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Bumble BFF’s revamped app is here, focusing on friend groups and community building

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-09-25 04:19:41

With friendship apps continuing to gain popularity, Bumble announced on Wednesday the relaunch of its Bumble For Friends (BFF) app. With younger generations seeking to expand their social circles, the revamped app aims to help users connect with new friends beyond the traditional one-on-one matching that BFF has been known for. The app is built on Geneva, the community-focused social platform Bumble acquired last year. This also means that the Geneva app will be shutting down. The move should

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The Best Mushroom Coffee, WIRED Tested and Reviewed (2025)

wired.com Pete Cottell 2025-10-02 04:35:00

Photograph: Pete Cottell Others Tested Four Sigmatic Organic Coffee for $17: Four Sigmatic was founded about a decade ago by Finnish-American bohos who had the prescience to market mushroom coffee to woo-woo Angelenos who are rich enough to disregard science. Its catalog is expansive and includes a whole constellation of mushroom-infused ingestibles, with bagged, preground coffee serving as the flagship product alongside instant latte mixes, smoothie add-ins, and “capsules.” Buying from Four S

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Show HN: Vapor – A notepad that fades away as you type

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 13:16:28

Vapor A transient notepad Your words fade away as you type You cannot go back Focus on what comes next Save when you're done

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Translation startup DeepL launches an AI 'agent' in challenge to players like OpenAI

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-10-20 04:40:12

German startup DeepL on Wednesday said it was expanding beyond artificial intelligence-powered translation into general AI agents focused on businesses. The term "agent" refers to an AI tool that can carry out tasks in the background in response to user prompts. DeepL Agent is designed to complete "repetitive, time-intensive tasks across a wide variety of functions" according to the company. It can responds to natural langauge commands from a users. DeepL Agent can be used in various teams fro

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Focus Friend Might Have Finally Solved My Doomscrolling Problem

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-31 04:00:03

I was recently asked to rank my smartphone addiction on a scale of 1 to 10 -- 1 meaning "It's not a problem" and 10 meaning "It's a big problem." After considering for a second, I said 8. Despite my effort to keep my phone face down as much as possible, I still pick it up and check my notifications when I know there's nothing waiting for me. I still doomscroll. But now, at last, I might have found a way to break the spell of my 6-inch screen. Enter Focus Friend. The app calls itself a "gamifi

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OmniFocus update brings Planned Dates, mutually exclusive tags, more

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-01 03:30:53

Today, The Omni Group announced OmniFocus 4.7, which brings interesting new productivity and workflow features. However, an optional database migration is needed to enable some of them. Here are the details. About that new database In a blog post announcing the new features, the company explains that while it worked hard to maintain backwards compatibility between OmniFocus 3 and 4, some of the features announced today will require an update that moves the database to a new format. Still, the

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This Extremely Cute Bean Wants to Help You Stop Doomscrolling

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-11-08 09:00:00

The bean just wants to knit. With their back to me, Poe, the name I gave the animated brown bean in the Focus Friend app, is stitching up a little storm that will eventually become socks—if I can leave them alone. Unfortunately, I need to check my texts. I cancel the timer after six minutes, which warns me that Poe’s knitting will unravel and “they’ll be really sad.” Their shoulders slump as their work falls apart and a little bubble appears over their head. “It’s ok, we tried,” they reassure m

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Hank Green’s Focus Friend swapped my screen time for bean time

theverge.com Zachary Brown 2025-11-10 11:57:12

Earlier this week, a bean moved into my phone. Their name is Billie Bean King, and when I’m working, they work too, knitting socks and scarves. Billie’s knitted wares are more than just cozy clothes — they’re currency, used to buy lo-fi decorations for their barren room. But there’s a catch: Billie can only work when I’m not using my phone. That’s where the fun begins. Billie is a bean from the Focus Friend app, launched last month for iOS and Android by Hank Green of assorted internet fame. Th

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Hank Green’s Focus Friend app is climbing the App Store charts — and it’s extremely cute

