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UN Plastics Treaty Talks Once Again End in Failure

wired.com Joseph Winters 2025-11-25 17:52:00

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Diplomats from around the world concluded nine days of talks in Geneva—plus a marathon overnight session that lasted into the early hours of Friday—with no agreement on a global plastics treaty. During a closing plenary that started on Friday at 6:30 am, more than 15 hours after it was originally scheduled to begin, nearly all countries opposed an updated draft of the United Nations treaty that was put forwa

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I Tried the Best At-Home Pet DNA Test Kits on My Two Cats (2025)

wired.com Molly Higgins 2025-11-25 20:05:00

If You Have a Dog, Consider These Kits I don’t have a dog, so I didn't try these at-home DNA test kits for dogs, but these are the kits specifically for dogs from Basepaws and Wisdom Panel, the two companies I've tested for my cats. How Does a DNA Testing Kit Work? Pet DNA tests rely on pet owners collecting cells for testing through a cheek swab, where the sample is put into a sealed stabilizing or preserving fluid for transit. You’ll mail the sample back to the lab in the prepaid envelope.

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Dead Take’s best scares come from real-life performances

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-11-25 18:00:00

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. Dead Take, the second game from Tales of Kenzera: Zau developer Surgent Studios, is a quiet horror game where the monster is ambition and the lengths a person will go for stardom. Like a lot of horror games, Dead Take relies on jumpscares to get the heart pumping. But playing this game, my deepest, most upsetting scares didn

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Kindle might have another competitor headed to shelves

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-25 18:30:29

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Bookshop.org, an online bookstore, was launched in January 2020 to help independent bookstores survive Amazon. Now the company may be introducing its first physical e-reader, presenting a direct competitor to the Amazon Kindle. There is currently a blank landing page for an e-reader visible on the Bookshop.org site. In a compelling new development for e-book readers, Bookshop.org, known for championing independent bookstores, might soon bring a fresh

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This 5-in-1 charger is the only one I'll need to travel (and it's full of power)

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2025-11-25 21:00:25

ZDNET's key takeaways The Statik 5–in-1 SmartCharge is a 10,000mAh capacity power bank and charger that sells for $70. It comes with built-in cables and multiple plug adapters (EU, UK, AU) for seamless charging around the globe in more than 200 countries. It's a great multifunctional charger, but I wish it had a dedicated MagSafe charger for Apple Watch. View now at Amazon View now at Statik more buying choices I test MagSafe accessories and chargers all year round, but there's no better time

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Once Again, Oil States Thwart Agreement on Plastics

news.ycombinator.com Stephen Robert Miller 2025-11-25 17:39:32

Diplomats from around the world concluded nine days of talks in Geneva — plus a marathon overnight session that lasted into the early hours of Friday — with no agreement on a global plastics treaty. During a closing plenary that started on Friday at 6:30 a.m. — more than 15 hours after it was originally scheduled to begin — nearly all countries opposed an updated draft of the U.N. treaty that was put forward by the negotiating committee chair, the Ecuadorian diplomat Luis Vayas Valdivieso. Many

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Saturday, Aug. 16

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-25 11:25:00

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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Premier League Soccer: Livestream Aston Villa vs. Newcastle From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-25 18:30:04

Having been pipped by Newcastle to a Champions League spot at the end of last season, Aston Villa has the opportunity to exact revenge at home today as it hosts the Magpies in this first Saturday fixture of the new English Premier League campaign. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch Premier League games as they happen, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if it's not available where you are. The hosts are largely unchanged from last season, w

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The 26 Best TV Shows on Disney Plus

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-25 21:00:06

Disney Plus is the place to go to for epic streaming entertainment. After half a decade, the Disney-owned streamer has built a reputation for having a bevy of must-watch content. You could even say that, like Netflix before it, the expansive entertainment platform has become somewhat of a utility in my home. That shouldn't come as a surprise for those in the know; it's easily one of the best streaming platforms out there. Anything with the name Disney on it can come with a set of expectations.

