
A new MacBook for student budgets is expected to arrive early next year. https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/apples-low-cost-macbook-to-start-at-599-report-says/#ftag=CADf328eec

Spending too much time on social media? Try these tips for a digital detox to foster better in-person relationships, improve your mental health and reduce your screen time. https://www.cnet.com/health/mental/how-to-do-a-social-media-detox/#ftag=CADf328eec

When choosing the right spot for your bird feeder, it's all about location. https://www.cnet.com/news/want-to-see-more-visits-to-your-bird-feeder-try-these-expert-approved-tips/#ftag=CADf328eec

The news comes on the heels of both companies' launch date announcements. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/espn-and-fox-are-launching-a-new-streaming-bundle/#ftag=CADf328eec

A feature Apple showed off last year is reportedly being tested with popular third-party apps. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/siris-new-features-may-include-adding-voice-controls-to-apps/#ftag=CADf328eec

Breville's compact machine is popular with espresso lovers with cramped kitchens, but Casabrews offers a similarly small model for half the price. I tested both to see which is the better buy in 2025. https://www.cnet.com/news/i-tested-a-140-espresso-machine-and-the-300-breville-bambino-heres-what-i-learned/#ftag=CADf328eec

Snap a selfie and get your ChatGPT color analysis. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/i-tried-ai-as-a-beauty-consultant-it-gave-me-more-confidence/#ftag=CADf328eec

This September, we'll see the end of an era in internet history. https://www.cnet.com/tech/aol-will-pull-the-plug-on-dial-up-internet-34-years-after-its-launch/#ftag=CADf328eec

Auto-brightness is supposed to make life easier, but sometimes it adjusts your screen at the worst possible time. Turning off these iPhone settings can fix that. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/if-your-phones-auto-brightness-is-irritating-you-adjust-these-settings-now/#ftag=CADf328eec

It won't be a long wait before we return to Nevermore. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/when-will-wednesday-season-2-part-2-premiere/#ftag=CADf328eec

Fight fans will need to decide if a Paramount Plus subscription is in the budget. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/ufc-streaming-moves-to-paramount-in-multi-billion-dollar-deal/#ftag=CADf328eec

Tom's Guide's crystal ball focuses on a wild near future
https://www.techradar.com/tech/this-vision-of-the-future-is-everything-and-nothing-like-i-predicted

Microsoft employees could soon have to go to the office three days per week in further crackdown on remote working.

Tom Cruise's War of the Worlds movie is enjoying a streaming renaissance thanks to its terribly-rated Prime Video namesake.

Sam Altman's latest tweet suggests that ChatGPT-5 Pro will soon be available for Plus users.

How do TVs that share the same OLED display panel type compare when put side-by-side? I tested the entry-level LG B5 and Samsung S85F OLED TVs to find out.

Threat actors replicated two Brazilian government sites using Deepsite AI, and then phished information and stole money.

What if your webcam turns on you and starts downloading malware?

Both the long-awaited, standalone streaming version of ESPN and Fox’s new streaming service are launching on the same day later this month. Which one should you choose? You might not have to.
There’s long been chatter that ESPN and Fox could offer their new streaming wares in a bundle, and now it’s official: On October 2, you’ll be able to sign up for both

AOL may have discontinued its dial-up internet services, but at least three others still exist as alternatives — yes, even in 2025.
Three providers — Microsoft, Juno, and NetZero — say that they offer dial-up plans, with Juno continuing to offer free dial-up for 10 hours a month, though with a potential major catch.
Over the weekend, the internet

Is there a way that Intel can be saved? Former Intel chief executive Craig Barrett thinks so, and it isn’t the way the company’s former board members suggest.
Intel should have a number of its customers invest a total of $40 billion in the company to ensure a steady supply of chips, the company’s former chief executive wrote over the weekend.
Bar

Maybe it was the sight of Sengled users literally left in the dark by their useless Wi-Fi bulbs, maybe it was another price hike, or just an overall sense that my smart devices weren’t truly under my control. Whatever the reason, I’d developed a growing desire to build a smart home setup that wasn’t a hostage to the cloud.
Specifically, I’m talking about a

AMD's Ryzen 7 5700X3D has finally reached end-of-life status. Various retailers have allegedly confirmed that AMD is no longer selling the 5700X3D.

Ex-Intel chief Craig Barrett warns the US could lose its only advanced chip foundry without urgent $40B funding from major customers like Apple and Nvidia, pushing for High-NA EUV, 14A development, and tariffs on imports.

