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Bumpy Rollout for New Gates Meant to Stop Subway Fare Evasion

At a demonstration of devices designed to replace turnstiles, one rider got hit in the neck, and another sneaked through without paying.

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Not too big, not too expensive: The Chevrolet Equinox EV

You get quite a lot of EV for the Equinox's sub-$35,000 starting price.

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These Laser Beams Could Power Military Drones 5,000 Feet in the Air

The U.S. military-backed project is now on the way to integrated system testing, the company said.

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LOG.io: Unified Rollback Recovery and Data Lineage Capture for Distributed Data Pipelines

arXiv:2512.16038v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This paper introduces LOG.io, a comprehensive solution designed for correct rollback recovery and fine-grain data lineage capture in distributed data pipelines. It is tailored for serverless scalable architectures and uses a log-based rollback recover…

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Get up to 78 percent off ExpressVPN two-year plans for the holidays

It looks like the holidays aren't a bad time to shop for a VPN subscription. ExpressVPN, Engadget's pick for the best premium provider, currently has a less premium price. This deal gives you two years of the Advanced plan (with a bonus of four free months) for only $101. When it isn't on sale, the …

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Linux Preps For "Slow Workload Hints" With Intel Panther Lake

Five years ago Intel began introducing "workload hints" used for thermal and power purposes with their SoCs and in turn on the software-side being enabled with their INT340X kernel driver on Linux systems. That Intel workload hint coverage was added to the Linux kernel in late 2020 and then a big ad…

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Show HN: Misata – synthetic data engine using LLM and Vectorized NumPy

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Should you ditch your Mac for an iPad? iPadOS 26 may convince you - here's why

The latest version of iPadOS feels more Mac-like with all the cool new multitasking features. Here's why you may not need a Mac if you're a multitasker.

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Building venture-backable companies in heavily regulated spaces

This week on Build Mode, Startup Battlefield editor Isabelle Johannessen spoke to two founders who are working to make progress in industries ripe for disruption, despite the regulatory headaches that might have deterred many other people.

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AuON: A Linear-time Alternative to Orthogonal Momentum Updates

arXiv:2509.24320v4 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Orthogonal momentum gradient updates have emerged to overcome the limitations of vector-based optimizers like Adam. The vector-based optimizer Adam suffers from high memory costs and ill-conditioned momentum gradient updates. However, traditional …

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Show HN: TinyPDF – 3kb pdf library (70x smaller than jsPDF)

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Performance Hints – Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat

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India Launches DHRUV64, First Indigenous 64-Bit Dual-Core Processor

India unveils DHRUV64, its first homegrown 64-bit dual-core processor, targeting embedded and industrial systems.
The post India Launches DHRUV64, First Indigenous 64-Bit Dual-Core Processor appeared first on EE Times.

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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D sells for more than 9800X3D, enthusiasts flock to AM4 DDR4

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Wine 11.0-rc3 Released With Another Week Of Bug Fixing

In working toward the Wine 11.0 stable release in January, Wine 11.0-rc3 is out today as the latest weekly release candidate...

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This Bluetooth tracker that replaced my AirTags has more features at a cheaper price

Pebblebee's Clip 5 finder tag attaches to a key ring, works with both iOS and Android devices, and makes a loud sound.

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LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems

LG says it'll let people delete the Copilot icon. But TV chatbots aren't going away.

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AI rewrites ROI for next-generation video conferencing

As AI drives the advancement of video systems, IT leaders must reevaluate infrastructure needs and develop new ROI frameworks that align with improved business outcomes.

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The politics of cyber security and identity: Warlords versus Merchants (first published 2011)

The current hype in support of additional US and UK government spend on cybersecurity has prompted me to return to my "Warlords versus Merchants" theme. It is not that I do not believe that ...

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This plug-and-play 3D printer Is $299 and arrives before Christmas

Score the Elegoo Centauri Carbon for just $299.99 (save $80). This high-speed, enclosed 3D printer is perfect for beginners and arrives by Christmas.