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Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH

news.ycombinator.com Neha Kochar 2025-09-27 18:14:04

All web browsing starts with a DNS query to find the IP address for the desired service or website. For much of the internet’s history, this query is sent in the clear. DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) plugs this privacy leak by encrypting the DNS messages, so no one on the network, not your internet service provider or a free public WiFi provider, can eavesdrop on your browsing. In 2020, Firefox became the first browser to roll out DoH by default, starting in the United States and in 2023, we announced

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Bringing fully autonomous rides to Nashville, in partnership with Lyft

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-27 18:10:45

We’re on our way to Music City! We’re excited to bring the magic of Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hailing service to riders in Nashville, in partnership with Lyft. Our generalizable Waymo Driver has become even more capable as we’ve scaled to hundreds of thousands of fully autonomous rides each week across five major U.S. cities. We’ll start fully autonomous operations in Nashville in the coming months, and open to public riders next year. We’ll do so by pairing our world-leading technology and

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These 20 Kitchen Gadgets Are a Complete Waste of Money, According to Chefs

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 19:03:00

With endless kitchen tools and gadgets promising faster food prep and better results, it's easy to find yourself with a cluttered kitchen. A handful of dependable tools will carry you much farther than a drawer full of gimmicks -- at least that's what the culinary experts I spoke to suggest. Professional chefs stick to basics like sharp knives, sturdy cutting boards, and reliable pans because they work and they last. Those are the types of tools that help you build confidence in the kitchen ins

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Report: Apple inches closer to releasing an OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-27 19:30:37

At multiple points over many years, Apple executives have taken great pains to point out that they think touchscreen Macs are a silly idea. But it remains one of those persistent Mac rumors that crops up over and over again every couple of years, from sources that are reliable enough that they shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand. Today’s contribution comes from supply chain analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, who usually has some insight into what Apple is testing and manufacturing. Kuo says that touchscreen

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Tesla Model Y door handles now under federal safety scrutiny

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-27 19:59:54

When Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency began wielding its axe at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration earlier this year, many believed this was done to weaken the agency's oversight over Tesla. But despite the Tesla CEO's sometimes-close relationship with the Trump administration, it appears there is still some independence left within NHTSA: earlier this week the agency opened a new safety investigation into the door handles of the Tesla Model Y. The timing may not

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Kuxiu’s X40 Turbo lays claim to best 3-in-1 travel charger

theverge.com Thomas Ricker 2025-09-27 19:43:40

is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Kuxiu already made my favorite 3-in-1 Qi2 charger, and now it’s back with an even smaller yet more powerful version. The MagSafe-compatible Qi2.2 charger folds up super compact for travel and unfurls into a “Z” to simultaneously charge an Apple Watc

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VC firm Insight Partners says thousands of staff and limited partners had personal data stolen in a ransomware attack

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-09-27 19:05:07

Venture capital firm Insight Partners has notified thousands of people, including the firm’s limited partners, that their personal information was stolen by hackers in an earlier data breach. In a statement on September 4, the VC giant said it completed its review earlier in August following its data breach, which it described as a “social engineering attack” without further explanation. The venture firm has now said in a formal data breach notification filed with California’s attorney general

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Lyft shares pop on Waymo deal to bring robotaxis to Nashville next year

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2025-09-27 23:38:36

A Waymo autonomous self-driving Jaguar electric vehicle is seen in Tempe, Arizona, on the outskirts of Phoenix, on September 15, 2025. Waymo has partnered with Uber to get its robotaxis into Atlanta and Austin, Texas. Now it's teaming up with Lyft for the first time in a commercial deal to enter Nashville next year. Lyft stock climbed 10% on the news. Riders in Nashville will be able to hail a Waymo robotaxi through the Waymo One app, and Lyft will add Waymo robotaxis to its platform over tim

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You absolutely should not buy Apple’s iPhone Air MagSafe battery pack

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-27 23:10:09

Apple released its thinnest phone yet last week, the iPhone Air, and revealed the new iPhone Air MagSafe Battery alongside it. The existence of a specially-made battery pack wasn’t a big surprise to me, because there had been rumors of the iPhone Air for months leading up to the event. Everyone was prepared for the thinnest iPhone ever to make some battery life sacrifices to achieve its svelte design. However, what was a surprise to me was how much Apple leaned on the new battery during the iPh

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Microsoft and Cloudflare disrupt massive RaccoonO365 phishing service

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-27 23:20:05

Microsoft and Cloudflare have disrupted a massive Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) operation, known as RaccoonO365, that helped cybercriminals steal thousands of Microsoft 365 credentials. In early September 2025, in coordination with Cloudflare's Cloudforce One and Trust and Safety teams, Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) disrupted the cybercrime operation by seizing 338 websites and Worker accounts linked to RaccoonO365. The cybercrime group behind this service (also tracked by Microsoft as

