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I ditched my phone for this E Ink handset for two weeks - here's my buying advice now

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2026-02-25 14:00:21

ZDNET's key takeaways The Mudita Kompakt is available now for $439. The E Ink display is easy on the eyes, the battery lasts for days, and it satisfies the minimalist intention with far fewer distractions. The camera is unnecessary, there is no voice-to-text, and the display is too small to be an effective eBook reader. View now at Mudita Since I started covering mobile phones 20 years ago, I've watched them transform from simple devices to having an all-encompassing impact on our lives. It's

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Show HN: Zenta – Mindfulness for Terminal Users

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-25 12:28:28

🧘 zenta Mindfulness that fits your coding flow When your mind wanders while coding, simply return to breath. No tracking, no metrics, no disruption—just pure awareness in your terminal. The noticing itself is the practice. ✨ ⚡ Quick Start # Install git clone https://github.com/e6a5/zenta.git && cd zenta && make install-system # Set up zen aliases echo " alias breath='zenta now --quick' " >> ~ /.zshrc echo " alias breathe='zenta now' " >> ~ /.zshrc echo " alias reflect='zenta reflect' " >> ~

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Trump Mobile Math Doesn't Add Up: We Found Better Phone Plan Deals

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-25 15:15:00

When the Trump Organization announced its upcoming gold-hued T1 phone, it threw up a number of red flags for us. There was the poorly Photoshopped image along with technical claims that didn’t add up -- including the boast that the phone would be “designed and built in the United States.” (That claim has since been walked back, without explanation.) The phone was originally expected to launch in September 2025, but there’s currently no confirmed release date. To run the T1 phone, the organizati

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The Obsessive Fans Playing God on 'Love Island'—and Living for the Crash Outs

wired.com Jason Parham 2026-02-25 16:00:00

Carson Campbell didn’t feel any remorse for his vote, and was even relishing in the chaos it might cause one of Love Island USA’s most contentious cast members of the season. “I love mess and I love reality TV,” the 24-year-old student and content creator says. “I love something with an end goal, when people are working toward a purpose.” As a Love Island USA superfan who live-tweets and recaps every episode on TikTok, Campbell feels personally invested in how the reality dating show unfolds. M

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Meta in talks to acquire voice cloning startup Play AI

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-02-25 15:38:12

In Brief Alongside bolstering its AI research talent pool, Meta seems to be keen to flesh out its consumer-facing AI features. The company is in discussions to acquire a voice cloning startup called Play AI, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources. The tech giant aims to buy the startup’s tech and bring on board some of its staff, the report said. Play AI lets anyone clone different kinds of voices that they can use for AI-powered use cases, such as customer service, per its website. The

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SoftBank CEO says he's 'all in' on OpenAI, reveals he's long wanted Microsoft's spot as main backer

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2026-02-25 16:58:37

Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during the company's annual general meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, June 27, 2025. SoftBank is "all in" on OpenAI, CEO Masayoshi Son said on Friday, as the Japanese tech giant looks to realize its vision of "artificial superintelligence." This year, the Japanese multinational conglomerate has been increasing its investments in OpenAI and participating in joint ventures such as the $500 billion Stargate proj

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Whole Foods supplier UNFI restores core systems after cyberattack

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-25 16:21:49

American grocery wholesale giant United Natural Foods (UNFI) reports that it has restored its core systems and brought online the electronic ordering and invoicing systems affected by a cyberattack. UNFI, which is also a primary distributor for Amazon's Whole Foods, said in a Thursday update that the incident has been contained and that it's now delivering products to stores at "more normalized levels." In a separate 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the grocery dist

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This amp lets me transform any Bluetooth device into a modern home audio system

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-02-25 17:25:12

ZDNET's key takeaways The Valortiva Octa A1 integrated amp is available on Amazon for $399. This integrated amp is so easy to set up that anyone can be dancing to their favorite tunes in minutes. The Octa A1 amp only produces 35W of power. $399 at Amazon Have you ever wanted to stream music (or a podcast) from your phone to a room filled with people, but found that most Bluetooth speakers just don't get loud enough? What if I told you that you could connect a pair of passive speakers and a s

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SpaceX crane collapse in Texas being investigated by OSHA

