first interview out of college I was asked the change counter problem: Given a set of coin denominations, find the minimum number of coins required to make change for a given number. IE for USA coinage and 37 cents, the minimum number is four (quarter, dime, 2 pennies). I implemented the simple greedy algorithm and immediately fell into the trap of the question: the greedy algor

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‘Peacemaker’ Went Full ‘Doctor Who’ Explaining How Portal Doors Work

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-03 02:15:44

It’s time to see once again what’s new in the world of Christopher Smith in another episode of Peacemaker. Will Chris return in the nick of time to save Eagly from whatever twin-tailed horrors ARGUS has in store for our feathered friend? Will Chris and Harcourt ever become Facebook official? Will we ever figure out why Chris’ “best dimension” appears not to have any non-white people roaming about in the background? Let’s cease with the incessant questions and what awaits Episode four, “Need I S

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After Anthropic’s Billion-Dollar Settlement, Dictionaries Are Suing Perplexity AI

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-10-03 02:20:24

Anthropic’s recent $1.5 billion settlement could open the floodgates for more publishers to sue AI companies over how they use copyrighted content. Just this week, the Britannica Group, the parent of Encyclopedia Britannica and the Merriam-Webster dictionary, sued Perplexity. Filed on Wednesday in a New York federal court, the complaint accuses the buzzy AI startup of infringing Britannica’s copyright and trademark rights and claims its answer engine is cutting into the publisher’s revenue. Pe

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Education report calling for ethical AI use contains over 15 fake sources

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-03 02:01:27

On Friday, CBC News reported that a major education reform document prepared for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador contains at least 15 fabricated citations that academics suspect were generated by an AI language model—despite the same report calling for "ethical" AI use in schools. "A Vision for the Future: Transforming and Modernizing Education," released August 28, serves as a 10-year roadmap for modernizing the province's public schools and post-secondary institutions. The

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Many Hard LeetCode Problems Are Easy Constraint Problems

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 05:44:05

September 10, 2025 Many Hard Leetcode Problems are Easy Constraint Problems Use the right tool for the job. In my first interview out of college I was asked the change counter problem: Given a set of coin denominations, find the minimum number of coins required to make change for a given number. IE for USA coinage and 37 cents, the minimum number is four (quarter, dime, 2 pennies). I implemented the simple greedy algorithm and immediately fell into the trap of the question: the greedy algor

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How to Make Legacy Databases AI-Ready

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2025-10-03 09:00:12

A significant roadblock organizations face when taking advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is a legacy database. ITP.net reports that nearly 90 percent of businesses are hindered by legacy technologies, and approximately 62 billion data and analytics work hours are lost annually due to their inefficiencies. Organizations frequently grapple with legacy system issues, including security risks, increased costs, poor data accessibility, and slow AI model training. To

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Apple, Google and Meta are trying to perfect a science fiction gadget: The universal translator

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-03 10:45:01

Apple AirPods Pro 3 models are displayed during Apple's "Awe-Dropping" event at the Steve Jobs Theater on the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9, 2025. Nic Coury | AFP | Getty Images For decades, shows like "Star Trek" and novels like "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" have showcased fictional universal translators, capable of seamlessly converting any language into English and vice versa. Now, those gadgets once limited to works of science fiction are inching close to r

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Google Home notifications go missing on Pixel 10, but Google’s working on a fix

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-03 10:27:54

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Many Pixel 10 users report they’re not receiving notifications from the Google Home app on their new phone. Fixes like force-stopping the app or clearing its data work briefly before issues return, often after a reboot. Google has acknowledged the issue and is currently working on a solution. Don’t want to miss the best from Android Authority? Set us as a preferred source in Google Search to support us and make sure you never miss our latest exclusiv

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I used Google Lens to identify my weirdest junk drawer items - here's how it did

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-10-03 10:48:59

Johnrob/E+ via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Even junk drawer mysteries can highlight AI's real-world potential. Google Lens nailed obscure 3D printer parts from multiple brands. Scale and context still confuse AI visual recognition tools. We all have our junk drawers. Typically, there's one in the kitchen that holds many tiny pieces of appliances, covers, caps, and accessories. There's often one in the bedroom, which tends to collect t

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Over 100 ships have sailed with fake insurance from the Norwegian Ro Marine

news.ycombinator.com Stian Espeland 2025-10-03 09:36:40

All large ships must have insurance, and Ro Marine has provided this in a big way. The Norwegian company did not have permission to sell insurance but did it anyway — to clients worldwide. In March, we reported how select ships used false papers to deceive inspectors in NATO countries. Now, NRK and Dossier Center can reveal how extensive and global the fraud was: over 100 ships have sailed with illegitimate insurance documents from Ro Marine. “It's very serious and unusual that such a seriou

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How Do You Sell People on VPNs? Just Say 'VPN' Over and Over and Over Again, Apparently

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-03 10:03:42

A tech company's text-heavy mural in London's trendy Shoreditch area, known for its street art, used the word "VPN" 24 times without actually explaining what a virtual private network is or does. Which was kinda the point. The eye-catching artwork was the creation of VPN provider Surfshark and graffiti art company KingMurals, which collaborated on a PR stunt. VPNs, or virtual private networks, create an encrypted tunnel that lets you engage in online activity without exposing your IP address,

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How an over-the-air update made Quilt’s heat pumps more powerful

