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Tinycolor supply chain attack post-mortem

news.ycombinator.com Scott Cooper 2025-09-27 02:18:38

A malicious GitHub Actions workflow was pushed to a shared repo and exfiltrated a npm token with broad publish rights. The attacker then used that token to publish malicious versions of 20 packages, including @ctrl/tinycolor . My GitHub account, the @ctrl/tinycolor repository were not directly compromised. There was no phishing involved, and no malicious packages were installed on my machine and I already use pnpm to avoid unapproved postinstall scripts. There was no pull request involved becau

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Apple Photos app corrupts images

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-26 20:07:44

The Apple Photos app sometimes corrupts images when importing from my camera. I just wanted to make a blog post about it in case anyone else runs into the problem. I’ve seen other references to this online, but most of the people gave up trying to fix it, and none of them went as far as I did to debug the issue. I’ll try to describe the problem, and the things I’ve tried to do to fix it. But also note that I’ve (sort of) given up on the Photos app too. Since I can’t trust it to import photos fr

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China Just Fired Its Latest Shot in the Chip Wars — and Nvidia Took the Hit

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-09-26 23:20:08

Nvidia just can’t seem to catch a break. After beating a ban on China sales imposed by the Trump administration, the tech giant is now facing a ban on its products by Chinese regulators. Chinese internet regulator Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) ordered top Chinese tech companies like Bytedance and Alibaba to end their testing and orders of Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000D chips, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday citing people with knowledge of the matter. Nvidia unveiled the RTX Pro 6

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The AI Layoffs Have Come for Freelance Marketplace Fiverr

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-09-27 02:50:51

Fiverr, the online marketplace for freelancers, announced that it is laying off about 250 full-time staff members as part of an effort to transform itself into an “AI-first company.” The layoffs will affect about 30% of the company’s staff and are part of what CEO Micha Kaufman called a “painful reset” in a message to his staff, which he also posted on X—though certainly one that will be more painful for the workers losing their jobs than for him. Kaufman claims the layoffs mark Fiverr returnin

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MacBook Pro May Be Finally Getting a Touchscreen

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 01:56:00

Get your swiping fingers ready. According to a reliable insider, Apple will introduce touchscreen capability to the MacBook Pro for the first time with the launch of the OLED MacBook Pro in late 2026. Don't miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET as a preferred Google source. Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst with TF International Securities, posted on X that the cheaper MacBook, scheduled to go into production later this year, will not have a touchscreen. However, he said

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Best Xbox Controller for 2025: Series X and Series S

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 02:33:00

CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review products and services. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. With prices going up everywhere, including Microsoft raising prices on its Xbox console and accessories, it's more important than ever to spend your money in the right place. When it comes to getting a new Xbox controller, that means finding the best one for your play style and the types of games you play the most. There are doze

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Gemini AI solves coding problem that stumped 139 human teams at ICPC World Finals

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-27 02:00:32

Like the rest of its Big Tech cadre, Google has spent lavishly on developing generative AI models. Google's AI can clean up your text messages and summarize the web, but the company is constantly looking to prove that its generative AI has true intelligence. The International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) helps make the point. Google says Gemini 2.5 participated in the 2025 ICPC World Finals, turning in a gold medal performance. According to Google this marks "a significant step on our p

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How to Change Your Kindle’s Language: Spanish, French, Japanese, and More (2025)

wired.com Nena Farrell 2025-09-27 02:17:21

Looking to learn a new language? Reading is a great way to start, and you don't need a physical book to do it: Here's how to change your Kindle's language (and download books in other languages!) to learn right from your favorite e-reader. Reading a different language helps you expand your vocabulary and nail down nuances like sentence structure, and for visual learners like myself it can be the ideal way to start really learning information. Lucky for all of us e-reader lovers, Kindle's ebook

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American Sweatshop depicts content moderation as the hell it is

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-09-27 01:00:00

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. In American Sweatshop, German director Uta Briesewitz’s new psychological drama, every character working at a content moderation firm understands that ingesting horrific images is part of the job. They have all seen the disturbing footage uploaded to social media, and they know how important it is that someone is always there to deter

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Garmin’s Venu 4 adds an LED flashlight and accessibility upgrades

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-09-27 02:08:12

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Garmin is launching its Venu 4 smartwatch today, expanding on the accessibility and sleep tracking features introduced with the Venu 3 two years ago. It’s available now in 41mm and 45mm models and starts at $549.99 which is $100 more expensive than the Venu 3

