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UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-12 09:46:40

Sir Keir Starmer’s government is seeking a way out of a clash with the Trump administration over the UK’s demand that Apple provide it with access to secure customer data, two senior British officials have told the Financial Times. The officials both said the Home Office, which ordered the tech giant in January to grant access to its most secure cloud storage system, would probably have to retreat in the face of pressure from senior leaders in Washington, including Vice President JD Vance. “Th

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Trouble Falling Asleep? I Tried This Viral Sleepy Girl Mocktail and the Results Surprised Me

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-12 08:00:03

My team of CNET sleep experts and I are always looking for the best ways of getting a good night's sleep. Between testing mattresses and researching melatonin supplements, we make time to fact-check viral social media videos. Naturally, when the "Sleepy Girl Mocktail" made its rounds on TikTok and Instagram last year, I had to test its claim of being a sleep-aid-free drink by trying it for myself. A week before I sat down to write this article, when the drink first became popular, I went to the

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Apple’s new iPad Pro could get another front-facing camera

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-12 09:02:46

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. Apple’s upcoming iPad Pro could appease fans of both landscape and portrait mode by including two front-facing cameras. That’s according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who says Apple is adding a camera to the top of the device, in addition to the one it introduced lengthwise last year. The last-gen iPad Pro swapped the tablet’s conventio

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UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-12 14:30:09

Sir Keir Starmer’s government is seeking a way out of a clash with the Trump administration over the UK’s demand that Apple provide it with access to secure customer data, two senior British officials have told the Financial Times. The officials both said the Home Office, which ordered the tech giant in January to grant access to its most secure cloud storage system, would probably have to retreat in the face of pressure from senior leaders in Washington, including Vice President JD Vance. “Th

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This simple Android Auto change would set my voice command frustrations to rest

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-13 03:00:26

Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority When I hop into my car, there is a list of checklist items I absentmindedly tick off. One is reaching for my cheap Android Auto dongle in my glovebox and plugging it in. Google’s in-car phone mirroring service has become essential to my car trips, as much as fuel, a seat belt, and a steering wheel. However, unlike driving, operating Android Auto is often challenging, especially when using voice commands. I’ve had so many issues with Android Auto’s voice assi

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Are Wi-Fi 6E Routers Worth Your Money? Here’s Everything You Should Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-13 05:00:00

Our growing reliance on the internet means we need a stable, high-speed internet connection to do almost everything, from working to gaming. Although it's tempting to purchase the fastest internet plan possible, a lot more goes into a reliable internet connection than speed alone. In fact, for the most part, a good internet connection requires a router in good condition and optimally located. The latest Wi-Fi standards are focused on reducing latency and making it easier to connect multiple devi

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Here’s how Apple Intelligence keeps privacy in mind versus the competition

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-01-12 21:10:43

Artificial intelligence has obviously been the industry craze for the past couple years. While large language models are incredibly capable, they’ve always come with a bit of a compromise: privacy. Ultimately, you’re still using a model hosted in the cloud, and all of your conversations are stored on some server. Apple’s always had privacy at the core of its products – so in the months leading up to the debut of Apple’s AI features, many people wondered: how would Apple handle it? Today, we del

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Scientists Find Evidence of Grim Long-Term Effects of Fad Diets

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-13 00:00:38

Image by Getty Images Studies The way Westerners diet — often alternating dubious and restrictive food regimens with binge eating, in a phenomenon known as "yo-yo dieting" — may be messing with their gut flora and their brains. In a new study published in the journal Advanced Science, researchers from France's University of Rennes and Paris-Saclay University found, after conducting a series of studies with mice, that yo-yo diets appeared to result in long-lasting changes to their gut bacteria.

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, July 20

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-12 14:05:19

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Airbnb allowed rampant price gouging following L.A. fires, city attorney alleges

news.ycombinator.com Katerina Portela Is A Summer Intern For The Los Angeles Times 2026-01-12 21:14:26

L.A. City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto’s office accused Airbnb of allowing illegal price hikes following the January firestorm. The platform denies the allegations. The Los Angeles city attorney’s office has filed a lawsuit against Airbnb, accusing the home-sharing platform of allowing price gouging and unverified hosts and addresses at more than 2,000 rentals following the January firestorm in Altadena and Pacific Palisades. In a statement, L.A. City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto’s office accused

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Threat actors downgrade FIDO2 MFA auth in PoisonSeed phishing attack

