An essential part of any emergency kit or home tool box, Gerber's Gear Dime 12-in-1 multitool is the perfect mix of function, weight and -- at less than $30 -- price. https://www.cnet.com/deals/finally-a-multitool-under-30-that-deserves-a-spot-in-my-go-bag/#ftag=CADf328eec
This feature can help you identify certain chats so you don't let out a secret in the wrong chat. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/heres-how-to-add-a-background-to-your-text-chats-in-ios-26/#ftag=CADf328eec
August's SSI payment has already been sent out, but recipients are getting another check this month. Here's why. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/supplemental-security-income-for-august-2025-your-second-monthly-payment-comes-soon/#ftag=CADf328eec
You don't need a new plan to get better video playback on all streaming apps. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/the-streaming-trick-that-made-my-shows-crystal-clear/#ftag=CADf328eec
Microsoft wants to make WinUI open source, but there are some major hurdles in the way first including its tie to Windows code.
The limited-edition Big Coffee Boxer will certainly be a conversation-starter, and it's a serious espresso machine if you've got money to burn.
One Alien: Earth star says he didn't imitate any real-world tech bros to portray one of the series' shiftiest characters.
Google Cloud launches six new agents and other tools to help data scientists do more with their data – and with less experience.
Perplexity accuses Cloudflare of not sharing its methodology and misattributing crawling activity to its AI assistant.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/perplexity-hits-back-after-cloudflare-slams-its-online-scraping-tools
Don't expect uniform game prices any time soon, a prominent industry analyst has warned.
Samsung has issued an update on when more devices will get One UI 8 for smartphones and smartwatches.
Jewelry giant Pandora falls for a phishing attack, with sensitive data lost.
Perplexity has embedded OpenTable into its AI platform, allowing conversational table booking for restaurants.
We finally saw the drama unfold from Conrad’s perspective in The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3 episode 5, and frankly, Belly has never seemed more of a monster.
A stylish soda maker.
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If you’ve spent the past couple of months cursing at your Pixel’s unresponsive back button, you’re not alone – but you can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
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Amazon has slashed the price of the Oral-B iO2 Electric Toothbrush in Night Black to just £42, an impressive 58% off.
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https://www.trustedreviews.com/deals/get-a-cleaner-smile-for-less-with-this-fantastic-oral-b-deal
Previously available at £69.99, this top-rated Anker MagSafe power bank for Apple devices is now just £54.99.
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As Amazon has launched its own low-cost shopping experience with Haul, we're keen to see how it compares to Temu.
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Bill Gates says AI is rapidly evolving and could potentially take over professional jobs at a moment's notice, leaving workers with little to no time to adapt to the drastic changes.
Halo Studios just dropped Halo Infinite's Fall 2025 Update, kicking off Operation: Shadows with new features, content, and challenges for players to explore.
What if your laptop always had a 5G internet connection wherever you were, just like your smartphone? You’d never have to connect to a Wi-Fi network again or fumble with your phone’s hotspot feature.
Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop 5G is the latest lapt
PCI-SIG has officially begun developing PCIe 8.0, doubling bandwidth to 256 GT/s while tackling signal integrity limits over copper with protocol upgrades.
AMD posted record Q2 2025 revenue of $7.685 billion, driven by strong client and data center processor sales, though profitability was partially offset by an $800 million charge related to Instinct MI308 GPU export restrictions to China.
Two Chinese nationals have been arrested in the U.S. over allegations they shipped tens of millions of dollars' worth of AI GPUs to China in exchange for cash.
🧑💻HACKDAY IS COMING!
Get ready to code, collaborate, and contribute, Symfony Hackday is back!
Join us in Amsterdam on Saturday, November 29th, for a hands-on hackathon designed to bring the Symfony community together for a day of open-source contribution,… https://symfony.com/blog/symfonycon-amsterdam-2025-join-the-symfony-hackathon-collaborate-contribute-create?utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed&utm_medium=feed
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As the Trump administration ramps up mass deportations, impacting businesses across numerous sectors, the American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC) is advocating for policy reform. Rebecca Shi leads the organization that’s made up of 1,400 current and former CEOs, trade group leaders, and others who rely heavily on an immigrant workforce. She shares how uncertainty over immigration has disrupted daily business and affected the bottom line, while also expressing optimism that this
The new open-weight models from OpenAI deliver strong reasoning performance, with a tradeoff in hallucinations.
