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FTC: Older adults lost record $700 million to scammers in 2024

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-27 21:55:10

Americans aged 60 and older lost a staggering $700 million to online scams in 2024, marking a sharp rise in fraud targeting seniors, according to the Federal Trade Commission. This figure, presented in the agency's latest Consumer Protection Data Spotlight, represents an increase over all three categories of loss compared to previous years. Most notably, the amount of losses for those who lost over $100k recorded an eightfold jump compared to 2020. Below is an analysis of the amounts: Losses

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Compiling a Lisp: Lambda lifting

news.ycombinator.com Max Bernstein 2025-12-01 06:35:03

first – previous EDIT: /u/thunderseethe correctly points out that this is closure conversion, not lambda lifting, so I have adjusted the post title from “lambda lifting” to “closure conversion” accordingly. Thanks! I didn’t think this day would come, but I picked up the Ghuloum tutorial (PDF) again and I got a little bit further. There’s just one caveat: I have rewritten the implementation in Python. It’s available in the same repo in compiler.py. It’s brief, coming in at a little over 300 LOC

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Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable

news.ycombinator.com Sam Meredith 2025-12-01 11:19:06

A firefighting helicopter flies near as a home burns from the Mountain Fire on November 6, 2024 in Camarillo, California. David Mcnew | Getty Images News | Getty Images Top insurers fear the climate crisis could soon outpace industry solutions, effectively threatening to make entire regions around the world uninsurable. Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz , one of the world's biggest insurers, recently outlined how the world is fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will n

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Compiling a Lisp: Lambda Lifting

news.ycombinator.com Max Bernstein 2025-12-01 12:35:03

first – previous I didn’t think this day would come, but I picked up the Ghuloum tutorial (PDF) again and I got a little bit further. There’s just one caveat: I have rewritten the implementation in Python. It’s available in the same repo in compiler.py. It’s brief, coming in at a little over 300 LOC + tests (compared to the C version’s 1200 LOC + tests). I guess there’s another caveat, too, which is that the Python version has no S-expression reader. But that’s fine: consider it an exercise fo

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FTC: older adults lost record $700 million to scammers in 2024

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-02 15:55:10

Americans aged 60 and older lost a staggering $700 million to online scams in 2024, marking a sharp rise in fraud targeting seniors, according to the Federal Trade Commission. This figure, presented in the agency's latest Consumer Protection Data Spotlight, represents an increase over all three categories of loss compared to previous years. Most notably, the amount of losses for those who lost over $100k recorded an eightfold jump compared to 2020. Below is an analysis of the amounts: Losses

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Say goodbye to tab overload with Samsung’s latest Browser feature

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-03 00:18:29

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR The beta version of the Samsung Internet Browser app has gained a new feature called “Auto close settings.” Turning this setting on allows the app to close unused tabs for you. Users can choose to clear inactive tabs after a set number of days or have AI decide if a tab should be closed. When using a mobile browser, it’s easy to forget how many tabs you have open. And it’s even easier to forget to close those tabs. Having too many tabs open can lead to

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Omada Health beats on revenue in first earnings report since IPO

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-12-04 20:53:29

Omada Health reported quarterly results for the first time since its IPO in June. Here's how the company did based on average analysts' estimates compiled by LSEG: Loss: Loss per share of 24 cents. Loss per share of 24 cents. Revenue: $61 million vs. $55.2 million expected The virtual care company's revenue increased 49% in its second quarter from $41.21 million a year earlier. The company reported a net loss of $5.31 million, or a 24-cent loss per share, compared to a net loss of $10.69 mil

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SoftBank Vision Fund posts $4.8 billion gain to drive second straight quarter of group profit

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-12-06 22:19:30

Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks at the SoftBank World event in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. SoftBank Group on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter profit that topped expectations, driven by gains in its Vision Fund tech investment arm. The Japanese giant reported 421.8 billion yen ($2.87 billion) in the quarter ended June, versus 127.6 billion yen expected, according to LSEG consensus estimates. It is the second straight quart

