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Cisco patches critical security hole in Firewall Management Center - act now

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-11-20 03:52:05

Olemedia/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways Cisco's Secure Firewall Management Center security hole is as bad as they get. There is no mitigation and no workaround. Patch immediately. So far, no confirmed active exploits have been confirmed. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Do you use Cisco's Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software? If your company operates a serious network usi

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The Peanuts Gang Is Back With Apple TV Plus Summer Musical

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-20 16:57:00

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Apple trained an LLM to teach itself good UI code in SwiftUI

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-21 22:21:54

In a new study, a group of Apple researchers describe a very interesting approach they took to, basically, get an open-source model to teach itself how to build good user interface code in SwiftUI. Here’s how they did it. In the paper UICoder: Finetuning Large Language Models to Generate User Interface Code through Automated Feedback, the researchers explain that while LLMs have gotten better at multiple writing tasks, including creative writing and coding, they still struggle to “reliably gene

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What does Palantir actually do?

news.ycombinator.com Caroline Haskins 2025-11-21 22:03:16

Palantir is arguably one of the most notorious corporations in contemporary America. Cofounded by libertarian tech billionaire Peter Thiel, the software firm's work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the US Department of Defense, and the Israeli military has sparked numerous protests in multiple countries. Palantir has been so infamous for so long that, for some people, its name has become a cultural shorthand for dystopian surveillance. But a number of former Palantir employees tell WIR

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Taylor Swift Nearly Doubles Trump’s Podcast Ratings

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-11-22 22:05:16

Taylor Swift appeared last night on her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s, podcast to promote her upcoming 12th studio album, “The Life of a Show Girl,” and a lot of people tuned in. The premiere live stream of the two-hour New Heights podcast drew up to 1.3 million viewers in its first hour, Variety reported. That’s nearly double the 800,000 viewers who tuned in to watch Donald Trump’s appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience during its first hour last October, according to

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Why LLMs can't really build software

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-23 03:26:09

One of the things I have spent a lot of time doing is interviewing software engineers. This is obviously a hard task, and I don’t claim to have a magic solution; but it’s given me some time to reflect on what effective software engineers actually do. When you watch someone who knows what they are doing, you'll see them looping over the following steps: Build a mental model of the requirements Write code that (hopefully?!) does that Build a mental model of what the code actually does Identify t

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Microsoft fixes Windows Server bug causing cluster, VM issues

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-23 11:05:10

Microsoft has resolved a known issue that triggers Cluster service and VM restart issues after installing July's Windows Server 2019 security updates. The company acknowledged the bug in a private advisory seen by BleepingComputer three weeks ago and asked businesses to reach out for support to mitigate the cluster issues. As Redmond explained at the time, the Cluster service (a system component essential to cluster operation) may fail to function correctly after installing the KB5062557 updat

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Microsoft is getting ready to return to the office

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-11-23 12:00:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft originally encouraged its employees to work from home amid the coronavirus outbreak in 2020. This new flexible working arrangement then became an official “hybrid workplace” policy several months after the pandemic began, allowing managers to approve permanent remote work. Now that the pandemic has settled into endemicity, Microsoft wants employees to return to the of

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Why LLMs Can't Build Software

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-23 21:26:09

One of the things I have spent a lot of time doing is interviewing software engineers. This is obviously a hard task, and I don’t claim to have a magic solution; but it’s given me some time to reflect on what effective software engineers actually do. When you watch someone who knows what they are doing, you'll see them looping over the following steps: Build a mental model of the requirements Write code that (hopefully?!) does that Build a mental model of what the code actually does Identify t

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Canada’s House of Commons investigating data breach after cyberattack

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-24 03:06:43

The House of Commons of Canada is currently investigating a data breach after a threat actor reportedly stole employee information in a cyberattack on Friday. While the lower house of the Parliament of Canada has yet to issue a public statement regarding this incident, CBC News reports that House of Commons staff were notified of a breach on Monday via email. The alert states that the attacker exploited a recent Microsoft vulnerability to gain access to a database containing sensitive informat

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Microsoft fixes Windows 11 24H2 updates failing with 0x80240069 error

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-24 20:41:20

Microsoft has resolved a known issue preventing the August 2025 Windows 11 24H2 cumulative update from being delivered via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Introduced almost twenty years ago, WSUS helps IT administrators defer, approve, and schedule updates for Microsoft products on enterprise networks from a single local update server, rather than having each endpoint update from Redmond's servers. Microsoft confirmed the known issue yesterday evening, one day after widespread reports f

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What Does Palantir Actually Do?

news.ycombinator.com Caroline Haskins 2025-11-24 22:03:16

Palantir is arguably one of the most notorious corporations in contemporary America. Cofounded by libertarian tech billionaire Peter Thiel, the software firm's work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the US Department of Defense, and the Israeli military has sparked numerous protests in multiple countries. Palantir has been so infamous for so long that, for some people, its name has become a cultural shorthand for dystopian surveillance. But a number of former Palantir employees tell WIR

