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SoftBank reportedly bought Foxconn’s Ohio factory for the Stargate AI project

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-12-09 02:00:51

The mystery buyer of the former General Motors factory owned by Foxconn in Lordstown, Ohio is apparently SoftBank, according to Bloomberg News. SoftBank wants to use the factory to build AI servers as part of the Stargate data center project being spearheaded by the Japanese conglomerate, OpenAI, and Oracle. The report comes just a few days after Foxconn announced it had sold the factory, along with electric vehicle manufacturing equipment that was inside of it, to a buyer it only referred to a

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Flipper Zero dark web firmware bypasses rolling code security

news.ycombinator.com Written By 2025-12-08 09:10:42

Over on YouTube Talking Sasquach has recently tested custom firmware for the Flipper Zero that can entirely break the rolling code security system used on most modern vehicles. Rolling code security works by using a synchronized algorithm between a transmitter and receiver to generate a new, unique code for each transmission, preventing replay attacks and unauthorized access. In the past we've discussed an attack against rolling code security systems called RollJam, which works by jamming the o

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Apple's history is hiding in a Mac font

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-04 14:31:54

Rome wasn't built in a day, and the same is true of desktop operating systems. The modern versions of Windows, macOS, and Linux we know and (sometimes) love today represent decades of iteration and overhauls, but much of that legacy is invisible. New design languages and interfaces show up every few years, and in the process, old applications and designs are covered up or replaced. It doesn't take long to find legacy holdovers in today's Windows 11—for example, that Windows 3.1-era file picker

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Google Working on Fix for Glum Gemini, Stuck in 'Infinite Loop' of Self-Esteem Issues

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-09 05:14:00

Maybe Google Gemini needs to take some PTO. The company's large language AI model, which is increasingly spreading across Google's many services and products, has been saying some things lately that are leading users to worry: Does Gemini have low self esteem? A series of posts on social media showing some of the self-critical responses Gemini has given users show a disturbing pattern. For instance, in one screenshot, Gemini admits it can't solve a coding problem and concludes, "I have failed.

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Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-09 06:28:29

Texas lawmakers, seemingly not content with getting NASA's endorsement to move a retired space shuttle to Houston, are now calling for an investigation into how the Smithsonian allegedly objected to relocating the orbiter it has owned for more than a decade. Senator John Cornyn and Representative Randy Weber on Thursday sent a letter to John Roberts, the Smithsonian Institution's chancellor and chief justice of the United States, suggesting that the Smithsonian's staff may have violated the law

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Google says a fix for Gemini’s shame spiral is on its way

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-09 11:10:22

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A Gemini bug results in the AI getting stuck in an infinite loop of critical responses, including calling itself a disgrace. Google’s Logan Kilpatrick says that the company is working on fixing the bug. If you check in on Gemini yourself, the chatbot will assure you that it does not have feelings and it’s just a bug. While most people have been getting along fine with Gemini, some users have noticed a bug where the AI chatbot seemingly spirals with respo

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Nintendo’s new Hello, Mario! mobile app lets kids play with Mario’s face

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-12-09 11:55:48

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Nintendo has announced a new free mobile app coming to iOS, Android and the Switch. It’s called Hello, Mario! and was revealed alongside a new collection of Mario-themed products designed for kids and toddlers launching in Japan later this month. All of Nint

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Google is fixing a bug that causes Gemini to keep calling itself a 'failure'

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-09 16:30:33

Gemini has been acting strangely for some users over the past few weeks. There are multiple reports online of users getting responses from Gemini that are oddly self-flagellating. A screenshot from an X user back in June showed Gemini saying "...I am a fool. I have made so many mistakes that I can no longer be trusted." The AI chatbot then deleted all the files with codes it created. Now, as a response to another post on X that showed a similar issue, Google's product lead for AI Studio, Logan K

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‘The Batman Part II’ May Be Adding a New Member of the Bat-Family

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-12-09 16:00:48

Jordan Peele teases the horrors of Him. It’s bad news for Disney+’s Goosebumps show. Plus, Sebastian Stan is set to star in his own ‘Frankenstein’ adaptation. To me, my spoilers! The Batman, Part II Jeff Sneider’s latest Insneider Report newsletter claims that Robin plays a significant role in Matt Reeves’ The Batman sequel, with its script described as a “big swing” from Reeves and co-writer Mattson Tomlin. Radu Jude’s Frankenstein During a recent interview with Cultura la dubă (via World o