SK hynix has taken to Twitter/X to compare its delicately stacked HBM4 to some deliciously layered s’mores.

French retailers have started to list Intel's unannounced Core Ultra 3 205, an eight-core Arrow Lake processor.

GitHub, one of the most used code repositories in the world, is being folded into Microsoft following the departure of longtime CEO Thomas Dohmke. GitHub was acquired by Microsoft in 2018 but remained largely independent until today.


Blippo+, the zany cable TV simulator that debuted with Playdate's Season Two, now has its release date for Nintendo Switch and PC. It lands on September 23 and

Paramount just acquired the US rights to UFC for seven years in a deal worth $7.7 billion dollars, according to reporting by NBC News. This contract begins in 2026 and covers the organization's full slate of 13 m

The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is the latest victim of Reddit's crackdown on data access. The company has begun to place new restrictions on what the archive site will be able to access in a move that will significantly limit the Wayback Machine's ability to preserve information from Reddit.
With the change, the Wayback Machine, a project run by the nonprofit Internet Archive, will only be able to crawl Reddit's homepage. It will no longer be able to access comments, subreddit


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Article URL: https://opuslabs.substack.com/p/learn-reflect-apply-prepare
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Article URL: https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/practicing/ui-vs-api-vs-uai
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Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr11qqvvwlo
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Article URL: https://deanebarker.net/tech/blog/custom-elements-markdown/
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Article URL: https://timharford.com/2025/05/the-value-of-institutional-memory/
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Article URL: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jesusfv/Slides_London.pdf
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44866621
Points: 8
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Article URL: https://opensource.googleblog.com/2025/08/whats-new-in-iceberg-v3.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44866677
Points: 22
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Article URL: https://blog.kilocode.ai/p/future-ai-spend-100k-per-dev
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Article URL: https://magecdn.com/blog/2025/08/11/cloudflare-not-a-cdn/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44866970
Points: 11
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Authorities overseeing the development of artificial intelligence in Indonesia have proposed a “sovereign AI fund” to finance the archipelago’s ambitions to become a regional hub for the fast-growing technology, a government doc

Web design veteran Andy Clarke is offering a two-hour workshop all about creating practical and creative page layouts this September 18. Register and save a few bucks with a coupon code.
Stuff & Nonsense Practical Layout Workshop originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the

A man must struggle to find the truth and recover his identity amid a murder mystery and an enemy that can bend reality in this underrated techno-noir classic. https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/humanitys-past-is-a-blur-in-this-90s-techno-noir-cult-classic-and-its-streaming-free-on-tubi/#ftag=CADf328eec

Attaining fitness and weight-loss goals just got a little easier for FuturHealth members. https://www.cnet.com/health/apple-fitness-plus-and-futurhealth-team-up-with-new-weight-loss-partnership/#ftag=CADf328eec

You can make an old Android phone feel surprisingly fast again in minutes. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/old-android-phone-feeling-sluggish-these-quick-fixes-will-revive-it/#ftag=CADf328eec

Someone is attacking the court's file management systems in an attempt to steal sensitive documents.

Discover the hidden economic truths behind the hype, and how to bridge the gap between ambition and achievement.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-hidden-economics-of-ai-balancing-innovation-with-reality

Alien: Earth actor Babou Ceesay lifts the lid on what fans can expect from the duplicitous Morrow.

Meta’s CTO is already hinting at what we’ll see at Meta Connect 2025, and therefore what we won't see.

Google Finance users set for AI boost to help understand data and answer pressing questions

Meta recently announced the new Instagram Maps feature, but it's bee met with an angry response from users online.

Users are finding that when Google Gemini can't complete a coding task, a palpable sense of despair can set in.

I bought the silly-cheap Wentronic YO1 AirPods Max lookalikes just to see if I was missing out –and I'm livid at what I discovered.

Katherine Kelley stars in this gripping six-part crime thriller, and our guide explains how to watch In Flight online now and free from anywhere.
https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/watch-in-flight-free

The Morning Show season 4 is coming on September 17 – here's everything we know so far about the hit show's return to Apple TV+.
https://www.techradar.com/streaming/apple-tv-plus/the-morning-show-season-4

Older versions of WinRAR were carrying a major vulnerability which was being exploited in the wild.