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You can run a Google search directly in Windows now - no browser needed

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-27 23:49:18

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways You can now run a Google search directly in Windows. The new Google app for Windows works in Windows 10 and 11. Google Lens is integrated, so you can search on selected text and images. If you're like me, you probably head to Google's search engine on the web several times a day to get information on specific topics. But if you're working in Windows, that means you have to stop wha

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How to restart your Android phone without the power button: 2 alternative methods

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-09-27 23:55:12

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways You should make a habit of restarting your phone. There are several ways to restart an Android device. These methods can help with wear and tear on physical buttons. I regularly restart my Pixel 9 Pro, and there's a good reason for that. Actually, there are several reasons why I regularly restart my phone (weekly -- at least). Here's a short list for you to ponder: Improv

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Tau² Benchmark: How a Prompt Rewrite Boosted GPT-5-Mini by 22%

news.ycombinator.com Przemysław Hejman 2025-09-27 23:03:24

In a recent post, we introduced the Tau² benchmark, a framework for benchmaring LLMs. Today we’re sharing a surprising discovery we made while using it: a simple prompt rewrite boosted a small model’s success rate by over 20%. This post is a deep-dive on how we found and fixed this performance bottleneck by making subtle changes to agent policies. Benchmarking LLMs with Tau² On the recent OpenAI Summer Update, we have seen that GPT-5 model has made significant strides in agentic tasks. To vali

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Did a ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Songwriter Really Use ChatGPT to Write ‘Soda Pop’? [Updated]

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-09-27 10:00:04

Netflix hit KPop Demon Hunters has stayed in the conversation in large part because of its blockbuster soundtrack, but now one of those songs has come under scrutiny for potentially getting an assist from ChatGPT. Update 9/17 9am ET: The English-language article released by Joongang Daily has been updated to include a correction and remove the original quote about “Soda Pop”, bringing it more in line with the Korean-language piece. The original piece is as follows. In a recent discussion in Se

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I Tested the iPhone 17: Long-Overdue Upgrades Make a Notable Difference

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 22:00:00

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. The iPhone 17 brings many long-awaited features, like an always-on display. Abrar Al-Heeti/ Zooey Liao/CNET It's easy to overlook the iPhone 17, especially in a year when the ultraslim iPhone Air has stolen the spotlight -- and the bright orange iPhone 17 Pro is hulking next to it. But subtle upgrades to Apple's baseline model add up to notable improvement

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Apple's Super-Slim iPhone Air Had Me on Edge... Until I Tested It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 22:00:00

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 8.6 / 10 SCORE iPhone Air $999 at Apple Pros Slick, lightweight design Surprisingly good battery life Impressively durable iOS 26 looks great Cons Single rear camera Scaled-back speaker Only charges up to 20 watts High $999 price tag I fell in love with Apple's sleek, lightweight iPhone Air the moment I first held it. Now, after using the wildly thi

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I Tested the iPhone 17 Pro Max. It's Part Midlife Crisis and Part Battery-Life King

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 22:00:00

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 9.2 / 10 SCORE iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max $1,099 at Apple Pros The 17 Pro Max's incredible battery life The brighter screen looks fantastic Center Stage camera with the ability to take landscape selfies vertically is sweet Cons Wished Dual Capture had a 50/50 split Live Translation's Siri voice can overlap with speakers' iPhone 17 Pro battery life is

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China blocks sale of Nvidia AI chips

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-27 23:08:52

China’s Internet regulator has banned the country’s biggest technology companies from buying Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips, as Beijing steps up efforts to boost its domestic industry and compete with the US. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) told companies, including ByteDance and Alibaba, this week to end their testing and orders of the RTX Pro 6000D, Nvidia’s tailor-made product for the country, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. Several companies had

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Waymo to launch a robotaxi service in Nashville in 2026

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-09-27 23:00:00

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Waymo is bringing its robotaxis to Music City, USA. The Alphabet-owned company plans on launching its robotaxi service in Nashville in 2026. Customers will be able to hail a ride initially through the Waymo One app, and then later thro

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Lyft and Waymo are partnering to bring robotaxis to Nashville

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-09-27 23:05:00

Waymo has struck a deal with ride-hailing company Lyft to launch a robotaxi service in Nashville in 2026. The company said Wednesday it will begin testing its fleet of all-electric and autonomous Jaguar I-Pace vehicles in the Nashville area in the coming months and will open up the service to the public next year. The partnership agreement announced Wednesday comes as Waymo ramps up its robotaxi expansion from its initial commercial market of Phoenix to Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, and San Fr

