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Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-30 08:19:31

At this summer's HOPE conference, Joshua Aaron spoke about ICEBlock, his iPhone app that allows users to anonymously report ICE sightings within a 5 mile radius, and to get notifications when others report ICE sightings near them. You can see the full talk, and the lively/infuriating Q&A, here, starting at 6:12:10. Thanks to repression from the highest levels of the Trump administration, his app has gone viral and garnered over a million downloads from the App Store. Karoline Leavitt called it

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An LLM is a lossy encyclopedia

news.ycombinator.com Simon Willison 2025-10-26 07:40:19

Since I love collecting questionable analogies for LLMs, here's a new one I just came up with: an LLM is a lossy encyclopedia. They have a huge array of facts compressed into them but that compression is lossy (see also Ted Chiang). The key thing is to develop an intuition for questions it can usefully answer vs questions that are at a level of detail where the lossiness matters. This thought sparked by a comment on Hacker News asking why an LLM couldn't "Create a boilerplate Zephyr project sk

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Tesla-Killer Lucid Denies Stock Split Is a Delisting Maneuver

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-10-28 15:26:03

Beleaguered electric vehicle company Lucid Motors (LCID) said this week that its reverse stock split, which will consolidate shares to meet NASDAQ’s $1 minimum trading price, is not a move to avoid being delisted. As of Friday, Lucid’s share price was down over 96% from its all-time high of $64.86, reached in February 2021. Its stock has dropped 48% since this time last year and 31% in 2025. One analyst changed their price target as much as 30% after the split was announced. “LCID’s 2Q25 reven

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Home Depot's Infamous Skelly Has a Voice This Halloween Thanks to a New App

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-30 08:52:03

With Labor Day marking the unofficial end of summer, it's time to start thinking about setting up your Halloween decorations. And this year, Home Depot's infamous giant skeleton returns with an app that gives the new Ultra Skelly a voice and fresh moves to spook trick-or-treaters. Make no bones about it: Skelly's going high tech. The new animatronic version is shorter than the original, at 6.5 feet tall, but you can freak out your whole neighborhood with this skeleton's rotating upper torso, mo

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Sony Is Spoiling PlayStation Plus Subscribers With These Free September Games

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-30 09:00:03

All PlayStation Plus members can now play games like Psychonauts 2, the 2021 Game Awards nominee for Game of the Year. The original Psychonauts was highly praised for its comedic storytelling and unique characters when released in 2005, and the sequel received acclaim for its creativity, art style and humor. PlayStation Plus is similar to Xbox Game Pass, offering subscribers a large, constantly expanding library of games. Subscribers can choose from the Essential, Extra and Premium tiers, each

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Meet the Guys Betting Big on AI Gambling Agents

wired.com Kate Knibbs 2025-10-30 08:00:00

When Carson Szeder turned five dollars into more than a thousand by betting on an NFL game last year, he knew he was onto something major. “Definitely my biggest win,” he says. He hadn’t scored because he was especially deft at football analytics—or because he was particularly lucky. Instead, he says he used an AI program to help him decide how to gamble. Since a federal ban on sports betting was struck down in the United States seven years ago, gambling on the internet has exploded in populari

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Hungry Worms Could Help Solve Plastic Pollution

wired.com Ritsuko Kawai 2025-10-30 09:30:00

Plastics that support modern life are inexpensive, strong, and versatile, but are difficult to dispose of and have a serious impact when released into the environment. Polyethylene, in particular, is the most widely produced plastic in the world, with more than 100 million tons distributed annually. Since it can take decades to decompose—and along the way can harm wildlife and degrade into harmful microplastics—its disposal is an urgent issue for mankind. In 2017, European researchers discovere

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Google Play Games is about to show people what you play

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-10-30 06:58:50

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google is updating user profiles for its Play Games service on Android devices to display gaming stats, achievements, and social features. The changes include a suite of new capabilities for “showcasing and tracking your game progress and stats, new ways to build your gaming community, and allowing you to tailor your profile to your liking,” according to Google’s help page. The update will be applied automa

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YouTube is coming for your shared Premium account, just like Netflix did

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-30 07:47:19

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube seems to be cracking down on Premium Family plan members who don’t live in the same household as the plan manager. Users are reportedly receiving warning emails that their Premium access will be paused if they fail YouTube’s location-based check-in. This mirrors location-based password-sharing crackdowns by Netflix and other major streaming services. If you’ve been freeloading on a YouTube Premium Family plan from outside the “family home,” t

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Galaxy Z Fold 5, Flip 5 owners are get their first taste of One UI 8

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-30 09:52:23

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR The One UI 8 beta has started rolling out to the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 foldable phones. This beta release seems to be restricted to Korea for now. This comes after Samsung recently brought the One UI 8 beta to the Galaxy S23 series and some Galaxy A phones. Samsung has just brought the One UI 8 beta to the Galaxy S23 series and a few other phones. However, there’s good news if you’ve got a Galaxy Z Fold 5 or Galaxy Z Flip 5 and were waiting

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Kazeta: An operating system that brings the console gaming experience of 90s

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-30 04:44:22

Create Collect Play Transform your digital library into something tangible and permanent. Create physical game carts from your DRM-free titles and build a collection that you can play forever.

