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When Is Tech Not Hype? Tulips, Toilets, Trains – and Tabs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-26 00:03:53

What do I do when I first wake up? I grab my phone. I'm reading the news, browsing Reddit, reading articles on HN, looking up the weather and anything else I might need to know about during the day. It's not until I open my tabs view, to switch back to something, that I realise I've managed to open half a dozen tabs within the space of minutes. In 2004, Mozilla Foundation placed a two-page ad in the New York Times announcing version 1.0 of Firefox. "Are you fed up with your web browser?" the ad

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Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-28 15:59:54

If you have the Notion Desktop App installed, you may have started to notice a "In a meeting? Start AI Meeting Notes" notification pop up exactly when you are joining a virtual meeting (e.g. joining a Google Meet on Firefox). At first, I assumed it must have been using my Google Workspace account to snoop on my calendar. But then I started to notice it would notify exactly when I joined even if I was late and the meeting had previously started. This was the response from Notion Support after t

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Assemble for the Classic Age of ‘Avengers’ Comics in This Retro-Tinged Marvel Preview

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-02-28 17:14:47

After bringing Alex Ross back to the realm of the Fantastic Four with the release of his graphic novel Full Circle a few years ago, Abrams is returning to the world of original Marvel Comics with a new tale, with a new creative team, and some very classic Avengers. io9 can give you a sneaky look inside Chip Kidd and Michael Cho teaming up for The Avengers in The Veracity Trap, the second entry in Abrams’ line of MarvelArts releases. Built around the classic early era of the Avengers—with a team

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80 Years After the Trinity Atomic Blast, New Mexico’s Downwinders May Finally See Reparations

gizmodo.com Natalia Mesa 2026-02-28 17:55:56

Eighty years after the Trinity Test brought nuclear fallout to their communities, New Mexico residents living downstream of the test may finally be eligible for long-sought reparations. In the early hours of July 16, 1945, the U.S. Army detonated the world’s first atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Radioactive ash soon began to fall over large swaths of the surrounding regions. Since then, survivors of the U.S. federal government’s nuclear testing progra

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July Mortgage Rate Forecast: Buyers Retreat as Rates Rebound

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 15:36:00

Buyers should keep an eye on the possibility of rate cuts in the next few months. Tharon Green/CNET Every time the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dips, even by a few tenths of a percentage point, prospective homebuyers jump to take advantage. As soon as rates move up again, mortgage activity goes down. The past few weeks offer a textbook example. When rates fell to around 6.7% (the lowest level in months) in early July, applications for home loans promptly ticked up, according to the Mort

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Best Tower Fans for 2025: We Tested What Cools Down Rooms Fast

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 16:00:00

Why I like it: In ultrahigh-end tower fans, Dyson is awfully tough to beat. Its latest, the Dyson TP07, is a behemoth with king-size activated carbon and glass HEPA air filters hugging the base intake. That allows it to purify the air it puts out, removing things like dust and allergens from the air you breathe. Dyson claims it can catch particles as small as 0.3 microns wide. You don't have to spend that much on every air purifier but if you want a combo option this is the elite choice. The D

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Waymo Expands in Austin. Everything to Know About the Robotaxi

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 16:03:28

Table of Contents Waymo Expands in Austin. Everything to Know About the Robotaxi Self-driving cars are slowly becoming less sci-fi and more real-world as companies like Waymo, the autonomous arm of Google's parent Alphabet, expand into more cities. On Thursday, the company extended into more parts of Austin, Texas, so it now drives across 90 square miles of the city. There are more than 100 Waymo vehicles in the city, with plans for further expansion. Along with Austin, Waymo currently operate

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Apple's New Emoji Game Gives You a Smiley Wordle Alternative

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 16:09:43

Do we 💖 this? Just in time for World Emoji Day, Apple News Plus has launched Emoji Game in another indication that we will never have enough digital toys to entertain and divert us. In the new game -- available in English for News Plus subscribers in the US and Canada -- players will try to fill in the blanks of three short phrases using a selection of emoji and genmoji using as few moves as possible. For example, if the phrase is "- - - - - of my - - -" ("Apple of my eye"), then you would use

