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El Salvador’s Crypto President Could Stay in Power for Decades After Changes to Constitution

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-12-26 06:50:12

El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly approved changes to the country’s constitution on Thursday that will extend presidential terms from five years to six and abolish term limits. That means President Nayib Bukele, a far-right crypto enthusiast who’s allied with President Donald Trump, could potentially stay in power for the rest of his natural life. First elected in 2019 on a promise to crack down on gangs, Bukele was supposed to be prohibited from running for re-election in 2024. But the countr

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Best Over-Ear Headphones We've Tested (August 2025)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-26 05:36:00

Sennheiser Accentum Plus: If you can't afford Sennheiser's flagship Momentum 4 Wireless headphones or other premium models from Bose, Sony and Apple, the Sennheiser Accentum Plus is a good midrange alternative that doesn't quite offer the same performance as those higher-end models. However, it does offers better build quality and sound than most budget noise canceling headphones. In essence, these are a slightly stripped down version of the Momentum 4 Wireless and share a similar aesthetic and

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Releasing weights for FLUX.1 Krea

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-25 08:41:45

However, a clear trend when working with AI generated images is their unique look: overly-blurry backgrounds, waxy skin textures, boring composition, and more. Together, these problems constitute what is now known as the “AI look” . Image generation has come a long way since the early days of generating cats and flowers with GANs. Today's models can generate coherent human faces, limbs, and hands. They understand exact quantities, render complex typography, and make an astronaut ride a horse.

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Design patterns you should unlearn in Python

news.ycombinator.com Author Of Lihil 2025-12-26 16:29:20

Search for “design patterns in Python” and you’ll be rewarded with a parade of tutorials showing off how to faithfully re-implement Gang of Four patterns — complete with class diagrams, factory hierarchies, and enough boilerplate to heat a small village. They’ll make you feel like you’re writing “serious” code. Smart. Professional. Enterprise-ready. But here’s the problem: most of these patterns solve problems Python doesn’t have. They were designed for languages like Java and C++, where you ha

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Get a Quick and Effective Cardio Workout With the Best Rowing Machine Picks Tested by a Fitness Expert

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-26 16:00:00

What we like about it: This is Peloton’s first smart rowing machine, which teaches you how to row and correct your form. Similar to other Peloton equipment, you receive white glove delivery and it’s assembled in your home. The delivery people are pros, so they have it up and running in a half hour, tops. It has a 24-inch HD touchscreen that's adjustable and easy to rotate. Using the Peloton Row is an experience, unlike the others I had when testing rowing machines. Before you take a class, you

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Anthropic studied what gives an AI system its ‘personality’ — and what makes it ‘evil’

theverge.com Hayden Field 2025-12-26 16:58:16

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. On Friday, Anthropic debuted research unpacking how an AI system’s “personality” — as in, tone, responses, and overarching motivation — changes and why. Researchers also tracked what makes a model “evil.” The Verge spoke with Jack Lindsey, an Anthropic researcher working on interpretability, who has also been tapped to lead the

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Familiar specs, new name: Intel's Core 5 120 processors enter the market

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-12-26 20:53:00

What just happened? Intel has quietly introduced the Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F processors, modest additions to its budget desktop lineup at a time when industry focus is shifting toward next-gen architectures. The low-key launch was first spotted by hardware leaker @momomo_us, suggesting Intel is still actively refreshing its product stack – even as it looks to phase out older silicon. The Core 5 120 doesn't break new ground but instead traces its lineage directly to Intel's older Alder Lake a

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Palantir lands $10 billion Army software and data contract

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-12-26 21:50:40

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, attending the annual Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho on July 9th, 2025. Palantir has inked a contract with the U.S. Army worth up to $10 billion to meet growing warfare demands over the next decade. As part of the deal, Palantir will help the military streamline efficiencies while preparing for threats, consolidating 75 total contracts into one enterprise deal, the release states. The agreement creates a "comprehensive framework for

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Google releases Olympiad medal-winning Gemini 2.5 ‘Deep Think’ AI publicly — but there’s a catch…

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2025-12-26 21:39:22

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 Google has officially launched Gemini 2.5 Deep Think, a new variation of its AI model engineered for deeper reasoning and complex problem-solving, which made headlines last month for winning a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) — the first time an AI model achieved the feat. However, this is unfortunately not the i

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Google rolls out its most powerful Gemini model yet

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-26 21:12:05

Google AI Ultra subscribers now have access to Deep Think, Google’s most advanced reasoning model yet for Gemini 2.5. The new model was first unveiled at Google I/O , and after feedback from "early trusted testers," is now being rolled out to a wider audience. For now, access is limited to the highest-tier AI subscription Google offers, which will run you a cool $250 per month. The public version of Deep Think is a variation of the model that recently achieved a gold-medal standard at the Inter

