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Where's the Fun in AI Gambling?

wired.com Lauren Goode 2025-10-04 18:00:00

Michael Calore: You reported that most of the seasoned players in the online gambling space are sticking to the first model that you mentioned, which is just making an agent that does the research and can make tips for what would be a good bet, but it leaves the final step of actually placing the bet in the hand of you, the person who's putting their money on the line. But how is it going for the companies and the users that are taking the riskier step of letting the AI agent actually place the

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ICEBlock handled my vulnerability report in the worst possible way

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-07 06:38:49

Last week, I wrote about how Joshua Aaron's ICEBlock app, which allows people to anonymously report ICE sightings within a 5-mile radius, is – unfortunately, and despite apparent good intentions – activism theater. This was based on Joshua's talk at HOPE where he made it clear that he isn't taking the advice of local community groups, that ICE sightings aren't verified in any way, and that he doesn't know what he's doing when it comes to security and privacy. In that post, in the section about

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Job mismatch and early career success

news.ycombinator.com Julie Berry Cullen 2025-10-07 09:57:40

How does being over- or underqualified at the beginning of a worker's career affect skill acquisition, retention, and promotion? Despite the importance of mismatch for the labor market, self-selection into jobs has made estimating these effects difficult. We overcome endogeneity concerns in the context of the US Air Force, which allocates new enlistees to over 130 different jobs based, in part, on test scores. Using these test scores, we create simulated job assignments based on factors outside

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Hackers steal 3,325 secrets in GhostAction GitHub supply chain attack

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-07 18:53:59

A new supply chain attack on GitHub, dubbed 'GhostAction,' has compromised 3,325 secrets, including PyPI, npm, DockerHub, GitHub tokens, Cloudflare, and AWS keys. The attack was discovered by GitGuardian researchers, who report that the first signs of compromise on one of the impacted projects, FastUUID, became evident on September 2, 2025. The attack involved leveraging compromised maintainer accounts to perform commits that added a malicious GitHub Actions workflow file that triggers automat

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Looking for the fastest iPhone 17 model? These iPhone 16 speed test results can help

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-10-07 18:16:39

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The iPhone 16 and 16e showed similar network speeds in most regions. The iPhone 16 outperformed the 16e on more advanced networks. The iPhone 17 is expected to continue to use Qualcomm modems. Looking for an iPhone with the best connection speeds and undecided between an iPhone 16 and an iPhone 16e. (Or do you wait for an iPhone 17?) The average download and upload speeds tend to favor the iPh

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Setting up a home VPN server with WireGuard

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-07 17:57:57

Motivation For a moderately security conscious geek like myself, there can be a number of reasons to want to set up a home VPN server: Accessing your home computer via screen sharing without exposing it to the Internet (and thereby to potential evil-doers). Accessing servers with IP white lists (common case for security hardened IT systems). Accessing county-IP-filtered things like Netflix while travelling. Browsing privately from insecure WiFi networks. Getting access to services that are blo

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MagSafe Monday: UAG’s Magnetic Ring Stand is the simple MagSafe accessory you did not know you needed

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2025-10-07 22:30:00

If you don’t carry a MagSafe wallet with your iPhone, there might be situations when you want a simple stand for travel, increased grip, stand at your desk, etc. The UAG Magnetic Ring Stand falls into that category. It gives you a better grip on your iPhone, doubles as a kickstand, and still slides in your pocket without getting in the way. Let’s take a look at what it offers. Some of my favorite gear eufyCam 2C Upgrade your home security with wireless cameras that includes HomeKit compatibilit

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Lovesac confirms data breach after ransomware attack claims

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-07 22:24:25

American furniture brand Lovesac is warning that it suffered a data breach impacting an undisclosed number of individuals, stating their personal data was exposed in a cybersecurity incident. Lovesac is a furniture designer, manufacturer, and retailer, operating 267 showrooms across the United States, and having annual net sales of $750 million. They are best known for their modular couch systems called 'sactionals,' as well as their bean bags called 'sacs.' According to the notices sent to i

