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Update your iPhone, iPad, and Mac ASAP to fix this dangerous security flaw - here's why

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-11-03 14:30:27

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Apple has patched a serious security flaw on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Patch fixes a flaw that could allow an attacker to install spyware. The flaw has been exploited in the wild against targeted individuals. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. I know you're probably tired of constantly updating your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to fix one issue or another. But there's yet anothe

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Founder of Google's Generative AI Team Says Don't Even Bother Getting a Law or Medical Degree, Because AI's Going to Destroy Both Those Careers Before You Can Even Graduate

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-05 09:13:58

One of the pioneers of artificial intelligence at Google is warning the potential doctors and lawyers of tomorrow that AI might steal their futures. In an interview with Business Insider, Jad Tarifi — the 42-year-old founder of Google's first generative AI team who left in 2021 to found his own startup, Integral AI — suggested that ever-improving AI capabilities may soon make getting advanced degrees in law or medicine an exercise in futility. With so many people seeking further education as t

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Deel scores a lawsuit win, but not against Rippling

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-11-07 08:47:51

A Florida judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed against embattled HR and payroll provider Deel. And while Deel described this as a “Rippling-aligned” and “Rippling-supported” lawsuit, this is not the infamous lawsuit filed by its rival earlier this year that involved an alleged corporate spy. Rippling CEO Parker Conrad even went so far as to say “This litigation has nothing to do with Rippling, we are not a party to it, did not fund it,” in a tweet. (Rippling representatives declined furth

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An IRC-Enabled Lawn Mower (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-06 12:48:35

After 25 years, I still love Undernet, and I still chat there every day. Most of the friends I made back in the 90s aren't around anymore, but I still get to meet new and interesting people all the time, and I love the group of amazing friends I have there today. And it was one of them who suggested this project... Now, I grew up in a rural area of the southern US, and I had never been out of the South, but on Undernet, I met people in other states, other countries, even other continents! I mad

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An IRC-Enabled Lawn Mower

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-08 00:48:35

After 25 years, I still love Undernet, and I still chat there every day. Most of the friends I made back in the 90s aren't around anymore, but I still get to meet new and interesting people all the time, and I love the group of amazing friends I have there today. And it was one of them who suggested this project... Now, I grew up in a rural area of the southern US, and I had never been out of the South, but on Undernet, I met people in other states, other countries, even other continents! I mad

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Otter.ai Sued for Allegedly Recording Work Calls Without Consent

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-11-10 18:55:43

Otter.ai, the maker of AI-powered transcription and note-taking tools, is facing a class-action lawsuit in California over alleged privacy violations. The suit, filed Friday in federal court by San Jacinto resident Justin Brewer, claims that Otter.ai is recording private conversations without obtaining consent from all the calls’ participants and then uses those recordings to train its AI. According to the complaint, Brewer doesn’t have an Otter account but joined a Zoom meeting in February whe

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ICE Agents Accidentally Add Random Person to Group Chat, Uncover Highly Sensitive Data

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-12 10:30:42

"I saw the rap sheet and license plate numbers and was like WTAF." Mass Text US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents accidentally added a random person to a mass group text in which officers from multiple federal law enforcement agencies discussed extremely sensitive information about arrests, targets, and strategy. As 404 Media reports, the group text was titled "Mass Text" and included an unredacted ICE document titled "Field Operations Worksheet." The document included "detaile

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Louisiana AG Calls Out ‘Escape to Epstein Island’ Roblox Game in Lawsuit

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-11-12 22:15:04

The attorney general of Louisiana filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the popular online gaming platform Roblox, accusing it of failing to protect child users. Among the material with which the suit takes issue is a game on the platform called “Escape to Epstein Island” that was labeled as appropriate for all ages. Attorney General Liz Murrill alleges in the lawsuit that Roblox put user growth and profits over child safety, calling it “the perfect place for pedophiles.” “Every parent should be

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Louisiana attorney general sues Roblox

