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iPhone 17 Pro Max: Three new upgrades that could be hard to resist

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-03 00:31:40

In just one month, Apple will unveil its full iPhone 17 lineup. The brand new Air model will get a lot of attention, but Apple also has big changes coming for iPhone 17 Pro Max. I’m tentatively planning to buy a 17 Air, but there are three Pro Max features in particular that could make Apple’s premium iPhone hard to resist. #1: Anti-reflective display I love a sunny day. More so than the average person, my mood depends heavily on how much sunshine there is, and my ability to get out and enjoy

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WinRAR zero-day exploited to plant malware on archive extraction

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-03 18:42:02

A recently fixed WinRAR vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-8088 was exploited as a zero-day in phishing attacks to install the RomCom malware. The flaw is a directory traversal vulnerability that was fixed in WinRAR 7.13, which allows specially crafted archives to extract files into a file path selected by the attacker. "When extracting a file, previous versions of WinRAR, Windows versions of RAR, UnRAR, portable UnRAR source code and UnRAR.dll can be tricked into using a path, defined in a spe

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Study finds flavor bans cut youth vaping but slow decline in cigarette smoking

news.ycombinator.com Mass General Brigham 2025-12-03 18:22:56

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham examined the effects of policies banning flavored e-cigarettes on adults and young people. Investigators found that e-cigarette use significantly declined among young adults and adults in states that had enacted flavor bans rel

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Imaging reveals 2k-year-old ice mummy's 'incredibly impressive' tattoos

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-29 11:10:43

As It Happens Imaging reveals 2,000-year-old ice mummy's 'incredibly impressive' tattoos More than two millennia ago, a woman sat for hours on end in the ancient grasslands of a Siberian mountain range to have her body adorned with elaborate tattoos of creatures both real and mythical. When she died, her body was preserved under the permafrost for thousands of years, but her tattoos faded and became invisible to the naked eye. Now researchers have used high-resolution, near-infrared photograp

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WinRAR zero-day flaw exploited by RomCom hackers in phishing attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-04 00:42:02

A recently fixed WinRAR vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-8088 was exploited as a zero-day in phishing attacks to install the RomCom malware. The flaw is a directory traversal vulnerability that was fixed in WinRAR 7.13, which allows specially crafted archives to extract files into a file path selected by the attacker. "When extracting a file, previous versions of WinRAR, Windows versions of RAR, UnRAR, portable UnRAR source code and UnRAR.dll can be tricked into using a path, defined in a spe

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How attention sinks keep language models stable

news.ycombinator.com Guangxuan Xiao 2025-12-03 16:53:10

We discovered why language models catastrophically fail on long conversations: when old tokens are removed to save memory, models produce complete gibberish. We found models dump massive attention onto the first few tokens as "attention sinks"—places to park unused attention since softmax requires weights to sum to 1. Our solution, StreamingLLM, simply keeps these first 4 tokens permanently while sliding the window for everything else, enabling stable processing of 4 million+ tokens instead of j

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Today's Wordle Is Super Tough: Here's the Answer for Aug. 8, #1511

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-04 04:07:00

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. That sound you hear is Wordle streaks breaking across the land. Oof, today's Wordle puzzle is a pretty tough one. I know the word, but I would never just put these letters together in my guessing. It helps to get a bunch of correct letters right away, of course. If you need a ne

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Introducing the Authority Insights Podcast and Newsletter

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-04 10:29:26

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority With so many amazing media outlets and YouTube channels out there in 2025, why should you spare time for Android Authority? If you care about Android and Google news, we know you have options. However, we’re the best site to follow if you want the inside scoop on what Google is working on before it’s announced, especially when it comes to its Android operating system and mobile apps. Now, we’re making it even easier to get that exclusive content delivered righ

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Today's Wordle Is Super Tough: Here Are Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 8, #1511

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-04 09:11:00

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. That sound you hear is Wordle streaks breaking across the land. Oof, today's Wordle puzzle is a pretty tough one. I know the word, but I would never just put these letters together in my guessing. It helps to get a bunch of correct letters right away, of course. If you need a ne

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A decade later, Windows is still bringing Control Panel features to the Settings app

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-12-04 10:31:20

Microsoft has tried to dumb down its Control Panel with a simple UI over the years, rather than a list of options, but there’s still a number of settings that don’t exist in the new PC Settings app. “Why do I have to go the PC settings to forget a network and Control panel to change IP settings? Can’t this all be done from a single place?” It’s a fair criticism, and one that Microsoft should look to address with Windows 10.

