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CVE-2025-48384: Breaking Git with a carriage return and cloning RCE

news.ycombinator.com David Leadbeater 2026-02-04 04:48:29

tl;dr: On Unix-like platforms, if you use git clone --recursive on an untrusted repo, it could achieve remote code execution. Update to a fixed version of git and other software that embeds Git (including GitHub Desktop). If you've ever used an old mechanical typewriter, you know that when you get to the end of the line there's a physical action to to get back to the start of the line. Sometimes this was done through an actual lever on the typewriter, later models had a button. Because this act

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5 surprise products we may see at Samsung Unpacked July - including smart glasses

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2026-02-04 23:01:00

Project Moohan headset Kerry Wan/ZDNET It's hard to believe that we're already halfway through 2025, and Samsung is kicking off the second half with force. The tech giant will hold its next Unpacked event tomorrow, Wednesday, July 9, at 10 a.m. EST. Officially, we know very little about what will be shown on the big day, but that isn't to say that teaser information doesn't exist. Ever since the last Unpacked event back in January, several leaks and rumors have cropped up online, providing a v

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5 surprise products we may see at Samsung Unpacked this week - and are worth getting excited for

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2026-02-05 12:15:12

Project Moohan headset Kerry Wan/ZDNET It's hard to believe that we're already halfway through 2025, and Samsung is kicking off the second half with force. The tech giant will hold its next Unpacked event on Wednesday, July 9, at 10 a.m. EST. Officially, we know very little about what will be shown on the big day, but that isn't to say that teaser information doesn't exist. Ever since the last Unpacked event back in January, several leaks and rumors have cropped up online, providing a view int

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I Tried Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp, and This Is the One I'd Recommend

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-05 14:00:07

Key points: Most widely used messaging app Uses the same encryption protocol as Signal Collects heaps of your data Free, but owned and operated by Meta WhatsApp is the most popular private messaging app on this list, with about 2 billion monthly users, according to Exploding Topics. Because it's so popular, there's a higher chance that other people you might be chatting with have WhatsApp, and therefore your chats can be encrypted. And if the person you're chatting with doesn't have WhatsAp

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Fubo pays $3.4M to settle claims it illegally shared user data with advertisers

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-06 18:21:11

Fubo has agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the sports-streaming service provider of unlawfully distributing customers' personally identifiable information (PII) without their consent. In December 2023, Ne’Tosha Burdette filed a complaint [PDF] against Fubo with the stated goal of stopping Fubo’s "unlawful disclosure of its customers'" PII. The complaint argued that Fubo violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), “which prohibits the disclosure of co

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Qantas is being extorted in recent data-theft cyberattack

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-06 23:02:02

Qantas has confirmed that it is now being extorted by threat actors following a cyberattack that potentially exposed the data for 6 million customers. "A potential cyber criminal has made contact, and we are currently working to validate this," Qantas shared in an updated statement. "As this is a criminal matter, we have engaged the Australian Federal Police and won't be commenting any further on the details of the contact." Qantas disclosed the attack on July 1st, stating it detected unusual

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CPU-X: CPU-Z for Linux

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-07 00:52:51

CPU-X is a Free software that gathers information on CPU, motherboard and more. Download

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Robinhood stock tokens face scrutiny in the European Union after OpenAI warning

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2026-02-07 09:37:40

Lithuania's central bank on Monday said it has contacted Robinhood seeking clarifications over its tokenized equities after OpenAI raised concerns over the product last week. "We have contacted Robinhood and are awaiting clarifications regarding the structure of OpenAI and SpaceX stock tokens as well as the related consumer communication," Bank of Lithuania spokesman Giedrius Šniukas told CNBC via email. "Only after receiving and evaluating this information will we be able to assess the legali

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I extracted the safety filters from Apple Intelligence models

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-08 03:50:02

Decrypted Generative Model safety files for Apple Intelligence containing filters Structure decrypted_overrides/ : Contains decrypted overrides for various models. com.apple.*/ : Directory named using the Asset Specifier assosciated with the safety info Info.plist : Contains metadata for the override AssetData/ : Contains the decrypted JSON files : Contains decrypted overrides for various models. get_key_lldb.py : Script to get the encryption key (see usage info below) : Script to get the en

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Yet Another Zip Trick

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-03 17:01:59

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I Found Out Ring and Nextdoor's Rules on Posting About ICE Raids, Police and More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-07 20:00:00

In a surprise trend of the year, a growing number of communities are using apps like Ring Neighbors and Nextdoor to discuss and track ICE immigration raids. These security apps and associated security cams and video doorbells weren't exactly intended to follow federal agents, but it's proven to be a popular effort in areas like California. While law enforcement retains the ability to request home security videos with a warrant, they aren't used to being on the receiving end of this technology.