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-11-14 03:43:20

The attorney general of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit against Roblox, accusing the platform of failing to implement basic safety controls and making the site the “perfect place for pedophiles.” The lawsuit, filed on Thursday by Attorney General Liz Murrill, alleges that Roblox “has and continues to facilitate the distribution of child sexual abuse material and the sexual exploitation of Louisiana’s children.” It also accuses the platform of purposely not rolling out basic safety controls to pro

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Supreme Court opens door to social media age-gating in US

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-11-15 12:17:19

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. The Supreme Court will let Mississippi’s social media age verification law take effect while the case is being argued in court. In an unsigned ruling on Thursday, the court declined to block the law after an emergency petition from trade association NetChoice. T

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Fortinet warns of FortiSIEM pre-auth RCE flaw with exploit in the wild

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-18 12:23:15

Fortinet is warning about a remote unauthenticated command injection flaw in FortiSIEM that has in-the-wild exploit code, making it critical for admins to apply the latest security updates. FortiSIEM is a central security monitoring and analytics system used for logging, network telemetry, and security incident alerts, serving as an integral part of security operation centers, where it's an essential tool in the hands of IT ops teams and analysts. The product is generally used by governments,

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‘Alien: Earth’ Star Alex Lawther on That Very Sci-Fi Sibling Reunion

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-11-18 14:15:50

Alien: Earth has finally arrived, bringing weekly doses of Ridley Scott’s world of Alien—filtered through the creative lens of Noah Hawley—to sci-fi fans. The first two episodes (read io9’s recap here) had to spend a bit of time doing necessary setup, introducing the characters and how they fit into the story that’ll unfold. So far one of the most unique relationships is the one between Joe, aka Hermit (Alex Lawther) and Wendy (Sydney Chandler), formerly Marcy. They’re siblings, with a twist. A

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Meta makes conservative activist an AI bias advisor following lawsuit

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-11-24 17:04:37

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. Conservative activist Robby Starbuck will serve as an advisor at Meta to address “ideological and political bias” within the company’s AI chatbot, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The move comes as part of a settlement Meta reached with Starbu

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Stone tools may hint at ancestors of Homo floresiensis

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-29 08:32:24

Some stone tools found near a river on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi suggest that the first hominins had reached the islands by at least 1.04 million years ago. That's around the same time that the ancestors of the infamously diminutive “Hobbits” may have reached the island of Flores. Archaeologist Budianto Hakim of Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency and his colleagues were the ones who recently unearthed the tools from a site on Sulawesi. Although a handful of stone flakes

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School AI surveillance can lead to false alarms, arrests

news.ycombinator.com Lurye Is The Data Reporter For The Associated Press 2025-11-29 09:17:32

Lesley Mathis knows what her daughter said was wrong. But she never expected the 13-year-old girl would get arrested for it. The teenage girl made an offensive joke while chatting online with her classmates, triggering the school’s surveillance software. Before the morning was even over, the Tennessee eighth grader was under arrest. She was interrogated, strip-searched and spent the night in a jail cell, her mother says. Earlier in the day, her friends had teased the teen about her tanned com

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Democrats ask Google whether talks with Trump over censorship suit include possible 'quid-pro-quo' deal

cnbc.com Jennifer Elias 2025-11-30 03:28:08

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on President Donald Trump's nominees to lead the National Economic Council, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Housing Finance Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 27, 2025. Several Democratic senators, including Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, are asking Google and its YouTube unit whether discussions with lawyers for President Donald Trump have inclu

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Democrats question Google's Trump talks over censorship suit and possible 'quid-pro-quo' deal

cnbc.com Jennifer Elias 2025-11-30 17:21:15

Ranking Member, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on President Trump's nominees to lead the National Economic Council, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Housing Finance Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 27, 2025. Senate Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, are asking Google and its YouTube unit whether discussions with lawyers for President Dona

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Brennan Center for Justice Report: The Campaign to Undermine the Next Election

news.ycombinator.com Jasleen Singh 2025-12-02 08:00:09

Targeting Election Officials and Civil Society The Trump administration, falsely claiming that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, has already targeted organizations and individuals it sees as adverse with baseless or inappropriate retaliatory actions. It now threatens to do the same with certain election officials, civic groups that mobilize voters, and other individuals and entities that protect elections and the rule of law. These kinds of actions can be tools of retribution, intimida

