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How Accurate Is Groundhog Day? Experts Grade the Woodchucks

Sand Mountain Sam is already predicting an early spring, so let's hope he knows his stuff.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Germany: Number of unemployed highest in 10 years

Article URL: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-number-of-unemployed-highest-in-10-years/a-71470806 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42893146 Points: 22 # Comments: 9

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

The Faux Free Speech Warriors Attacking Free Speech

Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/the-faux-free-speech-warriors-attacking-free-speech/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42893081 Points: 25 # Comments: 0

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

LA Times Flips Anti-RFK Jr. Op-Ed into Pro-Kennedy Propaganda

Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/la-times-flips-anti-rfk-jr-op-ed-into-pro-kennedy-propaganda/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42893079 Points: 28 # Comments: 0

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

After DeepSeek R1's Release, ChatGPT Offers Free Trials for o3-mini

OpenAI's o3-mini release could pull attention away from DeepSeek.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

FCC demands CBS provide unedited transcript of Kamala Harris interview

FCC probes editing of 60 Minutes interview as CBS considers settling Trump suit.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

Premier League Soccer: Livestream Nottingham Forest vs. BrightonΒ From Anywhere

The Tricky Trees look to get back to winning ways against the Seagulls at the City Ground.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

The Sandman canceled at Netflix, will end with season 2

The Sandman is ending with season 2 at Netflix. The announcement comes in the wake of the sexual assault and misconduct allegations against Neil Gaiman.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Don’t miss this $300 discount for the new Dell XPS 13 laptop with Copilot

The Dell XPS 13 9350, a Copilot+ laptop with the Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Series 2 processor and 16GB of RAM, is on sale from Dell at $300 off -- down to $1,160.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

MLCommons and Hugging Face team up to release massive speech dataset for AI research

MLCommons, a nonprofit AI safety working group, has teamed up with AI dev platform Hugging Face to release one of the world’s largest collections of public domain voice recordings for AI research. The dataset, called Unsupervised People’s Speech, contains more than a million hours of audio spanning at least 89 languages. MLCommons says it was […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

3 underrated Netflix shows you should watch this weekend (January 31-February 2)

These Netflix shows are some of the best on the streamer, but they're not necessarily ones the algorithm would recommend.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

β€˜Hundreds’ of companies are blocking DeepSeek over China data risks

Some companies are blocking DeepSeek over concerns their data will end up with the Chinese government. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Sid Meier’s Civilization VII: all the latest on the strategy epic from Firaxis Games

Sid Meier’s Civilization VII is the latest in the long-running 4X strategy franchise that first debuted in 1991 on MS-DOS. The new turn-based game from Firaxis Games and the titular, legendary designer is set to release on PC and modern consoles in on February 11th, 2025 β€” over eight years after the last installment. Civ […]

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

Super Bowl 2025: How to watch the Chiefs vs. Eagles on Sunday, February 9

The Caesars Superdome will host Super Bowl LXI on Sunday, February 9. Here's how to tune in to the big game! (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) Chris Graythen via Getty Images It's been almost a full week since the Super Bowl LIX lineup was set: AFC champions the Kansas City Chiefs will face NFC champs the Philadelphia Eagles. If that roster sounds familiar, it's because it's a rematch of the 2023 Super Bowl, where...

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Google Pixel 4a’s ruinous β€œBattery Performance” update is a bewildering mess

It's hard to say why Google is doing this instead of a recall.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

5G connectivity on your smart ring or Meta's future Ray-Bans? This eSIM solution smaller than a grain of rice makes it possible and could pave the way to an 'app store' of networks

The world’s smallest GSMA-compliant eSIM is smaller than a grain of rice and reduces PCB space by 37 times compared to Nano SIMs.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

Oil giant Shell walks away from major New Jersey offshore wind farm

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/wind-energy-offshore-turbines-trump-executive-order-new-jersey-121fe7a76529fcf9ce969868dda6283e Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42892258 Points: 28 # Comments: 3

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Report: Apple is stopping work on a pair of smart glasses that would have connected to the Mac

Apple’s reported work on a pair of AR smart glasses that would have connected to a Mac for power has been canceled or shelved this week, according to new reporting from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries

Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/add-fcking-to-your-google-searches-to-neutralize-ai-summaries-2000557710 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42892191 Points: 328 # Comments: 160

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

How to stop your MacBook from turning on when you open the lid

In 2016, Apple started including an auto power-on feature for its new MacBook models that activated when you opened the notebook lid or plugged in USB-C power when the lid was open. This is a cool little convenience if you donΓ’t want the added step of pressing the power button Γ’ plus it could get […]

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

Apple reportedly gives up on its AR video glasses project

While Mark Zuckerberg and Meta press forward with augmented glasses projects buoyed by its million-selling set of smart Ray-Bans, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman says that Apple just pulled the plug on an AR glasses project. Codenamed N107, they’re described as something that would’ve looked similar to regular glasses but with added displays in the lenses […]

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

Guo’s Conviction Partners adds Mike Vernal as GP, raises $230M fund

When in mid-2022 Sarah Guo left Greylock to launch her own AI-focused fund, Conviction Partners, she indicated that she was tagging the word β€œPartners” to the firm’s name because she would eventually bring on other GPs. Now, more than two years later, Guo is being joined by Mike Vernal, who was a partner at Sequoia […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

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Article URL: https://github.com/ading2210/linuxpdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42891937 Points: 23 # Comments: 2

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus vs. Galaxy S24 Plus: what’s new?

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus is eerily similar to last year's Galaxy S24 Plus. But there are differences that you must be aware about before buying the new phone.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Feb. 1, #335

Here are some hints -- and the answers -- for the Feb. 1 Strands puzzle, No. 335.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Feb. 1. #131

Here are some hints β€” and the answers β€” for Connections: Sports Edition No. 131 for Saturday, Feb. 1.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

FurtherAI (YC W24) Is Hiring engineers and researchers to build Vertical AI agents

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/furtherai/jobs Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42891909 Points: 0 # Comments: 0

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Feb. 1, #601

Here are some hints β€” and the answers β€” for Connections No. 601 for Feb. 1.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Feb. 1, #1323

Here are some hints and the answer for Wordle No. 1,323 for Feb. 1.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

This Samsung 85-inch TV has a $2,250 discount today

Go all in on a big screen with the Samsung 85-inch QN85 Series QLED TV. For a limited time, this model has a $2,250 discount, too.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is trying to duck a deposition in an OpenAI copyright lawsuit

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is trying to avoid being deposed in a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, according to new court filings. In response, lawyers for the plaintiff β€” the Authors Guild β€” have filed a motion to compel testimony from Amodei and his Anthropic co-founder, Benjamin Mann. Authors Guild’s lawyers claim that Amodei and Mann, […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

OpenAI launches new o3-mini model - here's how free ChatGPT users can try it

If you use ChatGPT for STEM tasks, you'll want to check out this faster and cheaper model.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Trump's First Energy Moves Are Causing 'Uncertainty,' Experts Say

The president's focus on fossil fuels is a big change from the Biden administration's push for renewable energy.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Best Coffee Makers for 2025

Start your day with a great cup of coffee without leaving the house when you have one of the best coffee makers tested by our CNET experts.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

I tested an E Ink tablet that rivals the Remarkable Paper Pro - and does some things better

The Boox Note Max is a 13-inch e-reader with a crisp display, an enjoyable digital pen experience, and a sprawling feature set that will either excite or intimidate you.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet