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The default TV setting you should turn off immediately - and why experts recommend it

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2026-03-16 08:38:00

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 disable ACR on your TV (and why doing so makes such a big difference) It's a perfectly descriptive metaphor that probably requ

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Best Internet Providers in Connecticut

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-16 08:31:00

What is the best internet provider in Connecticut? Frontier Fiber is CNET's top pick of the best internet provider in Connecticut. The ISP offers fast, symmetrical speeds, with solid availability across the state and clear pricing that doesn't come with extra fees to get equipment or unlimited data. If you want the fastest internet in the state, there are a couple of solid options. Frontier Fiber offers speeds up to 7,000Mbps at a starting monthly price of $110. Optimum is also a solid option

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OpenAI awarded $200 million US defense contract

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-03-16 06:35:46

OpenAI is officially on the Pentagon’s payroll. The Department of Defence announced a $200 million contract with OpenAI to provide the US government with new artificial intelligence tools, including those used for proactive cyber defense. In a post outlining its latest contracts, the DoD said that OpenAI “will develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in both warfighting and enterprise domains.” The work will primarily be completed in the Washin

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Thieves cut fiber lines in failed copper theft, causing Spectrum outage

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2026-03-16 17:15:00

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust The big picture: Internet outages typically occur due to faulty equipment, accidents, or adverse weather conditions. Deliberate sabotage is rare, and incidents resulting from a mistaken search for copper should be even rarer. But telecoms say it's a growing problem, as a recent major incident near Los Angeles shows. Suburbs near Los Angeles suffered a widespread internet outage over Father's Day we

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An unlikely source just confirmed the Exynos 2500 and its extraterrestrial feature

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-16 11:35:01

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Satellite connectivity provider Skylo has confirmed the existence of the Exynos 2500. The chipset is expected to debut on the Galaxy Z Flip 7. The announcement notes that the Exynos 2500 will offer “better energy efficiency and higher performance.” The Exynos 2500 is expected to be Samsung’s next flagship processor, but so far, all the information available has come from rumors and leaks, except for the one time the company acknowledged its name. Surpris

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The best antivirus software of 2025

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2026-03-16 16:00:19

Cyber threats are constantly evolving. While most devices come with built-in antivirus software, these programs may not offer comprehensive protection. A dedicated antivirus program detects threats like phishing, ransomware, trojans, and worms. The service will also alert you when you visit suspicious websites, try to download or execute potentially malicious software, or if malware otherwise finds its way to your system. You can also perform regular scans to remove threats from your system with

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Show HN: FaynoSync Self-Hosted API for Automatic App Updates

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-16 14:44:27

FaynoSync This application is a simple API server for automatically updating client applications. It allows you to upload your application to S3 and set the version number. The client application can then check the version number against the auto updater service API. If the service has a newer version, it will return a link to the updated service, and the client application will show an alert. The API server is designed for straightforward and intuitive application management. It supports upda

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The GameSir Cyclone 2 Has One Thing That Keeps It From Being a Great Nintendo Switch Controller

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-16 17:00:11

GameSir has made a name for itself over the past few years by building solid gaming controllers with top-notch features, often at lower prices than the competition. One of its latest controllers, the Cyclone 2, offers a lot of great things including support for multiple platforms, several connectivity options and solid triggers and joysticks. But the lackluster buttons and janky software make it hard to recommend when there are dozens of other great controllers for around the same price. What I

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This Keychron Keyboard Combines One of the Best Technologies in Gaming With a Gorgeous Premium Design

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-16 17:00:12

If you've paid any attention to gaming accessories the past few years you've likely heard something about the benefits of Hall Effect joysticks and triggers. Essentially, instead of using a physical connection to sense movement, Hall Effect sensors use magnets. The idea is to reduce wear and tear on components to give you more durability as well as improve the controller's response time. Most gamers probably won't notice the difference between a standard and Hall Effect controller, but for the h

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How to disable ACR on your TV (and why doing so makes such a big difference)

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2026-03-16 18:00:13

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Did you know that whenever you turn on your smart TV, you invite an unseen guest to watch it with you? These days, most popular TV models utilize automatic content recognition (ACR), a form of ad surveillance technology that gathers information about everything you watch and transmits it to a centralized database. Manufacturers then use your data to identify your viewing preferences, enabling them to deliver highly targeted ads. Also: Don't cancel Netflix yet: I used these sec

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Move over Ray-Ban, Oakley Meta glasses are arriving this Friday

