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Show HN: Real-time privacy protection for smart glasses

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-22 08:40:47

Privacy Infrastructure for Smart Glasses Build smart glasses apps without privacy concerns. Smart glasses apps face privacy hurdles. This real-time privacy filter sits between the camera and the app, automatically ensuring compliance. How it works: Replace your raw camera feed with our filtered stream. The filter processes live video, applies privacy protections, and outputs a compliant stream in real time. Use this processed stream for AI apps, social apps, or anything else. Features: Anon

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Economic woes dominate as Bolivia prepares to go to the polls

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-25 04:29:33

Economic woes dominate as Bolivia prepares to go to the polls 32 minutes ago Share Save Jane Chambers Business reporter Reporting from El Alto, Bolivia Share Save Getty Images Higher food and fuel prices have led to street protests across Bolivia this year As Bolivians prepare to vote in a general election, the country's deep economic woes are the central issue. Whoever becomes the nation's next president faces a very difficult job to try to sort out the mess. El Alto is Bolivia's second-larg

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Amazon Is Expanding Same-Day Grocery Delivery to Over 2000 Cities

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-11-25 18:50:59

Amazon wants people to shop for eggs, milk, and other fresh groceries on its online shop. The e-commerce giant announced on Wednesday that same-day delivery for perishable grocery items, including meat and seafood, is now available in more than 1,000 cities, including Phoenix, Orlando, Raleigh, and Milwaukee. It plans to expand the service even further to over 2,300 U.S. cities by the end of the year and even more towns in 2026. “We’re continuously innovating to make grocery shopping simpler,

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PYX: The next step in Python packaging

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-26 04:42:49

A Python-native package registry from the creators of uv. Fast Speed up installs from PyPI, PyTorch, and your own private sources with optimized artifacts and uv-native metadata APIs. An order of magnitude faster than other private registries. Secure Create dedicated index URLs to filter packages by popularity, age, vulnerabilities, and more. Encode your own compliance rules and ensure reproducible builds on the server. Modern A singular focus on Python means best-in-class support for cutting

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Data Brokers Face New Pressure for Hiding Opt-Out Pages From Google

wired.com Dell Cameron 2025-11-26 04:00:00

United States senator Maggie Hassan is pressing major data brokers after an investigation by The Markup/CalMatters and copublished by WIRED found at least 35 firms hid opt-out information from search results, making it harder for people to take control of their own data and safeguard their privacy online. Hassan, the top Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee, put five of the top firms—IQVIA Digital, Comscore, Telesign Corporation, 6sense Insights, and Findem—on notice Wednesday, demanding th

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India’s Rapido begins testing food delivery to take on Swiggy, Zomato

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-11-26 04:08:08

Rapido, a popular ride-hailing platform in India, has quietly begun beta testing its food delivery service in Bengaluru, marking its first serious move to challenge market leaders Swiggy and Zomato in one of the world’s fastest-growing delivery markets. The 10-year-old startup has started testing its food delivery service in three primary localities in the southern city of Bengaluru, namely Byrasandra, Tavarekere, and Madiwala (BTM) Layout, Hosur Sarjapura Road (HSR) Layout, and Koramangala, Ra

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Tesla Is Making a Move in New York City That Regulators Absolutely Hate

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-11-26 09:00:47

Tesla is coming in hot in New York City and regulators, legislators and consumers are already pushing back. The electric car company’s latest foray into regulator wrestling comes via a hiring push for autopilot drivers in NYC, despite holding no permits for that service in the city. Given that Tesla has already spent years fighting federal probes, civil and criminal lawsuits and a host of scrutiny from everyone from the SEC to local politicians, its new push appears to be a further continuation

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Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down by Furious Jellyfish

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-26 12:41:49

Since its inception, nuclear energy has faced a host of opposition, from oil conglomerates to well-intentioned anti-nuclear-weapons activists to environmental groups. As it turns out, even ocean critters are getting in on the movement. Over the weekend, a swarm of angry jellyfish forced the Gravelines Nuclear Power Station in France — one of Europe's largest — to take four of its six reactors offline. As reported by the New York Times, the "massive and unpredictable presence of jellyfish" was f

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Amazon adds perishable food to same-day delivery

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-26 14:21:44

Amazon is expanding its same-day grocery delivery service with the addition of perishable food items in over 1,000 US cities. Shoppers can now add fresh grocery items like produce, dairy, meat, seafood and frozen foods to their orders. Grocery and non-grocery items can be combined into one order, checked out from one cart and received together on the same day. The company had trialed this service in the Phoenix area last year. Prime members continue to get free same-day delivery where available

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Spike in Fortinet VPN brute-force attacks raises zero-day concerns

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-26 14:42:21

A massive spike in brute-force attacks targeted Fortinet SSL VPNs earlier this month, followed by a switch to FortiManager, marked a deliberate shift in targeting that has historically preceded new vulnerability disclosures. The campaign, detected by threat monitoring platform GreyNoise, manifested in two waves, on August 3 and August 5, with the second wave pivoting to FortiManager targeting with a different TCP signature. As GreyNoise previously reported, such spikes in deliberate scanning a