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Gemini Will Overshadow the Best Upgrades to Google’s New Pixel Buds and Pixel Watch

gizmodo.com Raymond Wong 2025-12-26 21:09:36

My gut tells me that Google is going to use its Pixel devices launch event on August 20 to talk a lot about AI—specifically Gemini and how it’ll be woven into the Android-powered devices in a deep way. Google so poorly safeguarded the reveal of its entire Pixel hardware lineup that it only makes sense for the company to focus its upcoming event on AI rather than the gadgets themselves. That’s what I’m thinking about as I see the daily leaks for the Pixel 10 family and the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, alo

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Google’s Advanced AI Model Is Now Available to Try—for $250 a Month

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-12-26 21:20:02

Google just made one of its most advanced AI reasoning models available to the public. Like other advanced models, Gemini 2.5 Deep Think uses more than one AI agent to brainstorm answers in order to boost accuracy and result in more creative solutions. Google says the model outperformed several of its competitors in key AI benchmark tests and a variation of the model even achieved the gold-medal standard at this year’s International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), solving five out of the six IMO p

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Google releases Gemini 2.5 Deep Think for AI Ultra subscribers

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-26 21:36:08

Google is unleashing its most powerful Gemini model today, but you probably won't be able to try it. After revealing Gemini 2.5 Deep Think at the I/O conference back in May, Google is making this AI available in the Gemini app. Deep Think is designed for the most complex queries, which means it uses more compute resources than other models. So it should come as no surprise that only those subscribing to Google's $250 AI Ultra plan will be able to access it. Deep Think is based on the same found

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Qualcomm could shake things up with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and 8 Elite 2

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-27 02:05:22

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Qualcomm might offer a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and a Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 in the coming months. This suggests another naming convention shakeup of sorts for the brand’s top-tier smartphone processors. Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset late last year, which delivered a major leap forward for Android phones. This also marked a change in naming convention compared to the previous Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor. However, it seems like both naming co

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GPT-5 is already (ostensibly) available via API

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 00:13:33

Using the model gpt-5-bench-chatcompletions-gpt41-api-ev3 via the Chat Completions API will give you what is supposedly GPT-5. Conjecture: The "gpt41-api" portion of the name suggests that there's new functionality to this model that will require new API parameters or calls, and that this particular version of the model is adapted to the GPT-4.1 API for backwards compatibility. Here you can see me using it via curl : https://preview.redd.it/glxute607egf1.png?width=1181&format=png&auto=webp&s=

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Long Term Support

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 02:28:11

Long Term Support The intent of the developers is to support SQLite through the year 2050. At this writing, 2050 is still 25 years in the future. Nobody knows what will happen in that time, and we cannot absolutely promise that SQLite will be viable or useful that far out. But we can promise this: we plan as if we will be supporting SQLite until 2050. That long-term outlook affects our decisions in important ways. Cross-platform Code → SQLite runs on any platform with an 8-bit byte, two's com

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Best Android Smartwatch for 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-27 02:00:00

Here are a few key factors to consider to help you filter out the noise and narrow down your search. CNET Budget: If you're looking to score a deal, it might be worth waiting for major discount days like Black Friday or Labor Day in the US when most retailers, including the original manufacturers, offer sales or cash-back incentives. You can also save by waiting for the next update cycle and considering the previous-generation model, which often goes on sale once a newer version is released. W

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Best Noise-Canceling Headphones We've Tested (August 2025)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-27 02:34:00

Bowers & Wilkins PX7 S2: Bowers & Wilkins released the PX7 S2 headphones in 2022 with some significant improvements over the first-generation version.That was followed by a slightly upgraded version, the PX7 S2e ($400), with the "e" standing for evolved. The audio quality has been slightly upgraded thanks to improved digital processing (the headphones have been retuned), which we assume involves an upgraded chip. You may see this model nicely discounted because Bowers & Wilkins has released the

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The military’s squad of satellite trackers is now routinely going on alert

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-27 02:21:48

This is Part 2 of our interview with Col. Raj Agrawal, the former commander of the Space Force's Space Mission Delta 2. If it seems like there's a satellite launch almost every day, the numbers will back you up. The US Space Force's Mission Delta 2 is a unit that reports to Space Operations Command, with the job of sorting out the nearly 50,000 trackable objects humans have launched into orbit. Dozens of satellites are being launched each week, primarily by SpaceX to continue deploying the St

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Eyes of Wakanda feels like fanfiction turned into Marvel history

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-12-27 02:15:00

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Similar to What If…?, Eyes of Wakanda leans hard into the fantastical and remixes pieces of the larger MCU canon in a way that makes it come across like Marvel-approved fanfiction. But the new series features much stronger visuals, and each of its four episodes tell self-contained narratives that have far more nuanced ideas about just

