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Do Things That Don't Scale

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-20 16:07:04

Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator. July 2013 One of the most common types of advice we give at Y Combinator is to do things that don't scale. A lot of would-be founders believe that startups either take off or don't. You build something, make it available, and if you've made a better mousetrap, people beat a path to your door as promised. Or they don't, in which case the market must not exist. [ 1 ] Actually startups take off because the founders make them take o

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Louisiana attorney general sues Roblox

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-11-20 21:43:20

The attorney general of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit against Roblox, accusing the platform of failing to implement basic safety controls and making the site the “perfect place for pedophiles.” The lawsuit, filed on Thursday by Attorney General Liz Murrill, alleges that Roblox “has and continues to facilitate the distribution of child sexual abuse material and the sexual exploitation of Louisiana’s children.” It also accuses the platform of purposely not rolling out basic safety controls to pro

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Is Germany on the Brink of Banning Ad Blockers?

news.ycombinator.com .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow 2025-11-21 02:20:03

Across the internet, users rely on browsers and extensions to shape how they experience the web: to protect their privacy, improve accessibility, block harmful or intrusive content, and take control over what they see. But a recent ruling from Germany’s Federal Supreme Court risks turning one of these essential tools, the ad blocker, into a copyright liability — and in doing so, threatens the broader principle of user choice online. Imagine you are watching television and you go to the kitchen

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The Download: Taiwan’s silicon shield, and ChatGPT’s personality misstep

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-11-21 06:10:00

Taiwanese politics increasingly revolves around one crucial question: Will China invade? China’s ruling party has wanted to seize Taiwan for more than half a century. But in recent years, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, has placed greater emphasis on the idea of “taking back” the island (which the Chinese Communist Party, or CCP, has never controlled). Many in Taiwan and elsewhere think one major deterrent has to do with the island’s critical role in semiconductor manufacturing. Taiwan produces t

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OnePlus will limit bootloader unlocking, but it’s not all bad news

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-21 14:00:10

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR OnePlus is placing new restrictions on bootloader unlocking. It requires filling out an application form and limits the number of requests to one every 30 days. Thankfully, these limitations only apply to Chinese users (so far) and only on devices running at least ColorOS 16 based on Android 16. Android has evolved significantly in the last decade, and one noticeable shift has been in the decline of custom development in Android. Custom ROMs or mods are f

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Homekit-steam-user-switcher: A way to remotely switch Steam users using HomeKit

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 05:18:13

HomeKit Steam User Switcher This script exposes a virtual HomeKit Television accessory where each input corresponds to a Steam user. Selecting an input updates the Steam’s AutoLoginUser; turning the "TV" off restarts Steam. Why We regularly game on a headless machine and wanted to switch Steam users easily without fiddling with a KVM. HomeKit provides a convenient way to control devices, and by exposing Steam user accounts as HomeKit inputs, we can seamlessly switch users with our existing Ho

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iPhone DevOps (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-22 03:47:27

iPhone DevOps - ultimate edition December 28, 2023 I wrote earlier about my dream of developing “single-handedly” on an iPhone. Then, I wrote some more about it. The dream still lives strongly! I am now coding single-handedly in any language on my iPhone SE model 2022. But although i still like pythonista I am now using a combination of three great apps that allow me to write code in any language using only one hand, holding my son in the other! what happened to pythonista? Wasn’t it awesome b

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Airbnb now lets you ‘pay later’ on vacation rentals

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-11-22 21:33:14

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. Airbnb has introduced a new “reserve now, pay later” option that lets users in the US book a reservation without paying right away. Instead, users can put off their payment to a later date before check-in. Airbnb says it will require payment before the end of a

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Bluesky rolls out massive revamp to policies and Community Guidelines

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-11-22 21:49:58

Two years after launching, social network Bluesky is revising its Community Guidelines and other policies, and asking for feedback from its users on some of the changes. The startup, a competitor to X, Threads, and open networks like Mastodon, says its new policies are meant to offer improved clarity and more detail around its user safety procedures and the appeals process. Many of the changes are being driven by new global regulations, including the UK Online Safety Act (OSA), the EU Digital S

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What is Bluesky? Everything to know about the X competitor

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-11-22 21:56:59

Is the grass greener on the other side? We’re not sure, but the sky is most certainly bluer. It’s been over two years since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now X, leading people to set up shop on alternative platforms. Mastodon, Post, Pebble (two of which have already shuttered operations) and Spill have been presented as potential replacements, but few aside from Meta’s Threads have achieved the speed of growth Bluesky has reached. As of February 2025, Bluesky has surpassed 30 million users. Its

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Blood oxygen monitoring returning to Apple Watch in the US

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-22 21:14:35

Apple will introduce a redesigned Blood Oxygen feature for some Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 users through an iPhone and Apple Watch software update coming later today. Users with these models in the U.S. who currently do not have the Blood Oxygen feature will have access to the redesigned Blood Oxygen feature by updating their paired iPhone to iOS 18.6.1 and their Apple Watch to watchOS 11.6.1. Following this update, sensor data from the Blood Oxygen app on Apple Wa

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Airbnb will allow US users to book stays without paying up front

