GoKawiil - Latest Tech News & Aggregated Headlines

Why random selection is necessary to create stable meritocratic institutions

news.ycombinator.com Paul Melman 2026-01-29 12:28:36

Campbell's Law (a variant of Goodhart's Law) states that the more a metric is used for social decision-making, the more it will be subject to corruption which distorts and corrupts not only the metric itself, but the very social processes it was meant to measure. Selection criteria for a position of authority are one example of such a metric. When selection criteria are opaque, it is difficult for them to become a target, preserving their utility as measures. For governance positions however, it

Topics: ability authority good randomness selection

Shop Amazon

Arizona Governor Chastises Federal Response to ‘Devastating’ Wildfires

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-01-29 14:55:27

A pair of fast-moving wildfires burning near the Grand Canyon’s North Rim destroyed a historic lodge, triggered evacuations, and forced officials to close this part of the national park for the remainder of the 2025 season on Sunday. Arizona’s governor argues the federal government is largely to blame. The Grand Canyon Lodge—the only lodging within the park’s North Rim—and a nearby water treatment facility are among 50 to 80 structures consumed by the Dragon Bravo fire, the National Park Servic

Topics: bravo canyon dragon hobbs july

Shop Amazon

Big upgrades are coming to your Apple Watch - 8 features I can't wait to use on WatchOS 26

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2026-01-29 18:06:23

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Your iPhone, Apple Watch, and other Apple-owned devices are getting a big overhaul soon. The best part? You won't have to pay a dime for them. The tech giant recently announced all of the newest apps and updates coming to its devices over the next few months. Several new features are coming to WatchOS 26, and the beta software is now available for developers, with a public beta rollout likely coming soon. Reddit users in the r/Apple Watch subreddit are already getting into th

Topics: apple feature iphone watch workout

Shop Amazon

This hidden Pixel camera setting makes my photos absolutely pop - here's how

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-01-29 18:54:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET One reason why the Pixel phones are so popular is the camera. There's a depth, a level of clarity, and brilliant/accurate colors that most phone cameras cannot match. Also: I changed 10 settings on my Pixel phone to significantly improve the user experience Google is always trying to one-up itself by improving the Pixel camera with every iteration. Back with the Pixel 8, Google introduced the P3 wide gamut capture feature that came along with the Ultra HDR format of Android 14

Topics: color p3 photos pixel settings

Shop Amazon

AWS launches Kiro, its Cursor clone

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-29 17:24:40

I’m sure you’ve been there: prompt, prompt, prompt, and you have a working application. It’s fun and feels like magic. But getting it to production requires more. What assumptions did the model make when building it? You guided the agent throughout, but those decisions aren’t documented. Requirements are fuzzy and you can’t tell if the application meets them. You can’t quickly understand how the system is designed and how that design will affect your environment and performance. Sometimes it’s b

Topics: hooks kiro requirements specs tasks

Shop Amazon

Survey reveals this is everyone’s favorite weather app, by far

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-29 23:34:14

One of the staple apps ever since smartphones came into existence are weather apps. While weather apps have existed for decades, user preferences have changed over the years. The weather apps that we once loved have shuttered, and their place has been taken by newer competitors with their own advantages. In our quest to find the current best weather app, we asked you what weather app you prefer on your phone, and the answer has been overwhelmingly in Pixel Weather‘s favor. With over 47% of the

Topics: app apps phone pixel weather

Shop Amazon

iPhone 17e is reportedly launching next year, here’s what we know so far

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-01-27 17:15:12

Apple’s been toying around with the idea of a cheaper iPhone in the lineup for quite some time, though it’s never been a consistent thing. Obviously, there was the iPhone 5c back in 2013 as a cheaper offering compared to the iPhone 5s. It didn’t sell too well, but it was certainly its first venture into this market. Afterwards, there was the iPhone SE lineup, which had an average of 3 years between each refresh. Now, it’s looking like the ‘cheaper’ iPhone will become a regular part of the iPhon

Topics: 17e iphone like ll new

Shop Amazon

iPhone 17 Pro leak reveals brand new colors that could be coming

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-29 23:32:15

Last week multiple leaks revealed the colors to expect from iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Air this fall. But now, a new leak of camera parts for the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max provides a first look at the likely colors for those models too. Camera parts reveal new iPhone 17 Pro colors coming Leaker Sonny Dickson, who now turns iPhone parts into works of art via Collectible Phones, has just shared images of the camera lens covers for iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max. The new images were shared on X and indi

