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Columbia University data breach impacts nearly 870,000 individuals

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-04 16:43:28

An unknown threat actor has stolen the sensitive personal, financial, and health information of nearly 870,000 Columbia University current and former students and employees after breaching the university's network in May. Established in 1767 as King's College, Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university with a budget of $6.6 billion in 2024, over 20,000 employees, including 4,700 academic staff, and over 35,000 enrolled students across 19 schools and special programs. The

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Senators are trying to force ISPs to block all foreign pirate sites

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-06 09:45:10

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Lawmakers have introduced a new bill aimed at countering “foreign piracy sites,” as reported earlier by TorrentFreak. The bill, called the Block Bad Electronic Art and Recording Distributors (Block BEARD) Act, would allow copyright holders to ask a federal court

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Library of Congress explains how parts of US Constitution vanished from its website

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-12-07 04:55:35

The Library of Congress has given a fuller explanation as to why large sections of the U.S. Constitution suddenly vanished from its official website. As TechCrunch previously reported, parts of Section 8, as well as the entirety of Section 9 and Section 10, were deleted from Article 1 of the Constitution on the U.S. government’s official website over the past month. The changes to the sections, which pertained to the Congressional powers, the rights of individual states, and the rights to due p

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Is Economics education fit for the 21st Century?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-08 14:16:30

The first quarter of the 21st century has seen seismic shifts in the politics, society, and economy of the United Kingdom. As economics thinkers and graduates, Rethinking Economics is concerned that economics education remains out of step with these shifts. What is taught in university classrooms informs how society perceives and will tackle these challenges, from engaging in climate science to the reality of Britain’s colonial past. This report assesses the extent to which university education

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Coding error blamed after parts of Constitution disappear from US website

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-08 14:50:38

The Library of Congress today said a coding error resulted in deletion of parts of the US Constitution from Congress' website and promised a fix after many Internet users pointed out the missing sections this morning. "It has been brought to our attention that some sections of Article 1 are missing from the Constitution Annotated (constitution.congress.gov) website," the Library of Congress said today. "We've learned that this is due to a coding error. We have been working to correct this and e

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Sections on habeas corpus and nobility titles were temporarily removed from Congress' US Constitution website

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-08 18:29:56

Key sections of the US Constitution were temporarily removed from Congress' website. Provisions including habeas corpus (due process) and the prohibition of nobility titles (like, say, King) vanished from the digital version of the document. They've since been restored. 404 Media first reported on the edits after users on Lemmy forums spotted them. There are many ways to read a copy of the US Constitution. But the Library of Congress' online version is one of the easiest to find. Alongside its

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Speedhunters was a car culture juggernaut

news.ycombinator.com Caleb Jacobs 2025-12-07 17:20:26

Get The Drive’s daily newsletter The latest car news, reviews, and features. Email address Sign Up Thank you! Terms of Service & Privacy Policy. Speedhunters, as we know it, is done for. The car photography site that shaped a generation’s automotive imagination went out with a whimper, not a bang, when publishing quietly froze in April. After I reported the news last week, past contributors flooded my inbox with notes as they sought to share their side of the story. Now that I’ve sat down with

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NASA explains how it keeps the Curiosity rover running, 13 years later

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-09 23:45:30

Thirteen years ago, the Curiosity rover landed on Mars, inside Gale crater in particular. It was originally sent to the red planet for a two-year mission, but it was extended indefinitely just a few months into its operations. The rover has several goals, most of which are meant to help scientists determine whether Mars could ever have supported life in the past. And while it's still very much operational and doing science, NASA has had to make adjustments and give it new capabilities to ensure

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Some people are defending Perplexity after Cloudflare ‘named and shamed’ it

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-12-11 23:33:03

When Cloudflare accused AI search engine Perplexity of stealthily scraping websites on Monday, while ignoring a site’s specific methods to block it, this wasn’t a clear-cut case of an AI web crawler gone wild. Many people came to Perplexity’s defense. They argued that Perplexity accessing sites in defiance of the website owner’s wishes, while controversial, is acceptable. And this is a controversy that will certainly grow as AI agents flood the internet: Should an agent accessing a website on b

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Clojure Civitas – Publish Clojure Ideas and Explorations

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-09 04:33:21

Clojure Civitas Clojure Civitas makes it easy for you to publish Clojure ideas and explorations without the overhead of setting up a new project, blog, or repo. Whether you're sketching out a quick experiment or writing a deeper post, just fork this repo, create a namespace, write, commit and submit a pull request. This is your shared scratch space. Think. Code. Share. ⚡ No setup – Clone this repo, make a new namespace, start coding. ✍️ Write as you code – Capture notes, results, and ideas a

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Perplexity is allegedly scraping websites it's not supposed to, again