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-11-23 03:00:00

Airbnb has launched a new feature called “Reserve Now, Pay Later” that lets users in the U.S. reserve a property without paying up front, potentially allowing people to cancel their bookings with less hassle if their plans change. The feature is applicable to properties that have a “flexible” or “moderate” cancellation policy. Flexible policies let users cancel their reservation up to 24 hours before they check in, while moderate policies allow for no-fee cancellations until five days before ch

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Blood Oxygen Monitoring Returning to Apple Watch in the US

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-23 09:14:35

Apple will introduce a redesigned Blood Oxygen feature for some Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 users through an iPhone and Apple Watch software update coming later today. Users with these models in the U.S. who currently do not have the Blood Oxygen feature will have access to the redesigned Blood Oxygen feature by updating their paired iPhone to iOS 18.6.1 and their Apple Watch to watchOS 11.6.1. Following this update, sensor data from the Blood Oxygen app on Apple Wa

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Launch HN: Cyberdesk (YC S25) – Automate Windows legacy desktop apps

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-23 11:24:53

Hi HN, We’re Mahmoud and Alan, building Cyberdesk ( https://www.cyberdesk.io/ ), a deterministic computer use agent for automating Windows desktop applications. Developers use us to automate repetitive tasks in legacy software in healthcare, accounting, construction, and more, by executing clicks and keystrokes directly into the desktop. Here’s a couple demos of Cyberdesk’s computer use agent: Completing a lightning fast file import automation into a legacy desktop app: https://youtu.be/H_lRzr

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Airbnb will allow US users book stays without paying up front

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-11-23 09:00:00

Airbnb has launched a new feature called “Reserve Now, Pay Later” that lets users in the U.S. reserve a property without paying upfront, potentially allowing people to cancel their bookings with less hassle if their plans change. The feature is applicable to properties that have a “flexible” or “moderate” cancellation policy. Flexible policies let users cancel their reservation up to 24 hours before they check-in, while moderate policies allow for no-fee cancellations until five days before che

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This SSD gadget locks prying eyes out and makes me feel like James Bond

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-11-23 16:50:37

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Most of us already know that carrying unencrypted data on portable drives is a bad idea. The consequences of that data falling into the wrong hands can range from embarrassing to damaging to potentially opening up you or your company to legal headaches. But encrypting data on external drives can also be a pain. If you have to run separate applications, things quickly become a big hassle, and that's how data gets left unencrypted. Also: 10 tiny tools I carry with m

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Canada’s House of Commons investigating data breach after cyberattack

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-23 21:06:43

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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Unplugging these 7 common household devices greatly reduced my electricity bill

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-11-23 21:55:00

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET With costs climbing across the US, energy prices stand out -made worse by record-breaking summer heat and recent waves scorching multiple states. Having endured several of them this season, I'm always searching for ways to cut back on energy use. There are many little things you can do that can shave dollars off your monthly energy bill, and they go beyond switching off the lights when you leave the room. Did you know you can save 3% on cooling costs for every 1°F

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Airbnb will allow US users book stays without paying upfront

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-11-23 21:00:00

Airbnb has launched a new feature called “Reserve Now, Pay Later” that lets users in the U.S. reserve a property without paying upfront, potentially allowing people to cancel their bookings with less hassle if their plans change. The feature is applicable to properties that have a “flexible” or “moderate” cancellation policy. Flexible policies let users cancel their reservation up to 24 hours before they check-in, while moderate policies allow for no-fee cancellations until five days before che

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Changing these 6 settings on my iPad improved the battery life by hours

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-11-24 11:00:14

Adam Breeden/ZDNET As an avid iPad user, I'm all too familiar with the internal struggles that course through me when the battery is about to die. I love using either the iPad 11 or iPad Air to write and work, but I also use it to stream content, play games, and browse the internet after work. This makes me appreciate the iPad's long battery life, yet my anxiety grows when I start getting 'low battery' alerts without a charger nearby. Also: How you're charging your tablet is slowly killing it

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iPhone DevOps

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-24 09:47:27

iPhone DevOps - ultimate edition December 28, 2023 I wrote earlier about my dream of developing “single-handedly” on an iPhone. Then, I wrote some more about it. The dream still lives strongly! I am now coding single-handedly in any language on my iPhone SE model 2022. But although i still like pythonista I am now using a combination of three great apps that allow me to write code in any language using only one hand, holding my son in the other! what happened to pythonista? Wasn’t it awesome b

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Prefer Chrome Over Safari? Here's How to Change Your iPhone's Default Apps

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-24 11:00:03

Your default apps are the apps your iPhone uses automatically in certain situations. So if you tap a phone number on a website, for example, your iPhone will open your Phone app and place a call to that number. But if you like using a certain browser app, like Chrome or Firefox, you can make that app your iPhone's default browser app. When Apple released iOS 18.2 in December, that update made it easier to change your iPhone's default apps. You could change a few default apps prior to that updat

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Nyxt: The Emacs-like web browser

