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This thermostat mistake was costing me hundreds: 3 tips to get the best temperature control

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2025-12-25 10:52:00

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Have you ever found yourself in a thermostat tug-of-war? One room feels like a sauna, another like an icebox, all while your trusty thermostat claims your home is at a perfectly average and comfortable 72 degrees? The truth is, you're probably not imagining things, and the culprit could be hanging right there on your wall. As it turns out, where your thermostat is located can make a world of difference to both your comfort and your energy bills. Also: How to disable ACR on yo

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NSW Fair Trading – Dark Patterns

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-25 08:17:35

What to look out for when shopping online Hidden costs Hidden costs are extra costs you only find out about towards the end of your purchase, or which are made less obvious. They include pre-selected extras you may not want and add-ons presented so you feel you have to buy them. Some hidden costs are even sneakier, such as a pre-selected free trial period for a service that renews automatically if you don’t cancel before it ends - charging your card for an ongoing membership. Trick questions

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Is Mark Zuckerberg flip flopping on open source AI?

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-24 21:13:10

Earlier today, Mark Zuckerberg shared a rambling memo outlining his vision to build AI "superintelligence." In the memo, Zuckerberg hinted that the pursuit of more powerful AI might require the company to be more selective in what it open sources. Citing "safety concerns" he wrote that Meta would need to be "rigorous" about such decisions. The line stood out to many as Zuckerberg — who once said " fuck that " in reference to closed platforms — has made open source central to Meta's AI strategy.

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Spikes in malicious activity precede new CVEs in 80% of cases

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-25 14:00:00

Researchers have found that in roughly 80% of cases, spikes in malicious activity like network reconnaissance, targeted scanning, and brute-forcing attempts targeting edge networking devices are a precursor to the disclosure of new security vulnerabilities (CVEs) within six weeks. This has been discovered by threat monitoring firm GreyNoise, which reports these occurrences are not random, but are rather characterized by repeatable and statistically significant patterns. GreyNoise bases this on

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Two critical Android 16 security features you're not using (but absolutely should)

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-25 15:51:00

JEFF PACHOUD/Getty Images Although Google's earlier-than-expected release of Android 16 was missing a few important features, the updated OS does deliver improved security that every Android user would be well-advised to enable. I'll explain these two key security features and how to find and enable them. Also: How to clear your Android phone cache (and why it greatly improves performance) 1. Identity Check This feature was added in 2024, but it didn't receive much attention until the relea

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'The Thursday Murder Club,' 'My Oxford Year' and More New Netflix Movies You Shouldn't Miss in August

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-25 14:00:00

As we enter the dog days of summer, Netflix's August slate of movies is giving us something to look forward to. This month, the platform is dropping dozens of new films, including some great originals like the romance My Oxford Year, starring Sofia Carson, and the ensemble mystery The Thursday Murder Club. The streamer is also premiering a few exciting new documentaries this month, including The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, in which the actor speaks out about the assault he's accused of stagin

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How founders are ditching VC norms and finding capital on their own terms at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-12-25 15:30:00

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, a candid conversation is coming to the Builder Stage — one that unpacks what startup funding looks like beyond the venture capital echo chamber. Funding routes that don’t start in the Valley Founders today have more capital paths than ever. But how do you navigate them — and know which one actually supports your growth? In this session, hear from Erik Allebest, the CEO and co-founder of chess.com; Gale Wilkin

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Microsoft officially tops $4 trillion in market cap, joining Nvidia in exclusive club

cnbc.com Ari Levy Jordan Novet 2025-12-25 20:56:52

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks in front of the OpenAI logo at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle, Washington, on May 19, 2025. The $4 trillion club has a second member. Microsoft shares climbed more than 5% Thursday following a better-than-expected earnings report, lifting the software giant's market cap above the $4 trillion mark. The company joined chipmaker Nvidia , which hit $4 trillion for the first time earlier this month. Microsoft reported 18% revenue growth,

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Meta, Microsoft roar higher on strong earnings as AI spending booms

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-12-25 20:50:53

Shares of Meta soared 12% and Microsoft popped 5% on Thursday, after the companies reported better-than-expected earnings that beat on top and bottom lines. Microsoft topped the $4 trillion market cap benchmark with the move, joining Nvidia in the club. Both Meta and Microsoft have been investing heavily in artificial intelligence infrastructure in recent years, and the companies said they expect to continue to shell out billions in capital expenditures. Meta said capital expenditures will ra

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App Store safety again called into question by Tea app

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-25 20:10:12

Apple has frequently argued that it is reasonable for it to have monopolistic control over the sale of iPhone apps because it vets them for safety and security. This has been called into question over scam apps accepted into the App Store, and the same questions are being asked regarding the Tea app. The so-called dating advice app has been revealed to have major security vulnerabilities, which have exposed private chats and personal data of tens of thousands of women … Egregious security flaw

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Your Apple Watch is getting a big upgrade for free - 8 WatchOS 26 features I'm using now