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-16 18:43:27

Oakley TL;DR The Oakley Meta glasses are set to arrive on June 20. The smart glasses will be similar in functionality to the Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses and are expected to be geared toward athletes. While Meta is also working on more advanced smart glasses with built-in displays, this Oakley-branded version is expected to skip the display. Oakley and Meta have announced that “The next evolution is coming on June 20.” This strongly suggests that the two brands are finally ready to unveil the lon

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Finland warms up the world's largest sand battery, the economics look appealing

news.ycombinator.com Tim De Chant 2026-03-16 18:03:51

It doesn’t look like much, but Finland recently flipped the switch on the world’s largest sand-based battery. Yes, sand. A sand battery is a type of thermal energy storage system that uses sand or crushed rock to store heat. Electricity — typically from renewable sources — is used to heat the sand. That stored heat can later be used for various ends, including to warm buildings. The economics are compelling, and it’s hard to get any cheaper than the crushed soapstone now housed inside an insu

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What I talk about when I talk about IRs

news.ycombinator.com Max Bernstein 2026-03-13 08:04:57

I have a lot of thoughts about the design of compiler intermediate representations (IRs). In this post I’m going to try and communicate some of those ideas and why I think they are important. The overarching idea is being able to make decisions with only local information. That comes in a couple of different flavors. We’ll assume that we’re compiling a method at a time, instead of a something more trace-like (tracing, tracelets, basic block versioning, etc). Control-flow graphs A function wi

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Cutting cloud waste at scale: Akamai saves 70% using AI agents orchestrated by kubernetes

venturebeat.com Taryn Plumb 2026-03-16 21:11:15

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Particularly in this dawning era of generative AI, cloud costs are at an all-time high. But that’s not merely because enterprises are using more compute — they’re not using it efficiently. In fact, just this year, enterprises are expected to waste $44.5 billion on unnecessary cloud spending. This is an amplified problem for Akamai Technol

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OpenAI wins $200M U.S. defense contract

news.ycombinator.com Jordan Novet 2026-03-16 19:31:58

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Snowflake Summit in San Francisco on June 2, 2025. OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with artificial intelligence tools. The department announced the one-year contract on Monday, months after OpenAI said it would collaborate with defense technology startup Anduril to deploy advanced AI systems for "national security missions." "Under this award, the performer will develop prototype frontier AI capabil

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13 of the Best Sci-Fi Movies on Prime Video

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-16 18:34:34

Prime Video has an epic sci-fi library. If you didn't know that, consider this your wake-up call. Science fiction isn't an easily contained genre; sci-fi can appeal to an extensive array of tastes from silly to dystopian, high-brow to B movie ridiculousness. I know I can't sum up the whole genre in just a few sentences, but I can guarantee that Prime Video has a movie for you, no matter your sci-fi preferences. I compiled a list of movies worth your time below to prove my point. This roundup m

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OpenAI wins $200 million U.S. defense contract

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2026-03-17 00:42:28

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Snowflake Summit in San Francisco on June 2, 2025. OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with artificial intelligence tools. The department announced the one-year contract on Monday, months after OpenAI said it would collaborate with defense technology startup Anduril to deploy advanced AI systems for "national security missions." "Under this award, the performer will develop prototype frontier AI capabil

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Groq just made Hugging Face way faster — and it’s coming for AWS and Google

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2026-03-17 04:49:42

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Groq, the artificial intelligence inference startup, is making an aggressive play to challenge established cloud providers like Amazon Web Services and Google with two major announcements that could reshape how developers access high-performance AI models. The company announced Monday that it now supports Alibaba’s Qwen3 32B language mode

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Finland warms up the world’s largest sand battery, and the economics look appealing

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2026-03-17 04:54:29

It doesn’t look like much, but Finland recently flipped the switch on the world’s largest sand-based battery. Yes, sand. A sand battery is a type of thermal energy storage system that uses sand or crushed rock to store heat. Electricity — typically from renewable sources — is used to heat the sand. That stored heat can later be used for various ends, including to warm buildings. The economics are compelling, and it’s hard to get any cheaper than the crushed soapstone now housed inside an insu

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for June 17, #737

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-17 08:00:07

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle is a fun mix today. Disney fans, you'll ace a certain category. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have t

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 17, #267

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-17 08:00:09

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition isn't too tough, but I found the purple category much easier than the blue one today. If you pay close attention to a certain winter Olympic sport, you might find the blue group simple. Need help? Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Editi

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Vandals cut fiber-optic lines, causing outage for Spectrum Internet subscribers

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-17 08:15:18

Subscribers in Southern California of Spectrum’s Internet service experienced outages over the weekend following what company officials said was an attempted theft of copper lines located in Van Nuys, a suburb located 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles. The people behind the incident thought they were targeting copper lines, the officials wrote in a statement Sunday. Instead, they cut into fiber optic cables. The cuts caused service disruptions for subscribers in Van Nuys and surrounding areas.