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Sonos confirms tariffs will increase its prices this year

theverge.com Richard Lawler 2025-12-07 00:42:39

Conrad: With respect to our operations, like many companies, the most significant near-term challenge has been the uncertain tariff environment. As a reminder short of a few accessories, and our passive speaker partnership with Sonance (I think this is what he said?) we do all of our us-bound manufacturing in Vietnam and Malaysia. We talked last quarter about the contingency planning we underwent to minimize the effects of terrorists on our business, while also doing what we can to limit the d

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The History and Physics of the Atomic Bomb

wired.com Luca Nardi 2025-12-09 15:00:00

In 1938, Italian physicist Enrico Fermi, who had fled to New York to escape fascism, discovered a material in which a process of this type occurred: uranium. Fearing that the Nazis might also discover this element’s capability of producing a chain reaction, the Manhattan Project was born in 1940, a secret program for the development of nuclear weapons led by Arthur Compton. Compton formed a research group, which also included Fermi and Szilard, that would continue to conduct experiments on nucle

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Hinge Health stock pops 6% after first quarterly report since IPO

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-12-10 10:49:54

Hinge Health co-founders, Gabriel Mecklenburg and Daniel Perez celebrate its initial public offering at the New York Stock Exchange on May 22, 2025. Shares of Hinge Health popped 6% in extended trading on Tuesday after the digital physical therapy company reported quarterly results for the first time since its debut on the New York Stock Exchange in May. Here's how the company did based on average analysts' estimates compiled by LSEG: Loss: Loss per share of $13.10. That may not compare with

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Dental Floss Could Deliver Next-Gen Vaccines, No Needles Required

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-12-13 15:52:29

Flu shot season is around the corner, and while injections remain the most common form of vaccination, scientists are working hard to find other ways to deliver inoculations that don’t involve shoving a needle into your flesh. And in a new study, researchers think they might have found another novel approach: dental floss. In the new work, a team of scientists based in the U.S. demonstrated how this might work on lab mice, finding that vaccine delivery via dental floss was more effective at sti

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40 Best Toys for Kids in 2025: Our Editors Found the Hottest Gift Ideas for All Ages

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-18 09:00:00

Best kids' toys overall Hex Bots Wall Crawler Gecko CNET's Bridget Carey says this won her over "both as a mom and as someone who delights in making my co-workers squirm." By using a remote -- that can be as far as 25 feet away -- you can make it scale walls or perform spin tricks, she explains. To charge it, there's a USB-C port and you'll need two AAA batteries for the remote. Read our review here. $25 at Walmart Close RealFX Disney Stitch Not just any puppet -- this amazing 18-inch-tall Sti

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Spikes in malicious activity precede new security flaws in 80% of cases

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-19 08:00:00

Researchers have found that in roughly 80% of cases, spikes in malicious activity like network reconnaissance, targeted scanning, and brute-forcing attempts targeting edge networking devices are a precursor to the disclosure of new security vulnerabilities (CVEs) within six weeks. This has been discovered by threat monitoring firm GreyNoise, which reports these occurrences are not random, but are rather characterized by repeatable and statistically significant patterns. GreyNoise bases this on

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Spikes in malicious activity precede new CVEs in 80% of cases

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-19 14:00:00

Researchers have found that in roughly 80% of cases, spikes in malicious activity like network reconnaissance, targeted scanning, and brute-forcing attempts targeting edge networking devices are a precursor to the disclosure of new security vulnerabilities (CVEs) within six weeks. This has been discovered by threat monitoring firm GreyNoise, which reports these occurrences are not random, but are rather characterized by repeatable and statistically significant patterns. GreyNoise bases this on

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Maintaining Weight Loss

news.ycombinator.com Leigh Peele 2025-12-21 15:05:29

When people hit their weight loss goals, it’s easy to assume the hardest part is behind them. However, maintaining that progress is a skill with its own set of challenges. In fact, sometimes, people are more prepared for the initial grind of weight loss than for the long-term effort required for maintenance. This article aims to provide a collection of skills to manage maintenance more effectively while hopefully making it feel sustainable. Let’s dig in! 1. Really understanding the role of yo

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Want Android 16 on your Phone 3? Nothing is rolling out a closed beta

