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The End of Windows 10: a toolkit for community repair groups

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-19 06:54:05

In October 2025, Microsoft ends free support by default for Windows 10. Its successor, Windows 11, has unnecessarily strict requirements for what computers it will support. Hundreds of millions of computers currently running Windows 10 face early obsolescence as a result. Microsoft’s options for continued support of Windows 10 cost either your money or your data, and only push the snooze button on the problem. Eventually, many millions of fully functional computers and their users will be entir

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The Download: three-person babies, and tracking “AI readiness” in the US

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-07-22 02:10:00

Eight babies have been born in the UK thanks to a technology that uses DNA from three people: the two biological parents plus a third person who supplies healthy mitochondrial DNA. The babies were born to mothers who carry genes for mitochondrial diseases and risked passing on severe disorders. In the team’s approach, patients’ eggs are fertilized with sperm, and the DNA-containing nuclei of those cells are transferred into donated fertilized eggs that have had their own nuclei removed. The new

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How to restart your Windows 11 PC when nothing else works

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-07-22 09:56:00

yusnizam/Getty Images Usually, whenever a new feature comes out for Windows, Microsoft advertises it widely in a blog post to let everyone know. Or if they don't, people discover the feature soon after an update. However, a helpful feature sometimes slips through the cracks, only to be unearthed years later. Also: Hate Windows 11? Here's how you can make it work more like Windows 10 That was my reaction when I found this obscure Emergency Restart method for Windows 11 after stumbling across a

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Subaru’s new Uncharted EV looks like an undercover Toyota C-HR

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-07-22 18:30:00

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Subaru doesn’t have the deepest bench when it comes to EVs. There’s the Solterra, now in its third model year, and the upcoming Trailseeker, which promises to be the Outback to the Solterra’s Impreza when it comes out in 2026. Now we can add a new member to the lineup. The 2026 Subaru Uncharted is an electric crossover SUV

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Show HN: Easy alternative to giflib – header-only decoder in C

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-22 11:56:33

GIF Decoder Library TurboStitchGIF is a lightweight, header-only C library for decoding GIF images with a focus on efficiency and minimal resource usage. Designed for embedded systems and performance-critical applications, it provides a simple API for decoding both static and animated GIFs while maintaining a tiny footprint. ✨ Key Features Single-header implementation - Just include gif.h in your project - Just include in your project Zero dynamic allocations - Works with user-provided memor

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Does Your Favorite Emoji Crack the List of CNET's Top Picks?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-22 18:41:39

Every July 17, the internet comes together and celebrates World Emoji Day. The date was chosen because it's displayed on the 📅 calendar emoji, but it's a day to appreciate all emoji, even the more obscure ones, like the 🫙jar. In honor of the internet holiday, I asked my colleagues at CNET what their favorite and most used emoji are. The rules for voting were simple: You could only vote once for your favorite emoji and once for your most-used emoji. There was more variety in the category of favo

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VMware fixes four ESXi zero-day bugs exploited at Pwn2Own Berlin

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-07-23 02:36:42

VMware fixed four vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Tools that were exploited as zero-days during the Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 hacking contest in May 2025. Three of the patched flaws have a severity rating of 9.3, as they allow programs running in a guest virtual machine to execute commands on the host. These flaws are tracked as CVE-2025-41236, CVE-2025-41237, and CVE-2025-41238. These flaws are described in the security advisory as: CVE-2025-41236 : VMware ESXi, Workstatio

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 18, #298

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-23 01:00:08

Looking for the most recent regular 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 and Strands puzzles. The purple group for today's Connections: Sports Edition might be a tough one. If you like baseball, have been paying attention to big games and know some famous sports names, then you'll do just fine with the rest of the puzzle. Read on for more hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edi

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How Android phones became an earthquake warning system

