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Google launches Pixel Care , replacing Preferred Care and Fi Device Protection in the US, with upgrades but slightly higher pricing than the previous offering (Will Sattelberg/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/08/27/google-p…

Google Pixel Care+ replaces Preferred Care, includes free screen and battery repairs
Google is upgrading its legacy Preferred Care warranty plan to Pixel Care+, with some big new perks including $0 repairs.

Someone on lemmy mentioned that replacing "Russian XYZ" with "local meth head" makes news headlines much more fun.
I agree. So I installed a firefox extension that does this automatically: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/word-replacer-max/

Word Replacer Max – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download Word Replacer Max for Firefox. Seamlessly replace text on any web page.

ReflectivePrompt: Reflective evolution in autoprompting algorithms
Viktor N. Zhuravlev, Artur R. Khairullin, Ernest A. Dyagin, Alena N. Sitkina, Nikita I. Kulin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18870

ReflectivePrompt: Reflective evolution in autoprompting algorithms
Autoprompting is the process of automatically selecting optimized prompts for language models, which has been gaining popularity with the rapid advancement of prompt engineering, driven by extensive research in the field of large language models (LLMs). This paper presents ReflectivePrompt - a novel autoprompting method based on evolutionary algorithms that employs a reflective evolution approach for more precise and comprehensive search of optimal prompts. ReflectivePrompt utilizes short-term …

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The Manchester Compiler Compiler and CPL: reflections of a user 50 years on.
https://curation.cs.manchester.ac.uk/atlas/docs/CC_Reflections-v4 final.pdf
saved 2024-11-06

3 Raiders who could still get replaced on the 53-man roster https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/08/27/raiders-53-man-roster-3-players-who-could-still-get-replaced/85846061007/

16) Who replaces Jourdan Lewis in the slot? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/16-who-replaces-jourdan-lewis-in-the-slot

An interview with CEO David Baszucki on Roblox's origin story, what's next for the gaming platform whose shares have risen about 200% in the past year, and more (Tim Fernholz/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/tech/he-didnt-set…

He didn’t set out to create a kids’ company. Roblox’s “Builderman” wound up with one anyway.
Founder and CEO David Baszucki tells us the origin story and what’s next for a company that has nearly tripled in stock price and caught a lot of controversy over the past year.

16) Who replaces Jourdan Lewis in the slot? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/16-who-replaces-jourdan-lewis-in-the-slot

At a "couples retreat" for human-AI pairs, users of services like Replika and Nomi grapple with the virtual reality and emotional limits of their partners (Sam Apple/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/couples-retrea

My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them
I found people in serious relationships with AI partners and planned a weekend getaway for them at a remote Airbnb. We barely survived.

Asana names LaunchDarkly CEO Dan Rogers as its new CEO starting on July 21, replacing co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, who is retiring and will remain board chair (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/25/asana-ceo-dan-rogers-replace-dustin…

Asana picks Dan Rogers, formerly of ServiceNow, to replace CEO Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz, the largest individual owner of Asana stock, will stick around as the software company's board chair.