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Judge pauses mass firing of consumer protection workers
A judge has paused the termination of nearly 1,500 employees from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) while she considers whether the Trump administration violated a court order to avoid mass layoffs. As CNN reports, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the mass reduction in force was “not going to happen” for now and scheduled an […]
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Amid Soaring Interest Rates, These Mortgages Don't Look Scary Anymore
Adjustable-rate mortgage loans were risky during the housing crisis. Here's why people are choosing them now.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Two Britons among four killed in cable car crash near Naples
Margaret Elaine Winn, 58, and Graeme Derek Winn, 65, died with Israeli woman and Italian driver of cable carTwo British tourists were among four people who died when a cable car crashed to the ground near Naples in southern Italy.Prosecutors in Torre Annunziata have opened an investigation into possible manslaughter charges after the crash on Thursday at Monte Faito, a peak about 28 miles (45km) south-east of Naples....
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Microsoft's Copilot Vision is now free for all Edge users - here's how it works
The AI tool allows Copilot to describe what it sees on your screen in Edge, letting you ask questions about the page content.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Trump’s second state visit to UK to be disrupted by ‘even bigger’ protests
Stop Trump coalition to dust off blimp, hoping demonstrations will surpass those during US president’s 2019 visitDonald Trump’s second visit to the UK later this year will be disrupted by “even bigger” protests than those that coincided with his state visit in his first term, campaigners have vowed.On Thursday Trump let slip that he expects to visit the UK in September, after Keir Starmer handed him a personal...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:“Lab leak” marketing page replaces federal hub for COVID resources
The site previously hosted links to resources on long COVID, vaccines, and testing.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Japanese tech giant claims to offer data transmission solution 10x faster than current technologies to tackle AI speed bottleneck
TDK unveils a photo-spintronic breakthrough that promises to remove a major AI bottleneck.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:No Nvidia? No problem - Huawei debuts AI system that's apparently faster than the market leader, the GB200 NVL72
Huawei debuts an AI system in China that's significantly faster than Nvidia’s market leader, the GB200 NVL72.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:DOGE Is Just Getting Warmed Up
DOGE has tapped into some of the most sensitive and valuable data in the world. Now it’s starting to put it to work.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:The best mini PCs of 2025: Expert recommended from Apple, Intel, and more
Having a powerful PC doesn't mean you need a full-size tower. We tested the best mini PCs from Apple, Intel, and more.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:'Black Mirror' Season 7: Ranking the 6 New Sci-Fi Episodes
You should check out all of the Netflix series' latest stories.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Rover finds hints of an ancient Martian carbon cycle
Rather than cycling, some of Mars' carbon took a one-way trip into rocks.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:How to scan a QR code with your phone
The humble QR (or Quick Response) code has become ubiquitous. Invented back in the 1990s to scan car parts, the barcodes got a popularity boost during the pandemic when touchless tech became prioritized, and they’re now a regular part of daily life. You’ll find them deployed to help you order food, connect to Wi-Fi, shop […]
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Women rely partly on smell when choosing friends
College women smelled each other's T-shirts in new study to evaluate "friendship potential."
