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I test all the best Android phones every year, and these are the ones you should buy in 2025

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-12 06:00:44

It’s a funny thing, this idea of calling something the best. After all, everyone wants to think that their favorite of anything is the best — the best album, book, or cup of coffee — but that can’t always be true. And, when you apply the idea of being the best to a category as wide open as Android phones, which can come in different shapes, sizes, and prices, the task becomes even greater. However, I think I have a pretty good idea of what makes an Android phone great. I test and review dozens

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YouTube adds a new Shorts feature that you should probably avoid

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-12 09:14:58

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube is rolling out an accessibility-based feature that allows vertical Shorts videos to play in a landscape orientation. The Rotate Shorts option changes UI elements for sideway viewing but shrinks the video so much. This feature is likely intended for users with motor impairments or specific setups like mounted landscape-mode devices. By design, YouTube Shorts, just like Instagram Reels and TikTok videos, are all vertical videos. They’re meant to

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How often is the query plan optimal?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-07 17:19:27

The basic promise of a query optimizer is that it picks the “optimal” query plan. But there’s a catch - the plan selection relies on cost estimates, calculated from selectivity estimates and cost of basic resources (I/O, CPU, …). So the question is, how often do we actually pick the “fastest” plan? And the truth is we actually make mistakes quite often. Consider the following chart, with durations of a simple SELECT query with a range condition. The condition is varied to match different fracti

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New Galaxy Z Fold 7 leaks may give first real look at Samsung’s slimmer foldable

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-02-12 08:56:52

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7 has been given the thinner, sleeker glow-up we expected, if leaked hands-on photos are any indication. The trio of images posted by leaker @Jukanlosreve seemingly show what the next-gen Galaxy foldable will look like in the real world from a few different angles. The new photographs mostly line up with what we’ve seen in previous renders, including the larger, slimmer chassis that’s reported to be around 4.5mm thick when open. That’s slimmer than its 5.6mm Gal

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Congress passes budget to expand mass deportations, cut social services, and stall clean energy

theverge.com Adi Robertson 2026-02-11 20:27:11

The Republican-controlled US Congress has passed a budget bill that includes cuts to social programs like Medicaid and more funding for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), alongside provisions that discourage wind and solar energy production. Passed after a marathon debate in both houses, it will allow President Donald Trump to realize policy goals he’s so far attempted to push through executive orders and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Trump intends to sign the

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xAI prepares Grok 4 Code as it plans to take on Claude and Gemini

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-12 12:00:18

xAI is preparing the rollout of Grok 4, which replaces Grok 3 as the new state-of-the-art model. Ahead of the rollout, testers on X have again spotted references to a few new Grok 4 models. One of the models is called "grok-4-prod-mimic," which reportedly excels at enterprise use cases like data extraction, coding, and text summarisation. It also possesses deep domain knowledge in finance, healthcare, law, and science. But "grok-4-prod-mimic" isn't the only new model coming to Grok. Another

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Yurei – Open source social media researcher powered by Exa AI API and YouTube v3

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-12 14:40:25

yurei app still in progress, not live on https://yurei.app/ yet, but you can clone it and try it out a simple opensource social media researcher powered by exa ai api and youtube v3. built with vercel's ai sdk. what it does: searches youtube for videos searches reddit for posts searches linkedin (kinda fucked rn, working on it) using grok-21212 as the llm how to install clone this repo npm install or yarn make a .env.local with: NEXT_PUBLIC_URL=http://localhost:3000 # For development NE

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Caching is an abstraction, not an optimization

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-09 22:42:46

June 30, 2025 Caching is an Abstraction, not an Optimization I've always been told that caching is a tool to make software faster. That, given some careful considerations to consistency, caching makes it so that when you want to read a given piece of data, you don't have to go all the way back to some backend database or API server or SSD and can instead just read from some faster location like memory for the same data. Caching is thus a tool to improve performance. My feelings now are that t

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AirTag’s newest feature is perfect for travel, here’s how it works

