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DSLRoot, Proxies, and the Threat of 'Legal Botnets'

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-03 08:08:51

The cybersecurity community on Reddit responded in disbelief this month when a self-described Air National Guard member with top secret security clearance began questioning the arrangement they’d made with company called DSLRoot, which was paying $250 a month to plug a pair of laptops into the Redditor’s high-speed Internet connection in the United States. This post examines the history and provenance of DSLRoot, one of the oldest “residential proxy” networks with origins in Russia and Eastern E

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The McPhee method for writing deeply reported nonfiction

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-02 02:17:40

When I first started writing for a real publication, I taught myself “reporting” with a simple self-made curriculum unfolding over six or seven articles. The first two pieces I wrote from my head, with reference to things I already knew or to books I’d read. For the third, I actually got out of the house, but didn’t yet have to play the journalist; I just wrote about taking a flying lesson in a small airplane. The fourth article required more gumption: I decided to shadow a friend of mine for a

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Show HN: Smart email filters to unfuck your email

news.ycombinator.com Random Daily Urls 2025-11-03 08:02:01

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One Universal Antiviral to Rule Them All?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-03 08:07:42

For a few dozen people in the world, the downside of living with a rare immune condition comes with a surprising superpower—the ability to fight off all viruses. Columbia immunologist Dusan Bogunovic discovered the individuals’ antiviral powers about 15 years ago, soon after he identified the genetic mutation that causes the condition. At first, the condition only seemed to increase vulnerability to some bacterial infections. But as more patients were identified, its unexpected antiviral benef

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Google’s AI model just nailed the forecast for the strongest Atlantic storm this year

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-03 08:43:41

In early June, shortly after the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season, Google unveiled a new model designed specifically to forecast the tracks and intensity of tropical cyclones. Part of the Google DeepMind suite of AI-based weather research models, the "Weather Lab" model for cyclones was a bit of an unknown for meteorologists at its launch. In a blog post at the time, Google said its new model, trained on a vast dataset that reconstructed past weather and a specialized database contain

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Waiting for Spotify Hi-Fi? Spotify built Messages instead, because of course they did

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-03 11:24:43

TL;DR Spotify is rolling out a new Messages feature that allows users to chat and share content within the app. The feature is available for free and premium users aged 16 and older in select markets. Users can have one-on-one conversations, share Spotify content, and react with text and emojis. Spotify announced its “HiFi” lossless tier in February 2021. While there have been recent signs of progress, the feature still hasn’t launched. If you’ve been holding your breath for Spotify’s lossles

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Join me and the Android Authority team for a Pixel 10 series AMA, August 27 at 1PM EST

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-03 12:00:09

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority After its announcement last week, the Pixel 10 series will officially be available for purchase on Thursday, August 28, 2025. Many of you have already pre-ordered one of the three phones, but many are probably still waiting for real-world feedback before they make up their mind. That’s what we’re here for. If you’re eager to know more about the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL, their performance, how specific features work and how good they are, yo

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Silent Hill f goes back in time and back to basics

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-03 11:30:30

Silent Hill f starts off with a grounded (but still heavy) setup, establishing a miserable family dynamic for protagonist Hinako. With an alcoholic, abusive father, a submissive mother and an absent sister, who’s shown in flashbacks with that classic horror trope, face unseen. Something horrible is about to unfold in the sleepy, remote village of Ebisugaoka, sometime in the early 1960s. The latest entry in the Silent Hill series still has jumpscares, like you’d expect from the horror series, bu

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Spotify introduces an in-app messaging feature

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-03 12:44:02

My first thought when I heard Spotify had launched a messaging service was, "Why?" But, after looking into it a bit more, I'm intrigued at the idea of sharing recommendations within the app. So, what is Spotify's new Messages feature? Basically, like Instagram, TikTok and other social media platforms, Spotify is creating a way for you to share content and thoughts from within its app. You can send playlists, songs and podcasts without having to use a link on another platform. You can see the M

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SSL certificate requirements are becoming obnoxious

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-03 11:50:06

I am responsible for approving SSL certificates for my company. I’ve developed a process over the past couple of years that works well. My stakeholders understand their roles and responsibilities and put up a minimal amount of fuss as I review and approve each cert. What started out as a quarterly or semi-monthly task has become a monthly-to-weekly task depending on when our certs are expiring. I appreciate the amount of trust put into certificates and understand that they are a critical compon

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I've Been Running for Over 15 Years. These Are the Best Treadmills of 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-03 11:00:00