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Roblox Adds Age Verification for Teens Who Want to Chat: What You Need to Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 16:20:43

Roblox, the popular gaming platform, has revamped the way it will handle player communications, particularly for those under 18. As detailed in a blog post, the company says it's changing "Friends" to "Connections" across the platform and is launching new tools to estimate a player's age via a video selfie. That age verification, for those 13 to 17, will unlock a feature called "Trusted Connections" that allows for less filtered text or voice chat. Those who aren't able to verify their age with

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Google hides secret message in name list of 3,295 AI researchers

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-28 17:12:01

How many Google AI researchers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A recent research paper detailing the technical core behind Google's Gemini AI assistant may suggest an answer, listing an eye-popping 3,295 authors. It's a number that recently caught the attention of machine learning researcher David Ha (known as "hardmaru" online), who revealed on X that the first 43 names also contain a hidden message. "There’s a secret code if you observe the authors’ first initials in the order of author

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Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-28 17:35:59

The US Senate voted to rescind two years' worth of funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), delivering a blow to public radio and television stations around the country. The CPB is a publicly funded nonprofit corporation that supports NPR and PBS stations. The 51-48 vote today on President Trump's rescissions package would eliminate $1.1 billion that was allocated to public broadcasting for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. All 51 yes votes came from Republicans, while Sens. Susan

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FX/Hulu drops one last trailer for Alien: Earth

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-28 17:57:48

The premiere of Alien: Earth is just weeks away, and FX/Hulu dropped one last trailer to pique our interest, along with a much more detailed synopsis. It's meditative and existential in tone, with a haunting tune playing over footage of mysterious alien craft, dead bodies, blood-spattered humans fleeing through futuristic corridors, and, of course, a spooky silhouette of a xenomorph in the distance. As previously reported, the eight-episode series is set in 2120, two years before the events of

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OpenAI’s New ChatGPT Agent Tries to Do It All

wired.com Reece Rogers 2026-02-28 17:00:00

Isa Fulford, the research lead for OpenAI’s new ChatGPT agent, needed to order a bunch of cupcakes, so she asked the AI tool to do it for her. “I was very specific about what I wanted, and it was a lot of cupcakes,” she says. “That one took almost an hour—but it was easier than me doing it myself, because I didn't want to do it.” OpenAI has launched a new agent for ChatGPT that uses a virtual browser to complete tasks and can generate downloadable files, specifically PowerPoint presentations an

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This Killer Dell 14 Plus Deal Changed My Opinion of the Laptop

wired.com Luke Larsen 2026-02-28 17:13:02

When I first reviewed the Dell 14 Plus (6/10, WIRED Review), my main criticism was over the price. At the time, the only configuration available had a terabyte of storage and cost $1,099. That hurt its appeal to me, especially since it would be a more attractive sub-$1,000 laptop if Dell were selling a 512-GB option. But what if that 1-TB model was significantly discounted? Well, that changes everything. The 14 Plus is just $700 right now, directly from Dell, down $400 from its retail price. It

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OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent can control an entire computer and do tasks for you

theverge.com Hayden Field 2026-02-28 17:00:00

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. OpenAI is going all-in on the most-hyped trend in AI right now: AI agents, or tools that go a step beyond chatbots to complete complex, multi-step tasks on a user’s behalf. The company on Thursday debuted ChatGPT Agent, which it bills as a tool that can complete work on your behalf using its own “virtual computer.” In a briefin

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News publishers take paywall-blocker 12ft.io offline

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-02-28 17:32:06

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. The News/Media Alliance, a trade association behind major news publishers, announced that it has “successfully secured” the removal of 12ft.io, a website that helped users bypass paywalls online. The trade association says 12ft.io’s webhost took down the site on July 14th “following the News/Media Alliance’s efforts.” 12ft.io — or 12 Foot Ladder —

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Substack raises $100M from Chernin Group, Andreessen Horowitz, Skims CEO, and more

