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California bill lets renters escape exclusive deals between ISPs and landlords

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-04 00:33:47

California's legislature this week approved a bill to let renters opt out of bulk-billing arrangements that force them to pay for Internet service from a specific provider. The bill says that by January 1, a landlord must "allow the tenant to opt out of paying for any subscription from a third-party Internet service provider, such as through a bulk-billing arrangement, to provide service for wired Internet, cellular, or satellite service that is offered in connection with the tenancy." If a lan

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These 7 smart plug hacks changed how I run my home - here's the setup

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-10-04 20:15:00

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Remember The Clapper? The plug-in staple may have made for a catchy jingle in the 1980s, but it could also be considered as a primitive ancestor of today's smart plug -- that is, if you can say anything from a few decades ago is primitive. Smart plugs offer greater convenience than The Clapper ever did, letting you control your devices from an app on your phone, your voice, or a schedule. Also: Unplugging these 7 common ho

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VPNs and Age-Verification Laws: What You Need to Know

wired.com Jacob Roach 2025-10-05 09:30:00

The problem is how the verification happens. You aren’t verifying your age with the government. You’re routing it through an independent third party, and most of the laws on the books are designed specifically in this way. In the UK, for example, Reddit verifies with Persona, and Bluesky uses Kids Web Services (owned by Epic Games). Persona’s privacy policy states that it collects not only biometric information and personal details, like your ID, but also ties that to information gathered from

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, Sept. 12

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-05 05:24:00

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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The effects of algorithms on the public discourse

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-05 08:39:47

We traded blogs for black boxes, now we're paying for it 09/09/2025 Come listen to the "old man yelling at clouds" in me for a bit. tl;dr: The internet is changing for the worse (or getting 'enshittified'). In this post, I write about the effects of algorithms on the public discourse to illustrate a greater point on the enshittification of the internet. Then, I offer my personal notes and curated resources to guide you on your personal internet deshittification journey. I miss the old intern

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Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-05 11:35:36

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How Palantir is mapping the nation’s data

news.ycombinator.com Nicole M. Bennett 2025-10-05 19:50:54

When the U.S. government signs contracts with private technology companies, the fine print rarely reaches the public. Palantir Technologies, however, has attracted more and more attention over the past decade because of the size and scope of its contracts with the government. Palantir’s two main platforms are Foundry and Gotham. Each does different things. Foundry is used by corporations in the private sector to help with global operations. Gotham is marketed as an “operating system for global

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How China’s Propaganda and Surveillance Systems Really Operate

wired.com Zeyi Yang 2025-10-05 23:59:28

A trove of internal documents leaked from a little-known Chinese company has pulled back the curtain on how digital censorship tools are being marketed and exported globally. Geedge Networks sells what amounts to a commercialized “Great Firewall” to at least four countries, including Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and Myanmar. The groundbreaking leak shows in granular detail the capabilities this company has to monitor, intercept, and hack internet traffic. Researchers who examined the files de

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Paramount reportedly wants to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, antitrust law be damned

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-06 04:33:07

Paramount Skydance, apparently now in a state of permanent merger, plans to make a bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, The Wall Street Journal reports . The company was recently formed following Skydance's acquisition of Paramount for $8 billion. Newly anointed Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison was able to afford the acquisition thanks to the backing of his billionaire father , Larry Ellison. Despite Warner Bros. Discovery's public plans to split back into Warner Bros. and Discovery Globa

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Conway's Game of Life, but musical

news.ycombinator.com Hudson Griffith 2025-10-06 04:05:31

A Digital Darwin Adventure with Mating Melodies Hudson Griffith • September 11, 2025 Introduction Music is profoundly human. It runs deep in our lives and shows up in our everyday rituals. And somehow, those rituals often end with us leaving AirPods in the back seat of an Uber. But beneath the everyday habits lies a much older connection. Neuroscience research shows our brains respond to music in fundamental ways that precede language development 1. And what fascinates me is how naturally music

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NT OS Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

news.ycombinator.com Hieu.Q 2025-10-06 11:13:09

Reading Time: 4 minutes Introduction Microsoft mitigated many traditional kernel information leaks starting with Windows 11/Windows Server 2022 24H2, including calls such as NtQuerySystemInformation() (when used with the SystemModuleInformation class), by suppressing kernel base addresses unless the caller had the SeDebugPrivilege , typically reserved for administrative processes. That change effectively neutered one of the most accessible KASLR bypass techniques, and, without knowledge of the