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ChatGPT Is Still a Bullshit Machine

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-12-04 15:10:28

How many U.S. states include the letter “R” in their name? You may not know the answer off the top of your head, but any literate adult could figure it out with a list of the states and minimal effort. Unfortunately, OpenAI’s ChatGPT doesn’t know the answer, even its new GPT-5 model. Because generative AI is still a deeply flawed tool, despite being sold by its creators as a god-like entity that can answer literally anything. I was inspired to ask the question after seeing a Bluesky post on Thu

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How Does an Electric Bicycle Work? (2025)

wired.com Stephanie Pearson 2025-12-04 09:00:00

An electric bicycle—it's a regular bicycle, but with a motor on it! There are enough moving pieces on these personal mobility vehicles to make buying one confusing. Even if you're pretty sure you know what an electric bicycle is—and that you're not, riding, say, an electric motorcycle from a dealership—the technology changes almost daily. Over the past 10 years, battery capacity has increased by around 50 percent, according to Joe Buckley, the e-mountain bike product manager at Specialized. In

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Flipper Zero dark web firmware bypasses rolling code security

news.ycombinator.com Written By 2025-12-04 03:10:42

Over on YouTube Talking Sasquach has recently tested custom firmware for the Flipper Zero that can entirely break the rolling code security system used on most modern vehicles. Rolling code security works by using a synchronized algorithm between a transmitter and receiver to generate a new, unique code for each transmission, preventing replay attacks and unauthorized access. In the past we've discussed an attack against rolling code security systems called RollJam, which works by jamming the o

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The 8BitDo Pro 3 Is So Dang Customizable, You’ll Never Need Another Controller

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-12-05 00:00:59

2025 Of all the lower-cost, pick-up-and-play controllers I tested for the Nintendo Switch 2, 8BitDo’s $60 Ultimate 2 easily felt the best in hand. At a steep discount from Nintendo’s now-$90 Switch 2 Pro Controller, it’s an easy recommendation. What else do you need? When we take a step up and look at the $70 Pro 3 wireless controller, we should consider just what we gain and what we’re still missing. No, unfortunately you can’t wake the Switch 2 from sleep with the Pro 3. What you get instead

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8BitDo’s Pro 3 is a super customizable controller that’s too limited on Switch 2

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2025-12-05 00:00:00

As far as I’m concerned, 8BitDo’s Pro 3 is the ultimate controller. You may already know that it makes a model literally called the Ultimate controller, but it plays second fiddle to the new Pro 3 in some key ways. It’s highly customizable, allowing you to change the face buttons, joystick caps, and more. Let me explain: like most other 8BitDo controllers, it’s made to work on multiple platforms, but the Pro 3’s swappable ABXY face buttons allow it to actually transform as needed, say, if you’r

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How you're charging your tablet is slowly killing it - 3 methods to avoid (and the right way)

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-12-05 05:14:00

Maria Diaz/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Unplug at 100%, keep battery between 20% and 80%. Avoid draining to 0%; store unused tablets at 50%. Use certified chargers to prevent stress and overheating. As someone who uses a tablet daily, I'm constantly looking for ways to make its battery last longer. However, some habits you don't think twice about could actually be hurting your battery over time. There are ways to extend your tablet's battery life, and there are some things you should avoid t

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8 settings you should change on your Motorola phone to easily improve the battery life

