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I tested this new AI podcast tool to see if it can beat NotebookLM - here's how it did

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-11-27 22:00:17

Speechify The Speechify text-to-speech app enables its over 50 million users worldwide to convert any text, including documents, articles, PDFs, and images into audio, with over 200 voices to choose from. Now, the company is delving into a new type of audio: AI-generated podcasts. Also: I finally gave NotebookLM my full attention - and it really is a total game changer Starting today, Speechify users will be able to turn any content into a "lecture-style" podcast. They'll also get access to a

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Is Ryan Reynolds Trolling Everyone About Deadpool’s Next MCU Appearance?

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-11-28 17:00:02

Zach Cregger wants Resident Evil to be his Evil Dead 2. Osgood Perkins and Tatiana Maslany tease the patriarchal horrors of Keeper. Plus, the cast of Clayface expands. Spoilers, assemble! Avengers: Doomsday/Avengers: Secret Wars Ryan Reynolds cryptically shared an image of a graffitied-over Avengers logo to Instagram last night (essentially a version of the logo actually already seen in Deadpool & Wolverine as the emblem of the Resistance), leading to rampant speculation that Deadpool will app

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The Best Whitening Toothpaste of 2025, According to Dentists

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-29 05:26:00

Why we like it: Colgate Optic White Pro Series toothpaste is one whitening toothpaste that Dr. Fatima Khan, a dentist in Houston, Texas, recommends. Some of her reasons for recommending it include its trusted brand name and its 5% hydrogen peroxide whitening agent. Unlike other whitening agents that work by removing stains on the surface of the tooth, hydrogen peroxide can get inside the tooth so it whitens intrinsically as well as extrinsically. Sachar also recommends this toothpaste, saying,

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Central American Beaches Are Being Overrun With Local and Foreign Plastic

wired.com Andrea J. Arratibel 2025-11-29 06:00:00

A Powerade bottle from 2001 was found on Yaya, a Peruvian beach south of Lima. A Coca-Cola bottle from 2002 was found on Robinson Crusoe Island, a World Biosphere Reserve, in Chile. These were the oldest of all the bottles collected. These discarded pieces of packaging were collected in a new macro-study that looked at the origin of plastic bottle pollution on beaches and cities along Latin America’s Pacific coastline. The research—the first to be conducted on a regional scale, thanks to a citi

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Taylor Swift’s 12th announced at 12:12 on the 12th

theverge.com Thomas Ricker 2025-11-29 09:04:41

is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Taylor Swift leaned into her love for symbolism with the announcement of her dozenth album, titled The Life of a Showgirl. TS12 was introduced in a teaser — already viewed over 65 million times — for the next episode of the New Heights podcast airi

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Chris Simpkins, creator of Hack font, has died

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-29 10:51:53

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8 Common Foods That Can Contain Microplastics and How to Avoid Them

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-29 14:09:00

Microplastics aren't just an ocean pollution issue anymore. They're now a daily life, from diet to kitchen tools. Recent research shows that common foods, drinks and food storage containers may be delivering thousands of tiny plastic particles into your body without you even realizing it. Studies estimate the average person consumes between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles annually through food and beverages alone -- and when airborne particles are included, that number can climb as hig

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Claude can now reference past chats, if you want it to

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-29 22:18:06

Claude is getting a better, if selective, memory. Rather than acting as perfect catalog of everything you've talked about or shared, Anthropic says the AI chatbot now has the ability to reference past chats when asked, so you don't have to re-explain yourself. The feature seems like it could help you pick up a work project after time away, or query Claude for the details of a past research session that you don't quite remember. The key point is that Claude has to be prompted: It doesn't call on

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Anthropic’s Claude chatbot can now remember your past conversations

theverge.com Hayden Field 2025-11-29 22:56:15

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. On Monday, Anthropic released a hotly anticipated memory function for its Claude chatbot. In a YouTube video, the company demonstrated a user asking what they had been chatting about with Claude before their vacation. Claude searches past c

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Trump administration stops illegal freeze of $5B EV charger funds after losing in court

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-11-30 11:12:08

The Trump administration has finally issued new guidance that states can use to dole out $5 billion in funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, after spending months withholding the money. A coalition of states sued over the funding freeze in the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which was one of the administration’s many attempts to stop funding appropriated by Congress at the start of Donald Trump’s second term. A judge ruled in June that those states were

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OneNote finally gets "paste text only" feature on Windows and Mac

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-30 22:10:39

OneNote is a powerful note-taking app, but that doesn't necessarily mean it has all the features you want. One of the missing features is 'Paste as text only,' and it's finally coming to OneNote. In a blog post, Microsoft confirmed that it's testing the ability to paste text only (plain format). Right now, when you copy content from a web page or another app and paste it into OneNote, it retains the formatting. This means colours, fonts, and text styling are copied and moved to OneNote when y

