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Apple TV+ shares trailer for all-new Peanuts musical special, premiering next month

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-02 00:06:48

Today, Apple released the first trailer for the first fully original Peanuts musical in nearly four decades. Watch it below. ‘Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical’ premieres on August 15 As part of an ongoing deal with Peanuts Worldwide and WildBrain, Apple TV+ remains the exclusive streaming home for all Peanuts content, including the upcoming ‘Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical,’ which is set to premiere on August 15. Here’s Apple on what to expect: “One morning, the Peanuts gang learns that t

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This Android 16 feature solved my biggest problem with phone notifications - how it works

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-01-02 00:22:00

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Have you ever been relaxing when, out of nowhere, your phone blows up with notifications? I've been there too many times, which led me to keep my phone on silent mode 24/7. Then Google teased a new feature in Android 15 called Notification Cooldown that promised to change everything. Notification Cooldown didn't exactly hit the mark in Android 15, but it has made a comeback in the latest iteration (Android 16) to ensure that it works exactly as expect

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Peacock feathers can emit laser beams

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-01 22:12:00

Peacock feathers are greatly admired for their bright iridescent colors, but it turns out they can also emit laser light when dyed multiple times, according to a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports. Per the authors, it's the first example of a biolaser cavity within the animal kingdom. As previously reported, the bright iridescent colors in things like peacock feathers and butterfly wings don't come from any pigment molecules but from how they are structured. The scales of chitin

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Senate confirms CDC director as top FDA official resigns under political pressure

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-02 00:09:06

As of yesterday, Susan Monarez is in and Vinay Prasad is out among top federal health officials. In a 51–47 vote along party lines, the Senate confirmed Monarez as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is the first nominee for CDC director to be required to get Senate confirmation, following a 2022 law requiring it. She is also the first person to serve in the role without a medical degree since 1953. Monarez has a PhD in microbiology and immunology and previously

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Microsoft's stock pops 7% on earnings beat as Azure annual revenue tops $75 billion

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2026-01-02 05:48:42

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on , April 4, 2025. Microsoft shares jumped 7% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter. Here's how the company performed in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $3.65 vs. $3.37 expected $3.65 vs. $3.37 expected Revenue: $76.44 billion vs. $73

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The hype is the product

news.ycombinator.com Michał 2026-01-02 02:50:48

Large publicly traded tech companies seem to no longer consider their customers – that is, people and organizations who actually buy their products or pay for access to their services – their core focus. The focus has instead turned towards the stock price. Their real clients, the entities they really care about, are the stockholders. Reasons are many, perhaps one of them being that people making decisions tend to own stock options or have bonuses tied to stock performance of the companies they

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Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings, with Windows and Xbox up too

theverge.com Tom Warren 2026-01-02 05:12:05

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft just posted the fourth and final quarter of its 2025 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $76.4 billion in revenue and a net income of $27.2 billion during Q4. Revenue is up 18 percent, and net income has increased by 24 percent. Like clockwork, cloud services are the strong point of Microsoft’s revenue this quarter. Azure revenue grew 39 percent year-ov

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Motorola Razr Ultra hits new all-time low price, saving you $200

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-02 10:11:14

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Razr Ultra in Mountain Trail This offer is available from Amazon, which only offers it in three of the four available color versions. These include Pantone Scarab, Pantone Rio Red, and Pantone Cabaret. The wooden-looking Pantone Mountain Trail isn’t available here, but you can get it at the same price from Motorola’s website. Motorola Razr Ultra 2025 Motorola Razr Ultra 2025 High-end processing power in a folding shell Adding Ultra to the name, the Motorola Razr

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Signing up for T Satellite without T-Mobile service isn’t as simple as it might sound

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-02 10:37:36

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR T Satellite is now officially available nationwide, even for those without T-Mobile service, but signing up requires a phone call or an in-person visit. I decided to try signing up, and my experience was overall smooth and professional, though others have reported long waits or uninformed reps. I waited around an hour or so, though half this time was due to my own error. Recently, T Satellite officially exited beta and launched nationwide for both existin

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Dropbox Passwords is shutting down, and you have to act fast

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-02 15:38:08

Dropbox has announced that its password manager, Dropbox Passwords, is shutting down soon. And you don’t have long to find a new solution. Dropbox Passwords shutdown will happen in three stages on accelerated timeline Dropbox Passwords is being discontinued, and users are encouraged to find a new password solution elsewhere. Why the shutdown? Per a support doc, it’s “part of our efforts to focus on enhancing other features in our core product.” Though web service shutdowns often come with ex

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SafePay ransomware threatens to leak 3.5TB of Ingram Micro data

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-02 15:00:07

The SafePay ransomware gang is threatening to leak 3.5TB of data belonging to IT giant Ingram Micro, allegedly stolen from the company's compromised systems earlier this month. Ingram Micro is one of the world's largest business-to-business service providers and technology distributors, offering a wide range of solutions to resellers and managed service providers worldwide, including hardware, software, cloud services, logistics, and training. While BleepingComputer first reported on July 5 th