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Conway's Game of Life, but Musical

news.ycombinator.com Hudson Griffith 2025-10-07 00:05:31

A Digital Darwin Adventure with Mating Melodies Hudson Griffith • September 11, 2025 Introduction Music is profoundly human. It runs deep in our lives and shows up in our everyday rituals. And somehow, those rituals often end with us leaving AirPods in the back seat of an Uber. But beneath the everyday habits lies a much older connection. Neuroscience research shows our brains respond to music in fundamental ways that precede language development 1. And what fascinates me is how naturally music

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‘Star Wars’ Actor Teases ‘Clone Wars’ Favorite May Be Poised to Return

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-07 00:08:53

The sprawling Star Wars universe is in a little bit of a “calm before the storm” moment, with a huge slate of upcoming films, shows, novels, and video games looming on the horizon like a binary sunset. And to add to the melee, an actor from the franchise’s TV darling, The Clone Wars, is teasing the return of a fan-favorite character. Speaking with The Direct, voice actor Jim Cummings appeared to confirm that his Clone Wars character, Hondo Ohnaka, will be making a return to the series. “I thin

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GrapheneOS accessed Android security patches but not allowed to publish sources

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-06 22:43:12

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How to Test Your Home Internet Speed and What to Do With the Results

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-07 03:00:00

Are you getting the internet speed you’re paying for? Should you blame a slow connection on your Wi-Fi router or internet provider? Can your internet handle things like online gaming or livestreaming? The answers to all of these questions can be found by running a simple internet speed test. There are several websites you can use to check your speed for free, and they'll all give you the same key metrics about your home internet connection. I usually say the best internet connection is the one

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Klarna stock jumps 15% in NYSE debut after pricing IPO above range

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-10-07 08:39:53

In this article KLAR Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT watch now Shares of Klarna rose 15% in their New York Stock Exchange debut Wednesday, closing at $45.82 after the Swedish fintech priced its IPO above its expected range. Klarna, known for its popular buy now, pay later products, priced shares at $40 on Tuesday, raising $1.37 billion for the company and existing shareholders. The IPO marks the latest in a growing list of high-profile tech listings this year, suggesting increa

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This new Android 16 QPR2 setting will make desktop mode less frustrating

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-07 08:00:03

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR A new “Universal cursor” setting in Android 16 QPR2 will let users disable the seamless mouse movement between a phone and an external display. This toggle controls whether the mouse cursor can move between screens when it reaches the edge, preventing accidental screen-hopping. Found in the first QPR2 beta, this small but welcome change gives users more control over Android’s DeX-like desktop experience. One of the most exciting features in Android 16

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Longhorn – A Kubernetes-Native Filesystem

news.ycombinator.com .Wp-Block-Post-Author Box-Sizing Border-Box Display Flex Flex-Wrap Wrap .Wp-Block-Post-Author__Byline Font-Size Margin-Bottom Margin-Top Width 2025-10-04 12:49:29

Longhorn – a Kubernetes-native filesystem The other day, I took a look at Longhorn again. I briefly looked at it earlier, as a way to get volumes that are writeable from more than one node. I tossed it away then, because I mistook it for nothing more than a glorified NFS server. I was quite wrong. At the time of writing, I already know I’m going to make fundamental changes, I will not run with a 2-node cluster permanently, because the latency I have isn’t necessarily a good idea. However, long

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Google Is Telling People DOGE Never Existed

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-10-08 02:50:10

Here’s a Mandela effect event that you probably thought was real: The Department of Government Efficiency, the pseudo-agency run by Elon Musk to cut “fraud, waste, and abuse” from federal operations, didn’t actually exist. At least, that is what Google’s AI Overview response will tell you if you search certain content related to DOGE’s operations. A Bluesky user who goes by iucounu first pointed out this mistake in Google’s comprehension skills, finding that querying the search engine for infor

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Klarna's stock jumps 15% in NYSE debut after pricing IPO above range

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-10-08 08:07:07

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, chief executive officer and co-founder of Klarna Holding AB, center, and Michael Moritz, chairman of Klarna Bank AB, center right, during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. Shares of Klarna rose 15% in their New York Stock Exchange debut Wednesday, closing at $45.82 after the Swedish fintech priced its IPO above its expected range. Klarna, known for its popular buy now, pay la

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Klarna surges 30% in NYSE debut after pricing IPO above range

