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Show HN: Vet – A tool for safely running remote shell scripts

vet Don't just run it — vet it. Stop blindly piping to bash. vet lets you inspect remote scripts for changes, run them through a linter, and require your explicit approval before they can execute. The Problem We've all seen this pattern for installing software: curl -sSL https://example.com/install.sh | bash This is dangerous. The script could be malicious, the server could be compromised, or a transient network error could result in executing a partial script. The Solution vet wraps thi

We ran a Unix-like OS Xv6 on our home-built CPU with a home-built C compiler

How we ran a Unix-like OS (Xv6) on our home-built CPU with our home-built C compiler [Thanks for many comments and votes on Hacker News! ] It’s been two years since I started working as a software engineer. I sometimes tell my colleagues about a student project I did in my junior year of university, and it’s so well-received that I’m writing this post. Now, let me ask you a question. Have you ever designed your own ISA, built a processor of that ISA on FPGA, and built a compiler for it? Furth

Gear News This Week: The Repairable Fairphone 6 Arrives and Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked Is Up Next

The sixth generation of Fairphone arrived this week, featuring a modular design built to last from ethically sourced components in a climate-conscious way. It has been a couple of years since its predecessor, the Fairphone 5, and the Fairphone 6 is refreshingly smaller and lighter. It boasts a 6.3-inch OLED screen with a 120-Hz adaptive refresh rate, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 processor, and a 4,415 mAh battery that Fairphone says is good for up to two days. You also get a 50-megapixel main

Spark AI (YC W24) is hiring a full-stack engineer in SF (founding team)

About Us ⚡️ Join us to accelerate the energy transition with technology. At Spark, we’re building the AI engine behind the next generation of renewable energy infrastructure. Our mission is simple yet ambitious: To help renewable energy developers build solar farms, battery storage plants, and related projects more efficiently. If you’re excited to see your products directly accelerate the energy transition, read on. We’re already powering decision-making for industry leaders like Colliers En

Here’s where you can buy microSD Express cards for the Switch 2

is an editor covering deals and commerce. He joined in 2018, and served as commerce editor at Polygon until May 2025. The Nintendo Switch 2 is here, and so you might be in the market for a microSD card to store more games. While all microSD cards look the same, only microSD Express cards will work on the Switch 2 for storing and playing games. The card you used in your original Switch or Switch Lite will only offer very limited functionality if installed into Nintendo’s new handheld, letting yo

Finally, We’re Seeing More Ways to Quadruple Your Switch 2’s Paltry Storage

If you’re like me, your hungry Switch 2’s belly is already full up with a slate of launch games combined with your backlog of original Switch titles. When a growing number of games take up 60GB or more on your new handheld, you’ll want to look for extra storage options. Unfortunately, every option available right now costs close to half of what you already need to spend on Nintendo’s $450 handheld console. The Switch 2 only accepts microSD Express cards, not stock-standard microSD. Express-leve

Sailing the fjords like the Vikings yields unexpected insights

Experimental archaeologist Greer Jarrett of Lund University in Sweden has been sailing in the footsteps of Vikings for the last three years. If you want to learn more about how and where the Vikings sailed, making the journey through the fjords yourself in replica boats is a practical, hands-on approach to achieving that end. Greer Jarrett, an archaeologist at Lund University in Sweden, has spent the last three years doing just that, sailing more than 5,000 kilometers along known Viking trade r

JPMorgan cuts Apple stock price target on soft iPhone 17 outlook and delayed AI payoff

Apple’s stock took a minor confidence hit today, as JPMorgan lowered its price target, though the firm kept its overall rating intact. The adjustment comes as analyst Samik Chatterjee and his team dial back expectations for Apple’s medium-term revenue and earnings, citing weakening demand drivers tied to the upcoming iPhone 17 cycle. Here are the details. A 4.17% reduction, but with no change in rating Chatterjee cut his 12-month price target for AAPL from $240 to $230, citing weaker iPhone 1

Microsoft’s Xbox PC launcher gets going with Steam, Epic, and other games showing up

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft announced earlier this week that it would start testing its new aggregated gaming library on the Xbox app for Windows, and it’s now starting to show up for testers today. This new library experience lists Steam, Battle.net, Ubisoft, Epic Games Store, and Riot Games titles that are all installed on a PC from various other launchers — much like GOG Galaxy. I’ve been tr