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‘Free Speech’ University in Austin Makes Freshmen Read Palantir CEO’s Deep Thoughts

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-10-07 22:30:04

In 2021, “intellectual dark web” OG and Israeli-government stan Bari Weiss announced the launch of her own university. In case you don’t remember, the “intellectual dark web” was a term coined by one of its own proponents (Eric Weinstein) and used to market a breed of new pundits and influencers, like Joe Rogan, who sprang up during the first Trump administration. These pundits dared to share provocative perspectives that, according to them, no one else had the courage to voice—stuff like multic

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Joe Rogan Misinterprets Important Scientific Study So Badly That Its Author Steps in to Correct Him

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-08 05:56:38

Never one to properly interpret anything scientific, uber-popular podcaster Joe Rogan has become entranced by a study that affirms his climate skepticism. Now, as The Guardian reports, one of the study's authors is setting the record straight and pointing out that Rogan is not only drawing the exact opposite conclusion from the study, but that he's spewing misinformation to a vast audience using his incorrect takeaways. Over two years, scientists from the University of Arizona, Tucson and Smit

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IEEE Quantum Week 2025 Breaks Registration Records

computer.org Ilse Paredes 2025-10-08 08:00:54

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., 5 September 2025 – IEEE Quantum Week closes today, breaking previous registration records: The conference welcomed 1,700+ registrants eager to immerse themselves in cutting-edge research and practical advances in quantum tech.. In addition, more than 80 exhibitors convened 31 August – 5 September at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., to exhibit their latest quantum applications. “The quantum computing community has made tremendous progress in

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Job Mismatch and Early Career Success

news.ycombinator.com Julie Berry Cullen 2025-10-08 10:57:40

How does being over- or underqualified at the beginning of a worker's career affect skill acquisition, retention, and promotion? Despite the importance of mismatch for the labor market, self-selection into jobs has made estimating these effects difficult. We overcome endogeneity concerns in the context of the US Air Force, which allocates new enlistees to over 130 different jobs based, in part, on test scores. Using these test scores, we create simulated job assignments based on factors outside

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C1 modem planned for the iPhone 17 Air is slower on some carriers

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-08 16:39:20

Apple has been working for many years on developing its own mobile data modem to replace the Qualcomm ones on which it has traditionally relied. The first of these, the C1 chip, was used in the iPhone 16e, and is also expected to be used in the upcoming iPhone 17 Air. There have so far been mixed messages on how well it compares to Qualcomm’s current chip, and a new study by Ookla provides our most detailed comparison yet … Ookla’s speed tests If you’ve ever tested your home or mobile broadba

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Writing by manipulating visual representations of stories

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-05 11:23:59

Visual Story-Writing: Writing by Manipulating Visual Representations This system automatically visualizes a story (chronological events, character and their actions and movements) and allows users to edit the story by manipulating these visual representations. For example: Hover over the timeline allows reviewing the chronology of events and visualizing the movements of the characters Connecting two characters suggests edits to the text to reflect the new interaction Moving a character sugge

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Forty-Four Esolangs: The Art of Esoteric Code

news.ycombinator.com Chris Chinchilla 2025-10-06 13:33:11

Have you ever tried programming with a language that uses musical notation? What about a language that never runs programs the same way? What about a language where you write code with photographs? All exist, among many others, in the world of esoteric programming languages, and Daniel Temkin has written a forthcoming book covering 44 of them, some of which exist and are usable to some interpretation of the word “usable.” The book, Forty-Four Esolangs: The Art of Esoteric Code, is out on 23 Sep

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Are bad incentives to blame for AI hallucinations?

