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New EDR killer tool used by eight different ransomware groups

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-07 04:58:31

A new Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) killer that is considered to be the evolution of 'EDRKillShifter,' developed by RansomHub, has been observed in attacks by eight different ransomware gangs. Such tools help ransomware operators turn off security products on breached systems so they can deploy payloads, escalate privileges, attempt lateral movement, and ultimately encrypt devices on the network without being detected. According to Sophos security researchers, the new tool, which wasn'

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Tesla’s Biggest Rivals Warn the EV Party Might Be Over

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-12-07 04:10:52

It’s going to be tough, and it’s going to be uncertain. That was the clear message from Rivian and Lucid, America’s two most promising electric vehicle manufacturers, as they gave a grim forecast for the future of the EV market. After a brief sugar rush of sales, Tesla’s top rivals are bracing for a brutal hangover, hit by a double punch of hostile policies from the second Trump administration: crippling tariffs and the fast-approaching end of the federal EV tax credits that have propped up the

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iOS 26’s Notes app adds a clever new way to use its many tools

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-07 09:30:44

Apple Notes gets more powerful every year, and iOS 26 adds its own batch of new features. With new capabilities comes the threat of feature bloat, but Notes has a clever solution that makes its ever-growing set of tools more easily accessible in iOS 26. iOS 26 gives Apple Notes an ‘adaptive toolbar’ Notes was once an extremely simple iPhone app. Features were minimal, as Apple prioritized just making it a quick place to jot down notes. But at some point, the company started aggressively build

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Linux PC acting up? Here's my first course of action (and why it fixes things most of the time)

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-07 08:53:00

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET I've had it happen before. Back when drives consisted of spinning, magnetic platters, that dreaded "tick" was a sure sign a hard drive was failing. Once upon a nightmare scenario, I waited too late and wound up losing everything on my drive. Sure, I could have recovered that data, but at a pretty high monetary cost. Also: The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn Since then, I've always been vigilant about checking for bad blocks and sectors on hard drives.

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Linux PC acting up? Here's my first course of action (and why it fixes things 99% of the time)

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-07 14:53:00

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET I've had it happen before. Back when drives consisted of spinning, magnetic platters, that dreaded "tick" was a sure sign a hard drive was failing. Once upon a nightmare scenario, I waited too late and wound up losing everything on my drive. Sure, I could have recovered that data, but at a pretty high monetary cost. Also: The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn Since then, I've always been vigilant about checking for bad blocks and sectors on hard drives.

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AI Ethics is being narrowed on purpose, like privacy was

news.ycombinator.com Nimish Gåtam 2025-12-07 09:20:35

A few days ago, OpenAI released an open-source language model for the first time in a very long time. It had been promised for a while, but the deadline kept being pushed for “safety” concerns. In fact, they’ve put quite a bit of time and effort into discussing safety, because, ostensibly, safety and ethics is at the top of people’s minds. So, the public is worried about AI ethics, and OpenAI is putting efforts into making sure the AI is ethical. Sounds like a match. Not just a match, but a

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Let's stop pretending that managers and executives care about productivity

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 12:33:39

Let's stop pretending that managers and executives care about productivity I’ve just been on a bit of a summer break. Did a bit of travel locally. Visited Hvalfjörður. Walked a lot. I know from experience that if I don’t take a summer break, the winter becomes more of a slog and my thoughts become groggier. Often, as soon as you rest, your mind starts to “helpfully” come up with ideas to help fill your time. One of the invasive thoughts that kept prodding my brain during my break was about mo

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HBO Max is about to get ‘aggressive’ to stop password sharing

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-07 18:44:20

The days of streaming service password sharing seem to be ending fast. HBO Max just signaled that it’s about to launch an “aggressive” campaign to snuff out password sharing among subscribers. Here’s what that means. HBO Max plans to eliminate password sharing soon Last fall, HBO Max—which at the time was just Max, and had a blue logo—said it would start telling password sharers they had to pay more for the privilege. It seems that campaign didn’t move the needle much. JB Perrette, head of s

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How to watch OpenAI’s ‘longer than usual’ GPT-5 reveal, as teased by a Death Star

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-08 04:28:31

“That’s no moon,” as Obi-Wan Kenobi once said. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stirred intrigue with a cryptic post last night showing the Death Star from Star Wars as a hint that something big is coming. That “something big” is undoubtedly GPT-5, OpenAI’s latest frontier model coming to ChatGPT. The company shared a less ambiguous post on X yesterday teasing the upcoming livestream. Since then, Altman has added that OpenAI’s next livestream will be “longer than usual” with a runtime of “about an hour.”