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2026-02-25 18:27:43

The SpaceX Starbase industrial complex and rocket launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, US, on Thursday, April 17, 2025. A SpaceX crane collapse at the company's Starbase, Texas facility on Tuesday has prompted an investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the federal agency told CNBC in an email. The crane collapse was captured in a livestream by Lab Padre on YouTube, a SpaceX-focused channel. Clips from Lab Padre were widely shared on social media, including on X, wh

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Ember Mug 2 smart mug plummets to new record-low price!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-25 15:27:20

The Ember Mug 2 is one of my most prized possessions. It keeps my coffee at the perfect temperature all the way to the last sip. If you’re a coffee or tea lover, you’ll know how annoying a lukewarm (or cold) sip can be. If you want that feeling to be a thing of the past, right now is the best time to get an Ember Mug 2. You can take it home for as low as $74.99, which is a heck of a deal considering its retail price sits at $149.95. Only the White model is discounted this much, though. Buy the E

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Ask HN: Is anyone else just done with the industry?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-25 17:44:07

I'm a self taught dev that worked my butt off and endured years of "we promote internally" lies at multiple companies to finally get paid to write code. I've been job hunting since I was laid off last November, and I'm just over it. Everyone is unicorn hunting for X years in Y framework and if you don't have exactly that you need not apply. Meanwhile FAANG, Microsoft, and Intel keep handing out pink slips. I still love coding, I've spent most of my non "job applications and existential dread"

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‘Big Balls’ Is Now at the Social Security Administration

wired.com Makena Kelly 2026-02-25 12:05:02

Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, one of the first young technologists brought on to Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has returned to government shortly after resigning. “Edward Coristine joined the Social Security Administration this week as a special government employee,” Stephen McGraw, an SSA spokesperson, tells WIRED. “His work will be focused on improving the functionality of the Social Security website and advancing our mission of delivering more efficient se

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Redwood Materials launches energy storage business and its first target is AI data centers

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2026-02-25 18:36:04

Tucked between two massive buildings in the hills of the Nevada desert, 805 retired EV batteries lie in neat formation, each one wrapped in nondescript white tarps — and hiding in plain sight. A passerby might not realize this unassuming array is the largest microgrid in North America, that it’s powering a 2,000 GPU modular data center for AI infrastructure company Crusoe, or that it represents the next big act of JB Straubel, the co-founder and CEO of Redwood Materials. Redwood Materials anno

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Save your disk, write files directly into RAM with /dev/shm

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-25 20:04:30

There are garbage dumps everywhere for those with eyes to see Given my interest in extending the life of my SD cards and hard drives as much as possible, I’m surprised I haven’t come across /dev/shm before. In a word it’s a world-accessible RAM scratchpad, which seems baked right into POSIX, so that virtually every Unix system already has it mounted as a tmpfs by default: 1 2 ❯ mount | grep '/dev/shm' tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs ( rw,nosuid,nodev,inode64 ) Today’s lucky 10,000, indeed. It ge

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Actively exploited vulnerability gives extraordinary control over server fleets

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-25 18:52:42

Hackers are exploiting a maximum-severity vulnerability that has the potential to give them complete control over thousands of servers, many of which handle mission-critical tasks inside data centers, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning. The vulnerability, carrying a severity rating of 10 out of a possible 10, resides in the AMI MegaRAC, a widely used firmware package that allows large fleets of servers to be remotely accessed and managed even when power is unavai

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Senators reintroduce App Store bill to rein in 'gatekeeper power'

news.ycombinator.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-25 23:35:58

Update: Apple has responded to the reintroduction of the bill with a statement provided to 9to5Mac. See full statement below. The App Store is back under scrutiny from lawmakers in Washington. A bipartisan group of senators has reintroduced the 2021 Open App Markets Act, a bill aimed at curbing the gatekeeper power that Apple and Google hold over the so-called “mobile app economy.” Here’s what they’re going for. If passed, the legislation would effectively force Apple and Google (who are not s

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Nothing's First Stab at Over-Ear Headphones Leak and They Look Appropriately Odd