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2025-12-05 05:22:00

Max Buondonno/ZDNET Google's Pixel phones aren't the only ones with battery-saving secrets to explore. Motorola offers almost as many features inside its menus. After three weeks with the Moto Razr Ultra and separately, the Moto G Stylus 2025, I discovered a handful of tweaks hiding in plain sight that you'll likely find on your Motorola device if you know where to look. 1. Battery Saver keeps the lights on when your gauge hits the red Jason Howell/ZDNET Battery anxiety is the worst, and Bat

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8 settings to change on your Google Pixel phone for significantly better battery life

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2025-12-05 05:33:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Pixel phones have an excellent reputation for smart software, but battery life has been a common complaint with Google's smartphones. Thankfully, that same smart software is now improving battery life and longevity, though many features aren't set up for maximum endurance out of the box. I've found that a handful of features can dramatically improve how long your Pixel lasts, both in a single day and over the long haul. Also: I've owned every Google Pixel flagship phone since t

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Elon Musk Says AI Will Take All Our Jobs, Including His

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-12-05 10:51:19

It’s not the kind of reassurance people on edge about AI were hoping for. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and the world’s richest man, warned that no job is safe, not even his. Musk just issued the warning on X (formerly Twitter), the social network he owns, in response to a post praising OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The original message described how a cancer survivor used ChatGPT to challenge doctors’ opinions, advocate for herself, and make better treatment decisions. “This is bound to ruffle the medical indu

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How Attention Sinks Keep Language Models Stable

news.ycombinator.com Guangxuan Xiao 2025-12-05 22:53:10

We discovered why language models catastrophically fail on long conversations: when old tokens are removed to save memory, models produce complete gibberish. We found models dump massive attention onto the first few tokens as "attention sinks"—places to park unused attention since softmax requires weights to sum to 1. Our solution, StreamingLLM, simply keeps these first 4 tokens permanently while sliding the window for everything else, enabling stable processing of 4 million+ tokens instead of j

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The best Windows laptops for 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-06 03:01:26

If you’ve held on to an aging Windows laptop for too long, it’s now a great time to upgrade. With all the hype around AI PCs, computer makers are rushing to release new designs featuring efficient new chips from Intel and AMD. And thanks to Microsoft’s Copilot+ initiative, which launched last year, we’re finally seeing decent notebooks powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips, which are leading to better battery life and lighter designs. Whether you need a premium ultraportable, a powerful gami

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Leak Reveals the Workaday Lives of North Korean IT Scammers

wired.com Matt Burgess 2025-12-06 05:15:00

Job hunting is a fresh kind of hell. Hours are wasted sifting through open roles, tweaking cover letters, dealing with obtuse recruiters—and that’s all before you get started with potential interviews. Arguably, some of the world’s most prolific job applicants—or at least most persistent—are those of North Korea’s sprawling IT worker schemes. For years, Kim Jong Un’s repressive regime has successfully sent skilled coders abroad where they’re tasked with finding remote work and sending money back

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Flipper Zero DarkWeb Firmware Bypasses Rolling Code Security

news.ycombinator.com Written By 2025-12-06 15:10:42

Over on YouTube Talking Sasquach has recently tested custom firmware for the Flipper Zero that can entirely break the rolling code security system used on most modern vehicles. Rolling code security works by using a synchronized algorithm between a transmitter and receiver to generate a new, unique code for each transmission, preventing replay attacks and unauthorized access. In the past we've discussed an attack against rolling code security systems called RollJam, which works by jamming the o

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Google discovered a new scam—and also fell victim to it

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-06 20:05:34

In June, Google said it unearthed a campaign that was mass-compromising accounts belonging to customers of Salesforce. The means: an attacker pretending to be someone in the customer's IT department feigning some sort of problem that required immediate access to the account. Two months later, Google has disclosed that it, too, was a victim. The series of hacks are being carried out by financially motivated threat actors out to steal data in hopes of selling it back to the targets at sky-high pr

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Show HN: Browser AI agent platform designed for reliability

