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FTC scrutinizes OpenAI, Meta, and others on AI companion safety for kids

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-09-28 20:14:00

Olemedia/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The FTC is investigating seven tech companies building AI companions. The probe is exploring safety risks posed to kids and teens. Many tech companies offer AI companions to boost user engagement. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating the safety risks posed by AI companions to kids and teenagers, the agency announced Thursday. The federal regulator s

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Save $70 on One of Our Favorite Android Tablets

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-09-29 00:19:33

If you're hunting for a well-priced Android tablet that's perfect for occasional use around the house, look no further than the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE, which is currently discounted at Amazon to just $430. It's one of our favorite Android tablets, with the right balance of features, power, and battery life for most people. Despite using an LCD screen instead of the increasingly common AMOLED, the Samsung's 10.7-inch panel is vivid and clear for most use cases. It's great for curling up with

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iPhone Diary: For the first time in many years, I’m not upgrading my iPhone

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-29 08:00:00

Today would normally see me poised over the Apple website on my Mac and the Apple Store app on my phone ready to seen which goes live first so I can finalize my order for a shiny new iPhone. This year is an exception, and although that’s partly for personal reasons, it’s mostly because I’m just not seeing any good reason to want the iPhone 17 Pro Max over last year’s model … I haven’t always upgraded my iPhone each year. Indeed, in 2016, I technically downgraded, although I didn’t personally s

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Mastodon rolls out quote posts with protections to prevent ‘dunking’

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-29 12:38:53

Mastodon, an open source, decentralized alternative to X, is rolling out a somewhat controversial feature by adding quote posts, which will launch next week. The feature, which allows a user to quote someone else’s post and re-share it with their own response or commentary, has contributed to a culture of “dunking” on X, where users often deride other people by responding with snark or insulting humor. To address this concern, Mastodon says it’s implementing quote posts with safety controls. T

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Ten Years of D3D12

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-26 00:45:06

For those of us that have been using it from the start, it can be hard to believe that Direct3D 12 has been around for ten years now. Windows 10 was released on July 29th 2015, and D3D12 has been with us ever since. While it’s true that this is the longest we’ve gone between major D3D version updates, it’s also not fair to say that the API has remained static. On the contrary, D3D12 has received a steady stream of new interfaces, functions, and shader models. These updates have included some ver

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Microsoft fixes Exchange Online outage affecting users worldwide

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-29 22:43:00

Update September 11, 18:12 EDT: Revised story and title after Microsoft's confirmation that the outage has been mitigated. Microsoft says that it has mitigated an Exchange Online outage affecting customers worldwide, which blocked their access to emails and calendars. "We're investigating an issue affecting a portion of infrastructure in North America, where users may be unable to access their mailbox via any Exchange Online connection method," the company said on Thursday morning. According

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The effects of algorithms on the public discourse

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 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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iMazing 3 gives you full control of your iPhone, with a 20% discount

9to5mac.com Sponsored Post 2025-09-30 12:38:27

iMazing started life as a more powerful and flexible alternative to iTunes, but has since grown into a comprehensive desktop solution for managing Apple mobile devices across personal, educational, and professional contexts. Just in time for the iPhone 17, iMazing is offering readers a limited 20% discount on all licenses with the code: 9to5mac-20off. While the app was originally designed for consumers, the addition of new features in recent versions has attracted business and enterprise users

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Someone Finally Got the Note and Fixed This ‘Beetlejuice’ Sign

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-09-30 16:00:33

If you’re a movie prop replica collector, you know exactly which Beetlejuice sign we’re talking about. For years, as a Beetlejuice decor hunter, there has been one item I refused to buy on principle because it had one glaring mistake: it was not in-universe accurate. I’ve bought the Adam and Barbara monster face hanging decor, the inflatable Sandworm for my lawn, and the “Here Lies Betelgeuse” tombstone—but never the iconic light-up sign due to the fact that it always featured the ghost with th

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Anthropic’s Claude AI can now automatically ‘remember’ past chats

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-30 20:43:46

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. Anthropic will now let its Claude AI chatbot “remember” the details of previous conversations without prompting. The feature is only rolling out for Team and Enterprise users for now, allowing Claude to automatically incorporate someone’s preferences, the contex

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Financial Experts Concerned That Driving Users Into Psychosis Will Be Bad for AI Investments

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-30 23:18:21

Countless users of AI chatbots are being driven into spirals of delusion, a wave of "AI psychosis" that's alarming mental health professionals. Some even say the tech could give birth to entirely new categories of mental disorders. The grim trend has already been linked to several deaths, including the suicide of a 16-year-old boy, which has led to his family suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI, accusing it of product liability and wrongful death. In fact, even Wall Street is starting to grow uncomfort

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Is your music stuttering on Android Auto? You’re not alone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-01 00:00:16

