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The Promise and Peril of Digital Security in the Age of Dictatorship

wired.com Carmen Valeria Escobar 2026-02-28 12:30:00

Steven Rodríguez traveled more than 40 miles from his home in Santa Ana, in western El Salvador, to attend the Pride march in the capital on June 28. It is the second time he has attended. There, some 20,000 people gathered in a mix of celebration and protest for the rights of sexual diversity. But this year, joy was replaced by fear. “Maybe it won't escalate, but there is a fear that what happened to the El Bosque cooperative will happen. But, from deep down I believe that, as people, we have

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Google’s customizable Gemini chatbots are now in Docs, Sheets, and Gmail

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-02-28 12:30:41

• Leverage a copywriting Gem to create posts and content tailored to your target audience, pre-loaded into the Gem. • Create a Gem that helps with sales interactions that is grounded on information for a specific company, prospect, or industry. • Leverage an “assistant gem” tailored to your job role to help provide more relevant summaries for you and content for internal communications. • Leverage a Gem designed to help pressure test content from a certain persona (e.x C-Suite or CEO) to help

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What the Heck Is That Thing Inside RFK’s Mouth?

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-28 04:48:04

Image by Kayla Bartkowski / Getty / Futurism Developments A smiling Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was seen with a strange white thing in his mouth during a recent Congressional hearing — and we're almost positive we know what it is. When publishing a story about the Health and Human Services secretary's worm-brained plan to start approving new drugs with AI, the fine folks at Gizmodo chose as its header image a photo of the political scion baring a wide and menacing smile. In that photo, a small whi

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The best budget wireless earbuds for 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-28 16:00:36

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . The newest wireless earbuds from Apple, Sony, Bose and other big-name brands may get the most attention, but these days you don’t have to spend triple digits to find a decent alternative. If you’re looking to upgrade without spending more than $100, we’ve spent hours researching the ba

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Are portable AC units worth it at home? My advice after testing one during a heat wave

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2026-02-28 16:00:19

ZDNET's key takeaways The EcoFlow Wave 3 is a portable air conditioner and heater that costs $1,299 on its own and $2,299 with the add-on battery. This is a portable air conditioner and heater that is more powerful than its predecessor It is also off-grid ready for camping, RVing, and even helping in a pinch. The Wave 3 is pricey, loud in some settings, and is not as efficient in extreme heat, direct sun, or tent camping. $1,299 at Amazon For Prime Day, the EcoFlow Wave 3 with the battery ad

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HP's latest OmniBook finally sold me on the 2-in-1 form factor (and it's on sale)

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2026-02-28 16:40:15

ZDNET's key takeaways HP's new OmniBook X Flip 16 is on sale for $999 on HP's site. Thanks to its stylish, lightweight design and vibrant 3K OLED, this laptop is sure to turn heads. Its midrange hardware comes with limitations. View now at Best Buy View now at HP more buying choices One of the best things about reviewing the latest tech is seeing how companies influence each other. Brands get inspired by each other, and then implement those features into their own products. That's how I feel

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Next month, saved passwords will no longer be in Microsoft’s Authenticator app

news.ycombinator.com See Full Bio 2026-02-25 16:31:32

Starting this month, you'll no longer be able to use Microsoft Authenticator's autofill password function, a move the company is making to transition from passwords to passkeys. Last month, Microsoft stopped letting you save new passwords in the app. Next month is the biggest change, all your saved passwords will no longer be in the Authenticator app. You'll have to use passkeys instead -- such as a PIN, fingerprint or facial recognition. Attila Tomaschek, CNET's software senior writer and dig

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There's no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically) (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Georgia Ray 2026-02-25 11:52:22

So you’ve heard about how fish aren’t a monophyletic group? You’ve heard about carcinization, the process by which ocean arthropods convergently evolve into crabs? You say you get it now? Sit down. Sit down. Shut up. Listen. You don’t know nothing yet. “Trees” are not a coherent phylogenetic category. On the evolutionary tree of plants, trees are regularly interspersed with things that are absolutely, 100% not trees. This means that, for instance, either: The common ancestor of a maple and a m

