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Scammers Are Now Driving Around With Fake Cell Towers That Blast 100,000 Texts Per Hour

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-20 10:00:38

Leave it to phone scammers to innovate new ways to be as annoying — and scummy — as humanly possible. These cybercriminals are no longer content with just sending you the odd phishing text or two. As Wired reports, more and more of them are using so-called "SMS blasters" that basically act as a portable cell tower, tricking your phones into connecting with them as they cruise by. The scammers walk or drive around with the devices, firing out a ludicrous volume of SMS messages that contain dange

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Samsung’s bloatware problem is about to get a lot worse

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-20 09:00:30

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S11 lineup is a solid next step for Samsung’s flagship tablet series. The screens are noticeably brighter, and while I mourn the lack of a Plus model, there isn’t much about Samsung’s new tablet hardware that I have to complain about. The software is a different matter, though, as one of the additions Samsung has made to One UI 8 on the Tab S11 could hint toward an attitude to bloatware I’m not comfortable with. Are you happy with Samsung'

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The HUAWEI Watch GT 6 Pro might be the best-looking fitness tracker in my smartwatch box

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-20 10:15:34

HUAWEI Watch GT 6 Pro The HUAWEI Watch GT 6 Pro makes a strong case as a fitness tracker dressed in luxury design. With accurate GPS and enhanced workout and health monitoring tools, it’s a reliable training partner and with weeks of battery life, it’s a truly standout device. I spend a lot of time swapping watches in and out, so it’s rare when one actually turns the heads of my loved ones. The HUAWEI Watch GT 6 Pro, though, immediately did. It’s polished enough to dress up yet built tough enou

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Can't hear TV dialogue? This portable soundbar solved my audio problems for cheap

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-09-20 08:00:28

Creative Stage Pro soundbar ZDNET's key takeaways The Creative Stage Pro soundbar is available on Amazon for $170. This cost-effective soundbar excels at producing clear dialogue. The Stage Pro subwoofer won't blow you away, but it does add some depth to voices. View now at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. This space-saving soundbar/subwoofer combo from Creative might not meet the lofty demands of an audiophile, but for anyone who wants more sound from their movie

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Save up to $700 on Razer's newest gaming laptop - and get a free game

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-09-20 08:00:37

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Don't make this SSD mistake - here's the model I recommend for easy data transferring

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-09-20 09:01:05

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Wi-Fi router vs. mesh system: I compared both - and here's what I'd choose

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2025-09-20 10:58:00

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Routers are cheaper, faster, and easier to set up. Mesh systems fix dead zones with wider coverage. Choose based on budget, home size, and connection needs. With the adoption of remote and hybrid working, having a reliable internet connection at home is imperative -- not just for one device, but for several. If you have a family, maybe even dozens. So what's better, one single access point, or a me

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LLM-Deflate: Extracting LLMs into Datasets

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-20 06:59:54

Large Language Models compress massive amounts of training data into their parameters. This compression is lossy but highly effective—billions of parameters can encode the essential patterns from terabytes of text. However, what’s less obvious is that this process can be reversed: we can systematically extract structured datasets from trained models that reflect their internal knowledge representation. I’ve been working on this problem, and the results are promising. We’ve successfully applied

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Netflix: 22 of the Best Fantasy TV Shows to Stream Right Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 10:00:06

Netflix is a heavy-hitter when it comes to epic fantasy TV shows. I think we can all agree on that. You can probably point to other streamers like Prime Video or Disney Plus -- they've got solid genre libraries -- but Netflix has always been on top. It wasn't long ago when fantasy shows on television were all about slaying dragons and conquering thrones. The content landscape has changed a lot since the days of Game of Thrones, and there are so many cool stories and worlds we can immerse oursel

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Your AI Art Prompts Will Keep Failing Until You Learn These Core Elements

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 10:00:08

If you've ever tried to create something with an AI image generator, you know the frustration. The perfect image you have in your mind comes out as a distorted, six-fingered nightmare on the screen. It's a common problem that can make you want to give up on AI art altogether. After spending the better part of a year testing every major AI image generator-from Midjourney to DALL-E-I've learned one critical lesson: the problem usually isn't the AI, it's the prompt. Getting great results isn't abo

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Security News This Week: A Dangerous Worm Is Eating Its Way Through Software Packages

wired.com Lily Hay Newman 2025-09-20 10:30:00

New findings this week showed that a misconfigured platform used by the Department of Homeland Security left sensitive national security information—including data related to the surveillance of Americans—exposed and accessible to thousands of people. Meanwhile, 15 New York officials were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the New York Police Department this week in or around 26 Federal Plaza—where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions. Russia c

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Google isn’t kidding around about cost cutting, even slashing its FT subscription

