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How TRIC Robotics is reducing pesticide use on strawberries using UV light

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2026-01-13 06:00:00

Strawberries are the most popular berry in the U.S. for both consumers and farmers alike. They’re also some of the most pesticide-reliant fruits and consistently top the Environmental Working Group’s “Dirty Dozen” list of the most contaminated produce. TRIC Robotics, a San Luis Obispo, California-based, think it can help strawberry farmers reduce chemical use with the help of UV light and robots. The startup built a fleet of robots that use UV-C light, a form of ultraviolet light that is large

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Avalanche Energy hits key milestone on the road to a desktop fusion reactor

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2026-01-13 06:25:00

For every technology, there comes a tipping point where it switches from theory to possibility. Robin Langtry believes that Avalanche Energy has reached that point. Avalanche recently operated its desktop fusion machine for hours on end while maintaining 300,000 volts, a figure the startup predicts will allow it to build a reactor capable of generating more energy than it consumes, the holy grail for any fusion company. Where other fusion companies need powerful magnets to generate energy, Ava

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AppleCare One lets you protect three devices under one subscription

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-13 11:56:00

Apple has introduced a new tier of its AppleCare insurance policy called AppleCare One . This allows you to cover up to three of your Apple products under a single plan for $20 per month. If you want to add extra devices beyond that, you can do so for an additional $6 per month, per product. Apple first introduced AppleCare+ in 2011 as a means of insuring your iPhone against accidental damage, and has since expanded the plan to its entire product line, adding coverage for theft and loss. Curren

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npm 'accidentally' removes Stylus package, breaks builds and pipelines

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-13 11:21:25

npm has taken down all versions of the real Stylus library and replaced them with a "security holding" page, breaking pipelines and builds worldwide that rely on the package. A security placeholder webpage is typically displayed when malicious packages and libraries are removed by the admins of npmjs.com, the world's largest software registry primarily used for JavaScript and Node.js development. But that isn't quite the case for Stylus: a legitimate "revolutionary" library receiving 3 million

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How to set up and use passkeys across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2026-01-13 11:17:00

Lance Whitney / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Passkeys offer a more secure and convenient method of authentication compared with passwords. But they can be challenging to set up and synchronize, especially if you want to use the same ones on a range of devices, such as a mobile phone, tablet, and computer. As one solution, Apple users can save and sync their passkeys across an iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The key here is iCloud Keychain, which can store passkeys as well as passwords. You first set up

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As Tesla’s Sales Dwindle, a Critical Revenue Source Is Running Dry

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2026-01-13 11:10:27

Despite the occasional stock market rally, Tesla is clearly struggling. The EV company, once the crown jewel of its industry, has seen steep declines over the past year, as its CEO, Elon Musk, continues to draw criticism over his political activities. Sales for the company are down all over the world, despite its recent introduction to new markets, like India. Now, as Tesla struggles to keep its head above water, another significant revenue stream is about to run dry, thanks largely to Musk’s fo

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Sonos names Tom Conrad permanent CEO

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-13 11:12:36

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. Sonos has officially appointed Tom Conrad as CEO, the company announced on Wednesday. Conrad took over as interim chief executive in January following the company’s disastrous app launch in May 2024, which led to the resignation of former CEO Patrick Spence. Conrad has served on Sonos’ board of directors since 2017 and was also the chief product of

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US nuclear weapons agency breached using Microsoft SharePoint hack

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-13 16:00:27

The US government agency in charge of designing and maintaining nuclear weapons was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft's SharePoint server software, Bloomberg reported. However, attackers weren't able to obtain any sensitive or classified information, according to an unnamed source with knowledge of the matter. The breach occurred at the National Nuclear Security Administration, an arm of the Energy Department responsible for producing and dismantling nuclear arms. "On Friday, July 18t

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SAVE Student Loan Borrowers: You Don't Have to Move to IBR by Aug. 1, but You May Want to: Here's How to Decide

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-13 15:03:24

Interest will restart for SAVE borrowers whose loans remain in a general forbearance on Aug. 1. Viva Tung/CNET If you're a student loan borrower enrolled in SAVE, you have just over a week left to switch repayment plans before interest will begin accruing on your loans on Aug. 1. While you can't avoid interest, it also may not make sense for you to switch payment plans just yet. Earlier this month, the Department of Education announced that interest would resume for the nearly 8 million borrow