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Conversations with a hit man about a notorious cold case

news.ycombinator.com David Howard 2026-02-26 15:29:32

2 It should have been a night for Jim Leslie to savor. On July 8, 1976, the Louisiana State Senate passed what was known as the Right to Work Bill. One of the most fiercely debated pieces of legislation in decades, the law did away with mandatory union membership and allowed businesses to hire nonunion workers. Given the interests involved, this was a staggering achievement. Labor had a muscular presence in Louisiana, largely because it was controlled by organized crime. Developers were ordere

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Nano-engineered thermoelectrics enable scalable, compressor-free cooling

news.ycombinator.com May 2026-02-25 10:51:38

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have developed a new, easily manufacturable solid-state thermoelectric refrigeration technology with nano-engineered materials that is twice as efficient as devices made with commercially available bulk thermoelectric materials. As global demand grows for more energy-efficient, reliable and compact cooling solutions, this advancement offers a scalable alternative to traditional compressor-based refrigeration.

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Trans-Taiga Road (2004)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-28 09:07:04

The Trans-Taiga Road is a gravel road that runs 666 km east from near the top end of the James Bay Road. It was built to access the various dams and generating stations that extend upriver along the La Grande River. This is an extremely remote road, leading 666 km east - almost to Labrador - with no settlements or towns aside from Hydro Quebec's settlements for workers (not open to the public). At the far end you will be 745 km from the nearest town! This is the farthest you can get from a town

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I scanned all of GitHub's "oops commits" for leaked secrets

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-28 15:44:19

TL;DR GitHub Archive logs every public commit, even the ones developers try to delete. Force pushes often cover up mistakes like leaked credentials by rewriting Git history. GitHub keeps these dangling commits, from what we can tell, forever. In the archive, they show up as “zero-commit” PushEvents . I scanned every force push event since 2020 and uncovered secrets worth $25k in bug bounties. Together with Truffle Security, we're open sourcing a new tool to scan your own GitHub organization for

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Thursday, July 3

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 12:33:29

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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Hydrow Discount Code: Save Up to $150 in July

wired.com Chris Haslam 2026-02-28 14:10:00

Hydrow rowing machines transformed the at-home fitness market when they launched in 2017. With their full-body low-impact training methods, Hydrow makes it easier to hit your fitness goals without leaving the house. The flagship Hydrow Pro is their most advanced model, but we also recommend the Hydrow Wave Rower for those with limited space. Both machines come with professional components, high resolution screens and an expansive library of over 5000 live and on-demand classes. With over half of

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U.S. lifts chip software curbs on China amid trade truce

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2026-02-28 17:58:53

The U.S. government has rescinded its export restrictions on chip-design software to China, semiconductor software companies Synopsys and Cadence announced Thursday. "Synopsys is working to restore access to the recently restricted products in China," the California-based software maker said in a statement. Its rival, Cadence, confirmed with CNBC that the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security, which falls under the Department of Commerce, had reversed the export restrictions. "We are in the pr

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Save $350 on a spec’d out Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro laptop

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-28 15:50:41

If you’re looking to get a high-end laptop with a stunning design, Samsung makes some of the best ones. We would go as far as saying it’s Apple’s main competitor on the Windows side! Of course, these aren’t cheap laptops, but today we have a good deal for those who want something both capable and gorgeous. Buy the Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro with 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage for $1,299.99 ($350 off) This offer is available directly from Samsung’s website. The discount applies to the spec’d out

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Even before the Xbox layoffs, there was 'tension' at Halo Studios

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-28 14:20:33

At least five employees at Halo Studios have been fired as part of company-wide layoffs at Microsoft on Wednesday, according to a developer with knowledge of the situation. An estimated 200 to 300 people remain at the studio. Employees across Microsoft's Xbox division received an email from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer Wednesday morning addressing "organizational shifts" hitting the team over the coming days. Halo Studios employees who were laid off received an additional invite to a meeti

