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I ran a battery test between the best Samsung, Google, and OnePlus phones – here’s the surprise winner
Among the year’s best Android phones, here’s the one that lasted the longest in our endurance tests.
Instagram wants to limit hashtag spam
If you’re tired of seeing Instagram posts with a seemingly endless list of hashtags, Instagram is making a change to stop that. In a post today, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said that the platform will now cap hashtags to five…
Two Kinds of Vibe Coding
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Instacart to pay $60M to settle FTC claims it deceived consumers
The federal agency alleged Instacart misled consumers with unlawful tactics, causing them to pay higher fees while also denying refunds.
School security AI flagged clarinet as a gun. Exec says it wasn’t an error.
A Florida middle school was locked down last week after an AI security system called ZeroEyes mistook a clarinet for a gun, reviving criticism that AI may not be worth the high price schools pay for peace of mind. Human…
Delty (YC X25) Is Hiring an ML Engineer
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LLMs’ impact on science: Booming publications, stagnating quality
There have been a number of high-profile cases where scientific papers have had to be retracted because they were filled with AI-generated slop—the most recent coming just two weeks ago. These instances raise serious questions about the quality of peer…
Oliver Sacks put himself into his case studies – what was the cost?
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LG forced a Copilot web app onto its TVs but will let you delete it
LG says it will let users delete the Microsoft Copilot shortcut it installed on newer TVs after several reports highlighted the unremovable icon. In a statement to The Verge, LG spokesperson Chris De Maria says the company “respects consumer choice…