Article URL: https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1542140
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Article URL: https://coppolaemilio.com/entries/what-could-have-been/
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Before you take a sip of that chia seed water, this is what experts want you to know about the trendy beverage. https://www.cnet.com/health/nutrition/chia-seed-water-benefits-drawbacks-how-make-it/#ftag=CADf328eec
Altman also doesn't want ChatGPT to become an anime sex robot. Good to know. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/openai-ceo-sam-altman-believes-were-in-an-ai-bubble/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Aug. 19, No. 534. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-strands-hints-answers-and-help-for-aug-19-534/#ftag=CADf328eec
Increased solar flare activity over the last few days will cause the northern horizon to light up for many states. https://www.cnet.com/science/space/an-aurora-is-hitting-monday-night-only-and-will-be-visible-in-over-a-dozen-states/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 19, #800. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-connections-hints-answers-and-help-for-aug-19-800/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle for Aug. 19, No. 1,522. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-wordle-hints-answer-and-help-for-aug-19-1522/#ftag=CADf328eec
Despite online rumors, GPT‑4o isn’t being retired this October, and OpenAI now promises transparency and notice before making any changes.
Developers believe AI could replace most marketing work, citing automation’s success in coding, although creative and strategic tasks remain resistant - for now.
The latest iOS 26 public beta update improves app opening and closing times
The latest NYT game is a word-free, domino-filled exercise.
NVMe 2.3 introduces power control, selective erasure, flexible device modes, and failure recovery, aiming to make SSDs more efficient, secure, and adaptable across different environments.
Hulu is getting ready to remove more movies from its library. These are all the titles leaving Hulu in September 2025.
https://www.techradar.com/streaming/hulu/everything-leaving-hulu-in-september-2025
NVIDIA GeForce NOW is about to transform with RTX 5080-class performance and a massive expansion of its game library.
With the Battlefield 6 Open Beta now over, DICE has released a surprise Battlefield 2042 update with a new map, new weapons and vehicles, and special Battlefield 6 rewards to earn.
NVIDIA's Project G-Assist, an AI gaming assistant, is set to receive its first major update to improve performance and to get it running on a wider range of hardware.
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/nvidia/nvidia-project-g-assist-update-rtx-laptops
Before the bombs fell, Vegas was a glittering jewel — Fallout Season 2’s images reveal what was lost, and what’s waiting in the wasteland.
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/fallout-season-2-first-look-images
HP's OmniBook X Flip 14 for 2025 is a great option for students and general users at full price, but this 33% discount at Best Buy drops it to less than $700 for a limited time.
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/laptops/hp-omnibook-x-flip-14-699-deal
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, along with other company executives, met with multiple reporters over dinner at a Mediterranean restaurant in San Francisco to discuss the multibillion-dollar AI firm's future plans
If you’re just dying to talk to Copilot within Excel, good news: Copilot is now a traditional Excel function within Excel for Windows and the Mac.
But wait, you say. Copilot is already in Excel! For one thing, there’s already a bit Copilot button in the upper right! If I hover my cursor over an empty Excel shell, a Copilot icon appears!
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Understanding how your SvelteKit application behaves in production — from request flows to performance bottlenecks — is crucial for building reliable user experiences. SvelteKit now has first-class support for observability: built-in OpenTelemetry tracing, and a dedicated instrumentation setup file that ensures your monitoring tools work seamlessly.
