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Activists Are Using AI to Identify Masked ICE Agents

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-19 00:11:07

A Netherlands-based immigration activist named Dominick Skinner is using AI and facial recognition to reveal the identities of masked US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Talk about turned tables — and a striking ethical paradox. In an interview with Politico, Skinner claimed that he and his team of volunteers have so far been able to use AI to identify at least 20 ICE agents seen in video recordings that have gone viral of the masked figures arresting people — students, childre

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The World’s Biggest Iceberg Is Finally Crumbling

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-10-19 01:20:39

Just months ago, the world’s largest iceberg weighed about a trillion tons and covered an area nearly the size of Anchorage, Alaska. Now it’s less than half that—and rapidly disappearing. In recent weeks, massive chunks of ice measuring up to 250 square miles (400 square kilometers) have sloughed off the “megaberg” known as A23a. Smaller pieces float freely in the surrounding waters too, many of them still big enough to threaten ships. The iceberg’s disintegration has reduced its total area to

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The Paper doesn’t hit its stride until it’s out of the office

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-10-19 01:30:00

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. When NBC’s adaptation of The Office first debuted in 2005, the series was panned for being a pale and uninspired imitation of its English predecessor. It took an entire season for showrunner Greg Daniels to figure out how to infuse his take on The Office with a quirky, satirical energy calibrated to appeal to American audiences. But o

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Venezuela’s president thinks American spies can’t hack Huawei phones

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-10-19 01:44:20

During a press conference on Monday, Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, showed off a Huawei smartphone that China’s President Xi Jinping gifted him, calling it “the best phone in the world,” and making a bold claim. “The Americans can’t hack it, neither their spy planes, nor their satellites,” Maduro said. The phone looked like a Mate X6, a foldable phone released by Huawei in 2024. Obviously, nothing is impossible to hack, and even less so by U.S. government hackers, who are considered s

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reMarkable Paper Pro Move Hands-On: A Notebook Lover’s Dream Device?

gizmodo.com Raymond Wong 2025-10-19 05:57:09

Ask any reMarkable E Ink tablet owner, and they will effuse about the mostly glare-free paper-like screen, many document templates, and notetaking experience that nearly mimics writing with pen and paper. People just adore their reMarkable devices. For the e-paper device maker’s next act, it’s going smaller with the Paper Pro Move, a more pocketable version of its Paper Pro color E Ink tablet with a smaller 7.3-inch display. Priced at $449 and available today, Sept. 3, the Paper Pro Move has di

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MrBeast isn’t stopping at snacks — he could take on T-Mobile and Verizon next

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-19 09:34:53

TL;DR YouTuber MrBeast is reportedly planning to enter the US telecom industry. His telecommunications company is expected to launch in 2026, according to a leak. MrBeast will reportedly use the MVNO strategy instead of setting up a standalone carrier. It hasn’t been long since 27-year-old YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, entered the food industry by launching his chocolate and snack brand, Feastables. The YouTuber is now reportedly looking to expand into the telecommunic

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Smartphone Buyers Care Even Less About AI Than They Did Last Year, CNET Survey Finds

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-19 08:00:04

AI has become a staple of just about every new phone, but that doesn't mean it's a centerpiece of most people's lives. A CNET survey finds that just 11% of US smartphone owners choose to upgrade their devices because of AI features, a 7% drop from a similar survey last year. Further, about 3 in 10 people don't find mobile AI helpful and don't want to see more features added. Don't miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET as a preferred Google source on Chrome. Thi

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Someone ordered 18,000 cups of water at an AI drive-thru - now fast food chains are reconsidering

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-10-19 13:34:00

Matt Cardy/Contributor/Getty Images News via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Fast-food chains are experimenting with AI in drive-thrus. Previous gen AI order-takers failed. AI voice tech is playing a larger role in customer service. Fast-food restaurants like Taco Bell and McDonald's tried to integrate AI into their daily operations, but rethought their decisions when customers complained. According to the Wall Street Journal, custom

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Microsoft VibeVoice: A Frontier Open-Source Text-to-Speech Model

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-19 21:44:01

VibeVoice: A Frontier Open-Source Text-to-Speech Model VibeVoice is a novel framework designed for generating expressive, long-form, multi-speaker conversational audio, such as podcasts, from text. It addresses significant challenges in traditional Text-to-Speech (TTS) systems, particularly in scalability, speaker consistency, and natural turn-taking. A core innovation of VibeVoice is its use of continuous speech tokenizers (Acoustic and Semantic) operating at an ultra-low frame rate of 7.5 Hz.

