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MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline

news.ycombinator.com Css . Node_Modules Css-Loader Dist Cjs.Js 2025-11-30 08:06:19

By Nicolas Hulscher, MPH A new MIT study titled, Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task, has found that using ChatGPT to help write essays leads to long-term cognitive harm—measurable through EEG brain scans. Students who repeatedly relied on ChatGPT showed weakened neural connectivity, impaired memory recall, and diminished sense of ownership over their own writing. While the AI-generated content often scored well, the brains beh

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Is ChatGPT not working for you? Here’s how you can try to fix it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-30 15:24:45

Mahmoud Itani / Android Authority Update: September 3, 2025 (4:19 AM ET): ChatGPT seems to be facing some issues. Reports are starting to spike on DownDetector, and OpenAI’s status page also shows that ChatGPT is currently experiencing problems. It seems the chatbot is not displaying responses for users across the globe. We’ll update this article when we know more or when the issue is resolved. OpenAI is currently investigating the problem. Original article: ChatGPT has quickly turned into one

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Finding thousands of exposed Ollama instances using Shodan

news.ycombinator.com Giannis Tziakouris 2025-11-30 15:18:07

The rapid deployment of large language models (LLMs) has introduced significant security vulnerabilities due to misconfigurations and inadequate access controls. This paper presents a systematic approach to identifying publicly exposed LLM servers, focusing on instances running the Ollama framework. Utilizing Shodan, a search engine for internet-connected devices, we developed a Python-based tool to detect unsecured LLM endpoints. Our study uncovered over 1,100 exposed Ollama servers, with appro

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The 16-year odyssey it took to emulate the Pioneer LaserActive

news.ycombinator.com Wes Fenlon 2025-11-30 17:02:11

In April 2009, a Sega fan decided to look into emulating the Mega LD, a quirky and little-known hybrid of Genesis and LaserDisc. This week he finished the job. Hey there ROM readers! I've got an absolute whopper of a story this issue with a genuine longform dive into the emulation of the LaserActive, plus a bit of backstory on the new fan translation of the Cowboy Bebop game for PS2, plus your usual quick hits on emulator improvements, FPGA happenings and other fan translation progress. That me

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Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation

news.ycombinator.com Keerti Gopal 2025-11-27 04:27:06

This story is a partnership between Grist Inside Climate News , and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. As Gina Ramirez buckled her 11-year-old son into her car last month for their daily drive to school, she handed him a plastic water bottle. “I would love to be able to have him put a cup under the tap if he was thirsty,” Ramirez said. She can’t. Ramirez lives in a home on Chicago’s Southeast Side that’s serviced by a lead water pipe, a toxic relic found in

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Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-30 17:42:48

Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand — the simple way It began with what seemed like a final mundane touch to my home server setup for hosting Time Machine backups: I wanted it to automatically sleep when idle and wake up again when needed. You know, sleep on idle — hasn’t Windows had that built in since like Windows 98? How hard could it be to configure on a modern Ubuntu install? To be fair, I wanted more than just sleep on idle, I also wanted wake on request — and tha

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Judge Rules Google Can Keep Chrome but Must Stop Exclusive Search Deals

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-30 18:46:00

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Judge Rules Google Can Keep Chrome, but Must Stop Exclusive Search Deals

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-01 00:46:00

Back Services & Software All the news and tips you need to get the most out of services, apps and software you use every day.

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Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand – the simple way

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-01 11:42:48

Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand — the simple way It began with what seemed like a final mundane touch to my home server setup for hosting Time Machine backups: I wanted it to automatically sleep when idle and wake up again when needed. You know, sleep on idle — hasn’t Windows had that built in since like Windows 98? How hard could it be to configure on a modern Ubuntu install? To be fair, I wanted more than just sleep on idle, I also wanted wake on request — and tha

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This ultra-rare ’90s LaserDisc game console can finally be emulated on a PC

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-01 16:57:19

Here in the year 2025, it's not every day that a classic gaming console from the 20th century becomes playable via emulation for the first time. But that's just what happened last week with the release of Ares v146 and its first-of-its-kind support for Mega LD titles designed for the Pioneer LaserActive. Even retro console superfans would be forgiven for not knowing about the LaserActive, a pricey LaserDisc player released in 1994 alongside swappable hardware modules that could add support for

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Microsoft rewarded for security failures with another US Government contract

news.ycombinator.com Brandon Vigliarolo 2025-12-01 21:30:35

Microsoft, the latest tech firm to agree to big software discounts for the US government, is digging even deeper into its bargain bin than the competition by offering a year of free Copilot access to government agencies willing to put up with its other problem products. The General Services Administration (GSA) announced its new deal with Microsoft on Tuesday, describing it as a "strategic partnership" that could save the federal government as much as $3.1 billion over the next year. The GSA di