To opt in, upgrade SvelteKit and your adapter and add the following to your svelte.config.js
AI tools are improving fast, but it’s still not clear how they fit into a real product design workflow. Nikita Samutin walks through four core stages — from analytics and ideation to prototyping and visual design — to show where AI fits and where it doesn’t, illustrated with real-world examples. https://smashingmagazine.com/2025/08/beyond-hype-what-ai-can-do-product-design/
Mark Rober will bring his scientific talents to Netflix with two upcoming projects. Rober is a former NASA engineer who parlayed his skills into an entertaining and educational YouTube career. In past years, we've seen him develop not just one, but
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/arts/counter-strike-half-life-minh-le.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44941369
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Article URL: https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2021/04/24/macintosh-drawing-software-compared/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44942949
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Article URL: https://graic.net/p/left-to-right-programming
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We wanted to do something very challenging to prove to ourselves that we can do anything we put our mind to. The reasoning for why we chose to build a toy TPU specifically is fairly simple:
- Building a chip for ML workloads seemed cool - There was no well-documented open source repo for an ML accelerator that performed both inference and training
None of us have real professional experience in hardware design, which, in a way, made the TPU even more appealing since we weren't able to es
Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/generative_ai_zero_return_95_percent/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44944620
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Article URL: https://github.com/tiny-tpu-v2/tiny-tpu
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Article URL: https://github.com/usestrix/strix
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I asked food professionals and career chefs about the biggest grilling mistakes amateur cooks make at home. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/if-you-want-to-be-a-better-griller-pro-chefs-say-do-less/#ftag=CADf328eec
Anyone with a compatible iPhone can test the latest iOS 26 features ahead of the operating system's official release next month. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/you-can-download-ios-26-developer-beta-7-on-your-iphone-right-now-heres-how/#ftag=CADf328eec
The move will let Apple shine spotlights on both models and have two iPhone launch events every year. https://www.cnet.com/tech/iphone-18-reportedly-wont-launch-until-2027-because-of-foldable-iphone/#ftag=CADf328eec
Commentary: I've been writing about the iPhone for over a decade. I'm ready to see Apple step it up in this perhaps unexpected way. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/my-iphone-17-wish-list-has-just-one-item-and-its-none-of-the-usual-suspects/#ftag=CADf328eec
Skip the soap when it comes to cleaning your cast-iron cookware. Instead, reach for this kitchen staple. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/want-to-safely-clean-your-cast-iron-skillet-this-secret-tool-is-already-in-your-pantry/#ftag=CADf328eec
At Gamescom 2025, the company unveiled some major upgrades to its cloud gaming service and more. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/nvidia-will-let-you-add-your-own-steam-games-to-stream-via-geforce-now/#ftag=CADf328eec
The feature marks a milestone in how Anthropic approaches AI safety. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/claude-ai-can-now-end-conversations-it-deems-harmful-or-abusive/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Aug. 19, No. 330. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-aug-19-330/#ftag=CADf328eec
13.3-inch Bigme B13 color ePaper monitor goes on sale - but is it worth the cost?
Samsung’s camera app is set to get a new vivid filter, according to leaks, but it'll have a watermark.
Capcom is revitalizing the Resident Evil franchise for PC gamers, with Nvidia's DLSS 4 ready for Requiem, the ninth instalment in the survival horror franchise.
Biwin Mini SSD is a tiny storage device with terabyte capacities, high-speed PCIe 4x2 performance, and durability features for laptops, tablets, and gaming portables.
Nvidia is taking GeForce Now to another level with the addition of its powerhouse RTX 5080 GPU, for 'Ultimate' tier members this September.
Summer is almost over, but Hulu's monthly lists are just getting better looking at all the new movies and shows you can stream in September 2025.
More than $2.8 million was seized from suspected ransomware leader Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko.
Printers are generally awful. They’re a remnant of an era of computing that’s far behind us, and they’re largely unnecessary in today’s digital world. But when you need one, you need one… and if you don’t have a FedEx store nearby, you might as well have one at home. I think the best option is a cheap, rock-solid, black-and-white laser printer—and today, you can
Nvidia’s GeForce Now service is offering its Ultimate tier subscribers an enormous upgrade today: GeForce RTX 5080 servers, cinematic visual upgrades, and a new “install to play” service that will “download” new games directly to the cloud, making them instantly ready to play.
Nvidia is leaving the price of the GeForce Now Ultimate tier unchanged at $19.99
The Trump administration is considering taking a 10% stake in Intel by converting $10.9B in Chips Act grants into equity, a move that would make the U.S. government Intel’s largest shareholder and mark a major shift in how federal chip funding is deployed.
Nvidia is upgrading its GeForce Now service at Gamescom with new RTX 5080-powered instances for Ultimate subscribers, plus a range of other improvements.
The first-ever World Humanoid Robot Games have come to a close with some new world records, but don't expect them to beat humans in a 100-meter dash any time soon. The three-day robotics event in Beijing, China that saw humanoid robots compete in everything from boxing to cleaning concluded this weekend. According to the World Humanoid Robot Games, more than 280 teams
Substack now lets users subscribe to any paid publication via an in-app purchase from the official iOS app. The news comes after the company tested the feature with 30,000 creators.