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Indian grocery startup Citymall raises $47M to challenge ultra-fast delivery giants

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-10-30 07:30:00

Indian e-commerce startup Citymall, which focuses on budget-focused grocery delivery for tier 2 and tier 3 towns, said today that it has raised $47 million in Series D funding led by Accel, with participation from existing investors including Waterbridge Ventures, Citius, General Catalyst, Elevation Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, and Jungle Ventures. The Series D round comes three years after the company’s $75 million Series C round led by Norwest Venture Partners. The valuation of the comp

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All new Samsung foldables are on sale; save up to $300!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-30 09:02:36

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority These offers are available directly from Amazon. It is the first time all three models are discounted simultaneously. Previous deals included free gift cards, but today’s offers are actual discounts. The deals available apply to all color versions in stock, so you get to take your pick regardless of which phone you get. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 Thin, light, high-powered, and it folds! The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7

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Corruption and Control: Turkmenistan turned internet censorship into a business

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-30 10:09:20

In July 2021, a sudden drop in Tor usage in Turkmenistan called our attention. Tor would come to understand that this marked the beginning of a new era of censorship and restriction in this post-Soviet country. But let's rewind... The Tor Community has long been defending internet freedom, running relays and providing bridges to combat internet censorship. Over the years, the Tor Project has called for action to run more bridges, Snowflake proxies, while we've investigated and adapted our anti

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The day Return became Enter (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Marcin Wichary 2025-10-26 20:12:57

Marcin Wichary December 2023 / 3,100 words / 35 photos Originally published as a booklet accompanying Shift Happens The day Return became Enter In the popular imagination, the transition from the world of typewriters to the universe of computers was orderly and simple: at some point in the 20th century, someone attached a CPU and a screen to a typewriter, and that turned it into a computer. But the reality is much more fascinating and convoluted. The transition was meandering and lengthy, and

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India’s Offgrid raises $15M to make lithium optional for battery storage

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-10-30 08:30:00

Lithium has become the default choice for battery-powered systems, but its limitations — from volatile supply chains to short lifespans — are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Offgrid Energy Labs, a deep-tech startup based in India, wants to make lithium less central, especially when it comes to battery storage. The seven-year-old startup, incubated at IIT Kanpur, has developed a proprietary zinc-bromine-based battery system as an alternative to lithium-ion technology. Called ZincGel,

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The Tragic End of Natalia Nagovitsyna's Ordeal on Pobeda Peak

news.ycombinator.com Kris Annapurna 2025-10-26 15:52:54

Although the fate of Russian climber Natalia Nagovitsyna, stranded at 7,150m on Kyrgyzstan’s Pobeda Peak since August 12, has been obvious for several days, the last wisps of hope ended today. A few hours ago, a military drone captured thermal imaging footage of Nagovitsyna’s tent on Pobeda Peak. The images, published on the official website of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (GKNB), revealed no signs of life in her tent. After more than two weeks, Kyrgyz authorities hav

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LayerX uses AI to cut enterprise back-office workload, scores $100M in Series B

techcrunch.com Kate Park 2025-10-30 12:00:00

Aging demographics, labor shortages, the adoption of GenAI, and the 2023 implementation of e-invoicing are driving companies to automate finance, tax, procurement, and HR in Japan. Yet only 16% of digital transformations succeed, and that’s only 4–11% in traditional industries. The main barriers? Weak leadership commitment, a rigid culture, and a lack of digital talent. LayerX offers an AI SaaS platform to help enterprises scale back-office automation. LayerX, a Japanese AI SaaS startup that en

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Google says reports of a major Gmail security issue are 'entirely false'

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-30 16:48:12

Google is officially debunking a series of reports that claimed Gmail has been hit with a "major" security issue in recent days. "We want to reassure our users that Gmail’s protections are strong and effective," the company said in a somewhat unusual statement. "Several inaccurate claims surfaced recently that incorrectly stated that we issued a broad warning to all Gmail users about a major Gmail security issue. This is entirely false." Google doesn't detail the erroneous claims in its post. B

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My favorite projector from Samsung doubles as a gaming hub, and it's discounted for Labor Day