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-12 15:41:49

A PoisonSeed phishing campaign is bypassing FIDO2 security key protections by abusing the cross-device sign-in feature in WebAuthn to trick users into approving login authentication requests from fake company portals. The PoisonSeed threat actors are known to employ large-volume phishing attacks for financial fraud. In the past, distributing emails containing crypto seed phrases used to drain cryptocurrency wallets. In the recent phishing attack observed by Expel, the PoisonSeed threat actors

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The tech that the US Post Office gave us

news.ycombinator.com Emma Roth 2026-01-12 17:32:58

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. When you crack open your mailbox, it’s almost as if your letters just appear. Long before the days of speedy, overnight mail deliveries, postal service workers meticulously sorted through letters by hand and transported mail on horseback. For more than 250 years, the US Postal Service has worked behind the scenes to build a faster delivery network,

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Ring introducing new feature to allow police to live-stream access to cameras

news.ycombinator.com Matthew Guariglia 2026-01-12 21:25:09

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices. Not only is the company reintroducing new versions of old features which would allow police to request footage directly from Ring users, it is also introducing a new feature that would allow police to request live-stream access to people’s home security devices. This is a bad, bad step for Ring an

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After ditching Spotify for a week, I now understand why readers love YouTube Music

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-12 14:00:16

Andy Walker / Android Authority A few weeks ago, I ran an Open Thread asking readers why they prefer using YouTube Music over many available alternatives, including my service of choice, Spotify. It would be an understatement to say that it received a flurry of comments and strong opinions from our community questioning my views. With just under 400 replies at the time of this writing, not to mention the big win for Google’s streaming service in the accompanying poll, it’s clear that I was perh

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I’m using Samsung’s Voice Recorder to avoid this app’s premium plan

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-12 16:00:35

Ryan Whitwam / Android Authority I can’t be alone in wishing I’d kept a journal over the years. I’d love to reflect on what I was up to on certain days 20 years ago and how I was processing it all. Other than a few batches of photos and my increasingly fading memory, the records of my various travel adventures have mostly been lost. And those were the exciting times — the humdrum days in between have been almost entirely condemned to the mists of time. I don’t beat myself up about not keeping

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Apple @ Work: Device management migration arrives with iOS 26 and macOS 26

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2026-01-12 16:00:00

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Tesla Launches Blitz Sale to Revive Sales Ahead of EV Tax Break Cliff

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-01-12 16:00:05

Tesla has fired the first major shot in a brewing electric vehicle price war, launching a series of aggressive new promotions across its lineup as the market braces for the end of a crucial federal incentive. With the $7,500 federal tax credit for new electric vehicles set to expire on September 30, Elon Musk’s company is moving preemptively to lock in buyers and pressure competitors. On a newly updated section of its website titled “Current Offers,” the company warns of “Limited Inventory – Ta

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This Dock Is the Only Way to Play the Switch 2 in AR. It Was a Very Awkward Experience.

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2026-01-12 16:00:12

I should be used to sticking odd contraptions on my head during plane flights. I’ve planted a Meta Quest 3S and Apple Vision Pro over my eyes as my in-flight entertainment and tried not to get motion sick while imagining what other passengers think of my sci-fi asshattery. On my latest six-hour, cross-country flight, I took my Nintendo Switch 2 out of my bag, then dug in for a USB cable, two pairs of augmented reality (AR) glasses, and finally a large power brick that was supposed to make this e

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Electric Cooler vs. Ice Cooler: I Camped With Anker's Solix EverFrost 2 and an RTIC Ice Box to See Which Is Better

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-12 16:00:00

Keeping drinks and food cold while camping can be a challenge, especially in the summer. Though a portable power station hooked up to a minifridge can help, it's not the most power-efficient option compared with either an electric cooler or a traditional icebox. I set out to test a "regular" icebox-style cooler -- specifically, RTIC's icebox -- against Anker's new Solix EverFrost 2 to see how it would fare in real-world use against the best coolers on the market. To begin testing, I picked up tw

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The tech that the US Post Office gave us

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-12 18:00:00

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. When you crack open your mailbox, it’s almost as if your letters just appear. Long before the days of speedy, overnight mail deliveries, postal service workers meticulously sorted through letters by hand and transported mail on horseback. For more than 250 years, the US Postal Service has worked behind the scenes to build a faster delivery network,

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This $269 Chromebook couldn't be more portable - here's why it's my pick for students