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-23 02:45:36

If you're the owner of an Android phone and live in a seismically active region, there's a chance your phone has popped up an unusual warning. Not one that asks for permission to share personal information, or potential malware, but something far more serious: There's an earthquake nearby, and you have up to a minute or two to get to a safer location. Starting in the US in 2020 and expanding internationally since, the system is called Android Earthquake Alert (AEA), and it's on by default in mo

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The Trump Administration Reportedly Has Extensive Logs of Epstein Money Transfers, Refuses to Release Them

futurism.com Unknown 2025-07-23 03:30:07

It's not just a purported "client list" of late billionaire sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein — the Trump administration is reportedly hiding $1.5 billion worth of suspicious banking transactions from the public. As the New York Times reports, senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), who heads the Senate Finance Committee, is calling for enormous money transfers sent to and by Epstein — including wire transfers from wealthy individuals and payments to numerous women — to be made public. It's the polar opposite of

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Karl Urban is a wise-cracking Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat II

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-23 06:06:01

Karl Urban takes a break from The Boys to play a washed-up Johnny Cage in the trailer for Mortal Kombat II, a sequel to 2021's Mortal Kombat reboot and the fourth live-action film in the franchise based on the 1990s video game series. It comes one day after Warner Bros. released a (very entertaining) fake trailer for a new in-universe, faux 1990s Johnny Cage movie, Uncaged Fury. (Cage's prior fake film credits apparently include Cool Hand Cage, Hard to Cage, and Rebel Without a Cage.) The first

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Finding value from AI agents from day one

technologyreview.com Mit Technology Review Insights 2025-07-23 10:27:23

From assuming oversight for complex workflows, such as procurement or recruitment, to carrying out proactive cybersecurity checks or automating support, enterprises are abuzz at the potential use cases for agentic AI. According to one Capgemini survey, 50% of business executives are set to invest in and implement AI agents in their organizations in 2025, up from just 10% currently. Gartner has also forecast that 33% of enterprise software applications will incorporate agentic AI by 2028. For co

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Peacock raises its price by $3, now more expensive than nearly all competition

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-07-23 10:57:38

Another wave of streaming service price hikes may be on the horizon: Peacock just announced a $3 increase for each of its plans, which makes its ad-supported option more expensive than almost all of its competitors. Peacock price hitting $10.99/month for ad-supported plan If you’ve been meaning to subscribe to Peacock, you have just a few days left at the current rates. Per Variety, Peacock will hike prices across its two main plans starting July 23. Peacock Premium (ad-supported) will now b

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Someone paid $5.3 million for a piece of Mars

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-23 10:15:02

Add this to the list of "things that might be fun if you had a buttload of money": Someone forked over $5.3 million in a Sotheby's auction to own a piece of Mars. The Red Planet meteorite was discovered in 2023 in a remote area of the Sahara Desert in Niger. Martian meteorites of any size are incredibly rare. To get here, an asteroid first hits the Red Planet to eject material from its surface. (Sotheby's says there are only 19 Martian craters large enough to have spit out this one.) That chunk

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This AI Warps Live Video in Real Time

wired.com Will Knight 2025-07-23 10:49:12

Dean Leitersdorf introduces himself over Zoom, then types a prompt that makes me feel like I’ve just taken psychedelic mushrooms: “wild west, cosmic, Roman Empire, golden, underwater.” He feeds the words into an artificial intelligence model developed by his startup, Decart, which manipulates live video in real time. “I have no idea what’s going to happen," Leitersdorf says with a laugh, shortly before transforming into a bizarre, gold-tinged, subaquatic version of Julius Caesar in a poncho. L

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Anker’s new charging station battles desktop clutter with two retractable USB-C cables

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-07-23 10:55:37

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. The current trend in USB chargers isn’t adding more power or ports, it’s integrating charging cables that disappear when not in use. Anker was one of the first companies to release a charger with a built-in retractable USB-C cable last October, but its latest charger brings the same convenience to the desktop alongside three AC outlets you won’t

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LameHug malware uses AI LLM to craft Windows data-theft commands in real-time

