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LastPass can now warn or block logins to shadow SaaS apps - here's how

zdnet.com David Berlind 2025-12-16 09:00:19

LastPass ZDNET's key takeaways: The LastPass plug-in can now prevent access to unapproved SaaS apps. Feature extends plug-in's monitoring of SaaS access attempts. Passkey authentication coming by month's end -- not yet supported. Earlier this year, LastPass announced it was adding the ability for administrators of its password management solution to monitor employee usage of SaaS or web-based applications. Today at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, the company announced it has

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Palantir Is Extending Its Reach Even Further into Government

news.ycombinator.com Makena Kelly 2025-12-16 12:44:49

President Donald Trump’s administration has dramatically expanded its work with Palantir, elevating the company cofounded by Trump ally Peter Thiel as the government’s go-to software developer. Following massive contract terminations for consulting giants and government contractors like Accenture, Booz Allen, and Deloitte, Palantir has emerged ahead. Now the data analytics firm is partnering with those companies—offering them a lifeline while consolidating its own power. Palantir has become one

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These are the best streaming services you aren’t watching

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-17 00:00:28

We all know how to find our favorite shows and blockbuster films on mainstream streaming services like Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+. But even as streaming has opened the door to millions of hours of on-demand entertainment, it can still feel like there’s nothing fresh or exciting to watch anymore. If you agree, it’s time to check out some of the more niche streaming services available, where you can find remarkable content unlikely to be available elsewhere. This article breaks down the best

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Show HN: Spatial Web Browser Engine

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-16 17:28:25

Web Compatibility Overview JSAR provides comprehensive support for modern Web standards. For a complete browser compatibility report, please visit our Browser Compatibility Data. Scripting & Modules [Completed] JavaScript - Full ES2023 support - Full ES2023 support [Completed] TypeScript - Native TypeScript compilation - Native TypeScript compilation [Completed] ECMAScript Module - Modern module system - Modern module system [Completed] WebAssembly - High-performance WASM support - Hi

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Writing a good design document

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-16 18:21:54

How to write a good design document This essay is a version of the response I gave to my friend Vik's call for suggestions: had a lot of people ask how they can learn to write design docs, and i didn’t have a good answer besides “work at a place with writing culture and smart senior engineers”. anyone have more useful advice? https://t.co/7F9BV31shv — vik (@vikhyatk) August 31, 2024 Definition A design document is a technical report that outlines the implementation strategy of a system in th

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Mastercard denies pressuring game platforms, Valve tells a different story

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-12-16 20:29:14

The outcry after a recent marketplace crackdown on games with adult content, seemingly due to pressure from payment processors, prompted Mastercard to release a brief statement Friday pushing back against recent headlines. “Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms, contrary to media reports and allegations,” the company said, adding, “At the same time, we require merchants to have appropriate controls to ensure Mastercard

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A Real PowerBook: The Macintosh Application Environment on a Pa-RISC Laptop

news.ycombinator.com View My Complete Profile 2025-12-16 14:38:43

My general vintage computing projects, mostly microcomputers, 6502, PalmOS, 68K/Power Mac and Unix workstations, but that's not all you'll see. While over the decades I've written for publications likeand, these articles are all original and just for you. My promise: No AI-generated article text, ever. All em-dashes are intentional and inserted by hand. Be kind, REWIND and PLAY.Old VCR is advertisement- and donation-funded, and what I get goes to maintaining the hardware here at Floodgap. I don'

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NASA's latest mission to the ISS features a bacterial experiment

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-16 12:50:04

Scientists are sending several strains of disease-causing bacteria to the International Space Station as part of the Crew-11 mission. This experiment isn't the plot to some cheesy horror film, but a scientific investigation from the Sheba Medical Center in Israel and the US-based company Space Tango with the goal of better understanding how bacteria spread and behave under extreme conditions. The experiment includes E. coli, along with bacteria that cause diseases like typhoid fever and the infe

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Mezzano, an operating system written in Common Lisp