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What Is a Passkey? Here’s How to Set Up and Use Them (2025)

wired.com Jacob Roach 2025-10-19 22:30:00

Passwords suck. They're hard to remember, but worse is playing the ever-evolving game of cybersecurity whack-a-mole with your most important accounts. That’s where passkeys come into play. The so-called “war on passwords” has taken off over the past two years, with titans like Google, Microsoft, and Apple pushing for a password-less future that the FIDO Alliance (a consortium made to “help reduce the world’s over-reliance on passwords”) has been trying to realize for over a decade. Like it or n

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The already-affordable TCL 60 XE NXTPAPER gets $70 cheaper

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-19 22:55:55

Harley Maranan / Android Authority The TCL 60 XE NXTPAPER is already an affordable handset at its retail price of $249.99. I refuse to pay full price for anything, though, and if you are like me, today is your lucky day! The phone is at a record-low price of just $179.99, saving you $70. Buy the TCL 60 XE NXTPAPER for just $179.99 ($70 off) This offer is available from Amazon, but keep in mind that the discount is applied in two stages. First, a “limited time deal” takes the price down to $199

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Google sets the date for Gemini’s arrival on your Google Home devices

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-20 00:45:40

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini is coming to Google Home devices on October 1. Google previously said that this would be an early access rollout. With Gemini on their Google Home devices, users will be able to ask more complex questions in natural language, ask the AI agent to set up routines, and more. Gemini is finally coming home to your Google Home devices, with Google setting October 1 as the launch date. In a post on X, the company has invited users to sign up for updates,

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Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation

news.ycombinator.com Keerti Gopal 2025-10-16 22:27:06

This story is a partnership between Grist Inside Climate News , and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. As Gina Ramirez buckled her 11-year-old son into her car last month for their daily drive to school, she handed him a plastic water bottle. “I would love to be able to have him put a cup under the tap if he was thirsty,” Ramirez said. She can’t. Ramirez lives in a home on Chicago’s Southeast Side that’s serviced by a lead water pipe, a toxic relic found in

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Judge Rules Google Can Keep Chrome but Must Stop Exclusive Search Deals

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-19 22:46:00

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Judge Rules Google Can Keep Chrome, but Must Stop Exclusive Search Deals

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-20 03:46:00

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New ‘Vision Air’: Here’s how much lighter and less expensive it might be

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-20 17:00:18

Apple has a new Vision Pro 2 launching soon, but two of the main complaints about Vision hardware—weight and cost—likely won’t be addressed until 2027’s rumored ‘Vision Air’ ships. Today, a new report outlines how much cheaper and more affordable that Vision Air product might be. Vision Air expected to be nearly half the weight and less than half the price of Vision Pro Ming-Chi Kuo writes on his blog: Apple is expected to launch Vision Air in 2027, which will address the high weight and pric

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Microsoft rewarded for security failures with another US Government contract

news.ycombinator.com Brandon Vigliarolo 2025-10-20 20:30:35

Microsoft, the latest tech firm to agree to big software discounts for the US government, is digging even deeper into its bargain bin than the competition by offering a year of free Copilot access to government agencies willing to put up with its other problem products. The General Services Administration (GSA) announced its new deal with Microsoft on Tuesday, describing it as a "strategic partnership" that could save the federal government as much as $3.1 billion over the next year. The GSA di

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Stressed Ice Generates Electricity, Researchers Find

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-10-20 21:50:33

Don’t mess with ice. When it’s stressed, ice can get seriously sparky. Scientists have discovered that ordinary ice—the same substance found in iced coffee or the frosty sprinkle on mountaintops—is imbued with remarkable electromechanical properties. Ice is flexoelectric, so when it’s bent, stretched, or twisted, it can generate electricity, according to a Nature Physics paper published August 27. What’s more, ice’s peculiar electric properties appear to change with temperature, leading researc

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Police Desperately Seek Info on Burning Man Homicide Suspect

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-10-21 01:45:23

Nothing puts your problems into perspective like death. Sure, the orgy dome being rendered unusable by wind was a bummer, but it doesn’t compare to the unsolved homicide that appears to have happened on the grounds of Burning Man over the weekend. Making matters worse, the situation remains unsolved, and police are struggling to connect with potential witnesses as they head back home from the desert getaway. Thus far, the details about the situation are pretty sparse. According to USA Today, th

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Deals: 24GB/1TB M4 Mac mini $200 off, M4 iPad Pro $500+ off, iPhone 15 Pro Max $730 off, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-10-21 09:45:00

There are still plenty of notable Apple Labor Day deals still live in our master hub right here, but today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break does have some additional offers that should be on your radar. Firstly, we have an even lower price on the M4 Mac mini with 24GB of RAM and 1TB of storage at $200 off the list price (now an additional $100 off). Next up we are taking a look at Apple’s 1TB 11-inch M4 iPad Pro Wi-Fi + Cell model at a giant $500 off ahead of the upcoming padOS updates alongside the 1TB i

