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DOGE uploaded live copy of Social Security database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud server, says whistleblower

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-12-31 17:30:30

A top Social Security Administration official turned whistleblower says members of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uploaded hundreds of millions of Social Security records to a vulnerable cloud server, putting the personal information of most Americans at risk of compromise. Charles Borges, the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer, said in a newly released whistleblower complaint published Tuesday that other top agency officials signed off on

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Meta to spend tens of millions on pro-AI super PAC

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-12-31 17:59:39

In Brief Meta plans to launch a super PAC to support California candidates favoring a light-touch approach to AI regulation, Politico reports. The news comes as other Silicon Valley behemoths, like Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, pledge $100 million for a new pro-AI super PAC. Meta will pour tens of millions into its new group, dubbed Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across California, according to Politico. Brian Rice, Meta’s VP of public policy and head of the new PAC, has

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The AirPods I recommend to most people are at a low price ahead of Labor Day

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2026-01-01 02:59:42

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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The 11+ best early Labor Day deals live now: Save on Apple, Samsung and more

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2026-01-01 03:13:26

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Framework Laptop 16. Upgraded!

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-01 03:12:30

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Laptop GPU 798 AI TOPS Up to 100W TGP (on AC) Up to 50W TGP (on battery) 8GB GDDR7 memory 128-bit memory bus 384GB/s memory bandwidth 2.0GHz base clock and up to 2.4GHz boost USB-C port with DP Alt Mode and charging 4,608 CUDA cores DLSS 4 5th gen tensor cores 4th gen ray tracing 1x 9th gen NVIDIA encoder 1x 6th gen NVIDIA decoder Radeon™ RX 7700S (2nd Gen) 32 compute units Up to 100W TGP (on AC) 8GB 18Gbps GDDR6 memory USB-C port with DP Alt Mode

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Framework is now selling the first gaming laptop that lets you easily upgrade its GPU — with Nvidia’s blessing

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2026-01-01 03:05:00

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Framework CEO Nirav Patel said he would deliver “the holy grail for gamers” with the Framework Laptop 16. In 2023, he suggested it’d be the first consumer notebook to fulfil the promise of modular, upgradable graphics cards like a desktop PC. We at The

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DSLRoot, Proxies, and the Threat of ‘Legal Botnets’

krebsonsecurity.com Unknown 2026-01-01 08:05:12

The cybersecurity community on Reddit responded in disbelief this month when a self-described Air National Guard member with top secret security clearance began questioning the arrangement they’d made with company called DSLRoot, which was paying $250 a month to plug a pair of laptops into the Redditor’s high-speed Internet connection in the United States. This post examines the history and provenance of DSLRoot, one of the oldest “residential proxy” networks with origins in Russia and Eastern E

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Verizon will give you a free Google Pixel 10 phone right now - how to qualify for the deal

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2026-01-01 08:18:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Just installed iOS 18.6 on your iPhone? 11 settings I would change first for the best experience

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2026-01-01 08:20:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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I test power stations for a living, but this is the one in the back of my car right now

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-01-01 08:40:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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DSLRoot, Proxies, and the Threat of 'Legal Botnets'

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-01 08:08:51

The cybersecurity community on Reddit responded in disbelief this month when a self-described Air National Guard member with top secret security clearance began questioning the arrangement they’d made with company called DSLRoot, which was paying $250 a month to plug a pair of laptops into the Redditor’s high-speed Internet connection in the United States. This post examines the history and provenance of DSLRoot, one of the oldest “residential proxy” networks with origins in Russia and Eastern E

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Skylight’s TikTok alternative adds community curators to the mix

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-01-01 08:21:22

A startup called Skylight is taking a different approach to short-form video. Instead of restricting users to an algorithmic main feed, as is common on social apps, Skylight is building a community around human curators who post and repost videos to build out their own custom feeds others can subscribe to. The option, which launched on Monday in the version 2.0 release of the app, could appeal to users who feel a growing sense of unease about traditional social media platforms and their algorit

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A Tiny Diamond Defect Could Be Blocking Fusion Breakthroughs

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2026-01-01 12:56:25

Every part of a fusion reactor is designed for maximum efficiency. Well, in theory, at least. In reality, the materials chosen to bring us closer to fusion don’t always perform as expected, leading to structural glitches that obstruct fusion reactions. Diamond capsules used to safely store hydrogen fuel are no exception, but a new study offers some guidance for researchers hoping to preemptively address these material shortcomings. In a recent Matter paper, material scientists describe how the

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Power with purpose

technologyreview.com Gigi Marino 2026-01-02 02:00:00

In 2005, only 41% of Ghana’s population had access to electricity. Much of that electricity was generated by the Akosombo and Kpong dams on the Volta River, but relying on hydroelectric power made Ghana susceptible to climate fluctuations that affect water levels. Recalling how much his MIT thermodynamics class (then called Heat and Mass Transfer) with Ernest Cravalho had stayed with him, Asiamah-Adjei realized that perhaps delving into energy was not such a wild idea. “The seed had been sown,”

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Spotify and YouTube Music test out their sleek new look on Android Auto (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-02 02:07:23

TL;DR Google introduced new media app templates as part of its Android for Cars App Library update. These templates bring a redesigned “Now Playing” UI with a new Material 3 Expressive seekbar. The templated media apps are currently in closed beta, but we’ve managed to get an early look at them on Spotify and YouTube Music. At Google I/O 2025, Google announced new media app templates that are now part of the Android for Cars App Library. Media apps can use these templates to provide a consist