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-12 16:09:40

Mezzano, an operating system written in Common Lisp. Pre-built images Demo releases are available through GitHub. These releases are designed to be run in VirtualBox, though QEMU is also supported. 2GB of RAM, a virtio-net NIC and an Intel HDA audio controller are recommended. x86-64 images are published. AArch64 has been made to work on some hardware. But to set expectations: making Mezzano run on any given piece of hardware or emulator is still typically a project that requires the user to

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Double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials

news.ycombinator.com Jennifer Chu 2025-12-13 14:00:19

MIT physicists have performed an idealized version of one of the most famous experiments in quantum physics. Their findings demonstrate, with atomic-level precision, the dual yet evasive nature of light. They also happen to confirm that Albert Einstein was wrong about this particular quantum scenario. The experiment in question is the double-slit experiment, which was first performed in 1801 by the British scholar Thomas Young to show how light behaves as a wave. Today, with the formulation of

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HTML-in-Canvas

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-16 16:26:47

We propose new HTML Canvas APIs for rendering HTML content into the canvas for Canvas 2D and WebGL. Status Authors: Stephen Chenney, Chris Harrelson, Khushal Sagar, Vladimir Levin, Fernando Serboncini Champions: Stephen Chenney, Chris Harrelson This proposal is a subset of a previous proposal covering APIs to allow live HTML elements. Motivation There is no web API to easily render complex layouts of text and other content into a <canvas> . As a result, <canvas> -based content suffers in a

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Apple @ Work: Why MDM isn’t enough to succeed with Macs

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2025-12-16 10:00:00

Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & protect Apple devices at work. Over 45,000 organizations trust Mosyle to make millions of Apple devices work-ready with no effort and at an affordable cost. Request your EXTENDED TRIAL today and understand why Mosyle is everything you need to work with

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The Rubik's Cube Perfect Scramble

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-16 12:31:58

The Challenge I was playing with my son’s Rubik’s Cubes and tried to scramble a cube randomly so that no two squares with the same color were side by side. Here’s one way to do it: But I wanted a scramble that looked like a random scramble. No matter how many different moves I made, I couldn’t do it. Every time I separated two squares with the same color, two other squares of the same color would touch somewhere else. Looking for an easy answer, I went to puzzling.stackexchange.com an

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The Best Smart Home Gyms, as Recommended by a Fitness Expert

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-16 10:00:00

The Tempo Studio is a smart home gym that resembles an armoire, meant to blend in with your home. It's an ideal smart home gym to own whether you're new or experienced with strength training. The Tempo Studio's basic package comes well-equipped with two dumbbell bars, weight collars and five sets of weight plates from 1.25 to 25 pounds. You have the option to upgrade your package to the Tempo Studio Plus or Tempo Studio Pro, which includes additional weights and accessories like a bench and a ba

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The enforcer that could break up Apple and Google is facing upheaval

theverge.com Lauren Feiner 2025-12-16 14:00:00

is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. The sudden firing of two high-ranking antitrust officials this week is signaling upheaval at an agency responsible for arguing some of the biggest tech monopoly cases in decades. Two top deputies to Department of Justice Antitrust Division chief Gail Slater were fired earlier this

Topics: antitrust case doj settlement tech

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A backlog at the Commerce Department is reportedly stalling Nvidia’s H20 chip licenses

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-12-17 09:30:14

In Brief Earlier in July, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick gave chipmakers like Nvidia the green light to start selling certain AI chips in China again, but his department is said to be holding things up. According to reporting from Reuters, Nvidia has yet to receive a license to sell its H20 AI chips. The U.S. Department of Commerce is currently sitting on a backlog of licensing applications due to turmoil within the department, in large part because of a loss of staff and a breakdo

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Unemployment rising in remote-friendly occupations (2024)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-17 12:38:38

The recent rise in unemployment is steeper in occupations where remote work is more widespread. A continued rise could shift bargaining power towards employers who want workers to return to the office. Last week Amazon announced that its workers would need to work in person five days a week starting in January. Since tech has been the sector most open to remote work, and Amazon is such a dominant tech company, Amazon’s announcement prompts the question: could remote work, after jumping during t