The first thing I noticed about the NordicTrack Commercial 2450, NordicTrack's newest addition to its commercial treadmill series, is the touchscreen. It has a 22-inch HD touchscreen that resembles a desktop computer screen, so it's huge. It also tilts and pivots so you can adjust it for different uses, like if you want to take workout classes on the floor. The treadmill itself is also on the bigger side since it's a commercial treadmill, but it does fold up using its easylift assist feature, so

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Trump admin issues stop-work order for offshore wind project

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-03 12:53:41

The Trump administration on Friday issued an order to stop work on a nearly complete offshore wind energy project, the latest step in the Trump administration’s crackdown on wind power. In a letter to Orsted, the Danish company developing Revolution Wind, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said its order is tied to concerns about “the protection of national security interests of the United States and prevention of interference with reasonable uses of the exclusive economic zone, the high sea

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Meta used National PTA to promote child safety efforts, report finds

cnbc.com Zach Vallese 2025-11-03 17:19:22

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tries on Orion AR glasses at the Meta Connect annual event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Since losing her 15-year-old son Riley to suicide following a sextortion scheme through Meta's Messenger app, Mary Rodee has worked with advocacy groups to push for stronger protections for children online. "I hold them solely responsible," Rodee said about Meta in an interview with CNBC. "They have a responsibility for the safety of th

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Easily switch from Spotify to Apple Music in the US; Spotify DMs

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-11-03 16:37:50

Earlier this year, we saw an Apple Music tool intended to make it easier to switch from Spotify, and that tool is now available in more countries, including the US. But wait! Are you sure you really want to do that when Spotify has just rolled out its very latest feature? Direct messages … Spotify to Apple Music transfer tool First seen in beta last year, Apple started a slow roll out of the transfer tool this year, beginning with Australia and New Zealand. The feature has now come to the US

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Linear Scan with Lifetime Holes

news.ycombinator.com Max Bernstein 2025-11-02 11:22:56

In my last post, I explained a bit about how to retrofit SSA onto the original linear scan algorithm. I went over all of the details for how to go from low-level IR to register assignments—liveness analysis, scheduling, building intervals, and the actual linear scan algorithm. Basically, we made it to 1997 linear scan, with small adaptations for allocating directly on SSA. This time, we’re going to retrofit lifetime holes. Lifetime holes Lifetime holes come into play because a linearized seq

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Tech’s Heavy Hitters Are Spending Big to Ensure a Pro-AI Congress

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-11-03 17:45:57

Much of the American public is dubious to neutral when it comes to artificial intelligence. A recent poll found that 71 percent of Americans were concerned about the technology “permanently” displacing human workers. Since we ostensibly live in a democracy, you’d think that would be bad news for the AI industry; unfortunately, many of the folks who are central to our economy are all-in. What do you do when you can’t win in the court of public opinion? The next best thing is to work the refs, a

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4 apps you should use instead of Headspace

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-04 02:00:26

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Headspace is arguably the most popular meditation app around, with millions of users across 200 countries. I’ve used it extensively, and there’s a lot to like. It was one of the first super-successful apps in this category, paving the way for countless others that followed. However, Headspace isn’t perfect. For many, the cost is a major hurdle. It’s one of the pricier options available and offers limited free content beyond its initial trial period. I decide

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The Morning After: The most intriguing AI features inside the Pixel 10

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-04 04:15:52

After all the new Pixel 10 phones — expect to hear our review verdicts soon — we had time to take a closer look at the AI-centric software features Google often excels at. These include advances in Voice Translate, which can create a synthetic version of your voice speaking German. Or French. Or Japanese. Engadget There’s also Pro Res Zoom (Pixel 10 Pro devices only), which cranks zoom up to 100x, with AI guide rails to avoid twisted human faces and garbled text. In short, fewer AI hallucinati

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How They Make the Mario Kart-Style 'Ghost Car' for Auto Racing Broadcasts

wired.com Ben Dowsett 2025-11-04 03:30:00

If you’re within a certain age range, you may have spent weekend afternoons in your youth playing Mario Kart, the seminal Nintendo game. You may even remember passing the sticks around between friends and competing in the game’s individual time trials, one driver at a time. Among that game mode’s defining features: A translucent “ghost car” that represented the current leader in a given trial, allowing other drivers to chase after it or, ideally, pass it on the way to a faster time. Similar fea

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Spotify is adding DMs

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-11-04 04:00:00

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Spotify is introducing a direct messaging feature that allows users to share music, podcast, and audiobook recommendations with each other without leaving the app. Messages is rolling out in “select markets” this week, according to Spotify’s press release, and will be available on mobile devices for Free and Premium users aged 16 years and older. The messaging feature can be accessed by tapping the share ic

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Spotify launches a messaging feature in a bid to become more social