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-09-20 05:25:49

Google is ending its enterprise subscription to the Financial Times, and it’s not the only enterprise media subscription on the chopping block, sources say. The cuts reflect broader cost-reduction efforts at the search giant, even as the company reports strong financial performance. Google has been implementing cost reductions across 2025, including eliminating 35% of managers who oversee teams of three people or fewer, and offering voluntary exit programs across multiple divisions since Janu

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Trump administration to impose a $100,000-per-year fee for H-1B visas

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-20 09:14:17

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order, which adds a $100,000 fee to H-1B visa applications. It's not a one-time fee either: The New York Times has reported that companies will have to pay $100,000 a year for any employee it brings over to the US on the visa for up to six years. The Secretary of Homeland Security will restrict approval for visa applications unless accompanied by the fee, though the rule "allows case-by-case exemptions if [it's] in the national interest." This ne

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Your passkeys could be vulnerable to attack, and everyone - including you - must act

zdnet.com David Berlind 2025-09-20 12:00:00

Vertigo3d/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways A researcher developed an exploit that hijacks passkey authentication. The exploit depends on a non-trivial combination of pre-existing conditions. Neither the passkeys nor the protocol was proven to be vulnerable. At this year's DEF CON conference in Las Vegas, white hat security researcher Marek Tóth demonstrated how threat actors could use a clickjack attack

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Xmonad seeking help for Wayland port (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-18 10:04:35

2023-10-06 Wayland We on the XMonad devteam (Tomáš, Tony, Yecine, and myself) have been collecting contributions for the past two years with an eye toward paying someone to work on a port of XMonad to Wayland, since none of us is up to the task. We think we now have enough contributions coming in monthly to pay for someone to work with us on it. Problem is, we have no idea who can do this. So this is a call for help, looking for someone who can write it. There is an existing project but it’s

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Trump hits H-1B visas with $100,000 fee, targeting the program that launched Elon Musk and Instagram

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-09-20 11:34:22

President Trump just made it a lot more expensive for companies to hire foreign workers through the H-1B program. The White House announced Friday that Trump signed a proclamation requiring employers to pay a hefty $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applications, an enormous jump from the current $215 lottery registration fee. H-1B visas allow U.S. companies to hire foreign workers in fields that typically require technical expertise like IT, engineering, mathematics, or medicine. The program is ca

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Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-20 14:15:17

Presidential Actions RESTRICTION ON ENTRY OF CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANT WORKERS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The H-1B nonimmigrant visa program was created to bring temporary workers into the United States to perform additive, high-skilled functions, but it has been deliberately exploited to replace, rather than supplement, American workers with lower-paid, lower-skilled labor. The large-scale replacement of American workers through systemic abuse of the program h

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Xmonad seeking help for Wayland port

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-18 15:04:35

2023-10-06 Wayland We on the XMonad devteam (Tomáš, Tony, Yecine, and myself) have been collecting contributions for the past two years with an eye toward paying someone to work on a port of XMonad to Wayland, since none of us is up to the task. We think we now have enough contributions coming in monthly to pay for someone to work with us on it. Problem is, we have no idea who can do this. So this is a call for help, looking for someone who can write it. There is an existing project but it’s

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Hidden risk in Notion 3.0 AI agents: Web search tool abuse for data exfiltration

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-20 17:49:37

AI Agents are increasingly getting integrated into SaaS platforms. Notion today announced that as part of their Notion 3.0 milestone they will be introducing AI Agents that can do everything you can in Notion—create docs, update databases, search across connected tools, and carry out multi-step workflows by planning and executing actions with MCP integrations. You can personalize or even build teams of Custom Agents that run on triggers or schedules, giving you autonomous assistants that continu

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Windows 11 is adding another Copilot button nobody asked for

theverge.com Terrence O'Brien 2025-09-20 18:12:02

Have enough Copilot buttons in your life? No you don’t — have another one! This one pops up in the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview when mousing over an open app in your taskbar; it lets you share the contents with Copilot Vision. Want to know who is celebrating in that dogpile on the mound, or dig a little deeper on that sculpture you took a photo of? Just click that “Share with Copilot” button that pops up in the window preview. Copilot Vision scans what’s on your screen, analyzes it, and le

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Samsung One UI 8.5 wants to save you from a strobe-induced seizure (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-20 22:22:44

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR One UI 8.5 has leaked, and one new feature we’ve already spotted appears to be a system for combatting photosensitive epilepsy. Your phone will detect when video contains flashing lights, and automatically dim the screen. It’s still unclear if this will be available for all devices getting One UI 8.5, and if it will work for gaming. Photosensitive epilepsy (PSE) may often be played for comic effect on shows like The Simpsons, where characters are briefly