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-02-13 02:37:05

Vacation season is here, and for many, this could be the first time traveling since Apple gave AirTag a brand new feature in iOS 18.2. Here’s how that feature works, and why it’s perfect for your upcoming trip. Recover lost luggage faster with new AirTag feature One of the most popular uses for AirTag is as a luggage tracker. Airlines lose luggage every day, and AirTag provides an easy way for you to track down your belongings fast. But recently, that was made a whole lot easier with a featu

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Get two Blink Mini 2 security cameras for only $35 in this Prime Day deal

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-13 02:18:19

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 . The best value in security cameras is back. This early Prime Day deal has two Blink Mini 2 cameras for only $35. That's half off — and $5 less than you'd usually pay for only one of them. This matches a Black Friday record low for the pair. The Blink Mini 2 is a recent offering, arriv

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A simple opensource social media researcher powered by exa ai api and youtube v

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-13 02:40:25

yurei app still in progress, not live on https://yurei.app/ yet, but you can clone it and try it out a simple opensource social media researcher powered by exa ai api and youtube v3. built with vercel's ai sdk. what it does: searches youtube for videos searches reddit for posts searches linkedin (kinda fucked rn, working on it) using grok-21212 as the llm how to install clone this repo npm install or yarn make a .env.local with: NEXT_PUBLIC_URL=http://localhost:3000 # For development NE

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Angry Birds Bounce and three more games just dropped on Apple Arcade

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-13 05:11:32

As promised last month, Apple Arcade has just added four new titles to its growing subscription-based collection of ad-free games. Here’s the full list Angry Birds Bounce is the star of this month’s drop, adding a twist to its iconic slingshot gameplay: rather than simply flinging birds at towers, there’s now an arcade-style brick-breaker mechanic for a faster-paced, combo-heavy experience. But today’s update also brings a few other familiar names that might excite gamers of all ages. Here’s t

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Provider of covert surveillance app spills passwords for 62,000 users

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-13 06:36:44

The maker of a phone app that is advertised as providing a stealthy means for monitoring all activities on an Android device spilled email addresses, plain-text passwords, and other sensitive data belonging to 62,000 users, a researcher discovered recently. A security flaw in the app, branded Catwatchful, allowed researcher Eric Daigle to download a trove of sensitive data, which belonged to account holders who used the covert app to monitor phones. The leak, made possible by a SQL injection vu

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Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Leave Millions Without Health Insurance

wired.com Emily Mullin 2026-02-13 03:57:18

Senate Republicans on Tuesday passed President Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and spending package, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” paving the way for a major overhaul of the country’s Medicaid program. If passed by the House, which could happen before the July Fourth holiday, millions of people stand to lose their health insurance. The number of people without health insurance in the United States nearly halved from 2013 to 2023, falling from around 14 percent to a record low of less than

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Caching is an Abstraction, not an Optimization

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-10 16:42:46

June 30, 2025 Caching is an Abstraction, not an Optimization I've always been told that caching is a tool to make software faster. That, given some careful considerations to consistency, caching makes it so that when you want to read a given piece of data, you don't have to go all the way back to some backend database or API server or SSD and can instead just read from some faster location like memory for the same data. Caching is thus a tool to improve performance. My feelings now are that t

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App Store revenue and downloads increased in June, but users are spending less on games

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-13 16:34:40

Bank of America has released its latest App Store performance data, and observed that while revenue is growing faster than downloads, users are shifting how they spend their money. According to the report (via Investing.com), which cited SensorTower data, global App Store revenue rose 12% year over year in June, while downloads were up just 4%. That widening gap suggests a positive shift in monetization, although users are reportedly increasingly spending more in non-gaming categories: “Gamin

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Opening up ‘Zero-Knowledge Proof’ technology

news.ycombinator.com Alan Stapelberg 2026-02-13 16:36:13

Today, we open sourced our Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) libraries, fulfilling a promise and building on our partnership with Sparkasse to support EU age assurance. Open sourcing these powerful cryptographic tools will make it much easier for private and public sector developers to build their own privacy-enhancing applications and digital ID solutions, meeting an urgent need. In layperson’s terms, ZKP makes it possible for people to prove that something about them is true without exchanging any