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Florida is suing several porn companies over age verification

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-02 09:02:51

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has sued multiple pornography platforms on allegations that they fall afoul of age verification laws. The state passed HB 3 in March 2024 and the law took effect in January 2025. HB 3 placed new requirements on services to confirm the ages of their users if they contain "material harmful to minors" and to ensure nobody younger than 18 accesses their content. The lawsuit today targets the companies behind several porn sites, including XVideos, XNXX, BangBr

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Microsoft’s plan to fix the web with AI has already hit an embarrassing security flaw

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-12-04 03:30:33

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Researchers have already found a critical vulnerability in the new NLWeb protocol Microsoft made a big deal about just just a few months ago at Build. It’s a protocol that’s supposed to be “HTML for the Agentic Web,” offering ChatGPT-like search to any website or app. Discovery of the embar

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Tesla Investors Are Suing Elon Musk Over His Disastrous Robotaxi Debut

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-05 03:08:43

Tesla shareholders have sued CEO Elon Musk and his carmaker as part of a proposed class action lawsuit, claiming that the billionaire had hidden significant risk with the company's robotaxis. As Reuters reports, the lawsuit charges that Tesla's failure to clarify the risks amounts to securities fraud. It's a major escalation, highlighting significant discontent, even among its own investors, with the way the EV maker's early testing of its long-awaited autonomous ride-hailing service has panne

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Democrats ask how Trump’s government will regulate Trump Mobile

theverge.com Lauren Feiner 2025-12-05 10:03:05

is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. When a Trump-branded phone on a Trump-branded mobile network launches sometime this year (if all goes according to plan), US regulators will face what’s become a recurring conundrum in Donald Trump’s presidency: how to regulate a product with ties to the head of state. Six Democra

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Illinois Bans AI From Providing Therapy

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-12-05 17:00:04

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed, on Friday, a new measure that bans AI from acting as a therapist or counselor and limits its use to strictly administrative or support roles. The Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act comes as states and federal regulators are starting to grapple with how to protect patients from the growing and mostly unregulated use of AI in health care. The new law prohibits individuals and businesses from advertising or offering any therapy services, i

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MSI Claw benchmarked using AMD and Intel chips: Ryzen Z2 Extreme trumps Core Ultra 7 258V

techspot.com Kishalaya Kundu 2025-12-07 02:06:00

Why it matters: MSI's new Claw A8 handheld builds on the success of the Claw 8 AI+ with notable performance gains in popular games, especially at typical handheld power levels. As handheld gaming grows more demanding, small but key hardware improvements are making a big difference for players. Following the success of its Claw 8 AI+ console in 2024, MSI unveiled the Claw A8 handheld at Computex 2025. Early benchmarks from China-based reviewer Golden Pig Upgrade show a significant performance bo

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Delta denies using AI to come up with inflated, personalized prices

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-10 08:07:48

Delta spent July dealing with backlash over what the airline company claims is widespread public confusion over its AI pricing system. Now, Delta has finally come forward to break down precisely how the AI pricing works to dispute what it claims are "incorrect" characterizations by consumer watchdogs, lawmakers, and media outlets. In a letter to lawmakers who accused Delta of using AI to spy on customers' personal data in order to "jack up" prices, Delta insisted that "there is no fare product

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Hyrum's Law

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-11 02:58:06

Hyrum's Law Put succinctly, the observation is this: With a sufficient number of users of an API, it does not matter what you promise in the contract: all observable behaviors of your system will be depended on by somebody. Over the past couple years of doing low-level infrastructure migrations in one of the most complex software systems on the planet, I’ve made some observations about the differences between an interface and its implementations. We typically think of the interface as an a