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 10:12:21

Rapidly build reliable web automation agents The web agent framework built for speed, cost-efficiency, scale, and reliability → Read more at: open-operator-evals • X • LinkedIn • Landing • Console What is Notte? Notte provides all the essential tools for building and deploying AI agents that interact seamlessly with the web. Our full-stack framework combines AI agents with traditional scripting for maximum efficiency - letting you script deterministic parts and use AI only when needed, cutti

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Battlefield 6 Beta Is Live Now: How to Join Early Access

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-07 09:07:00

EA's DICE studio has blown the lid off the multiplayer for its upcoming military shooter Battlefield 6, and can join the fray today. Battlefield 6's first public beta is live right now for those with early access and will be available on two consecutive weekends. It's not too late to get join in, and here's how. The Battlefield 6 open betas will be the first chances for players to experience the game's multiplayer before its full release on Oct. 10. Those with early access can begin playing rig

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HBO Max plans aggressive crack down on password sharing starting next month

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-07 15:43:57

Another major streaming platform is set to crack down on password sharing. JB Perrette, head of streaming and gaming at Warner Bros. Discovery, just told investors that HBO Max will begin an "aggressive" messaging campaign about the practice beginning next month, according to an earnings report. Beyond stricter messaging, the company is looking to close any and all loopholes that allow users to share account passwords by the end of the year. Perette said the company has been testing to determin

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Ditching GitHub

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 15:18:40

This is going to be some sort of a public service announcement, with side notes. This has been brewing for a long, long time (years), it’s just that I never seemed to have the focus time required to solve this once and for all. But now I decided to get moving, and it is already ongoing. If you are among those few with an interest in code I publish, do read on. What? I am moving all of my public source code repositories off of GitHub. My ambition is to completely end my own usage of GitHub, in

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Google Lens just made this easily overlooked option impossible to ignore

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-07 20:46:38

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Lens makes it easy to run searches based on pics you snap with your phone’s camera. Lens has supported voice searches by tapping and holding on the shutter button. Now you can do the same thing with a new “Ask” button dedicated to voice input. Google Lens may not be as flashy as anything like Circle to Search, but the easy-to-overlook image analysis tool has been a reliable workhorse that continues to get better and better. Like everything els

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These 3 common charging mistakes are slowly killing your tablet - here's what to do instead

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-12-07 20:45:00

Maria Diaz/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Unplug at 100%, keep battery between 20% and 80%. Avoid draining to 0%; store unused tablets at 50%. Use certified chargers to prevent stress and overheating. As someone who uses a tablet daily, I'm constantly looking for ways to make its battery last longer. However, some habits you don't think twice about could actually be hurting your battery over time. There are ways to extend your tablet's battery life, and there are some things you should avoid t

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Latest Tech News

iPhone 17 Pro Max: Three new upgrades that could be hard to resist

WinRAR zero-day exploited to plant malware on archive extraction

Study finds flavor bans cut youth vaping but slow decline in cigarette smoking

Imaging reveals 2k-year-old ice mummy's 'incredibly impressive' tattoos

WinRAR zero-day flaw exploited by RomCom hackers in phishing attacks

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Today's Wordle Is Super Tough: Here's the Answer for Aug. 8, #1511

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How Does an Electric Bicycle Work? (2025)

Flipper Zero dark web firmware bypasses rolling code security

The 8BitDo Pro 3 Is So Dang Customizable, You’ll Never Need Another Controller

8BitDo’s Pro 3 is a super customizable controller that’s too limited on Switch 2

How you're charging your tablet is slowly killing it - 3 methods to avoid (and the right way)

8 settings you should change on your Motorola phone to easily improve the battery life

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Elon Musk Says AI Will Take All Our Jobs, Including His

How Attention Sinks Keep Language Models Stable

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Ditching GitHub

Google Lens just made this easily overlooked option impossible to ignore

These 3 common charging mistakes are slowly killing your tablet - here's what to do instead

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