Topics: 17 colors iphone new pro

Shop Amazon

Sony’s Best-in-Class ANC Headphones May Have a Major Design Flaw

gizmodo.com James Pero 2026-01-29 23:30:58

Sony’s WH-1000XM6 headphones might sound great, but that’s only if they don’t break before you put them on your head. While it’s too early to say whether Sony’s latest world-class headphones have a widespread issue, the first reports of broken hinges are starting to roll in, and they feel ominously reminiscent of similar problems with the WH-1000XM5. See Sony WH-1000XM6 at Best Buy In a Reddit thread that’s actually pulled from a Red Note post (sorry for the convolution; that’s just the way li

Topics: actually headphones hinge issue sony

Shop Amazon

Samsung Cares About Competing Again. Tri-Fold Phone Coming by End of Year

gizmodo.com Raymond Wong 2026-01-29 23:40:13

Despite various rumors and even an alleged leak, there was no “one more thing” teasing a tri-folding phone at Samsung’s Unpacked event last week, where the tech company announced the impressively thin Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7 with an edge-to-edge cover screen, and two stylish Galaxy Watch 8 smartwatches. But the tri-fold phone is real and it’s coming soon. See Galaxy Z Fold 7 at Samsung.com See Galaxy Z Flip 7 at Samsung.com Speaking to the Korea Times, Roh-Tae-moon aka TM Roh, Samsung’s act

Topics: fold galaxy phone samsung tri

Shop Amazon

First look at Gemini Space: Google’s Now Bar-like upgrade to Pixel’s At a Glance (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-30 04:03:06

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini Space is an upcoming upgrade to the Pixel’s At a Glance experience. It’s seemingly inspired by Samsung’s Now bar and Now Brief, which show contextual cards on the lock screen and other places. In its current state, Gemini Space displays sports and birthday cards, but finance and Daily Hub features are expected in the future. We’ve previously spotted Google working on a feature called Gemini Space for Pixel devices. Based on the handful of clues

Topics: authority cards features gemini space

Shop Amazon

Apple profits means iPhone users still get no real browser choice, says group

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-01-30 04:34:59

A web advocacy group says that iPhone users still get no real web browser choice more than a year after this was supposed to happen under antitrust legislation. The non-profit Open Web Advocacy (OWA) claims Apple deliberately places obstacles in the path of developers, and that’s because doing so protects a large slice of its profits … In theory, Apple allows choice Since the first iPhone, Apple retained exclusive control over web browsing on the device. Even when third-party browsers were al

Topics: apple browser engine iphone web

Shop Amazon

Here are the 10 biggest shows in streaming this year, Apple TV+ included

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-30 04:46:11

We’re over halfway through 2025, and Apple TV+ by all appearances is having its best year ever. But one of the most important metrics in streaming has just been revealed: the Nielsen top 10. Here’s the full list of the 10 biggest shows in streaming this year, and how Apple TV+ fared. Nielsen reveals top 10 streaming shows of 2025 so far Last night in his Screentime latest newsletter, Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw revealed the Nielsen top 10 shows of 2025 through the first half of the year. Here’s th

Topics: 10 apple shows streaming tv

Shop Amazon

At Least One Familiar Face Won’t Be Back for ‘Practical Magic 2’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-30 04:00:11

Clay McLeod Chapman’s Ghost Eaters is coming to the big screen. Get a creepy teasing look at IT: Welcome to Derry. Plus, what’s coming on Invasion and Rick & Morty. Spoilers, away! Practical Magic 2 In a recent social media post (via Deadline), Evan Rachel Wood confirmed she “wasn’t asked” to return for Practical Magic 2, stating she believes her character, Kylie, is set to be recast. I am getting asked about this a lot, so l’ll just clear it up now;I was not asked to come back and be in the

Topics: ghost gonna man morty spider

Shop Amazon

I got my hands on the foldable phone that fixes the Galaxy Z Fold 7’s biggest issues

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-30 18:52:08

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is finally here, and it looks like Samsung actually tried to deliver a competitive foldable phone. The device offers a super-slim and light design, the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, and a 200MP main camera. It’s not the only book-style foldable phone to launch in July, though, as the vivo X Fold 5 has now launched in (some) global markets. And my brief time with the phone shows that this is a compelling Z Fold 7 alternative offering a few fea

Topics: camera fold foldable phone vivo

Shop Amazon

Google Contacts could soon let you control clutter from third-party apps (Updated: Rolling out)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-30 20:08:52

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR Google Contacts could soon allow users to show or hide read-only contacts synced from connected apps. The new feature aims to help users troubleshoot issues like duplicated contacts by revealing otherwise hidden view-only entries. Most users likely won’t need this enabled, but the switch offers better visibility for those who occasionally need it. Update, July 14, 2025 (07:08 AM ET): The ability to show and hide read-only contacts is now rolling out to

Topics: apps authority contacts google users

Shop Amazon

Apple gearing up for day one production of iPhone 17 in India, despite Chinese disruption