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-07-23 14:57:20

A novel malware family named LameHug is using a large language model (LLM) to generate commands to be executed on compromised Windows systems. LameHug was discovered by Ukraine’s national cyber incident response team (CERT-UA) and attributed the attacks to Russian state-backed threat group APT28 (a.k.a. Sednit, Sofacy, Pawn Storm, Fancy Bear, STRONTIUM, Tsar Team, Forest Blizzard). The malware is written in Python and relies on the Hugging Face API to interact with the Qwen 2.5-Coder-32B-Instr

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You can buy a 4-pack of Apple AirTags for just $80 on Amazon right now

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-07-23 13:25:33

Kayla Solino/ZDNET Summer usually means one thing: vacation. And nothing can ruin a vacation more than losing your wallet or luggage. To ease those anxieties, I have the perfect Bluetooth accessory that's worth picking up before you hit your next destination. Amid the possibility of a new generation of the Apple AirTag, we're seeing big discounts on the Bluetooth tracker, making this the best time to buy the current generation. The Apple AirTag 4-Pack is on sale for 19% off right now, and the

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Android Phones Can Detect Earthquakes Before the Ground Starts Shaking

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-07-23 14:00:20

Since their first implementation in Mexico and Japan, earthquake early-warning (EEW) systems have provided critical advance notice of imminent earthquakes to countless people. Many seismic countries, however, still don’t have the infrastructure necessary to sustain such crucial networks, leaving their populations vulnerable to devastating earthquakes. Researchers in the U.S. and Germany have tested a global earthquake detection and alert system that makes use of a device many people already own

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This prepaid provider now supports cellular Pixel, Apple, and Galaxy Watch models

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-23 18:55:43

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Visible has expanded its cellular watch support to include the new Galaxy Watch 8 lineup, in addition to existing support for Pixel and Apple Watches. Officially, only the Galaxy Watch 8, 8 Classic, and Ultra are supported, but there are rumors that older Galaxy Watches may eventually be added. In addition to the Galaxy Watch 8, you’ll also find support for Pixel Watch 2 or newer, as well as the Apple Watch Series 4 or newer. While prepaid carriers ha

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NYC's office-to-residential conversions could create 17,000 new homes

news.ycombinator.com Aaron Ginsburg 2025-07-23 18:27:44

Pfizer World Headquarters is becoming 1,500 apartments. Photo via WikiCommons New York City’s first wave of office-to-residential conversions could yield over 17,000 new apartments, highlighting the potential for such projects to help ease the city’s housing shortage, according to a new report. Published on Thursday by City Comptroller Brad Lander, the report finds that 44 office conversions initiated after the pandemic could transform 15.2 million square feet of office space into as many as 17

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Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-23 16:59:54

If you have the Notion Desktop App installed, you may have started to notice a "In a meeting? Start AI Meeting Notes" notification pop up exactly when you are joining a virtual meeting (e.g. joining a Google Meet on Firefox). At first, I assumed it must have been using my Google Workspace account to snoop on my calendar. But then I started to notice it would notify exactly when I joined even if I was late and the meeting had previously started. This was the response from Notion Support after t

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July Mortgage Rate Forecast: Buyers Retreat as Rates Rebound

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-23 16:36:00

Buyers should keep an eye on the possibility of rate cuts in the next few months. Tharon Green/CNET Every time the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dips, even by a few tenths of a percentage point, prospective homebuyers jump to take advantage. As soon as rates move up again, mortgage activity goes down. The past few weeks offer a textbook example. When rates fell to around 6.7% (the lowest level in months) in early July, applications for home loans promptly ticked up, according to the Mort

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Best AirTag wallets 2025: I tested the best options to track your cards and cash

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2025-07-23 22:25:00

Apple's AirTag is perhaps the most popular Bluetooth tracker on the market. While AirTags can be easily attached to keys, cutting-edge accessories let you use them on luggage, pet collars, remotes, and wallets. We've compared the best AirTag wallets from brands like Ridge and Titan X for card capacity, design, and overall value. We've also provided alternative Bluetooth tracker options like Bluetooth wallet cards. What's the best AirTag wallet right now? The accessory market is flooded with d

