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See How ‘First Steps’ Brought Herbie to Life in a Suitably Fantastic Manner

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-19 23:00:53

After stretching across movie screens this summer, Fantastic Four: First Steps is coming home next week. To celebrate, io9 has your first look at one of the behind-the-scenes featurettes being included—and it’s all about the unsung hero of the movie, the little robot that could, Herbie. The fifth member of a team that famously has the word “four” in its name, Herbie was the breakout star of First Steps. The adorable little ‘bot operated as the team’s jack-of-all-trades ally, from assisting Ben

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In new level of stupid, RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine advisors axe MMRV recommendation

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-19 04:38:23

The panel of vaccine advisors hand-selected by anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted on Thursday to change the federal vaccine recommendations for children, removing safe, well-established vaccine doses from current schedules and realizing Kennedy's anti-vaccine agenda to erode federal vaccine policy and sow distrust. Specifically, the panel—the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)—voted to remove the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's previous recommendatio

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Meta’s AR ambitions meet reality, and California gets serious about AI safety…again

techcrunch.com Theresa Loconsolo 2025-09-20 03:20:38

This week on Equity, Anthony Ha, Kirsten Korosec, and Max Zeff unpack the biggest moves in AI, robotics, and regulation. Listen to the full episode to hear about: Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod.

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CISA exposes malware kits deployed in Ivanti EPMM attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-20 11:46:44

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an analysis of the malware deployed in attacks exploiting vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM). The flaws are an authentication bypass in EPMM’s API component (CVE-2025-4427) and a code injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-4428) that allows execution of arbitrary code. The two vulnerabilities affect the following Ivanti EPMM development branches and their earlier releases: 11.12.0.4, 12.3.0.1

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Tropical Storm Gabrielle Breaks ‘Unprecedented’ Atlantic Storm Drought

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-09-20 11:47:20

An exceptionally long lull in Atlantic storm activity finally came to an end Wednesday as Tropical Storm Gabrielle took shape. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center expect this storm to strengthen into the second hurricane of the season by Sunday. Gabrielle’s emergence followed 20 days of no named storms in the Atlantic basin—a dry spell that WPLG-TV hurricane specialist Michael Lowry called “unprecedented” for the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. As of Friday morning, Gabrielle ha

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Court lets NSF keep swinging axe at $1B in research grants

news.ycombinator.com Carly Page 2025-09-20 15:00:16

A US court has cleared the way for the National Science Foundation to press ahead with the cancellation of more than 1,700 research grants worth upwards of $1 billion. The ruling, handed down this week by Judge Jia Cobb of the DC District Court, rejects a request from researchers, universities and scientific societies to reinstate the cancelled grants while the case is heard. The plaintiffs had argued that NSF's mass terminations were arbitrary, unlawful and would do irreparable harm to the cou

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The Fisherman and His Wife (1857)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-18 01:53:02

19 The Fisherman and His Wife Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Then the flounder said to him, "Listen, fisherman, I beg you to let me live. I am not an ordinary flounder, but an enchanted prince. How will it help you to kill me? I would not taste good to you. Put me back into the water, and let me swim." "Well," said the man, "there's no need to say more. I can certainly let a fish swim away who knows how to talk." With that he put it back into the clear water, and the flounder disappeared to the bott

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Raising Series A in 2026: Insights from top early-stage VCs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-09-21 09:30:00

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco — get the unfiltered perspective on landing a Series A in today’s market. No smoke, no mirrors, just straight talk from the people signing the checks. How to raise a Series A in 2026 This Builders Stage session brings together Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Thomas Krane (Insight Partners), and Sangeen Zeb (GV). They’ve seen thousands of decks, led major rounds, and helped steer startups from scrappy begi

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Show HN: I created a small 2D game about an ant

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 14:54:06

Use the arrow keys to collect all the apples! Help the ant get fed! Game repository: https://github.com/aanthonymax/ant-and-apples Made partially with hmpl-js out of boredom in a couple of days :)

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Meta's live staged demo fails; the "AI" recording plays before the actor acts