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-02-28 16:10:33

In Brief Substack announced on Thursday that it has raised $100 million in Series C funding led by investors at BOND and The Chernin Group (TCG). The round included participation from Andreessen Horowitz; Rich Paul, CEO and founder of Klutch Sports Group; and Jens Grede, CEO and co-founder of Skims. The New York Times reports that the funding brings Substack’s valuation to $1.1 billion, almost 70% higher than its 2021 valuation of $650 million. Founded in 2017, Substack has gained popularity

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OpenAI launches a general purpose agent in ChatGPT

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-02-28 17:00:03

OpenAI is launching a new general purpose AI agent in ChatGPT, which the company says can complete a wide variety of computer-based tasks on behalf of users. OpenAI says the agent can automatically navigate a user’s calendar, generate editable presentations and slideshows, and run code. The tool, called ChatGPT agent, combines several capabilities from OpenAI’s previous agentic tools, including Operator’s ability to click around on websites, as well as Deep Research’s ability to synthesize info

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Amazon cuts some jobs in cloud computing unit as layoffs continue

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2026-02-28 22:10:10

Attendees walk through an exposition hall at AWS re:Invent, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, in Las Vegas on Dec. 3, 2024. Amazon is laying off some staffers in its cloud computing division, the company confirmed on Thursday. "After a thorough review of our organization, our priorities, and what we need to focus on going forward, we've made the difficult business decision to eliminate some roles across particular teams in AWS," Amazon spokesperson Brad Glasser said in a statement. "

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Musk Accuses Trump of Covering Up Epstein Scandal

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-28 21:12:37

It's no wonder multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk sees the Jeffrey Epstein crisis as an enormous opportunity to score political points. The situation has driven a massive wedge between president Donald Trump and his MAGA base. A furious Trump has repeatedly attempted to pour cold water on conspiracy theories surrounding the late sex criminal billionaire's mysterious death and the existence of a purported "client list" — efforts that only enraged his supporters even further. In a Twitter spr

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Samsung’s eye-catching Theme Park update teaches Apple how to do a glass UI right

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-28 21:24:04

Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has rolled out a new update for the Theme Park Good Lock module. The update tweaks the UI, adds a new “Effects” menu, and fixes minor bugs. The Effects menu offers five options to customize the look of your icons. If you’re a fan of customization, the Theme Park module in Good Lock can help get your Galaxy phone looking just the way you want it. From changing the colors of keycaps to adjusting the shape of icons, there is no shortage of ways to giv

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Samsung DeX turns the Galaxy Z Flip 7 into a pocket-sized PC, but it’s missing one key feature

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-28 22:42:56

TL;DR The new Galaxy Z Flip 7 is the first in Samsung’s clamshell foldable lineup to support Samsung DeX, turning it into a compact, portable PC. DeX provides a full desktop experience on an external monitor and works with a wired connection, even when the phone is closed. While a powerful addition, it lacks the ability to use the cover screen as a touchpad, a feature found on competing Razr phones. Samsung’s clamshell folding phones have always been true flagships in terms of specs and perfo

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Can’t sync your Fitbit? You’re not alone, as service suffers major outage (Update: Fixed)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-28 22:53:17

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR Fitbit users currently report problems syncing data and logging into the Android app. The company confirms that an outage is in progress, and is currently under investigation. Right now there doesn’t seem to be anything users can do, so just sit tight and avoid the temptation to reinstall the app. Update, July 17, 2025 (12:53 PM ET): Fitbit reports that all systems are back up and running. If you uninstalled earlier and weren’t able to log back in to

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New Apple video comedically says: be careful what you remove from photos

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-02-28 22:40:24

Apple has just released a new video advertising Apple Intelligence on the iPhone 16, with one feature spotlighted: Clean Up. The humorous message of the video? Be careful what you remove from photos. Clean Up should not be used to remove beloved pets, says new ad Clean Up is an Apple Intelligence feature that lets you remove unwanted objects from photos. Available inside the Photos app, Clean Up lets you easily alter an image to get rid of any visual distraction that’s unwanted. But per Appl

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The best smartphones to buy in 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-28 22:00:36

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . You might already have a good idea of which smartphone you want to be your next one. But there are more solid options available now than ever before, making the decision not as cut-and-dry as it used to be. While the decision is a bit easier if you know you want an iPhone, there's even