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Trump’s Golden Dome Sparks Unprecedented Surge in Space Force Funding

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-12-09 16:50:40

The U.S. Space Force’s budget for 2026 could see a 40% increase compared to this year, which is mostly driven by President Donald Trump’s fantasy of creating a futuristic missile defense system that uses space-based sensors and weapons. A recent report by the Center for Space Policy and Strategy highlights the Golden Dome’s role in driving the increase in funding allocated toward the Space Force. Trump announced the ambitious Golden Dome project within one week of taking office, describing a mu

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National Academies to fast-track a new climate assessment

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-09 16:55:43

The nation’s premier group of scientific advisers announced Thursday that it will conduct an independent, fast-track review of the latest climate science. It will do so with an eye to weighing in on the Trump administration’s planned repeal of the government’s 2009 determination that greenhouse gas emissions harm human health and the environment. The move by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to self-fund the study is a departure from their typical practice of respond

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It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Be an Audio Bug

wired.com Andy Greenberg 2025-12-09 16:00:00

A couple of years ago, a curious, then-16-year-old hacker named Reynaldo Vasquez-Garcia was on his laptop at his Portland-area high school, seeing what computer systems he could connect to via the Wi-Fi—“using the school network as a lab,” as he puts it—when he spotted a handful of mysterious devices with the identifier “IPVideo Corporation.” After a closer look and some googling, Garcia figured out that a company by that name was a subsidiary of Motorola, and the devices he’d found in his scho

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Turn your AirPods Max into a masterpiece with Casetify’s new headphone wrap

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-12-09 16:54:13

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Released as part of a new collection of smartphone, tablet, and earbud cases celebrating the Mauritshuis museum collection in The Hague, Netherlands, Casetify’s new AirPods Max accessory can turn you into a 360-year-old work of art. Made from a “silk-like te

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Amtrak NextGen Acela Debuts on August 28

news.ycombinator.com Beth Toll 2025-12-09 20:30:23

A new era of high-speed rail to begin between Boston and Washington, DC WASHINGTON – All aboard the future of East Coast travel! Starting Thursday, Aug. 28, customers can travel on Amtrak’s NextGen Acela – America’s high-speed train – connecting the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston. 🛤️ This historic launch introduces: More trains : 28 brand-new trains entering service through 2027 : 28 brand-new trains entering service through 2027 More seats : 27% more

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Royal and BlackSuit ransomware gangs hit over 450 US companies

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-10 03:36:34

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says the cybercrime gang behind the Royal and BlackSuit ransomware operations had breached hundreds of U.S. companies before being taken down last month. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), DHS's main investigative arm, which took down the group's infrastructure in cooperation with international law enforcement partners, added that the cybercriminals also collected over $370 million from their victims. "Since 2022, the Royal and BlackSuit rans

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Why I ditched Google Chrome for Firefox Focus within 10 minutes of using the mobile browser

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-10 05:30:17

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Firefox Focus is a security and privacy-focused mobile browser. This browser offers a minimal UI and maximum privacy features. Firefox Focus is available for both Android and iOS. I've run the gamut of web browsers on Android, and every time I think I've found "the one," I discover a reason not to use it. That reason might be a cluttered UI, a lack of options, or not enough security. Recently, however, I came across a browser

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Window Activation

news.ycombinator.com Seth Richardson 2025-12-05 14:03:24

You click a link in your chat app, your browser with a hundred tabs comes to the front and opens that page. How hard can it be? Well, you probably know by now that Wayland, unlike X, doesn’t let one application force its idiot wishes on everyone else. In order for an application to bring its window to the front, it needs to make use of the XDG Activation protocol. A KWrite window that failed to activate and instead is weeping bitterly for attention in the task bar In essence, an application ca

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Solar-Powered Device Turns Moon Dirt Into Bricks, a Potential Breakthrough in Lunar Construction

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-12-10 06:00:25

Both the U.S. and China have set their sights on the Moon, aiming to break ground on permanent lunar bases within the next decade. Though there’s no legal basis for claiming territory in space, whichever country gets there first will gain a coveted first-mover advantage, allowing it to set certain ground rules about who can do what, where. But getting there first is only half the battle. Actually establishing a sustained lunar presence presents significant logistical and engineering challenges.