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Show HN: Semcheck – AI Tool for checking implementation follows spec

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-03 03:49:26

Semcheck Semcheck is a tool that uses large language models to verify that your implementation matches your specification. Define semantic rules to describe how your code should align with your specification, then let Semcheck handle the comparison. Use it as a final check before committing or merging code. Features Non-intrusive: no changes required to existing code or specification files Bring Your Own Model: supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Cerebras and Ollama (local) Supports remote

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Free as Air, Free as Water, Free as Knowledge (1992)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-04 02:28:16

``Free as Air, Free As Water, Free As Knowledge'' by Bruce Sterling Speech to the Library Information Technology Association June 1992, San Francisco CA Hi everybody. Well, this is the Library Information Technology Association, so I guess I ought to be talking about libraries, or information, or technology, or at least association. I'm gonna give it a shot, but I want to try this from an unusual perspective. I want to start by talking about money. You wouldn't guess it sometimes to hear so

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Supergiant’s latest Hades II patch is likely its last before launch

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-08 23:00:05

Despite it having upward of 61,000 reviews on Steam, Hades II isn’t actually out yet. The sequel to Supergiant Games’ hugely successful roguelite dungeon crawler has been in early access on PC for over a year, and even the early builds were extremely polished and content-rich for what is still a work-in-progress game. But we (and Switch owners) have been waiting patiently for that 1.0 release date, and it looks like it might be just around the corner, with Supergiant confirming that the latest U

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``Free as Air, Free as Water, Free as Knowledge'' (1992)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-05 02:28:16

``Free as Air, Free As Water, Free As Knowledge'' by Bruce Sterling Speech to the Library Information Technology Association June 1992, San Francisco CA Hi everybody. Well, this is the Library Information Technology Association, so I guess I ought to be talking about libraries, or information, or technology, or at least association. I'm gonna give it a shot, but I want to try this from an unusual perspective. I want to start by talking about money. You wouldn't guess it sometimes to hear so

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Tools: Code Is All You Need

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-13 02:51:18

Tools: Code Is All You Need If you've been following me on Twitter, you know I'm not a big fan of MCP right now. It's not that I dislike the idea; I just haven't found it to work as advertised. In my view, MCP suffers from two major flaws: It isn’t truly composable. Most composition happens through inference. It demands too much context. You must supply significant upfront input, and every tool invocation consumes even more context than simply writing and running code. A quick experiment make

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Building Linux kernel on macOS natively

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-13 12:53:03

I've recently added a Linux compatibility layer to Starina operating system based on a lightweight VM approach similar to WSL2. I can cross-compile its init program with Cargo. I can prepare a container image contents using skopeo. However, I need to build the genuine Linux kernel, preferably on my daily driver: macOS. The most common way to build Linux kernel on macOS would be using Docker Desktop, and that works fine. I know nobody need to build on macOS natively, but it looked possible - th

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A Higgs-Bugson in the Linux Kernel

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-13 06:34:42

We recently ran across a strange higgs-bugson that manifested itself in a critical system that stores and distributes the firm’s trading activity data, called Gord. (A higgs-bugson is a bug that is reported in practice but difficult to reproduce, named for the Higgs boson, a particle which was theorized in the 1960s but only found in 2013.) In this post I’ll walk you through the process I took to debug it. I tried to write down relevant details as they came up, so see if you can guess what the b

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Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down

news.ycombinator.com Borenstein Is An Associated Press Science Writer 2026-02-14 04:10:13

WASHINGTON (AP) — Websites that displayed legally mandated U.S. national climate assessments seem to have disappeared, making it harder for state and local governments and the public to learn what to expect in their backyards from a warming world. Scientists said the peer-reviewed authoritative reports save money and lives. Websites for the national assessments and the U.S. Global Change Research Program were down Monday and Tuesday with no links, notes or referrals elsewhere. The White House,

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India’s Max Financial says hacker accessed customer data from its insurance unit

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2026-02-14 18:18:39

In Brief Max Financial Services on Wednesday said its insurance subsidiary Axis Max Life Insurance received communication from an anonymous sender about unauthorized access to its customer data. Without disclosing specifics, the Noida-based financial services company said in its stock exchange filing that Axis Max Life Insurance subsequently initiated an information security assessment and data log analysis. “A detailed investigation is also underway in consultation with information security