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19 Best Back-to-School Deals for 2025

wired.com Louryn Strampe 2025-11-25 21:02:00

It's “back to school” season for some and “been back in school” season for others, but regardless of your specific situation, now is the time of year when retailers are discounting all the school essentials. We've hunted down discounts on the best back-to-school gear our reviewers have hand-tested, from laptops and mattress toppers to bags and chairs. Be sure to check out our related guides, including the Best Back-to-School Laptop Deals, the Best Dorm Gear, and the Best Kids Backpacks. Top Ba

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Single Sign on for Furries

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-25 20:42:51

Single Sign On for Furries Published Today If I were to bootstrap a furry convention today for its first year, without writing any code, I'd probably start with a square store to handle both online and in person transactions, a custom domain, a social media account, and an email address for any business communications. Check in for pre-registrations will be clunky, but for a 100-300 attendance event, it should be feasible. Disclosure: I have no personal experience with Square. I know people t

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AI is different

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-23 04:49:42

antirez 2 days ago. 20374 views. Regardless of their flaws, AI systems continue to impress with their ability to replicate certain human skills. Even if imperfect, such systems were a few years ago science fiction. It was not even clear that we were so near to create machines that could understand the human language, write programs, and find bugs in a complex code base: bugs that escaped the code review of a competent programmer. Since LLMs and in general deep models are poorly understood, and

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HBO Max’s ‘Looney Tunes’ Purge Has Found a Sanctuary in Tubi

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-11-25 21:00:15

Looney Tunes‘ search for a streaming home has reached a happy ending—and some consolation after being prominently featured on HBO Max initially and then being wiped from the platform. The series has settled on Tubi, where fans can now find over 700 episodes. After being removed from the HBO Max media library back in March, the majority of the classic Looney Tunes cartoons were in limbo, but thankfully, Tubi swept in to save them. The rescue all but mirrors the prophetic algorithms-are-evil plot

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Timothy Olyphant’s 8 Greatest Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Roles

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-11-26 02:15:12

After Deadwood and Justified, Timothy Olyphant will forever be linked first and foremost to Westerns. And while he’s clearly aware of that—playing off that association in roles that veer into other genres—he’s also a versatile star who’s popped up in comedies and dramas, as well as the sci-fi, horror, and fantasy tales we cover at io9. Here are our eight favorite genre roles so far, starting with his current project… Alien: Earth The newly launched FX sci-fi series is mapping out a fresh small

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Is GPT-5 really worse than GPT-4o? Ars puts them to the test.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-25 18:29:23

The recent rollout of OpenAI's GPT-5 model has not been going well, to say the least. Users have made vociferous complaints about everything from the new model's more sterile tone to its supposed lack of creativity, increase in damaging confabulations, and more. The user revolt got so bad that OpenAI brought back the previous GPT-4o model as an option in an attempt to calm things down. To see just how much the new model changed things, we decided to put both GPT-5 and GPT-4o through our own gau

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IEEE Computer Society Announces Recipients of Inaugural Career Catalyst Scholarship

computer.org Joshua Roller 2025-11-26 05:00:55

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 15 August 2025 – The IEEE Computer Society (CS) is pleased to announce the first recipients of its inaugural Career Catalyst Scholarships. Evaluated by a set of criteria that includes academic performance; technical skills and experience; leadership and extracurriculars; statement of purpose; industry readiness and professionalism; and letters of recommendation, each candidate underwent a rigorous review by a panel of industry judges. Selected from a pool of over 105 applic

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9to5Mac Daily: August 15, 2025 – iOS 16 animations, Apple chip leak

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2025-11-26 06:20:20

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Backblaze: Never lose a file again. Use code “9to5daily” at checkout for 10% off or try for free. New episodes of 9to5Mac Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes

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As People Ridicule GPT-5, Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Need ‘Trillions’ in Infrastructure

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-11-26 11:15:40

People have ridiculed GPT-5, the newest large language model release from OpenAI, since the second it launched, with many users complaining that it’s dumb, boring, and not as good as the last LLM that the company released. Sam Altman, the company’s CEO, has some comforting words for those who may be concerned about the direction his company is headed: AI is a bubble, and oh, also btw, my company is about to spend the GDP of France to build out our AI infrastructure. That seems to be the gist of

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 16 #531

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-26 10:53:38

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 really stumped me. Even after I thought I understood the theme, I didn't see any obvious words to look for, and struggled to unscramble the ones I did get. Want help with today's NYT Strands puzzle? Read on for some hints and the answers. I go into

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Opendoor CEO resigns following investor pressure campaign

cnbc.com Ari Levy 2025-11-26 16:45:24

Opendoor CEO Carrie Wheeler said Friday that she's resigning from the online real estate company, which has seen a surge in recent interest from retail investors. The stock popped early in the day before closing up 4.3%. Pressure began building on Wheeler, who took over the top job in 2022, after the company's quarterly earnings report earlier this month failed to reassure investors that a turnaround is underway. The stock is up more than sixfold since bottoming out at 51 cents in June, a price

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EA Makes Big Changes to Rush Mode in Battlefield 6 Beta