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-22 10:39:01

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Nothing is inviting Phone 3 owners to join a closed beta of its Android 16 skin. Phone 3 users can sign up to participate in the closed beta until 12:00 PM ET on August 3, 2025. The company plans to release an open beta in September. Google released the stable Android 16 update to Pixel devices last month. During the launch of the Phone 3, Nothing CEO Carl Pei confirmed that Nothing OS 4.0, based on Android 16, would come to the handset sometime in Q3. T

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Maru OS – Use your phone as your PC

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-23 11:24:40

The only PC you need is the one in your pocket . Maru takes personal computing one step closer to closed-loop. Your hardware's capabilities are shared across your mobile device and desktop so you don't have to context-switch around so much. Say goodbye to coordinating your work amongst dozens of different devices.

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Juggalos Not Happy as Insane Clown Posse Releases AI-Generated Video

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-23 18:19:47

Of all the musical fandoms out there, Insane Clown Posse's juggalos are among the most loyal. For decades, the community has rallied around musicians Joe "Violent J" Bruce and Joey "Shaggy 2 Dope" Utsler to form one of the most fascinating and scrutinized musical subcultures of our time. That makes it all the more noteworthy that juggalos are becoming incensed about their favorite duo's use of generative AI. In a teaser video for ICP's upcoming album, "The Naught," some eagle-eyed juggalos spo

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Maru OS – Your phone is your PC

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-24 05:24:40

The only PC you need is the one in your pocket . Maru takes personal computing one step closer to closed-loop. Your hardware's capabilities are shared across your mobile device and desktop so you don't have to context-switch around so much. Say goodbye to coordinating your work amongst dozens of different devices.

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New Apple TV+ movie with Matthew McConaughey looks high-stakes and intense

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-24 15:01:05

Apple TV+ has a strong movie lineup coming this fall, and we just got the release date and full trailer for one of those highly anticipated films: The Lost Bus, which stars Matthew McConaughey. Apple’s biggest movie of the year is easily F1. But there’s another intense, vehicle-centered movie on the way that strikes a very different tone. The Lost Bus is coming to Apple TV+ on Friday, October 3, following a limited theatrical release September 19. Here’s Apple’s summary followed by the just-r

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Spotify CEO Ek says he's 'unhappy' with ads business as stock falls 11% on weak guidance

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-12-25 00:50:46

Spotify shares dropped more than 11% Tuesday after the music streaming service fell short of Wall Street's expectations and posted weak guidance for the current quarter. Shares headed for their worst session since July 2023. Here's how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Loss: Loss of .42 euros vs earnings of 1.90 euros per share expected Loss of .42 euros vs earnings of 1.90 euros per share expected Revenue: 4.19 billion euros vs. 4.26 billion expected The Swedish platform's revenues ro

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Spotify CEO Ek says he's 'unhappy' with ads business as stock falls 8% on weak guidance

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-12-25 10:44:25

Spotify shares dropped more than 8% before the bell Tuesday after the music streaming service fell short of Wall Street's expectations and posted weak guidance for the current quarter. Here's how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Loss: Loss of .42 euros vs earnings of 1.90 euros per share expected Loss of .42 euros vs earnings of 1.90 euros per share expected Revenue: 4.19 billion euros vs. 4.26 billion expected The Swedish platform's revenues rose 10% from about 3.81 billion euros in t

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Spotify stock falls 7% on revenue miss, lackluster guidance

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-12-25 15:30:53

Spotify shares dropped more than 7% before the bell Tuesday after the music streaming service fell short of Wall Street's expectations and posted weak guidance for the current quarter. Here's how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Loss: Loss of .42 euros vs earnings of 1.90 euros per share expected Loss of .42 euros vs earnings of 1.90 euros per share expected Revenue: 4.19 billion euros vs. 4.26 billion expected The Swedish platform's revenues rose 10% from about 3.81 billion euros in t

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Spotify stock falls on revenue miss, lackluster guidance

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-12-26 02:30:26

Spotify shares dropped about 4% Tuesday after the music streaming platform fell short of Wall Street's expectations and posted weak guidance for the current quarter. Here's how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Loss: Loss of .42 euros vs earnings of 1.90 euros per share expected Loss of .42 euros vs earnings of 1.90 euros per share expected Revenue: 4.19 billion euros vs. 4.26 billion expected The Sweden-based music platform's revenues rose 10% from about 3.81 billion euros in the year-