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 18:50:33

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Raising Series A in 2026: Insights from Top Early-Stage VCs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-09-21 19:30:00

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco — get the unfiltered perspective on landing a Series A in today’s market. No smoke, no mirrors, just straight talk from the people signing the checks. Series A has changed — here’s how to win in 2026 Series A has changed — here’s how to win This Builder Stage session brings together Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Thomas Krane (Insight Partners), and Sangeen Zeb (GV). They’ve seen thousands of decks, led major rounds

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PostgreSQL Maintenance Without Superuser

news.ycombinator.com Radim Marek 2025-09-18 19:17:29

How many people/services have superuser access to your PostgreSQL cluster(s)? Did you ever ask why your software engineers might need it? Or your BI team? Why those use cases require same privileges as someone who can drop your databases? The answer isn't because these operations are inherently dangerous - it's because PostgreSQL historically offered limited options for operational access or simply because not enough people are aware of the options. So the common practice is to either got basic

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This Microsoft Entra ID Vulnerability Could Have Been Catastrophic

wired.com Matt Burgess 2025-09-22 19:09:17

As businesses around the world have shifted their digital infrastructure over the last decade from self-hosted servers to the cloud, they’ve benefitted from the standardized, built-in security features of major cloud providers like Microsoft. But with so much riding on these systems, there can be potentially disastrous consequences at a massive scale if something goes wrong. Case in point: Security researcher Dirk-jan Mollema recently stumbled upon a pair of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure’s

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NBA star Kevin Durant can't unlock his Coinbase bitcoin account. His agent is thrilled

cnbc.com Liz Napolitano 2025-09-22 22:43:01

Kevin Durant #35 of the Phoenix Suns looks on during the second half against the Houston Rockets at PHX Arena on March 30, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. NBA superstar Kevin Durant can't find the password to his Coinbase account, which holds bitcoin that he began buying in earnest when he was playing for the Golden State Warriors in 2016. His agent couldn't be happier. Durant's predicament has "only benefited" the hoopster, agent Rich Kleiman said. "We've yet to be able to track down his Coinbase

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Seven indie games that will upgrade your downtime this fall

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-09-23 02:00:00

We all know there’s a lot of tech to potentially upgrade in your life, but for those who want to upgrade their downtime with inexpensive, relatively short video games, I have good news. 2025 has already featured a wealth of excellent titles to spend your time with, including ones from smaller and independent developers that you can complete in a few sessions. If you’re looking for a good new game to play (and aren’t already deep into Hollow Knight: Silksong), here are some great options from thi

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European ant is the first known animal to clone members of another species

news.ycombinator.com Sophie Berdugo 2025-09-23 15:27:01

The same Iberian harvester ant (Messor ibericus) queen produced the hairy male Messor ibericus (on the left) and the hairless male Messor structor (on the right), despite them being members of distantly related species. Queen ants in southern Europe produce male clones of an entirely different species — tearing up the playbook of reproductive biology and suggesting we need to rethink our understanding of species barriers. The workers in Iberian harvester ant (Messor ibericus) colonies are all

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One Token to rule them all – Obtaining Global Admin in every Entra ID tenant

news.ycombinator.com Dirk-Jan Mollema 2025-09-23 14:03:21

While preparing for my Black Hat and DEF CON talks in July of this year, I found the most impactful Entra ID vulnerability that I will probably ever find. This vulnerability could have allowed me to compromise every Entra ID tenant in the world (except probably those in national cloud deployments). If you are an Entra ID admin reading this, yes that means complete access to your tenant. The vulnerability consisted of two components: undocumented impersonation tokens, called “Actor tokens”, that

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White House officials reportedly frustrated by Anthropic’s law enforcement AI limits

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-23 23:03:11

Anthropic's AI models could potentially help spies analyze classified documents, but the company draws the line at domestic surveillance. That restriction is reportedly making the Trump administration angry. On Tuesday, Semafor reported that Anthropic faces growing hostility from the Trump administration over the AI company's restrictions on law enforcement uses of its Claude models. Two senior White House officials told the outlet that federal contractors working with agencies like the FBI and

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Anthropic Wants to Be the One Good AI Company in Trump’s America