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-10-08 12:57:34

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, chief executive officer and co-founder of Klarna Holding AB, center, and Michael Moritz, chairman of Klarna Bank AB, center right, during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. Shares of Klarna popped 30% in their New York Stock Exchange debut Wednesday, opening at $52 after the Swedish fintech priced its IPO above its expected range. Klarna, known for its popular buy now, pay lat

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Klarna’s IPO pops, raising $1.4B, with Sequoia as the biggest winner

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-10-08 12:11:44

It’s been a long road for the 20-year-old fintech Klarna to make it to an IPO. But on Wednesday, the company successfully landed on the New York Stock Exchange, having raised $1.4 billion, largely for its existing investors, rather than itself. The fintech giant sold shares at $40, above its announced range of $35 to $37, and came out of the gate with a $15 billion valuation. Shares popped, opening at $52, though quickly settling down to around $46 mid-day. Of the 34.3 million shares Klarna so

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Klarna opens at $52 per share in NYSE debut after pricing IPO above range

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-10-08 20:13:24

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, chief executive officer and co-founder of Klarna Holding AB, center, and Michael Moritz, chairman of Klarna Bank AB, center right, during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. Klarna shares popped 30% in their New York Stock Exchange debut Wednesday, opening at $52, after the Swedish online lender priced its IPO above its expected range. The company, known for its popular buy now

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Dead Internet Theory Lives: One Out of Three of You Is a Bot

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-10-08 20:40:32

Alright, pal, you wanna keep reading? Why don’t you tell me which of these pictures does not have a stop sign in it? According to CloudFlare, nearly one-third of all internet traffic is now bots. Most of those bots, you won’t ever directly interact with, as they are crawling the web and indexing websites or performing specific tasks—or, increasingly, collecting data to train AI models. But it’s the bots that you can see that have people like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and others questioning (albeit

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Moderna CEO Responds to RFK Jr.’s Crusade Against the Covid-19 Vaccine

wired.com Emily Mullin 2025-10-08 10:53:01

At the WIRED Health summit on Tuesday, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said the recent changes to Covid-19 vaccine policy made by Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. are a “step backward.” Moderna is one of the manufacturers of mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines, and last month the company received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for an updated version of the shot. But as part of that approval, the FDA imposed new restrictions on who can receive the vaccine. Previous

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Midjourney Is in Major Trouble

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-08 08:19:19

AI image generator Midjourney is in major trouble after being accused of facilitating mass copyright infringement. According to documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, entertainment conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery is suing the startup for "brazenly" infringing on its intellectual property by letting its users create AI-generated images and videos of its copyrighted characters — which, due to Warner Bros' immense catalog, include everything from the Batman franchise to Scooby-Doo to Bu

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After selling to Spotify, Anchor’s co-founders are back with Oboe, an AI-powered app for learning

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-09 08:27:55

The co-founders who sold their last startup Anchor to Spotify are launching their next project: Oboe, an AI-powered educational app that enables anyone to create lightweight, flexible learning courses on nearly any topic they choose, simply by entering a prompt. These courses can span a variety of verticals, including topics like science, history, foreign language, news, pop culture, preparing for life changes, and more. At launch, Oboe — a name inspired by the root of the Japanese word meaning

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California’s High-Speed Rail Fiasco Keeps Getting Worse

gizmodo.com Benton Graham 2025-10-09 12:35:07

Seventeen years ago, Californians bet on a grand vision of the future. They narrowly approved a $10 billion bond issue to build a high-speed rail line that would zip between San Francisco and Los Angeles in under three hours. This technological marvel would slash emissions, revitalize the state’s Central Valley, and, with some financial help from the feds and private sector, provide the fast, efficient, and convenient travel Asia and Europe have long enjoyed. State officials promised to deliver

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AI gaming startup Born raises $15M to build ‘social’ AI companions that combat loneliness

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-10-09 12:00:00

Fabian Kamberi, CEO and co-founder of the Berlin-based AI gaming startup Born, thinks the current AI companions on the market are designed to be exploitative and geared towards isolating users through one-to-one relationships with AI chatbots. “It feels like it fuels the loneliness epidemic, instead of making it more fun and giving users the opportunity to make their lives better,” Kamberi told TechCrunch. The future of AI companions, he says, is about shared experiences that strengthen real-w

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, Sept. 10

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-09 16:14:18

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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Klarna's stock jumps 15% in NYSE debut after pricing IPO above range

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