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Flunking my Anthropic interview again

news.ycombinator.com Taylor Troesh 2025-12-06 16:02:59

The Curious Case of Flunking My Anthropic Interview (Again) Here's a vague overview of what just happened: I recently applied for Anthropic's Developer Relations role. My friend who works there gave me a glowing recommendation (thanks again, dude!). I completed their secret take-home assignment. On top of their secret take-home assignment, I independently published diggit.dev and a companion blogpost about my [sincerely] positive experiences with Claude. I was hoping that some unsolicited "ext

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Hardware Flaw in Apple A16 Chip: Debug Logic Active on Production Devices

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-06 21:01:23

A16-FuseBypass: Debug Logic Enabled on Production Apple Silicon Overview This repository documents a critical hardware-level vulnerability in the Apple A16 Bionic chip used in iPhone 14 Pro Max and related devices. The flaw allows debug logic—meant strictly for development silicon—to be executed on production-fused devices ( dev-fused = 0 ) running stock, unmodified iOS with debug = 0x0 . No jailbreak. No provisioning profile. No tampering. Just flawed hardware trust enforcement. Summary of

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SQLite's Durability Settings Are a Mess

news.ycombinator.com Andrew Ayer 2025-12-06 20:30:29

One of the most important properties of a database is durability. Durability means that after a transaction commits, you can be confident that, absent catastrophic hardware failure, the changes made by the commit won't be lost. This should remain true even if the operating system crashes or the system loses power soon after the commit. On Linux, and most other Unix operating systems, durability is ensured by calling the fsync system call at the right time. Durability comes at a performance cost

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‘Peacemaker’ Finally Gave Its Best Boy His Big Hero Moment

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-12-06 18:00:12

With the season two premiere behind us, it’s time to see what new debaucherous misadventures await John Cena’s Christopher Smith in the second episode of DC Studios’ Peacemaker. Given the explosive finale of the first episode, we’re in for a lot of explanations from our silver-helmeted would-be hero. Episode two, “A Man Is Only as Good as His Bird,” jumps back eight months before the show’s premiere, providing context for why Chris was being surveilled by his ginger-bearded buddy, John Economos

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Nvidia CEO Says AI Will Actually Make Us Busier in the Future

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-12-06 21:15:09

Elon Musk recently insisted that our robot-filled future will allow humans to collect free money for doing nothing, while bots do all the labor. But Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang doesn’t seem to be buying that narrative. In fact, Huang seems to think advancements in AI and robotics are going to mean that humans will be busier than ever in the world of tomorrow. Huang appeared on Fox Business on Thursday, where he talked about the controversy surrounding selling chips to China, Nvidia’s success as a $

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Influencers Will Have to Complete a Long Walk to See ‘The Long Walk’

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-06 21:15:19

The rules of The Long Walk are simple. Participants must walk at a minimum of three miles per hour until only one remains. Dip below that, and you get a warning. Three warnings, and you’re out. So, basically, it’s walk or die. The concept makes for a very tense, emotional film, which hits theaters September 12. And now, a group of influencers will do their best to complete the same task. This Saturday, August 30, Lionsgate has invited a group of press and influencers in Los Angeles to see The L

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Apple Reportedly Still Under Pressure to Give UK Government Backdoor iCloud Access

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-06 18:46:00

The UK government continues to seek access to Apple's iCloud services, according to a new report, with its request to access people's data seemingly even broader than originally thought. According to a legal filing seen by the Financial Times, the UK Home Office wanted backdoor access to standard iCloud services in addition to those secured with the highest level of encryption. Just last week, President Donald Trump's Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said that the UK and US had

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Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-06 21:02:22

Within days of joining Meta, Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, had threatened to quit and return to his former employer, in a blow to Mark Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar push to build “personal superintelligence.” Zhao went as far as to sign employment paperwork to go back to OpenAI. Shortly afterwards, according to four people familiar with the matter, he was given the title of Meta’s new “chief AI scientist.” The incident underscores Zuckerberg’s turbulent effort to direct the