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-12-25 20:21:00

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Your iPhone, Apple Watch, and other Apple-owned devices are getting a big overhaul. The best part? You won't have to pay a dime for them -- just update your software. Several new features are coming to WatchOS 26, and the public beta software is now available for interested users to try now, if you don't want to wait until the official launch later this fall. Reddit users in the r/Apple Watch subreddit are already digging into the latest update and commenting on their most a

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Severe turbulence forces Delta plane to make emergency landing, 25 injured

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-25 20:32:40

At least 25 people were injured in a severe case of turbulence that forced a Delta Air Lines jet flying to Amsterdam into an emergency landing in Minneapolis, the airline said in a statement. The flight had taken off from Salt Lake City in Utah but landed at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul international airport after “significant turbulence” struck. “Medical personnel met the flight upon arrival to evaluate customers and crew. Twenty-five of those on board were transported to local hospitals for ev

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China summons Nvidia over potential security concerns in H20 chips

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-12-26 00:46:00

What just happened? Nvidia's relief at being allowed to resume export of its China-specific H20 chips may be short-lived. The country's cyberspace regulator says that it met with Nvidia to discuss national security concerns related to the H20, including potential tracking and backdoors. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said that Nvidia was asked to "clarify and submit relevant supporting documentation regarding security risks, including potential vulnerabilities and backdoors, assoc

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Finding the right image on Android just got a whole lot easier

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-26 08:50:28

TL;DR Google is bringing several new features to the Android Photo Picker tool. These features include the ability to change the photo grid view size, as well as a new way to choose multiple photos. These additions seem to be rolling out via the latest Android Canary release. Google introduced the Photo Picker tool in Android 13, allowing you to choose which photos an app can access. Now, this tool has received a few more quality-of-life additions. Authority Insights story on Android Authori

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These are the drawing apps I recommend, but one sticks out from the rest

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-26 11:00:32

Tushar Mehta / Android Authority Drawing is the oldest form of human expression, dating back to a time far older than writing. I, as a visual learner, rely heavily on illustrations or sketching out things like a prospective DIY furniture project or even cable management under my desk to visualize better. And there are a few incredible apps that help me achieve that. While Procreate is the most recommended drawing app for iPad, there is little unanimity on the Android side. Since I belong to th

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Apple security bounties pay up to $2M, but it only paid $1k for a critical bug

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-26 11:06:31

Apple encourages security researchers to seek out and report vulnerabilities in its devices and apps, in return for which it pays bug bounties of up to $2M. However, one security researcher who reported a Safari vulnerability Apple graded as Critical, and gave a severity score of 9.8 out of 10, says they were paid only $1,000 … Apple upgraded its security bounty program back in 2022, and stated then that its average payout was $40,000 and that it had on twenty occasions paid a six-figure sum f

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How Apple’s New Spotlight Compares to Raycast

wired.com Justin Pot 2025-12-26 11:00:00

There are all kinds of actions included out of the box. You can add calendar appointments and reminders and set timers. You can send text messages or start FaceTime calls. You can even set dedicated keyboard shortcuts for any of these actions. It's also the exact kind of thing that, until now, Raycast did that Spotlight could not. The difference is one of implementation. Apple's approach currently only works with Mac applications that implement the Spotlight feature. Right now, it’s basically l

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Figma will IPO on July 31

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-26 02:24:58

Figma is a design and product development platform—where teams come together to turn ideas into the world’s best digital products and experiences. Today, we’re announcing the pricing of Figma’s initial public offering of 36,937,080 shares of Class A common stock at a public offering price of $33.00 per share. The shares are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on July 31, 2025 under the ticker symbol "FIG." The offering is expected to close on August 1, 2025, subject to the

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The 10 apps I can't live or work without - on Windows, Mac, and mobile

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-12-26 11:27:55

berkozel/Getty Images Every five years or so, I make an inventory of the apps I use most frequently. It's always fascinating to see how the list has changed over time, and it usually says something about the computing landscape. When I did that exercise this year, I was astonished at the changes. Half of the apps I used five years ago are no longer on my list at all in 2025. They've been replaced, in most cases, by apps that are tightly linked with web-based services and cloud storage and can

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Critical vulnerability in AI coding platform Base44 allowing unauthorized access

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-26 00:12:32

One of the most profoundly transformed domains in the wake of the LLM revolution has been code generation, especially the rise of vibe coding, where natural language prompts replace traditional programming. This shift has empowered millions of users with little to no technical background to build fully functional applications with ease. Platforms like Loveable, Bolt, and Base44 are on the front of this movement - they have enabled the creation of millions of applications spanning from persona

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Aurora’s autonomous trucks are now driving at night. Its next big challenge is rain.

