8BitDo, makers of the wonderful Retro Mechanical Keyboard, has suspended shipments to the U.S. from China down to the current tariff situation.
Microsoft is combining Copilot+ PC marketing with Windows 10 upgrade messaging. The company claims the AI-powered PCs are "up to 5x faster" than a 5-year-old Windows 10 device.
TL;DR: 1minAI’s lifetime subscription is on sale for $7
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Unpacking DaaS and its use of alternative data
Article URL: https://tech.quantco.com/blog/dataframely
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43840901
Points: 4
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Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for April 30. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-mini-crossword-answers-for-wednesday-april-30/#ftag=CADf328eec
Article URL: https://brainbaking.com/post/2025/04/my-sourdough-starter-has-twins/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43829935
Points: 34
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https://brainbaking.com/post/2025/04/my-sourdough-starter-has-twins/
Article URL: https://www.jasonthorsness.com/25
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43840193
Points: 7
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Article URL: https://openai.com/index/sycophancy-in-gpt-4o/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43840842
Points: 87
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Article URL: https://github.com/NSG650/LinuxInExcel
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43840861
Points: 7
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Hansi Flick's team look to move a step closer to the treble as they host Internazionale. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/champions-league-soccer-semifinal-livestream-barcelona-vs-inter-milan-from-anywhere/#ftag=CADf328eec
The new Switch update now lets you loan out games for up to 14 days. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/virtual-game-cards-are-nintendos-new-way-to-share-switch-games-digitally/#ftag=CADf328eec
Article URL: https://notazombie.net/landing
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43839977
Points: 19
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Article URL: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1917320233955602540
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43840312
Points: 23
# Comments: 20
Try these remote control settings and commands to get more out of your smart plugs. https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/10-things-you-probably-didnt-know-your-smart-plugs-could-do/#ftag=CADf328eec
ChatGPT's new shopping features changed my expectations for online shopping. https://www.cnet.com/tech/chatgpts-shopping-update-helped-me-find-led-string-lights-i-thought-were-lost-forever/#ftag=CADf328eec
I'm swapping restaurants for at-home potlucks to meet my savings goals. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/this-no-buy-trend-helped-my-colleague-save-money-i-might-do-it-too/#ftag=CADf328eec
Amazon Gaming Week features solid deals on top-rated gaming headsets.
Article URL: https://blog.danielh.cc/blog/path
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43838856
Points: 17
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Article URL: https://waymo.com/blog/2025/04/waymo-and-toyota-outline-strategic-partnership
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43839123
Points: 162
# Comments: 107
https://waymo.com/blog/2025/04/waymo-and-toyota-outline-strategic-partnership
If you're behind on payments, you could have your wages garnished and tax refund withheld. Follow these expert tips to get back on track. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/loans/you-have-less-than-a-week-before-defaulted-student-loans-are-sent-to-collections/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle No. 1,411 for April 30. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-wordle-hints-answer-and-help-for-april-30-1411/#ftag=CADf328eec
Hints and answers for Connections for April 30, #689. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-connections-hints-answers-and-help-for-april-30-689/#ftag=CADf328eec
You probably don't need to see the exact time your message was read. We'll explain the pros and cons of read receipts. https://www.cnet.com/tech/read-receipts-can-be-a-privacy-risk-on-iphone-or-android-heres-how-to-turn-them-off/#ftag=CADf328eec
Hints and answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, No. 219, for Wednesday, April 30. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-april-30-219/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 423 for April 30. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-strands-hints-answers-and-help-for-april-30-423/#ftag=CADf328eec
The company's first AI developers conference on Tuesday fell flat with very few new announcements and products, including a standalone AI app that technically already existed. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/metas-first-llamacon-shows-the-tech-giants-still-playing-catch-up/#ftag=CADf328eec
From budget to premium models, these are the best wired headphones, based on testing by CNET's audio experts. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/best-wired-headphones/#ftag=CADf328eec
Meta AI launches a standalone mobile app that also controls Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
A2 Hosting rebrands to Hosting.com
https://www.techradar.com/pro/a2-hosting-rebrands-as-hosting-com
Whether you travel often, like snuggling up in bed, or simply cannot afford a chunky LG OLED TV, here’s why you should consider the Yoga 9i.
https://www.laptopmag.com/laptops/2-in-1-laptops/laptop-is-like-a-portable-oled-tv
In recognition of STALKER 2's excellence, Microsoft and Xbox have given developer GSC Game World a special award.
Season 8 of Diablo 4 just launched, but don't be hasty on purchasing the Battle Pass, now called Reliquaries as it appears a bug is causing Platinum to be taken and no rewards given.
A Minecraft Movie continues its box office dominance, and Warner Bros. has announced special "Block Party Edition" screenings for fans to get loud.
