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Credit Bureau TransUnion Hit With Data Breach Affecting 4.4 Million People

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-28 07:29:00

The TransUnion data breach exposed the data of up to 4.4 million customers. CNET Major credit bureau TransUnion has suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive information belonging to 4.4 million customers, including names and Social Security numbers. The data breach took place on July 28, meaning the sensitive information could have been sold and distributed throughout the dark web already. TransUnion is notifying people who may have been affected that their information could be exposed an

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After 2 Million AI Orders, Taco Bell Admits Humans Still Belong in the Drive-Thru

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-28 07:36:00

Fast food companies have been experimenting with integrating artificial intelligence into their restaurants, from Flippy the burger-flipping robot at White Castle to dynamic pricing at Wendy's. One arena where AI seems to really be struggling, though, is at the drive-thru -- and Taco Bell is the latest to experience AI mishaps at the order box. After taking 2 million orders with AI, Taco Bell has reached one conclusion: we still need humans. "We're learning a lot, I'm going to be honest with yo

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This iMac G3 LEGO idea is as unlikely to get approved as it is awesome

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-28 12:29:22

Every once in a while, an Apple-related project gets submitted to LEGO’s Product Ideas page. Just recently, the LEGO Apple Store concept quickly blew past the 10,000-vote threshold needed to enter official review. Now, a new submission is making the rounds, and it is pretty cool. ‘I wanted people to pick up this nostalgic computer again’ Developed by fan designer terauma, this 700-part project features the classic Bondi Blue iMac G3 along with the “hockey puck” mouse and keyboard, properly wir

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Anthropic Wants to Use Your Chats With Claude for AI Training: Here's How to Opt Out

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-28 11:51:00

Anthropic will soon begin using your chat transcripts to train its popular chatbot, Claude. The announcement came on Thursday as an update to the company's Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy. New users will see an option to "Help improve Claude" that can be toggled on or off as part of the sign-up flow, where existing users will begin to see a notification explaining the change. Users have until Sep 28 to opt out of the new change, as it will be enabled by default. You can still turn the option

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Scientists Say Black Holes Could Form Inside Planets, Leading to Absolute Catastrophe

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-28 15:22:37

New fear unlocked: spontaneous black hole implosion. Fresh research predicts that planets may be able to accumulate enough dark matter to suddenly form a black hole at their core. As the intruder grows, catastrophe unfolds: it would then devour the world from the inside out, becoming a black hole with the same mass as its unfortunate meal. The findings, published as a study in the journal Physical Review D, are terrifying to contemplate. The intent, however, wasn't to haunt our dreams but to d

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My startup banking story (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-28 20:38:20

March 14, 2023 As a relatively new member of adult society, and an absolute infant of the business world, I didn't think much about bank choice. I figured: you put money in, you take money out, they're all the same. I also figured a local branch of a global bank is just a fungible tentacle of the giant banking machine, so also... who cares. Both incorrect assumptions, but let's relive and rediscover the effect of these assumptions as I did. I start my company. I am a 22 year old recent college

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US manufacturing investment stumbles as clean tech cancellations pile up

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-10-28 20:09:54

More clean tech manufacturing investments were canceled in the U.S. in the second quarter than were announced, according to a new study from the Rhodium Group and MIT. Companies canceled $5 billion worth of projects, while only $4 billion in new investments was announced. Actual clean tech manufacturing investments, not just announcements, declined by 15%, as well. The pullback comes in the wake of the GOP’s reconciliation bill, which erased key portions of the Inflation Reduction Act, a piece

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Torrent app unavailable at AltStore PAL following apparent notarization revocation by Apple [Update: Apple statement]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-28 05:28:21

Update, August 28, 11:19 a.m. PT: In a statement to 9to5Mac, an Apple spokesperson said: “Notarization for this app was removed in order to comply with government sanctions-related rules in various jurisdictions. We have communicated this to the developer.” When Apple was compelled to allow alternative iOS app stores in the EU, it adopted the notarization model familiar to Mac developers. This means that if Apple revokes the notarization of a certain app, its distribution and use get blocked, e

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iPhone 17 event is official, Apple acquisition strategy, TV+ price rise

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-10-29 00:35:19

Benjamin and Chance prepare to have their jaw dropped in the run up to the September 9 Apple event where we expect to see iPhone 17, Apple Watch Series 11 and maybe AirPods Pro 3. There’s an interesting report on Apple’s strategic calculus when it comes to acquiring other companies, and Gemini might become the brain of Siri. Also, Apple TV+ ups its monthly price by a hefty 30%. And in Happy Hour Plus, we reflect on the last fifteen years of Apple event slogans, and whether there’s a trend of de

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Taco Bell Says ‘No Más’ to AI Drive-Thru Experiment