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-09-24 07:30:34

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the chatbot Claude, is trying to carve out a spot as the Good Guy in the AI space. Fresh off being the only major AI firm to throw its support behind an AI safety bill in California, the company grabbed a headline from Semafor thanks to its apparent refusal to allow its model to be used for surveillance tasks, which is pissing off the Trump administration. According to the report, law enforcement agencies have felt stifled by Anthropic’s usa

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Anthropic Report Finds Dire News About AI's Effects on Job Market

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-24 10:04:05

As businesses across the economy rush to adopt AI, a new report from OpenAI's competitor Anthropic reveals what the tech is really being used for: instead of helping augment human labor, companies are mainly using AI to automate their jobs. In numbers, an overwhelming 77 percent of businesses using Anthropic's Claude AI software showed signs of automation, like "full task delegation," according to the report released by the company this week. Only 12 percent of AI usage appeared to leverage the

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Anthropic irks White House with limits on models’ use

news.ycombinator.com Https 2025-09-24 14:57:39

Anthropic is in the midst of a splashy media tour in Washington, but its refusal to allow its models to be used for some law enforcement purposes has deepened hostility to the company inside the Trump administration, two senior officials told Semafor. Anthropic recently declined requests by contractors working with federal law enforcement agencies because the company refuses to make an exception allowing its AI tools to be used for some tasks, including surveillance of US citizens, said the off

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From Qubits to Qubucks: Quantum Digital Currency

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2025-09-24 18:41:00

Quantum computing is often discussed in terms of its potential to revolutionize scientific discovery and to challenge cryptographic paradigms [1], but it could also change our relationship with money. By using quantum states, quantum currency could solve the double-spending problem and address throughput issues associated with distributed ledgers (blockchain), paving the way for the digital cash of the future. Digital Banking vs. Digital Currency To understand quantum currency, we should first

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You can't test if quantum uses complex numbers

news.ycombinator.com Craig Gidney 2025-09-22 18:58:00

In 2021, Renou et al published the paper “Quantum theory based on real numbers can be experimentally falsified” in Nature. It caused a decent sized splash at the time. A quick search revealed articles in Quanta and Scientific American and APS News, as well as a talk at QIP 2022. In this post, I’m going to explain why the title of the paper is wrong. The Goal Before we get going, I need to warn you away from a common misunderstanding of Renou et al’s claim. Renou et al are NOT claiming that it

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The new 14-inch Wacom One ups the display size, but not the price

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-25 07:23:22

Wacom has announced its latest beginner-friendly graphics tablet, the Wacom One 14. The obvious upgrade from its 2023 predecessor is a larger 14-inch IPS display, which gives digital artists a bit of extra space for their sketching. The bezels have been trimmed down to accommodate the bigger canvas, while keeping the design thin and compact enough to easily throw the Wacom One in a backpack. The 1920 x 1080 HD display’s textured surface is supposed to replicate the feeling of drawing on paper,

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Amazon launches AI agent to help sellers complete tasks and manage their businesses

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-09-25 07:18:50

Amazon announced on Wednesday that it’s introducing an always-on AI agent that will help sellers on its platform run their businesses. The company is updating Seller Assistant, its AI tool for third-party sellers, to help handle tasks on the seller’s behalf. “Our agentic AI capabilities are designed to work seamlessly throughout the entire selling experience, which means sellers can go from handling every task themselves to collaborating with an intelligent assistant that works proactively on t

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US Adults Worry AI Will Make Us Worse at Being Human, New Survey Says

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-26 00:00:07

There are widespread fears that artificial intelligence will harm our social and emotional intelligence, empathy and sense of individual agency by 2035, according to a new survey published Wednesday by Elon University's Imagining the Digital Future Center. The national survey asked 1,005 US adults to rate how they think AI will impact human capacities and behaviors, including moral judgment, self-identity and confidence. In every area, respondents believed the effect of AI tools and systems ove

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Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Lectures Met With Protestors Who Seem to Think He’s the Antichrist