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Apple releases watchOS 26.0.1, but very few users will get it

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-20 22:49:19

Apple is rolling out a watchOS 26.0.1 build that appears to be specific to the Apple Watch Ultra 3. Here’s what’s new. What’s new with watchOS 26.0.1? In an unusual move for a Friday afternoon, Apple just rolled out a system update for the Apple Watch, but you will only see it if you’re among the lucky users who already got their hands on the new Apple Watch Ultra 3. Here are the release notes from Apple: “This update enables Messages and Find My via satellite in Mexico for Apple Watch Ultra

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The Nintendo Switch 2 is for sale on Amazon, no invite required

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-20 14:25:03

Getting your hands on Nintendo's latest console just got easier, as Amazon is now listing the Nintendo Switch 2 for sale outright, no invitation needed. It's been three months since the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, and the launch day frenzy is just starting to taper off. The handhelds have been selling at a blistering pace, with just under 6 million units sold in the first four weeks. Online inventories in those initial weeks sold out in a flash, and sparse restocks were gone just as quick

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Dialing Up the Internet Phonebook

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-19 13:22:46

You might’ve heard of the Internet Phone Book, a collection of poetic, interesting, personal websites, and essays about websites, collected by Kristopher and Elliott. We chatted about how the phonebook was made, and about why they’re optimistic about the web that’s made by real people and artists. TLDR: Make a website, it’ll save your soul. Because Kinopio sponsored the first printing of the phone book, I was sent three extra copies. I wasn’t sure what to do with them though. When I asked what

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 20, #362

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 21:00:00

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Are you from either Detroit ot Louisiana? If so, today's Connections: Sports Edition is made for you. If you're struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site own

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 20, #1554

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 21:00:02

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Wordle puzzle was kind of tough for me, even though the letters aren't super rare. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on. Today's Wordle hints Before we show you

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 20, #832

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 21:00:03

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle has a fun mix of categories. I especially liked the yellow group. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 20 #566

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 21:00:04

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle might be a puzzler. Some of the answers are long and a bit tough to unscramble. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword

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iPhone 17 Pro teardown reveals larger camera sensors, and a repair-friendly design

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-21 02:15:53

Let the teardowns begin. Following yesterday’s peek at the iPhone Air MagSafe Battery, the first teardown of the new iPhone 17 Pro is already up, and it reveals some interesting tidbits about its internal architecture. Watch it below. More screws, friendlier repairs In a video that is just shy of 9 minutes long, YouTube channel REWA Technology takes viewers step by step through the process of disassembling the new iPhone 17 Pro. In the video, with the help of an opening tool with suction, a b

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FBI warns of cybercriminals using fake FBI crime reporting portals

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-20 22:43:29

The FBI warned today that cybercriminals are impersonating its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) website in what the law enforcement agency described as "possible malicious activity." Although it didn't share any examples and didn't point to specific attacks, the FBI said that such spoofed websites could be used by attackers in financial scams or to steal the visitors' personal information. "Threat actors create spoofed websites often by slightly altering characteristics of legitimate webs

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Scammers Are Now Driving Around With Fake Cell Towers That Blast 100,000 Texts Per Hour

Samsung’s bloatware problem is about to get a lot worse

The HUAWEI Watch GT 6 Pro might be the best-looking fitness tracker in my smartwatch box

Can't hear TV dialogue? This portable soundbar solved my audio problems for cheap

Save up to $700 on Razer's newest gaming laptop - and get a free game

Don't make this SSD mistake - here's the model I recommend for easy data transferring

Wi-Fi router vs. mesh system: I compared both - and here's what I'd choose

LLM-Deflate: Extracting LLMs into Datasets

Netflix: 22 of the Best Fantasy TV Shows to Stream Right Now

Your AI Art Prompts Will Keep Failing Until You Learn These Core Elements

Security News This Week: A Dangerous Worm Is Eating Its Way Through Software Packages

Google isn’t kidding around about cost cutting, even slashing its FT subscription

Trump administration to impose a $100,000-per-year fee for H-1B visas

Your passkeys could be vulnerable to attack, and everyone - including you - must act

Xmonad seeking help for Wayland port (2023)

Trump hits H-1B visas with $100,000 fee, targeting the program that launched Elon Musk and Instagram

Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers

Xmonad seeking help for Wayland port

Hidden risk in Notion 3.0 AI agents: Web search tool abuse for data exfiltration

Windows 11 is adding another Copilot button nobody asked for

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Apple releases watchOS 26.0.1, but very few users will get it

The Nintendo Switch 2 is for sale on Amazon, no invite required

Dialing Up the Internet Phonebook

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 20, #362

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 20 #566

iPhone 17 Pro teardown reveals larger camera sensors, and a repair-friendly design

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