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-10-29 00:10:52

Last year, Taco Bell made a simple bet that Alexa-like voice assistants could handle the drive-thru window. It didn’t consider whether people could handle dealing with AI. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company embedded AI in the drive-thru boxes at more than 500 locations across the country and quickly found that it made mistakes, creeped people out, and got very easily manipulated. “We’re learning a lot, I’m going to be honest with you,” Taco Bell Chief Digital and Technology Offic

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I Tried Netflix's Zodiac Hub and Found a Fun New Show That Matched My Astrological Sign

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 00:00:03

Earlier this week, I received an email from the communications team at Netflix announcing the debut of a new astrology hub on the streaming platform. According to the release, these curated playlists include show and movie recommendations that "reflect the character traits and themes most associated with that sign." They don't include this week's horoscope. At least for now. Lots of people feel strongly about their zodiac sign and how it affects their lives. While I don't normally give much tho

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High-severity vulnerability in Passwordstate credential manager. Patch now.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-29 00:46:43

The maker of Passwordstate, an enterprise-grade password manager for storing companies’ most privileged credentials, is urging them to promptly install an update fixing a high-severity vulnerability that hackers can exploit to gain administrative access to their vaults. The authentication bypass allows hackers to create a URL that accesses an emergency access page for Passwordstate. From there, an attacker could pivot to the administrative section of the password manager. A CVE identifier isn’t

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Proton offers a new lifeline for when the unexpected happens

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-29 04:36:09

TL;DR Proton has rolled out a new feature called Emergency Access. This feature allows paid users to pick five trusted contacts who can gain access to their account in case anything happens. Users can allow their trusted contacts to access their account immediately or after a custom set period of time. We all have crucial information stored in the various apps we use. For instance, you could have an important message sitting in your inbox, logins in your password manager, or financial informa

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GM’s new adapters reflect the increasingly confused reality of EV charging

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-10-29 04:25:33

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Look, I sympathize. When General Motors said it would adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) for its electric vehicles back in 2023, we knew this meant adapters. But we never could have imagined how many adapters we would

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Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-29 08:43:05

Indonesia is currently in chaos. Earlier today, the government blocked access to Twitter & Discord knowing news spread mainly through those channels. Usually we can use Cloudflare's WARP to avoid it, but just today they blocked the access as well. What alternative should we use?

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How Is AI Used In Space? This Wild Look Into a Data Center Plan Has Clues

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-10-29 08:05:57

The world runs on data. As humanity’s information gets increasingly digitized and artificial intelligence creeps its way into every aspect of life, data centers become more and more important. But that data comes with a catch: the servers in these data centers have monstrous energy demands that eat up natural resources like water, and that puts a significant burden on local communities where data centers are located. Some companies think they’ve found the solution to this problem by sending th

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At Least 2 People Died of ‘Flesh-Eating’ Bacteria After Eating Tainted Oysters

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-10-29 08:20:22

“Flesh-eating” bacteria are continuing to claim lives this summer. Louisiana health officials reported this week that two more people have died from Vibrio infections this month, potentially caused by eating tainted oysters. The Louisiana Department of Health announced the latest deaths during a meeting of the Louisiana Oyster Task Force held Tuesday. Both deaths are linked to oysters harvested in the state, but the oysters were eaten at separate restaurants in Louisiana and Florida. Louisiana

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China Takes a Key Step Toward Its ‘Meltdown-Proof’ Nuclear Reactor

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-10-29 08:35:51

China’s ambitious plan to dramatically pull back from fossil fuels is perhaps most evident in the explosive growth of its nuclear energy program. The latest news suggests China may be tantalizingly close to bringing self-cooling reactors to practical use—a development with profound safety implications. In a statement earlier this week, the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) announced that it had recently concluded tests for a residual heat removal system for integral fast reactors (IFRs).

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Trump admin dismisses Endangered Species List as “Hotel California”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-29 08:00:52

“You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” It’s the ominous slogan for “Hotel California,” an iconic fictional lodging dreamed up by the Eagles in 1976. One of the rock band’s lead singers, Don Henley, said in an interview that the song and place “can have a million interpretations.” For US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, what comes to mind is a key part of one of the country’s most central conservation laws. “The Endangered Species List has become like the Hotel Californ

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Live Activities keep getting better, and iOS 26 continues that trend

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-29 12:20:44

Live Activities have become one of the best iPhone features, and they’re getting even better in iOS 26. Here’s what’s new. Scheduling Live Activities for later Last year, Apple’s Sports app gained support for scheduling Live Activities so that they automatically trigger when a game starts. In iOS 26, that same scheduling capability is now available to all third-party apps via a new developer API. Once apps implement the scheduling feature, there could be all kinds of fascinating new use case

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MATLAB dev says ransomware gang stole data of 10,000 people