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-25 22:45:00

Nothing's first pair of headphones has apparently leaked, and it's nearly impossible to assume they could have been designed by any other company. The over-ear headphones look to have more personality than most popular options on the market, and, well, that's very on-brand for Nothing. The company is good at making statement pieces, and has done so with its phones since the beginning. Whether you like the retro-futuristic styling of its products or not is largely a personal preference, but no o

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Active exploitation of AMI management tool imperils thousands of servers

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-26 00:52:42

Hackers are exploiting a maximum-severity vulnerability that has the potential to give them complete control over thousands of servers, many of which handle mission-critical tasks inside data centers, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning. The vulnerability, carrying a severity rating of 10 out of a possible 10, resides in the AMI MegaRAC, a widely used firmware package that allows large fleets of servers to be remotely accessed and managed even when power is unavai

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Lessons learned from agentic AI leaders reveal critical deployment strategies for enterprises

venturebeat.com Sean Michael Kerner 2026-02-26 04:07:32

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Companies are rushing AI agents into production — and many of them will fail. But the reason has nothing to do with their AI models. On day two of VB Transform 2025, industry leaders shared hard-won lessons from deploying AI agents at scale. A panel moderated by Joanne Chen, general partner at Foundation Capital, included Shawn Malhotra,

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Elon Musk reportedly fired a key Tesla executive following another month of flagging sales

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-26 10:51:18

Elon Musk has reportedly fired Omead Afshar, Tesla's head of manufacturing and operations in North America and Europe, according to Forbes. Both CNBC and Bloomberg corroborated the report. Afshar's exit follows Milan Kovac, the head of engineering on Tesla's Optimus robot, who left the company in early June. Afshar was promoted to the role last year, Bloomberg reports, after working for multiple different Musk-owned companies since 2017. The timing of his exit isn't particularly surprising give

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The time is right for a DOM templating API

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-26 09:23:28

TL;DR: I want to propose adding a declarative templating API to the web platform. Here's why... The web platform is the most successful application runtime of all time. While the largest reason for this is the web's reach, it wouldn't be possible without the DOM API, which turns a mostly static document viewer into a highly dynamic and expressive runtime. For as much hate as the DOM sometimes receives (some of that deserved, but some really not!) the DOM is undeniably a very powerful API. This

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Anthropic summons the spirit of Flash games for the AI age

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-26 10:33:20

On Wednesday, Anthropic announced a new feature that expands its Artifacts document management system into the basis of a personal AI app gallery resembling something from the Flash game era of the early 2000s—though these apps run on modern web code rather than Adobe's defunct plugin. Using plain English dialogue, users can build and share interactive applications directly within Claude's chatbot interface using a new API capability that lets artifacts interact with Claude itself. Claude is an

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New research links caffeine to slower aging at the cellular level

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2026-02-26 15:12:00

High on Caffeine: Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance in the world, and it's found almost everywhere. People consume it through coffee, tea, soft drinks, energy drinks, and more. According to new research, caffeine may do more than just help you stay awake after a long night – it could have other surprising benefits as well. A recently published study confirms what caffeine enthusiasts have suspected all along: the naturally occurring stimulant is not only great for waki

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Microsoft says goodbye to the Windows blue screen of death

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-02-26 15:29:11

Digital boards are seen due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cyber security services to US technology company Microsoft, it was observed that some digital billboards in Times Square in New York City, United States, displayed a blue screen and some screens went completely black on July on 19, 2024. It's a bittersweet day for Windows users. Microsoft is scrapping its iconic "blue screen of death," known for appearing during unexpected restarts on Windows

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Senators reintroduce App Store bill to rein in ‘gatekeeper power in the app economy’ [U]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-25 10:53:29

Update: Apple has responded to the reintroduction of the bill with a statement provided to 9to5Mac. See full statement below. The App Store is back under scrutiny from lawmakers in Washington. A bipartisan group of senators has reintroduced the 2021 Open App Markets Act, a bill aimed at curbing the gatekeeper power that Apple and Google hold over the so-called “mobile app economy.” Here’s what they’re going for. If passed, the legislation would effectively force Apple and Google (who are not s

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Analysis: During a town hall NASA officials on stage looked like hostages