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Apple's MacBook Air M4 is on sale for a record-low price right now

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-27 06:55:35

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 . Whether you need a new MacBook for the upcoming semester or you've just been itching to upgrade from an older machine, now's a good time to buy. Amazon has a sale on the latest M4 MacBook Air that knocks up to 20 percent off many configurations. The base model is where you'll get the

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James Gunn Keeps Teasing His Next Superman Movie

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-12-27 06:00:03

Could Godzilla x Kong introduce a deep-cut new monster? Kevin Bacon wants you to see the new Toxic Avenger. Plus, Hostel is heading to Peacock for a new horror streaming series with Paul Giamatti. Spoilers now! James Gunn/Superman In response to a fan on Threads (via Deadline), James Gunn revealed he’s begun writing his previously teased DC film, in which “Superman has a major role,” but the project is “not Superman 2.” Godzilla X Kong: Supernova In a since-expired Instagram story posted by

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You can use Google's Math Olympiad-winning Deep Think AI model now - for a price

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-12-27 11:29:00

Google Two weeks ago, Google and OpenAI touted their models' award-winning performance at the International Math Olympiad (IMO). Now, Google is making a version of its model available to the public. Also: This one feature could make GPT-5 a true game changer (if OpenAI gets it right) On Friday, Google launched Deep Think in the Gemini app for Google Ultra subscribers, a premium subscription tier that costs $250 per year or $125 for the first three months. Although the model is a variation of

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These Are the Switch 2 Launch Games You Should Actually Consider

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-27 10:00:07

The Nintendo Switch 2 hasn't been out long but it's still somewhat disappointing that not many new games are available yet to use the new hardware. Yes, Donkey Kong Bananza is probably the biggest hit for the Switch successor that everyone should pick up but aside from that and Mario Kart World, there's not much else to get. For those who are still looking for something else to play on their Switch 2, here's a list of some of the more interesting launch games to pick in the meantime. Cyberpunk

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AC or DC: Which Is Better?

wired.com Rhett Allain 2025-12-27 11:30:00

As the story goes, the rock band AC/DC took its name from a label on an old sewing machine in the Young brothers’ home. It must have meant that the machine could run on either alternating-current or direct-current electricity. Today, all the newfangled electronic devices in our homes run only on DC power—even lighting fixtures, now that LEDs have replaced incandescent bulbs. But wait. The electricity that comes out of your wall socket is alternating current. That means each device needs to conv

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Everything we think we know about the Google Pixel 10 phones

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-12-27 11:19:07

is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google is readying its next set of hardware announcements, and has already confirmed that the Pixel 10 series is launching this month. We even know what one of the phones looks like, thanks to the official image up above. But beyond the few tidbits Google has shared officially, there’s a

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Joby Aviation and defense contractor L3Harris to test autonomous hybrid aircraft

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-12-27 11:00:00

Joby Aviation is often cast as a developer of commercial electric air taxis, but the publicly traded company has also pursued a separate track to market through a long-standing relationship with the U.S. Department of Defense. Now, its years of research and development with the Department of Defense may be paying off. The company on Thursday said it had signed an agreement with defense contractor L3Harris Technologies to “explore opportunities” to develop a new aircraft class — specifically, a

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Can your PC run Battlefield 6? Full system requirements and multiplayer details revealed

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-12-27 21:16:00

What just happened? Most big PC releases these days come with the anxiety of whether your PC will be able to play them well – or at all. Thankfully, Battlefield 6's just-revealed PC requirements are pretty forgiving. DICE and EA have also unveiled a slew of extra information about the FPS, including more on its multiplayer element and next month's Open Betas. Battlefield 6's minimum system requirements ask for at least an RTX 2060, RX 5600 XT 6GB, or Intel Arc A380 paired with an Intel Core i5-

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Survey says more than half of Pixel 9 owners aren’t always happy with their camera

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-27 21:00:26

Over the weekend, I published an article discussing my frustration with my Pixel 9 Pro’s cameras, especially in darker and warmer environments . I showcased several examples, from the least noticeable to the most glaring, where the photo that I see in the viewfinder on my phone and the final image I get after processing are so different that it feels jarring to witness that transformation. My conclusion was that the Pixel camera seems to be working extra hard to fake a white balance that isn’t

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6 reasons why I prefer self hosted apps — and why you should too

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-27 21:30:50

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Lately, there’s a lot of hype around self-hosting and running your own apps on a home lab or NAS. But you might be wondering what you stand to gain from it? After all, Google, Apple, and many others offer perfectly competent app suites. That’s what I thought too. But for the last few years, I’ve dived deep into the world of open source and self-hosting. And if you’re curious why, saddle up — I’ve got some thoughts to share. When I first dived into self-hosting

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