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-29 12:00:06

MathWorks, a leading developer of mathematical simulation and computing software, revealed that a ransomware gang stole the data of over 10,000 people after breaching its network in April. The company disclosed the attack on May 27, when it linked ongoing service outages to a ransomware incident that disrupted access to some internal systems and online applications for its staff and customers. Impacted services included multi-factor authentication (MFA), account SSO (Single Sign-On), the MathW

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Best Smartwatch for 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 07:00:00

Smartwatches have become the de-facto way to measure activity from your wrist and can encourage you to get moving. It's increasingly common for them to offer health features like a blood oxygen sensor. Some may even have an ECG (also known as an electrocardiogram) which can check for signs of a heart condition called atrial fibrillation. Smartwatches reflect your personal style and come in a variety of finishes, from aluminum to titanium, with a seemingly endless variety of watch bands to choos

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As GM prepares to switch its EVs to NACS, it has some new adapters

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-29 10:10:27

In mid-2023, just as it seemed like the North American auto industry had settled on CCS1 as the default fast-charging plug, everything upended as Ford, then General Motors, then everyone else announced they were adopting the North American Charging Standard. Originally developed by Tesla, NACS has a different plug but uses the same electronic communication protocols as CCS, and adoption of NACS thus makes all those non-Tesla electric vehicles compatible with the extensive Tesla Supercharger net

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New iPhone 17 accessory from Apple leaked ahead of event

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-10-29 16:26:20

When leaker Majin Bu showed off clones of alleged TechWoven iPhone 17 case boxes, I noticed the fine print on the box mentioned compatibility with an unannounced accessory called Crossbody Strap. In a new post, Majin Bu has more details about this new iPhone 17 accessory from Apple. iPhone 17 cases will have a new feature iPhone 17 case leaks have surfaced all through August. We’ve learned that Apple will likely include lanyard holes on either side of the bottom of its silicone cases, similar

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TransUnion suffers data breach impacting over 4.4 million people

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-29 16:10:34

Consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion warns it suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of over 4.4 million people in the United States. TransUnion is one of the three major credit bureaus in the United States, alongside Equifax and Experian. It operates in 30 countries, employs 13,000 staff, and has an annual revenue of $3 billion. It collects and maintains credit information on over 1 billion consumers worldwide, with approximately 200 million of those based in the U.S.

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‘The Vampire Diaries’ Almost Cast Marvel’s Sebastian Stan, New Book Reveals

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-10-29 16:48:32

The Vampire Diaries helped define the CW’s genre days, and for many fans, it’s also the moment they discovered Star Trek: Strange New Worlds actor Paul Wesley. He was cast alongside costar Ian Somerhalder to play the vampire brothers Damon and Stefan Salvatore, but things could have been very different: Marvel’s Sebastian Stan almost got the call to play the character. In an upcoming oral history titled I Was Feeling Epic by Samantha Highfill excerpted in EW, she reveals that Stan took a meetin

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New dinosaur species is the punk rock version of an ankylosaur

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-29 16:25:12

Ankylosaurs, with their squat, armored bodies and bizarre, weaponized tails, are an iconic group of dinosaurs. While there were plenty of species present in the Cretaceous, they're thought to have origins that trace back to the Jurassic. It has been hard to say much about those origins, however, because the fossil evidence was so sparse. One of the earliest potential ankylosaur species, Spicomellus, was known from only a single partial rib; others are known only by jaw fragments or teeth. Now,

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With recent Falcon 9 milestones, SpaceX vindicates its “dumb” approach to reuse

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-29 16:46:46

As SpaceX's Starship vehicle gathered all of the attention this week, the company's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket continued to hit some impressive milestones. Both occurred during relatively anonymous launches of the company's Starlink satellites but are nonetheless notable because they underscore the value of first-stage reuse, which SpaceX has pioneered over the last decade. The first milestone occurred on Wednesday morning with the launch of the Starlink 10-56 mission from Cape Canaveral, Flori

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Taco Bell’s AI drive-thru plan gets caught up on trolls and glitches

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-29 16:16:57

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Taco Bell’s plan to outfit hundreds of drive-thrus with an AI voice assistant isn’t going exactly as the chain expected. Dane Mathews, Taco Bell’s chief digital and technology officer, admitted to The Wall Street Journal that the company is re-evaluating where t

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AI firm says its technology weaponised by hackers

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-29 18:40:27

AI firm says its technology weaponised by hackers 3 hours ago Share Save Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images US artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic says its technology has been "weaponised" by hackers to carry out sophisticated cyber attacks. Anthropic, which makes the chatbot Claude, says its tools were used by hackers "to commit large-scale theft and extortion of personal data". The firm said its AI was used to help write code which carried out cyber-at

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Credit Bureau TransUnion Hit With Data Breach Affecting 4.4 Million People

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