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Hundreds of agencies tap Atherton surveillance system for feds; Fails own rules

news.ycombinator.com Arden Margulis 2025-12-13 17:11:29

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Flock license plate reader in Ladera on Nov. 9, 2023. License plate readers have been cropping up all over the Peninsula. Photo by Angela Swartz. As concern grows around federal immigration enforcement in the Trump era, the town of Atherton is sharing sensitive surveillance data with police departments that do not conform with California law and Atherton’s own policies. The town has around 50 cameras from Atlanta-based surveillance company Flock Sa

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Internet age verification begins rollout, and Apple is set to be dragged into it

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-23 09:52:04

The UK has become the first major country to introduce a legal requirement for internet age verification, but it affects all websites and apps worldwide. Additionally, the US has recently revived a bill very similar to the British legislation. While the law was presented as a way to prevent children accessing adult websites, the reality is very different, and we’re already seeing the privacy risks of good intentions being turned into bad legislation – with iMessage and FaceTime in the firing li

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I Thought Robot Lawn Mowers Would be Simple: I Was Wrong

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-23 00:00:00

I spent most of spring and a good chunk of summer turning my backyard into a parking lot to test the best robot lawn mowers. In the process of doing that, I learned a lot about their benefits and their shortfalls. One of the biggest lessons was that, like most forms of automation, they can be a real pain to set up initially, but once they're ready to go, they save you a ton of effort and time compared with regular electric lawn mowers. I didn't expect that initial annoyance going into that proj

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Delta’s AI spying to “jack up” prices must be banned, lawmakers say

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-24 03:13:52

One week after Delta announced it is expanding a test using artificial intelligence to charge different prices based on customers' personal data—which critics fear could end cheap flights forever—Democratic lawmakers have moved to ban what they consider predatory surveillance pricing. In a press release, Reps. Greg Casar (D-Texas) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) announced the Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act. The law directly bans companies from using "surveillance-based" price or wage set

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Latest Tech News

Update your iPhone, iPad, and Mac ASAP to fix this dangerous security flaw - here's why

Founder of Google's Generative AI Team Says Don't Even Bother Getting a Law or Medical Degree, Because AI's Going to Destroy Both Those Careers Before You Can Even Graduate

Deel scores a lawsuit win, but not against Rippling

An IRC-Enabled Lawn Mower (2021)

An IRC-Enabled Lawn Mower

Otter.ai Sued for Allegedly Recording Work Calls Without Consent

ICE Agents Accidentally Add Random Person to Group Chat, Uncover Highly Sensitive Data

Louisiana AG Calls Out ‘Escape to Epstein Island’ Roblox Game in Lawsuit

Louisiana attorney general sues Roblox

Supreme Court opens door to social media age-gating in US

Fortinet warns of FortiSIEM pre-auth RCE flaw with exploit in the wild

‘Alien: Earth’ Star Alex Lawther on That Very Sci-Fi Sibling Reunion

Meta makes conservative activist an AI bias advisor following lawsuit

Stone tools may hint at ancestors of Homo floresiensis

School AI surveillance can lead to false alarms, arrests

Democrats ask Google whether talks with Trump over censorship suit include possible 'quid-pro-quo' deal

Democrats question Google's Trump talks over censorship suit and possible 'quid-pro-quo' deal

Brennan Center for Justice Report: The Campaign to Undermine the Next Election

Florida is suing several porn companies over age verification

Microsoft’s plan to fix the web with AI has already hit an embarrassing security flaw

Tesla Investors Are Suing Elon Musk Over His Disastrous Robotaxi Debut

Democrats ask how Trump’s government will regulate Trump Mobile

Illinois Bans AI From Providing Therapy

MSI Claw benchmarked using AMD and Intel chips: Ryzen Z2 Extreme trumps Core Ultra 7 258V

Delta denies using AI to come up with inflated, personalized prices

Hyrum's Law

Hundreds of agencies tap Atherton surveillance system for feds; Fails own rules

Internet age verification begins rollout, and Apple is set to be dragged into it

I Thought Robot Lawn Mowers Would be Simple: I Was Wrong

Delta’s AI spying to “jack up” prices must be banned, lawmakers say

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