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-11-18 03:36:19

You must stay focused. You cannot open TikTok, or Instagram, or whatever little phone games you like to play. If you fail, you will make an anthropomorphic bean very sad, because its knitting project depends on your ability to stay focused. This is the premise of Focus Friend, a productivity app created by Honey B Games and Hank Green, the longtime online creator/entrepreneur/educator/sock salesman. Though the app was soft launched last month, Focus Friend is only now gaining momentum the App S

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Why I ditched Google Chrome for Firefox Focus within 10 minutes of using the mobile browser

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-05 05:30:17

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Firefox Focus is a security and privacy-focused mobile browser. This browser offers a minimal UI and maximum privacy features. Firefox Focus is available for both Android and iOS. I've run the gamut of web browsers on Android, and every time I think I've found "the one," I discover a reason not to use it. That reason might be a cluttered UI, a lack of options, or not enough security. Recently, however, I came across a browser

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Window Activation

news.ycombinator.com Seth Richardson 2025-11-30 14:03:24

You click a link in your chat app, your browser with a hundred tabs comes to the front and opens that page. How hard can it be? Well, you probably know by now that Wayland, unlike X, doesn’t let one application force its idiot wishes on everyone else. In order for an application to bring its window to the front, it needs to make use of the XDG Activation protocol. A KWrite window that failed to activate and instead is weeping bitterly for attention in the task bar In essence, an application ca

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Samsung’s AI photo editor now lets you fake DSLR shots with a tap

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-06 02:33:56

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has updated its Galaxy Enhance-X photo app with two new AI features. As well as better upscaling, Focus Shift blurs the background to mimic DSLR-style shallow depth of field. The update is exclusive to Samsung phones running One UI 8. Samsung is finally widening the rollout of One UI 8, and the manufacturer is now giving you another reason to want it. A new update to the Galaxy Enhance-X app — Samsung’s AI-powered photo editor — adds two cool fea

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Show HN: Sinkzone DNS – Forwarder that blocks everything except your allowlist

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-09 04:08:23

What is Sinkzone? Sinkzone is a local DNS resolver that helps you eliminate distractions and get deep work done. It blocks all domains by default — only the ones you explicitly allow can get through. This means notifications, social media, news, and other time-sinks are unreachable at the network level — not just in your browser. It features a modern HTTP API, wildcard pattern support, and a beautiful terminal UI for real-time monitoring and control. It's lightweight, cross-platform, and buil

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Show HN: Sinkzone DNS forwarder that blocks everything except your allowlist

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-09 16:08:23

What is Sinkzone? Sinkzone is a local DNS resolver that helps you eliminate distractions and get deep work done. It blocks all domains by default — only the ones you explicitly allow can get through. This means notifications, social media, news, and other time-sinks are unreachable at the network level — not just in your browser. It features a modern HTTP API, wildcard pattern support, and a beautiful terminal UI for real-time monitoring and control. It's lightweight, cross-platform, and buil

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Firefox Focus won me over in just 10 mins - why it's my new default mobile browser

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-10 06:37:15

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Firefox Focus is a security and privacy-focused mobile browser. This browser offers a minimal UI and maximum privacy features. Firefox Focus is available for both Android and iOS. I've run the gamut of web browsers on Android, and every time I think I've found "the one," I discover a reason not to use it. That reason might be a cluttered UI, a lack of options, or not enough security. Recently, however, I came across a browser

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KDE Plasma prepares crackdown on focus-stealing window behavior under Wayland

news.ycombinator.com David Uzondu 2025-12-15 18:22:25

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works One of the most interesting things about Wayland is how it handles window focus, unlike X11, where focus stealing can be frustrating and even a security risk. Its main advantage is a mechanism that prevents focus stealing. The protocol that plays a role in this is known as "XDG Activation." Here's how it works: Say you double-click a PDF file in your file manager. The file manager first asks t

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These are 5 of my favorite gallery apps, but one stands out from the rest

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-15 22:00:01

Andy Walker / Android Authority Every modern smartphone has a capable camera system, and there’s a good chance that you regularly browse the images you capture with it. Most devices come with a brand-adjacent gallery app. I find that Samsung Gallery is one of the best in this regard. But what if you don’t own a Samsung and want a brand-agnostic option? After many years of trying various apps, I’ve narrowed my favorite gallery app selection to just five options. Some products have overlapping f