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The Hype is the Product

news.ycombinator.com Michał 2026-01-02 14:50:48

Large publicly traded tech companies seem to no longer consider their customers – that is, people and organizations who actually buy their products or pay for access to their services – their core focus. The focus has instead turned towards the stock price. Their real clients, the entities they really care about, are the stockholders. Reasons are many, perhaps one of them being that people making decisions tend to own stock options or have bonuses tied to stock performance of the companies they

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10 Winners and 4 Losers From San Diego Comic-Con 2025

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-02 15:20:19

San Diego Comic-Con 2025 is officially in the books, and it was a unique year, to say the least. Without Marvel or DC to anchor the pop culture excitement, the field was wide open for a number of smaller properties to steal the spotlight. Some took full advantage, building crazy buzz. Others did not. Here’s our rundown of the winners and losers of Comic-Con 2025. Winners Aliens and Predators The legendary sci-fi enemies took center stage at Comic-Con 2025 and brought major excitement to both

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How to get another free year of updates for your Windows 10 PC

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-02 15:13:45

If your PC meets those conditions, you'll enroll in the ESU program by opening the Settings app and clicking Windows Update. You should see a status message telling you that Windows 10 updates end in October of 2025, with an "enroll now" link you can click to enroll in the Extended Security Updates program. Windows 10 users whose PCs meet the conditions for the ESU program will start seeing this status message about the end of support, along with an enrollment link. Credit: Andrew Cunningham I

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So far, only one-third of Americans have ever used AI for work

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-02 15:47:00

On Tuesday, The Associated Press released results from a new AP-NORC poll showing that 60 percent of US adults have used AI to search for information, while only 37 percent of all Americans have used AI for work tasks. Meanwhile, younger Americans are adopting AI tools at much higher rates across multiple categories, including brainstorming, work tasks, and companionship. The poll found AI companionship remains the least popular application overall, with just 16 percent of adults overall trying

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Microsoft is getting ready for GPT-5 with a new Copilot smart mode

theverge.com Tom Warren 2026-01-02 12:00:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. I reported last week that OpenAI is planning to launch GPT-5 in early August, as part of an effort to simplify and combine its large language models. Just a day after my report, references to GPT-5 were spotted inside Microsoft’s Copilot web app, hinting at a new smart mode. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s AI plans tell me that the company is currently testing this new smart

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Critical Vulnerability in AI Vibe Coding platform Base44

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-02 18:12:32

One of the most profoundly transformed domains in the wake of the LLM revolution has been code generation, especially the rise of vibe coding, where natural language prompts replace traditional programming. This shift has empowered millions of users with little to no technical background to build fully functional applications with ease. Platforms like Loveable, Bolt, and Base44 are on the front of this movement - they have enabled the creation of millions of applications spanning from persona

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Artie (YC S23) Is Hiring Founding AEs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-02 20:01:10

We are looking to hire 2 Founding AEs at Artie! Our team is fully in-person and works out of our office in SF’s Financial District 5x/week. About Artie Artie is a fully-managed change data capture (CDC) streaming platform that replicates production databases into data warehouses and lakes — in real time, with zero maintenance. We make replication easy and reliable, and help teams leap forward – enabling mission-critical use cases like fraud and risk monitoring, live inventory visibility, custo

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Crush: Glamourous AI coding agent for your favourite terminal

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-02 18:18:14

Crush Your new coding bestie, now available in your favourite terminal. Your tools, your code, and your workflows, wired into your LLM of choice. Features Multi-Model: choose from a wide range of LLMs or add your own via OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible APIs choose from a wide range of LLMs or add your own via OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible APIs Flexible: switch LLMs mid-session while preserving context switch LLMs mid-session while preserving context Session-Based: maintain multiple w

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Microsoft Will Delete Your Passwords This Friday. What to Do Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-01 21:00:00

We're only days away from the Microsoft Authenticator app no longer managing passwords. As of this Friday, you won't be able to save or manage passwords, use two-factor authentication or auto-fill. And it won't be your go-to password manager anymore, either. Earlier this summer, Microsoft announced it was moving from passwords to passkeys. So instead of creating a password with a mix of letters, symbols and numbers, you'll use PINs, fingerprint scans, facial recognition or a pattern on your de

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YouTube's Age-Estimation Tech Will Spot Kids Pretending to Be Adults. Here's How It Works

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-02 16:43:00

If kids are lying about their age, YouTube will know about it. Or at least will try its best to find out. The streaming service announced Tuesday it's rolling out age-estimation technology that will use various data to determine if someone is under the age of 18, and then use that signal "to deliver our age-appropriate product experiences and protections." Basically -- assuming it works as it should -- kids will not be able to access what YouTube deems as age-restricted content. Google, YouTub

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Battlefield 6 will cost $70 as EA avoids $80 game pricing – for now