This year's Sony Xperia 1 VII offers minimal upgrades over its predecessor, making it a questionable purchase even for loyal fans.
The post Sony Xperia 1 VII Review appeared first on Trusted Reviews.

We’re now two months from the planned end of support date for Windows 10, and it seems tempers are running high as tensions continue to build. A man from Southern California filed a lawsuit against Microsoft last week, according to one news report.
The reason f

If you haven’t heard by now, Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 this October. You have a few options if this catches you off guard, including a

Earlier this month, Microsoft announced via admin center message that certain existing features will no longer be available in older versions of Office 365 apps starting end of January 2026. The change is due to a backend service update that impacts these features. For the first time, a regular Office update will

AOL was once the largest provider of internet service for Americans. Today, it belongs to Yahoo! Inc. and operates as a web portal where you can read online articles aggregated from sources across the web—and it also still offers dial-up internet service! But not for much longer.

Google's AI could be tricked into enabling spam, revealing a user's location, and leaking private correspondence, among other things, with just a calendar invite.

Nvidia just released more affordable variants of Blackwell AI GPUs.

Nvidia has announced 2U server form factor compatibility with its latest RTX 6000 Pro Server Edition GPU, providing enterprise customers with the most compact method of deploying Blackwell AI GPUs yet.

SK Hynix sees the AI-focused High Bandwidth Memory market growing about 30% each year to 2030, approaching $98B. Holding 70% share, it’s banking on custom designs, HBM4, and U.S. expansion to keep its edge—despite looming oversupply, rising competition, and the uncertainty of trade politics.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/sk-hynix-projects-hbm-ma

Prompting isn’t just about writing better instructions, but about designing better thinking. Ilia Kanazin and Marina Chernyshova explore how advanced prompting can empower different product & design use cases, speeding up your workflow and improving results, from research and brainstorming to testing and beyond. Let’s dive in. https://smashingmagazine.com/2025/08/designing-with-ai-practical-techniques-product-design/

If you've put off getting a new MacBook then today is your lucky day. Right now, the 2025 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air M4 are available on Amazon for record-low prices. The 13-inch model is our pick for best MacBook to buy this year.

Despite the impending loss of federal rebates, Ford plans to give US EV production a huge boost. After hyping it last week as a "breakthrough" and "Model T moment," the company has announced the Ford U

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/business/aol-dial-up-internet.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44861521
Points: 58
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Article URL: https://aman.ai/primers/ai/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44862112
Points: 166
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Article URL: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/14737
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44862583
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Article URL: https://www.openssh.com/pq.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44863242
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Article URL: https://pricingpages.design/
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Points: 63
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Article URL: https://1mrows.pages.dev
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Article URL: http://ithare.com/infographics-operation-costs-in-cpu-clock-cycles/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44863585
Points: 20
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Article URL: https://dwyer.co.za/static/claude-code-is-all-you-need.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44864185
Points: 117
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Article URL: https://www.al3rez.com/todo-txt-journey
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44864134
Points: 164
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Wondering if anyone here has changed their opinion on open sourcing their projects or contributing to open source now that LLM's are a thing...
I don't know yet what I think, but my latest side project I decided to create privately on github.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44864291
Points: 11
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Article URL: https://dafoster.net/articles/2025/07/22/designing-software-in-the-large/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44864467
Points: 11
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Article URL: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/541/4/2853/8213862?login=false
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44864680
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Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/apple-brings-openais-gpt-5-to-ios-and-macos/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44864803
Points: 6
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Article URL: https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/goodbye-github/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44864929
Points: 46
# Comments: 22
https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/goodbye-github/

Hi everyone, Jerry and Wyatt here from Halluminate (https://halluminate.ai/). We help AI labs train computer use agents with high quality data and RL environments.
Training AI agents to use computers, browsers, and software is one of the highest-potential opportunities for AI. To date, however, this capability is still unreliable. The emerging method to improve this is called Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR). However, researchers a

Improving the place where developers have real conversations and real collaboration https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/08/11/renewing-chat-on-stack-overflow/

How do you design block quotes and pull quotes to reflect a brand’s visual identity and help tell its story? Here’s how I do it by styling the HTML blockquote
element using borders, decorative quote marks, custom shapes, and a few unexpected properties.
Getting Creative With Quotes originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is p

You can now run ChatGPT locally on your own computer. Let's see how it holds up. https://www.cnet.com/videos/gpt-oss-is-out-here-are-my-first-impressions/#ftag=CADf328eec