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Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-06 21:42:13

Earlier this month, EA announced that players in its Battlefield 6 open beta on PC would have to enable Secure Boot in their Windows OS and BIOS settings. That decision proved controversial among players who weren't able to get the finicky low-level security setting working on their machines and others who were unwilling to allow EA's anti-cheat tools to once again have kernel-level access to their systems. Now, Battlefield 6 technical director Christian Buhl is defending that requirement as so

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The 91 best Labor Day deals we’ve found so far

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2025-12-06 21:22:15

If you have a smaller space, a singlemay be sufficient, and you can pick one up for $74.99 ($15 off) — which is lower than its Prime Day price — at Amazon B&H Photo , and Best Buy . The router can create a network covering up to 1,500 square feet, connect to 75 devices at once, and deliver speeds of up to 900Mbps. If you move to a larger place, you can pick up an additional router (or two) to expand your network. A bundle that includes one router and two extenders is currently going for $159.99

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WhatsApp fixes ‘zero-click’ bug used to hack Apple users with spyware

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-12-06 21:15:55

WhatsApp said on Friday that it fixed a security bug in its iOS and Mac apps that was being used to stealthily hack into the Apple devices of “specific targeted users.” The Meta-owned messaging app giant said in its security advisory that it fixed the vulnerability, known officially as CVE-2025-55177, which was used alongside a separate flaw found in iOS and Macs, which Apple fixed last week and tracks as CVE-2025-43300. Apple said at the time that the flaw was used in an “extremely sophistica

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Taco Bell's Attempt to Replace Drive-Thru Employees With AI Is Not Going Well

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-06 23:30:12

That distant ringing? It's the sound of the Taco Bell death knell, tolling for the restaurant chain's shambolic AI-powered drive-thrus. We exaggerate, but only a little. The much-maligned tech experiment, which has been deployed at 500 Taco Bell locations across the United States, isn't quite dead yet. But it's received enough backlash since being unleashed on hangry motorists that even one of the company's top executives is having second thoughts. "We're learning a lot, I'm going to be honest

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Google just can’t stop reimagining how it wants Quick Share to work (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-07 02:41:19

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Android Quick Share is currently in the process of rolling out a new UI, but even more changes could be in the works. Developers appear to be working on an interface that’s much more minimal, without explicit send and receive screens. It’s possible some of this work could be focused on Quick Share for larger-screen devices. When it comes to app development, does progress ever really rest? No matter how many times you retool your app with a fresh new l

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Apple iOS 26: Everything you need to know about the new features in the upcoming iPhone update

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-07 00:56:56

In just over a week, the Apple iPhone 17 event will be here — it's Tuesday, September 9 — and we'll finally get to see the new iPhone 17 lineup. Assuming Apple sticks to tradition, we should be able to install iOS 26 roughly one week after the event. But you don't have to wait to test out the new features because you can download and install the newly released public beta 5 (or iOS 26 developer beta 8 for developers). I've been playing around with it for the past couple of weeks, and have found

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HoYoverse's Star Rail spinoff is Honkai: Nexus Anima

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-07 02:36:38

HoYoverse's next gacha game has shades of Teamfight Tactics and Pokémon. The developer describes Honkai: Nexus Anima as a "creature-collector adventure strategy game." HoYoverse first teased the title in May at the Honkai: Star Rail Concert 2025. In Honkai: Nexus Anima's game world, a sudden rupture has shattered the balance between opposing forces (Nexus). You'll explore the realm, forging bonds with the resulting creatures (Anima) scattered about. It sounds like gameplay will revolve around a

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If these iPhone 17 Air rumors are real, my old phone is about to be retired