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Google Play Store Bans Wallets That Don't Have Banking License

news.ycombinator.com The Rage 2025-11-25 16:47:24

Google Play Store has introduced a policy that requires any software wallet developer to obtain a license before publishing cryptocurrency wallet apps to the Google Play Store "to ensure a safe and compliant ecosystem for users." The policy targets 15 jurisdictions, including the European Union and the United States, laying out which regulations Google Play Store expects software wallet developers to comply with. This includes being a registered Money Service Business with FinCEN in the US, as

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The Xbox app for Windows on Arm will soon let you download games

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-11-26 03:36:09

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is adding the ability to download ARM64 compatible games to its Xbox app for Windows on Arm. Windows Insiders can now test a new update to the Xbox app that lets them install games locally, instead of having to rely on Xbox Cloud Gaming. Currently, the Xbox app on devices like th

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Microsoft removes PowerShell 2.0 from Windows 11, Windows Server

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-26 22:35:22

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor introduced with Windows 7 was already removed for Windows Insiders as of July 2025, with the release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27891 to the Canary Channel. As detailed in a support document published on Monday, Microsoft will permanently remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows 11 version 24H2, sta

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Microsoft asks users to ignore certificate enrollment errors

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-27 03:24:08

Microsoft has asked customers this week to disregard incorrect CertificateServicesClient (CertEnroll) errors that appear after installing the July 2025 preview update and subsequent Windows 11 24H2 updates. In recent months, Microsoft has addressed multiple similar issues affecting various Windows features that triggered erroneous warnings with no actual impact. For instance, last month, Redmond advised users to turn a blind eye to Windows Firewall configuration errors that occurred after rebo

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Will AI replace all software? Why GPT-5 emboldens the doomsayers

zdnet.com Tiernan Ray 2025-11-27 03:00:00

maciek905/Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways Wall Street fears AI models will replace all packaged software. AI models' coding ability is still very mixed. Software executives are positioning their firms to be survivors. The modern software industry has existed for 50 years, since the founding of Microsoft in 1975. "Bill built the first software company in the industry," said late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs in 2007, referring to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. "Bill was really fo

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Google Searches for 'Taylor Swift' Summon This Dazzling Easter Egg

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-27 21:41:00

If there's one thing Taylor Swift loves, it's an Easter egg, and Google Search is getting in on the fun. Swift announced her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, soon after midnight ET on Tuesday, leading to an anticipated frenzy all over social media. But Google also clearly wants in on the excitement. Doing a Google Search for "Taylor Swift" summons not only the standard slate of results -- mostly articles about the upcoming album -- but also a flurry of swirling orange confetti and sparkles

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Match to pay $14M to the FTC due to false advertising and other deceptive practices

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-11-28 17:56:28

Back in 2019, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued the dating app giant Match Group, accusing it of deceiving Match.com users into purchasing subscriptions through misleading means. Now, after six years, the company— which operates popular dating apps Match, Tinder, OkCupid, Hinge, and Plenty of Fish—has agreed to a $14 million settlement, as announced by the FTC on Tuesday. The FTC stated that the $14 million will be used to provide “redress to injured consumers.” According to the la

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Microsoft August 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes one zero-day, 107 flaws

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-28 22:43:50

Today is Microsoft's August 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 107 flaws, including one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Windows Kerberos. This Patch Tuesday also fixes thirteen "Critical" vulnerabilities, nine of which are remote code execution vulnerabilities, three are information disclosure, and one is elevation of privileges. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: 44 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 35 Remote Code Execut

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Microsoft's new update makes your taskbar a productivity hub - here's how

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-11-29 03:45:00

Microsoft / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft has released new "lightweight" companion taskbar apps. Companion apps launch when you start your computer. The apps include People, File Search, and Calendar. Microsoft will be pushing an update to your work computer soon, and it might actually be fairly useful. A series of new lightweight Microsoft apps is on the way, but you'll be able to launch them straight from your taskbar. Also: 5 free Windows PC apps I always

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Apple's rumored live translation feature for AirPods could be coming with iOS 26

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-29 08:27:15

Apple's AirPods could be getting a live translation feature in the near future as part of iOS 26, according to a report by 9to5Mac . A new beta version of the operating system dropped today and users have spotted a system asset that strongly points to the earbuds getting a language translation tool. The asset appears to depict a gesture that's triggered by pressing both earbud stems at once. The image shows a pair of AirPods surrounded by words in various languages, like English, French, German

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Watch Prime Video's official trailer for Upload's final season

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-29 12:00:23

Amazon has just dropped a trailer for the final season of Upload, the tech-centric comedy about a digital afterlife that's way too real at times (mild spoilers ahead). Created by Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks and Recreation, King of the Hill), it's set in an advanced future replete with things like holographic phones, killer self-driving cars and (killer) AI assistants. But since this advanced technology is run by the same irresponsible bros we have in charge today, naturally things go spectac