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Attention is your scarcest resource (2020)

news.ycombinator.com Pradeep Gowda 2025-12-19 11:57:29

July 2020 Like many people, I have most of my best ideas in the shower. This is sometimes annoying: I could use more than one shower’s worth of good ideas a day, but I’d rather not end up as a shrivelled yet insightful prune. Mostly, though, shower ideas are the incentive that keeps me smelling okay, so I grudgingly accept the constraint. The time when it was most constraining was the first time I became a manager. I only had a few reports, so managing them wasn’t a full-time job. But I was v

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Attention is your scarcest resource

news.ycombinator.com Thanks 2025-12-19 17:57:29

July 2020 Like many people, I have most of my best ideas in the shower. This is sometimes annoying: I could use more than one shower’s worth of good ideas a day, but I’d rather not end up as a shrivelled yet insightful prune. Mostly, though, shower ideas are the incentive that keeps me smelling okay, so I grudgingly accept the constraint. The time when it was most constraining was the first time I became a manager. I only had a few reports, so managing them wasn’t a full-time job. But I was v

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Intel CEO Letter to Employees

news.ycombinator.com Dr. Ian Cutress 2026-01-02 00:52:41

Ahead of the financial news from Intel INTC 0.00%↑ coming out later today, the following message was sent to Intel employees from the CEO. We’re sharing it here in full, with commentary to follow. Key points: To: All Employees Subject: Steps in the Right Direction From: LBT Date/Time: July 24, 2025 at 1:01 pm PT Team, This afternoon, we reported our Q2 2025 results. We delivered revenue above the high end of our guidance, reflecting solid demand and execution across the business. I want t

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Tech Billionaires Back Erebor in the Wake of Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

wired.com Adam Willems 2026-01-22 02:29:20

Palmer Luckey, cofounder of the weapons manufacturer Anduril, along with firms connected to Palantir cofounders Joe Lonsdale and Peter Thiel, are investing in a new bank that is aiming to fill a gap left by Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse two years ago. The venture is expected to be backed by upwards of $250 million in funding from Luckey, Lonsdale’s venture firm 8VC, Thiel’s Founders Fund, crypto-focused VC Haun Ventures, and several angel investors whose identities are not yet publicly known.

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'Fast tech' warning as demand for cheap gadgets heats up

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-03-02 16:02:05

'Fast tech' warning as demand for cheap gadgets heats up 59 minutes ago Share Save Chris Vallance Senior Technology Reporter Share Save Getty Images Demand for so-called "fast tech" - cheap electronic items often quickly binned or abandoned in drawers - is growing, a not-for-profit that works to reduce electronic waste has warned. Material Focus singled out heatwave-fuelled demand for battery powered mini-fans as an example of the problem, suggesting over seven million were purchased last yea

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Latest Tech News

Bumble BFF’s revamped app is here, focusing on friend groups and community building

The Best Mushroom Coffee, WIRED Tested and Reviewed (2025)

Show HN: Vapor – A notepad that fades away as you type

Translation startup DeepL launches an AI 'agent' in challenge to players like OpenAI

Focus Friend Might Have Finally Solved My Doomscrolling Problem

OmniFocus update brings Planned Dates, mutually exclusive tags, more

This Extremely Cute Bean Wants to Help You Stop Doomscrolling

Hank Green’s Focus Friend swapped my screen time for bean time

Hank Green’s Focus Friend app is climbing the App Store charts — and it’s extremely cute

Why I ditched Google Chrome for Firefox Focus within 10 minutes of using the mobile browser

Window Activation

Samsung’s AI photo editor now lets you fake DSLR shots with a tap

Show HN: Sinkzone DNS – Forwarder that blocks everything except your allowlist

Show HN: Sinkzone DNS forwarder that blocks everything except your allowlist

Firefox Focus won me over in just 10 mins - why it's my new default mobile browser

KDE Plasma prepares crackdown on focus-stealing window behavior under Wayland

These are 5 of my favorite gallery apps, but one stands out from the rest

Attention is your scarcest resource (2020)

Attention is your scarcest resource

Intel CEO Letter to Employees

Tech Billionaires Back Erebor in the Wake of Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

'Fast tech' warning as demand for cheap gadgets heats up

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