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Stalking the Statistically Improbable Restaurant with Data

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-13 16:15:56

Last summer, I wrote about the statistically improbable restaurant, the restaurant you wouldn’t expect to find in a small American city: the excellent Nepali food in Erie, PA and Akron, OH; a gem of a Gambian restaurant in Springfield, IL. Statistically improbable restaurants often tell you something about the communities they are based in: Erie and Akron have large Lhotshampa refugee populations, Nepali-speaking people who lived in Bhutan for years before being expelled from their county; Sprin

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Apple CarPlay Ultra vs. Google Built-In: How the Next-Gen Auto Software Rivals Compare

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-13 16:00:03

I'd spent an hour driving a $250,000-plus Aston Martin up the Los Angeles coast when my hunger pangs became impossible to ignore, and as I've done many times before, I asked Siri (through Apple CarPlay) to find me a taco place. But then I did something no other car on the planet allows: I asked Siri to blast the AC and make the air colder. That's because the 2025 Aston Martin DBX I drove was the first vehicle to come with Apple CarPlay Ultra, the upgraded version of the company's car software.

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Leaked renders offer an early look at Samsung’s official Galaxy Z Flip 7 cases

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-13 21:23:22

Evan Blass TL;DR Samsung may offer four official cases and a screen protector for the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 7. The clamshell foldable could get a basic clear case with a grip, a clear magnet case, a silicone case in four colorways, and a Kindsuit case in three finishes. Unlike the Galaxy Z Fold 7, the cheaper foldable may not get an official carbon fiber case. Hot on the heels of a leak revealing Samsung’s official Galaxy Z Fold 7 cases, a new report has unveiled the full lineup of accessor

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9to5Mac Daily: July 3, 2025 – iOS 26 features we use everyday

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2026-02-13 21:52:23

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 Bitwarden: Check out Bitwarden Password Manager, featuring a new Apple Watch authenticator integration, secure autofill on Safari and iOS apps, and enterprise-grade security tools that help you manage credentials with confidence. New episodes of 9to5Mac D

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Postcard is now open source

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-13 21:38:02

In 2022, I launched Postcard as a personal website + newsletter. I had deleted social media, and wanted a way to stay in touch with friends via email. It powers my personal website, philipithomas.com, where I've published monthly "What I'm up to" every month since. Postcard's launch was well-received and thousands of people signed up. Today, many people continue to use and maintain their Postcard sites. Revenue is modest - I make dozens of dollars per month on it. But, I'm happy to maintain it

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ViscaCamLink – Camera control application for PTZ cameras

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-11 05:39:58

ViscaCamLink is a camera controller for PTZ cameras that can be reached via a network connection using the VISCA protocol. 🇩🇪 | 🇦🇹 | 🇨🇭 – In Deutsch lesen Features Presets Save and load up to ten positions (including zoom) as presets Global hotkey for each preset (currently assigned to the numpad keys 0-9) Control Free movement in any direction (via button) 18-step adjustment of movement speed Reset to initial position Zoom Freely zooming in and out 7-step adjustment of zoom speed M

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Alaskan Woman’s Death From Gonorrhea Sparks Fears of a New Strain

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2026-02-13 21:25:42

A well-known sexually transmitted infection might be causing more trouble than usual in Alaska. Local health officials this week have reported the death of a woman in her 50s from a rare complication of gonorrhea that’s becoming increasingly more common in the state. On Monday, the Alaska Department of Health detailed the tragic death in its latest epidemiology bulletin. The woman died from an untreated gonorrhea infection that had spread widely throughout her body. Health officials are worried

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Samsung tri-fold’s eye-watering price tag may not be the only thing stopping you from buying it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-14 02:00:13

