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AT&T users are about to get a potentially life-saving feature on their phones. Here's what it is

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-03-02 10:30:15

SOPA Images / Contributor / Getty If you're an AT&T Wireless customer, you're about to receive a potentially life-saving feature on your phone. The company announced several upgrades to its Next Generation 9-1-1 ESInet emergency communications platform this week, with the most important one coming to your phone. Later this year, AT&T customers will be able to send picture and video messages to 9-1-1. Also: You should use these 10 personal safety features on your Pixel phone (before it's too l

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Web Translator API

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-02 09:02:51

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.

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Reading NFC Passport Chips in Linux

news.ycombinator.com Terence Eden 2026-03-02 14:33:59

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.

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Show HN: VSCan - Detect Malicious VSCode Extensions

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-02 15:32:54

file_upload 1. Input Extension Provide the VSCode Marketplace name or ID of the extension you want to analyze.

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Google rolls out text-to-image model Imagen 4 for free

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-02 21:36:21

Google Imagen 4, which is the company's state-of-the-art text-to-image model, is rolling out for free, but only on AI Studio. In a blog post, Google announced the rollout of the new Imagen 4 model, but reminded users that it's free for a "limited time" only. Unlike the old text-to-image model, Imagen 4 offers significant improvements and takes the text-to-image generation quality to the next level. Comic generated using Imagen 4 Google says it has two new Imagen models. The first one is cal

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People Are Already Dropping Dead as Extreme Heat Scorches the US

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-03 02:08:32

In large swaths of these United States, people are already dying from this summer's brutal heat wave. According to St. Louis' KMOV, a 55-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment this week after her electricity had been shut off during this so-called "heat dome" phenomenon — which involves heat being trapped by atmospheric conditions, as if by a lid or a cap. Reporting from KSDK, another area broadcaster, indicated that the woman had been stranded in her apartment without air conditioning

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SonicWall warns of trojanized NetExtender stealing VPN logins

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-03 06:36:19

SonicWall is warning customers that threat actors are distributing a trojanized version of its NetExtender SSL VPN client used to steal VPN credentials. The fake software, which was discovered by SonicWall's and Microsoft Threat Intelligence (MSTIC) researchers, mimics the legitimate NetExtender v10.3.2.27, the latest available version. The malicious installer file is hosted on a spoofed website that is made to appear authentic, tricking visitors into thinking they are downloading software fro

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

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-03 21:41:53

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

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

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-03 21:00:25

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

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

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-04 06:40:13

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

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New FileFix attack weaponizes Windows File Explorer for stealthy commands

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-04 06:00:09

A cybersecurity researcher has developed FileFix, a variant of the ClickFix social engineering attack that tricks users into executing malicious commands via the File Explorer address bar in Windows. FileFix, a variation of the social-engineering attack called ClickFix, allows threat actors to execute commands on the victim system through the File Explorer address bar in Windows. Cybersecurity researcher mr.d0x discovered the new method and demonstrated that it could be used in attacks targeti

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New Firefox Add-On Policies

news.ycombinator.com Scott Devaney 2026-03-04 05:59:38

We’ve updated Add-on policies for addons.mozilla.org (AMO). Here’s a summary of the changes and their impact on AMO’s publishing process. Our main objective was to simplify and clarify Add-on policies for the developer community. The following policy updates will take effect on 4 August, 2025. “Closed group” prohibition lifted Closed group extensions are typically intended for internal or private use among a relatively small group of users. In the past AMO did not allow closed group extensions

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Better than Ring? This video security doorbell has similar features and no monthly fees

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2026-03-05 09:15:11

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lorex 2K Wi-Fi video doorbell is available for $180. The doorbell comes in wired and wireless installations, communicates reliably, and includes a preinstalled 32GB microSD card for local storage so you can bypass subscription fees. Although it has a 2K resolution, the image is so wide angle that objects look distorted. $199.99 at Amazon Video doorbells are among the best ways to start your smart home journey. They are easy to use and often easy to install, and provi

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Extreme Heat Is Killing Unfathomable Numbers of People Worldwide

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-05 06:07:16

A huge heatwave is currently roasting vast swaths of the United States, sending temperatures skyrocketing over 100 degrees Fahrenheit across the midwest and eastern portions of the country. It's the season's first foray in a grim new annual reality: heat so extreme that it's literally killing people. The numbers are unfathomable, with an estimated 500 people dying every year in New York City alone, and thousands more across the country — in a grim upward trend that's spiked up every year since

