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These glasses turn silent mouth movements into text

A couple of Georgia Tech computer science students recently demonstrated a system that converts tongue and mouth movements into text. It uses eyeglasses that beam a radio signal into the user's head to measure changes inside the closed mouth. They say it's good for silently talking to AI chatbots in offices, libraries, and co-working spaces. — Read the rest The post These glasses turn silent mouth movements into text appeared first on Boing Boing .

Boing Boing · EN

Homer may never have said Ithaca was an island

A 3,000-year-old geography puzzle hides inside the Odyssey. YouTuber Honor Cargill-Martin examines an odd twist in the search for Homer's Ithaca: he may never actually have described Ithaca as an island at all. Researchers spent decades, longer than Odysseus's trip home, looking for an island. — Read the rest The post Homer may never have said Ithaca was an island appeared first on Boing Boing .

Boing Boing · EN

Keeping Claude running apparently requires nearly a trillion dollars

The money incinerator is just getting up to speed. Anthropic's amended IPO filing says the company now has $895.4 billion in purchase commitments and lease agreements; almost all of it is for compute and infrastructure. AI datacenter builders rejoice! Anthropic hopes to hold 3.5GW of capacity by the end of the year and double that volume next year, the report added, citing sources with knowledge of the situation. — Read the rest The post Keeping Claude running apparently requires nearly a trillion dollars appeared first on Boing Boing .

Boing Boing · EN

A Fukuoka okonomiyaki shop will give you its 10-pound pancake for free, if you can finish it in 40 minutes

When I was in Japan last month, we went to an okonomiyaki restaurant in Fukuoka, Japan. It was called Denko Sekka , in Canal City Hakata, a shopping center. ( Denko Sekka means "lightning fast.") Okonomiyaki is basically a kind of pancake or crepe cooked on a griddle. — Read the rest The post A Fukuoka okonomiyaki shop will give you its 10-pound pancake for free, if you can finish it in 40 minutes appeared first on Boing Boing .

Boing Boing · EN

87 Blog Posts To Learn About Nintendo Switch

Learn everything you need to know about Nintendo Switch via these 87 free HackerNoon blog posts.

Hacker Noon · EN

AI Agent Memory (Part 3): How Agents Turn Experience Into Reusable Skills

AI agents can remember feedback but still learn the wrong lessons. Explore how agents turn experience into Skills and why improving that process matters.

Hacker Noon · EN

Flip Phones, AI Hype, and Smart Glasses: What Readers Want Control Over

Flip phones, workplace AI, the hype test and smart glasses bans: four HackerNoon polls show readers want more control over the tech around them.

Hacker Noon · EN

How I Used a Stock Market Theory to Predict Cellular Network Behavior

A wireless researcher applies Elliott wave mathematics — born in stock markets — to predict cellular handoffs, and shares what the experiment revealed.

Hacker Noon · EN

How We Stabilized a Bazel CI Runner by Fixing Resource Limits and Container Cleanup

Bazel builds kept getting OOM-killed on a CI runner whose config promised 25 CPUs it did not have. How hard cgroup caps and three days of retuning settled the m

Hacker Noon · EN

South Korea Wants Stablecoins Written Into Its Forex Law Within The Year

South Korea plans to amend its forex law this year to regulate stablecoins as payment instruments, as the Bank of Korea flags mixers and unhosted wallets.

Hacker Noon · EN

Meet Rise: HackerNoon Company of the Week

Meet Rise, INGOT Group’s trading app, featuring one-tap market strategies, first-trade protection, and access to more than 1,000 financial assets.

Hacker Noon · EN

Athena Raises $2.5 Million From a16z Speedrun to End the Billable Hour in Real Estate Law

Athena, an AI-native law firm for commercial real estate, raises $2.5M led by a16z Speedrun after signing 22 clients at fixed fees up to 50% below recent deals.

Hacker Noon · EN

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5371, for all Macs, following the […]

The Eclectic Light Company · EN

Siri Recap and Live Rewind debut in watchOS beta

With the release of the first developer beta of watchOS 27.3, Apple is unleashing the last of its Audio Intelligence features on the world: Siri Recap and Live Rewind join Sound Recognition and Music Recognition (a favorite watchOS 27 feature of mine).…

Six Colors · EN

Safari update brings vertical tabs, adaptive dark mode, AI integration

Safari is getting some major feature updates in the 27.3 updates to Apple’s operating systems, which are due in December and are appearing in a developer beta today: vertical tabs, an adaptive dark mode, and additional integration points with Siri AI.…

Six Colors · EN

How to Easily Create Multiple Windows for the Same App on iPhone Duo

Multi-window for Safari on iPhone Duo. Since Apple sent me a review unit of the iPhone Duo a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been enjoying using the device as a “pocket iPad” for getting work done with a portable, modular setup. I wrote this article about the MacBook Pro with Touch, for instance, primarily from the iPhone […]

MacStories · EN

Google confirms something was draining Pixel Watch batteries, fix rolling out

Google has confirmed that some Pixel Watches are experiencing unexpected battery drain, but it also says a fix is already available. more…

9to5Google · EN

Microsoft Authenticator is ditching its own password backup for Google One

Microsoft is ditching its own password backup option for the Microsoft Authenticator app for Android and instead using Google One for that service. more…

9to5Google · EN

Deals: Pixel 11 up to $580 off, Google Home Speaker all-time low, Dell XPS 13 $200 off, new Fire TV Stick 58% off, more

Alongside the Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and Pixel 11 Pro Fold . Best Buy is now offering massive Pixel 11 series price drops at up to $580 off (“excellent” open-box). From there we move over to a host of early Black Friday Fire TV Stick deals now live from $20 , Dell’s latest XPS 13 MacBook Neo alternative at $600 , and a collection of early Black Friday Amazon lows on Nothing gear from just $20 . Scope it all out below. more…

9to5Google · EN

Android Auto 18.1 update rolling out with additional prep for light mode and redesign

Google is rolling out Android Auto 18.1 to the masses and, while there are no major changes, the update continues to work on upcoming changes. more…

9to5Google · EN

Google’s Stadia Controller dream lives on in the $50 Xbox Nano Controller

The Stadia Controller introduced the idea of connecting directly to cloud gaming via its own Wi-Fi connection and, while Google’s platform is long dead, that dream lives on in the latest Xbox Controller. more…

9to5Google · EN

‘Cyclon’ uses an old Google Pixel to let AI do literally everything for you – who wants this?

As the AI era continues to find its footing in the consumer market, “Cyclon” is a new smartphone/software experience that, to start, is reusing old Google Pixel phones with a software experience that literally uses AI to do every little thing. And my biggest question is just… who actually wants this? more…

9to5Google · EN

Today’s Android app deals and freebies: 20 Minutes Till Dawn, Never Grave, Rush Rally 3, more

Alongside the ongoing all-time low on the new Google Home Speaker , today’s best Google Play app and game deals are ready, including Descenders, My Child Lebensborn, 20 Minutes Till Dawn:Premium, Never Grave, Rush Rally 3, and more. Just be sure to dive into the first deal on the all-new Amazon Alexa Android Tablet and these Pixel 11 offers with massive price drops at up to $580 off the list. more…

9to5Google · EN

Google will disable Search for students unless schools accept AI features in ‘Guided Learning’ push

Google is today launching new AI settings for schools, but with the big catch that Search is fully disabled if AI features are turned off entirely. more…

9to5Google · EN