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Conversations with a Hit Man

news.ycombinator.com David Howard 2026-02-26 21:29:32

2 It should have been a night for Jim Leslie to savor. On July 8, 1976, the Louisiana State Senate passed what was known as the Right to Work Bill. One of the most fiercely debated pieces of legislation in decades, the law did away with mandatory union membership and allowed businesses to hire nonunion workers. Given the interests involved, this was a staggering achievement. Labor had a muscular presence in Louisiana, largely because it was controlled by organized crime. Developers were ordere

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The Uncertain Future of Coding Careers and Why I'm Still Hopeful

news.ycombinator.com Jonathan Hoyt 2026-02-28 15:45:27

The Uncertain Future of Coding Careers and Why I'm Still Hopeful A friend of mine, bright, driven, and relatively new to programming, asked me a heavy question the other day. “Did I make a mistake? Did I choose the right career?” The question hung in the air. It wasn’t born from a bad day or a frustrating bug. It came from a much deeper place of anxiety, one that I suspect many in our industry are feeling right now. They saw recent waves of layoffs, they read the headlines about Artificial Int

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Microsoft Will Delete Your Passwords in One Month

news.ycombinator.com See Full Bio 2026-02-25 22:31:32

Starting this month, you'll no longer be able to use Microsoft Authenticator's autofill password function, a move the company is making to transition from passwords to passkeys. Last month, Microsoft stopped letting you save new passwords in the app. Next month is the biggest change, all your saved passwords will no longer be in the Authenticator app. You'll have to use passkeys instead -- such as a PIN, fingerprint or facial recognition. Attila Tomaschek, CNET's software senior writer and dig

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More Efficient Thermoelectric Cooling

news.ycombinator.com May 2026-02-25 16:51:38

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have developed a new, easily manufacturable solid-state thermoelectric refrigeration technology with nano-engineered materials that is twice as efficient as devices made with commercially available bulk thermoelectric materials. As global demand grows for more energy-efficient, reliable and compact cooling solutions, this advancement offers a scalable alternative to traditional compressor-based refrigeration.

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Trans-Taiga Road:The farthest you can get from a town on a road in North America

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-28 15:07:04

The Trans-Taiga Road is a gravel road that runs 666 km east from near the top end of the James Bay Road. It was built to access the various dams and generating stations that extend upriver along the La Grande River. This is an extremely remote road, leading 666 km east - almost to Labrador - with no settlements or towns aside from Hydro Quebec's settlements for workers (not open to the public). At the far end you will be 745 km from the nearest town! This is the farthest you can get from a town

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Tesla’s Numbers Are In, and They’re Not Good

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-02-28 15:10:56

Tesla’s struggles continue as the company reports another drop in vehicle deliveries, deepening concerns that its image problem, especially in Europe, is weighing heavily on consumer demand. In the second quarter of 2025, the electric vehicle giant delivered 443,956 vehicles, a 13.5 percent decline from the same period in 2024. Deliveries are Tesla’s key sales metric and are closely watched by investors and analysts alike. Nearly all of those deliveries — 97.3 percent — were for the company’s t

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Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con Issues? It Might Just Be Your HDMI Cable

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 14:17:37

As the Switch 2 continues to sell in the millions for Nintendo, it shouldn't be a surprise that there'd be some issues with the console. It appears, however, that one problem Switch 2 owners are facing is actually just a matter of using the wrong cable. Reddit users have posted about their Joy-Cons disconnecting when they're playing on their Switch 2 while it's docked, an issue spotted earlier by IGN. It does appear that, luckily, the issue can be resolved by using the included HDMI cable for t

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Nudify app’s plan to dominate deepfake porn hinges on Reddit, 4chan, and Telegram, docs show

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-27 04:43:13

Clothoff—one of the leading apps used to quickly and cheaply make fake nudes from images of real people—reportedly is planning a global expansion to continue dominating deepfake porn online. Also known as a nudify app, Clothoff has resisted attempts to unmask and confront its operators. Last August, the app was among those that San Francisco's city attorney, David Chiu, sued in hopes of forcing a shutdown. But recently, a whistleblower—who had "access to internal company information" as a forme

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Reserve Samsung's New Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Fold 7 and Score a $50 Credit