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-10-09 03:23:23

A new research paper from OpenAI asks why large language models like GPT-5 and chatbots like ChatGPT still hallucinate, and whether anything can be done to reduce those hallucinations. In a blog post summarizing the paper, OpenAI defines hallucinations as “plausible but false statements generated by language models,” and it acknowledges that despite improvements, hallucinations “remain a fundamental challenge for all large language models” — one that will never be completely eliminated. To ill

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6 Things Causing Poor Air Quality in Your Home, According to an Expert

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-08 21:00:05

If you don't live in an area that is commonly exposed to wildfire smoke, smog or other forms of outdoor air pollution, it's easy to believe that you're in the clear -- literally -- regarding the air quality in your living space. "Unfortunately, our indoor air is not as healthy as you may think," says Michael Rubino, founder of HomeCleanse, chairman of Change the Air Foundation, and host of the Never Been Sicker podcast. According to Dr. James Langer, a Materials Science Engineer and CEO of Colo

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The New Math of Quantum Cryptography

wired.com Ben Brubaker 2025-10-08 22:00:00

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the security of modern encryption. Any clever trick for solving them will doom most forms of cryptography. Several years ago, researchers found a radically new approach to encryption that lacks this potential weak spot. The approach exploits the peculiar features of quantum physics. But unlike earlier qua

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X-COM creator Julian Gollop discusses his most important games (2019)

news.ycombinator.com Alex Wiltshire 2025-10-06 11:08:23

Julian Gollop's PC Gamer columns Did you know Julian Gollop has written four columns for us, including subjects like the creation of the deck builder genre? Find them all here. This article was originally published in issue 313 of Edge, an extremely good magazine about computer games. Subscribe here in print or digital. Of a generation of early British game creators, only a handful are still making games today. Still fewer have threaded their careers through so many of the tectonic shifts and

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Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules

wired.com Kyle Orland 2025-10-09 02:00:00

If you were trying to learn how to get other people to do what you want, you might use some of the techniques found in a book like Influence: The Power of Persuasion. Now, a preprint study out of the University of Pennsylvania suggests that those same psychological persuasion techniques can frequently "convince" some LLMs to do things that go against their system prompts. The size of the persuasion effects shown in "Call Me a Jerk: Persuading AI to Comply with Objectionable Requests" suggests t

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Qantas is cutting executive bonuses after data breach

news.ycombinator.com Alfred Chua 2025-10-08 23:04:49

Qantas has slashed short-term bonuses for its senior leadership, following a cyber breach in late-June which exposed millions of customers’ personal data. Releasing its annual report for the year ended 30 June, the Australian carrier says it is cutting the executive bonuses by 15% for the fiscal year. Group CEO Vanessa Hudson will see her pay slashed by A$250,000 ($163,000), while five other executives on the Qantas leadership team will lose a combined A$550,000. Airline chair John Mullen say

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All New Java Language Features Since Java 21

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-05 12:11:15

Java 25 ships with a number of new language features, many of which fit under the umbrella of data-oriented programming, on-ramping new developers, and making Java more viable as a scripting language for easy automation. Join Jose as he explores these features. Make sure to check the Road to 25 playlist.

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Horrible Things Are Happening at Antarctic Facilities

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-08 17:10:26

If you think your job is tough, just be glad you haven’t had to do a tour at an Antarctic research base. A horrifying new workplace survey by the US National Science Foundation is raising alarms about a terrible HR crisis unfolding on the white continent. In particular, the report found that sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking were regular facts of life for those stationed on remote research stations. The confidential survey was open to all 2,760 US Antarctic Program (USAP) employe

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Freeway guardrails are now a favorite target of thieves

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-09 20:57:45

Congress has cut federal funding for public media — a $3.4 million loss for LAist. We count on readers like you to protect our nonprofit newsroom. Become a monthly member and sustain local journalism . Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. Sign Up On a recent Thursday evening, traffic was slow on the 10 Freeway as cars crawled into th

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ChatGPT Glossary: 56 AI Terms Everyone Should Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-10 17:23:03