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-01-30 20:17:37

Apple is gearing up for simultaneous production of the iPhone 17 in both China and India, despite apparent attempts by the Chinese government to disrupt this. Achieving day one assembly in India has long been a key objective for Apple’s work in reducing its dependence on China as a manufacturing hub, but has never before been achieved … Apple’s goal of simultaneous production The vast majority of iPhones are still assembled in China, but Apple has for many years been working on boosting the n

Topics: apple chinese india iphone production

Shop Amazon

You should stop putting your phone face up on the table - here's why

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2026-01-30 16:00:14

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET A friend of mine recently told me, "I always keep my phone on silent mode… which doesn't matter because I compulsively look at it every three minutes anyway." He's not the only one. From becoming a text addict to having full-blown smartphone dependency, the urge to look at and interact with our "flat things" has been deeply ingrained into our collective behavior for some time now. Also: I ditched my phone for this E Ink handset for two weeks - here's my buying advice now

Topics: face notification phone screen vibration

Shop Amazon

6 easy ways to identify a song using your Android phone

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-01-30 17:49:20

filo/Getty Images You've probably been there before: there's a song stuck in your head and you can't remember the words, or you hear a song that you want to remember but don't know the name. Fortunately, it's never been easier to identify music around you if you have an Android phone. All but one of these features is tied to Google, but each one works differently, and one even works without you having to unlock your phone and works offline. Also: How to clear your Android phone cache (and why

Topics: android google phone search song

Shop Amazon

AirTag 2: Here’s what we’re expecting

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-01-30 15:22:43

Apple has long wrapped up its spring releases, including the new iPhone 16e, M4 MacBook Air, M3 iPad Air, and A16 iPad. While the iPhone 17 lineup will certainly be the star of the show for this fall’s hardware releases, there’s something a bit unique coming later this year: AirTag 2. Why AirTag 2 Despite the fact that it sounds like an uninteresting refresh, AirTag 2 will actually pack a number of relatively important upgrades for the everyday user. A new version of a tiny little item tracke

Topics: airtag apple iphone like new

Shop Amazon

Black hole merger challenges our understanding of black hole formation

news.ycombinator.com Gayoung Lee 2026-01-30 12:38:20

Gravitational waves—ripples in space-time caused by violent cosmic events—travel at the speed of light in every direction, eventually fading out like ripples in water. But some events are so destructive and extreme that they create disturbances in spacetime more like powerful waves than small ripples, with enough energy to reach our own detectors here on Earth. Today, the LIGO Collaboration announced the detection of the most colossal black hole merger known to date, the final product of which

Topics: black gravitational hole ligo waves

Shop Amazon

Tom Holland is So Happy to Be Part of ‘The Odyssey’

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-01-30 05:05:56

Next July, we’ll be watching Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey on the big screen. Audiences seeing movies like Superman and Jurassic World Rebirth in theaters are treated to a first look establishing Tom Holland’s Telemachus on the search for his missing father Odysseus (Matt Damon). For Holland, getting to work with filmmakers whose work he grew up watching was a joy unto itself. During a recent GQ interview, he called the production “the job of a lifetime. Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway have alwa

Topics: best holland nolan ve work

Shop Amazon

Astronomers Detect a Black Hole Merger That’s So Massive It Shouldn’t Exist

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2026-01-30 11:01:09

Gravitational waves—ripples in space-time caused by violent cosmic events—travel at the speed of light in every direction, eventually fading out like ripples in water. But some events are so destructive and extreme that they create disturbances in spacetime more like powerful waves than small ripples, with enough energy to reach our own detectors here on Earth. Today, the LIGO Collaboration announced the detection of the most colossal black hole merger known to date, the final product of which

Topics: black gravitational hole ligo waves

Shop Amazon

Holographic ribbon aims to oust magnetic tape with 50-year life span and 200TB

news.ycombinator.com Mark Tyson 2026-01-30 12:58:24

Details behind HoloMem’s holographic tape innovations are beginning to come into clearer view. The UK-based startup recently chatted with Blocks & Files about its potentially disruptive technology for long-term cold storage. HoloMem is another emerging storage idea which relies on optical technology - to enable holographic storage. However, it cleverly melds the durability and density advantage of optical formats with a flexible polymer ribbon-loaded cartridge, so it can usurp entrenched LTO mag

Topics: holomem magnetic storage tape technology

Shop Amazon

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 14, #1486

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-30 14:00:03

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

Topics: 1989 author cooper gael journalist

Shop Amazon

5 features I don’t care about when buying a new phone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-30 12:44:09

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority When it comes to buying a new smartphone, it’s easy to get caught up in all the hype. Manufacturers constantly push the latest and greatest features, leading many of us to buy more phone than we actually need. When I’m in the market for a new phone, I always try to narrow down my options as much as possible. I do that by making a list of not only the features I want in my next smartphone but also those I don’t care about. This approach helps me cut through th