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2026-01-03 00:08:00

A hot potato: It looks as if the consumer pushback against $80 becoming the new standard price for video games is having an effect. After Microsoft backtracked on plans to charge this amount for The Outer Worlds 2 and other new titles, EA has now said it won't be introducing the new baseline for AAA titles – at least "not at this stage." It means that the upcoming Battlefield 6 will be priced at the usual $70. Speaking during a Q1 earnings call (via IGN), EA CEO Andrew Wilson responded to an in

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Microsoft set to report earnings after the close

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2026-01-03 00:00:01

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on , April 4, 2025. Microsoft is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter results after markets close on Wednesday. Here's what analysts are expecting, according to LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $3.37 $3.37 Revenue: $73.81 billion The estimates imply around 14% year-over-year revenue growth for Microsoft, the world's No. 2 company by marke

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'70 MPH e-bikes' prompt one US state to change its laws

news.ycombinator.com Micah Toll 2026-01-03 00:47:12

Electric bikes are booming in popularity in just about every demographic in the US. From teens riding to school all the way to elderly folks getting back on a bicycle for the first time in years, electric bikes are becoming ubiquitous. But as speeds and power levels have increased, Connecticut is responding with new laws. Westport Police Lt. Serenity Dobson recently spoke to CTInsider about the phenomenon of more teens riding their e-bikes to school instead of being driven by their parents. “Th

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Critical Vulnerability Discovered 11 Days After Wix Buys Base44

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 00:12:32

One of the most profoundly transformed domains in the wake of the LLM revolution has been code generation, especially the rise of vibe coding, where natural language prompts replace traditional programming. This shift has empowered millions of users with little to no technical background to build fully functional applications with ease. Platforms like Loveable, Bolt, and Base44 are on the front of this movement - they have enabled the creation of millions of applications spanning from persona

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3 Reasons Every Kitchen Needs a Magnetic Knife Strip

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-02 23:32:00

There isn't a piece of kitchen equipment that benefits more from proper storage than knives. That's why a knife strip is the first thing I buy for the kitchen of any home I move into, and urge friends to install one if they haven't already. Yep, I'd sooner live without a microwave or air fryer -- OK, maybe not my precious air fryer -- than this indispensable piece of kitchen infrastructure. Best of all, a good magnetic strip to hang your best knives rarely costs more than $30. I'm a culinary-s

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Google confirms it will sign the EU AI Code of Practice

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-03 00:14:50

Big Tech is increasingly addicted to AI, but many companies are allergic to regulation, bucking suggestions that they adhere to copyright law and provide data on training. In a rare move, Google has confirmed it will sign the European Union's AI Code of Practice, a framework it initially opposed for being too harsh. However, Google isn't totally on board with Europe's efforts to rein in the AI explosion. The company's head of global affairs, Kent Walker, noted that the code could stifle innovati

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Ready or not, age verification is rolling out across the internet

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-03 00:00:00

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. On July 25th, the UK became one of the first countries to widely implement age verification. Its Online Safety Act requires sites hosting porn and other content deemed “harmful” — including Reddit, Discord, Grindr, X, and Bluesky — to verify that users are over the age of 18. The early results have been chaotic. While many services have complied, so

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OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent Clicks "I Am Not a Robot" Button Without a Wink of Irony

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-03 03:11:54

Amid the launch of OpenAI's new ChatGPT Agent, Redditors found something odd: that the AI will gladly click its way through a test meant to distinguish between humans and robots — by identifying itself as the former. Spotted by Ars Technica, this hilarious — if not foreboding — occurrence was documented on the r/OpenAI subreddit, where a user posted screenshots of ChatGPT Agent "causally clicking the 'I am not a robot' button.'" As Ars notes, the screenshots were taken from inside the ChatGPT

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The AI Hype Index: The White House’s war on “woke AI”

technologyreview.com The Editors 2026-01-03 05:37:10

Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of the industry. The Trump administration recently declared war on so-called “woke AI,” issuing an executive order aimed at preventing companies whose models exhibit a liberal bias from landing federal contracts. Simultaneously, the Pentagon inked a deal with Elon Musk’s xAI just days after its chatbot, Grok, spout

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Apple TV+ shares trailer for all-new Peanuts musical special, premiering next month

This Android 16 feature solved my biggest problem with phone notifications - how it works

Peacock feathers can emit laser beams

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10 Winners and 4 Losers From San Diego Comic-Con 2025

How to get another free year of updates for your Windows 10 PC

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Artie (YC S23) Is Hiring Founding AEs

Crush: Glamourous AI coding agent for your favourite terminal

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Battlefield 6 will cost $70 as EA avoids $80 game pricing – for now

Microsoft set to report earnings after the close

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Ready or not, age verification is rolling out across the internet

OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent Clicks "I Am Not a Robot" Button Without a Wink of Irony

The AI Hype Index: The White House’s war on “woke AI”

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