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Your Windows 10 PC isn't dead yet - this OS from Google can revive it
The clock is ticking for Windows 10, but Google's ChromeOS Flex can give your out-of-date hardware a new lease on life.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Ink and Switch Constraint System (2023)
Article URL: https://www.inkandswitch.com/ink/notes/phase-2-constraint-system/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43729932 Points: 60 # Comments: 7
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Italian opposition file complaint over far-right party’s use of ‘racist’ AI images
Centre-left parties slam ‘racist, Islamophobic and xenophobic’ faked images posted on social media by League partyOpposition parties in Italy have complained to the communications watchdog about a series of AI-generated images published on social media by deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini’s far-right party, calling them “racist, Islamophobic and xenophobic”, the Guardian has learned.The centre-left Democratic party...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Razer Is Back to Selling One of Its Laptops Despite Tariffs
The Razer Blade 16 has reappeared online, but only in one configuration.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Green party candidate tries to evict Labour opponent from property
Labour says move is hypocrisy since Greens support ban on no-fault evictions such as one served on Labour candidate and her familyA Green party council candidate is attempting to evict his Labour opponent from a house he owns using a no-fault notice, despite his party supporting a ban on exactly such kinds of eviction.William Pedley, who is standing for the Greens in the Victoria ward of North Northamptonshire council,...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Super spicy! Jack Black’s Minecraft song Steve’s Lava Chicken becomes shortest ever UK Top 40 hit
At 34 seconds, the spectacularly silly song from A Minecraft Movie beats the previous record by two secondsActor and musician Jack Black has made UK chart history, with the shortest ever song to reach the Top 40: his novelty track Steve’s Lava Chicken is just 34 seconds long.The spectacularly silly song reaches No 21 this week, and is taken from A Minecraft Movie, the video game spin-off film, which has earned $570m (...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Everything leaving Hulu in May 2025
Hulu has announced all the titles leaving the platform in May 2025 – and there's a surprising amount of documentaries in here.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Tesla accused of messing with odometers to get out of repair bills
Tesla is facing a proposed class action suit over allegations that it has been speeding up odometers so its vehicles will fall out of warranty faster, according to a report by Reuters. This would make it easier for the company to get out of paying for repairs. Nyree Hinton, the plaintiff in the case, alleges that Tesla odometer readers are designed to change with energy consumption, driver behavior and mysterious...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:EU regulators reportedly delayed Apple and Meta penalty announcements ahead of US trade talks
The European Commission (EC) reportedly delayed regulatory penalty announcements against Apple and Meta this week as it accelerates its push for a trade deal with the US. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal said the move led to concern from European Parliament lawmakers that political factors are influencing the body's regulatory decisions. The EU is said to have initially planned to announce cease-and-desist orders...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:The first foldable e-reader reminds me of an ancient technology — books
Taiwan-based company Readmoo just debuted the first foldable e-reader. Here's everything we know about the new color e-reader.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Show HN: I made a Doom-like game fit inside a QR code
Article URL: https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/backdooms Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43729683 Points: 296 # Comments: 90
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:College Towns: Urbanism from a Past Era
Article URL: https://www.governance.fyi/p/college-towns-urbanism-from-a-past Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43729609 Points: 45 # Comments: 70
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Every puzzle game is a couch co-op game, actually
Blue Prince is an incredible puzzle game. Set in a lonely mansion with impossible architecture, it’s layered in mysteries, conspiracies and family drama. The mansion, Mt. Holly, officially has 45 rooms, but in order to collect your inheritance, you have to find the 46th. Every day you’re given a set number of steps, and you have to literally build the manor (and the game) as you go, drawing from a pool of floorplans to...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Enjoy wireless audio just about anywhere with 15% off the AirFly Pro at Amazon
As of April 18, get 15% off the AirFly Pro at Amazon.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:TikToker sues Roblox over her Charli XCX ‘Apple’ dance
TikTok content creator Kelley Heyer sued the video game Roblox for using her dance to Charli XCX’s “Apple” without permission. Heyer posted the viral dance in June 2024, which fed off of the hype of Charli XCX’s hit summer album “Brat.” The dance became so popular that Charli XCX incorporated it into her live show […]
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Wikipedia has a solution for the deluge of AI training bots hogging its servers
The Wikimedia Foundation has created a dataset via Kaggle for AI developers to use instead of overwhelming Wikipedia's servers with scraping bots.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Shop Grove Co.s Earth Month Sale and get up to 30% off sustainable household favorites
Celebrate Earth Month with up to 30% off at Grove Co. Shop dish soap, laundry sheets, multi-purpose cleaner, and more.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Show HN: Attune - Build and publish APT repositories in seconds
Hey HN, we're Eliza and Xin, and we’ve been working on Attune. Attune is a tool for publishing Linux packages.Previously, we worked at other startups building open source developer tools that ran on our customers’ CI and development machines. For many of them, being able to `apt-get install` our tools was a requirement.When we went to actually set up APT repositories, we were really surprised by the state of tooling...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:ChatGPT will now use its ‘memory’ to personalize web searches
OpenAI is upgrading ChatGPT’s “memory” again. In a changelog and support pages on OpenAI’s website Thursday, the company quietly announced “Memory with Search,” a feature that lets ChatGPT draw on memories — details from past conversations, such as your favorite foods — to inform queries when the bot searches the web. ChatGPT release notes were […]
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:5 ways to turn AI's time-saving magic into your productivity superpower
Generative and agentic AI will complete the mundane parts of our work. Smart professionals will do more with their spare time than kick back and grab a coffee.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:State-sponsored actors spotted using ClickFix hacking tool developed by criminals
Iranians, Russians, and North Koreans have been observed trying to trick their targets into running shady commands on their computers.
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