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Horrifying Video Shows Amusement Park Ride Breaking Apart Mid-Ride

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-17 17:05:02

Thankfully, nobody died. Snapped in Half Terrifying video footage going viral on social media shows an amusement park ride splitting in half and collapsing in western Saudi Arabia. The video shows the "360 Big Pendulum" ride failing dramatically, sending passengers crashing to the ground. As ABC News reports, the incident occurred in the city of Taif, roughly a 2.5-hour drive east of Jeddah. More than 20 people were injured, forcing the entire amusement park, Green Mountain Resort, to close

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PayPal and Venmo outage hit users Friday morning - what we know

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-12-18 04:24:15

SOPA Images / Contributor / Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways PayPal and Venmo experienced an outage Friday morning. Affected accounts couldn't send or receive payments. PayPal has acknowledged the problem and said a fix is in the works. Did you have trouble with PayPal or Venmo this morning? You weren't alone. The problem has been resolved, but millions of people were scrambling to find a fix. Also: PayPal's AI-powered scam alert system might intercept your transactions now - here's why

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Itch.io Is Restoring NSFW Games—as Long as They’re Free

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-12-18 04:24:16

On Thursday, indie gaming platform Itch.io began re-indexing some of the adult content it had delisted last month amid pressure from conservative groups and payment processors over its hosting of NSFW titles. While the move returns some content to the site’s searchable catalog, it impacts only those games, comics, and other offerings that are already free and therefore not caught in the current payment debacle. “We are still in ongoing discussions with payment processors and will be reintroduci

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Itch.io starts reindexing free NSFW content

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-18 09:24:31

Digital storefront Itch.io is reindexing its free adult games, and is talking to its partnered payment processors about plans to gradually reintroduce paid NSFW content. In a new Developer Update , the company said the decision will ensure it can "confidently support the widest range of creators in the long term." Itch.io has instructed developers and creators who want their games back on the store to tick a “no payments” box that sits in the pricing section of a game’s edit page. It adds that

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Hyrum's Law

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-18 08:58:06

Hyrum's Law Put succinctly, the observation is this: With a sufficient number of users of an API, it does not matter what you promise in the contract: all observable behaviors of your system will be depended on by somebody. Over the past couple years of doing low-level infrastructure migrations in one of the most complex software systems on the planet, I’ve made some observations about the differences between an interface and its implementations. We typically think of the interface as an a

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Itch.io has begun restoring NSFW content, but only if it’s free

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-12-18 09:14:57

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. There’s a new turn in the itch.io story. In a forum post, itch.io creator and founder Leaf Corcoran has notified users that the company has begun the process of restoring thousands of NSFW pages that were deindexed — that is, content tha

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Are PayPal and Venmo down for you? What we know - and alternatives to use

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-12-18 14:14:00

SOPA Images / Contributor / Getty Images ZDNET's key Takeaways PayPal and Venmo experienced an outage Friday morning. Affected accounts couldn't send or receive payments. PayPal has acknowledged the problem and said a fix is in the works. Are you having trouble with PayPal or Venmo this morning? You're not alone. Also: PayPal's AI-powered scam alert system might intercept your transactions now - here's why Shortly before 9 a.m. ET, users began reporting that both platforms were down. They

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VC industry has become a better career for women over the past 7 years

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-12-18 18:00:00

In Brief Women are making strides in the venture capital world, according to a new report published by the nonprofit All Raise and as first reported by the Wall Street Journal. All Raise released a report that said 18.6% of the top roles at leading VC firms are held by women, which is double what it was in 2018. The survey also found that many women (a quarter of survey respondents) were promoted last year and that investors were still interested in backing underrepresented founders (75% of in

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Can your PC run Battlefield 6? Full system requirements and multiplayer details revealed