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-01-12 15:45:12

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Chromebook Duet Gen 9 is available now for $399. It's a versatile and highly-portable device that's as useful at home as in the office. Some of the most buzzworthy features are tied to subscriptions, and the keyboard and trackpad are very small. $399 at Best Buy $379 at Lenovo $325 at Amazon more buying choices The ninth-generation Lenovo Chromebook Duet is an 11-inch 2-in-1 laptop/tablet that combines a nice display, a versatile form factor, and accessible ha

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I spoke with an AI version of myself, thanks to Hume's free tool - how to try it

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2026-01-12 16:00:20

Chiken Brave/Getty Images If you've ever had the urge to converse with an AI version of yourself, now you can -- kind of. On Thursday, AI start-up Hume announced the launch of a new "hyperrealistic voice cloning" feature for the latest iteration of its Empathic Voice Interface (EVI) model, EVI 3, which was unveiled last month. The idea is that by uploading a short audio recording of yourself speaking -- ideally between 30 and 90 seconds -- the model should be able to quickly churn out an AI-ge

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EPA says it will eliminate its scientific research arm

news.ycombinator.com Lisa Friedman 2026-01-12 05:00:56

The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, after denying for months that it intended to do so. The move underscores how the Trump administration is forging ahead with efforts to slash the federal work force and dismantle federal agencies after the Supreme Court allowed these plans to proceed while legal challenges unfold. Government scientists have b

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My Self-Hosting Setup

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-12 09:56:02

My Ultimate Self-hosting Setup “The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner, now I am the master (of this setup anyway)." I’ve spent a few years trying different approaches for self-hosting, such as using multiple Docker compose files or Ansible. I’ve done some neat things (such as setting up Pi-Hole with Docker and Traefik), but I never really committed to any approach. I wanted to find something that was “perfect” and that meant I spent a lot of time tinkering and rece

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My Ultimate Self-Hosting Setup

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-12 21:56:02

My Ultimate Self-hosting Setup “The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner, now I am the master (of this setup anyway)." I’ve spent a few years trying different approaches for self-hosting, such as using multiple Docker compose files or Ansible. I’ve done some neat things (such as setting up Pi-Hole with Docker and Traefik), but I never really committed to any approach. I wanted to find something that was “perfect” and that meant I spent a lot of time tinkering and rece

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EPA says it will eliminate its scientific reseach arm

news.ycombinator.com Lisa Friedman 2026-01-12 23:00:56

The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, after denying for months that it intended to do so. The move underscores how the Trump administration is forging ahead with efforts to slash the federal work force and dismantle federal agencies after the Supreme Court allowed these plans to proceed while legal challenges unfold. Government scientists have b

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Best Live TV Streaming Services of 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-12 22:52:00

Take note of how many screens you can watch at a time. For example, YouTube TV allows you to stream on three devices at once, while Hulu grants you two, with the option to pay extra for more screens. Look for platform offerings that fit your household's needs. You can choose a streaming service subscription that aligns with your budget, and there are multiple services available. Prices range from $25 to over $100 per month, depending on what you want. When considering costs, review the channel

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Microsoft stops relying on Chinese engineers for Pentagon cloud support

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2026-01-13 09:48:05

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella (L) returns to the stage after a pre-recorded interview during the Microsoft Build conference opening keynote in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. Microsoft on Friday revised its practices to ensure that engineers in China no longer provide technical support to U.S. defense clients using the company's cloud services. The company implemented the changes in an effort to reduce national security and cybersecurity risks stemming from

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Delta Announces New System Where AI Makes Up the Price for Your Ticket on the Spot

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-13 06:40:38

In the latest sign frivolous and irritating use of AI, US airline Delta is looking to harness the tech to set prices for each individual customer, instead of just listing what they actually cost. As Fortune reports, the airline is looking to push the boundaries of how much passengers are willing to shell out for a plane ticket. By the end of this year, Delta hopes to price 20 percent of its tickets individually, using AI. The practice has already drawn plenty of scrutiny from lawmakers and pri

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Google targets cybercriminals behind massive Android malware scheme

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-13 09:08:22

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is suing the creators of BadBox 2.0, a botnet that infected 10 million off-brand Android devices. The malware often came pre-installed on cheap streaming boxes, tablets, and projectors, mostly made in China. Infected devices were used for ad fraud and to hide other cybercriminals’ activity behind your home network. Before they even turned it on, the device was already infected. That’s the reality for millions who unknowingly bought Android-powe

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