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https://www.searchenginejournal.com/openai-open-source-models/553084/
AI tools are everywhere - but without strategy, they’re causing chaos. Here’s how to regain control.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/tackling-ai-sprawl-in-the-modern-enterprise
The backlash to Meta’s $14.3B Scale AI deal reveals a bigger story in the AI world: quality, trust, and precision trump raw volume in Physical AI.
Turtle Beach is looking to shake up the racing wheel market with three upcoming mid-range products.
The Samsung 9100 Pro is the brand’s latest and greatest PCIe 5.0 SSD. It looks to easily be one of the fastest drives for PC use today, alongside key rivals such as the WD Black SN8100 and the Gigabyte Aorus Gen 5 12000, with speeds that virtually double its top-class predecessor, the 990 Pro. [...]
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To help you decide between the OnePlus Pad Lite and OnePlus Pad Go, we highlight the key differences here.
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https://www.trustedreviews.com/versus/oneplus-pad-lite-vs-oneplus-pad-go
TL;DR: Get lifetime access to all Babbe
Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/5/greyduet-on-rteachers/
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Article URL: https://wiki.why2025.org/Badge/Fire_hazard
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Article URL: https://acko.net/blog/html-is-dead-long-live-html/
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Article URL: https://www.davelu.com/p/learn-to-embrace-conflict
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Article URL: https://grell.dev/blog/ai_rejection
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Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Aug. 6 https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-mini-crossword-answers-for-wednesday-aug-6/#ftag=CADf328eec
AI is already reshaping work - leaders must act now to structure and scale its impact.
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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44807002
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Article URL: https://github.com/Picocrypt/Picocrypt/issues/134
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https://amaranth-lang.org/docs/amaranth/latest/intro.html#the-amaranth-language
Article URL: https://www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/did-an-ai-company-just-fire-someone
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Kitten TTS is an open-source series of tiny and expressive text-to-speech models for on-device applications. We are excited to launch a preview of our smallest model, which is less than 25 MB. This model has 15M parameters.
We're releasing this to give early users a sense of the latency and voices that will be available in our next release (hopefully next week). We'd love your feedback! Just FYI, this model is an early checkpoint trained on less than 10% of our total data.
We started wor
Learn why SEO is essential for long-term growth and how it compares to PPC spending in today's digital landscape.
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https://www.searchenginejournal.com/agencies-replace-ppc-seo-marketbrew-spa/552158/
Article URL: https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/meta-eavesdropped-period-tracker-app-20803399.php
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44806379
Points: 44
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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44806669
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Article URL: https://proton.me/blog/us-tech-rules-europe
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It's reportedly "preparing to introduce" the unique form factor later this year. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/samsung-acknowledges-its-upcoming-tri-fold-phone-on-earnings-call/#ftag=CADf328eec
Windows in 2030 will be about sophisticated AI and voice commands according to a Microsoft executive's prediction.
The next Surface Laptop is likely to launch in the new handful of months, powered by Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 with more power and better battery life.
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/surface/microsoft-surface-laptop-8-faq
After her game was banned from sale on Steam in a
Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related topics from me, Jess Conditt, a reporter who's covered the industry for more than 13 years. The second contains the video game stories from the past week that you need to know about, including some headlines from outside of Engadget.
Please enjoy — and I'll see you next week.