This makes subscribing to something a much speedier affair, with the entire process taking just a few taps on the old smartphone screen. Prior to this, it wasn't always possible to upgrade to a paid
We're past the the halfway point of August, which mean
The second season of Prime Video's Fallout is coming this December and the marketing machine is just starting to ramp up. The streamer has released some light plot details and, more imp
Human resources technology company Workday has confirmed that a data breach has affected its third-party CRM platform. In a blog post announcing the breach, the company said that a social engineering campaign had targeted its employees, with threat actors posing as IT or HR in order to trick employees into sharing account access or personal
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Article URL: https://annas-archive.org/blog/an-update-from-the-team.html
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Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/aws_updated_kiro_pricing/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44942600
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Article URL: https://www.myretrotvs.com/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44942602
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Hey HN! Braden here, creator of Whispering, an open-source speech-to-text app.
I really like dictation. For years, I relied on transcription tools that were almost good, but they were all closed-source. Even a lot of them that claimed to be “local” or “on-device” were still black boxes that left me wondering where my audio really went.
So I built Whispering. It’s open-source, local-first, and most importantly, transparent with your data. All your data is stored locally on your d
Article URL: https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Robots.txt
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Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.04765
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Article URL: https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/electric-car-battery-degradation
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I won't judge the dancing, but the video quality is pretty decent for AI. Plus, the dancers are fairly consistent from clip to clip. https://www.cnet.com/videos/my-attempt-at-ai-created-irish-dancers-with-google-flow/#ftag=CADf328eec
Google confirmed the 100 million milestone exclusively to CNET. Here's what's coming next for Flow and its AI-assisted creators. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/googles-ai-filmmaker-program-flow-helped-creators-make-100-million-videos/#ftag=CADf328eec
In this AI-created short scene, a woman hears a wolf lurking outside in the forest during a thunderstorm. https://www.cnet.com/videos/rain-forest-dangers-created-with-google-ai/#ftag=CADf328eec
EPL action returns to Elland Road as Daniel Farke's men host the Toffees. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/premier-league-soccer-stream-leeds-vs-everton-live-from-anywhere/#ftag=CADf328eec
While they look very similar to the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro, the new $150 Galaxy Buds 3 FE leave off a few features and don't have the same drivers. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/samsungs-new-galaxy-buds-3-fe-cost-100-less-than-the-flagship-galaxy-buds-3-pro/#ftag=CADf328eec
Researchers found malware hiding in npm packages downloaded by Russian crypto developers.
Developers are using AI to generate code for them, but it's creating vulnerabilities that companies are shipping to customers.
Director Guillermo del Toro's hotly anticipated adaptation of Frankenstein finally gets a confirmed release date, but you can watch it a month before it drops on Netflix.
In the latest Xbox Podcast, Xbox platform architects Jason Beaumont and Jason Ronald offer some updates on the future of Xbox hardware, cloud, and more.
Chinese company Biwin has unveiled a new type of storage drive called the Mini SSD—also referred to as “1517”—that combines an extremely compact form factor with high data transfer speeds.
The Verge writes that the Mini SSD measures 15mm
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If you need a new wireless gaming mouse but also want a splash of color in your setup, then you have to try this Logitech G305 Lightspeed wireless gaming mouse—especially now that it’s on sale for $30 on Amazon (was $50). That’s the best price we’ve seen for this model, and
Anthropic has introduced a new feature in its Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 models that allows the AI to choose to end certain conversations.
According to the company, this only happens in particularly serious or concerning situations. For example, Claude may choose to stop engaging with you
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Nvidia confirms it is returning to Gamescom this year but clarifies that it won't be announcing any new hardware at the convention. Instead, the GPU giant will focus on GeForce Now updates, updates to GeForce features, and new game releases.
Big Tech's foray into nuclear power continues as Google announced the site of its first nuclear reactor today, as part of its 2024 d
After largely focusing Google I/O 2025 on the ways the company wants Gemini to change everything from searching the web to
Believe it or not, Big Tech's fall hardware events are already upon us. (Heck, Samsung already got a jump on things in July.) Up next: Google's big Pixel shindig. You can learn all about the new
Article URL: https://www.andykessler.com/andy_kessler/2025/08/wsj-home-robots.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44940646
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Article URL: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/HackerNewsWatch
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Hi HN! This is Ben from Reality Defender (https://www.realitydefender.com). We build real-time multimodal and multi-model deepfake detection for Fortune 100s and governments all over the world. (We even won the RSAC Innovation Showcase award for our work: https://www.prnewswire.co
Article URL: https://www.asimov.press/p/cell-weight
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Article URL: https://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/who-invented-backpropagation.html
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