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-09-26 11:50:27

PayPal mafia OG Peter Thiel, whose data firm Palantir is currently assisting the Trump administration’s deportation machine, recently began taking time out of his day job (ghoulish billionaire defense contractor) to engage in some part-time work as a Christian evangelist spreading the word about the rise of the Antichrist. It’s been a bizarre sight, indeed, and this week, Thiel kicked things up a notch by launching the first of a four-part lecture series he’s doing about the Dark Lord. Thiel’s

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Samsung's Health app might be getting an AI health coach - what we know

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-26 15:32:37

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Samsung's Health app appears to be getting an AI assistant. The assistant can answer health- and wellness-related questions. The AI health coach can't diagnose or treat medical conditions. Samsung has made major investments in its health technology, and that mission looks to be continuing with a new Health app. Samsung is rolling out an AI health coach called "Samsung Health Assistant," Android Auth

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Scuba-Suit-Clad Thief Steals Thousands of Dollars From Floating Disney World Restaurant in Heist Ripped Right Out of the Movies

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-26 19:40:03

When we hear of criminal activity at Walt Disney World, it’s not usually pertaining to an action sequence that feels like it’s come right out of a Disney movie itself. But that was apparently the case this week in Orlando, when over $10,000 was stolen from a Disney World restaurant by a scuba-diving criminal mastermind. WFTV9 (via Cinemablend) reports that in the early hours of today, an unidentified man staged a robbery at the Paddlefish seafood restaurant in Disney Springs, a shopping and din

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Launch HN: Rowboat (YC S24) – Open-source IDE for multi-agent systems

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-27 03:01:16

Let AI build multi-agent workflows for you in minutes ⚡ Build AI agents instantly with natural language | 🔌 Connect tools with one-click integrations | 📂 Power with knowledge by adding documents for RAG | 🔄 Automate workflows by setting up triggers and actions | 🚀 Deploy anywhere via API or SDK ☁️ Prefer a hosted version? Use our cloud to starting building agents right away! Quick start Set your OpenAI key export OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-api-key Clone the repository and start Rowboat (re

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Latest Tech News

See How ‘First Steps’ Brought Herbie to Life in a Suitably Fantastic Manner

In new level of stupid, RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine advisors axe MMRV recommendation

Meta’s AR ambitions meet reality, and California gets serious about AI safety…again

CISA exposes malware kits deployed in Ivanti EPMM attacks

Tropical Storm Gabrielle Breaks ‘Unprecedented’ Atlantic Storm Drought

Court lets NSF keep swinging axe at $1B in research grants

The Fisherman and His Wife (1857)

Raising Series A in 2026: Insights from top early-stage VCs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Show HN: I created a small 2D game about an ant

Meta's live staged demo fails; the "AI" recording plays before the actor acts

Raising Series A in 2026: Insights from Top Early-Stage VCs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

PostgreSQL Maintenance Without Superuser

This Microsoft Entra ID Vulnerability Could Have Been Catastrophic

NBA star Kevin Durant can't unlock his Coinbase bitcoin account. His agent is thrilled

Seven indie games that will upgrade your downtime this fall

European ant is the first known animal to clone members of another species

One Token to rule them all – Obtaining Global Admin in every Entra ID tenant

White House officials reportedly frustrated by Anthropic’s law enforcement AI limits

Anthropic Wants to Be the One Good AI Company in Trump’s America

Anthropic Report Finds Dire News About AI's Effects on Job Market

Anthropic irks White House with limits on models’ use

From Qubits to Qubucks: Quantum Digital Currency

You can't test if quantum uses complex numbers

The new 14-inch Wacom One ups the display size, but not the price

Amazon launches AI agent to help sellers complete tasks and manage their businesses

US Adults Worry AI Will Make Us Worse at Being Human, New Survey Says

Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Lectures Met With Protestors Who Seem to Think He’s the Antichrist

Samsung's Health app might be getting an AI health coach - what we know

Scuba-Suit-Clad Thief Steals Thousands of Dollars From Floating Disney World Restaurant in Heist Ripped Right Out of the Movies

Launch HN: Rowboat (YC S24) – Open-source IDE for multi-agent systems

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