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VC giant Insight Partners notifies staff and limited partners after data breach

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-10-12 07:56:04

Venture capital firm Insight Partners says it has completed notifying a number of individuals, including the firm’s limited partners, whose personal information was stolen by hackers in a January data breach. In a statement late last week, the company said it completed its review in August following the data breach, which it described as a “social engineering attack” without further explanation. According to its earlier notice, the stolen data included information about certain Insight Partner

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Salesloft says Drift customer data thefts linked to March GitHub account hack

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-10-12 11:35:06

Salesloft said a breach of its GitHub account in March allowed hackers to steal authentication tokens that were later used in a mass-hack targeting several of its big tech customers. Citing an investigation by Google’s incident response unit Mandiant, Salesloft said on its data breach page that the as-yet-unnamed hackers accessed Salesloft’s GitHub account and performed reconnaissance activities from March until June, which allowed them to download “content from multiple repositories, add a gue

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Hackers hijack npm packages with 2 billion weekly downloads in supply chain attack

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-12 15:47:51

In what is being called the largest supply chain attack in history, attackers have injected malware into NPM packages with over 2.6 billion weekly downloads after compromising maintainers' accounts in a phishing attack. One of the package maintainers whose accounts were hijacked in this supply-chain attack confirmed the incident earlier today, stating that he was aware of the compromise and adding that the phishing email came from support [at] npmjs [dot] help, a domain that hosts a website imp

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Scientists Turned Plastic Trash Into a Material That Eats Carbon

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-10-12 15:45:58

Experts estimate that the global production and disposal of plastics emits nearly 2 billion tons of greenhouse gases per year. The vast majority of these materials end up in landfills, but what if we could repurpose some of that waste to remove planet-warming emissions from the atmosphere? A team of researchers in Denmark has discovered a way to do just that. In a new study, published September 5 in the journal Science Advances, they transformed decomposed #1 plastic—also known as PET (polyethy

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NPM debug and chalk packages compromised

news.ycombinator.com Written By 2025-10-12 19:37:57

Starting at September 8th, 13:16 UTC, our Aikido intel feed alerted us to a series packages being pushed to npm, which appeared to contain malicious code. These were 18 very popular packages, backslash (0.26m downloads per week) chalk-template (3.9m downloads per week) supports-hyperlinks (19.2m downloads per week) has-ansi (12.1m downloads per week) simple-swizzle (26.26m downloads per week) color-string (27.48m downloads per week) error-ex (47.17m downloads per week) color-name (191.71

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‘Star Trek’ Day Announcements Include a Lego Collaboration and a YouTube Kids’ Series

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-10-12 19:00:54

Happy Star Trek Day! While September 8 is a fun holiday for Trek fans any year, 2026 is going to be a big one, marking 60 years since the very first episode of the very first series hit the airwaves in 1966, changing sci-fi’s place in pop culture forever. Paramount is getting the party started early with a bunch of announcements today, including Trek‘s first-ever Lego collaboration as well as a YouTube series aimed at kids that drops today. While we’re most excited about the Lego news, the coll

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Google wants Gemini to keep the conversation going, and here’s how it’s going to do it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-12 23:26:22

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing a feature within Gemini that suggests follow-up questions. The suggestion prompts help users explore topics and engage in in-depth conversations to get more out of their AI interactions. The feature seems to be a limited test for now. If you’re old enough to have used search engines before their AI-fication, you’re most likely using your AI digital assistant more like a search engine and less like a digital assistant. That means more

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Copilot's new File Explorer tricks are serious OneDrive time-savers - how to try them

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-10-12 23:23:29

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways You can access four new Copilot skills directly from File Explorer. You can summarize, ask questions, and compare up to five files. The process supports Microsoft 365 files, PDFs, and web files. Microsoft 365 users have long been able to turn to Copilot on the web to analyze and answer questions about their documents and other files. But now they can get help from Microsoft's AI di

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Apple Calendar spam on the rise again, mostly crypto scams

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-13 03:53:41

We first saw Apple Calendar spam almost a decade ago, when it hit such levels that the iPhone maker issued an apology and said that it was blocking suspicious senders. We’ve seen the problem re-emerge several times since then, with Apple even publishing a YouTube video on how to remove it. Despite all of these efforts, however, it seems to be spiking again … Spammers send calendar invitations containing links, most of them taking the form of cryptocurrency scams. Several of us at 9to5Mac have

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Meet the Ethiopian entrepreneur who is reinventing ammonia production

technologyreview.com Casey Crownhart 2025-10-13 15:30:00

Haile, now at Northwestern University, recalls thinking that Abate was particularly eager. As a visible Ethiopian scientist, she gets a lot of email requests, but his stood out. “No obstacle was going to stand in his way,” she says. It was risky to take on a young student with no research experience who’d only been in the US for a year, but she offered him a spot in her lab. Abate spent the summer working on materials for use in solid oxide fuel cells. He returned for the following summer, then