AI is rapidly changing the world around us. It's eliminating jobs and flooding the internet with slop. Thanks to the massive popularity of ChatGPT to Google cramming AI summaries at the top of its search results, AI is completely taking over the internet. With AI, you can get instant answers to pretty much any question. It can feel like talking to someone who has a doctoral degree in everything. But that aspect of AI chatbots is only one part of the AI landscape. Sure, having ChatGPT help do yo

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The Download: longevity myths, and sewer-cleaning robots

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-10-10 22:10:00

—Jessica Hamzelou Earlier this week, my editor forwarded me a video of the leaders of Russia and China talking about immortality. “These days at 70 years old you are still a child,” China’s Xi Jinping, 72, was translated as saying. “With the developments of biotechnology, human organs can be continuously transplanted, and people can live younger and younger, and even achieve immortality,” Russia’s Vladimir Putin, also 72, is reported to have replied. In reality, rounds of organ transplantatio

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Qualcomm teams up with BMW for hands-free driving

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-10-11 05:30:00

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Qualcomm is joining forces with BMW on a new driver-assist system that will allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel on approved roads. Qualcomm, which supplies infotainment, driver-assist, and telematics systems to a variety of

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Broadcom’s stock pops on mystery $10 billion AI customer

cnbc.com Kif Leswing Ari Levy 2025-10-11 14:17:30

Broadcom reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that beat expectations and provided robust guidance for the current quarter. The stock rose in extended trading after the company said it had secured $10 billion in orders from a new client for custom chips. Here's how the chipmaker did versus LSEG consensus estimates: Earnings per share: $1.69 adjusted vs. $1.65 expected $1.69 adjusted vs. $1.65 expected Revenue: $15.96 billion vs. $15.83 billion expected Broadcom said it expects $17.4 billion

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Huawei Releases Its Second Trifold Phone Weeks Ahead of Samsung's Expected Launch

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-11 17:48:00

Huawei's second-generation trifold phone, the Mate XTs, is now available, just shy of a year after the company's first trifold phone was released in September 2024. The trifold phone isn't much different from the Mate XT, but two big upgrades take the spotlight. The Mate XTs let you use a stylus on the phone's folding screen and comes in purple, red, black or white. It runs on HarmonyOS 5.1, which Huawei calls a "PC-level" experience, and has a new M-Pen 3 stylus. "In the free multiwindow mode

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Broadcom reports 63% jump in AI revenue as results beat estimates

cnbc.com Kif Leswing Ari Levy 2025-10-11 22:44:31

Broadcom reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that beat expectations and provided robust guidance for the current quarter. The stock was little changed in extended trading. Here's how the chipmaker did versus LSEG consensus estimates: Earnings per share: $1.69, adjusted, versus $1.65 expected $1.69, adjusted, versus $1.65 expected Revenue: $15.96 billion versus $15.83 billion expected Broadcom said it expects $17.4 billion in fourth-quarter revenue, higher than the $17.02 billion expected

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Latest Tech News

Where's the Fun in AI Gambling?

ICEBlock handled my vulnerability report in the worst possible way

Job mismatch and early career success

Hackers steal 3,325 secrets in GhostAction GitHub supply chain attack

Looking for the fastest iPhone 17 model? These iPhone 16 speed test results can help

Setting up a home VPN server with WireGuard

MagSafe Monday: UAG’s Magnetic Ring Stand is the simple MagSafe accessory you did not know you needed

Lovesac confirms data breach after ransomware attack claims

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IEEE Quantum Week 2025 Breaks Registration Records

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Forty-Four Esolangs: The Art of Esoteric Code

Are bad incentives to blame for AI hallucinations?

6 Things Causing Poor Air Quality in Your Home, According to an Expert

The New Math of Quantum Cryptography

X-COM creator Julian Gollop discusses his most important games (2019)

Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules

Qantas is cutting executive bonuses after data breach

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Freeway guardrails are now a favorite target of thieves

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Broadcom reports 63% jump in AI revenue as results beat estimates

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