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Anker shopping guide: Latest tech on robot lawn mowers, wireless earbuds, and more
The 2025 Innovation Meets Anker showcase features the latest technology from the brand on a variety of devices such as robot lawn mowers, wireless earbuds, and portable power stations.
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Mark Zuckerberg is planning a premium tier and ads for Metaโs AI app
The Meta AI app could soon get a paid tier, similar to the ones offered by rivals like OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the plan during a Q1 2025 earnings call on Wednesday, saying thereโs an opportunity to offer a โpremium service for people who want to unlock more compute or [โฆ]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production
Article URL: https://www.espressif.com/en/news/ESP32-C5_Mass_Production Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43851314 Points: 51 # Comments: 29
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Google is funding electrician training to help meet the power demands of AI
Google has announced that it's helping to financially support the electrical training ALLIANCe (etA), an organization formed by the National Electrical Contractors Association and the International Brotherhood of Electricians. The goal is to train "100,000 electrical workers and 30,000 new apprentices in the United States" to meet the growing power demands of AI. Using AI will unlock unspecified, but positive economic...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Home washing machines fail to remove important pathogens from textiles
Article URL: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-home-machines-important-pathogens-textiles.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43851225 Points: 28 # Comments: 39
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Powerful earthquake could raise Pacific north-west sea levels โdramaticallyโ โ study
Likelihood of potentially devastating quake above 8.0 magnitude in next 50 years is 15%, study statesA massive earthquake in the Pacific north-west could rapidly transform areas of the coast from northern California to Washington, causing swaths of land to quickly sink, โdramaticallyโ raising sea level and increasing the flood risk to communities.Thatโs according to a new study, published in the Proceedings of the...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:LG pulls the final software plug on its phones โhere are its 7 best-ever models, ranked
As LG finally shuts down the update servers for its phones in June, we look back at our favorite models from its mobile history.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Trumpโs loyal footsoldiers doff their Maga caps at cabinet love-in
Red and navy hats were strategically placed as Trumpโs cabinet gushed over 100 presidential days like no otherThere were navy blue and red baseball caps up and down the table, strategically placed in front of every cabinet member, and each bearing the message โGulf of Americaโ.Yet the unorthodox collection of headwear, embroidered with Donald Trumpโs forced new name for the centuries-old Gulf of Mexico, was far from...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Best Standing Desks of 2025
Do your body and your mind a favor by getting the best standing desk for your home office space with the help of our experts' top picks.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:RFK Jr.โs HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAIDโs Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.โs department.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Mercury, the first commercial-scale diffusion language model
Article URL: https://www.inceptionlabs.ai/introducing-mercury Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43851099 Points: 126 # Comments: 50
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Visa and Mastercard unveil AI-powered shopping
Artificial intelligence is not just infiltrating the startup world. Now, credit card giants Visa and Mastercard are getting into the AI game. Visa announced on Wednesday โIntelligent Commerce,โ which it says enables AI โto find and buy.โ AI agents will be able to shop and make purchases on behalf of consumers, based on preselected preferences. [โฆ]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:We gave the Sonos Ace headphones 4 stars โ now theyโre on sale
The Sonos Ace Wireless Headphones are the noise-canceling cans to own for Sonos devotees and fans of top-shelf ANC. Get them for $100 less this week!
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Mark Zuckerberg 'predicts' AI will write most of Meta's code within 12 to 18 months
Mark Zuckerberg says he believes most of the Meta's code will be written by AI agents sometime within the next year-and-a-half. Zuckerberg made the prediction during an hour-long interview with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel. "I would guess sometime in the next 12 to 18 months, we'll reach the point where most of the code that's going towards these efforts is written by AI," said Zuckerberg, referring to the company's...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Seth Rogen Is the Next Free Operator in Black Ops 6, Bringing Weed to a Gunfight
The famous actor, filmmaker and marijuana enthusiast is the latest Call of Duty operator in Season 3 Reloaded.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:DNA links modern pueblo dwellers to Chaco Canyon people
People in Picuris Pueblo wanted to know how they got there, contacted researchers.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Threads tops 350M monthly users after adding 30M in the quarter
Instagram Threads, Metaโs X competitor, has now grown to over 350 million monthly active users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed during the companyโs Q1 2025 earnings call on Wednesday. Thatโs an increase of 30 million users since the prior quarter, where Meta reported that Threads had 320 million users. The new figure represents increased growth, as [โฆ]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Sketchy rumors hint at an iPhone desktop mode
Alongside all the rumors lately about a big visual redesign for iOS and a more Mac-like iPadOS experience, thereโs one interesting one thatโs been bubbling up: the iPhone could get a desktop mode of sorts. Majin Bu, who has a mixed history with leaks, wrote last week that unnamed sources had said iPhones with USB-C [โฆ]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Dating Apps Are Using Role-Playing Games to Fix Your Rizz
Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, and Grindr are rolling out scenario-based training, AI, and other tools to address their usersโ lack of romantic experience.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Google and Duolingo think AI can change the way we learn languages. Are they right?