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Reports are coming in about an audio skipping issue with wireless Android Auto. The bug may be linked to a recent update to Google Maps and Waze. Users are switching to Bluetooth streaming to fix the problem. Although Android Auto is great, it isn’t without its faults. Getting the smart driving companion to work consistently can sometimes be an effort in futility. For example, users recently discovered an issue where Pixel 10 devices would cause Andro

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If You’re a ‘Jaws’ Fan, Do Not Miss This New Exhibition

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-01 00:30:17

For 50 years, audiences all over the world have watched and marveled at the brilliance of Jaws. It’s long been one of the true masterpieces in the history of movies and, starting next week, you’ll get to experience it in a way you never have before: by actually being in its presence. On September 14, the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, CA, is opening “Jaws: The Exhibition,” an unprecedented collection of over 200 items from the development, production, and release of the Steven Spielberg classic.

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Microsoft investigates Exchange Online outage in North America

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-01 04:43:00

Microsoft is working to resolve an ongoing Exchange Online outage affecting customers throughout North America, blocking their access to emails. "We're investigating an issue affecting a portion of infrastructure in North America, where users may be unable to access their mailbox via any Exchange Online connection method," the company explained earlier today. According to user reports on DownDetector, the issue began impacting Microsoft's customers more than six hours ago and is causing server

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Launch HN: Ghostship (YC S25) – AI agents that find bugs in your web app

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-01 04:06:32

Hi HN, we're Jesse and Gautham. We're building Ghostship ( https://tryghostship.dev/ ). Ghostship lets you find bugs in your web app by entering in your URL and describing a user journey. Here's a video of Ghostship in action: https://www.loom.com/share/dec264ae32f94d50adb141c9246837c3?.... For over half our lives, we've been developers and we've done tons of user-facing projects like a coding competition I built called CerealCodes or freelancing projects on Upwork. The biggest problem we fac

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FTC launches inquiry into AI chatbot companions from Meta, OpenAI, and others

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-10-01 03:06:15

The FTC announced on Thursday that it is launching an inquiry into seven tech companies that make AI chatbot companion products for minors: Alphabet, CharacterAI, Instagram, Meta, OpenAI, Snap, and xAI. The federal regulator seeks to learn how these companies are evaluating the safety and monetization of chatbot companions, how they try to limit negative impacts on children and teens, and if parents are made aware of potential risks. This technology has proven controversial for its poor outcom

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Show HN: Making a cross-platform game in Go using WebRTC Datachannels

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 09:30:37

(The following was adapted from a talk I gave at DWeb Weekend 2025 at the Internet Archive in San Francisco on August 17, 2025) Simplifying WebRTC Datachannels for Games First of all, to get some stuff out of the way, instead of using the “super complicated” WebRTC datachannels, why don’t we use something simpler? Why Not Use Websockets? Too slow : Most games use UDP with a reliability layer on top. : Most games use UDP with a reliability layer on top. Suitable for turn-based games : Fine f

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Senators demand ICE cease use of facial recognition app

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-01 12:21:47

Senators Edward J. Markey, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley sent a letter Thursday to Acting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons urging the agency to stop using “Mobile Fortify,” a smartphone app that uses biometric identification, including facial recognition. The lawmakers said facial recognition remains unreliable and warned that real-time surveillance could have a chilling effect on constitutionally protected activities. "As studies have shown, when individuals believ

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Public Suffix List

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-28 07:56:55

A "public suffix" is one under which Internet users can (or historically could) directly register names. Some examples of public suffixes are com , co.uk and pvt.k12.ma.us . The Public Suffix List is a list of all known public suffixes. The Public Suffix List is an initiative of Mozilla, but is maintained as a community resource. It is available for use in any software, but was originally created to meet the needs of browser manufacturers. It allows browsers to, for example: Avoid privacy-dama

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NT OS Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

news.ycombinator.com Hieu.Q 2025-10-01 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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Gmail makes it easier to track upcoming package deliveries

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-10-01 16:00:00

Gmail is rolling out a new “Purchases” tab that gives users a quick overview of their upcoming package deliveries, Google announced on Thursday. The tab will allow them to access all their purchase-related emails in one place, even from past orders and shipments. The tech giant notes that Gmail will still show packages that are set to arrive within 24 hours on top of users’ inboxes. The new tab simply brings all of your purchase information together under one view. The update builds on Gmail’s

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

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-02 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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A desktop environment without graphics (tmux-like)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 04:07:14

A desktop environment without graphics (tmux-like). Features: Parse shortcut files containing apps Parse shortcut files containing apps Display any application or command that uses stdout Display any application or command that uses stdout Move and resize windows Move and resize windows Change tilling options Change tilling options Handle application error Handle application error Select a file or a folder to then use it as an application or command argument Select a file or a folder to

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KDE launches its own distribution