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Over 30 years later, a rare LaserDisc game console gets its first PC emulator

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-01 22:57:19

Here in the year 2025, it's not every day that a classic gaming console from the 20th century becomes playable via emulation for the first time. But that's just what happened last week with the release of Ares v146 and its first-of-its-kind support for Mega LD titles designed for the Pioneer LaserActive. Even retro console superfans would be forgiven for not knowing about the LaserActive, a pricey LaserDisc player released in 1994 alongside swappable hardware modules that could add support for

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Google did not warn 2.5B Gmail users to reset passwords

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-02 03:29:57

Google has disputed a widely reported story about the company warning all Gmail users to reset their passwords due to a recent data breach that also affected some Workspace accounts. This claim was covered by numerous news outlets, as well as cybersecurity firms, which published stories about the so-called "urgent warning" asking 2.5 billion Gmail users worldwide to enable two-step authentication and reset their passwords. However, as the company explained on a Monday blog post addressing thes

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‘Marvel Zombies’ Teases a High-Energy Undead Adventure

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-12-02 03:00:21

The zombie apocalypse hits the Marvel Cinematic Universe, at least in 2D, just in time for spooky season. The trailer for Marvel Zombies shows us a timeline where the assembled Avengers aren’t showing up to save the day—they’re the threat after being hit with the zombie virus. The latest trailer for the Disney+ animated series reveals that the likes of Okoye, Hawkeye, the Scarlett Witch, and Captain America are now the brain-munching undead. And the unlikeliest of heroes will need to rise up to

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Looks Like the Apple Watch Series 11 Won't Be Flying Solo Next Week

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-02 03:05:00

Apple's next "Awe dropping" event is less that a week away, and CNET's experts are expecting a new batch of Apple Watches to take center stage. The headliner will likely be the Apple Watch Series 11, but Apple may have unintentionally revealed a hint about the next Ultra model. Imagery uncovered by MacRumors in the iOS 26 public beta points to new display specs that don't match any current model - a likely sign of what's coming for the rugged Apple Watch Ultra 3. With the clues stacking up, her

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Why you should delete your browser extensions right now - or do this to stay safe

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-02 08:03:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Malicious browser extensions are a widespread problem. Even vetted extensions can be dangerous. Here's what you should do to avoid issues. Koi Security investigated a single malicious extension used as a color picker and found it had infected 2.3 million users on Chrome and Edge. Cybernews reported in 2024 that more than 350 million people downloaded insecure browsers during a two-year

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OpenAI announces parental controls for ChatGPT after teen suicide lawsuit

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-02 06:10:26

On Tuesday, OpenAI announced plans to roll out parental controls for ChatGPT and route sensitive mental health conversations to its simulated reasoning models, following what the company has called "heartbreaking cases" of users experiencing crises while using the AI assistant. The moves come after multiple reported incidents where ChatGPT allegedly failed to intervene appropriately when users expressed suicidal thoughts or experienced mental health episodes. "This work has already been underwa

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No, Google did not warn 2.5 billion Gmail users to reset passwords

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-02 11:57:28

Google has disputed a widely reported story about the company warning all Gmail users to reset their passwords due to a recent data breach that also affected some Workspace accounts. This claim was covered by numerous news outlets, as well as cybersecurity firms, which published stories about the so-called "urgent warning" asking 2.5 billion Gmail users worldwide to enable two-step authentication and reset their passwords. However, as the company explained on a Monday blog post addressing thes

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The best web hosting services of 2025: Expert tested and recommended

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2025-12-02 17:23:00

GoDaddy has offered as wide an array of services as possible for individuals and small businesses needing an internet presence. Why we like it: It's widely known as a brand and many customers enjoy the service. GoDaddy is a great option if you prefer to stick with a well-known web hosting provider, or you're looking to open an e-commerce store. It's also recently introduced AI-based services to help you find the right domain name and to assist you with branding. The comprehensive domain name s

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This Gemini upgrade will soon make Google Docs even more useful on Android (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-02 22:58:33

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Docs on the web recently received a new feature that lets users listen to their documents with Gemini. We spotted code that enables this feature on the Google Docs Android app and activated it ahead of release for an early look. The current mobile implementation lacks some features from the web version, but they could be added later. Google recently released a new feature for Google Docs that allows users to listen to their documents using Gem

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'2.5 billion Gmail users at risk'? Entirely false, says Google

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-12-02 22:55:54

SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Google did not issue a warning about a major security breach. But hackers have been targeting Salesforce data in the cloud. Always be alert for phishing and vishing attacks. Worried about reports that a major security breach has impacted your Gmail account? Well, apparently, those claims are much ado about nothing. Also: How to encrypt any email - in Outlook, Gmail, and o