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7 Best Electric Toothbrushes, Tested For Two Weeks Each (2025)

wired.com Boutayna Chokrane 2026-03-17 17:37:00

Honorable Mentions There are far more electric toothbrushes than we can recommend in a single guide. If none of the above options appeal to you, one of these might do the trick. Photograph: Oclean Oclean X Ultra S Electric Toothbrush for $130: Oclean makes great electric toothbrushes that clean well without vibrating your brain around. They're a bit pricey, but if you or your kid would benefit from a voice assistant telling you that you're brushing too fast or applying too much pressure, this

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Character.AI and Meta "therapy" chatbots spark FTC complaint over unlicensed mental health advice

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2026-03-17 20:14:00

What just happened? Chatbots can do a lot of things, but they're not licensed therapists. A coalition consisting of digital rights and mental health groups isn't happy that products from Meta and Character.AI allegedly engage in the "unlicensed practice of medicine," and has submitted a complaint to the FTC urging regulators to investigate. The complaint, which has also been submitted to Attorneys General and Mental Health Licensing Boards of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, claims t

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Why SSL was renamed to TLS in late 90s (2014)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-16 17:10:37

I have more than enough software and security rope to hang myself. You can contact me at [email protected]

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'How to Train Your Dragon' Has Tempered My Disdain for Live-Action Remakes

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-17 20:20:00

I go into live-action remakes with an air of spite and the lowest expectations, and I typically walk out feeling like those emotions are justified. Cue the unimaginative plot, vapid characters and uninspired cinematography, and that is the bulk of these money-making ploys. But the How to Train Your Dragon remake from DreamWorks, in theaters now, admittedly left me awestruck. I went to see the live-action remake of this beloved 2010 film over the weekend and was anxious about whether it would ma

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Ford’s new modified Mustang Mach-E is ready to fly up Pikes Peak

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2026-03-17 20:00:00

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is a racing event that’s been going on since 1916. It’s a 12.42-mile run that climbs 4,720 feet and serves as a proving ground for carmakers to test the speed and agility of their new vehicles. Electric cars tend to do well in the Pikes Peak race; they don’t have to deal with the pro

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Object personification in autism: This paper will be sad if you don't read (2018)

news.ycombinator.com White Rc Remington A 2026-03-17 23:34:48

Object personification is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human agents. In online forums, autistic individuals commonly report experiencing this phenomenon. Given that approximately half of all autistic individuals experience difficulties identifying their own emotions, the suggestion that object personification may be a feature of autism seems almost paradoxical. Why would a person experience sympathy for objects, when they struggle to understand and verbalise the emotions of ot

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How the first electric grid was built

news.ycombinator.com Alex Chalmers 2026-03-18 03:34:03

The Linear No Threshold model says that there is no safe level of radiation exposure. There is overwhelming evidence it is false, yet it inspires the ALARA principle, which makes nuclear power unaffordable worldwide. Read the lead article from Issue 19 of Works in Progress. We’re hosting a Stripe Press pop-up coffee shop and bookstore on Saturday, June 28, in Washington, DC. RSVP here if you can make it. In 1883, Sir Coutts Lindsay, owner of the Grosvenor Art Gallery in Bond Street, decided th

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iOS 26 SDK offers strongest hint yet at a foldable iPhone

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-18 13:19:01

Apple’s WWDC sessions usually offer a mix of developer guidance and subtle hardware tea leaves. And last week, one passing comment during the explanation of an SDK change caught attention for what it might suggest about a particular future device. In a session called “Make your UIKit app more flexible,” Apple confirmed that starting with the iOS 26 SDK, apps will no longer be automatically letterboxed or scaled on new screen sizes when running on future hardware. Historically, when Apple intro

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The default TV setting you should turn off immediately - and why experts recommend it

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The GameSir Cyclone 2 Has One Thing That Keeps It From Being a Great Nintendo Switch Controller

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Move over Ray-Ban, Oakley Meta glasses are arriving this Friday

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OpenAI wins $200 million U.S. defense contract

Groq just made Hugging Face way faster — and it’s coming for AWS and Google

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How the first electric grid was built

iOS 26 SDK offers strongest hint yet at a foldable iPhone

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