Topics: charging don features phone wireless

Shop Amazon

Report: Apple’s all-new smart home hub is no longer likely to launch this year

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-01-30 10:32:57

The all-new smart home hub was supposed to be Apple’s star of the show this year. There was just one problem: Siri. After a multitude of Siri hiccups and delays, it begun to look more and more unlikely that the product would launch in 2025. Now, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is reporting that a 2026 launch is almost a guarantee. Originally, it seemed all but confirmed that we’d see the Apple smart home hub around March or so. The product was well rumored throughout 2024, and we essentially know every

Topics: apple home new siri smart

Shop Amazon

Lua beats MicroPython for serious embedded devs

news.ycombinator.com Wilfred Nilsen 2026-01-30 05:16:02

Why Lua Beats MicroPython for Serious Embedded Devs In professional embedded projects, ranging from industrial automation to medical devices and commercial IoT products, developers increasingly favor high-level, lightweight, and easy-to-use environments. While MicroPython has earned praise for rapid prototyping and field deployments on microcontrollers, its active ecosystem is largely centered around hobbyist boards. It is important to note that Python’s greatest strength, its vast library eco

Topics: embedded library logic lua micropython

Shop Amazon

The Whoop 5.0 Is a Massive Upgrade to Health Tracking. I Wasn’t Ready.

gizmodo.com Claire Maldarelli 2026-01-30 11:00:24

At some point in the late 2010s, I became obsessed with my heart rate. I was at a point in my fitness life that I was training for marathons and I cared a whole lot about every process involved. I spent a certain percentage of my workday staring at my heart rate on my fitness watch and feeling smug if I kept my resting heart rate below 50 beats per minute (bpm) and wigging out if it went over 60 bpm. Heart rate was my gateway drug into health tracking, and it soon devolved into an unhinged compu

Topics: fitness health heart time whoop

Shop Amazon

Best VPN for iPhone 2025: Enhance Your Privacy on the Go

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-30 10:00:00

Downloading a VPN app, creating an account, choosing a plan and connecting to your VPN shouldn't take longer than a minute or so. Nelson Aguilar/CNET With so many iPhone VPN apps available, it can be difficult to choose the right one. Based on our extensive research and hands-on testing of VPNs over the years, these are the factors to look out for when choosing the best VPN for iPhone: Privacy The most important factor to consider with any VPN is privacy. You should never use a VPN provider i

Topics: iphone privacy provider vpn vpns

Shop Amazon

Latest Tech News

Why random selection is necessary to create stable meritocratic institutions

Arizona Governor Chastises Federal Response to ‘Devastating’ Wildfires

Big upgrades are coming to your Apple Watch - 8 features I can't wait to use on WatchOS 26

This hidden Pixel camera setting makes my photos absolutely pop - here's how

AWS launches Kiro, its Cursor clone

Survey reveals this is everyone’s favorite weather app, by far

iPhone 17e is reportedly launching next year, here’s what we know so far

iPhone 17 Pro leak reveals brand new colors that could be coming

Sony’s Best-in-Class ANC Headphones May Have a Major Design Flaw

Samsung Cares About Competing Again. Tri-Fold Phone Coming by End of Year

First look at Gemini Space: Google’s Now Bar-like upgrade to Pixel’s At a Glance (APK teardown)

Apple profits means iPhone users still get no real browser choice, says group

Here are the 10 biggest shows in streaming this year, Apple TV+ included

At Least One Familiar Face Won’t Be Back for ‘Practical Magic 2’

I got my hands on the foldable phone that fixes the Galaxy Z Fold 7’s biggest issues

Google Contacts could soon let you control clutter from third-party apps (Updated: Rolling out)

Apple gearing up for day one production of iPhone 17 in India, despite Chinese disruption

You should stop putting your phone face up on the table - here's why

6 easy ways to identify a song using your Android phone

AirTag 2: Here’s what we’re expecting

Black hole merger challenges our understanding of black hole formation

Tom Holland is So Happy to Be Part of ‘The Odyssey’

Astronomers Detect a Black Hole Merger That’s So Massive It Shouldn’t Exist

Holographic ribbon aims to oust magnetic tape with 50-year life span and 200TB

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 14, #1486

5 features I don’t care about when buying a new phone

Report: Apple’s all-new smart home hub is no longer likely to launch this year

Lua beats MicroPython for serious embedded devs

The Whoop 5.0 Is a Massive Upgrade to Health Tracking. I Wasn’t Ready.

Best VPN for iPhone 2025: Enhance Your Privacy on the Go

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising

Latest Tech News

Trending Topics

Hot Now

Popular

Emerging

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising