Despite ever-improving junk mail filters and more sophisticated defense measures, phishing is still one of the biggest threats to cyber security and they’re becoming increasingly difficult to recognize. Criminals are using Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT to formulate their emails, which results in largely error-free texts with correct gr
Nvidia published RTX 5090, RTX 4090 DeepSeek benchmarks against the RX 7900 XTX, countering AMD's performance claims that the RX 7900 XTX is faster than the RTX 4090.
Article URL: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology-bayesian/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42916219
Points: 34
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Article URL: https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3lgu4lg6j2k2v
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42916770
Points: 37
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You probably aren't washing your bath towels nearly enough as you should. Here's what you should know. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/clean-or-contaminated-proper-bath-towel-hygiene/#ftag=CADf328eec
This account can help you stick to your savings goals, even if rates fall. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/banking/savings-rates-over-4-apy-could-stick-around-a-while-longer-but-not-forever-todays-best-savings-rates-for-feb-3-2025/#ftag=CADf328eec
Cutting calories isn’t enough -- your daily habits could be stalling your progress. Ditch these six common mistakes to stay on track and reach your weight loss goals faster. https://www.cnet.com/health/nutrition/want-to-lose-weight-ditch-these-6-common-mindsets/#ftag=CADf328eec
Take advantage of the Fed's interest rate pause while you still can. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/banking/act-now-to-lock-in-up-to-4-65-apy-todays-cd-rates-feb-3-2025/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are the products you should avoid at all costs when cleaning your phone. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/your-phone-is-ridiculously-dirty-clean-it-now/#ftag=CADf328eec
How do the environmental credentials of these ChatGPT and DeepSeek compare?
https://www.techradar.com/pro/chatgpt-vs-deepseek-which-ai-model-is-more-sustainable
Need date night ideas for Valentine's Day? It looks like there might be a PlayStation State of Play presentation.
High-Performance Computing (HPC) is the silent hero transforming our ability to anticipate and respond to nature’s most destructive forces.
Microsoft, Alphabet and Palo Alto Networks CEOs among investors in London cricket franchise.
Agentic AI promises to deliver even more productivity-boosting automation, but there are some challenges.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/businesses-are-keen-to-embrace-ai-agents-but-still-struggle-to-start
A durability test has revealed that the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra's scratch resistance might have had a downgrade.
It's looking likely that we'll get a follow-up to the Apple Watch SE 2 at some point during 2025.
https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/apple-watch-se-3
Apple has settled a lawsuit related to battery swelling in old Apple Watches, with some users eligible for a payout.
UK’s links to EU science and technology projects have been ‘turbo-charged’.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/uk-to-ally-with-eu-for-horizon-research-projects
Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/2/anthropic/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42915905
Points: 114
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When conducting studies online, whether through surveys or unmoderated usability testing, we face a fundamental challenge: we cannot see our participants or control their environment. This limitation creates several concerns about data quality, and in the years since this article was first published in 2021, these challenges have evolved and expanded in unexpected ways — yes, it’s AI related. https://webdesignernews.com/improving-data-quality-in-online-studies/
A career in product design offers just that — a unique opportunity to bring your ideas to life while shaping the future of technology, sustainability, and user experiences. https://webdesignernews.com/signs-you-should-be-a-product-designer/
With the scrollbar-color property you can change the colors used for scrollbars. You can specify the color of the thumb and the color track with it. Using scrollbar-width you can opt-in to a narrower scrollbar, or even to hide the scrollbar completely without affecting scrollability. https://webdesignernews.com/css-scrollbar-color-and-scrollbar-gutter-are-baseline-newly-available/
You are not alone. CSS was born in 1996 (it can legally order a beer, you know!) and was initially considered a way to style documents; I don’t think anyone imagined everything CSS would be expected to do nearly 30 years later. https://webdesignernews.com/the-mistakes-of-css/
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a futuristic concept to an everyday reality. As we enter 2025, AI is reshaping industries, automating tasks, and revolutionizing human-computer interactions. But where is AI truly heading? Will it replace jobs or create new opportunities? How will AI impact privacy, security, and ethics? https://webdesignernews.com/the-future-of-ai/
The most challenging aspect of this is always culture — not just in terms of having different backgrounds, but in a lot of cases, the day-to-day work, company vision, and company strategy. Often, that’s not visible to everyone, but it should be because it impacts decision making. For example, as a company, should we implement this feature or that feature? Should we fix this bug right now or should we... https://webdesignernews.com/building-an-organizations-code-of-conduct/
The main content area is limited to a certain width and centered but a few elements “bleed” to the outside edges, filling the entire page width. There are already a lot of techniques to create such a layout but the one I came up with relies on modern features and only 4 lines of code. https://webdesignernews.com/full-bleed-layout-with-modern-css-2/
Mobile devices are mission-critical, requiring robust security and operational resilience.
