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#466 – Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China, Xi Jinping, Trade War, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mao

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Perplexity is building a browser in part to collect customer data for targeted ads

AI company Perplexity announced in February that it was building its own browser called Comet. In a recent ">interview with the TBPN podcast, CEO Aravind Srinivas ga

24m | Engadget
Netflix Rolls Out New Dialogue-Only Subtitles Option

Say goodbye to noise descriptions such as [phone buzzing] or [dramatic music swells], unless you want to still see them. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/netflix-rolls-out-new-dialogue-only-subtitles-option/#ftag=CADf328eec

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 Google's AI Overview is hallucinating again, this time with hilarious fake idioms

Google's AI Overview made headlines last year for giving incorrect answers to (mostly) legitimate questions. Now, things are going wrong in a new way.

https://www.laptopmag.com/ai/googles-ai-overview-hallucinating-fake-idioms-april-2025

The iPad is about to get more Mac-like  – here’s one way it could happen

The latest iPadOS 19 scuttlebutt suggests new features will be introduced to make Apple’s tablet software more macOS-like to boost its productivity nous. According to a source speaking to the reporter Majin Bu, Apple is planning to bring a Mac-style menu bar to the best iPad models when it detects the presence of a Magic [...]

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 Intel CEO announces layoffs, restructuring, $1.5 billion in cost reductions, expanded return to office mandate

Intel CEO Lip Bu-Tan announced a series of sweeping measures today, including an unspecified number of layoffs, a company restructuring, the elimination of non-core products, and a return-to-office mandate, as the company presented its first-quarter earnings report.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-ceo-announces-layoffs-restructuring-e

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders: Sold out at most retailers including GameStop, Walmart, Target, Best Buy and others

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders are now officially open in North America. After (what felt like) a long delay after the original April 9 pre-order date, Nintendo finally opened up pre-orders in the US and Canada on April 24. The console will be widely available on June 5, but if you signed up ahead of time on Nintendo’s site, you should have received an email that will give you access to place your order via Nintendo.

If you didn't get an email and you registered your interest with Ninte

3h | Engadget
Show HN: I reverse engineered top websites to build an animated UI library

Looking at websites such as Clerk, I began thinking that design engineers might be some kind of wizards. I wanted to understand how they do it, so I started reverse-engineering their components out of curiosity. One thing led to another, and I ended up building a small library of reusable, animated components based on what I found. The library is built in React and Framer Motion. I’d love to hear your feedback


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What's the Difference Between Hybrid and Cultured Meat? We Explain

Meat is available in several varieties these days, and I'm not just talking about pork, beef and chicken. We slice into hybrid meat versus cultivated or lab-grown meat to see what these newfangled proteins have to offer. https://www.cnet.com/news/whats-the-difference-between-hybrid-and-cultured-meat-we-explain/#ftag=CADf328eec

4h | cnet.com
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Screenshots: Beauty and Wonder in a World of Death

Expedition 33 is a game about a team from the last human city embarking to oppose a villain who's slowly wiping out humanity. These screenshots show off the game's gorgeous areas, lighting and backgrounds. https://www.cnet.com/pictures/clair-obscur-expedition-33-screenshots-beauty-and-wonder-in-a-world-of-death/#ftag=CADf328eec

4h | cnet.com
Today Only: This Mini Lantern Is My Go-To Camping Companion and It's 20% Off for Earth Day

BioLite is having a sitewide sale to celebrate Earth Day, and everything is 20% off with code FRIENDS2025, including the Alpenglow Mini lantern, which is perfect for camping, emergency bags or power outages. https://www.cnet.com/deals/today-only-this-mini-lantern-is-my-go-to-camping-companion-and-its-20-off-for-earth-day/#ftag=CADf328eec

4h | cnet.com
ChatGPT Expands Image Tools to More Devs and Apps

OpenAI said its image generation model was so popular, its GPUs were melting. Now, you can access it in tools like Adobe Firefly or Microsoft Copilot. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/chatgpt-expands-image-tools-to-more-devs-and-apps/#ftag=CADf328eec

4h | cnet.com
 I found 5 Amazon Fire tablet deals slashing up to 46% off — perfect for gifting starting at just $44

I found 5 Amazon Fire tablet deals slashed up to 46% off. Starting at just $44, they are outstanding, affordable options for gifts or to upgrade your tablet.

https://www.laptopmag.com/tablets/5-amazon-fire-tablet-deals-april-2025

EA Sports FC 25 Premium Pass is like the freemium model for a paid game

EA Sports FC 25 has added its first paid Season Pass, marking the first time in the series formerly known as FIFA has charged users for the privilege of the so called ‘battle pass’. Gamers can pay for the Season 7 Pass $9.99 (that’s 1,000 FC points) or in the in-game currency (50,000 Ultimate Team [...]