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-13 18:11:10

Web crawlers deployed by Perplexity to scrape websites are allegedly skirting restrictions, according to a new report from Cloudflare. Specifically, the report claims that the company's bots appear to be "stealth crawling" sites by disguising their identity to get around robots.txt files and firewalls. Robots.txt is a simple file websites host that lets web crawlers know if they can scrape a websites' content or not. Perplexity's official web crawling bots are "PerplexityBot" and "Perplexity-Us

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NASA's Curiosity picks up new skills

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-13 22:20:38

Instead, Curiosity and its younger sibling Perseverance each use their MMRTG nuclear power source, which relies on decaying plutonium pellets to create energy and recharge the rover’s batteries. Providing ample power for the rovers’ many science instruments, MMRTGs are known for their longevity (the twin Voyager spacecraft have relied on RTGs since 1977). But as the plutonium decays over time, it takes longer to recharge Curiosity’s batteries, leaving less energy for science each day. The team

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These are the best streaming services you aren’t watching

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-16 00:00:28

We all know how to find our favorite shows and blockbuster films on mainstream streaming services like Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+. But even as streaming has opened the door to millions of hours of on-demand entertainment, it can still feel like there’s nothing fresh or exciting to watch anymore. If you agree, it’s time to check out some of the more niche streaming services available, where you can find remarkable content unlikely to be available elsewhere. This article breaks down the best

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SAP is acquiring SmartRecruiters

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-12-15 15:12:51

In Brief SAP announced Friday that it has reached an agreement to acquire recruiting software company SmartRecruiters. In a press release, the European software giant said that SmartRecruiters “powerful, user-friendly interfaces and seamless workflows” will complement SAP’s existing HR tools. Muhammad Alam, the SAP executive board member who leads product and engineering, said in a statement that with this acquisition, “Customers will be able to manage the entire candidate lifecycle — from so

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Anandtech.com now redirects to its forums

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 05:27:25

This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.

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T-Mobile now officially owns UScellular

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-16 09:45:10

T-Mobile has sealed the deal on its UScellular acquisition. In exchange for $4.3 billion, T-Mobile gets UScellular’s customers, stores and 30 percent of its spectrum. If you’re a UScellular customer, you don’t have to do anything. "UScellular customers stay on their existing plans with no changes for now," the carrier said. You can continue to manage your account through UScellular’s website. You can also still turn to the T-Mobile-owned carrier for customer support. The $4.3 billion wasn’t th

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Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-17 04:11:28

It's a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we've featured year-end roundups of cool science stories we (almost) missed. This year, we're experimenting with a monthly collection. July's list includes the discovery of the tomb of the first Maya king of Caracol in Belize, the fluid dynamics of tacking a sailboat, how to determine how fast blood was traveling when it stained cotton fabric, and how

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Belgium bans Internet Archive's ‘Open Library’

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-17 16:41:05

The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued an unprecedentedly broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna's Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the Internet Archive's Open Library. In addition to ISP blocks, the order also directs search engines, DNS resolvers, advertisers, domain name services, CDNs and hosting companies to take action. Traditional site-blocking measures that require local ISPs to block subscriber access to popular

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Belgium Bans Internet Archive's 'Open Library' in Site Blocking Order

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-17 22:41:05

The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued an unprecedentedly broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna's Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the Internet Archive's Open Library. In addition to ISP blocks, the order also directs search engines, DNS resolvers, advertisers, domain name services, CDNs and hosting companies to take action. Traditional site-blocking measures that require local ISPs to block subscriber access to popular

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14 Best Office Chairs of 2025— I’ve Tested Nearly 60 to Pick Them

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-12-18 09:33:00

How to Sit Properly at a Desk AccordionItemContainerButton LargeChevron It's not just about finding a chair you like. We've rounded up several tips on how to set up your desk properly here, but here are a few highlights. Sitting for too long in a day is not good for your health, no matter what chair you use. It increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, stroke, and heart disease. The best thing you can do is get up and move every half hour. If you can, a 40-minute walk per day can, according to a re

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Dark patterns

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-18 20:17:35

What to look out for when shopping online Hidden costs Hidden costs are extra costs you only find out about towards the end of your purchase, or which are made less obvious. They include pre-selected extras you may not want and add-ons presented so you feel you have to buy them. Some hidden costs are even sneakier, such as a pre-selected free trial period for a service that renews automatically if you don’t cancel before it ends - charging your card for an ongoing membership. Trick questions

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Ursa: A leaderless, object storage–based alternative to Kafka

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-19 10:01:08

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Radioactive Wasp Nest Found in Decommissioned Nuclear Weapons Plant

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-12-19 18:15:30

As if wasps couldn’t get any scarier, a chilling discovery near Aiken, South Carolina, suggests they’re comfortable making their nest in a former nuclear bomb facility. On July 3, employees conducting a regular checkup of radiation levels at the Savannah River Site (SRS)—a former nuclear weapons production facility dating back to the 1950s—found themselves staring down at something that probably should not have been there. That something was a wasp nest measuring more than 10 times the federall