Pravidelná sonda do světa software. Podíváme se na nástroj pro správu virtuálních strojů v cloudu, budeme procházet objemné log soubory a nakonec vyzkoušíme pomocníka pro přepínání mezi kubeconfigy. https://www.root.cz/clanky/softwarova-sklizen-30-4-2025-spravujte-sve-virtualni-servery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss
V tomto krátkom seriáli sa naučíme si v programe Fontforge vytvárať vlastné vektorové písmo. V dnešnom prvom diely sa pozrieme na celkový proces vytvorenia fontu a nabudúce sa povenujeme tvorbe glyfov. https://www.root.cz/clanky/fontforge-fonty-glyfy-a-vektorova-grafika/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss
Firefox now lets you organize your tabs. Four years after its biggest rivals launched tab groups, Mozilla published a nearly 1,000-word blog post recounting the feature's long road from user requests to launch. (Consider skipping it if you don’t like long-winded acceptance speeches.) "What happens when 4,500 people ask for the same fea
OpenAI is rolling back a recent update to GPT-4o, the default model that powers ChatGPT, following complaints from users that it made the chat bot act like a weirdo. "The last couple of GPT-4o updates have made the personality too sycophant-y and annoying (even though there are some very good parts of it), and we are working on fixes asap, some today and some this week," said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a X post
The gaming industry continues to bleed workers and cancel games, with EA back for another round of brutal news. The company said on Tuesday it decided to "make some targeted team adjustments," which Bloomberg
Article URL: https://www.oligo.security/blog/airborne
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43832084
Points: 29
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Article URL: https://jepsen.io/analyses/amazon-rds-for-postgresql-17.4
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43833195
Points: 89
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The Oscar-nominated film stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini and offers a fictionalized, high-stakes look at what happens behind the Vatican's closed doors. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/conclave-how-to-watch-the-film-set-about-electing-a-new-pope/#ftag=CADf328eec
This guide shows you the most effective way to clean your ears without running the risk of damaging your hearing. https://www.cnet.com/health/personal-care/the-best-way-to-clean-your-ears-how-you-definitely-shouldnt-be-doing-it/#ftag=CADf328eec
The Meta smart glasses from Ray-Ban will soon be able to hold conversations about exactly what you're seeing or hearing https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/with-hey-meta-ray-ban-wearers-will-unlock-all-new-ai-abilities-and-privacy-concerns/#ftag=CADf328eec
You probably haven't cleaned it recently enough, according to an expert. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/when-is-the-last-time-you-cleaned-your-oven-heres-how-to-do-it/#ftag=CADf328eec
The tech giant is the latest company to adopt AI tools in order to teach foreign languages -- but it isn't the first. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-takes-aim-at-duolingo-with-ai-tools-to-help-you-learn-new-languages/#ftag=CADf328eec
Two in five companies made workers redundant over AI, but more than half of them are now regretting their decisions.
Pricing for the wireless LG QNED9M and the QNED92 mini-LED TV has been announced, and it looks like a direct shot at Samsung.
The Panasonic RB-F10 open ear headphones could be the cheap earbuds you've been looking for.
Google NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews have added dozens of new languages to its AI-generated podcasts.
A “widespread and complex” attack has been stopped by Iranian cybersecurity.
The Alienware 34 240Hz Curved QD-OLED (AW3425DW) features the new AW30 design, a 240Hz refresh rate, a 3440 x 1440p resolution, and a 1800R curve for complete immersion.
A new study shows users stick with Google mostly out of habit and default settings. Claims many had never tried another search engine extensively before.
EA has canceled two projects at Respawn Entertainment, laying off developers on Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi.
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/ea-respawn-layoffs-apex-legends-star-wars-jedi-incubation-team
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead says there's "exciting news to come" and a new Warbond coming in May...but there are fears of a large-scale Illuminate invasion, too.
For a decade or so, a major threat to your laptop wasn’t a virus, malware, or hacking — it was Janet Jackson’s hit song, “Rhythm Nation.”
What you might think of as an apocryphal urban legend was apparently true, including to some internal sleuthing by Microsoft employee and blogger Raymond Chen, who has unearthed some new details on one of tech’s more fasc
Just $699 can bag you this MSI Thin gaming laptop with Nvidia RTX 4060 graphics. Laptop gaming at an affordable price.
The Grok 3.5 beta is set to release next week for SuperGrok subscribers, with claims that it's a reasoning model that can provide unique answers that aren't on the internet.
Huawei's Ascend 910D AI accelerator is expected to match Nvidia's H100 performance on the GPU level, with full systems based on the Ascend 910D set to compete against Nvidia's Blackwell and Rubin based pods.
The Nintendo Switch 2 won’t be in our hands for over a month yet (sigh), but a speedrunner has already reached the credits of the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of
There’s a new animated Star Wars show coming soon and it’s set to actually premiere in the game Fortnite. Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld will be available to watch in-game starting on May 2 at 10AM ET. This is two full days before the show streams on Disney+.
