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The UK will no longer require Apple to create backdoor access to users' data

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-17 00:00:14

UK officials will no longer compel Apple to create backdoor access to its users' data, according to US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. She wrote on X that she, President Trump and Vice President Vance worked closely with their "partners in the UK" over the past months. "As a result," she continued, "the UK has agreed to drop its mandate for Apple to provide a 'back door' that would have enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens and encroached on our civ

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How to Use Snprintf

news.ycombinator.com Max Bernstein 2025-11-13 12:53:39

The sprintf family of functions ( sprintf , snprintf , vsnprintf , …) have this little-known feature to what size your buffer should be. In cases where you don’t have a fixed upper bound, this is really useful. For example: int size = snprintf ( /*str=*/ NULL , /*size=*/ 0 , "%d: %s" , some_int , some_c_str ); if ( size < 0 ) abort (); int size_with_nul = size + 1 ; char * buf = malloc ( size_with_nul ); if ( buf == NULL ) abort (); int result = snprintf ( /*str=*/ buf , /*size=*/ size_with_nu

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The Best Cooling Sheets (2025): Brooklinen, Slumber Cloud, Buffy

wired.com Nena Farrell 2025-11-17 00:36:00

There's a lot of terminology thrown around in the world of cooling sheets and cooling mattresses. Temperature regulating! Airflow! Moisture wicking! Phase-change material! Most of the time, these features come back to how breathable the sheets are. Breathability means moisture can better evaporate, and “temperature-regulating” usually means the sheets are breathable enough to release the heat and moisture from your body. What makes sheets breathable? Cotton, flax linen, and bamboo have great br

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Going camping? These awesome Anker power banks are on sale!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-17 00:53:37

Are you looking for a portable battery for your next outdoor adventure? Finding the right option for this purpose can be tricky. Many are smaller, but not powerful enough. On the other hand, you can easily find many with more than enough power to handle anything, but these can be too big, heavy, and expensive. These two Anker power banks offer the perfect balance at a great price, as they are on sale. Buy the Anker 548 Power Bank for just $79.99 ($70 off) Buy the Anker SOLIX C300 DC Portable Pow

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 plummets to new record-low price, saving you $300!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-17 14:46:57

Ryan Haines / Android Authority OK, now we are talking! We’ve seen some great Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 offers, including storage upgrades and free gift cards, but this is the first time we’ve seen an actual discount on the device, and it’s a pretty good one! You can take the Galaxy Z Fold 7 home at a $300 discount. Buy the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 for just $1,699.99 ($300 off) This offer is available from Amazon as a “limited time deal.” The discount applies to all color versions available from

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Jackery Explorer 1000 Deal: $350 Off Battery Bank Right Now

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-11-18 04:06:38

Are you an outdoor adventurer looking to turn your boring campsite into a well-lit glamping ground? The Jackery Explorer 1000 V2 is marked down to $449, almost $350 off its list price, a supercharged price reduction for a product that's otherwise a little spendy. Jackery portable power stations have found their way onto multiple WIRED lists, including our roundup of the best power banks, as well as our favorite portable power stations, thanks to their consistent, relatively quiet operation. The

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Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 08:52:29

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This Bright Dot May Be an Entirely New Type of Space Object

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-11-18 09:15:23

At first, the dot looked like any other star. Then the astrophysicists switched to polarized light and found themselves looking at an entirely unexpected sight. “Everything else disappeared, even the bright central black hole, and only this little dot remained,” Elena Shablovinskaia, an astrophysicist at Universidad Diego Portales in Chile and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Germany, told Gizmodo. Shablovinskaia’s team believes they’ve discovered an entirely new kind of space ob

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Over 800 N-able servers left unpatched against critical flaws

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-18 14:06:24

Over 800 N-able N-central servers remain unpatched against a pair of critical security vulnerabilities tagged as actively exploited last week. N-central is a popular platform used by many managed services providers (MSPs) and IT departments to monitor and manage networks and devices from a centralized web-based console. Tracked as CVE-2025-8875 and CVE-2025-8876, the two flaws can let authenticated attackers to inject commands due to improper sanitization of user input and execute commands on

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Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity

news.ycombinator.com Althoff 2025-11-15 21:02:35

Study design We conducted a countrywide, prospective, longitudinal physical activity study of US residents that evaluated their physical activity levels within the context of the walkability of their built environments before and after relocation (‘participants’). We leveraged the naturally occurring physical activity data that was captured by a health app on participants’ phones to compare each person’s physical activity levels before and after they relocated to a different area within the USA