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Apple launches $19.99 monthly AppleCare One subscription with coverage for three devices

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-01-13 16:00:00

Apple announced on Wednesday that it’s launching AppleCare One, a new $19.99 monthly subscription plan that includes coverage for up to three products. Customers can choose to add protection for more devices for $5.99 per month each. Until now, people have had to enroll their Apple devices into separate AppleCare+ plans if they wanted additional coverage for their products beyond the standard warranty. Now, the company is offering bundled coverage. AppleCare One includes all of the benefits of

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Trump is set to unveil his AI roadmap: Here’s what to know

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-01-13 16:00:00

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to unveil his long-awaited AI Action Plan at a Washington D.C. event Wednesday hosted by Silicon Valley insiders — his first major address concerning artificial intelligence since he took office for the second time in January. The AI Action Plan should provide a roadmap of the Trump administration’s strategies, priorities, and concerns around AI — likely a technology that will come to define the 47th President’s term. The plan is effectively a replacemen

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iOS 26 code hints at a sleep score feature for Apple Watch

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-14 02:57:37

If you use a third-party sleep tracker with your Apple Watch, you’re probably familiar with the concept of a sleep score: an index that combines signals like heart rate variation and sleep stages, to tell you how efficient your sleep really was. And while the Apple Watch gained native sleep tracking with watchOS 7, it’s been missing that kind of score. Not for long, as it may turn out. A third-party favorite may come to the Apple Watch As spotted by MacRumors, the iOS 26 Health app has an unu

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SQL Injection as a Feature

news.ycombinator.com Ibrahim Diallo 2026-01-12 00:59:23

Looking at old applications, we always wonder who in their right mind thought of building them so badly. But every repository has its story and every effort has noble origins. I encountered such an application in my career, and I was lucky enough that they had used version control to preserve its history. Let me describe how the application looked in its latest state. This was a website that managed logs for millions of devices around the world. In the report page, you could query the most prev

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Nano-Hydroxyapatite Toothpaste: The Benefits and Risks of the Fluoride-Free Alternative

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-13 23:59:03

As health concerns around fluoride in public drinking water continue to swirl, nano-hydroxyapatite toothpastes are becoming increasingly popular substitutes for fluoride toothpaste. Popular brands include Boka Davids and NOBS (No Bad Stuff), which are touted as fluoride-free alternatives that whiten teeth, repair enamel and prevent cavities. "As ingredient labels shift toward cleaner, fluoride-free formulas, one compound is taking center stage in modern oral care: nano-hydroxyapatite," Dr. Pia

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South Korea Plans to Build a Base on the Moon

wired.com Javier Carbajal 2026-01-14 00:00:00

China, India, and Japan are not the only countries on the Asian continent looking to establish themselves in the fledgling space economy. South Korea also wants to be in the space race, and even plans for a presence beyond Earth’s orbit, with ambitions to create its own lunar base within 20 years. At a public meeting held at the National Research Foundation of Korea on July 17, the South Korean AeroSpace Administration (KASA) released a roadmap proposing “five core missions, including low-Earth

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US nuclear weapons agency reportedly breached in Microsoft SharePoint attacks

theverge.com Tom Warren 2026-01-13 23:24:26

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Hours after Microsoft revealed hacking groups affiliated with the Chinese government have been exploiting a flaw in its SharePoint software, Bloomberg News reports that the National Nuclear Security Administration has also been breached in the attacks. A single source tells Bloomberg that the department, which provides the Navy with nuclear reactors for submarines, was caught

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PayPal taps wallets from China and India to make cross-border payments easier for 2 billion people

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-01-14 00:01:00

PayPal announced Wednesday it has partnered with global wallet companies to create a platform called PayPal World that is designed to make cross-border commerce easier. The platform will allow users to pay others using their local wallets and payment systems. The company said the launch partners include India’s NPCI International Payments Limited, which operates mobile payments framework UPI (Unified Payment Interface), China’s Tenpay Global (Tencent’s Payment arm), which operates Weixin (WeCha

