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Meta's ads tools started switching out top-performing ads with AI-generated ones

Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-generating-bizarre-ads-advantage-plus-2025-10 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46424733 Points: 6 # Comments: 0...

Dec 29Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact

UK bans junk food ads to fight childhood obesity

In an effort to combat childhood obesity, the United Kingdom has banned daytime TV and online ads that promote junk food. The health ministry says this could recede by 20,000 the number of children li...

7hFrance 24HealthImpact

These open-ear buds actually have decent noise reduction

I was surprised that these… work pretty dang well. My biggest gripe about open-ear buds is that they're rotten for loud city commutes. Cue a pedantic audiophile pointing out that the whole premise of ...

14hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

K-Pop band BTS set to make comeback in March

The reunion marks the end of a nearly four-year hiatus. All seven members of the South Korean pop boy band BTS have now completed their mandatory military service....

3dDeutsche WelleEntertainment

Guatemala: At least 15 killed after bus plunges into ravine

A passenger bus plunged into a ravine on the Inter-American Highway in western Guatemala, killing at least 15 people....

Dec 27Deutsche WelleaccidentsImpact

Meta made scam ads harder to find instead of removing them

Article URL: https://sherwood.news/tech/rather-than-fully-cracking-down-on-scam-ads-meta-worked-to-make-them-harder/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46453582 Points: 14 # Comments: ...

5dHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appear After 5 Seconds

Article URL: https://saigoneer.com/vietnam-news/28652-vienam-bans-unskippable-ads,-requires-skip-button-to-appear-after-5-seconds Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46514677 Points: 17...

5hHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

DHS Says DHS-Certified Real IDs Too Unreliable to Confirm U.S. Citizenship

Article URL: https://reason.com/2025/12/31/dhs-says-real-id-which-dhs-certifies-is-too-unreliable-to-confirm-u-s-citizenship/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46455223 Points: 11 # C...

5dHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

Show HN: My not-for-profit search engine with no ads, no AI, & all DDG bangs

I've been working on a little open source [1] search engine, nilch. I noticed that nearly all well known search engines, including the alternative ones, tend to be run by companies of various sizes wi...

Dec 29Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact

I paid $500 for a private room with 2 beds and a toilet on a 30-hour Amtrak ride. Take a look inside.

Business Insider's reporter traveled by train down the East Coast from New York to Miami in an Amtrak roomette. Joey Hadden/Business Insider I took a 30-hour Amtrak train traveling from New York City ...

Dec 30Business InsiderlifestyleImpact

Hong Kong’s new smoking rules just kicked in. But is everyone sticking to them?

Some smokers are still lighting up at bus stops in Hong Kong despite new rules banning them from doing so while queuing, the Post has observed, with authorities saying they have stepped up inspections...

5dSouth China Morning PostPolitics

Stuck in Malaysia with no Wi-fi and Grab: how a stranger saved a family’s Hong Kong trip

It was like any other day for 24-year-old sales adviser Kanimolhi Krisnan from Shah Alam in Malaysia’s Selangor state. She was at the MRT station waiting for the bus to go home after work when a stran...

5dSouth China Morning Postlifestyle

5 AI advertising controversies that turned heads this year, from Meta's AI granny to Coca-Cola's shape-shifting trucks

Coca-Cola's holiday ad, featuring AI, got mixed feedback. YouTube/@Coca-Cola Marketers embraced AI in 2025. There were also some high-profile AI hiccups in advertising. From McDonald's to Meta, here's...

Dec 26Business InsiderTechnologyImpact

Show HN: Xcc700: Self-hosting mini C compiler for ESP32 (Xtensa) in 700 lines

Repo: https://github.com/valdanylchuk/xcc700 Hi Everyone! I just wrote my first compiler! - single pass, recursive descent, direct emission - generates REL ELF binaries, runnable using ESP-IDF elf_loa...

Dec 26Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

Why - I got sick of apps abusing notifications on my Android phone. While the OS does give you the ability to switch off notifications based on channels, most apps either don't use it or abuse it inte...

1dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Show HN: Evidex – AI Clinical Search (RAG over PubMed/OpenAlex and SOAP Notes)

Hi HN, I’m a solo dev building a clinical search engine to help my wife (a resident physician) and her colleagues. The Problem: Current tools (UpToDate/OpenEvidence) are expensive, slow, or increasing...

Dec 29Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Here are the best Kindle deals right now

You can get a second-gen (but still worthy) Kindle Scribe for a considerable discount. When it comes to finding a device to read ebooks, you have a few options to choose from. You can always buy a tab...

48mThe VergeTechnology

The Best Streaming Bundles to Combine Services in 2025

Ever since digital streaming was introduced as an alternative to cable, companies like Disney, Warner Bros, Netflix, and Amazon have been finding new ways to "revolutionize" monthly subscriptions, whi...

Dec 29IGNEntertainment

Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day Gets a Massive Mural Advertisement... in Downtown Kansas City

Steven Spielberg and Universal Studios would like you to know that Disclosure Day is on the way, and they're letting you know about it with a massive, buildingside mural ad. But rather than setting it...

5hIGNEntertainment

Disturbing Sora 2 Videos with AI-Generated Kids on TikTok

📋 Key Facts ✓ Videos featuring AI children playing with vibrators are made with Sora 2. ✓ Jeffrey Epstein and Diddy-themed playsets app...

Dec 22WiredTechnology