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-11-04 04:00:00

Spotify is introducing a way for you to chat with your friends in a bid to become a more social content consumption app. Users have shared Spotify links for music and podcasts with others outside the platform for years. With this feature, Spotify wants users to do more within the app while also keeping the history of shared content, so users don’t have to search for a song. Messages are only one-on-one, and you can only start a chat with someone with whom you have previously shared content. Th

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How to stop AI agents going rogue

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-04 04:59:49

How to stop AI agents going rogue 1 hour ago Share Save Sean McManus Technology Reporter Share Save Getty Images Anthropic tested a range of leading AI models for potential risky behaviour Disturbing results emerged earlier this year, when AI developer Anthropic tested leading AI models to see if they engaged in risky behaviour when using sensitive information. Anthropic's own AI, Claude, was among those tested. When given access to an email account it discovered that a company executive was

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Google Photos gets a (mostly) upgraded image viewer UI

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-04 05:02:55

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos for Android is now receiving a revised image/video viewer interface. The tweaked UI includes a new options menu to quickly access key features. The revised UI is available on recent versions of Google Photos. Google recently revealed a new-look image editor for Google Photos, which drew a mixed reaction from users. Now, it looks like the company has brought some visual tweaks to the image viewer UI. Don’t want to miss the best from And

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Interactive Map of Paul's First Century Travels in Roman World

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-04 04:42:58

DIVE DEEPER INTO THE JOURNEYS OF PAUL We are attempting to visit every one of Paul's stops along his four journeys, with plans to complete it late 2026. Follow along on daily updates on our recently launched Instagram @ kingdoms.collide

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macOS dotfiles should not go in –/Library/Application Support

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-04 02:49:36

#macOS dotfiles should not go in ~/Library/Application Support One of my pet peeves is when command-line tools look for user configuration files in ~/Library/Application Support when running on macOS. In addition to offering poor ergonomics for users, I believe this behavior is incorrect according to the documentation which is cited to justify it. Instead, command-line tools should implement the XDG Base Directory Specification and look for configuration files in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME , which defaul

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Google Photos is letting you lift subjects as stickers — but only on iOS

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-04 04:36:21

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos is adding the popular tap-and-hold sticker creation feature to the iOS app. Users can press and hold a photo subject to quickly copy or share it as a standalone sticker. It’s unclear if Google Photos on Android will get this easy sticker creation feature. One of the smaller sticking points in the iOS vs Android debate is how easy it is to make stickers from your photos. It’s not a big deal, but it certainly enhances the experience for e

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Capture Checking in Scala

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-03 04:22:15

Hands on Capture Checking Introduction I gave a live coding session on capture checking at Scala Days 2025. Let’s be honest: it was essentially a failure, mostly because I have very little live coding experience and woefully underestimated how long it’d take to go through the material. I was stopped maybe 10% in, much to my annoyance and that of Martin Odersky, who’d kindly agreed to be there and help with the questions I was likely to get. This article is a form of apology for my failure: at

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WiFi-3D-Fusion – Real-time 3D motion sensing with Wi-Fi

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-04 02:26:42

Live local Wi-Fi sensing with CSI: real-time motion detection + visualization, with optional bridges to: Person-in-WiFi-3D (multi-person 3D pose from Wi-Fi) [CVPR 2024]. (multi-person from Wi-Fi) [CVPR 2024]. NeRF² (neural RF radiance fields). (neural RF radiance fields). 3D Wi-Fi Scanner (RSSI volumetric mapping). This monorepo is production-oriented: robust CSI ingestion from local Wi-Fi (ESP32-CSI via UDP, or Nexmon via tcpdump + csiread ), a realtime movement detector, and a 3D viewer.

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The Limits of NTP Accuracy on Linux

news.ycombinator.com Scott Laird 2025-11-04 04:02:59

The Limits of NTP Accuracy on Linux Lately I’ve been trying to find (and understand) the limits of time syncing between Linux systems. How accurate can you get? What does it take to get that? And what things can easily add measurable amounts of time error? After most of a month (!), I’m starting to understand things. This is kind of a follow-on to a previous post, where I walked through my setup and goals, plus another post where I discussed time syncing in general. I’m trying to get the clock

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Nvidia Unveils High-Tech ‘Brain’ for Humanoid Robots and Self-Driving Cars

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-11-04 03:29:17

Could humanoid robots get a lot more human? Nvidia may have made that possibility a bit realer today with a smarter robot brain that has less energy demands. The tech giant’s latest robotics offering is Jetson Thor, a super computer built for real-time AI computation on humanoid robots and smart machines alike, Nvidia announced in a press release on Monday. The new module is built to handle larger amounts of information at less energy than previous model Jetson Orin. Powered by the latest Blac

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