ExpressVPN's external auditors confirm no-logs policy as of February

"ExpressVPN never keeps data that could tie you to any online activity," the VPN provider claims on its website. An independent audit from late February supports those claims. Accounting firm KPMG found "reasonable assurance" that the VPN provider's system prevents the logging of user activity. The product is one of Engadget's top VPN picks. RAM-based VPN servers The firm's audit put ExpressVPN's TrustedServer system under a microscope. That's the company's RAM-based system. In theory, this ap

Video Shows Large Crane Collapsing at Safety-Plagued SpaceX Rocket Facility

Elon Musk’s Texas Starbase is still reeling from its latest Starship explosion. Now, it has a crane collapse to deal with too. As eagle-eyed Starbase watchers flagged in a livestream from earlier this week, one of the cranes at the site of the explosion — which was, according to CBS News 4, powerful enough to be picked up by weather radar — collapsed in a heap in the middle of the day. "This has always been one of my biggest fears in every industry I've worked in," tweeted Zack Golden, the Spa

Dell’s new Premium laptops are here, for the XPS rebrand nobody asked for

After scrapping its XPS branding earlier this year, Dell has now launched two of the new “Premium” laptop models that are replacing it. Aside from being refreshed with Intel’s Core Ultra Series 2 Arrow Lake processors, a slightly revised Dell lid logo, and a few other spec changes, the Dell 16 Premium and Dell 14 Premium are nearly identical to the popular XPS 16 and XPS 14 that preceded them. “The new name signals a fresh chapter — one that makes it easier than ever to find the right PC while

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CISA: AMI MegaRAC bug enabling server hijacks exploited in attacks

CISA has confirmed that a maximum severity vulnerability in AMI's MegaRAC Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) software is now actively exploited in attacks. The MegaRAC BMC firmware provides remote system management capabilities for troubleshooting servers without being physically present, and it's used by several vendors (including HPE, Asus, and ASRock) that supply equipment to cloud service providers and data centers. This authentication bypass security flaw (tracked as CVE-2024-54085) ca

GIF export in Snipping Tool begins rolling out to Windows Insiders

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are beginning to roll out an update to Snipping Tool to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11. Snipping Tool (version 11.2505.21.0) GIF export In this update, we are adding GIF export for screen recordings – designed to boost your productivity and turn quick captures into shareable moments. To get started, open Snipping Tool’s screen recorder via Win + Shift + R or launch the app and toggle to screen recording mode. Record a screen rec

WhatsApp Brings Meta AI-Powered Summaries to the Chats You Missed

Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home Security For more than 10 years Tyler has used his experience in smart home tech to craft how-to guides, explainers, and recommendations for technology of all kinds. From using his home in beautiful Bend, OR as a testing zone for the latest security products to digging into the nuts and bolts of the best data privacy guidelines, Tyler has experience in all aspects of protecting your home and belongings. With a BA in Writing from George Fox and certification in Technic

Coccinelle for Rust progress report

In collaboration with Inria (the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation), Tathagata Roy shares the progress made over the past year on the CoccinelleForRust project, co-sponsored by Collabora. Coccinelle is a tool for automatic program matching and transformation that was originally developed for making large-scale changes to the Linux kernel source code (i.e., C code). Matches and transformations are driven by user-specific transformation rules in the form of abstract

WhatsApp Brings Meta AI-Powered Summaries to Your Texts

Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home Security For more than 10 years Tyler has used his experience in smart home tech to craft how-to guides, explainers, and recommendations for technology of all kinds. From using his home in beautiful Bend, OR as a testing zone for the latest security products to digging into the nuts and bolts of the best data privacy guidelines, Tyler has experience in all aspects of protecting your home and belongings. With a BA in Writing from George Fox and certification in Technic

Drone maker AeroVironment shares pop 21% on earnings beat

AeroVironment stock rocketed 21.6% higher Wednesday as the drone maker beat fourth-quarter expectations on the top and bottom lines. Here's how the company did compared to analysts' expectations: Earnings : $1.61 per share adjusted vs. $1.39 per share expected : $1.61 per share adjusted vs. $1.39 per share expected Revenue: $275 million vs. $242 million expected The company reported financial results after market close Tuesday but shares skyrocketed Wednesday morning as CNBC's Jim Cramer cal

Micron reports earnings, revenue beat and issues strong forecast

Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra speaks before President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the CHIPS and Science Act and his Investing in America agenda, at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum in Syracuse, New York, April 25, 2024. Micron shares rose in extended trading on Wednesday after the chipmaker reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue and issued a forecast that also topped analysts' estimates. Here's how the company did in comparison with the LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $1.91, a