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11 secret Fire TV remote shortcuts I use to unlock hidden features and menus

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2026-01-02 05:00:21

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Blacksky grew to millions of users without spending a dollar

news.ycombinator.com Rudy Fraser 2026-01-01 22:47:10

If you haven’t been watching closely, you could be forgiven for assuming that Bluesky is a just liberal Twitter clone, or a newfangled imitator of Mastodon. But under the surface, something fascinating has been happening: this is the first time ever that a public benefit corporation with a small team has quickly scaled an open source social network, built on top of decentralized infrastructure, to tens of millions of users. For us at New_ Public, nothing illustrates the potential of this model

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Nvidia Unveils High-Tech ‘Brain’ for Humanoid Robots and Self-Driving Cars

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2026-01-02 03:29:17

Could humanoid robots get a lot more human? Nvidia may have made that possibility a bit realer today with a smarter robot brain that has less energy demands. The tech giant’s latest robotics offering is Jetson Thor, a super computer built for real-time AI computation on humanoid robots and smart machines alike, Nvidia announced in a press release on Monday. The new module is built to handle larger amounts of information at less energy than previous model Jetson Orin. Powered by the latest Blac

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Poll: Do you like the new Google dialer?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-02 12:50:13

Joe Maring / Android Authority Google has been rolling out a major visual and functional refresh to its Phone app, and people aren’t shy about sharing how they feel. Between the Material 3 Expressive makeover and the flashy new Calling Cards feature, the humble Google dialer has suddenly become one of the most talked-about Google apps of the year. Don’t want to miss the best from Android Authority? Set us as a preferred source in Google Search to support us and make sure you never miss our lat

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Imgur protest covers the front page in anti-MediaLab memes

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-02 12:55:03

Despite all the division and controversy rife in the modern era, sometimes the Internet does manage to collectively agree on something. Right now, they agree that they hate Imgur parent company MediaLab. After being acquired by MediaLab in 2021, the once famously open-to-anything image-sharing service began placing restrictions on content in 2023. More recently, the site has experienced service issues, including problems with notifications. Many members of the Imgur community have claimed that

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Social media's next evolution: decentralized, open-source, and scalable

news.ycombinator.com Rudy Fraser 2026-01-02 16:47:10

If you haven’t been watching closely, you could be forgiven for assuming that Bluesky is a just liberal Twitter clone, or a newfangled imitator of Mastodon. But under the surface, something fascinating has been happening: this is the first time ever that a public benefit corporation with a small team has quickly scaled an open source social network, built on top of decentralized infrastructure, to tens of millions of users. For us at New_ Public, nothing illustrates the potential of this model

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Senator castigates federal judiciary for ignoring “basic cybersecurity”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-02 21:58:07

US Senator Ron Wyden accused the federal judiciary of “negligence and incompetence” following a recent hack, reportedly by hackers with ties to the Russian government, that exposed confidential court documents. The breach of the judiciary’s electronic case filing system first came to light in a report by Politico three weeks ago, which went on to say that the vulnerabilities exploited in the hack were known since 2020. The New York Times, citing people familiar with the intrusion, said that Rus

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How to clear your Android phone cache (and greatly improve its performance)

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2026-01-03 03:11:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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The Object at the Center of Jupiter Is So Strange That It Defies Comprehension

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-03 06:15:59

The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery for astronomers: an object so unfathomably dense and hot that it defies comprehension. Conventional theories have suggested for years that the gas giant's behemoth interior was formed following an enormous collision with an early planet. The "giant impact" theory suggests that roughly half of Jupiter's core originated from the remains of such a planet, explaining what researchers believe to be its st

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NVIDIA releases the next generation of its cutting-edge 'robot brain'

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-03 08:04:34

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is bullish on the future of robotics, and sees it as the chipmaker's biggest opportunity outside of AI. Today the company announced the next generation of its Jetson AGX system-on-module called Jetson Thor. The developer kit and T5000 production modules are computers designed for physical AI and robotics. The company has been iterating on these robot brains for a few years now , with each model more powerful than the last. The newest generation is powered by NVIDIA's Bla

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The Google Pixel 10 got a big audio upgrade, and not enough people are talking about it

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2026-01-03 08:06:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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I tested a Qi2.2 portable charger, and can't recommend it to Pixel users enough

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-01-03 08:24:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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AT&T will give you a free Google Pixel 10 Pro for a limited time - how the deal works

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2026-01-03 12:29:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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The 10 best early Labor Day deals live now: Save on Apple, Samsung and more

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2026-01-03 12:33:22

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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With a new Soyuz rocket, Russia seeks to break its Ukrainian dependency

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-03 12:17:20

In recent comments to the Russian state-run media service TASS, the chief of Roscosmos said the country's newest rocket, the Soyuz-5, should take flight for the first time before the end of this year. "Yes, we are planning for December," said Dmitry Bakanov, the director of Roscosmos, Russia's main space corporation. "Everything is in place." According to the report, translated for Ars by Rob Mitchell, the debut launch of Soyuz-5 will mark the first of several demonstration flights, with full

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DOGE uploaded live copy of Social Security database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud server, says whistleblower

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The AirPods I recommend to most people are at a low price ahead of Labor Day

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