Both Google and Duolingo are pivoting to AI-based language learning, but lots of folks aren't on board.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Norton Password Manager review: cross-platform login security for free
I review Norton Password Manager, a free service that stores unlimited logins and encrypted notes across all your devices.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Democrats rally at US Capitol to decry โfailureโ of Trumpโs first 100 days
Lawmakers including Chuck Schumer denounce โfailureโ on economy, costs, foreign policy, democracy and middle classDozens of Democratic lawmakers gathered on the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday to accuse Donald Trump of spending his first 100 days damaging the US economy and democracy with the help of โcomplicitโ congressional Republicans.The speeches by party leaders served as a counterpoint to Trumpโs insistence at...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Apple sends out spyware attack notifications to targeted users
Apple is notifying users in 100 countries that it believes were targeted by spyware.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:This simple Kindle accessory has seriously upgraded my reading experience - and it's cheap
Strapsicle's silicone straps secure my Kindle Paperwhite and give me the perfect grip for comfortable reading, no matter where I am.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:The BBC deepfaked Agatha Christie to teach a writing course
BBC Studios is using AI to recreate the voice and likeness of late detective story author Agatha Christie for the purpose of featuring it in digital classes that teaches prospective writers โhow to craft the perfect crime novel.โ A real life actor, Vivien Keene, is standing in for Christie, with her appearance augmented by AI [โฆ]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:How to easily run your favorite local AI models on Linux with this handy app
With GPT4ALL, you can easily switch between local LLMs like Llama, DeepSeek R1, Mistral Instruct, Orca, and more. It's also available on MacOS and Windows.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Here are our favorite deals from Amazonโs annual gaming sale
Amazonโs annual Gaming Week celebration kicked off on Monday, April 28th, and will run through Sunday, May 4th. Whether youโre looking for a new headset, an internal SSD, or other gaming essentials, there are plenty of deals to explore. That being said, not every discount is worth your time and money โ in fact, most [โฆ]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Waymo and Toyota explore personally owned self-driving cars
Waymo and Toyota are exploring fully-automated driving for personally owned vehicles.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Microsoft beats Wall Street expectations for fourth quarter in a row amid AI boom
Tech giant has committed to investing $80bn in artificial intelligence this fiscal year as it reveals revenue of $70.07bnMicrosoft released its quarterly earnings report on Wednesday after the New York stock market closed, beating Wall Streetโs expectations for the fourth quarter in a row amid a financial boom for artificial intelligence businesses.The company revealed revenue of $70.07bn and earnings of $3.46 per...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:YouTube will blur the thumbnails of 'mature' videos as part of a new test
YouTube is testing a new feature that will blur the thumbnails of videos that appear in search results that "frequently include sexual themes," the platform announced in the Community section of the YouTube Help Center. The experimental feature is currently being tested on a small percentage of users, Youtube says. The hope is that by blurring thumbnails, YouTube can provide search results that include videos that...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Raspberry Pi cuts product returns by 50% by changing up its pin soldering
Combining both the big and little solder jobs made a big difference.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:This massive 100-inch Hisense TV has a $200 discount today
The Hisense 100-inch U7 Series is on sale today for $1,800, a markdown from its usual $2,000 price. Purchase at Amazon and other retailers to score this deal!
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Microsoft reports strong cloud growth in Q3 earnings
Microsoftjust postedthe third quarter of its 2025 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $70.1 billion in revenue and a net income of $25.8 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 13 percent, and net income has increased by 18 percent. Microsoft was expected to report $68.42 billion in revenue, so the results have beaten Wall [โฆ]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Minecraft Movie Block Party Showings: You Can Sing, but Don't Throw Popcorn
Jack Black himself implores audiences of the movie juggernaut to avoid throwing popcorn as special new screenings are announced.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Trump administration to cancel $1bn in Biden-era school mental health grants
Funding will not be continued next year after bill signed in 2022 helped schools hire more mental health workersThe Trump administration is moving to cancel $1bn in school mental health grants, saying they reflect the priorities of the previous administration.Grant recipients were notified on Tuesday that the funding will not be continued after this year. A gun violence bill signed by Joe Biden in 2022 sent $1bn to the...
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