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Apple to close Parkland Mall store in China amid intense worldwide retail reshuffle

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-25 23:09:58

In a first in the country, Apple has confirmed that it will close its Parkland Mall store in Dalian City, Northeast China, on August 9. Here are the details. As reported by Bloomberg, Apple decided to shut down the store due to the “departure of several retailers at the Parkland Mall”. Here is the full statement provided to Mark Gurman: “We’re always focused on providing an exceptional experience for all of our customers both online and at more than 50 Apple Store locations across Greater Chin

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AppleCare+ Theft and Loss coverage no longer limited to iPhone

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-01-05 10:00:00

In addition to introducing AppleCare One, Apple is making a significant change to how some individual AppleCare+ plans are offered. Starting today, AppleCare+ Theft and Loss coverage is no longer limited to just the iPhone. As part of AppleCare One, Apple is expanding the theft and loss coverage option beyond the iPhone for the first time. When bundled with AppleCare One, Apple Watch and iPad include AppleCare+ Theft and Loss coverage. Apple’s new bundle covers three products for $19.99/mont

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Hegel Dust

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-04 04:23:25

SO MUCH DEPENDS UPON La Vache qui rit, which you know as the Laughing Cow, the individually wrapped wedges of spreadable cheese from your childhood. Founded in 1921 by a French veteran of the First World War, the company’s name is based on a pun on Wagner’s Valkyries and an anti-German slur. The product’s package—a circular box with a jolly red-faced cow wearing ear tags that have jolly red-faced cows on them—has gone down in advertising history as an early instance of successful branding. In th

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Why It’s Taking LA So Long to Rebuild After the Wildfires

wired.com Umair Irfan 2026-01-10 20:00:00

This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the wake of the record-breaking wildfires in Los Angeles in January—some of the most expensive and destructive blazes in history—one of the first things California governor Gavin Newsom did was to sign an executive order suspending environmental rules around rebuilding. The idea was that by waiving permitting regulations and reviews under the California Coastal Act and the California Environmental Quality A

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The Halo Effect

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-07 00:57:06

Notes on the recent trend of “Hire and License Out” deals in AI Halos are made when souls leave their companies and ascend to the Clouds Over the last year, a new breed of deal structure has emerged in AI: an alternative to acquisitions and hiring that shares traits of both yet isn’t quite either. Companies like Inflection, Character AI, Adept, Covariant and most recently Windsurf have used this new structure in a common pattern. A core team from the startup–usually including the founders and

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FTC: Older adults lost record $700 million to scammers in 2024

Compiling a Lisp: Lambda lifting

Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable

Compiling a Lisp: Lambda Lifting

FTC: older adults lost record $700 million to scammers in 2024

Say goodbye to tab overload with Samsung’s latest Browser feature

Omada Health beats on revenue in first earnings report since IPO

SoftBank Vision Fund posts $4.8 billion gain to drive second straight quarter of group profit

Sonos confirms tariffs will increase its prices this year

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Dental Floss Could Deliver Next-Gen Vaccines, No Needles Required

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Spikes in malicious activity precede new security flaws in 80% of cases

Spikes in malicious activity precede new CVEs in 80% of cases

Maintaining Weight Loss

Want Android 16 on your Phone 3? Nothing is rolling out a closed beta

Maru OS – Use your phone as your PC

Juggalos Not Happy as Insane Clown Posse Releases AI-Generated Video

Maru OS – Your phone is your PC

New Apple TV+ movie with Matthew McConaughey looks high-stakes and intense

Spotify CEO Ek says he's 'unhappy' with ads business as stock falls 11% on weak guidance

Spotify CEO Ek says he's 'unhappy' with ads business as stock falls 8% on weak guidance

Spotify stock falls 7% on revenue miss, lackluster guidance

Spotify stock falls on revenue miss, lackluster guidance

Apple to close Parkland Mall store in China amid intense worldwide retail reshuffle

AppleCare+ Theft and Loss coverage no longer limited to iPhone

Hegel Dust

Why It’s Taking LA So Long to Rebuild After the Wildfires

The Halo Effect

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