Google is offering college students a year of its AI Pro plan for free
College students can get a free year of Google's AI Pro plan, something that would normally cost $200.
Google packs Search and Gemini with new AI study tools
The launch of the new study features marks Google's latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant that students turn to when learning and studying, as it continues to compete with companies like OpenAI.
Google Gemini is getting a dedicated student hub
As we're gearing up for back-to-school season, Google is rolling out a new dedicated student hub in Gemini. It's a one-stop repository for collecting research in a study notebook, creating flashcards, taking practice quizzes, and more. Google is also enhancing its study notebooks with support for...
Researchers say OpenAI revoked their access to limited cyber program
The idea behind OpenAI's Trusted Access for Cyber program is to give trusted defenders better models so they can report bugs and vulnerabilities to companies, with the aim of getting flaws patched faster.
The floodgates are open after another Chinese company lands a reusable rocket
"We will put the booster back into service for another flight as soon as possible."
Unsloth Dynamic 3.0 GGUFs
Article URL: https://unsloth.ai/docs/basics/dynamic-3.0-ggufs Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49365443 Points: 164 # Comments: 61
Rules of good social skills (2025)
https://web.archive.org/web/20260515105039/https://liamrosen... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49365419 Points: 79 # Comments: 37
Go 1.27
Article URL: https://go.dev/blog/go1.27 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49365405 Points: 401 # Comments: 92
Study finds a 15 percent increase in traffic deaths after major music streaming releases
Drivers may be more distracted on days when a big new album drops.
Mattel is releasing a full-scale building brick set of the original Xbox
The $330 Xbox building set includes a controller that interacts with three game-inspired dioramas.
Apple is about to launch best reason yet to wear AirPods all day long
AirPods are one of my favorite Apple products, so much so that I often wear them even when I’m not listening to anything. And soon with iOS 27, Apple will launch new AirPods upgrades that should make that a more common experience.
ICE boss to agents: Leave the Meta spy glasses at home
'Personally owned body-worn cameras are prohibited,' ICE tells The Reg. Because the last thing DHS needs is more proof of misconduct
Watch Valve set up the Steam Frame in its own leaked videos
Valve just leaked several new videos showing the Steam Frame's unboxing, setup process, and various accessories. The videos apparently appeared on the ARM Steam client following an update, but they were "quickly pulled after that," according to the Steam Hardware Updates account on X. The Steam F...
Deus Ex and Dishonored designer Harvey Smith has a new studio making immersive sims
New gaming studio Black Pony Immersive has veterans from Arkane, Insomniac and Epic.
Hackers compromise 14,500 Dahua web cameras in 35-day campaign
In a large-scale campaign that researchers dubbed CameraSwarm, hackers compromised more than 14,500 Dahua IP cameras mostly in Ukraine and Russia. [...]
The wearable future is stuck in weird, experimental, existential limbo
AI on the wrist is one such experimental feature. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. For the past week, I've been ...
Grab an iPad Air M4 for its lowest price since the June increase
The iPad Air M4 in space gray. | Image: The Verge Almost everything with high-end memory or storage is more expensive these days, and tablets are no exception, so we’re glad to see that Amazon and Best Buy have the most recent 11-inch iPad Air with the M4 chip on sale for $649. That’s $100 lowe...
US warns of AI-powered attacks on Siemens PLCs in critical infrastructure
U.S. cybersecurity agencies warn that threat actors are using AI-generated scripts to exploit Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in U.S. critical infrastructure. [...]
Google replaced Git tags for certain source code with obtaining via Google Drive
Article URL: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117057099753905023 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49364745 Points: 245 # Comments: 89
IKEA is teasing some Xbox... things
Who wouldn't want to rest their tush on a green Xbox logo cushion?