Coccinelle for Rust Progress Report

In collaboration with Inria (the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation), Tathagata Roy shares the progress made over the past year on the CoccinelleForRust project, co-sponsored by Collabora. Coccinelle is a tool for automatic program matching and transformation that was originally developed for making large-scale changes to the Linux kernel source code (i.e., C code). Matches and transformations are driven by user-specific transformation rules in the form of abstract

Drone maker AeroVironment shares pop 24% on earnings beat

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the AeroVironment Inc. booth during the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) in Tampa, Florida, US, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. AeroVironment stock rocketed more than 24% higher Wednesday as the drone maker beat fourth quarter expectations on the top and bottom lines. Here's how the company did compared to analyst expectations: Earnings : $1.61 per share adjusted vs $1.39 per share expected : $1.61 per share adjusted vs $1.39 per share expec

Here’s a running list of all of Tesla’s robotaxi mishaps so far

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. Tesla’s robotaxi rollout has been rockier than the fanboys and influencers who got early access to the company’s driverless vehicles would like you to believe. And thanks to these diligent Redditors, we now have a list of all the mistakes the company’s “unsupervised” vehicles have made in the first couple days. Several inc

Drone maker AeroVironment shares pop 20% on earnings beat

In this article An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the AeroVironment Inc. booth during the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) in Tampa, Florida, US, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. AeroVironment stock rocketed more than 20% higher Wednesday as the drone maker beat fourth quarter expectations on the top and bottom lines. Here's how the company did compared to analyst expectations: Earnings : $1.61 per share adjusted vs $1.39 per share expected : $1.61 per share adjusted vs $1.3

Show HN: I Built AskMedically – Get Research-Backed Answers to Medical Queries

Hi HN, I’ve built AskMedically – an AI-powered assistant that answers health and medical questions using real research papers from trusted medical sources like PubMed, Cochrane, etc. Whether you’re a healthcare enthusiast, patient, student, or professional – AskMedically helps you explore trusted medical knowledge without needing a medical degree or slogging through dozens of PDFs. Examples: • “Does intermittent fasting improve insulin sensitivity?” • “What are the benefits of creatine for

2025 iPad Pro production underway, but pricing expected to deter many

2025 iPad Pro production is reportedly already underway, as both Samsung and LG began making the displays earlier this month. The new models are expected to launch toward the end of the year, with October a likely bet. However, the high pricing of the OLED iPad Pro models is said to have deterred many potential buyers last year, and the same is expected to be true this year … Digitimes cites a Korean report. As reported by ZDNet Korea, Samsung Display (SDC) and LG Display (LGD) began mass pro

Web Translator API

Experimental: This is an experimental technology Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production. The Translator interface of the Translator and Language Detector APIs contains all the associated translation functionality, including checking AI model availability, creating a new Translator instance, using it to create a translation, and more.

Reading NFC Passport Chips in Linux

For boring and totally not nefarious reasons, I want to read all the data contained in my passport's NFC chip using Linux. After a long and annoying search, I settled on roeften's pypassport. I can now read all the passport information, including biometrics. The NFC chip in a passport is protected by a password. The password is printed on the inside of the physical passport. As well as needing to be physically close to the passport for NFC to work, you also need to be able to see the password.

Verizon is giving away free swag to mark its customer support upgrades — here’s how to get in on it

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Verizon is giving away free concert tickets, gift cards, and merchandise through the Verizon Access rewards platform. Until June 30, customers can also walk into a Verizon store nearby to pick up a freebie, which could include Verizon-branded water bottles, drawstring backpacks, or sunglasses. These gifts celebrate Verizon’s overhaul of its customer service experience. Verizon is revamping its customer support experience, and to mark the occasion, it

Expand.ai (YC S24) is hiring a founding engineer

What if the internet were a database you could query? At expand.ai we're making that a reality. A combination of distributed systems, custom models, browser infrastructure, and a lot of passion from a tiny team, in-person here in Dogpatch, SF, is all you need. Apply if you're interested in working on bleeding-edge web agents applied at a large scale. We have a very talented team, great architects, and some have even worked on custom hardware before. I'm Tim, a 2nd-time founder, and I have s

Google Password Manager is getting a Material 3 Expressive glow up (APK teardown)

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Google Password Manager on Android is getting a Material 3 Expressive makeover. Passwords and passkeys can now be filtered. This change is not exclusive to Android 16. Material 3 Expressive was officially introduced during Google I/O last month. Since then, we’ve seen Android’s new design language gradually trickle down to various apps like Drive and Google Phone. Now the makeover is making its way to Password Manager on Android. Authority Insights st