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-26 16:04:00

The Battlefield 6 beta is raging, with players free to jump into the fray now through the end of Sunday, Aug. 17. This is the second weekend of the multiplayer shooter's preview period, and there are a few changes that open up the beta with more modes, maps and play options. Plus, the game's developer DICE has enacted tweaks in response to player feedback. Those enjoying the beta on PS5 have to be subscribed to PS Plus to play online, but for their trouble, they're getting double experience poi

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SpaceX reveals why the last two Starships failed as another launch draws near

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-26 16:20:24

SpaceX is continuing with final preparations for the 10th full-scale test flight of the company's enormous Starship rocket after receiving launch approval Friday from the Federal Aviation Administration. Engineers completed a final test of Starship's propulsion system with a so-called "spin prime" test Wednesday at the launch site in South Texas. Ground crews then rolled the ship back to a nearby hangar for engine inspections, touchups to its heat shield, and a handful of other chores to ready

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These are my favorite MagSafe stands for iPhone and StandBy

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-11-26 21:45:36

One of my favorite iPhone features is StandBy, which turns your iPhone into a smart display when it’s in landscape orientation and charging. One of the best ways to take full advantage of StandBy is with an upright wireless charger. Head below for a closer look at some of my favorite MagSafe stands for iPhone, perfect for StandBy. What is StandBy mode? The StandBy feature was introduced in iOS 17 as a new lock screen mode that activates when an iPhone is charging and positioned on its side, i

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Using AI to secure AI

news.ycombinator.com Matt Sayar 2025-11-26 16:36:06

One of Anthropic's quieter releases recently was their "Security Review," where Claude Code can identify and fix security issues in your code. But how good is it really? In my case, will it find issues with code it helped me write for my newsletter service and Chrome extension? The release states it uses a "specialized security-focused prompt that checks for common vulnerability patterns." After throwing so much compute at model training, LLMs are nearing the top of the S-Curve, so finding ways

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Best Early Labor Day Mattress Sales (2025)

wired.com Julia Forbes 2025-11-26 20:53:27

The best early Labor Day mattress sales are nearly here, and if you've been looking for a sign from the universe to upgrade your bed, consider this it. I've been a professional mattress tester for five years, so I'm plugged in to what's going on in the mattress world (we're constantly scoping out new additions to our best mattresses list) and can keep track of the sales that really are the ones to watch … and which ones you can skip until Cyber Monday. While white pants are about to be out of s

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A treaty to end plastic pollution is still out of reach — that’s not necessarily a bad thing

theverge.com Justine Calma 2025-11-26 18:12:29

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. The nations of the world have been on the precipice of reaching a global agreement to curb plastic pollution for a few years now. Delegates from 184 governments met in Geneva this month to try to hammer out a final treaty, but in the end, they walked away without a deal. This

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Louisiana Attorney General has filed a "Child Protection" lawsuit against Roblox

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-27 02:23:55

The state of Louisiana is suing online gaming platform Roblox, alleging that it fails to adequately protect its majority underage user base from online predators. In the state’s lawsuit , they allege that Roblox is failing to "implement basic safety controls" such as biometric age verification upon account creation or checking that parental consent has been given to open an account. In an article announcing the lawsuit, the state says that 56 percent of Roblox players are 16 years of age or you

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I retested Lenovo's PC handheld but with SteamOS - the difference was night and day

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-11-27 02:57:26

Lenovo Legion Go S (SteamOS) ZDNET's key takeaways The Legion Go S running SteamOS is on sale for $600. This version trims the fat and delivers a streamlined gaming experience via a vibrant 8-inch screen. The simpler OS means less features than the Windows model. View now at Best Buy Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. No, you're not seeing double. This is the second review I've done for Lenovo's Legion Go S. However, th

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In a First, Scientists Capture Human Embryo Implantation in Real Time

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-11-27 02:00:40

A team of scientists has just gotten a closer peek into one of the earliest and most fundamental steps of creating a human life. Research out today highlights how they captured—for the first time—footage of human embryo implantation right as it’s happening. Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), in collaboration with Dexeus University Hospital, detailed their work in a study published Friday in Science Advances. Among other things, the footage shows that human embr

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DARPA Is Taking Its AI Fighter Jet Program to the Next Level

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-11-27 02:40:01

Imagine Top Gun without pilots. Not exactly summer blockbuster material. But that is what the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has in mind for the future of the military. According to an announcement spotted by The Register, the agency recently handed out a multi-million dollar contract that will push forward its autonomous pilot program that will eventually deploy planes into warfare without a human being behind the control stick. The contract, announced earlier this week, was

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I retested Lenovo's PC handheld but with SteamOS - the difference was night and day

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