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9to5Mac Daily: August 11, 2025 – Low-cost MacBook, Siri upgrades

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2025-12-01 03:45:25

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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MKBHD reviews CarPlay Ultra

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-01 14:06:27

Tech’s favorite YouTuber MKBHD has reviewed CarPlay Ultra for the first time. We’ve seen a few CarPlay Ultra walkthroughs since Aston Martin shipped the first instance of next-gen CarPlay earlier this year. MKBHD always has an approachable and understandable take on tech, of course. His latest video on his cleverly named Auto Focus channel is no exception. CarPlay Ultra in the wild is incredibly rare as it’s only supported in select Aston Martin vehicles for now. There are currently no EVs wi

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Did California's fast food minimum wage reduce employment?

news.ycombinator.com Jeffrey Clemens 2025-12-01 04:54:31

We analyze the effect of California's $20 fast food minimum wage, which was enacted in September 2023 and went into effect in April 2024, on employment in the fast food sector. In unadjusted data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, we find that employment in California's fast food sector declined by 2.7 percent relative to employment in the fast food sector elsewhere in the United States from September 2023 through September 2024. Adjusting for pre-AB 1228 trends increases this di

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Watch NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts return to Earth

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-01 15:30:04

The astronauts part of SpaceX's Crew-10 mission are on their way back home. Their Dragon capsule called Endurance is scheduled to splash down at approximately 11:33 AM Eastern time off the coast of California. Endurance undocked from the International Space Station at 6:15PM Eastern on August 8 with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov onboard. They stayed on the ISS for five months

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Intermittent fasting strategies and their effects on body weight

news.ycombinator.com Zhila Semnani-Azad 2025-12-01 15:14:57

This meta-analysis concurrently and comprehensively evaluates the association of intermittent fasting, CER, and ad-libitum diets on cardiometabolic risk factors. Our findings showed a trivial to small reduction in body weight for all diet strategies compared with ad-libitum, and trivial reductions for ADF compared with CER, TRE, and WDF. These associations, however, were only significant among comparisons with ad-libitum diet in moderate-to-long term follow-up durations of at least 24 weeks. ADF

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Ratfactor's Illustrated Guide to Folding Fitted Sheets

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-01 12:58:52

If you search the Web for the history of fitted sheets, you’re going to find a reference to exactly two patents: 1959 - Bertha Berman of New York: FITTED BED SHEET CONSTRUCTION (PDF, 355Kb) 1992 - Gisele Jubinville of Alberta: MATTRESS COVER/FITTED BED SHEET (PDF, 492Kb) Now, if you actually look at the patents, what you’ll see is that Berman’s was a more complex design that consisted of multiple pieces (but does feature elastic!) And Jubinville’s design, indeed, has the stitched-in elastic d

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Did California's Fast Food Minimum Wage Reduce Employment?

news.ycombinator.com Jeffrey Clemens 2025-12-01 16:54:31

We analyze the effect of California's $20 fast food minimum wage, which was enacted in September 2023 and went into effect in April 2024, on employment in the fast food sector. In unadjusted data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, we find that employment in California's fast food sector declined by 2.7 percent relative to employment in the fast food sector elsewhere in the United States from September 2023 through September 2024. Adjusting for pre-AB 1228 trends increases this di

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Little-known leguminous plant can increase beef production by 60% (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-01 16:20:56

The introduction of the legume had the same impact of an annual application of 150 kilos of nitrogen fertilizer per hectare in the pasture. Four-year study shows that the use of Desmodium ovalifolium can reduce time to slaughter by 30% . Reducing how long is taken until the animal slaughter represents less costs for farmers and less greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Legume improves bovine digestion and reduces methane emissions. A study conducted for four years has revealed that the intercropping

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KrebsOnSecurity in New ‘Most Wanted’ HBO Max Series

krebsonsecurity.com Unknown 2025-12-02 08:38:01

A new documentary series about cybercrime airing next month on HBO Max features interviews with Yours Truly. The four-part series follows the exploits of Julius Kivimäki, a prolific Finnish hacker recently convicted of leaking tens of thousands of patient records from an online psychotherapy practice while attempting to extort the clinic and its patients. The documentary, “Most Wanted: Teen Hacker,” explores the 27-year-old Kivimäki’s lengthy and increasingly destructive career, one that was ma

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Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander, has died

news.ycombinator.com Jessica Taveau 2025-12-02 11:12:18

Portrait of NASA astronaut Jim Lovell Credit: NASA The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy on the passing of famed Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell. He passed away Aug. 7, in Lake Forest, Illinois. He was 97 years old. “NASA sends its condolences to the family of Capt. Jim Lovell, whose life and work inspired millions of people across the decades. Jim’s character and steadfast courage helped our nation reach the Moon and turned a potential tragedy into a success from