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-20 16:46:22

Nyxt: the Emacs-like web browser Did you know...? LWN.net is a subscriber-supported publication; we rely on subscribers to keep the entire operation going. Please help out by buying a subscription and keeping LWN on the net. Nyxt is an unusual web browser that tries to answer the question, "what if Emacs was a good web browser?". Nyxt is not an Emacs package, but a full web browser written in Common Lisp and available under the BSD three-clause license. Its target audience is developers who wa

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Convo-Lang: LLM Programming Language and Runtime

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-24 11:40:19

Convo-Lang >_ The language of AI Convo-Lang is an open source AI-native programming language and ecosystem designed specifically for building powerful, structured prompts and agent workflows for large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4, Claude, Llama, DeepSeek, and more. Instead of just writing prompts as freeform English, you use Convo-Lang to: Define multi-step conversations between users and LLM agents, with full control of the narrative. between users and LLM agents, with full control of

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Google adds limited chat personalization to Gemini, trails Anthropic and OpenAI in memory features

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2025-11-25 00:45:38

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Google is playing catch-up against Anthropic and OpenAI as it slowly adds customization, personalization and gives users more control over what data to reference to its Gemini app. Personalization and data control in chat platforms make it easier for both individual and enterprise users to converse with the chatbot and retain preferences.

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How well do coding agents use your library?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-24 17:23:56

How StackBench Works StackBench simulates how coding agents actually use your library documentation. We extract real use cases, then test if agents can implement them successfully.

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Starlink Cuts the Cost of Its Satellite Dish in Half for New Customers

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-25 00:59:00

One of the biggest barriers to entry for prospective Starlink customers has always been the price: $349 upfront for equipment and $120 every month for service. That’s now starting to change as Starlink is offering its lowest monthly prices ever and slashing the cost of equipment in half. You can now get the Starlink standard kit for $175, down from its usual $349 price tag. Unlike previous deals, this one is available to new customers anywhere in the country. Most Starlink deals in the past hav

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PSA: YouTube will start guessing your age from today (Updated)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-25 06:59:06

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube will start estimating the age of its US viewers beginning today, August 13. The platform will use AI to determine if you are under 18 and automatically apply age-appropriate experiences to your account. You can dispute the age estimation by providing a government ID, selfie, or a credit card. Update, August 13, 2025 (4:59 PM ET): Just as promised, YouTube’s new age checks have gone live, and users are already reporting running into restrictio

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GPT-5 was supposed to simplify ChatGPT but now it has 4 new modes - here's why

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-11-25 00:59:00

Lance Whitney / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways GPT-5 now offers four different modes. You can still choose Auto to let ChatGPT determine how to respond. New choices add complexity to a model that was supposed to be simple. With the recent release of GPT-5, OpenAI touted its new model as a more efficient one that decides on its own how best to respond to your queries. Gone were the array of different modes that forced you to direct the AI based on whether you wanted a qui

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New downgrade attack can bypass FIDO auth in Microsoft Entra ID

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-25 11:14:23

Security researchers have created a new FIDO downgrade attack against Microsoft Entra ID that tricks users into authenticating with weaker login methods, making them susceptible to phishing and session hijacking. These weaker login channels are vulnerable to adversary-in-the-middle phishing attacks that employ tools like Evilginx, enabling attackers to snatch valid session cookies and hijack the accounts. Although the attack doesn't prove a vulnerability in FIDO itself, it shows that the syste

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Latest Tech News

Do Things That Don't Scale

Louisiana attorney general sues Roblox

Is Germany on the Brink of Banning Ad Blockers?

The Download: Taiwan’s silicon shield, and ChatGPT’s personality misstep

OnePlus will limit bootloader unlocking, but it’s not all bad news

Homekit-steam-user-switcher: A way to remotely switch Steam users using HomeKit

iPhone DevOps (2023)

Airbnb now lets you ‘pay later’ on vacation rentals

Bluesky rolls out massive revamp to policies and Community Guidelines

What is Bluesky? Everything to know about the X competitor

Blood oxygen monitoring returning to Apple Watch in the US

Airbnb will allow US users to book stays without paying up front

Blood Oxygen Monitoring Returning to Apple Watch in the US

Launch HN: Cyberdesk (YC S25) – Automate Windows legacy desktop apps

Airbnb will allow US users book stays without paying up front

This SSD gadget locks prying eyes out and makes me feel like James Bond

Canada’s House of Commons investigating data breach after cyberattack

Unplugging these 7 common household devices greatly reduced my electricity bill

Airbnb will allow US users book stays without paying upfront

Changing these 6 settings on my iPad improved the battery life by hours

iPhone DevOps

Prefer Chrome Over Safari? Here's How to Change Your iPhone's Default Apps

Nyxt: The Emacs-like web browser

Convo-Lang: LLM Programming Language and Runtime

Google adds limited chat personalization to Gemini, trails Anthropic and OpenAI in memory features

How well do coding agents use your library?

Starlink Cuts the Cost of Its Satellite Dish in Half for New Customers

PSA: YouTube will start guessing your age from today (Updated)

GPT-5 was supposed to simplify ChatGPT but now it has 4 new modes - here's why

New downgrade attack can bypass FIDO auth in Microsoft Entra ID

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