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BlueOS Kernel – Written in Rust, compatible with POSIX

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-16 09:19:59

[ English | 简体中文 ] BlueOS Kernel BlueOS kernel is written in Rust, featuring security, lightweight, and generality. It is compatible with POSIX interfaces and supports Rust's standard library. Technical Architecture For details, please visit the BlueOS official website kernel page. Board Support BlueOS kernel currently supports ARM32, ARM64, RISCV32 and RISCV64 chip architectures. QEMU platforms are supported for corresponding chip architectures. Hardware boards support is currently in p

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Watch This Humanoid Robot Swap Its Own Battery

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-19 11:00:18

Humanoid robots have crossed a new Rubicon in the latest demo of the Walker S2 robot from Ubtech Robotics. In it, the robot approaches a charging tower filled with multiple batteries (and one empty slot). It removes a battery from its back and replaces it with a fresh one from the charging stack before returning to what is some sort of work site. Watch this: Ubtech's S2 Humanoid Robot Can Swap Its Own Battery for 24/7 Operation 03:00 The Walker S2 appears to have dual battery packs, so at leas

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One of the hottest new browsers is also the best thing that’s happened to my YouTube experience

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-19 13:30:44

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority We hadn’t even heard of agentic AI until recently, and now suddenly, companies like Google, OpenAI, and others are betting big on the tech. These aren’t just chatbots that answer your questions; they’re smart assistants that actually get things done for you. Think of it as AI with initiative. An agentic AI won’t just help you find the best coffee shop in your area — it’ll figure out what beans they use, order them for you from Amazon, and even schedule a recurr

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How we rooted Copilot

news.ycombinator.com Vaisha Bernard 2025-09-19 01:06:09

Microsoft has silently pushed an update back in April 2025 for Copilot Enterprise, enabling a live Python sandbox running Jupyter Notebook that can execute code in the backend. Well, that sounds like a terrific idea, let’s explore it for a bit! It turns out to be easy to have it execute exactly the code we want to on the underlying system using Jupyter Notebook syntax %command . Well, it worked most of the time. It feels like telling an 8-year-old child to do something. If it’s in a good mood

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How We Rooted Copilot

news.ycombinator.com Vaisha Bernard 2025-09-19 11:06:09

Microsoft has silently pushed an update back in April 2025 for Copilot Enterprise, enabling a live Python sandbox running Jupyter Notebook that can execute code in the backend. Well, that sounds like a terrific idea, let’s explore it for a bit! It turns out to be easy to have it execute exactly the code we want to on the underlying system using Jupyter Notebook syntax %command . Well, it worked most of the time. It feels like telling an 8-year-old child to do something. If it’s in a good mood

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A Rare Interstellar Object Is Zipping Through Our Solar System. This Brand-New Telescope Saw It First

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-09-19 09:00:52

Nearly a month ago, a mysterious object was seen hurtling through the solar system and later confirmed as an interstellar visitor traveling toward the Sun. Several telescopes have since turned their attention to the wandering object, but it turns out the brand-new Vera C. Rubin Observatory was the first to catch a glimpse of 3I/ATLAS. In an act of cosmic serendipity, astronomers pointed the Rubin Observatory toward the patch of sky where the interstellar object appeared during its commissioning

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Does Rocket Money Work? I’m Convinced After Saving $400 in Subscription Costs

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-19 06:00:00

You could be losing money to subscriptions you don't even use. This popular budgeting app can help you cut costs. Getty Images/Rocket Money/Amy Kim/CNET No one likes losing money, yet many of us are allowing dollars to drain from our bank accounts without realizing it. The average US consumer spends around $200 a year on subscriptions they don't even use, according to a recent CNET study. It's easy to see why. You sign up for a free trial or service and forget about it, but the subscription pr

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Tesla plans 'friends and family' car service in California, regulator says

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2025-09-19 11:18:01

A vehicle Tesla is using for robotaxi testing purposes on Oltorf Street in Austin, Texas, US, on Sunday, June 22, 2025. In an earnings call this week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk teased an expansion of his company's fledgling robotaxi service to the San Francisco Bay Area and other U.S. markets. But California regulators are making clear that Tesla is not authorized to carry passengers on public roads in autonomous vehicles and would require a human driver in control at all times. "Tesla is not allow