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-02 23:49:36

KDE launches its own distribution (again) [LWN subscriber-only content] Welcome to LWN.net The following subscription-only content has been made available to you by an LWN subscriber. Thousands of subscribers depend on LWN for the best news from the Linux and free software communities. If you enjoy this article, please consider subscribing to LWN. Thank you for visiting LWN.net! At Akademy 2025, the KDE Project released an alpha version of KDE Linux, a distribution built by the project to " in

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Tarsnap is cozy

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 00:17:45

I have been aware of tarsnap for a long time, but only recently did I actually get around to using it for anything, as a result of my big personal digital resiliency audit for 2025. For those of you not in the know, tarsnap is “online backups for the truly paranoid”, and tarsnap the command-line program is the client-side tool you invoke to actually zip up and push your archives into the vault. Its creator, Dr. Colin Percival, is a really smart and interesting dude for a whole bunch of reasons.

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Trump is slowing — but not stopping — US greenhouse gas reductions

theverge.com Justine Calma 2025-10-03 08:22:44

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. President Donald Trump has cast his shadow over the latest forecast on US greenhouse gas emissions. Reductions in planet-heating pollution are already expected to slow over the next decade, setting the US and the world back in efforts to stop climate change. Here’s what could

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Senator blasts Microsoft for making default Windows vulnerable to “Kerberoasting”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-03 12:38:13

A prominent US Senator has called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft for “gross cybersecurity negligence,” citing the company’s continued use of an obsolete and vulnerable form of encryption that Windows uses by default. In a letter to FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Sen. Ron Wyden (D–Ore.) said an investigation his office conducted into the 2024 ransomware breach of the health care giant Ascension found that default use of the RC4 encryption cipher was a direct cause. The b

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Bluesky will comply with age-verification laws in South Dakota and Wyoming after exiting Mississippi

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-03 14:12:14

After blocking its service in Mississippi over its new age-assurance law, the social networking startup is taking a different approach to comply with laws in South Dakota and Wyoming. Instead of requiring Bluesky to restrict access to all unverified users, users in South Dakota and Wyoming can verify their ages through the Kids Web Services’ (KWS) solution. The service allows users to choose from multiple methods to verify their ages, which may include payment cards, an identity document, an an

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Spotify peeved after 10,000 users sold data to build AI tools

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-04 00:23:25

For millions of Spotify users, the "Wrapped" feature—which crunches the numbers on their annual listening habits—is a highlight of every year's end, ever since it debuted in 2015. NPR once broke down exactly why our brains find the feature so "irresistible," while Cosmopolitan last year declared that sharing Wrapped screenshots of top artists and songs had by now become "the ultimate status symbol" for tens of millions of music fans. It's no surprise then that, after a decade, some Spotify user

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Microsoft PowerToys

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-04 04:31:27

Access to this page requires authorization. You can try changing directories . Access to this page requires authorization. You can try signing in or changing directories . Microsoft PowerToys: Utilities to customize Windows Microsoft PowerToys is a set of free Microsoft Windows utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity. These utilities and shell enhancement tools are designed to help you customize Windows 10 and Windows 11 to suit your

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Latest Tech News

FTC scrutinizes OpenAI, Meta, and others on AI companion safety for kids

Save $70 on One of Our Favorite Android Tablets

iPhone Diary: For the first time in many years, I’m not upgrading my iPhone

Mastodon rolls out quote posts with protections to prevent ‘dunking’

Ten Years of D3D12

Microsoft fixes Exchange Online outage affecting users worldwide

The effects of algorithms on the public discourse

iMazing 3 gives you full control of your iPhone, with a 20% discount

Someone Finally Got the Note and Fixed This ‘Beetlejuice’ Sign

Anthropic’s Claude AI can now automatically ‘remember’ past chats

Financial Experts Concerned That Driving Users Into Psychosis Will Be Bad for AI Investments

Is your music stuttering on Android Auto? You’re not alone

If You’re a ‘Jaws’ Fan, Do Not Miss This New Exhibition

Microsoft investigates Exchange Online outage in North America

Launch HN: Ghostship (YC S25) – AI agents that find bugs in your web app

FTC launches inquiry into AI chatbot companions from Meta, OpenAI, and others

Show HN: Making a cross-platform game in Go using WebRTC Datachannels

Senators demand ICE cease use of facial recognition app

Public Suffix List

NT OS Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Gmail makes it easier to track upcoming package deliveries

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

A desktop environment without graphics (tmux-like)

KDE launches its own distribution

Tarsnap is cozy

Trump is slowing — but not stopping — US greenhouse gas reductions

Senator blasts Microsoft for making default Windows vulnerable to “Kerberoasting”

Bluesky will comply with age-verification laws in South Dakota and Wyoming after exiting Mississippi

Spotify peeved after 10,000 users sold data to build AI tools

Microsoft PowerToys

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