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U.S. senators introduce new pirate site blocking bill, "Block BEARD"

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-19 21:55:16

Efforts to introduce pirate site blocking to the United States continue with the introduction of the "Block BEARD" bill in the Senate. The bipartisan proposal, backed by Senators Tillis, Coons, Blackburn, and Schiff, aims to create a new legal mechanism to combat foreign piracy websites. Block BEARD is similar to the previously introduced House bill "FADPA", but doesn't directly mention DNS resolvers. After a decade of focusing efforts overseas, the push for website blocking has landed back on

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Workers Find Radioactive Wasp Nest at Nuclear Facility, But the Wasps Are Missing

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-20 04:09:50

"I'm as mad as a hornet..." Green Hornet Employees at the site in South Carolina where the US used to construct nuclear weapons have discovered a highly radioactive wasp nest. As CBS News reports, staff at the Savannah River Site (SRS) discovered the unusual nest earlier this month near tanks filled with liquid nuclear waste. An official Department of Energy occurrence report lists the nest as showing contamination levels that are "greater than ten times" what is deemed safe by federal regul

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NSW Fair Trading – Dark Patterns

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-20 02:17:35

What to look out for when shopping online Hidden costs Hidden costs are extra costs you only find out about towards the end of your purchase, or which are made less obvious. They include pre-selected extras you may not want and add-ons presented so you feel you have to buy them. Some hidden costs are even sneakier, such as a pre-selected free trial period for a service that renews automatically if you don’t cancel before it ends - charging your card for an ongoing membership. Trick questions

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Ursa: A Leaderless, Object Storage–Based Alternative to Kafka

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-20 04:01:08

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Ofcom investigates 34 porn sites over age checks

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-21 04:12:49

Ofcom investigates 34 porn sites over age checks 2 hours ago Share Save Liv McMahon Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images Ofcom is investigating four companies, operating a total of 34 porn sites, over whether they are complying with its new age check requirements. The regulator said on Friday more than 6,000 sites allowing pornography and other adult content would start using "highly effective" tools to verify or estimate whether users were over or under the age of 18. But Ofcom says s

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The HTML Hobbyist (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-20 14:03:54

This is an extremely streamlined path to show you how easy it can be to build a website for the World Wide Web. I suggest reading the rest of the site before attempting to follow the One Page Starter instructions. I give more details about coding HTML and building websites — and more details and options about domain names, hosting, and uploading than we just went through in the One Page Starter. There are some other hosting options that you could take advantage of that are free but with some res

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Scammers unleash flood of online gaming sites

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-21 21:52:51

Fraudsters are flooding Discord and other social media platforms with ads for hundreds of polished online gaming and wagering websites that lure people with free credits and eventually abscond with any cryptocurrency funds deposited by players. Here’s a closer look at the social engineering tactics and remarkable traits of this sprawling network of more than 1,200 scam sites. The scam begins with deceptive ads posted on social media that claim the wagering sites are working in partnership with

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Latest Tech News

Columbia University data breach impacts nearly 870,000 individuals

Senators are trying to force ISPs to block all foreign pirate sites

Library of Congress explains how parts of US Constitution vanished from its website

Is Economics education fit for the 21st Century?

Coding error blamed after parts of Constitution disappear from US website

Sections on habeas corpus and nobility titles were temporarily removed from Congress' US Constitution website

Speedhunters was a car culture juggernaut

NASA explains how it keeps the Curiosity rover running, 13 years later

Some people are defending Perplexity after Cloudflare ‘named and shamed’ it

Clojure Civitas – Publish Clojure Ideas and Explorations

Perplexity is allegedly scraping websites it's not supposed to, again

NASA's Curiosity picks up new skills

These are the best streaming services you aren’t watching

SAP is acquiring SmartRecruiters

Anandtech.com now redirects to its forums

T-Mobile now officially owns UScellular

Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed

Belgium bans Internet Archive's ‘Open Library’

Belgium Bans Internet Archive's 'Open Library' in Site Blocking Order

14 Best Office Chairs of 2025— I’ve Tested Nearly 60 to Pick Them

Dark patterns

Ursa: A leaderless, object storage–based alternative to Kafka

Radioactive Wasp Nest Found in Decommissioned Nuclear Weapons Plant

U.S. senators introduce new pirate site blocking bill, "Block BEARD"

Workers Find Radioactive Wasp Nest at Nuclear Facility, But the Wasps Are Missing

NSW Fair Trading – Dark Patterns

Ursa: A Leaderless, Object Storage–Based Alternative to Kafka

Ofcom investigates 34 porn sites over age checks

The HTML Hobbyist (2022)

Scammers unleash flood of online gaming sites

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