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Google’s Gemini AI will get more personalized by remembering details automatically

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-11-26 14:00:00

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google is rolling out an update for Gemini that will allow the AI chatbot to “remember” your past conversations without prompting. With the setting turned on, Gemini will automatically recall your “key details and preferences” and use them to personalize its out

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Humanoid Robots Are Beating Each Other to Pulp in an Underground Fight Club

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-26 17:43:02

In a tucked-away San Francisco warehouse, four humanoid robots hang out — quite literally, from standalone frames — as they wait for their flesh-and-blood overlords to train them to kill. As reporter and writer Ashlee Vance writes on his Substack Core Memory, this entirely robotic fight club is known as REK, and is operated by virtual reality entrepreneur and fighting robot enthusiast Cix Liv. With one big robot battle win under his belt from San Francisco's Ultimate Fighting Bots (UFB) league

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Amazon launches same-day delivery of meat, eggs, produce in more than 1,000 cities

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-11-26 23:52:55

An independent contractor wearing a protective mask and gloves loads Amazon Prime grocery bags into a car outside a Whole Foods Market in Berkeley, California, on Oct. 7, 2020. Amazon is rolling out same-day delivery of fresh foods to more pockets of the U.S. as it looks to encourage shoppers to add meat and eggs to their order while they're browsing its sprawling online store. The company announced Wednesday it's bringing the service to more than 1,000 U.S. cities and towns, including Raleigh

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Amazon rolls out same-day delivery of perishable groceries in 1,000 US cities

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-11-26 23:40:54

Amazon is now letting shoppers in 1,000 cities across the U.S. order perishable food items through its Same-Day Delivery service, as the e-commerce giant seeks to compete more directly with Instacart and Walmart+ in the growing quick-commerce space. Amazon plans to expand the option to over 2,300 cities by the end of the year. Users can now order fresh grocery items, including produce, dairy, meat, seafood, baked goods and more, alongside everyday household products, electronics, and other item

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We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online

news.ycombinator.com Colin Lecher 2025-11-27 04:50:35

Dozens of companies are hiding how you can delete your personal data, The Markup and CalMatters found. After our reporters reached out for comment, multiple companies have stopped the practice. By Colin Lecher and Tomas Apodaca The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that delivers our stories and tools directly to your inbox. Data brokers are re

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UK expands police facial recognition rollout with 10 new facial recognition vans

news.ycombinator.com Connor Jones 2025-11-27 02:59:16

A fresh expansion of UK crimefighters' access to live facial recognition (LFR) technology is being described by officials as "an excellent opportunity for policing." Privacy campaigners diagree. The Home Office said today that more police forces across England will gain LFR capabilities thanks to ten new "cutting edge" vans being wheeled out, adding to those already in use by London's Metropolitan Police and forces in South Wales. Seven forces will gain access to LFR vans as part of the latest

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The Team Behind ‘Wednesday’ Is Bringing the Addams Family Back to Animation

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-11-27 04:00:06

Jeffrey Wright talks The Batman, Part II. Plus, get a look at what’s coming on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Alien: Earth. Spoilers away! The Healing/Mar.ia/Holy Mother Variety reports a brand-new sci-fi/horror production company called Void Signal has partnered with Alliance Home Entertainment, “targeting digital and physical releases across North America, the U.K., and Ireland.” The company’s first release, The Healing, will be available this October 7 and star Alyona Mitroshina as “a wo

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Drag x Drive is more drag than drive

theverge.com Geoffrey Bunting 2025-11-27 03:00:00

When Nintendo announced Drag x Drive, a Joy-Con mouse-controlled wheelchair sports game, for the Switch 2 I was tentatively excited. I have a lot of time for developers trying new things, and sports video games are hardly replete with disability representation. Having been hands-on with the game, however, Drag x Drive has left me baffled and in significant pain. As a “driver” — wheeled robots that come in three mostly indistinct flavors: guard, center, and forward — Drag x Drive has you play pi

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Drag x Drive Proves the Switch 2's Mouse Mode Controls Are Fantastic

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-27 09:00:19

Nintendo's next summer title -- and one of the few new games for the Switch 2 soon after its June launch -- is the multiplayer wheelchair basketball game, Drag x Drive. It uses the console's new Joy-Con mouse controls to simulate moving the wheels of your chair (or vehicle, as it's referred to in-game) while playing short three-on-three matches. While it does take some getting used to, it shows off how well this new input mode works and harkens back to an era of motion-controlled gaming made pop

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Why I recommend this Garmin watch over competing Apple, Samsung, and Google models

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2025-11-27 17:00:18

Garmin Vivoactive 6 ZDNET's key takeaways The Garmin Vivoactive 6 is available in four colors for $300. The AMOLED display is brilliant, the available activity functions are comprehensive, and the battery lasts 5-11 days. There is no altimeter, the 30 minute smart alarm interval is a bit long, and it's a bit small for those with larger wrists. View now at Amazon View now at Garmin more buying choices Garmin's latest smartwatch for the masses, the Vivoactive 6, brings a fresh perspective to it