TL;DR: Save hundreds on a Mashvisor vacation rental man
Article URL: https://github.com/amanvirparhar/chaplin
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42914431
Points: 6
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Sand Mountain Sam is already predicting an early spring, so let's hope he knows his stuff. https://www.cnet.com/science/groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-saw-his-shadow-how-accurate-is-he/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Feb. 3. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-mini-crossword-answers-for-monday-feb-3/#ftag=CADf328eec
Global market share data suggests that Windows 11 hit 36.65% overall OS version market share in January 2025, as Microsoft starts warning users of Windows 10's imminent "demise."
Article URL: https://blog.maximeheckel.com/posts/the-art-of-dithering-and-retro-shading-web/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42913180
Points: 22
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https://blog.maximeheckel.com/posts/the-art-of-dithering-and-retro-shading-web/
Article URL: http://www.rdrop.com/~half/Creations/Writings/Web.patterns/index.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42913831
Points: 30
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http://www.rdrop.com/~half/Creations/Writings/Web.patterns/index.html
Article URL: https://phase.dev/blog/docker-compose-secrets/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42914413
Points: 34
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There’s no two ways about it, there’s a newfound sense of urgency at OpenAI. Two days after releasing o3-mini to the world, the company made a surprise announcement on Sunday evening, revealing Deep Research. The new feature allows ChatGPT to find, analyze and synthesize hu
Microsoft is taking an aggressive step towards lowering the price of top-tier AI reasoning, placing what appears to be unlimited access to OpenAI’s o1 model directly within Copilot’s new “Think Deeper” feature.
What’s important here is the word “free”: OpenAI released the o1 model in December, and company chief executive Sam Altman promised that it would be
Díky dotacím EU se můžete školit v IT sektoru skoro zadarmo. Za kurzy digitálního vzdělávání si zaplatíte jen 18 % z ceny, zbylou část uhradí EU přes program Jsem v kurzu. Můžete získat až 50 000 korun. https://www.root.cz/clanky/ziskejte-50-000-korun-na-kurzy-dalsiho-vzdelavani-at-jste-zamestnanec-nebo-osvc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss
Společnost Google otevřela zdrojové kódy PebbleOS, operačního systému pro chytré hodinky. Mediální přehrávač VLC připravuje funkci, která díky umělé inteligenci dokáže generovat titulky v reálném čase. https://www.root.cz/clanky/google-otevrel-pebbleos-vlc-bude-diky-ai-generovat-titulky/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss
Podíváme se na malware Aquabot zneužívající zranitelnost v telefonech Mitel, AI chatboty které pomáhají vytvářet malware, phishingovou kampaň cílící na uživatele Amazonu a zásah na populární hackingová fóra. https://www.root.cz/clanky/postrehy-z-bezpecnosti-kdyz-sip-telefony-mitel-slouzi-botnetum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss
Article URL: https://journals.aps.org/prxquantum/abstract/10.1103/PRXQuantum.6.010309
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42912412
Points: 40
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https://journals.aps.org/prxquantum/abstract/10.1103/PRXQuantum.6.010309
Article URL: https://onehundredpages.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/dont-make-fun-of-renowned-dan-brown/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42912133
Points: 58
# Comments: 36
https://onehundredpages.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/dont-make-fun-of-renowned-dan-brown/
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Article URL: https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2024/p3412r0.pdf
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42912438
Points: 29
# Comments: 15
https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2024/p3412r0.pdf
Article URL: https://newatlas.com/military/ticky-little-vanes-bring-big-savings-us-air-force/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42912875
Points: 14
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https://newatlas.com/military/ticky-little-vanes-bring-big-savings-us-air-force/
Article URL: https://github.com/tcgoetz/GarminDB
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42912515
Points: 47
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Article URL: https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi24/presentation/wang-zibo
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42912911
Points: 4
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https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi24/presentation/wang-zibo
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42913251
Points: 27
# Comments: 9
Here are some hints -- and the answers -- for the Feb. 3 Strands puzzle, No. 337. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-strands-hints-answers-and-help-for-feb-3-337/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are some hints — and the answers — for Connections: Sports Edition No. 133 for Feb. 3 https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-feb-3-133/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are some hints and the answer for Wordle No. 1,325 for Feb. 3. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-wordle-hints-answer-and-help-for-feb-3-1325/#ftag=CADf328eec
Hansi Flick's players are in big need of a win as they look to keep pace with leaders Real Madrid. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/la-liga-soccer-livestream-how-to-watch-barcelona-vs-alaves-from-anywhere/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are some hints — and the answers — for Connections No. 603 for Feb. 3. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-connections-hints-answers-and-help-for-feb-3-603/#ftag=CADf328eec
Severance season 2 episode 3 returns to a big mystery from season 1.