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White House condemnation sends ICEBlock to the top of the App Store charts

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-02-16 10:49:10

White House condemnation of a free app has drawn substantial attention to it, helping ICEBlock become the most popular social networking app in the App Store, beating out apps like X and Instagram. ICEBlock alerts people to sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in their area, following a major immigration crackdown by the White House … While the ICE operation is supposed to target illegal immigrants, there have been multiple examples of legal residents and even US citiz

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Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-16 09:03:38

Presented during the UN’s 4th International Conference on Financing for Development – taking place this week in Sevilla, Spain – the proposal highlights a growing problem: the richest individuals often contribute less to public finances than ordinary taxpayers, thanks to lower effective tax rates and legal loopholes. “Our countries need more and more public revenues to meet their needs. Inequality is a problem everywhere and the richest pay less than the middle class – even less than lower-inco

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Effectiveness of trees in reducing temperature, outdoor heat exposure in Vegas

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-16 04:59:05

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Effectiveness of trees in reducing temperature & outdoor heat exposure in Vegas

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-16 16:59:05

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Kidney Transplant Patient Got Incredibly Rare Infection from Her Cat

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2026-02-17 04:27:46

An immunocompromised woman’s cat stirred up a lot more trouble than usual (for a cat). In a recent case report, doctors detail how the feline likely spread a seldom-seen bacterial infection that landed its owner in the hospital. Doctors in Slovenia wrote the report, published in the June issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases. The 56-year-old woman, a kidney transplant recipient, developed a severe, rare bout of Mycoplasma arginini infection that was eventually traced back to her cat. Thankfully

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Cua (YC X25) is hiring an engineer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-17 06:00:30

Cua is building the infrastructure that lets general AI agents safely and scalably use Computers and Apps like humans do. With 8.9k+ GitHub stars in just 4 months and backing from Y Combinator, we’re providing: An open-source framework for building and evaluating general-purpose AI agents A cloud container platform for sandboxed, scalable agent execution environments A blueprint for what production-grade general agent systems should look like - backed by research We're looking for our first

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Automattic puts Tumblr migration to WordPress on hold

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-02-17 09:13:15

In Brief Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg confirmed that the company is no longer working on migrating its Tumblr blogging platform to WordPress, as previously announced. The exec shared the news on The Verge’s Decoder podcast, published on Monday, saying that the project is “on hold” for an indefinite period. “What we decided is that we want to focus as much on the things that are going to be noticeable to users and that users are asking for,” he told the site. “This was more like an infrastruct

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Kelly Benefits says 2024 data breach impacts 550,000 customers

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-17 12:28:39

Kelly & Associates Insurance Group (dba Kelly Benefits) is informing more than half a million people of a data breach that compromised their personal information. The Maryland-based health and life insurance agency has issued an update on a security incident it suffered last year between December 12-17, when unauthorized actors breached its IT systems and stole files. On April 9, 2025, the company stated that the incident impacted 32,234 individuals. The figure was revised multiple times until

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Cua (YC X25) Is Hiring a Founding Engineer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-17 18:00:30

Cua is building the infrastructure that lets general AI agents safely and scalably use Computers and Apps like humans do. With 8.9k+ GitHub stars in just 4 months and backing from Y Combinator, we’re providing: An open-source framework for building and evaluating general-purpose AI agents A cloud container platform for sandboxed, scalable agent execution environments A blueprint for what production-grade general agent systems should look like - backed by research We're looking for our first

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Apple accuses former Vision Pro engineer of stealing trade secrets

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-02-17 18:03:08

Apple is suing a former employee for allegedly stealing confidential Vision Pro headset research before leaving to join Snap’s product design team. In the complaint filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court on June 24th, Apple accuses Di Liu of downloading thousands of documents containing proprietary information from Apple’s internal systems and saving them to his personal cloud storage account in his final days as a senior design engineer for the Vision Pro. According to the lawsuit, Liu fal

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Latest Tech News

CVE-2025-48384: Breaking Git with a carriage return and cloning RCE

5 surprise products we may see at Samsung Unpacked July - including smart glasses

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``Free as Air, Free as Water, Free as Knowledge'' (1992)

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Effectiveness of trees in reducing temperature, outdoor heat exposure in Vegas

Effectiveness of trees in reducing temperature & outdoor heat exposure in Vegas

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Apple accuses former Vision Pro engineer of stealing trade secrets

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