Viewing will take place in a new in-game location called Star Wars Watch Party Island. Epic Games says that this area was built using Unreal Editor for Fortnite and uses official assets to create a "breathtak
As Meta’s first-ever generative AI conference gets underway, the company is also previewing a significant update on its plans to bring AI features to WhatsApp chats. Buried in its LlamaCon updates, the company
Article URL: https://about.fb.com/news/2025/04/introducing-meta-ai-app-new-way-access-ai-assistant/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43833783
Points: 75
# Comments: 89
https://about.fb.com/news/2025/04/introducing-meta-ai-app-new-way-access-ai-assistant/
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/indian-court-orders-blocking-of-proton-mail/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43834942
Points: 130
# Comments: 56
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/indian-court-orders-blocking-of-proton-mail/
Article URL: https://ai.meta.com/blog/llamacon-llama-news/?_fb_noscript=1
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43835424
Points: 57
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https://ai.meta.com/blog/llamacon-llama-news/?_fb_noscript=1
Article URL: https://github.com/PhialsBasement/Chain-of-Recursive-Thoughts
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43835445
Points: 152
# Comments: 59
https://github.com/PhialsBasement/Chain-of-Recursive-Thoughts
Article URL: https://research.ibm.com/blog/bamba-ssm-transformer-model
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43835495
Points: 60
# Comments: 13
Hi HN! I made Beatsync, an open-source browser-based audio player that syncs audio with millisecond-level accuracy across many devices.
Try it live right now: https://www.beatsync.gg/
The idea is that with no additional hardware, you can turn any group of devices into a full surround sound system. MacBook speakers are particularly good.
Inspired by Network Time Protocol (NTP), I do clock synchronization over websockets and use the W
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18980
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43835623
Points: 4
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Starting in the gym, but don't know where to start? Here are the benefits and drawbacks of two popular workout strategies. https://www.cnet.com/health/fitness/workout-splits-or-full-body-workouts-how-to-find-whats-best-for-you/#ftag=CADf328eec
A frantic fight against man and machine, ARC Raiders separates itself from the usual genre fare. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/arc-raiders-hands-on-preview-an-extraction-shooter-built-for-a-more-casual-audience/#ftag=CADf328eec
Eat to boost your eye health by adding these foods to your diet. https://www.cnet.com/health/personal-care/best-food-for-eye-health/#ftag=CADf328eec
Florence Pugh and David Harbour shine in the newest entry in Phase Five. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/thunderbolts-review-welp-marvel-went-and-made-a-more-enjoyable-suicide-squad/#ftag=CADf328eec
Commentary: Rather than going it alone, Motorola's using several AI efforts together. The approach might help us figure out what we really want AI to do on phones. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/motorola-took-a-swiss-army-knife-approach-with-ai-and-it-makes-my-head-spin/#ftag=CADf328eec
Your recession action plan doesn’t have to be complicated. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/banking/worried-about-a-recession-6-money-moves-experts-say-to-make-asap/#ftag=CADf328eec
These anti-aging supplements are gaining popularity, but you should know their benefits, side effects and risk factors before taking them. https://www.cnet.com/health/nutrition/nad-supplements/#ftag=CADf328eec
Supplemental Security Income recipients will receive two payments in May. We'll break down why this happens and when you can expect your second payment to come through. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/ssi-may-2025-payment-schedule-youre-getting-paid-twice-this-month-heres-why/#ftag=CADf328eec
The app is a ChatGPT competitor and a sign of where glasses of the future are headed. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/metas-new-ai-app-for-phones-is-also-its-hub-for-glasses/#ftag=CADf328eec
LG stopped creating new smartphones in 2021, so if you have an old LG phone, you'll need to update it soon. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/update-your-lg-smartphone-now-in-2-months-you-wont-be-able-to/#ftag=CADf328eec
The hardware deal is not available in all service areas, and a $100 demand surcharge may apply. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/starlink-giving-away-residential-kit-worth-349-for-free-but-there-are-some-catches/#ftag=CADf328eec
The White House said Amazon would be considered a "hostile and political act" if it listed tariff prices next to products. But the company denies any plans to do so. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/sorry-shoppers-amazon-says-tariff-cost-feature-is-not-going-to-happen/#ftag=CADf328eec
We spent 30 nights sleeping on the Saatva Classic Mattress, and here's how it went down. https://www.cnet.com/health/sleep/30-days-with-the-saatva-classic-mattress--how-2-very-different-sleepers-found-the-experience/#ftag=CADf328eec
More employers are planning on going "AI first." The results, and opinions about the changes, are mixed. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/shopify-duolingo-workers-face-a-new-gen-ai-reality-at-work-is-your-job-next/#ftag=CADf328eec
Feeling anxious and experiencing chest pains is more common than you might think. But thankfully, there are a few things you can do to improve matters https://www.cnet.com/health/mental/ease-anxiety-related-chest-pains-with-these-tried-and-tested-tips/#ftag=CADf328eec
These three movies are highly-rated by critics but you'll have to be quick to stream them because they leave Prime Video soon.
An at-a-glance rundown of your options, so you don't end up with the wrong fan (or fan-purifier, or fan-purifier-heater) for your needs.
https://www.techradar.com/home/air-quality/dyson-fan-range-guide
FAVM’s FA-EX9 is a compact Ryzen 395 workstation PC with 128GB of RAM, built for AI professionals.
A workaround and a patch are already available but many firms have already been breached.