OpenAI announced on X that it’s hosting a livestream from Tokyo tonight, offering no more context beyond, “Deep Research.” (Didn't Google already
Article URL: https://lizengland.com/blog/2014/04/the-door-problem/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42908879
Points: 21
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Have you gone back to in-person whiteboards? More focus on practical problems? I really have no idea how the traditional tech interview is supposed to work now when problems are trivially solvable by GPT.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42909166
Points: 94
# Comments: 106
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/opinion/alzheimers-fraud-cure.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42910829
Points: 27
# Comments: 6
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/opinion/alzheimers-fraud-cure.html
Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/shein-temu-de-minimis-tax-loophole-scrutiny-2024-1
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42911511
Points: 53
# Comments: 33
https://www.businessinsider.com/shein-temu-de-minimis-tax-loophole-scrutiny-2024-1
Check out the new comedy series Laid or the third season of The Traitors. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/10-of-the-best-peacock-shows-to-watch-right-now/#ftag=CADf328eec
A lot of Americans work jobs where they can collect tips. If you're in that group, you need to read this. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/taxes/are-tips-taxable-income-everything-to-know-when-filing-your-return/#ftag=CADf328eec
There's no need for you to suffer through post-workout drinks that have the taste and texture of sawdust. These tips will make you yummy protein shakes. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/6-shake-hacks-to-make-your-protein-shakes-actually-taste-great/#ftag=CADf328eec
For anyone building weather-related AI apps, I am releasing an exciting iteration on last year’s model.
My Groundhog API is trained on 130 years of data and makes use of 82 separate data sources. Similar to DeepSeek, it is completely open source and free to use.
The primary use case is to make inferences about whether spring will come early or not, using a Mixture of Exports (MoE) approach, but surely others can be found if you are creative.
Other use cases: - All predicting groundhog
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.05265
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42910028
Points: 45
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Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/business/klarna-ceo-ai.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42911054
Points: 7
# Comments: 2
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/business/klarna-ceo-ai.html
If you have a Ring doorbell or outside camera, your footage isn't always private. Here are cases when police can legally take your captured video. https://www.cnet.com/home/security/rules-for-when-police-can-seize-your-home-security-videos/#ftag=CADf328eec
I've found that cooking this snack in the air fryer is the best way to go. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/cheap-tasty-try-this-flavorful-and-high-protein-air-fryer-snack/#ftag=CADf328eec
Your ambient lighting is a really important part of crafting the coziest living space. Luckily, perfecting your lighting is easier and more affordable than you think. https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/3-ways-to-set-the-mood-at-home-with-perfect-accent-lighting/#ftag=CADf328eec
Nobody really needs an RTX 5090 – I think the RTX 5070 will be Nvidia’s surprise best card of the Blackwell generation.
All signs point to it being the RTX 6000 Blackwell.
After experiencing the benefits of these switches, I won't go back to traditional mechanical or optical keyboards ever again.
https://www.windowscentral.com/accessories/keyboards/nzxt-function-elite-minitkl-review
A large UK retailer warns customers of up to 16-week wait times before existing RTX 5090 orders can be fulfilled.
Intel XeSS passes the milestone for being supported in over 150 games.
This Apple MacBook Pro 2024 laptop is currently marked down to its lowest price to date—$1,589 at Amazon instead of its usual $1,799.
SemiAnalysis says that DeepSeek and its venture capitalist partner spent some $1.6 billion dollar on AI hardware from Nvidia, says SemiAnalysis.
Article URL: https://timsh.org/tracking-myself-down-through-in-app-ads/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42909921
Points: 22
# Comments: 1
The project is a modular, fully customizable digital workspace designed for those who want complete control over their tools. Instead of being locked into predefined workflows, it lets you create, style, and organize tools as cards that seamlessly integrate into your workspace.
- How the Project Works
Tools - the app's core functionalities are it's tools, for example a notebook, kanban, webview...
Limitless Customization - Styling the tools as i refer to each instance 
You can add a splash of wine to elevate both savory meals and sweet treats. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/want-to-cook-like-a-pro-the-secret-ingredient-is-wine/#ftag=CADf328eec
Gradient's advanced window unit can heat and cool 500 square feet of your home. And you won't need an electrician. https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/its-so-easy-to-install-this-window-heat-pump-i-saw-at-ces/#ftag=CADf328eec
Disney Plus, Paramount Plus and Max are also on the menu. https://www.cnet.com/deals/how-to-get-max-hulu-and-more-for-free-with-food-delivery-memberships/#ftag=CADf328eec
Nine states rang in the new year by lowering their income tax rates. Find out if your state was one of them. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/you-can-look-forward-to-lower-income-taxes-if-you-live-in-one-of-these-states/#ftag=CADf328eec
The latest rumor around the OnePlus Open 2 is that it'll get macro support on the telephoto camera for more versatility.
Even though TrackPoint might now seem like an endangered laptop feature, history tells us it might not go extinct because of three things.
A firsthand look at Android XR from YouTuber MKBHD shows how AI could give Samsung's headset an edge
https://www.laptopmag.com/gaming/vr/samsung-project-moohan-photos-video-apple-vision-pro