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2025 Innovator of the Year: Sneha Goenka for developing an ultra-fast sequencing technology

technologyreview.com Helen Thomson 2025-10-13 15:30:00

Goenka saw a better way: Build a real-time system that could “stream” the sequencing data, analyzing it as it was being generated, like streaming a film on Netflix rather than downloading it to watch later. To do this, she designed a cloud computing architecture to pull in more processing power. Goenka’s first challenge was to increase the speed at which her team could upload the raw data for processing, by streamlining the requests between the sequencer and the cloud to avoid unnecessary “chat

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7 Vitamins That Could Promote Hair Growth and Give You Long Locks

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-13 14:25:00

When you brush or wash your hair, it's perfectly normal to lose a few strands, as people naturally lose 50 to 100 hairs per day. However, if you're dealing with something more serious, you may be one of 80 million people in the US affected by hair loss or alopecia, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians. Though hair loss is most commonly a hereditary condition, it can also be caused by underlying health conditions such as a vitamin deficiency. That's why it's important to ensure

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Why Former NFL All-Pros Are Turning to Psychedelics

wired.com John Semley 2025-10-13 16:00:00

Roam the wide-open halls and cavernous showrooms of the Colorado Convention Center during Psychedelic Science, the world’s largest psychedelics conference, and you’ll see exhibitors hawking everything from mushroom jewelry, to chewable gummies containing extracts of the psychoactive succulent plant kanna, to broad flat-brim baseball caps emblazoned with “MDMA” and “IBOGA.” Booths publicize organizations such as the Ketamine Taskforce and the Psychedelic Parenthood Community, and even The Faerie

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Uber and Momenta to test autonomous vehicles in Germany in 2026

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-10-13 11:00:00

Ride-hailing giant Uber and Chinese autonomous vehicle startup Momenta plan to start testing robotaxis in Munich, Germany starting in 2026 – the first continental European city either company has announced publicly – with plans to expand to other markets. The partnership was first unveiled in May 2025, when Uber said Momenta-powered vehicles would launch on its platform in Europe in 2026, initially with human safety operators onboard to monitor the vehicles and take control if needed. Momenta,

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ChatGPT makes Projects feature free, adds a toggle to split chat

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-13 09:33:49

ChatGPT is getting two big changes. First, the Projects feature is now free. Second, you can now create new conversations from existing conversations. Projects have been around for months now, but they're now rolling out to everyone, including those with a free plan. With Projects, you can create "workspaces" with ChatGPT and organise chats, files and custom instructions for a specific project. Right now, when you interact with ChatGPT, it tries to remember everything, which isn't really grea

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How many dimensions is this?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-09 17:25:21

In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been posting about seemingly simple mathematical problems that defy intuition, and where the answers we find on the internet turn out to be shallow or hard to parse. For a taste, you might enjoy the articles on Gödel’s beavers or on infinite decimals. Today, let’s continue by asking a simple question: how many dimensions does a line have? A trained mathematician might blurt out an answer involving vector spaces or open set coverings, but there’s no fun in that.

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Show HN: C++ library for reading MacBook lid angle sensor data

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 16:04:51

MacBook Lid Angle Sensor C++ Library A C++ library for reading MacBook lid angle sensor data, based on reverse engineering of HID device specifications. Features 🔍 Direct access to MacBook's built-in lid angle sensor 📏 Real-time precise angle measurements (0-360 degree range) ⚡ High-performance C++ implementation with modern C++14 standard support 🛡️ Comprehensive exception handling mechanism 🔧 Clean and easy-to-use API interface 📦 CMake build system support Device Compatibility Suppor

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Show HN: Veena Chromatic Tuner

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 16:38:34

Veena Chromatic Tuner lets you to tune in Equal Temperament/Just Intonation with oscilloscope-like stable waveform display. This powerful, versatile tuning application is designed for musicians who need precise control over their instrument tuning across multiple musical traditions (Equal Temperament, Just Intonation). It displays the pitch (frequency) and deviation in cents via a needle interface. A unique visual feature is its linear and circular waveform display of input audio: the waveform a

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Analog optical computer for AI inference and combinatorial optimization

news.ycombinator.com Kalinin 2025-10-10 08:06:14

Experimental set-up The key components of our experimental set-up are shown in Fig. 1a and Extended Data Fig. 1. Optical subsystem The optical subsystem performs matrix–vector multiplication. The basic components are the optical sources (input vector), a system of fan-out optics to project the light onto the modulator matrix and a system of fan-in optics to project the light onto a photodetector array (output vector). The corresponding schematic is shown in Extended Data Fig. 2. The incohere

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 8, #820

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-13 11:00:04

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 topics. Fans of a certain British special agent, plus fans of a particular furry friend, will enjoy the blue and purple categories. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 8, #1542

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-13 11:00:04

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. I got a kick out of today's Wordle puzzle. It's a fun word, with fairly common consonants, though if you guess AUDIO or ADIEU as your first word, you won't get a lot of letters right away. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in En

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Are bad incentives to blame for AI hallucinations?