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2025-10-30 16:45:00

Allison Murray/ZDNET The Samsung Freestyle 2 projector is on sale for $341 off when you purchase it at Walmart, making the new price $459 over Labor Day weekend. Also: The best Labor Day deals live now ZDNET's key takeaways The Samsung Freestyle 2 is a solid projector available for $800. Sharp image quality, an internal battery, and the ability to play games without a console make this projector ultraportable. The second-generation feature upgrades are geared toward gaming, which may not b

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Using JWT to establish a trusted context for Row Level Security

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-27 07:32:51

Row-level security (RLS) is a great feature. It allows restricting access to rows by applying filters defined by a policy. It’s a tool useful for cases when the data set can’t be split into separate databases. Sadly, using RLS may be quite cumbersome. RLS requires some sort of “trusted context” for the RLS policies. The policies need to filter using data the user can’t change. If the filter uses some sort of “tenant ID”, and the user can change it to an arbitrary value, that would break the RLS

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Desert Graves (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-30 19:08:34

Arizona is an interesting place. Even today, there is much remote country, and as I’ve wandered through its deserts and forests (yes, we have forests!), I have been surprised by how many times I’ve come across cemeteries and graves in the most out-of-the-way and unexpected places. I did a survey of place names on Arizona’s topographical maps and found a total of 147 named cemeteries, but I also found 9 places where there was just a “grave” or “graves” shown (I know there are many more than that,

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F1 in Hungary: Strategy and fast tire changes make all the difference

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-26 22:37:13

Formula 1 teams can start their annual summer break today. Sometime this month, each of the 10 teams has to close its factory for 14 consecutive days. Laptops stay in the office, email goes unchecked. It all sounds very civilized for a sport where the difference between hero and zero can come down to milliseconds. As was the case at this past weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, at least in qualifying. When the Hungaroring was added to the calendar back in 1986, it was F1's first true foray behind t

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When to Stream 'Lilo & Stitch' on Disney Plus

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-30 19:00:02

With the arrival of Lilo & Stitch, Disney is set to welcome one of its most beloved characters to its streaming home on Disney Plus. The live-action release has raked in just over $1 billion at the box office and will make its way to your TV screen, finding a seat next to its animated predecessor on the streaming platform. Lilo & Stitch revisits the original story of 6-year-old Lilo, a Hawaiian girl being cared for by her older sister Nani, and Stitch, a little blue fugitive alien. Their paths

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 2, #814

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-30 19:00:03

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. We have GOT to talk about today's NYT Connections puzzle. Don't even go there with the purple category. As an English major I probably knew this category at one point, but not anymore. However, as the co-author of The Totally Sweet 90s, a pop-culture book about the 1990s,

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 2, #344

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-30 19:00:04

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 is tough. There's a person in the purple category that I'd never heard of before now. If you're struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday,

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 2 #548

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-30 19:00:05

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle is a weird one. But once I caught the theme, the words were short and easy to unscramble. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini

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As Apple pushes for automation upgrades, supply chain partners face higher costs

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-31 00:06:22

As Apple moves to diversify its manufacturing operations, it appears to be leaning on suppliers to shoulder the costs of automating their assembly lines. Here are the details. The latest collateral effect of Trump’s trade war In an exclusive report today, DigiTimes Asia says that Apple has been doubling down on industrial automation as it shifts away from China manufacturing. The report says that while Apple has always incentivized its suppliers to invest in automation, the company “plans to

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Space investing goes mainstream as VCs ditch the rocket science requirements

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-10-31 00:47:13

Five years ago, investor Katelin Holloway made what she calls a “literal moon shot” investment. A founding partner of the generalist venture firm Seven Seven Six admits she and her team had “no clue” what rocket company Stoke Space was talking about when they pitched the firm on its reusable launch technology. “We knew full well we were not the specialist,” she says. Since then, Holloway has also invested in Interlune, a company planning to harvest helium-3 from the moon and sell it back to Ear

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Google debunks claims of major Gmail security alert

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-31 04:36:13

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google says reports of a mass Gmail security warning are false. Some outlets reporting on phishing data last week framed it as a mass Gmail security alert. The company insists Gmail protections remain strong, but advises using passkeys and learning to spot phishing emails. Online threats are scary enough without false or overhyped alarms adding to the confusion. Last week, several outlets claimed that Gmail had issued a major warning to all 2.5 billi

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Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater

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Corruption and Control: Turkmenistan turned internet censorship into a business

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India’s Offgrid raises $15M to make lithium optional for battery storage

The Tragic End of Natalia Nagovitsyna's Ordeal on Pobeda Peak

LayerX uses AI to cut enterprise back-office workload, scores $100M in Series B

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My favorite projector from Samsung doubles as a gaming hub, and it's discounted for Labor Day

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