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Gboard’s new AI Writing Tools are already rolling out to non-Pixel phones

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-21 13:35:18

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Gboard’s AI-powered Writing Tools feature, which debuted on the Pixel 10, is now rolling out to some non-Pixel devices. Powered by the on-device Gemini Nano model, the feature helps users proofread and rephrase text directly within the keyboard. Availability is likely tied to devices supporting the multimodal Gemini Nano, such as those with the latest high-end chipsets. When Google unveiled the Pixel 10 series last month, the company highlighted new A

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Apple might have good news on iPhone 17 pricing, per report

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-21 13:11:24

We’re just one week away from Apple unveiling its flagship iPhone 17 lineup, and while market analysts have generally been expecting price increases on most new models, the latest report indicates we might be in for good news. JPMorgan projects slim-to-no price increases on iPhone 17 lineup JPMorgan has released its latest expectations ahead of Apple’s big iPhone 17 unveiling next week. In a research note seen by 9to5Mac, the firm forecasts surprisingly good news for iPhone 17 pricing. Until

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Pennsylvania AG Office says ransomware attack behind recent outage

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-21 12:20:01

The Office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General announced that a ransomware attack is behind the ongoing two-week service outage. In an official statement, Attorney General David W. Sunday Jr. said that the office refused to pay the attackers. “The interruption was caused by an outsider encrypting files in an effort to force the office to make a payment to restore operations. No payment has been made,” explained AG Sunday. “An active investigation is ongoing with other agencies, which limits

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The best web hosting services of 2025: Expert tested and recommended

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2025-10-21 13:23:00

GoDaddy has offered as wide an array of services as possible for individuals and small businesses needing an internet presence. Why we like it: It's widely known as a brand and many customers enjoy the service. GoDaddy is a great option if you prefer to stick with a well-known web hosting provider, or you're looking to open an e-commerce store. It's also recently introduced AI-based services to help you find the right domain name and to assist you with branding. The comprehensive domain name s

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RubyMine is now free for non-commercial use

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-21 11:25:08

Iryna Pisklyarova Read this post in other languages: 日本語 Hold on to your helper methods – RubyMine is now FREE for non-commercial use! Whether you’re learning Ruby and Rails, pushing open-source forward, creating dev content, or building your passion project, we want to make sure you have the tools to enjoy what you do even more… for free. Another chapter in the story We recently introduced a new licensing model for WebStorm, RustRover, Rider, and CLion – making them free for non-commercial u

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RubyMine Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-21 16:25:08

Iryna Pisklyarova Read this post in other languages: 日本語 Hold on to your helper methods – RubyMine is now FREE for non-commercial use! Whether you’re learning Ruby and Rails, pushing open-source forward, creating dev content, or building your passion project, we want to make sure you have the tools to enjoy what you do even more… for free. Another chapter in the story We recently introduced a new licensing model for WebStorm, RustRover, Rider, and CLion – making them free for non-commercial u

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Best Internet Providers in Your Area

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-21 14:00:00

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The best cheap Android phones to buy in 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-22 04:00:37

You don’t need to spend a fortune to get a new phone that handles your daily tasks with ease. The best cheap Android phones pack impressive features into affordable price tags, making them great options for anyone who wants solid performance without stretching their wallet. Whether you're scrolling social media, streaming videos or snapping photos, there are plenty of budget-friendly Android devices that can keep up with everything you do. While you might not get all the bells and whistles of

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Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-22 05:19:31

At this summer's HOPE conference, Joshua Aaron spoke about ICEBlock, his iPhone app that allows users to anonymously report ICE sightings within a 5 mile radius, and to get notifications when others report ICE sightings near them. You can see the full talk, and the lively/infuriating Q&A, here, starting at 6:12:10. Thanks to repression from the highest levels of the Trump administration, his app has gone viral and garnered over a million downloads from the App Store. Karoline Leavitt called it

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Small, fast, and colorful: The E-Ink tablet you’ve been waiting for might arrive tomorrow

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-22 05:47:12

Clipin TL;DR Last week, reMarkable teased “something on the move” in a short YouTube clip, with an official reveal set for September 3 at 8 AM ET. Leaked images point to a portable device dubbed the Paper Pro Move. Regulatory filings mention Wi-Fi 6, NFC, Bluetooth, and wireless power transfer. Last week, we covered reMarkable’s teaser video introducing a new device with the hint that “something is on the move.” We’ve been twiddling our styli ever since, waiting to see just how much the comp

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