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Metro by T-Mobile celebrates ‘Best Network’ title with more high-speed data for all

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-05 10:58:01

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Metro by T-Mobile is increasing the premium data limits for its most popular plans. The new, higher premium data caps will apply to Metro Flex Unlimited and Flex Unlimited Plus plans starting June 26. T-Mobile is celebrating its recently awarded “Best Network” title with a host of perks for both new and existing users. Joining in on the festivities, Metro by T-Mobile, the carrier’s prepaid wireless brand, is also giving subscribers more bang for their

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'Dragon prince' dinosaur discovery 'rewrites' T.rex family tree

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-01 02:43:07

New species of dinosaur discovered that 'rewrites' T.rex family tree 12 June 2025 Share Save Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Share Save Masato Hattori An artist's impression of Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, the newly discovered tyrannosaur ancestor Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur - in the collection of a Mongolian museum - that they say "rewrites" the evolutionary history of tyrannosaurs. Researchers concluded that two 86 million-year-old skeletons they studied

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Show HN: Pickaxe – A TypeScript library for building AI agents

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-01 18:07:51

Pickaxe: A Typescript library for building AI agents that scale Pickaxe is a simple Typescript library for building AI agents that are fault-tolerant and scalable. It handles the complexities of durable execution, queueing and scheduling, allowing you to focus on writing core business logic. It is not a framework. Everything in Pickaxe is just a function that you have written, which makes it easy to integrate with your existing codebase and business logic. You can build agents that call tools,

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Good news for US buyers: Galaxy Z Flip FE tipped for global launch

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-06 06:23:42

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A new leak suggests the Galaxy Z Flip FE will launch globally, not just in select regions. X user PandaFlash claims the device will debut alongside the Fold 7 and Flip 7 next month and will be widely available. The phone is expected to reuse the Flip 6’s design and include the Exynos 2400 chipset. While most of the attention has been on the direct successors to the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6, we just got a clue as to how widely Samsung’s cheaper Fan Edit

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These XR glasses gave me a 200-inch screen to work with - and they're well worth it

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2026-03-06 11:52:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The RayNeo Air 3S is available for $269 These XR glasses provide advanced micro-OLED screens, dual speaker chamber design, and a 201-inch screen visual experience There are no light-blocking shades or electrochromic dimming capability, and productivity support is limited to native MacOS and Windows support. View now at Best Buy View now at Amazon more buying choices Just about every person to whom I demonstrate XR glasses ends up buying a pair for airline travel, commuti

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Show HN: Pickaxe – a TypeScript library for building AI agents

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-02 18:07:51

Pickaxe: A Typescript library for building AI agents that scale Pickaxe is a simple Typescript library for building AI agents that are fault-tolerant and scalable. It handles the complexities of durable execution, queueing and scheduling, allowing you to focus on writing core business logic. It is not a framework. Everything in Pickaxe is just a function that you have written, which makes it easy to integrate with your existing codebase and business logic. You can build agents that call tools,

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uv: An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-06 15:27:25

uv An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust. Installing Trio's dependencies with a warm cache. Highlights uv is backed by Astral, the creators of Ruff. Installation Install uv with our standalone installers: # On macOS and Linux. curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh # On Windows. powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c " irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex " Or, from PyPI: # With pip. pip install uv # Or pipx. pipx install uv If installed

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Over a million people now have access to the gen-AI powered Alexa+

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-03-06 16:38:40

More invites to Amazon’s upgraded digital assistant, Alexa+, powered by generative AI, have been steadily rolling out. The service, first announced in February, now reaches over a million users, Amazon confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. However, Alexa+ is not yet publicly available. Instead, Amazon has been working through its waitlist, sending out invites to those customers who originally signed up to test the service when it became available. Over the past several weeks, many people have shar

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How Apple's biggest potential acquisition ever could perplex AI rivals like Google

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2026-03-06 21:16:59

Bloomberg/Contributor/Getty Images Executives at Apple are weighing the possibility of buying buzzy AI start-up Perplexity, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Citing anonymous sources close to the matter, the report said that talks within Apple to bid for an acquisition of Perplexity were still in early stages. A spokesperson for Perplexity told Reuters that the company had no knowledge of any acquisition-related plans or discussions. Also: Apple vs. generative AI: Who needs who? If Apple were to

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Google and Lenovo Created the 'Most Advanced Chromebook Plus Yet'