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Zoom launches a cross application AI notetaker, AI avatars and more in its latest update

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-09-27 02:00:00

Zoom on Wednesday launched new products at its Zoomtopia conference, including an upgraded AI companion that can work across meeting apps, as well as the ability to add your own notes, AI-powered meeting scheduling, and AI avatars that resemble users. With these features, the company aims to compete with verticalized meeting startups and productivity suites. The company has long offered an AI bot that can record and transcribe Zoom meetings. However, cross-application meeting notetakers like Re

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Ten years after selling Periscope to Twitter, startup's co-founder raises $40 million for Macroscope

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-09-27 06:00:01

It's been a decade since Kayvon Beykpour sold Periscope to Twitter for a reported $100 million, allowing the social media site to jump into livestreaming. Twitter shuttered Periscope in 2021, and the parent company, now called X and owned by Elon Musk, gravitated to a live events product called Spaces. Meanwhile, Beykpour, who spent seven years at Twitter after the acquisition, is back with Macroscope. He said on Wednesday that he's raised $40 million from venture investors, including GV (form

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StubHub's stock opens at $25.35 in NYSE debut after ticket seller's long-awaited IPO

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-09-27 06:20:07

Eric Baker, co-founder and CEO of Ticket reseller StubHub, rings the opening bell during his company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., September 17, 2025. StubHub shares opened at $25.35 in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Wednesday after the online ticket seller priced its IPO in the middle of its expected range. The pricing late Tuesday at $23.50 per share raised $800 million for the company, now trading under ticker symbol "STUB." StubHub's long-awaited IPO

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There's Something Psychologically Bizarre About AI Executives

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-27 05:19:47

For many hopeful entrepreneurs, founding a successful company is a ticket to the top, the lofty promise of fame and fortune. Yet for a growing number of up-and-coming AI executives, a successful tech startup is the end in itself — not a step toward luxury, but a rejection of it. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the newest class of young founders flocking to the Bay Area are eschewing the frivolities enjoyed by their peers in favor of a proudly minimalist, monk-like existence. "Why would I

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Garmin Venu 4 takes aim at a crowded smartwatch field with new health and fitness tools

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-27 06:17:36

Garmin TL;DR Garmin has launched the Venu 4: a premium smartwatch focused on health, fitness, and accessibility. New features include health status tracking, lifestyle logging, advanced sleep tools, and Garmin Fitness Coach. The watch, which starts at $549.99 and will be available on September 22, comes in 41mm and 45mm sizes. It’s a stacked season for wearables. Apple just rolled out its new models, while Google’s Pixel Watch 4 is up for pre-order, and the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 lineup only

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Apple Intelligence’s required iPhone storage in iOS 26 is actually good news

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-27 06:00:17

Apple Intelligence is entering its second year, and iOS 26 adds many new and improved AI features. But despite everything new, there’s surprisingly good news for iPhone storage requirements in the new update. Apple Intelligence still has the same 7 GB storage requirement in iOS 26 Last year, Apple Intelligence launched in iOS 18.1 with a selection of features, followed by a steady drip of new additions throughout iOS 18.2 and beyond. One trend I noticed at the time was that those new features

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SonicWall warns customers to reset credentials after breach

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-27 06:23:14

SonicWall warned customers today to reset credentials after their firewall configuration backup files were exposed in a security breach that impacted MySonicWall accounts. After detecting the incident, SonicWall has cut off the attackers' access to its systems and has been collaborating with cybersecurity and law enforcement agencies to investigate the attack's impact. "As part of our commitment to transparency, we are notifying you of an incident that exposed firewall configuration backup fil

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Best early Amazon Prime Day deals under $25 in 2025: My favorite cheap sales ahead of October

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2025-09-27 06:29:59

It's official: Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale will return Oct. 7-8. The sale, more popularly known as October Prime Day, is one of the first to kick off the holiday shopping season. You're sure to see discounts on plenty of items, including dozens of gadgets and trinkets that won't break the bank. Also: Everything you need to know about Prime Big Deal Days I cover deals 24/7, and I know a thing or two about finding the best offers to share with you. Amazon and competing retailers tend to in

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Best early Prime Day Walmart deals 2025: All-time-low prices from Microsoft, Samsung, and more

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2025-09-27 06:32:17

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or