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Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell has passed away

news.ycombinator.com Jessica Taveau 2025-12-02 17:12:18

Portrait of NASA astronaut Jim Lovell Credit: NASA The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy on the passing of famed Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell. He passed away Aug. 7, in Lake Forest, Illinois. He was 97 years old. “NASA sends its condolences to the family of Capt. Jim Lovell, whose life and work inspired millions of people across the decades. Jim’s character and steadfast courage helped our nation reach the Moon and turned a potential tragedy into a success from

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Introducing the Authority Insights Podcast and Newsletter

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-02 22:29:26

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority With so many amazing media outlets and YouTube channels out there in 2025, why should you spare time for Android Authority? If you care about Android and Google news, we know you have options. However, we’re the best site to follow if you want the inside scoop on what Google is working on before it’s announced, especially when it comes to its Android operating system and mobile apps. Now, we’re making it even easier to get that exclusive content delivered righ

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Apple's Favoritism to Fastmail

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-04 03:25:12

Congrats to @Fastmail , the only provider @Apple allows to send push notifications to the iOS Mail app. No announcement. No documentation. No access for anyone else. Just quiet favoritism. We genuinely like @Fastmail . We’re happy for them. But @Apple has chosen a winner in private, giving one provider a major advantage and refusing the same to everyone else. We’ve tried to talk. @Apple just stops responding once they realize what we’re asking. Our customers want answers, and unlike Apple, we do

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Fast charging quietly changed my life — and it might change yours too

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-04 12:00:49

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority I’m old enough to remember when most smartphones topped out at 5W or even 10W charging speeds. In fact, my first proper Android phone was 2012’s Sony Xperia V, and it offered a mere 5W power level. The world has moved on rapidly, with 45W, 65W, 80W, and even 120W charge speeds now available. But even so, some users still prefer slow charging. However, to be honest, I think most people don’t realize they want fast charging until they’ve actually used it. How f

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Very Important Study Calculates Your Chance of Being Killed by an Asteroid vs Several Other Scary Things

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-12-05 08:11:24

In what first appears like a rather morbid game of “which would you rather?”, researchers have released a new study that games out how likely the average person is to die should one of various mishaps like car crashes, carbon monoxide poisoning, and lightning strikes, occur—or because a giant asteroid destroys the Earth. The probability of a planet-annihilating asteroid crashing into Earth is low, but it’s not zero. In fact, Earth had a recent close call when a newly discovered asteroid was cal

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The Whispering Earring

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-05 08:16:28

Cleaner, easier-to-reference repo of Scott Alexander’s The Whispering Earring (that’s the Schelling title, real title below). Original from livejournal is backed up here. Clarity didn’t work, trying mysterianism In the treasure-vaults of Til Iosophrang rests the Whispering Earring, buried deep beneath a heap of gold where it can do no further harm. The earring is a little topaz tetrahedron dangling from a thin gold wire. When worn, it whispers in the wearer’s ear: “Better for you if you take

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The Whispering Earring (Scott Alexander)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-06 08:16:28

Cleaner, easier-to-reference repo of Scott Alexander’s The Whispering Earring (that’s the Schelling title, real title below). Original from livejournal is backed up here. Clarity didn’t work, trying mysterianism In the treasure-vaults of Til Iosophrang rests the Whispering Earring, buried deep beneath a heap of gold where it can do no further harm. The earring is a little topaz tetrahedron dangling from a thin gold wire. When worn, it whispers in the wearer’s ear: “Better for you if you take

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Best 4K Projector for 2025: Tested and Reviewed by Experts

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-07 16:17:00

Sony All the projectors we review at CNET go through the same testing process that includes objective measurements and side-by-side subjective evaluation. I've been reviewing projectors for over 20 years and have used one (OK, many over the years) as my main "TV" since I started reviewing them. I'm also Imaging Science Foundation certified and did training at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to correctly measure displays. I use specialized test equipment, including a C6 HDR500

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5 Chromecast TV features you're not taking advantage of (including this smart home trick)

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2025-12-09 03:29:00

Elyse Betters Picaro/ZDNET Since 2014, Google's Chromecast has been an affordable means for helping viewers turn their older model TVs into smart TVs, allowing them to stream content from their phones, tablets, and computers to a bigger screen. Also: Don't cancel Netflix yet: I used these secret codes to unlock the full catalog of shows Alas, the era of the Chromecast has come to an end. Google is replacing it with the Google TV Streamer, promising a faster processor, Thread and Matter integr

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