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Survey shows one Pixel 10 color is a clear fan favorite

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-19 22:34:40

Google’s upcoming Pixel 10 colors haven’t been officially announced yet, but we got a good look at the leaked renders above at the start of the week. Naturally, we wanted to know which one you’re most excited about, so we ran polls across our site and YouTube to find out. Now, the results are in. If you missed the leak that kicked things off, the Pixel 10 is expected to launch in four colors: Obsidian, Indigo, Frost, and Limoncello. Obsidian is Google’s classic black, while Indigo is deepish bl

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Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Season 4's Last Double XP Weekend Is Live Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 05:20:00

With less than 13 days left in Black Ops 6 Season 4, players are running out of time to finish up the latest Call of Duty battle pass. If you're struggling to knock out the last few pages of the pass, advance in the CODtoons event or find the willpower to keep playing Grief -- developer Treyarch has your back with another double XP weekend and three boosts for players to take advantage of. You'll be able to speed through battle pass tiers, account levels and weapon attachment unlocks to kickstar

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Comcast’s fix for streaming service overload is in your cable box

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-20 06:16:26

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. Streaming has become a tangled web of subscriptions, and now Comcast says it can help by putting all your services into one hub. Comcast is launching a new hub on its set-top boxes, called the StreamStore, where you can buy and manage subscriptions for more than 450 streaming apps and channels. The StreamStore lives within Xfinity’s Xumo Stream Box

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Traveling this summer? Consider this before using airport Wi-Fi and charging ports

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-09-20 10:42:00

Carles Navarro Parcerisas/Getty Images The next time you travel through an airport, you should probably be a little leery of using the public Wi-Fi or USB charging ports, according to the TSA. In a reminder posted on Facebook, the TSA warns that while these freebies are designed to be useful, they can actually be dangerous if a fellow traveler has bad intentions. Also: How to use public Wi-Fi safely: 5 things to know before you connect Using a process called juice jacking, someone can instal

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Researchers value null results, but struggle to publish them

news.ycombinator.com Udesky 2025-09-18 11:16:26

Credit: Getty Scientists overwhelmingly recognize the value of sharing null results, but rarely publish them in the research literature, according to a survey. The findings suggest that there is a need for increased awareness of how and why to share such data, as well as for changes in how research productivity is assessed. The survey drew responses from 11,069 researchers in 166 countries and all major scientific disciplines. It found that 98% recognize the value of null results, which the su

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Supply-chain attacks on open source software are getting out of hand

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-20 17:50:37

It has been a busy week for supply-chain attacks targeting open source software available in public repositories, with successful breaches of multiple developer accounts that resulted in malicious packages being pushed to unsuspecting users. The latest target, according to security firm Socket, is JavaScript code available on repository npm. A total of 10 packages available from the npm page belonging to global talent agency Toptal contained malware and were downloaded by roughly 5,000 users be

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Open source repositories are seeing a rash of supply-chain attacks

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-20 22:50:37

It has been a busy week for supply-chain attacks targeting open source software available in public repositories, with successful breaches of multiple developer accounts that resulted in malicious packages being pushed to unsuspecting users. The latest target, according to security firm Socket, is JavaScript code available on repository npm. A total of 10 packages available from the npm page belonging to global talent agency Toptal contained malware and were downloaded by roughly 5,000 users be

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Anime Girl VTubers Are Selling Out Concerts, but Are They ‘Real’? Depends on Who You Ask

wired.com Dexter Thomas 2025-09-20 18:00:00

I’m at a sold-out concert in Hollywood, and I’m the only one in the 1,200-plus-capacity venue who doesn’t know any of the songs. One of the acts has just finished, and everyone around me begins chanting and waving their light sticks. We don’t have to wait long: Kou Mariya, one of the headliners, appears. Not on the stage itself, but on a massive screen spanning the entirety of its length. (She will never appear on the stage, because she is a sexy 6,669-year-old blonde vampire anime girl who exis