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The First Trailer for ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Is a Johnny Cage-Filled Extravaganza

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-07-23 22:00:01

Warner Bros. has finally unveiled the new trailer for Mortal Kombat II, the sequel to its 2021 video game adaptation. It stars Karl Urban as B-movie star Johnny Cage, and the character is front and center in this new clip. The sequel film, whose title is likely to cause further confusion among fighting game fans, on top of the damage already caused by game developer NetherRealm Studios, was first announced in 2022. The trailer aims to put viewers right back in the middle of the gory action. In

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The Latest ‘Alien: Earth’ Trailer Adds Even More Alien Monsters

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-07-23 22:30:25

In the Alien movies, one killer species is more than enough for humanity to deal with. Actually, it’s almost always too much. Most everyone usually dies. But, in Alien: Earth, which comes to FX on August 12, it’s not just that iconic xenomorph the characters will have to deal with. Four other killer monsters have crash-landed on our planet too. Let the fun begin. From the mind of Noah Hawley, Alien: Earth takes a whole new look at the franchise made famous by the likes of Ridley Scott and James

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The next batch of emoji includes Bigfoot

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-07-23 22:44:33

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Today is World Emoji Day, and the Unicode Consortium is sharing a preview of some of the new emoji that should hit your devices early next year as part of Unicode 17.0. If you ask me, it’s a promising batch, especially the Bigfoot emoji — sorry, “hairy creature.” The list includes these emoji, according to the Consortium: Apple core Ballet dancers Distorted Face Fight clo

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Twitch starts testing vertical video streams

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-07-23 22:53:52

Livestreaming service Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, announced at its annual TwitchCon event earlier this year that it would move into the vertical video space. Now those initial alpha tests have gone live with a few streamers, according to findings from market intelligence provider Appsensa. In a recent build, the firm found references to the vertical video tests and information about what sort of features these new streams would offer. The feature, once fully rolled out, would make Twitch

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This slick gadget is like a Swiss Army Knife for my keys (and fully trackable)

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-07-24 02:26:00

ZDNET's key takeaways KeySmart's iPro Key Finder and Holder is available at Best Buy for $40. It holds up to 14 keys, has a built in LED flashlight, and lasts about a month on one charge. It's one more thing you'll need to keep charged. View now at Best Buy Are you forever losing your keys? You're convinced you put them down on the coffee table, but now you're five minutes late leaving for work and you're pulling the couch to bits apart to find them. Sound familiar? If this is you, and you'r

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A hidden Google Earth slider lets you travel up to 80 years back in time - here's how to try it

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-07-24 02:55:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET You might've heard about that recent viral Street View trend -- the one where people learned they can go back in time and see street-view-level imagery of their house or a loved one's home, and they're getting emotional spotting long-gone relatives, friends, or even trees when they try it for themselves. But did you know you can do something similar with Google Earth? Also: Waze vs. Google Maps: Which navigation app is best? Unlike Google Street View, which only g

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The End of Windows 10: a toolkit for community repair groups

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Subaru’s new Uncharted EV looks like an undercover Toyota C-HR

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Peacock raises its price by $3, now more expensive than nearly all competition

Someone paid $5.3 million for a piece of Mars

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Anker’s new charging station battles desktop clutter with two retractable USB-C cables

LameHug malware uses AI LLM to craft Windows data-theft commands in real-time

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Android Phones Can Detect Earthquakes Before the Ground Starts Shaking

This prepaid provider now supports cellular Pixel, Apple, and Galaxy Watch models

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Twitch starts testing vertical video streams

This slick gadget is like a Swiss Army Knife for my keys (and fully trackable)

A hidden Google Earth slider lets you travel up to 80 years back in time - here's how to try it

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