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-10-03 10:42:31

Software might be eating the world, but it’s taking some industries longer than others to realize its full potential. From iPhones to Teslas, people have grown accustomed to software updates improving the stuff they already own. But outside consumer electronics and automobiles, over-the-air updates aren’t commonplace yet. Yet that’s beginning to change, starting with an unlikely product: heat pumps. Last week, heat pump startup Quilt said that it pushed an update last week to heat pumps alread

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Claude’s memory architecture is the opposite of ChatGPT’s

news.ycombinator.com Shlok Khemani 2025-10-02 19:55:50

Claude Memory: A Different Philosophy How Claude memory works, how it differs from ChatGPT, and what these approaches reveal. Earlier this week, I dissected ChatGPT's memory system. Since then, I've been doing the same for Claude and realized something remarkable: these two leading AI assistants have built completely opposite memory systems. In this post, I'll start by breaking down exactly how Claude's memory works—what it stores and how it retrieves information. Then we'll get to the intere

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Chronic Insomnia Is Bad for the Brain. Like, Really Bad

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-10-03 14:20:07

If you’re a chronic insomniac, you might experience faster declines in memory and thinking skills than your better-sleeping fellows. In other words, your brain might age faster. In a study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology, researchers revealed that people with chronic insomnia, described as having trouble sleeping at least three days a week for three months or more, were significantly more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment or dementia than their healthy counterparts. “Ins

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A new Astro Bot-themed PS5 controller is now available for preorder

theverge.com Brandon Russell 2025-10-03 14:00:00

is a commerce writer covering deals and buying guides. Previously, he was a freelance writer for Popular Mechanics, Men’s Health, and Esquire. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you missed out on the limited edition Astro Bot DualSense wireless controller for PlayStation 5 last year, we have good news: Sony is launching a new “Joyful” version of the gamepad for $84.99 on October 30th, and preorders have just begun at the PlayStation store

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Apple Watch Series 11 receives FDA approval for hypertension alerts

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-03 18:00:46

Apple's Awe Dropping event started with dramatic health testimonials from Apple Watch users, then revealed a key new feature for the new Watch Series 11: hypertension alerts. The function had yet to receive FDA approval at the time, but that has now been granted, according to Bloomberg. As a result, it will reportedly be available to users in 150 countries when the Watch 11 and Ultra Watch 3 ship starting on September 19. Hypertension alerts can help detect hypertension (high blood pressure), a

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Crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Alone. By Stand-Up-Paddleboard

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 03:42:36

We will, of course, put a live tracker online for his journey, and thanks to modern communications equipment, the paddler will be able to send information, pictures and even videos from the middle of the Atlantic. Preparations for this special challenge have been ongoing for many months. However, for a project like this to come together, a lot of things have to fit together perfectly.

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AI 'friend' chatbots probed over child protection

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-04 02:36:53

AI 'friend' chatbots probed over child protection The seven companies - Alphabet, OpenAI, Character.ai, Snap, XAI, Meta and its subsidiary Instagram - have been approached for comment. The impacts of AI chatbots to children is a hot topic, with concerns that younger people are particularly vulnerable due to the AI being able to mimic human conversations and emotions, often presenting themselves as friends or companions. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is requesting information on how the c

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Apple, Google and Meta are trying to perfect a science-fiction gadget: The universal translator

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-04 03:00:01

Apple AirPods Pro 3 models are displayed during Apple's "Awe-Dropping" event at the Steve Jobs Theater on the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9, 2025. Nic Coury | AFP | Getty Images For decades, shows like "Star Trek" and novels like "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" have showcased fictional universal translators, capable of seamlessly converting any language into English and vice versa. Now, those gadgets once limited to works of science fiction are inching close to re

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Nvidia and OpenAI to back major investment in UK AI infrastructure

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-10-04 03:14:46

Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia, at the London Tech Week exposition in London, UK, on Monday, June 9, 2025. Nvidia and OpenAI are in discussions about backing a major investment in Britain focused on boosting artificial intelligence infrastructure in the country. The two tech firms are discussing a sizable deal to support data center development in the country which could ultimately be worth billions of dollars, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC, confir

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How I use a smart outlet to save money on electricity bills every month

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-04 02:50:00

Smart Wi-Fi power strips are a great way to save on your power bill. But do they pay for themselves? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Leaving devices plugged and switched on can be wasteful. Monitoring usage and remote switching helps reduce bills. This Tapo smart power strip is a great option to monitor power consumption, and at $45, it pays for itself. I have three 3D printers that are on the go a lot of the time. I

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Gene-edited pancreatic cells transplanted into a patient with type 1 diabetes

news.ycombinator.com Javier Carbajal 2025-10-03 05:45:28

Crispr gene-editing technology has demonstrated its revolutionary potential in recent years: It has been used to treat rare diseases, to adapt crops to withstand the extremes of climate change, or even to change the color of a spider’s web. But the greatest hope is that this technology will help find a cure for a global disease, such as diabetes. A new study points in that direction. For the first time, researchers succeeded in implanting Crispr-edited pancreatic cells in a man with type 1 diab

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Modder injects AI dialogue into 2002’s Animal Crossing using memory hack

This is your chance to save up to $400 on GRID Studio frames

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How an over-the-air update made Quilt’s heat pumps more powerful

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Gene-edited pancreatic cells transplanted into a patient with type 1 diabetes

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