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Anime Girl VTubers Are Selling Out Concerts, but Are They ‘Real?’ Depends on Who You Ask

wired.com Dexter Thomas 2025-09-21 19:00:00

I’m at a sold-out concert in Hollywood, and I’m the only one in the 1,200-plus-capacity venue who doesn’t know any of the songs. One of the acts has just finished, and everyone around me begins chanting and waving their light sticks. We don’t have to wait long: Kou Mariya, one of the headliners, appears. Not on the stage itself, but on a massive screen spanning the entirety of its length. (She will never appear on the stage, because she is a sexy 6,669-year-old blonde vampire anime girl who exis

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Linux Distros for Gaming: CachyOS Takes Over, According to ProtonDB

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-19 05:58:21

It’s summer. Usually everything is pretty quiet. There’s no reason to make waves unless you are on the beach. Just out of curiosity, I was checking a few days ago what happens to the Linux distros used for gaming, expecting no change at all from a few months ago. Boy, I was wrong. I told you last time that CachyOS was the fastest growing distro back in May 2025. You would expect such statements to tamper down over time: you can’t usually grow forever on a very competitive market. Well… until now

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GitHub's AI-powered Spark lets you build apps using natural language - here's how to access it

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-09-22 18:32:26

Bloomberg / Contributor/Getty Software development company GitHub's AI-powered app-building platform Spark is now available for public preview to Copilot+ Pro subscribers, the company said Wednesday. First unveiled at GitHub's annual Universe conference in October, Spark allows users to design and launch "micro apps," or "sparks," through natural language prompts. For example, a developer might instruct the system to build an app that summarizes reviews of and provides personalized recommendat

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You Can Download the iOS 26 Public Beta Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-22 17:30:47

Apple released the first public beta of iOS 26 on July 24, more than a month after the company announced the upcoming software at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June. Apple said in June the new iOS version would be available to the general public this fall, but developers and beta testers can try an early version of iOS 26 now on their iPhones. If you're a public beta tester or developer, you can download the first public beta of iOS 26 by going to Settings > General > Software Update.

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Hacker sneaks infostealer malware into early access Steam game

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-23 02:49:47

A threat actor called EncryptHub has compromised a game on Steam to distribute info-stealing malware to unsuspecting users downloading the title. A few days ago, the hacker (also tracked as Larva-208), injected malicious binaries into the Chemia game files hosted on Steam. Chemia is a survival crafting game from developer ‘Aether Forge Studios,’ which is currently offered as early access on Steam but has no public release date. Chemia on Steam Source: BleepingComputer titled Chemia , also t

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Everything Else

news.ycombinator.com Caitlín Doherty 2025-09-23 06:20:59

At the end of April, I travelled to Dubai to observe a violin competition. It was a commission for which I was profoundly unqualified, except in one regard: I wanted to visit Dubai. The editor of a classical music website got in touch to offer me a place on the trip after another freelancer dropped out. My lack of musical knowledge would not, he explained, be a hindrance. In fact, it might even help. The aim of the commission was not to evaluate the performances, but to report on what happened,

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Uber Is Finally Making It Easier for Riders to Avoid Male Drivers

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-09-23 06:15:45

For women in the U.S., getting a ride with a woman driver on Uber is about to get easier. On Wednesday, Uber announced that it’s rolling out new features that will give women riders the option to request women drivers and vice versa. “Across the US, women riders and drivers have told us they want the option to be matched with other women on trips,” said Uber vice president of U.S. and Canada operations Camiel Irving in a press release. “We’ve heard them — and now we’re introducing new ways to

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The VTuber world is in crisis over ‘owed’ donations

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-09-23 10:35:05

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. On July 21st, 6,669-year-old demon queen Ironmouse, posted an 11-minute video explaining that she is leaving her talent management agency, VShojo. Ironmouse is a VTuber, or “virtual YouTuber” — a type of a streamer who doesn’t typically show their human face, instead creating elaborate digital personas to create content. “I

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Hackers breach Toptal GitHub account, publish malicious npm packages