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00024
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Roei Samuel, founder of networking platform Connectd, has been hiring at speed — 14 roles in six months. But he’s begun to wonder if candidates’ answers are genuine, even on video calls. “I can see their eyes shifting across the screen,” he says. “Then they co
Which is more important: Lock screen widgets, or better battery life? https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/if-you-want-your-iphone-battery-to-last-longer-turn-off-these-3-settings-asap/#ftag=CADf328eec
Images included in Apple's latest software update reveals the display size for the Apple Watch Ultra model coming this fall. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/the-ios-26-beta-just-unveiled-new-details-about-the-apple-watch-ultra-3/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle for Aug. 6, No. 1,509 https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-wordle-hints-answer-and-help-for-aug-6-1509/#ftag=CADf328eec
The next flagship model for the most popular AI platform is expected soon. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/gpt-5-is-coming-heres-what-openai-has-said-so-far/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 6, #787. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-connections-hints-answers-and-help-for-aug-6-787/#ftag=CADf328eec
Earth will complete its daily rotation between 1.25 and 1.51 milliseconds faster than usual, and scientists aren't quite sure why. https://www.cnet.com/science/earth-is-spinning-weirdly-faster-making-today-one-of-the-shortest-days-ever/#ftag=CADf328eec
If you're living alone, a little extra security can go a long way. Here are my top safety gadget recommendations. https://www.cnet.com/home/security/security-home-hacks-for-people-living-alone/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Aug. 6, No. 317 https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-aug-6-317/#ftag=CADf328eec
Google has just upgraded its AI world model to Genie 3, allowing those with access to generate a world at a higher 720p quality and then interact with it, making changes on the fly.
July 2025 was a nightmare for Wordle lovers. Here's what made it so difficult and why this could be a sign of things to come.
Yamaha takes the Gillette approach with its latest Atmos soundbar, and adds more upfiring drivers for more precise sound
Yep, the Windows XP Crocs are real – dubbed the Microsoft 50th Exclusive Crocs, these take the iconic wallpaper as the main design, come with six Jibbitz, and a matching carrying tote.
This month's Humble Bundle collection gives you $250 worth of games for just $15. These include Persona 5 Royal, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, My Time at Sandrock, and more.
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/humble-bundle-august-2025-deal
Microsoft only made 50 of its 50th Anniversary Surface Laptops. Here’s how to mimic the design and feel using the standard Surface Laptop 7.
Pravidelná sonda do světa software. Podíváme se na nástroj pro získávání OAuth tokenů od různých IdP, budeme detekovat kódy a hesla ve zdrojácích a nakonec si upravíme rychlost otáček ventilátoru. https://www.root.cz/clanky/softwarova-sklizen-6-8-2025-ziskavejte-tokeny-a-overujte-tajemstvi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss
Sonos is having overheating issues with a "very low" number of its Roam speakers. Bloomberg reports that some users' portable Bluetooth speakers are overheating around the device's USB-C port. The company has not recalled any products as a result but it aware
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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44803885
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/05/germany-trains-delays-broken-railroad/
Article URL: https://byroot.github.io/ruby/json/2025/08/02/whats-wrong-with-the-json-gem-api.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44804043
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https://byroot.github.io/ruby/json/2025/08/02/whats-wrong-with-the-json-gem-api.html
Article URL: https://blog.google/products/gemini/storybooks/
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Article URL: https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-winds-down-mrna-development-under-barda.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44805261
Points: 25
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https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-winds-down-mrna-development-under-barda.html
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.1, which is said to deliver better coding and agent performance with improved safety.
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https://www.searchenginejournal.com/claude-opus-4-1-improves-coding-agent-capabilities/553062/
Západosrbské údolí řeky Jadar je jedním místem na světě, kde byl nalezen pozoruhodný jadarit, minerál obsahující bor a zároveň lithium. Podle těžařů Rio Tinto ho tam je 2,3 milionů tun, což je spousta lithiových baterií. Zatím je ale jadarit v zemi a je otázkou, jestli vůbec kdy dojde k jeho těžbě. http://www.osel.cz/14189-svudny-jadarit-by-mohl-pohanet-milion-elektromobilu-ma-to-ale-hacek.html
Anyone with a compatible iPhone can test the latest iOS 26 features ahead of the operating system's official release in the fall. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/you-can-download-ios-26-developer-beta-5-on-your-iphone-right-now-heres-how/#ftag=CADf328eec
Amazon says its Project Kuiper satellite internet service will be available to 300,000 rural Aussies in mid-2026. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/amazons-starlink-alternative-is-coming-to-australia-next-summer/#ftag=CADf328eec
Subscribers can get all of Fox's TV portfolio for $20 a month. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/fox-one-streaming-service-to-launch-in-time-for-nfl-season/#ftag=CADf328eec