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-12-19 09:16:00

What just happened? Most big PC releases these days come with the anxiety of whether your PC will be able to play them well – or at all. Thankfully, Battlefield 6's just-revealed PC requirements are pretty forgiving. DICE and EA have also unveiled a slew of extra information about the FPS, including more on its multiplayer element and next month's Open Betas. Battlefield 6's minimum system requirements ask for at least an RTX 2060, RX 5600 XT 6GB, or Intel Arc A380 paired with an Intel Core i5-

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Palantir Is Extending Its Reach Even Further Into Government

wired.com Makena Kelly 2025-12-19 09:30:00

President Donald Trump’s administration has dramatically expanded its work with Palantir, elevating the company cofounded by Trump ally Peter Thiel as the government’s go-to software developer. Following massive contract terminations for consulting giants and government contractors like Accenture, Booz Allen, and Deloitte, Palantir has emerged ahead. Now the data analytics firm is partnering with those companies—offering them a lifeline while consolidating its own power. Palantir has become one

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Show HN: KubeForge – A GUI for Kubernetes YAMLs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-19 11:30:59

To get started just run: docker run -p 3000:3000 get.kubefor.ge/latest KubeForge is a visual-first toolkit that simplifies the process of building, validating, and managing Kubernetes deployment configurations. Whether you're new to Kubernetes or maintaining large-scale systems, KubeForge streamlines the creation of valid deployment YAMLs using an intuitive interface backed by live schema references. ✨ Features 📦 Drag-and-drop interface for Kubernetes objects 📘 Smart schema awareness powere

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Understanding the Complete Identity Management Ecosystem

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-19 14:12:19

Confused by the growing identity management landscape? This comprehensive guide breaks down every IAM category—from traditional workforce identity to emerging AI agents. Learn how CIAM, PAM, Zero Trust, and 15+ other solutions connect in the modern security ecosystem. 🔐 Identity management has grown from simple password systems into a complex web of specialized tools and technologies. Each piece serves a specific purpose, but understanding how they all fit together can be confusing. This guide

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Denver rent is back to 2022 prices after 20k new units hit the market

news.ycombinator.com Sarah Mulholland 2025-12-20 04:29:55

With 20,000 new units on the market, prices are down about 3.7 percent. New apartment buildings under construction in on Holly Street in Denver’s North Park Hill neighborhood, June 20, 2024. Apartment rents in the Denver metro continue to slide. The average rent in the area fell 3.7 percent in the second quarter compared to the prior year, according to a new report from the Apartment Association of Metro Denver. Rents started falling at the end of last year, the association’s data show. The

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Latest Tech News

LastPass can now warn or block logins to shadow SaaS apps - here's how

Palantir Is Extending Its Reach Even Further into Government

These are the best streaming services you aren’t watching

Show HN: Spatial Web Browser Engine

Writing a good design document

Mastercard denies pressuring game platforms, Valve tells a different story

A Real PowerBook: The Macintosh Application Environment on a Pa-RISC Laptop

NASA's latest mission to the ISS features a bacterial experiment

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Double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials

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Apple @ Work: Why MDM isn’t enough to succeed with Macs

The Rubik's Cube Perfect Scramble

The Best Smart Home Gyms, as Recommended by a Fitness Expert

The enforcer that could break up Apple and Google is facing upheaval

A backlog at the Commerce Department is reportedly stalling Nvidia’s H20 chip licenses

Unemployment rising in remote-friendly occupations (2024)

Horrifying Video Shows Amusement Park Ride Breaking Apart Mid-Ride

PayPal and Venmo outage hit users Friday morning - what we know

Itch.io Is Restoring NSFW Games—as Long as They’re Free

Itch.io starts reindexing free NSFW content

Hyrum's Law

Itch.io has begun restoring NSFW content, but only if it’s free

Are PayPal and Venmo down for you? What we know - and alternatives to use

VC industry has become a better career for women over the past 7 years

Can your PC run Battlefield 6? Full system requirements and multiplayer details revealed

Palantir Is Extending Its Reach Even Further Into Government

Show HN: KubeForge – A GUI for Kubernetes YAMLs

Understanding the Complete Identity Management Ecosystem

Denver rent is back to 2022 prices after 20k new units hit the market

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