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Microsoft releases lightweight Office taskbar apps for Windows 11

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-11-30 09:39:12

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is starting to roll out lightweight taskbar apps for Microsoft 365 users on Windows 11. These taskbar apps will automatically launch at startup and provide quick access to contacts, file search, and calendar straight from the Windows taskbar. The Microsoft 365 companion apps, as

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The History of Windows XP

news.ycombinator.com Bradford Morgan White 2025-11-28 10:22:23

Microsoft is an interesting company. It is a company whose omnipresence shapes the perception of its products. By the end of the 1990s, Microsoft’s products had become part of the landscape of life. Any change to any product would stir overreaction whether it be positive or negative, and some time later, that same product would just be quotidian, and the next release would be the problem of the world or the cure to all ills. The previous release would then be the single most loved and cherished

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GitHub will be folded into Microsoft proper as CEO steps down

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-01 08:06:18

Microsoft has owned GitHub since 2018, but the widely used developer platform has operated with at least a little independence from the rest of the company, with its own separate CEO and other executives. But it looks like GitHub will be more fully folded into Microsoft's org chart starting next year—GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke announced today that he would be leaving GitHub and Microsoft "to become a founder again." "GitHub and its leadership team will continue its mission as part of Microsoft’s

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Revel is ending its ridesharing operation to focus on EV charging

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-01 12:18:14

Revel Transit is shutting down its rideshare operation in NYC, as reported by Bloomberg. The company will instead focus its efforts on EV charging. It's also seeking buyers for its fleet, including the 165 for-hire vehicle license plates it owns. "At the end of the day, rideshare is a very competitive market and asset-heavy. It’s low margin," CEO Frank Reig said. “We have made the difficult decision that the best way we can keep the EV transition moving forward is by ending our rideshare servic

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How Boom uses software to accelerate hardware development

news.ycombinator.com Blake Scholl 2025-11-30 15:37:25

First in a series on lessons learned at Boom on how to develop hardware quickly and efficiently XB-1 is the world’s first independently-developed supersonic jet, breaking the sound barrier for the first time in January, 2025. It was designed, built, and flown successfully by a team of just 50 people—compared to the hundreds or even thousands that would have been employed by a traditional big aerospace company. And we did this with roughly a tenth of the budget that would traditionally be requir

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GitHub just got less independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-12-01 15:43:09

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is moving GitHub even more closely into its CoreAI team, following the resignation of GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke today. After nearly four years as CEO, Dohmke is leaving GitHub to “become a startup founder again,” and pursue opportunities outside of Microsoft and GitHub. GitHub has

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Microsoft tests cloud-based Windows 365 disaster recovery PCs

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-01 22:50:37

Microsoft has announced the limited public preview of Windows 365 Reserve, a service that provides temporary desktop access to pre-configured cloud PCs for employees whose computers have become unavailable due to cyberattacks, hardware issues, or software problems. Windows 365 Reserve provides up to 10 days of access per user annually to these cloud-based Windows 365 disaster recovery PCs, enabling organizations to mitigate productivity issues during outages without requiring physical replaceme

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Latest Tech News

Cisco patches critical security hole in Firewall Management Center - act now

The Peanuts Gang Is Back With Apple TV Plus Summer Musical

Apple trained an LLM to teach itself good UI code in SwiftUI

What does Palantir actually do?

Taylor Swift Nearly Doubles Trump’s Podcast Ratings

Why LLMs can't really build software

Microsoft fixes Windows Server bug causing cluster, VM issues

Microsoft is getting ready to return to the office

Why LLMs Can't Build Software

Canada’s House of Commons investigating data breach after cyberattack

Microsoft fixes Windows 11 24H2 updates failing with 0x80240069 error

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Google Play Store Bans Wallets That Don't Have Banking License

The Xbox app for Windows on Arm will soon let you download games

Microsoft removes PowerShell 2.0 from Windows 11, Windows Server

Microsoft asks users to ignore certificate enrollment errors

Will AI replace all software? Why GPT-5 emboldens the doomsayers

Google Searches for 'Taylor Swift' Summon This Dazzling Easter Egg

Match to pay $14M to the FTC due to false advertising and other deceptive practices

Microsoft August 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes one zero-day, 107 flaws

Microsoft's new update makes your taskbar a productivity hub - here's how

Apple's rumored live translation feature for AirPods could be coming with iOS 26

Watch Prime Video's official trailer for Upload's final season

Microsoft releases lightweight Office taskbar apps for Windows 11

The History of Windows XP

GitHub will be folded into Microsoft proper as CEO steps down

Revel is ending its ridesharing operation to focus on EV charging

How Boom uses software to accelerate hardware development

GitHub just got less independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

Microsoft tests cloud-based Windows 365 disaster recovery PCs

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