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-10-13 12:23:23

A new research paper from OpenAI asks why large language models like GPT-5 and chatbots like ChatGPT still hallucinate, and whether anything can be done to reduce those hallucinations. In a blog post summarizing the paper, OpenAI defines hallucinations as “plausible but false statements generated by language models,” and it acknowledges that despite improvements, hallucinations “remain a fundamental challenge for all large language models” — one that will never be completely eliminated. To ill

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Silksong reviews drop to mostly negative for Chinese players due to confusing translations

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-13 12:26:31

For most Hollow Knight: Silksong players, the combat is challenging and the boss fights are punishing. However, there's another layer of complexity for anyone playing the sequel in Simplified Chinese: the bizarre translations. On its Steam store page, Silksong currently sits at a "Mostly Positive" rating across reviews in all languages. Once you filter for the Simplified Chinese reviews, the Metroidvania-style game plummets to "Mostly Negative." There are plenty of complaints about Silksong bei

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Campfire: Web-Based Chat Application

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 12:40:55

Campfire Campfire is web-based chat application. It supports many of the features you'd expect, including: Multiple rooms, with access controls Direct messages File attachments with previews Search Notifications (via Web Push) @mentions API, with support for bot integrations Campfire is single-tenant: any rooms designated "public" will be accessible by all users in the system. To support entirely distinct groups of customers, you would deploy multiple instances of the application. Runn

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Show HN: I'm a dermatologist and I vibe coded a skin cancer learning app

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 06:38:29

Are you worried about this skin lesion? Swipe left (concerned) / right (not concerned) or use the buttons. I am concerned I am not concerned I'm not sure

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Sunday Night Football: How to Watch Ravens vs. Bills Tonight

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-13 08:00:05

The first Sunday Night Football game of the season is the best matchup of week 1, with the Bills hosting the Ravens tonight in Buffalo. Both teams are again among the favorites in the AFC to get to the Super Bowl, and each has an MVP QB. Josh Allen of the Bills won the award last season, and Baltimore's Lamar Jackson earned the honor the season before that. The Bills knocked the Ravens out the playoffs last year, so tonight gives the Ravens a chance to start the new season off by exacting reven

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Your electronics could be quietly draining energy - this gadget prevents that

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-13 11:00:18

Smart Wi-Fi power strips are a great way to save on your power bill. But do they pay for themselves? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Leaving devices plugged and switched on can be wasteful. Monitoring usage and remote switching helps reduce bills. This Tapo smart power strip is a great option to monitor power consumption, and at $45, it pays for itself. I have three 3D printers that are on the go a lot of the time. I

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A robot walks on water thanks to evolution's solution

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-10 08:52:22

Robots can serve pizza, crawl over alien planets, swim like octopuses and jellyfish, cosplay as humans, and even perform surgery. But can they walk on water? Rhagobot isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of a robot. Inspired by Rhagovelia water striders, semiaquatic insects also known as ripple bugs, these tiny bots can glide across rushing streams because of the robotization of an evolutionary adaptation. Rhagovelia (as opposed to other species of water striders) ha

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6 Best Phones You Can’t Buy in the US (2025), Tested and Reviewed

wired.com Simon Hill 2025-10-13 07:00:00

Other Good International Phones These phones are worth considering if you have yet to see something you like. Xiaomi Poco F7 for $366: The latest release from Xiaomi’s Poco brand comes close to a place above, combining the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 processor with a lovely 6.83-inch AMOLED screen and a big 6,500 mAh battery. There’s no scrimping on the rest of the spec sheet, with Wi-Fi 7 support, an IP68 rating, and 256 GB of UFS 4.1 storage in the base model. The main camera even has a 50-MP Sony I

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Braincraft challenge – 1000 neurons, 100 seconds, 10 runs, 2 choices, no reward

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-09 13:31:11

Table of Contents Introduction The computational neuroscience literature abounds with models of individual brain structures, such as the hippocampus, basal ganglia, thalamus, and various cortical areas — from visual to prefrontal. These models typically aim to explain specific functions attributed to each structure. For instance, the basal ganglia are often modeled in the context of decision-making, while the hippocampus is associated with episodic memory and spatial navigation through place c

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