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Tech bosses say massive investment will make UK 'AI superpower'

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-28 03:28:39

Tech bosses say massive investment will make UK 'AI superpower' 33 minutes ago Share Save Zoe Kleinman Technology editor Share Save Watch: UK is not giving up its digital sovereignty, Microsoft boss tells BBC Major US tech firms have pledged tens of billions of pounds worth of investment in the UK, with the boss of the world's leading chipmaker, Nvidia, predicting it will make the country an "AI superpower". The biggest single investment comes from Microsoft, which has announced a $30bn (£22b

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Speaker Johnson says China is straining U.S. relations with Nvidia chip ban

cnbc.com Samantha Subin Chris Eudaily 2025-09-28 03:53:40

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks with reporters outside his office in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 11, 2025. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson called China an "adversary" of the U.S. on Wednesday after a report that the country has told tech companies to stop buying Nvidia 's artificial intelligence chips. The Cyberspace Administration of China ordered companies to halt purchases of Nvidia's RTX Pro 6000D, a chip that was made for the country, the FT repor

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Nvidia CEO says he's 'disappointed' after report China has banned its AI chips

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-09-28 03:41:44

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds a Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series GPU (L) and a RTX 5000 laptop as he delivers a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2025. LONDON — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has weighed in on the chipmaker's struggles in China after a report claimed the country has banned its AI semiconductors. He said he was "disappointed" after the Financial Times on Wednesday reported that the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) had orde

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The Download: measuring returns on R&D, and AI’s creative potential

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-09-28 03:10:00

Given the draconian cuts to US federal funding for science, it’s worth asking some hard-nosed money questions: How much should we be spending on R&D? How much value do we get out of such investments, anyway? To answer that, in several recent papers, economists have approached this issue in clever new ways. And, though they ask slightly different questions, their conclusions share a bottom line: R&D is, in fact, one of the better long-term investments that the government can make. Read the full

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I was a thin phone skeptic, but after holding the iPhone Air…I get it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 03:00:16

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority Apple launched the iPhone 17 series last week. Riding along the new 120Hz display on the iPhone 17 and the new design and upgraded telephoto camera on the iPhone 17 Pro is the all-new iPhone Air. As someone who has been a thin-phone skeptic, I’ve looked at the iPhone Air’s launch with the same disdain I reserved for the Galaxy S25 Edge: Why would anyone trade off crucial features like battery life and camera versatility for a flagship whose primary claim-to-fa

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Survey shows these two phones are tied as top Android alternatives for the iPhone 17 Pro

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 03:00:33

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority With the iPhone 17 series now widely available, we recently explored which Android phones are the best alternatives to Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro. To get a clearer picture, we also asked our readers to vote for their top choices and share their thoughts in the comments. Our goal was to combine both popular opinion and firsthand experiences from Android users to see which devices stand out as serious alternatives to Apple’s most premium iPhone. After collecting over

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Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (September 17)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 03:30:18

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks. File formats are JPG and PNG, and we’ll provide images in both landscape and portrait modes, so they’ll be optimized for various screens. For the newest wall

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iPhone Air review: The thinnest iPhone ever, but at what cost?

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-09-28 03:00:21

Every so often, Apple makes a design decision that draws a line in the sand. One that feels like a delineation between one era and the next. The iPhone Air is that kind of device. It’s strikingly thin and sets a new standard for how an iPhone should feel in your hand. The iPhone Air is also an example of the compromises that come with pushing the design boundaries of a form factor. The question is whether it correctly strikes that balance. I’ve been using the iPhone Air since it was announced l

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After years of touchscreen Mac rumors, here’s why I believe the latest one

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-28 03:35:56

Ming-Ching Kuo today suggested that we can expect a touchscreen MacBook Pro to go into production in late 2026. This is the latest in a years-long string of rumors that Apple is working on such a device. The company has been testing prototypes since at least 2008, but has consistently dismissed the idea of launching one. However, I do tend to believe the latest report … Apple’s rejection of touchscreen Macs Apple has consistently rejected the idea of a touchscreen Mac over a great many years.

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iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max review: An impactful redesign

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-28 03:00:02

For the sake of this iPhone 17 Pro review, I’ve developed a gaming addiction. I don’t mean triple-A games like Destiny: Rising and Genshin Impact, or even double-A or non-A titles like Inside or Vampire Survivors, both of which I greatly enjoy. I’m specifically referring to Snake Clash on YouTube Games — the type of thing you mindlessly play while pretending to watch a documentary on TV, or while slowly growing a hemorrhoid as you waste away on the throne. The reason I’ve been playing so much

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