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-12-07 02:39:00

The iPhone Plus model (pictured) may potentially be replaced by the iPhone Air/Slim. Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways iPhone 17 Air may debut as Apple's thinnest phone ever. Single rear camera shows Apple's thinness trade-offs. Expected to debut on Sept. 9, 2025, priced around $900. Apple is rumored to be spicing things for this year's iPhone event. It could introduce an ultra-thin model for the 2025 iPhone lineup called the iPhone

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This is my brain on leeches

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-04 06:06:09

I just want to bring you along for a reprise of the journey of how I read ’s , because man was it fun for my brain Dokukin tried hirudotherapy at the behest of his mother back in Russia, where it remains common practice why? According to Despite the ‘Yuck Factor,’ Leeches Are Big in Russian Medicine (NYTimes) - often the venom, a natural anticoagulant, is used “as a low-cost substitute for blood thinners like warfarin… Left to pay out of pocket at clinics or commercial drugstores, patients

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Best Washing Machines for Your Home in 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-06 23:48:00

It's not always about the features that you most regularly use, but about having features available that you might sometimes need to use. If available features are driving your comparative shopping experience for washing machines, GE offers a top-tier, front-loading model with consistent customer satisfaction and just about every available add-on. While it is more expensive than the models listed above, it's less expensive than other models that offer as many features as it does. This washing m

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Taco Bell's Attempt to Replace Drive-Thru Employees Is Not Going Well

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-07 05:30:12

That distant ringing? It's the sound of the Taco Bell death knell, tolling for the restaurant chain's shambolic AI-powered drive-thrus. We exaggerate, but only a little. The much-maligned tech experiment, which has been deployed at 500 Taco Bell locations across the United States, isn't quite dead yet. But it's received enough backlash since being unleashed on hangry motorists that even one of the company's top executives is having second thoughts. "We're learning a lot, I'm going to be honest

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Apple TV+ has two of its biggest hit shows returning very soon

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-07 06:34:24

Apple TV+ is about to kick off its biggest fall lineup ever, and the first TV shows premiering just happen to be two of the streamer’s most popular series of all time. Here’s what’s coming. The Morning Show returns September 17, packing more star power than ever Apple TV+ launched in 2019 with The Morning Show as its biggest tentpole, and the series has remained one of the streamer’s most popular offerings ever since. The Morning Show season 4 premieres on Wednesday, September 17 with its fir

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WhatsApp patches vulnerability exploited in zero-day attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-07 06:31:23

WhatsApp has patched a security vulnerability in its iOS and macOS messaging clients that was exploited in targeted zero-day attacks. The company says this zero-click flaw (tracked as CVE-2025-55177) affects WhatsApp for iOS prior to version 2.25.21.73, WhatsApp Business for iOS v2.25.21.78, and WhatsApp for Mac v2.25.21.78. "Incomplete authorization of linked device synchronization messages in WhatsApp [..] could have allowed an unrelated user to trigger processing of content from an arbitrar

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Bourbaki – A Secret Society of Mathematicians

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 06:24:14

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Seedbox Lite: A lightweight torrent streaming app with instant playback

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 05:18:40

🎬 SeedBox Lite Stream Torrents Instantly 🚀 Overview SeedBox Lite is a cutting-edge torrent streaming platform that allows you to watch movies and TV shows instantly without waiting for complete downloads. Built with modern web technologies, it provides a Netflix-like experience with powerful torrent capabilities. ✨ Key Highlights 🎯 Instant Streaming - Start watching immediately as the torrent downloads - Start watching immediately as the torrent downloads 🔐 Password Protection - Secure acc

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Connecticut Man’s Case Believed to Be First Murder-Suicide Associated With AI Psychosis

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-12-07 06:35:48

A case of murder-suicide in Connecticut earlier this month is being identified as potentially the first homicide fueled by a mentally disturbed person’s use of generative artificial intelligence, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. Police in Greenwich, Connecticut, found Stein-Erik Soelberg, a 56-year-old tech industry veteran, and his 83-year-old mother, both dead in the home where they lived together on Aug. 5, according to the Greenwich Police Department. Soelberg killed