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This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered

wired.com Jorge Garay 2025-11-27 17:47:40

Astronomers have identified what could be a new supermassive black hole, and with an estimated mass 36 billion times that of the sun, it is about 10,000 times heavier than the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. This would make it among the most massive objects ever detected. The finding, published in the Monthly Notice of the Royal Astronomical Society, was made by researchers from the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth in the UK in collaboration with

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Online Safety Act – shutdowns and site blocks

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-27 20:40:38

https://janitorai.com Reported: 26 July, 2025 at 18:12 Shut down on: 24 July, 2025 Geoblocking due to OSA Janitor AI is a chatbot platform where users can create and interact with AI characters for personalized role-playing and conversations. It was launched in 2023 and quickly gained popularity, especially among those interested in engaging with AI in an immersive and emotional way. The platform allows for customisation of character personalities, appearances, and dialogue settings, and sup

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Threads crosses 400M monthly active users as it gains on X

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-27 18:11:12

Following a recent series of welcome updates as Threads turned two, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that his X competitor crossed 400 million monthly active users (MAUs), a 50 million boost since April. Zuckerberg’s announcement today was short, but significant: The last time Meta detailed its monthly active user number was on April 30, during its Q1 2025 earnings call, up from 320 million in Q4 2024 in late January. If it keeps it stride, this means Meta could see north of 100M MAUs

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Reddit blocks the Internet Archive from crawling its data - here's why

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-11-28 14:38:19

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways The Internet Archive can now only crawl Reddit's homepage. Reddit's goal is to block AI firms from scraping Reddit user data. Publishers (and others) are suing AI companies for copyright infringement. Reddit is defending its privacy from AI companies that are taking roundabout approaches to scraping its content. The social media platform, known as a resource where users can post anonymously and find information about virtually any subje

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This so-called Android ‘antivirus’ is just a front for spyware

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-28 22:35:03

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR LunaSpy Android spyware hides as an antivirus or banking protection app, spreading via messaging apps like Telegram. It fakes virus scans to trick you into granting permissions, then steals data, tracks you, and can even record audio or video. Avoid downloading APKs from messenger links and be wary of unknown security apps requesting broad permissions. Think you’re beefing up your Android phone’s security? If the antivirus app you just installed came

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Best Multivitamins for Women Over 50 in 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-28 20:39:00

Some brands suggest you take multiple vitamins per day, while others are one-dose pills. Multivitamins range in price -- the best one for you will reflect your health needs and not break the bank. Multivitamins are generally considered safe. But if you're taking prescription medications or have an underlying health condition it's always a good idea to check with your doctor or pharmacist before you add a daily supplement to your diet, in case the supplement you're eyeing contains an ingredient

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Enlisting in the Fight Against Link Rot

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-29 06:52:54

11 August 2025 "… all of this ended up in storage rooms, and everything became rotten and full of holes, and he himself finally turned into some kind of hole in humanity." ✪ ✪“…все это сваливалось в кладовые, и все становилось гниль и прореха, и сам он обратился наконец в какую-то прореху на человечестве.” — Google Gogol, Dead Souls Vol. 1, Chp. 6 In December 2009, Google launched a URL shortening service alongside an update to their toolbar and FeedBurner. TechCrunch heralded the new service

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Are Gesture-Enabled AirPod Live Translations Incoming? iOS 26 Beta Suggests Yes

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-29 08:56:00

Some models of Apple's popular AirPods may soon be able to do live, in-person language translations when you squeeze both stems at the same time. According to an image posted by websites including 9to5Mac, the touch gesture is featured in a system asset that's part of Apple iOS 26 developer beta 6. In the image, the gesture is shown on a pair of AirPods with words in languages including English, Spanish, German, French and Portuguese. In June, Apple showed off AI-powered live translations featu

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Blackwater’s founder would like to sell you a privacy phone made in the USA

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-11-29 09:00:00

Unplugged, a company cofounded and backed by Erik Prince, who is also the founder of infamous private military contractor Blackwater, has just released a new version of its “privacy-first” UP Phone that will be made in the US — at some point. The original UP Phone was described by the company as “the ultimate privacy-focused smartphone” and by privacy platform GrapheneOS as “a clear cut scam.” (It was first announced in June 2022, though it didn’t reach customers until 2024; Unplugged wouldn’t

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Threads now has more than 400 million monthly active users

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-11-29 09:44:07

Just two years since its launch as a competitor to Twitter (now X), Meta’s Threads has topped 400 million monthly active users (MAUs), Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Tuesday. “As of a few weeks ago we there are more than 400 million people active on Threads every month,” Mosseri wrote in a Threads post. “It’s been quite the ride over the last two years. This started as a zany idea to compete with Twitter, and has evolved into a meaningful platform that fosters the open exchange of per

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