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 11:18:00

Samsung's latest Galaxy Z foldable phones are soon to be unveiled at the company's Unpacked event on July 9. But you don't have to wait to lock in your next device -- you can reserve one right now at Samsung.com and earn a $50 Samsung credit. It's not yet clear just how many new phones we'll be getting (we're wondering if there will be more than the usual two), but Samsung has been teasing Ultra-grade and slim foldable phones for this launch. Samsung Newsroom posts have pointed to a more "power

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Microsoft's 'Blue Screen of Death' Dies After 40 Years: Meet Its Replacement

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 16:58:33

Like Pudding Pops and Benetton sweaters, another 1980s icon is gone. After 40 years of delivering the tragic news of a PC crash to Windows users, Microsoft's infamous "blue screen of death" is going away. A black screen of death will be replacing it, albeit without the sad face. The blue screen of death has been around since Windows 1.0 came out in 1985. Named for its bright blue color, it's a critical error screen that pops up on computers using the Microsoft Windows operating system when the

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Despite Protests, Elon Musk Secures Air Permit for xAI

wired.com Molly Taft 2026-02-28 18:41:33

A local health department in Memphis has granted Elon Musk’s xAI data center an air permit to continue operating the gas turbines that power the company’s Grok chatbot. The permit comes amid widespread community opposition and a looming lawsuit alleging the company violated the Clean Air Act. The Shelby County Health Department released its air permit for the xAI project Wednesday, after receiving hundreds of public comments. The news was first reported by the Daily Memphian. In June, the Memp

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OpenAI condemns Robinhood’s ‘OpenAI tokens’

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-02-28 18:43:27

OpenAI wants to make clear that Robinhood’s sale of “OpenAI tokens” will not give everyday consumers equity — or stock — in OpenAI, the company said in a post from its official newsroom account on X. OpenAI says it does not endorse Robinhood’s effort, nor was it involved in facilitating the token sale. “These ‘OpenAI tokens’ are not OpenAI equity,” said OpenAI’s newsroom account. “We did not partner with Robinhood, were not involved in this, and do not endorse it. Any transfer of OpenAI equity

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Capital One builds agentic AI to supercharge auto sales

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2026-02-27 21:26:12

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Inspiration can come from different places, even for architecting and designing agentic systems. At VB Transform, Capital One explained how it built its agentic platform for its auto business. Milind Naphade, SVP of Technology and Head of AI Foundations at Capital One, said during VB Transform that the company wanted its agents to function

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The Promise and Peril of Digital Security in the Age of Dictatorship

Google’s customizable Gemini chatbots are now in Docs, Sheets, and Gmail

What the Heck Is That Thing Inside RFK’s Mouth?

The best budget wireless earbuds for 2025

Are portable AC units worth it at home? My advice after testing one during a heat wave

HP's latest OmniBook finally sold me on the 2-in-1 form factor (and it's on sale)

Next month, saved passwords will no longer be in Microsoft’s Authenticator app

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Conversations with a hit man about a notorious cold case

Nano-engineered thermoelectrics enable scalable, compressor-free cooling

Trans-Taiga Road (2004)

I scanned all of GitHub's "oops commits" for leaked secrets

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Thursday, July 3

Hydrow Discount Code: Save Up to $150 in July

U.S. lifts chip software curbs on China amid trade truce

Save $350 on a spec’d out Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro laptop

Even before the Xbox layoffs, there was 'tension' at Halo Studios

Conversations with a Hit Man

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Microsoft Will Delete Your Passwords in One Month

More Efficient Thermoelectric Cooling

Trans-Taiga Road:The farthest you can get from a town on a road in North America

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Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con Issues? It Might Just Be Your HDMI Cable

Nudify app’s plan to dominate deepfake porn hinges on Reddit, 4chan, and Telegram, docs show

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Microsoft's 'Blue Screen of Death' Dies After 40 Years: Meet Its Replacement

Despite Protests, Elon Musk Secures Air Permit for xAI

OpenAI condemns Robinhood’s ‘OpenAI tokens’

Capital One builds agentic AI to supercharge auto sales

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