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This ‘Magical’ Material That Dissolves Like Candy Is Exactly What EVs Have Been Missing

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-12-07 06:40:05

The irony of eco-friendly electric vehicles is the mountainous load of electronic waste they produce. So far, most targeted efforts to recycle EV batteries have been expensive and chemically toxic—and they haven’t stuck. That could change soon, however, thanks to a promising breakthrough from MIT. In a Nature Chemistry paper published August 28, researchers describe a new type of self-assembling material that easily dissolves in organic solvents. It works reasonably well as the electrolyte in a

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Usual ‘Gremlins’ Rules Don’t Apply With This Precious Lego Gizmo

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-07 06:45:36

It’s not easy to make Lego bricks cute. As fun as they can be, there’s no getting away from the fact that they’re hard, plastic pieces. And yet, the team there has somehow done the impossible. They’ve created an official set from the 1984 classic Gremlins of the adorable Gizmo and, in the process, made Lego absolutely precious. Gizmo, which was a Lego Ideas contest winner last year, is now available for pre-order for Lego Insiders with a general on-sale date of October 1. And it truly is an ado

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Starship’s heat shield appears to have performed quite well in test

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-07 06:10:39

One of the more curious aspects of the 10th flight of SpaceX's Starship rocket on Tuesday was the striking orange discoloration of the second stage. This could be observed on video taken from a buoy near the landing site as the vehicle made a soft landing in the Indian Ocean. This color—so different from the silvery skin and black tiles that cover Starship's upper stage—led to all sorts of speculation. Had heating damaged the stainless steel skin? Had the vehicle's tiles been shucked off, leavi

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Affirm stock surges 12% as CEO Levchin notes continued consumer strength

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2025-12-07 11:03:48

Affirm stock popped 12% Friday after the buy now, pay later firm beat Wall Street's expectations across the board in its fiscal fourth-quarter results. The stock was already up 31% this year heading into the report, outpacing the Nasdaq's 12% gain. CEO Max Levchin told CNBC on "Money Movers" Friday that the company is "firing on all pistons." Earnings came in at 20 cents a share and nearly doubled analyst expectations, with revenue also topping estimates at $876 million, up 33% from a year ear

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Brand new iPhone 17 accessories are coming from Apple, here’s what’s rumored

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-07 11:01:19

Apple is about to unveil its iPhone 17 lineup, and with it several brand new accessories are expected to debut. Joining the standard Apple silicone cases, here’s everything new that rumors say Apple has coming. TechWoven cases TechWoven case mockup via Majin Bu Two years ago, Apple stopped offering leather iPhone cases and instead launched a more eco-friendly option: FineWoven. It didn’t take long before FineWoven started showing durability issues that led to user complaints. Apple was quick

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Security Bite: Why it’s mathematically impossible to stop malware

9to5mac.com Arin Waichulis 2025-12-07 11:11:59

9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is all we do. Our unique integrated approach to management and security combines state-of-the-art Apple-specific security solutions for fully automated Hardening & Compliance, Next Generation EDR, AI-powered Zero Trust, and exclusive Privilege Management with the most powerful and modern Apple MDM on the market. The result is a totally automated Appl

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Latest Tech News

Flunking my Anthropic interview again

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‘Peacemaker’ Finally Gave Its Best Boy His Big Hero Moment

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Apple iOS 26: Everything you need to know about the new features in the upcoming iPhone update

HoYoverse's Star Rail spinoff is Honkai: Nexus Anima

If these iPhone 17 Air rumors are real, my old phone is about to be retired

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Best Washing Machines for Your Home in 2025

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Apple TV+ has two of its biggest hit shows returning very soon

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Affirm stock surges 12% as CEO Levchin notes continued consumer strength

Brand new iPhone 17 accessories are coming from Apple, here’s what’s rumored

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