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Mixture-of-recursions delivers 2x faster inference—Here’s how to implement it

venturebeat.com Ben Dickson 2026-01-14 02:05:33

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Researchers at KAIST AI and Mila have introduced a new Transformer architecture that makes large language models (LLMs) more memory- and compute-efficient. The architecture, called Mixture-of-Recursions (MoR), significantly improves model accuracy and delivers higher throughput compared with vanilla transformers, even when constrained by th

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Passkeys won't be ready for primetime until Google and other companies fix this

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-01-14 04:00:00

Crispin la valiente/Getty Images I'm all about new technology, but sometimes, new technology gets in its own way, and passkeys epitomize this more than any other technology. For those who do not know, passkeys are the new password, only more secure. Also: How passkeys work: The complete guide to your inevitable passwordless future Essentially, a passkey is a digital credential that allows you to log into your accounts using biometric (fingerprints or facial scans) and/or non-biometric (PINs,

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A Top NASA Official Is Among Thousands of Staff Leaving the Agency

wired.com Stephen Clark 2026-01-14 02:00:00

You can add another name to the thousands of employees leaving NASA as the Trump administration primes the space agency for a 25 percent budget cut. On Monday, NASA announced that Makenzie Lystrup will leave her post as director of the Goddard Space Flight Center on Friday, August 1. Lystrup has held the top job at Goddard since April 2023, overseeing a staff of more than 8,000 civil servants and contractor employees and a budget last year of about $4.7 billion. These figures make Goddard the

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Gitea Private, Fast, Reliable DevOps Platform

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-11 08:47:34

Gitea offers universal compatibility and flexible deployment options. Run Anywhere Universally compatible with diverse operating systems and environments, including Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, Kubernetes, and etc. Compatible with multiple architectures, such as x86 and arm64. Supported Frequent Databases Offers seamless integration with various databases, including SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL, TiDB, MS SQL, and etc.

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'South Park': How to Watch the Season 27 Premiere Without Cable

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-14 05:01:32

Kenny, Kyle, Stan and Cartman are about to return. Comedy Central South Park's season 27 rollout has been hectic. The hit animated series has had its premiere date pushed and lacked definitive streaming details caused by behind-the-scenes ongoings. As of today, July 22, the show is a day away from its Comedy Central debut, and the US streaming method is becoming clear. According to a report from Deadline, a deal is being completed that would bring South Park to Paramount Plus in the US. The gl

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Mistral reports on the environmental impact of LLMs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-14 08:09:31

At Mistral AI, our mission is to bring artificial intelligence in everyone’s hands. For this purpose, we have consistently advocated for openness in AI, with a unique focus on empowering organizations that want to own their AI future. Today, as AI becomes increasingly integrated into every layer of our economy, it is crucial for developers, policymakers, enterprises, governments and citizens to better understand the environmental footprint of this transformative technology. At Mistral AI, we be

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The Must-Have Exclusives From San Diego Comic-Con 2025

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-14 11:30:44

In just a couple more days, pop culture will descend on the San Diego Convention Center as SDCC prepares to dazzle us for another year (if everyone didn’t stop releasing their trailers before their panels, that is). But of course, among all the big news and astonishing cosplay, there’s going to be tons of fantastic merch to get your hands on exclusive to Comic-Con. Here’s our guide to some of the absolute coolest on offer. 100% Soft Galactus Vinyl SDCC is taking place during Fantastic Four: Fi

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Origami Space Planes Could Solve a Major Problem in Orbit

news.ycombinator.com Passant Rabie 2026-01-10 17:42:53

Building a spacecraft could one day be as simple as folding a piece of paper into a plane and letting aerodynamics do the rest. A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo simulated the release of a paper airplane from the International Space Station (ISS) to see if would survive atmospheric reentry. In a paper published in Acta Astronautica, the researchers demonstrated how origami may be the solution to low Earth orbit’s growing trash problem. Rather than relying solely on metals to co

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Meta has ended its bonus program on Threads

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-14 21:16:27

It's still trying to lure new users, but it's done paying anyone to post. Meta is no longer paying creators to post on Threads. The company quietly ended the Threads bonus program, which offered some creators thousands of dollars a month in bonuses, earlier this year, Engadget has confirmed. The company hasn't officially commented on why it stopped the payments, but an Instagram support page that once listed details about the creator incentives no longer references Threads at all. In posts on