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-26 06:47:14

The four people at the helm of America's space agency held a town hall meeting with employees Wednesday, fielding questions about downsizing, layoffs, and proposed budget cuts that threaten to undermine NASA's mission and prestige. Janet Petro, NASA's acting administrator, addressed questions from an auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. She was joined by Brian Hughes, the agency's chief of staff, a political appointee who was formerly a Florida-based consultant active in city poli

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Tiny orange beads found by Apollo astronauts reveal Moon's explosive past

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-22 05:09:36

The Apollo astronauts didn't know what they'd find when they explored the surface of the moon, but they certainly didn't expect to see drifts of tiny, bright orange glass beads glistening among the otherwise monochrome piles of rocks and dust. The beads, each less than 1 mm across, formed some 3.3 to 3.6 billion years ago during volcanic eruptions on the surface of the then-young satellite. "They're some of the most amazing extraterrestrial samples we have," said Ryan Ogliore, an associate prof

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Microsoft Is Having an Incredibly Embarrassing Problem With Its AI

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-26 23:29:33

Despite investing tens of billions of dollars into OpenAI, tech giant Microsoft has a problem: it's in direct competition with its business partner, and OpenAI is winning. As Bloomberg reports, Microsoft salespeople are having trouble wooing both potential and existing customers with the company's Copilot, its AI assistant built on OpenAI's tech. Basically, it feels like a worse version of ChatGPT — which has a free version online. Some companies, like the New York Life Insurance Co, told the

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Salesforce CEO Claims Half of the Company’s Work Is Now Done by AI

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2026-02-27 00:30:46

While many companies that went all in on AI have since pulled back, Salesforce is going full steam ahead. In an interview with Bloomberg, CEO Marc Benioff claimed that as much as 30% to 50% of the company’s work is now completed by AI—though no word on how much of his role personally has been made redunant or how much of his $39.6 million in compensation that he’ll be giving up. “All of us have to get our head around this idea that AI could do things that before, we were doing, and we can move

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'Made in the USA' reference disappears from Trump phone listing

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-02-27 05:53:29

'Made in the USA' reference disappears from Trump phone listing "Speculation to the contrary is simply inaccurate," a spokesperson told the BBC. But the Trump Mobile organisation says the phone will still be made in America. A "Made in the USA" tagline featured in promotional material for the Trump T1 phone when it launched on 16 June, was no longer displayed on its site as of Wednesday, reporters found. Days after the Trump Organisation announced plans to launch a US-made smartphone, a refe

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I ditched my phone for this E Ink handset for two weeks - here's my buying advice now

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Trump Mobile Math Doesn't Add Up: We Found Better Phone Plan Deals

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Meta in talks to acquire voice cloning startup Play AI

SoftBank CEO says he's 'all in' on OpenAI, reveals he's long wanted Microsoft's spot as main backer

Whole Foods supplier UNFI restores core systems after cyberattack

This amp lets me transform any Bluetooth device into a modern home audio system

SpaceX crane collapse in Texas being investigated by OSHA

Ember Mug 2 smart mug plummets to new record-low price!

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‘Big Balls’ Is Now at the Social Security Administration

Redwood Materials launches energy storage business and its first target is AI data centers

Save your disk, write files directly into RAM with /dev/shm

Actively exploited vulnerability gives extraordinary control over server fleets

Senators reintroduce App Store bill to rein in 'gatekeeper power'

Nothing's First Stab at Over-Ear Headphones Leak and They Look Appropriately Odd

Active exploitation of AMI management tool imperils thousands of servers

Lessons learned from agentic AI leaders reveal critical deployment strategies for enterprises

Elon Musk reportedly fired a key Tesla executive following another month of flagging sales

The time is right for a DOM templating API

Anthropic summons the spirit of Flash games for the AI age

New research links caffeine to slower aging at the cellular level

Microsoft says goodbye to the Windows blue screen of death

Senators reintroduce App Store bill to rein in ‘gatekeeper power in the app economy’ [U]

Analysis: During a town hall NASA officials on stage looked like hostages

Tiny orange beads found by Apollo astronauts reveal Moon's explosive past

Microsoft Is Having an Incredibly Embarrassing Problem With Its AI

Salesforce CEO Claims Half of the Company’s Work Is Now Done by AI

'Made in the USA' reference disappears from Trump phone listing

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