AssembleDebug / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s tri-fold phone, rumored to be called the Galaxy G Fold, is said to begin production in September and be launched in Q4 2025, according to a new report. It is also said to feature a 10-inch OLED display, a Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, and a 200MP primary camera, but may have a smaller battery than the competing HUAWEI Mate XT. Initial availability is expected to be limited to China and South Korea, and the price could exceed ~$2,930. It’s raining t

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One UI 8 will let any app show a Live Notification in Samsung’s Now Bar

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-14 02:31:09

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s One UI 8 will enhance its Live Notifications feature by adopting Android 16’s new “Live Updates” API for broader third-party app support. This new API allows any app to create live, ongoing notifications, a major improvement from the previous version limited to mostly first-party Samsung apps. The feature is currently available in the One UI 8 beta behind a developer flag but is expected to be enabled for everyone in the final stable release.

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Locality of Behaviour (2020)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-14 00:17:19

Locality of Behaviour (LoB) Carson Gross May 29, 2020 “The primary feature for easy maintenance is locality: Locality is that characteristic of source code that enables a programmer to understand that source by looking at only a small portion of it.” – Richard Gabriel Locality of Behaviour is the principle that: The behaviour of a unit of code should be as obvious as possible by looking only at that unit of code The LoB principle is a simple prescriptive formulation of the quoted statement

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Adding calendar events with a screenshot is AI at its finest

theverge.com Allison Johnson 2026-02-13 23:00:00

Apple’s AI capabilities have been less than impressive to date, but there’s one new feature coming with iOS 26 that’s actually really handy: adding stuff to your calendar with a screenshot. I’ve been testing this feature out for the past few weeks in the developer beta, and I’m pleased to report that it works, easily making it my favorite Apple Intelligence feature so far. That’s admittedly a low bar to clear — and it’s not quite as capable as Android’s version — but it’s a nice change of pace

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The best phone to buy right now

theverge.com Allison Johnson 2026-02-14 02:36:23

is a reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Haven’t you heard? Phones are boring now. And that’s just fine! Most people buying a new phone just want something familiar that works better than the device they’re replacing. If that’s your MO, then you’re sure to find something reliable in my recommendations below. But even if you’re looking for something a little more extra

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Castelion is raising a $350M Series B to scale hypersonic missile business

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2026-02-14 02:03:34

Hypersonic weapons startup Castelion is raising a $350 million Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter Capital, according to sources and documents viewed by TechCrunch. The round, which values the company in the billions, is anticipated to close in a matter of weeks. A term sheet has been signed. The new round comes on the heels of $100 million in Series A funding that closed in January. That round was composed of about $70 million in equity and $30 million of debt. Lightspeed

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I test all the best Android phones every year, and these are the ones you should buy in 2025

YouTube adds a new Shorts feature that you should probably avoid

How often is the query plan optimal?

New Galaxy Z Fold 7 leaks may give first real look at Samsung’s slimmer foldable

Congress passes budget to expand mass deportations, cut social services, and stall clean energy

xAI prepares Grok 4 Code as it plans to take on Claude and Gemini

Yurei – Open source social media researcher powered by Exa AI API and YouTube v3

Caching is an abstraction, not an optimization

AirTag’s newest feature is perfect for travel, here’s how it works

Get two Blink Mini 2 security cameras for only $35 in this Prime Day deal

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Angry Birds Bounce and three more games just dropped on Apple Arcade

Provider of covert surveillance app spills passwords for 62,000 users

Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Leave Millions Without Health Insurance

Caching is an Abstraction, not an Optimization

App Store revenue and downloads increased in June, but users are spending less on games

Opening up ‘Zero-Knowledge Proof’ technology

Stalking the Statistically Improbable Restaurant with Data

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Leaked renders offer an early look at Samsung’s official Galaxy Z Flip 7 cases

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Postcard is now open source

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Locality of Behaviour (2020)

Adding calendar events with a screenshot is AI at its finest

The best phone to buy right now

Castelion is raising a $350M Series B to scale hypersonic missile business

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