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Move over, boring gray: The Galaxy Tab S10 Lite might surprise with a bold color

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-18 18:46:29

TL;DR The Galaxy Tab S10 Lite is said to have a 10.9-inch display with a resolution of 2112 x 1320 pixels. Reportedly, the tablet will feature an 8,000mAh battery, 6GB and 8GB of RAM, and 128GB and 256GB of storage. The device may be available in gray, silver, and red. Samsung is expected to launch a selection of new tablets soon. One of those tablets is believed to be the Galaxy Tab S10 Lite, which will be a mid-range offering. While an earlier leak already spilled quite a few details about

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Vibe coding tips and tricks

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 15:57:28

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5 reasons to switch to an immutable Linux distro today - and which to try first

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-18 23:06:00

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Immutable Linux distributions are the future. There are several reasons why immutable is the way to go. From security to predictability, you can't go wrong with immutable. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Immutable Linux distributions sound complicated, right? You'd be surprised to know that it's actually quite simple. Essentially, an immutable distri

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Texas law gives grid operator power to disconnect data centers during crisis

news.ycombinator.com Brian Martucci 2025-11-18 22:34:06

Dive Brief: Data centers and other large, non-critical power consumers connected to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas transmission grid must accept curtailment during firm load shed events under a landmark law Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed Friday. Senate Bill 6 pairs mandatory curtailment with a voluntary demand response procurement program under which loads of 75 MW or more could ramp down or switch to backup generation at utilities’ request. It also includes new interconnection

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You Could Be Streaming the Oscars on YouTube or Netflix by 2029

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-18 23:08:00

Will we be watching 2029's Academy Awards on YouTube? That's one possibility as streaming and broadcast giants position themselves to potentially take over as the streaming/broadcast home of the Oscars after ABC's contract ends in 2028. According to a Bloomberg newsletter, Google's YouTube is now in the running as a potential Oscars suitor, joining companies such as Netflix and NBCUniversal as a possible new home for the awards. Like Netflix, YouTube has been increasingly become interested in

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How much RAM does your Linux PC really need in 2025?

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-19 04:30:24

redstallion/iStock/Getty Images Plus ZDNET's key takeaways RAM is a crucial component for a smooth PC experience. Linux doesn't require as much RAM as Windows. More is always better. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. I'm not going to start this with a "back in the day" because it's too easy and obvious. Besides, it's time to live in the now, and the rules and needs of today are not the same as they were 10, 20, or 30

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Sky Calendar

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-15 15:24:29

The Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar promotes skywatching for people of all ages. As its name implies, the sheet for each month takes the form of a calendar. Diagrams in the boxes invite the reader to track the moon's rapid motion past the planets and bright stars of the zodiac, as well as to follow the more leisurely pace of the planets in their gatherings with bright stars and other planets. The reverse side consists of a simplified star map of the month's evening sky. The sky maps are designed

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The perfect cup of coffee, wherever you are? You need the OutIn Nano portable espresso maker and Fino coffee grinder

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-19 09:19:25

For many, the perfect cup of coffee is the best way to start their day. But if you don’t have a lot of kitchen counter space, travel frequently, or spend your weekends camping, the ideal brew isn’t always within reach. At-home Coffee makers are large, bulky, and expensive. And while portable espresso makers aren’t a new concept, the manual work and water temperature limitations get in the way. Unless you get the OutIn Nano portable espresso maker and the Fino Coffee grinder. Having won leadersh

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The tablet that made me ditch my Kindle and iPad now has a worthy follow-up

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-11-19 16:15:16

TCL Nxtpaper 11 Plus ZDNET's key takeaways The TCL Nxtpaper 11 Plus is available for $249. This tablet can switch from full color to an E Ink-like display with the press of a button, it has 256GB of storage, and an eye-catching matte display with 120Hz refresh rate. The Nxtpaper 11 Plus can get heavy when you use it one-handed and doesn't include a case or stylus, though you can buy them separately. $249 at Walmart Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on

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Fun with Finite State Transducers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-15 14:30:12

ENOSUCHBLOG Programming, philosophy, pedaling. Aug 14, 2025 Tags: devblog, programming, rust, zizmor I recently solved an interesting problem inside zizmor with a type of state machine/automaton I hadn’t used before: a finite state transducer (FST). This is just a quick write-up of the problem and how I solved it. It doesn’t go particularly deep into the data structures themselves. For more information on FSTs themselves, I strongly recommend burntsushi’s article on transducers (which is wha

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MS-DOS development resources

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-19 09:10:37

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