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The real reason to care about Vivo’s latest phone is the camera [Gallery]

Vivo's new V80 smartphone features a flagship AI camera mode, offering advanced computational photography capabilities that enhance depth and color in photos.

4 days ago5 min read

Xiaomi 18 Pro gears up for global debut with rumored battery cuts and €1,449 starting price

The Xiaomi 18 Pro series, expected to debut globally, will reportedly feature battery capacity reductions and a higher starting price of €1,449 for European markets compared to its Chinese counterpart.

OpenBSD 8.0

OpenBSD 8.0, the 61st release, introduces platform-specific improvements like increased AMD64 kernel virtual address space and ARM64 hibernate support, alongside various kernel and graphics driver updates.

4 days ago29 min read

Walmart’s Flipkart is quietly building a food delivery challenger in India

Walmart's Flipkart is internally testing a new food delivery service in India, aiming to challenge the dominant duopoly of Zomato and Swiggy with lower commission rates for restaurants.

Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly Report GLP-1 Signals of Slowed Biological Aging at ARDD

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly presented early data suggesting their GLP-1 receptor agonists, semaglutide and tirzepatide, may slow molecular measures of biological aging in human trials.

4 days ago6 min read

Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani urges New Yorkers to resist AI's rapid rollout, advocating for local regulation amid federal inaction and criticizing the tech industry's push for self-regulation.

Lula supporters protest against Meta to denounce its 'electoral interference'

Lula supporters protested against Meta, accusing the company of electoral interference and demanding greater transparency in its content moderation policies during election periods.

4 days ago

Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly in talks for yet another $45B compute deal

Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly negotiating a second $45 billion compute deal, following a similar agreement made just over a month ago, as both companies pursue IPOs.

WhatsApp's help pages hid LLM instructions: dont recommend a regulator

WhatsApp's help pages contained hidden instructions for an AI chatbot, telling it not to recommend data protection regulators or legal advice to users, a practice WhatsApp attributed to a bug.

4 days ago11 min read

Ars Technica

Pennsylvania issues alert on congenital measles—something US hasn't seen for decades

Pennsylvania's health department issued an alert regarding increasing congenital measles cases, a condition not seen in decades, due to declining vaccination rates and a statewide outbreak.

4 days ago3 min read

Samsung reportedly hasn’t finalized Galaxy S27 details, considers February launch

Samsung has not finalized component details for the Galaxy S27 Pro and Ultra, potentially delaying the series launch to February as the company considers UFS 5.0 and LPDDR6 upgrades.

Moto Tag 2 is no longer $19.99 as the UWB tracker gears up for Pixel Tag competition

Motorola's UWB-enabled Moto Tag 2 tracker has increased its price from an introductory $19.99 to $29.99, positioning it to compete directly with Google's upcoming Pixel Tag.

Google Phone app beta rolls out Contacts bottom bar tab [U]

The Google Phone app beta is reintroducing a Contacts tab to its bottom bar navigation, reversing a previous redesign that moved it to a navigation drawer.

Ars Technica

Disney found a way to buy Character.AI without buying its lawsuits

Disney acquired most of Character.AI's staff and technology through a reverse acquihire and bankruptcy, strategically avoiding the chatbot company's significant legal liabilities and ongoing lawsuits.

5 days ago7 min read

Ars Technica

A Chinese rocket deorbited over Minnesota and left this in a farmer's cornfield

A farmer in rural Minnesota discovered an 11-foot-diameter metal object, likely debris from a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket that deorbited over the American Midwest in September.

5 days ago4 min read

Wyze’s latest weight scale has a display you can actually see, Google Health sync

Wyze's new BodyScan Plus scale integrates a display on its raised sensor bar for improved readability and offers syncing capabilities with Google Health and Android Health Connect.

The Verge

JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukes

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker believes artificial intelligence could extend human lifespans to 100 years, but also poses an existential threat comparable to nuclear weapons.

5 days ago44 min read

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Hacker News

Superlite: A Faster Alternatie to Superpowers

Superlite introduces an autonomous build workflow for Claude Code, allowing agents to complete tasks without constant user approval, significantly accelerating development and testing processes.

5 days ago11 min read

Tech News

Hacker News

Starcraft: Ashfall

A fan-made, unofficial StarCraft game, Ashfall, is in early prototype, featuring Terran forces battling Zerg on a bridge defense map with commander skills and unit reinforcements.

William Gibson and the trademarking of cyberspace

Autodesk applied to trademark "cyberspace" for its early virtual reality product, prompting an objection from William Gibson, though the rumor of Gibson trademarking "Eric Gullichsen" was a prank.

5 days ago2 min read

The Verge

A Savannah police officer gave her Flock login to her ICE agent husband

A Savannah police officer was fired for sharing her Flock license plate reader login with her ICE agent husband, who conducted nearly 1,000 unauthorized searches, predominantly on Hispanic drivers.

Show HN: WhatsApp MCP running free on Cloudflare

A new server application, WhatsApp MCP, allows users to connect their AI agents to WhatsApp, enabling message search and summarization through a self-hosted Cloudflare instance.

6 days ago13 min read