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The best antivirus software 2025

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2025-12-08 12:15:16

Antivirus software for your desktop PC, laptop, and mobile devices provides an additional layer of protection that goes beyond your operating system's default security. Today's antivirus solutions offer far more than just signature-based scans. They protect against threats such as phishing, ransomware, trojans, and worms. They may also warn you when you visit an untrusted website, when your personal details -- including passwords -- are found online due to data breaches, and when you are trying

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Scientists have recreated the Universe's first molecule

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-05 05:20:51

Immediately after the Big Bang, which occurred around 13.8 billion years ago, the universe was dominated by unimaginably high temperatures and densities. However, after just a few seconds, it had cooled down enough for the first elements to form, primarily hydrogen and helium. These were still completely ionized at this point, as it took almost 380,000 years for the temperature in the universe to drop enough for neutral atoms to form through recombination with free electrons. This paved the way

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Show HN: HMPL – Small Template Language for Rendering UI from Server to Client

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 21:41:43

Server-oriented customizable templating for JavaScript Introduction hmpl is a small template language for displaying UI from server to client. It is based on customizable requests sent to the server via fetch and processed into ready-made HTML. The language is syntactically block-based and integrated with JSON5 and DOMPurify. Reduce the size of your javascript files and display the same UI as if it was written in a modern framework! ☆ If you find HMPL useful, please consider giving us a star

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Jury Decides Meta Stole Data from Users of Period-Tracking App. What to Do If You're Worried

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-09 03:01:00

A California jury ruled Wednesday that Meta broke state privacy laws by collecting data from the popular period-tracking app Flo, including private health data and pregnancy goals. The case claimed that, among other actions, Meta used the data to create targeted advertising content. As Meta claims it will fight the verdict, the court continues to decide specific financial damages -- and the plaintiffs have asked for billions. A representative for Meta did not immediately respond to a request fo

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Akira ransomware abuses CPU tuning tool to disable Microsoft Defender

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-09 09:15:57

Akira ransomware is abusing a legitimate Intel CPU tuning driver to turn off Microsoft Defender in attacks from security tools and EDRs running on target machines. The abused driver is 'rwdrv.sys' (used by ThrottleStop), which the threat actors register as a service to gain kernel-level access. This driver is likely used to load a second driver, 'hlpdrv.sys,' a malicious tool that manipulates Windows Defender to turn off its protections. This is a 'Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver' (BYOVD) at

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Is Economics education fit for the 21st Century?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-09 14:16:30

The first quarter of the 21st century has seen seismic shifts in the politics, society, and economy of the United Kingdom. As economics thinkers and graduates, Rethinking Economics is concerned that economics education remains out of step with these shifts. What is taught in university classrooms informs how society perceives and will tackle these challenges, from engaging in climate science to the reality of Britain’s colonial past. This report assesses the extent to which university education

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NASA’s new chief has radically rewritten the rules for private space stations

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-09 14:18:13

About five years from now, a modified Dragon spacecraft will begin to fire its Draco thrusters, pushing the International Space Station out of its orbit and sending the largest object humans have built in space inexorably to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. And then what? China's Tiangong Space Station will still be going strong. NASA, however, faces a serious risk of losing its foothold in low-Earth orbit. Space agency leaders have long recognized this and nearly half a decade ago awarded abo

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Best Sports Streaming Service for 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-09 17:00:00

Access to regional sports networks may make or break your decision for sports streaming, so check with each provider to see if they offer the selection for the teams you want to watch. On-demand streaming services cost less than live options, but they may be limited when it comes to live sports. However, a cheaper platform may meet your needs, depending on what you want to watch. Choose a subscription that aligns with your budget, and when considering costs, review the channel selection, RSN av

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Call of Duty and Battlefield 6 will both require Secure Boot on Windows

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-09 17:00:00

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. To better protect against cheaters, Activision says that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 players on PC will need to use hardware with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 and have Windows’ Secure Boot feature turned on when the game is available later this year. Ahead of that, Activision is doing

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Call of Duty’s PC anti-cheat will require Secure Boot on Windows

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-09 23:00:00

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. To better protect against cheaters, Activision says that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 players on PC will need to use hardware with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 and have Windows’ Secure Boot feature turned on when the game is available later this year. Ahead of that, Activision is doing

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Writing a Rust GPU kernel driver: a brief introduction on how GPU drivers work

news.ycombinator.com Writing A Rust Gpu Kernel Driver 2025-12-10 04:00:54

This post is the second iteration of a series of posts that provide an in-depth look at the development of Tyr, a state-of-the-art Rust GPU driver for the Linux Kernel, supporting Arm Mali CSF-based GPUs. As promised in the first iteration, we will now explore how GPU drivers work in more detail by exploring an application known as VkCube . As the program name implies, this application uses the Vulkan API to render a rotating cube on the screen. Its simplicity makes it a prime candidate to be u