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-06 20:40:00

Hot on the heels of Google I/O, the company's annual developer conference, Google is rolling out updates to ChromeOS and a new flagship laptop to showcase them: the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14. Designed to help take advantage of AI software like Gemini and NotebookLM, the new Chromebook Plus has some impressive specs for a $650 laptop. Not just dirt-cheap and simple devices for the absolute basics, there are Chromebooks among some of the best laptops currently available. I don't doubt that when I

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This Tiny CarPlay Adapter Is Almost Free at Best Buy With Limited Stock, Works With Both Android and iPhone

gizmodo.com Mike Fazioli 2026-03-07 02:10:24

If your car or truck is recent enough to have a factory installed Apple CarPlay and/or Android Auto wired setup for your smartphone but not quite new or high-end enough for built-in wireless, you know what it’s like to be at the mercy of that thin little USB cable. One good hard bump or jostle and your navigation app or hands-free phone call is suddenly gone. Even if your car can be upgraded to a fully wireless system, that’s going to cost you — a lot. See at Best Buy The good news is you’re a

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ExpressVPN vs. Surfshark: Two of CNET’s Favorite VPNs Compared

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-07 00:00:00

ExpressVPN and Surfshark are two heavyweights and sit comfortably among CNET’s top VPN picks thanks to their exceptional all-around performance and privacy protections. I use both ExpressVPN and Surfshark regularly and can tell you that each is excellent at what it does -- but also that each one does things very differently. That’s good, because there are distinctions between ExpressVPN and Surfshark that can make it easier to decide between the two based on your specific needs. In a perfect wor

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Sailing the fjords like the Vikings yields unexpected insights

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-07 10:52:43

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

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Real-world performance comparison of ebtree/cebtree/rbtree

news.ycombinator.com Willy Tarreau 2026-03-07 12:07:29

Brain dumps. Reports about experiments, ideas, and various stuff that's more useful on the net than written on paper stacked on my desk.

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This archaeologist built a replica boat to sail like the Vikings

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-07 16:52:43

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

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Samsung reveals Exynos 2500, the chip behind its leaked Flip 7 shakeup

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-08 00:10:36

TL;DR Samsung has announced its new Exynos 2500 chipset with powerful AI abilities and GPU upgrades. Built on a 3nm process, it supports high-end features like ray tracing and satellite connectivity. Leaked reports suggest this SoC will power all Galaxy Z Flip 7 devices worldwide, marking a break from tradition. In the run-up to the eventual launch of the Galaxy Z Flip 7, Samsung has officially unveiled the Exynos 2500 SoC that is largely rumored to power the upcoming flip phone in all market

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Latest Tech News

AT&T users are about to get a potentially life-saving feature on their phones. Here's what it is

Web Translator API

Reading NFC Passport Chips in Linux

Show HN: VSCan - Detect Malicious VSCode Extensions

Google rolls out text-to-image model Imagen 4 for free

People Are Already Dropping Dead as Extreme Heat Scorches the US

SonicWall warns of trojanized NetExtender stealing VPN logins

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

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

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

New FileFix attack weaponizes Windows File Explorer for stealthy commands

New Firefox Add-On Policies

Better than Ring? This video security doorbell has similar features and no monthly fees

Extreme Heat Is Killing Unfathomable Numbers of People Worldwide

Metro by T-Mobile celebrates ‘Best Network’ title with more high-speed data for all

'Dragon prince' dinosaur discovery 'rewrites' T.rex family tree

Show HN: Pickaxe – A TypeScript library for building AI agents

Good news for US buyers: Galaxy Z Flip FE tipped for global launch

These XR glasses gave me a 200-inch screen to work with - and they're well worth it

Show HN: Pickaxe – a TypeScript library for building AI agents

uv: An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust

Over a million people now have access to the gen-AI powered Alexa+

How Apple's biggest potential acquisition ever could perplex AI rivals like Google

Google and Lenovo Created the 'Most Advanced Chromebook Plus Yet'

This Tiny CarPlay Adapter Is Almost Free at Best Buy With Limited Stock, Works With Both Android and iPhone

ExpressVPN vs. Surfshark: Two of CNET’s Favorite VPNs Compared

Sailing the fjords like the Vikings yields unexpected insights

Real-world performance comparison of ebtree/cebtree/rbtree

This archaeologist built a replica boat to sail like the Vikings

Samsung reveals Exynos 2500, the chip behind its leaked Flip 7 shakeup

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