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-12-26 15:48:10

Over the next year, Aurora Innovation CEO Chris Urmson wants to “unlock” the Sunbelt of the United States, a southern route where its self-driving trucks will carry goods for companies like Uber Freight and Hirschbach Motor Lines. Aurora, which launched its driverless commercial self-driving truck service this spring, has already made some progress towards that goal. The company reported Wednesday in its second-quarter letter to shareholders that it now has three self-driving trucks operating c

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Microsoft stock pops 8% on earnings beat as Azure annual revenue tops $75 billion

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-12-27 00:51:17

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on April 4, 2025. Microsoft shares jumped 8% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter. Here's how the company performed in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $3.65 vs. $3.37 expected $3.65 vs. $3.37 expected Revenue: $76.44 billion vs. $73.8

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Shadow AI adds $670K to breach costs while 97% of enterprises skip basic access controls, IBM reports

venturebeat.com Louis Columbus 2025-12-27 00:23:49

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Shadow AI is the $670,000 problem most organizations don’t even know they have. IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report, released today in partnership with the Ponemon Institute, reveals that breaches involving employees’ unauthorized use of AI tools cost organizations an average of $4.63 million. That’s nearly 16% more than the global ave

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This Android 16 feature solved my biggest problem with phone notifications - how it works

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-27 00:22:00

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Have you ever been relaxing when, out of nowhere, your phone blows up with notifications? I've been there too many times, which led me to keep my phone on silent mode 24/7. Then Google teased a new feature in Android 15 called Notification Cooldown that promised to change everything. Notification Cooldown didn't exactly hit the mark in Android 15, but it has made a comeback in the latest iteration (Android 16) to ensure that it works exactly as expect

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Meta to spend up to $72B on AI infrastructure in 2025 as compute arms race escalates

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-12-27 00:31:42

Meta is pouring money into the physical and technical infrastructure needed to scale its AI ambitions. The company said Wednesday in its second-quarter earnings report that it plans to more than double its spend on building AI infrastructure, like data centers and servers. “We currently expect 2025 capital expenditures, including principal payments on finance leases, to be in the range of $66-72 billion…up approximately $30 billion year-over-year at the midpoint,” Meta said. That’s an aggressi

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Microsoft's stock pops 7% on earnings beat as Azure annual revenue tops $75 billion

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-12-27 05:48:42

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on , April 4, 2025. Microsoft shares jumped 7% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter. Here's how the company performed in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $3.65 vs. $3.37 expected $3.65 vs. $3.37 expected Revenue: $76.44 billion vs. $73

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Traccar: an open source GPS tracking system

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-23 03:30:48

Overview Traccar is an open source GPS tracking system. This repository contains Java-based back-end service. It supports more than 200 GPS protocols and more than 2000 models of GPS tracking devices. Traccar can be used with any major SQL database system. It also provides easy to use REST API. Other parts of Traccar solution include: There is also a set of mobile apps that you can use for tracking mobile devices: Features Some of the available features include: Real-time GPS tracking Dri

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How to Track Your Sun Exposure With This New App

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-27 08:47:15

Facing down a heat wave this summer? There's a new beta app for iPhones from the founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, that helps you track your exposure to the sun. The Sun Day app is free to testers and contains information like sunrise, sunset and UV index in order to assess your potential burn-limit time and, as the app description says, "track your Vitamin D from the sun." Dorsey is currently testing UI updates and a solar noon notification, according to the app notes. In the app, you can descr

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Security Bite: iPhone users are more reckless online, new study finds

9to5mac.com Arin Waichulis 2025-12-27 15:28:19

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Dropbox is pulling the plug on its password manager

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-27 15:47:20

Dropbox is saying goodbye to its password manager after five years of service. This leaves current customers in a lurch, as the company has also announced that users only have a few months to extract all of their data. This discontinuation will happen in phases, but October 28 is the day Dropbox Passwords will be entirely shuttered. On August 28, the platform will become view-only in both the mobile app and browser extension. The autofill functionality also deactivates on that date. On Septemb

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Latest Tech News

This thermostat mistake was costing me hundreds: 3 tips to get the best temperature control

NSW Fair Trading – Dark Patterns

Is Mark Zuckerberg flip flopping on open source AI?

Spikes in malicious activity precede new CVEs in 80% of cases

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Severe turbulence forces Delta plane to make emergency landing, 25 injured

China summons Nvidia over potential security concerns in H20 chips

Finding the right image on Android just got a whole lot easier

These are the drawing apps I recommend, but one sticks out from the rest

Apple security bounties pay up to $2M, but it only paid $1k for a critical bug

How Apple’s New Spotlight Compares to Raycast

Figma will IPO on July 31

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Critical vulnerability in AI coding platform Base44 allowing unauthorized access

Aurora’s autonomous trucks are now driving at night. Its next big challenge is rain.

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Shadow AI adds $670K to breach costs while 97% of enterprises skip basic access controls, IBM reports

This Android 16 feature solved my biggest problem with phone notifications - how it works

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Microsoft's stock pops 7% on earnings beat as Azure annual revenue tops $75 billion

Traccar: an open source GPS tracking system

How to Track Your Sun Exposure With This New App

Security Bite: iPhone users are more reckless online, new study finds

Dropbox is pulling the plug on its password manager

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