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-23 14:26:04

Hackers compromised Toptal's GitHub organization account and used their access to publish ten malicious packages on the Node Package Manager (NPM) index. The packages included data-stealing code that collected GitHub authentication tokens and then wiped the victims' systems. Toptal is a freelance talent marketplace that connects companies with software developers, designers, and finance experts. The company also maintains internal developer tools and design systems, most notably Picasso, which

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VectorDB bench now support S3Vector

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-24 02:39:52

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community. By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails. Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

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Vanishing home field advantage in English football

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-20 13:05:19

Do clubs playing at home win more? Home field advantage is well-known to fans of different sports and is well-supported by the data. How prevalent is it in English football? That’s what I’m going to explore in this blog post. A few years ago, I did a similar analysis, but with a much smaller data set (see https://blog.engora.com/2021/01/covid-and-soccer-home-team-advantage.html). This time, I have complete English football league data from 1888 to the 2024-2025 season, so my analysis is going

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YouTube sees a rise in ad revenue to reach nearly $10B

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-09-23 19:02:57

YouTube continues to lead in the streaming market, with advertising revenue increasing by 13% year over year, according to Alphabet, Google’s parent company, in its second-quarter earnings report released on Wednesday. This growth brings YouTube’s total ad revenue to $9.8 billion, up from $8.7 billion in the same period last year. The company slightly exceeded analyst expectations, which had forecast YouTube’s Q2 ad revenue to be around $9.6 billion. For years, YouTube has been striving to cap

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YouTube sees a rise in ad revenue to reach nearly $10 billion

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-09-24 10:02:57

YouTube continues to lead in the streaming market, with advertising revenue increasing by 13% year over year, according to Alphabet, Google’s parent company, in its second-quarter earnings report released on Wednesday. This growth brings YouTube’s total ad revenue to $9.8 billion, up from $8.7 billion in the same period last year. The company slightly exceeded analyst expectations, which had forecast YouTube’s Q2 ad revenue to be around $9.6 billion. For years, YouTube has been striving to cap

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Uber finally launches feature to prioritize women's safety

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-24 22:43:09

Uber is giving women more control over their next ride. The ride-share app launched Women Preferences on Wednesday, which allows women to be matched with women drivers for further safety and security. The change has been widely requested among women riders and drivers, according to Uber's press release. Also: The best Apple Watch: Here's the best smartwatch for you The new feature will launch in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Detroit in the next few weeks. Women Drivers will be among the op

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Latest Tech News

BlueOS Kernel – Written in Rust, compatible with POSIX

Watch This Humanoid Robot Swap Its Own Battery

One of the hottest new browsers is also the best thing that’s happened to my YouTube experience

How we rooted Copilot

How We Rooted Copilot

A Rare Interstellar Object Is Zipping Through Our Solar System. This Brand-New Telescope Saw It First

Does Rocket Money Work? I’m Convinced After Saving $400 in Subscription Costs

Tesla plans 'friends and family' car service in California, regulator says

Survey shows one Pixel 10 color is a clear fan favorite

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Season 4's Last Double XP Weekend Is Live Now

Comcast’s fix for streaming service overload is in your cable box

Traveling this summer? Consider this before using airport Wi-Fi and charging ports

Researchers value null results, but struggle to publish them

Supply-chain attacks on open source software are getting out of hand

Open source repositories are seeing a rash of supply-chain attacks

Anime Girl VTubers Are Selling Out Concerts, but Are They ‘Real’? Depends on Who You Ask

Anime Girl VTubers Are Selling Out Concerts, but Are They ‘Real?’ Depends on Who You Ask

Linux Distros for Gaming: CachyOS Takes Over, According to ProtonDB

GitHub's AI-powered Spark lets you build apps using natural language - here's how to access it

You Can Download the iOS 26 Public Beta Now

Hacker sneaks infostealer malware into early access Steam game

Everything Else

Uber Is Finally Making It Easier for Riders to Avoid Male Drivers

The VTuber world is in crisis over ‘owed’ donations

Hackers breach Toptal GitHub account, publish malicious npm packages

VectorDB bench now support S3Vector

Vanishing home field advantage in English football

YouTube sees a rise in ad revenue to reach nearly $10B

YouTube sees a rise in ad revenue to reach nearly $10 billion

Uber finally launches feature to prioritize women's safety

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