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Rumoured RAM boost could change the iPhone 17 Air conversation

Despite its assumed slimmer footprint, the expected Apple’s iPhone 17 Air could pack in more RAM and boost the longevity of the phone. The news comes from respected Apple watcher Ming-Chi Kuo who says the phone he calls the “ultra-thin” will benefit from 12GB of RAM which could see it rank among the best iPhone [...]

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 Best gaming laptops for playing The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered in 2025

Oblivion Remastered is here, and your aging PC might not be able to handle the beautiful new graphics. Here are five gaming laptops that will get the job done.

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/laptops/best-gaming-laptop-oblivion-remastered

 My favorite File Explorer replacement just got better

A new update for the Files app refines its interface and features, making it a stronger and more customizable alternative to File Explorer.

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/my-favorite-file-explorer-replacement-just-got-better

Razer’s first vertical mouse is for office domination
 AMD releases open-source GIM driver aimed at GPU virtualization, support for mainstream Radeon GPUs coming later

AMD releases open-source GIM driver aimed at Linux-based hardware virtualization. The new driver is one of AMD's first open-source drivers in a new push to make more of its software stack open-source.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/amd-releases-open-source-gim-driver-aimed-at-gpu-virtualization-support-for-mainstream-radeon-gpus-comin

Netflix subtitles are now available in a dialogue-only format

Netflix is adding a new way to watch with subtitles. Starting with season five of the psychological thriller You, captions with only dialogue will be available alongside the standard Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH/CC).

If you aren't already familiar, SDH/CC subtitles include not on

5h | Engadget
Meta finally acknowledges that Facebook has a major spam problem

Meta is finally acknowledging that Facebook’s feed is filled with too many spammy posts. In an update, the company says it plans to start “cracking down” on some of the worst offenders. “Facebook Feed doesn’t always serve up fresh, engaging posts that you consistently enjoy,” the company writes. “We’re working on it.”

5h | Engadget
Can I offer you a nice image of the Sun in these trying times?

The joint ESA and NASA Solar Orbiter mission has delivered a stunning new image of the Sun and its corona. The sun-observing satellite

5h | Engadget
Razer has a vertical mouse now

Razer has unveiled two new iterations of its Pro Click mouse with an eye toward comfort. The

5h | Engadget
Threads is moving to threads.com and adding a bunch of new web features

Back when Meta first introduced its Twitter competitor Threads, many noted that the company had failed to secure the threads.com domain and instead launched the website at threads.net. At the time, the Threads dot com domain belonged to a messaging app startup that said it was reluctant to rebrand its busin

5h | Engadget
Remedy's co-op shooter FBC: Firebreak comes out June 17

Remedy's first foray into co-op shooters, FBC: Firebreak, is officially launching on June 17. Following employees tasked with cleaning up The Oldest House, the mysterious headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Control, the game balances team-based action wi

5h | Engadget
Ask HN: Share your AI prompt that stumps every model

I had an idea for creating a crowdsourced database of AI prompts that no AI model could yet crack (wanted to use some of them as we're adding new models to Kilo Code).

I've seen a bunch of those prompts scattered across HN, so thought to open a thread here so we can maybe have a centralied location for this.

Share your prompt that stumps every AI model here.


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Show HN: Lemon Slice Live, a real-time video-audio AI model

Hey HN, this is Lina, Andrew, and Sidney from Lemon Slice. We’ve trained a custom diffusion transformer (DiT) model that achieves video streaming at 25fps and wrapped it into a demo that allows anyone to turn a photo into a real-time, talking avatar. Here’s an example conversation from co-founder Andrew: " rel="nofollow">

. Try it for yourself at: https://le
Show HN: Infat – Declaritive application assocation manager for macOS

Bello! Made this to help navigate the tumultuous process of navigating to a new machine on Mac when you have a number of custom utilities setup for editing particular files. This is designed to make that as easy as possible, and add some magic on top of that, like setting mailto handlers or anything else of that breed. Use XDG_CONFIG_HOME to keep it organized.

Credit to https://github.com/moretension/duti for the original inspiration for th

AI coding tools could bring us the ‘one-employee unicorn’

Welcome to AI DecodedFast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here.

Coming soon: The one-person, billion-dollar startup

We’re beginning to see a new kind of lean startup company, enabled in large part b

Leesa Legend Chill Hybrid Review 2025: Top-Tier Comfort and Cooling

The Leesa Legend Chill Hybrid is the top-end mattress in Leesa’s “Chill” lineup. It has a universally comfortable feel and an accommodating firmness profile that this mattress expert loves. https://www.cnet.com/health/sleep/leesa-legend-chill-hybrid-mattress-review/#ftag=CADf328eec

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