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Naked mole-rat queens use a chemical signal to suppress fertility in rivals

Naked mole-rat queens use a chemical signal to suppress fertility in rivals

A single chemical made by mole-rat queens enforces the social order.…
Let Tom Hiddleston be your guide to Pompeii's final day

Let Tom Hiddleston be your guide to Pompeii's final day

NatGeo's Pompeii: Out of Time fuses historical fact and imagination to bring city's last 24 hours to life.…
Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one

Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one

Substack will now help users determine whether what they're reading may have been written by AI. A new tool coming to the platform can scan posts, not…
Peak Design’s modular Field Bracket has a finder tag built-in

Peak Design’s modular Field Bracket has a finder tag built-in

I am a very clumsy man. So clumsy, that I have AirTags hanging off practically every camera I own. Have I left my camera in an Uber? Yes. Have I left …
Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber

Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber

Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/ Comments URL: ht…
Google announces Gemini 3.6 Flash and cybersecurity AI, teases 3.5 Pro and Gemini 4

Google announces Gemini 3.6 Flash and cybersecurity AI, teases 3.5 Pro and Gemini 4

There are new 3.6 and 3.5 models today, but Google is already training Gemini 4.…
Samsung can’t afford to play it safe with Apple’s first foldable looming

Samsung can’t afford to play it safe with Apple’s first foldable looming

Tomorrow's foldable-centric Galaxy Unpacked event looks like it will be Samsung's biggest in years. The company is expected to launch new versions of …
When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next?

When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next?

Automakers love connected vehicles, but support isn't open-ended.…
Stellantis taps Mobileye for hands-free driving assist

Stellantis taps Mobileye for hands-free driving assist

Stellantis will use technology from Intel's Mobileye to power its Level 2 hands-free driving features for its vehicle brands, the companies announced …
The Light Flip Is the Stylish Dumb Flip Phone of Your Dreams

The Light Flip Is the Stylish Dumb Flip Phone of Your Dreams

A flip phone with 5G, USB-C, a headphone jack, and a removable battery? Say it ain’t so.…
The Light Flip is a minimalist flip phone with a point to prove

The Light Flip is a minimalist flip phone with a point to prove

A few years ago, the team at Light shipped the most smartphone-like device they'd ever created. The Light Phone III still kept to its minimalist, no-d…
Nvidia Wants to Own Every Chip Inside AI Data Centers

Nvidia Wants to Own Every Chip Inside AI Data Centers

Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform combines CPUs and GPUs into a single system, reflecting the company’s growing ambition to power every layer of AI infrast…
Google launches a cheaper alternative to large AI security models like Mythos

Google launches a cheaper alternative to large AI security models like Mythos

Google is launching an AI security model dedicated to quickly finding and patching security vulnerabilities. In a blog post on Tuesday, Google describ…
I Stopped “Creating Content”

I Stopped “Creating Content”

Article URL: https://refactoringenglish.com/blog/why-i-stopped-creating-content/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48980520 Points: 2…
The wireless headset that gets hot-swappable batteries right

The wireless headset that gets hot-swappable batteries right

New gaming gear is always promising to shave milliseconds off latency or response time. The improvements usually aren't obvious. But the Glorious GHS …
The Switch 2 is $50 off at Woot for new customers

The Switch 2 is $50 off at Woot for new customers

Woot is celebrating its 22nd anniversary by rolling out a full week of sales, and one of them stands out for gamers looking to get a deal on Nintendo’…
Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated

Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated

Deezer said more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily on the platform in June…
Garmin’s new screen-free fitness tracker doesn’t require a subscription

Garmin’s new screen-free fitness tracker doesn’t require a subscription

Garmin announced a new smart band today designed to track "advanced fitness and wellness features" without a screen to eliminate distractions and push…
Qwen-Image-3.0: Rich Content, Authentic Details, Deep Knowledge

Qwen-Image-3.0: Rich Content, Authentic Details, Deep Knowledge

Article URL: https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen-image-3.0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48989701 Points: 232 # Comments: 108…
Halliday's New Smart Glasses Skip the Camera: How the G2 Summarizes Meetings With Audio Only

Halliday's New Smart Glasses Skip the Camera: How the G2 Summarizes Meetings With Audio Only

Halliday’s G2 glasses can listen to and summarize your workplace meetings—with no video involved.…
How we measured AI writing across arXiv, and where the measurement breaks

How we measured AI writing across arXiv, and where the measurement breaks

Article URL: https://unslop.run/blog/measuring-ai-writing-on-arxiv Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48981206 Points: 226 # Comments:…
Incremental – A library for incremental computations

Incremental – A library for incremental computations

Article URL: https://github.com/janestreet/incremental Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48987822 Points: 236 # Comments: 42…
Shinjuku Station in 3D

Shinjuku Station in 3D

Article URL: https://satoshi7190.github.io/Shinjuku-indoor-threejs-demo/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48978792 Points: 225 # Com…
A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now

A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now

Dealerships installed alarms in millions of vehicles—and left them in even if the buyer didn’t want them. Now researchers warn they can be hacked to u…
Who’s afraid of the big, bad GPU?

Who’s afraid of the big, bad GPU?

How does AI make you feel? Are you excited to “vibe-code” your smart home? Or anxious about all the added pollution and billions of gallons of water u…
Etsy Is In Its Flop Era, and Sellers Are Fleeing

Etsy Is In Its Flop Era, and Sellers Are Fleeing

Once a quirky bastion of amateur vulva jewelry and pet portraits, Etsy is now deluged with mass-produced goods and AI knockoffs. Some customers don’t …
Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team

Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team

Article URL: https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-project-leadership-changes Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48986091 Points: 231 # Comment…
DA: Cop covered bodycam to snap nude prisoners on his iPhone—but other cams caught him

DA: Cop covered bodycam to snap nude prisoners on his iPhone—but other cams caught him

Pennsylvania cop charged with oppression and obstruction.…
The Odyssey turned me into an IMAX believer

The Odyssey turned me into an IMAX believer

After seeing Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey for the first time early last week, I came away impressed, but somewhat conflicted about two of the film'…
Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over

Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over

Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of it…