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Amazon’s AI push is undermining its sustainability goals

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-28 22:01:59

Amazon’s decarbonization goals are being undermined by its push to be a leader in generative AI. Its most recent sustainability report concedes its overall carbon emissions grew for the first time since 2022. It reported a six percent increase in its carbon footprint across 2024, laying much of the blame at the feet of its data center rollout. The reported increase is significant given Amazon’s method of reporting its own environmental impact. Critics have suggested the mega-retailer “ dramatic

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Spotify's Audiobooks+ add-on is now available to some Premium subscribers

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-28 22:50:30

It’s likely that you predominantly associate Spotify with music and podcasts, but if you’re a Premium member, you also get 15 hours of audiobook access per month. For some members, though, that clearly isn’t enough, as Spotify has introduced a new add-on subscription that doubles that listening time. Audiobooks+ was first trialled in Ireland and Canada, and is launching initially for Premium Individual and Plan members in a number of countries in Europe, as well as Australia and New Zealand. On

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Hacker steals $27 million in BigONE exchange crypto breach

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-28 22:54:26

Cryptocurrency exchange BigONE disclosed that hackers stole various digital assets valued at $27 million in an attack yesterday. The platform announced that private keys and user data remain unaffected by the intrusion and any customers that incurred losses will be reimbursed from available reserves. “In the early hours of July 16, BigONE detected abnormal movements involving a portion of the platform’s assets,” reads the announcement. “Upon investigation, it was confirmed to be the result of

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Best AirTag wallets 2025: I tested the best options to track your cards and cash

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2026-02-28 22:25:00

Apple's AirTag is perhaps the most popular Bluetooth tracker on the market. While AirTags can be easily attached to keys, cutting-edge accessories let you use them on luggage, pet collars, remotes, and wallets. We've compared the best AirTag wallets from brands like Ridge and Titan X for card capacity, design, and overall value. We've also provided alternative Bluetooth tracker options like Bluetooth wallet cards. What's the best AirTag wallet right now? The accessory market is flooded with d

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7 useful things the Flipper Zero can do that still blows my mind - two years later

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-02-28 22:29:25

Flipper Zero reading an NFC security key. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET After over a year of use, I love my Flipper Zero, and I'm still finding cool things to do with it. Am I using it to steal cars, clone credit cards, or change the prices shown on gas station displays? Of course not! That's just fake trash people upload to TikTok to try to look cool, and you can't do anything like that. Also: Prime Day is over, but some of our favorite deals are still live now But that doesn't mean the Flip

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When Is Tech Not Hype? Tulips, Toilets, Trains – and Tabs

Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network

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80 Years After the Trinity Atomic Blast, New Mexico’s Downwinders May Finally See Reparations

July Mortgage Rate Forecast: Buyers Retreat as Rates Rebound

Best Tower Fans for 2025: We Tested What Cools Down Rooms Fast

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Roblox Adds Age Verification for Teens Who Want to Chat: What You Need to Know

Google hides secret message in name list of 3,295 AI researchers

Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS

FX/Hulu drops one last trailer for Alien: Earth

OpenAI’s New ChatGPT Agent Tries to Do It All

This Killer Dell 14 Plus Deal Changed My Opinion of the Laptop

OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent can control an entire computer and do tasks for you

News publishers take paywall-blocker 12ft.io offline

Substack raises $100M from Chernin Group, Andreessen Horowitz, Skims CEO, and more

OpenAI launches a general purpose agent in ChatGPT

Amazon cuts some jobs in cloud computing unit as layoffs continue

Musk Accuses Trump of Covering Up Epstein Scandal

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Samsung DeX turns the Galaxy Z Flip 7 into a pocket-sized PC, but it’s missing one key feature

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New Apple video comedically says: be careful what you remove from photos

The best smartphones to buy in 2025

Amazon’s AI push is undermining its sustainability goals

Spotify's Audiobooks+ add-on is now available to some Premium subscribers

Hacker steals $27 million in BigONE exchange crypto breach

Best AirTag wallets 2025: I tested the best options to track your cards and cash

7 useful things the Flipper Zero can do that still blows my mind - two years later

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