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DuckDuckGo Is Hoping to Win Over AI-Hating Searchers

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2026-01-14 21:45:06

Are you tired of AI-generated images cluttering your search results? Lucky for you, there’s a way out of the slop, and it starts with forgetting about Google. DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine and web browser, recently rolled out a new feature that allows users to hide images made with AI from their search results. You can try it yourself right now by running a search on the DuckDuckGo search engine and going to the images tab. You’ll now see a new drop-down menu option titled “AI

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Rocket Lab’s first hurdle to flying its new rocket is getting it to the pad

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2026-01-14 21:00:06

Rocket Lab has asked regulators for permission to transport oversized Neutron rocket structures through shallow waters to a spaceport off the coast of Virginia as it races to meet a September delivery deadline. The request, which was made in July, is a temporary stop gap while the company awaits federal clearance to dredge a permanent channel to the Wallops Island site. Rocket Lab plans to launch its Neutron medium-lift rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, V

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Wall Street is upbeat on tech megacaps, but big questions loom on AI spending, China, Trump tariffs

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-15 00:55:48

In this article AAPL AMZN MSFT META TSLA GOOGL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc.; from left, Lauren Sanchez; Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com Inc.; Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc.; and Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc., during the 60th presidential inauguration in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. Julia Demaree Nikhinson | Bloomberg | Getty Images As Alphabet and Tesla get set to kick off the te

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Amazon to buy AI company Bee that makes wearable listening device

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2026-01-15 02:46:03

Amazon plans to acquire wearables startup Bee AI, the company confirmed, in the latest example of tech giants doubling down on generative artificial intelligence. Bee, based in San Francisco, makes a $49.99 wristband that appears similar to a Fitbit smartwatch. The device is equipped with AI and microphones that can listen to and analyze conversations to provide summaries, to-do lists and reminders for everyday tasks. Bee AI CEO Maria de Lourdes Zollo announced in a LinkedIn post on Tuesday th

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Latest Tech News

How TRIC Robotics is reducing pesticide use on strawberries using UV light

Avalanche Energy hits key milestone on the road to a desktop fusion reactor

AppleCare One lets you protect three devices under one subscription

npm 'accidentally' removes Stylus package, breaks builds and pipelines

How to set up and use passkeys across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac

As Tesla’s Sales Dwindle, a Critical Revenue Source Is Running Dry

Sonos names Tom Conrad permanent CEO

US nuclear weapons agency breached using Microsoft SharePoint hack

SAVE Student Loan Borrowers: You Don't Have to Move to IBR by Aug. 1, but You May Want to: Here's How to Decide

Apple launches $19.99 monthly AppleCare One subscription with coverage for three devices

Trump is set to unveil his AI roadmap: Here’s what to know

iOS 26 code hints at a sleep score feature for Apple Watch

SQL Injection as a Feature

Nano-Hydroxyapatite Toothpaste: The Benefits and Risks of the Fluoride-Free Alternative

South Korea Plans to Build a Base on the Moon

US nuclear weapons agency reportedly breached in Microsoft SharePoint attacks

PayPal taps wallets from China and India to make cross-border payments easier for 2 billion people

Mixture-of-recursions delivers 2x faster inference—Here’s how to implement it

Passkeys won't be ready for primetime until Google and other companies fix this

A Top NASA Official Is Among Thousands of Staff Leaving the Agency

Gitea Private, Fast, Reliable DevOps Platform

'South Park': How to Watch the Season 27 Premiere Without Cable

Mistral reports on the environmental impact of LLMs

The Must-Have Exclusives From San Diego Comic-Con 2025

Origami Space Planes Could Solve a Major Problem in Orbit

Meta has ended its bonus program on Threads

DuckDuckGo Is Hoping to Win Over AI-Hating Searchers

Rocket Lab’s first hurdle to flying its new rocket is getting it to the pad

Wall Street is upbeat on tech megacaps, but big questions loom on AI spending, China, Trump tariffs

Amazon to buy AI company Bee that makes wearable listening device

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