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Wild New Robot Dog Is So Strong You Can Ride It Like a Four-Legged Skateboard

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-10 09:10:11

Silver Surfer Chinese robot maker Unitree has shown off its next quadripedal robot dog — and it's a doozy. The Unitree A2 Stellar Explorer, advertised as being "lighter, stronger, and faster," can perform some impressive stunts, from front flips and traversing extreme environments. In fact, it can even hold up the weight of an adult man riding it like a bizarre four-legged skateboard. As seen in a new promotional video, the A2 effortlessly holds up a 220-pound man who climbs onto its back. Ev

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How to check for bad blocks on a Linux PC hard drive (and why you shouldn't wait to do it)

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-10 09:21:00

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET I've had it happen before. Back when drives consisted of spinning, magnetic platters, that dreaded "tick" was a sure sign a hard drive was failing. Once upon a nightmare scenario, I waited too late and wound up losing everything on my drive. Sure, I could have recovered that data, but at a pretty high monetary cost. Also: The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn Since then, I've always been vigilant about checking for bad blocks and sectors on hard drives.

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Constitution.congress.gov/constitution 6/8/25 –> 8/4/25 Diff

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-10 08:18:44

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Some AI tools don’t understand biology yet

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-10 09:37:35

Underwhelming performance The task in this case is predicting how gene activity might change when genes are altered. When an individual gene is lost or activated, it's possible that the only messenger RNA that is altered is the one made by that gene. But some genes encode proteins that regulate a collection of other genes, in which case you might see changes in the activity of dozens of genes. In other cases, the loss or activation of a gene could affect a cell's metabolism, resulting in widesp

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Introducing Regulator and The Stepback, our new subscriber-exclusive newsletters

theverge.com Kara Verlaney 2025-12-10 09:48:26

is The Verge’s managing editor who oversees operations. An editor with 10 years of experience, she joined The Verge in 2016. Today, I’m excited to announce three newsletter offerings, exclusive to Verge subscribers, that will continue to deliver must-read stories about tech and beyond. First, we’re introducing Regulator by Tina Nguyen. Regulator is focused on the battles between Big Tech and Big Government — from the juicy palace intrigue to the devastating consequences of their political game

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The Extravagant Rise of the Corporate Incentive Trip

wired.com Anna Silman 2025-12-10 14:40:00

Business travel doesn’t typically conjure up the most glamorous images: working group sessions in overlit conference rooms, awkward dinners with coworkers at unmemorable chain restaurants. But for some lucky employees, there’s a special subset of work travel that isn’t just something to look forward to but something to fight for: the corporate incentive trip. Mark, a former sales director at LinkedIn who asked to not use his real name, is a frequent flyer in the world of corporate incentive tra

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Firefox Focus won me over in just 10 mins - why it's my new default mobile browser

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-10 18:37:15

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Firefox Focus is a security and privacy-focused mobile browser. This browser offers a minimal UI and maximum privacy features. Firefox Focus is available for both Android and iOS. I've run the gamut of web browsers on Android, and every time I think I've found "the one," I discover a reason not to use it. That reason might be a cluttered UI, a lack of options, or not enough security. Recently, however, I came across a browser

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Best VPN for Chrome 2025: Keep Your Browsing Traffic Private

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-10 17:00:00

Based on our years of testing and using VPNs across operating systems and browsers, these are the top factors you should consider when choosing a VPN for Chrome: Chrome compatibility If you’re looking for a VPN for Chrome, your primary consideration will be whether the VPN offers a Chrome extension. Most of the top VPN providers offer plugins for Chrome and other browsers, but some do not. Check that the VPN you’re considering offers a Chrome extension before purchasing. Alternatively, you can

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ESPN live sports streaming app gets launch date and bundle pricing

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-10 23:31:50

ESPN is launching its long-awaited standalone streaming service later this month. The sports-focused subscription video service officially has a launch date, bundle pricing, and other details confirmed. ESPN will launch its live sports streaming service on Thursday, August 21. That happens to be the same day that FOX is debuting its own standalone streaming service which includes live sports as well. The dedicated ESPN streaming service will be priced at $29.99/month, as previously announced,

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Musk says Tesla is training an upgraded Full Self-Driving model which could be released next month

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal Ruxandra Iordache 2025-12-11 08:52:58

Tesla is now training a new Full Self-Driving model boasting "big" video improvements and size upgrades, CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday on social media. "Tesla is training a new FSD model with ~10X params and a big improvement to video compression loss. Probably ready for public release end of next month if testing goes well," the tech billionaire said in an update on the X social media platform. FSD is a partially automated driving system that seeks to enable Tesla vehicles to navigate and mane

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