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Best Internet Providers in Your Area

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-02 18:00:00

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I finally found an Arch-based Linux distro even newbies can run

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-03 03:54:26

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways StormOS makes Arch Linux more user-friendly and accessible. Preloaded apps and Zen kernel boost performance out of the box. Minor drawbacks: RustDesk clutter and Xfce complexity for newbies. Arch Linux tends to get a bad rap for being too hard to use for anyone who's not spent months or years using Linux. If you've never touched Linux, that rap is pretty spot on, because A

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Google Play Games is about to show people what you play

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-12-03 10:58:50

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google is updating user profiles for its Play Games service on Android devices to display gaming stats, achievements, and social features. The changes include a suite of new capabilities for “showcasing and tracking your game progress and stats, new ways to build your gaming community, and allowing you to tailor your profile to your liking,” according to Google’s help page. The update will be applied automa

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WhatsApp Status is getting a Close Friends feature

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-03 22:24:36

While most U.S. users have never used—or even heard of—WhatsApp Status Updates, Meta recently revealed that the tab is now used by 1.5 billion people per day worldwide. And soon, WhatsApp will take a page from Instagram by adding a Close Friends feature. If you’re unfamiliar with WhatsApp Status, it works much like Instagram Stories, where users can post photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours. For the last few years, Instagram users have enjoyed a Close Friends feature, which lets the

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Google says reports of a major Gmail security issue are 'entirely false'

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-03 22:48:12

Google is officially debunking a series of reports that claimed Gmail has been hit with a "major" security issue in recent days. "We want to reassure our users that Gmail’s protections are strong and effective," the company said in a somewhat unusual statement. "Several inaccurate claims surfaced recently that incorrectly stated that we issued a broad warning to all Gmail users about a major Gmail security issue. This is entirely false." Google doesn't detail the erroneous claims in its post. B

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Using JWT to establish a trusted context for Row Level Security

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-29 21:32:51

Row-level security (RLS) is a great feature. It allows restricting access to rows by applying filters defined by a policy. It’s a tool useful for cases when the data set can’t be split into separate databases. Sadly, using RLS may be quite cumbersome. RLS requires some sort of “trusted context” for the RLS policies. The policies need to filter using data the user can’t change. If the filter uses some sort of “tenant ID”, and the user can change it to an arbitrary value, that would break the RLS

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You can try Apple’s lightning-fast video captioning model right from your browser

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-04 03:41:35

A few months ago, Apple released FastVLM, a Visual Language Model (VLM) that offered near-instant high-resolution image processing. Now, you can take it for a spin, provided you have an Apple Silicon-powered Mac. Here’s how. When we first covered FastVLM, we explained that it leveraged MLX, Apple’s own open ML framework specifically designed for Apple Silicon, to deliver up to 85 times faster video captioning, while being more than 3 times smaller than similar models. Since then, Apple has wor

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Chinese social media platforms roll out labels for AI-generated material

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-04 12:48:03

Major social media platforms in China have started rolling out labels for AI-generated content to comply with a law that took effect on Monday. Users of the likes of WeChat, Douyin, Weibo and RedNote (aka Xiaohongshu) are now seeing such labels on posts. These denote the use of generative AI in text, images, audio, video and other types of material, according to the South China Morning Post . Identifiers such as watermarks have to be included in metadata too. WeChat has told users they must pro

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Show HN: Simple modenized .NET NuGet server reached RC

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-05 12:00:26

Simple modenized NuGet server implementation. (日本語はこちら) What is this? A simple NuGet server implementation built on Node.js that provides essential NuGet v3 API endpoints. Compatible with dotnet restore and standard NuGet clients for package publishing, querying, and manually downloading. A modern browser-based UI is also provided: You can refer to registered packages. You can check various package attributes. You can download packages by version. You can also publish (upload) packages.

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Latest Tech News

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline

Is ChatGPT not working for you? Here’s how you can try to fix it

Finding thousands of exposed Ollama instances using Shodan

The 16-year odyssey it took to emulate the Pioneer LaserActive

Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation

Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand (2023)

Judge Rules Google Can Keep Chrome but Must Stop Exclusive Search Deals

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This ultra-rare ’90s LaserDisc game console can finally be emulated on a PC

Microsoft rewarded for security failures with another US Government contract

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Google did not warn 2.5B Gmail users to reset passwords

‘Marvel Zombies’ Teases a High-Energy Undead Adventure

Looks Like the Apple Watch Series 11 Won't Be Flying Solo Next Week

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This Gemini upgrade will soon make Google Docs even more useful on Android (APK teardown)

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You can try Apple’s lightning-fast video captioning model right from your browser

Chinese social media platforms roll out labels for AI-generated material

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