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Dolly Parton has died

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Dolly Parton Has Died

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49438661 Points: 50 # Comments: 3
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The OLED Xbox Ally X20 officially starts at $1,300

The Asus Xbox Ally X20 looked like it could be one of the best handheld gaming PCs yet made - but originally, Asus wanted you to buy a bundle pairing it with pricy AR glasses. In July, we told you that bundle would no longer be necessary, and today it's official: you can pre-order a […]
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Apple launches new Mac Studios with its ‘most powerful chip ever’ — the M5 Ultra

Apple is announcing new models of the Mac Studio, now using the existing M5 Max and a new M5 Ultra. This reunification under one chip generation comes over a year after Apple awkwardly split the Studio between M4 Max and M3 Ultra offerings. (The older sounding M3 Ultra was actually the more powerful one, and […]
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Apple’s new M6 chip gets more cores and more AI compute

Apple has announced a new M6 chip for Macs, along with an M5 Ultra that it says is its "most powerful chip ever," designed for tasks like 3D rendering and running frontier AI models. The M6 is Apple's first 2nm chip, which Apple says will bring improvements in performance and power efficiency, and it also […]
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Uber is letting parents check in on their teens through drivers’ selfie cameras

Uber is updating its teen account feature to allow parents to use the selfie cameras on Uber drivers' phones to check in on their teenage children during ridehail trips. Since first launching teen accounts in 2023, Uber has touted the myriad ways parents can keep tabs on their children, from PIN verification to live GPS […]
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GuliKit’s Switch 2 TV dock gives me one feature I’ve missed when traveling

Nintendo didn’t design its Switch dock with travel in mind. Genki’s Covert Dock is a much smaller alternative my family has been using to connect our Switch to hotel TVs for years, but I’ve come to realize I much prefer having a stand for the console when using it this way. So when it came […]
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The lens in Wyze’s new $40 indoor camera retracts for privacy

Wyze announced a new pan-and-tilt security camera today designed for indoor use. The entire Indoor Cam Pan can rotate 360 degrees, while the camera and lens on its front can tilt up and down 103 degrees. When you want privacy, the lens can tilt down until it completely disappears inside the Indoor Cam Pan's body […]
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Where to preorder the updated Mac Mini and Mac Studio

Apple has announced two new processors, the M6 and M5 Ultra, as well as updated Mac Mini and Mac studio machines powered by them. The new machines are already available for preorder directly from Apple, with shipping for most configurations starting on September 22nd, 2026. The Mac Mini starts at $899, $300 more than the […]
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OpenAI says its Jalapeño chip can power faster AI responses than the competition

OpenAI says its new AI chip, Jalapeño, completes tasks more efficiently and returns responses faster than other AI systems, according to a blog post published on Tuesday. During a briefing with reporters, OpenAI hardware vice president Richard Ho said Jalapeño offers the "best of both worlds" with lower latency and higher throughput, as AI systems […]
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Apple’s ‘new’ polishing cloth is the same except $10 cheaper

Apple just dropped a new polishing cloth, and unlike its refreshed Mac Mini models, it comes with a price cut, as spotted earlier by MacRumors. The polishing cloth is still "made with soft, nonabrasive material" but costs $9 instead of $19. It doesn't look like anything else has changed, as the description matches an archived […]
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Checkpoints vs Micromanagement

If someone has ownership, when should you check on their work? Too little involvement can mean discovering problems too late. Too much involvement becomes micromanagement. I think the difference is what the checkpoint is trying to achieve . A useful checkpoint asks: “Are we still solving the right problem, and do you need anything from me?” Micromanagement asks: “Why did you do it this way? Change this. Then do this next.” The first keeps ownership with the person. Th...