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Rocket Report: Firefly lights the markets up; SpaceX starts selling trips to Mars

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-10 08:00:14

Welcome to Edition 8.06 of the Rocket Report! After years of disappointing results from SPACs and space companies, it is a good sign to see Firefly's more traditional initial public offering doing so well. The company has had such a long and challenging road over more than a decade; the prospect of their success should be heartening to the commercial space industry. As always, we welcome reader submissions. If you don't want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the form will

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Age Verification Is Sweeping Gaming. Is It Ready for the Age of AI Fakes?

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-12-09 15:30:00

In July, Siyan, a UK-based Discord user, logged on one morning and found himself unable to access some of his text chats marked NSFW. The channel, a popup informed him, was now age-restricted. The United Kingdom had enacted its far reaching child safety laws, which includes an age requirement system to verify users are over 18. Discord’s updates required users to verify their age, either by government ID or a face scan. Siyan (who requested to only be referred to by his screen name for privacy

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Satisfy your charging needs with these two deals!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-10 06:58:37

Is your phone charging slowly? Chances are the charger is to blame. Here’s an awesome deal on a fast charger with multiple ports that will untether you from the outlet. Also, we have a deal that will help if you are lacking outlets! Let’s go into the details. Buy the UGREEN 100W 4 in 1 GaN USB-C Charger with Retractable Cable for $44.99 ($15 off) Buy the Anker Surge Protector Power Strip 2100J for $22.79 ($7.20 off) These offers are available from Amazon, but they are slightly different. The UG

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Cursed Knowledge

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-10 05:34:52

50 extra packages are cursed There is a user in the JavaScript community who goes around adding "backwards compatibility" to projects. They do this by adding 50 extra package dependencies to your project, which are maintained by them.

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The Paranoid Style in American Politics (1964)

news.ycombinator.com Richard Hofstadter 2025-12-10 09:55:28

It had been around a long time before the Radical Right discovered it—and its targets have ranged from “the international bankers” to Masons, Jesuits, and munitions makers. American politics has often been an arena for angry minds. In recent years we have seen angry minds at work mainly among extreme right-wingers, who have now demonstrated in the Goldwater movement how much political leverage can be got out of the animosities and passions of a small minority. But behind this I believe there is

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What are semiconductors and why is Trump threatening 100% tariffs?

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-09 22:31:58

What are semiconductors and why is Trump threatening 100% tariffs? 11 hours ago Share Save Liv McMahon & Shiona McCallum Technology reporters Share Save Getty Images The manufacture of the tiny tech that powers billions of devices is under a microscope. US President Donald Trump has said he plans to introduce 100% tariffs on semiconductor imports. The tiny chips power a range of different devices and are integral to modern technology and the global economy. While some semiconductor producers

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Trump opens door for crypto in retirement accounts

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-10 10:41:52

Trump opens door for crypto in retirement accounts But critics say it could increase risks for savers. The move is intended to eventually give everyday workers new access to investments formerly reserved for wealthy individuals and institutions, while opening up previously untouched pools of funding for firms in those fields. On Thursday, he ordered regulators to look for ways to change rules that might discourage employers from including such offerings in workplace retirement accounts, known

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Three new ways to customize your macOS Tahoe 26

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-12-10 11:56:50

9to5Mac is brought to you by CleanMyMac: Tidy up your Mac and iPhone today! Try 7 days free and use our code 9TO5MAC15 for 15% off. Also check out CleanMyPhone for your iPhone! macOS Tahoe 26 gives your Mac a significant redesign, headlined by the new Liquid Glass design language. The update also brings new ways to personalize your Mac, with new icon tinting features, menu bar customization, and more. Here’s how these new customization options work. Icon tinting Apple added icon tinting to t

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Immich – Cursed Knowledge

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-10 11:34:52

50 extra packages are cursed There is a user in the JavaScript community who goes around adding "backwards compatibility" to projects. They do this by adding 50 extra package dependencies to your project, which are maintained by them.

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Fake WhatsApp developer libraries hide destructive data-wiping code

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-10 21:42:30

Two malicious NPM packages posing as WhatsApp development tools have been discovered deploying destructive data-wiping code that recursively deletes files on a developer's computers. Two malicious NPM packages currently available in the registry target WhatsApp developers with destructive data-wiping code. The packages, discovered by researchers at Socket, masquerade as WhatsApp socket libraries and were downloaded over 1,100 times since their publication last month. Despite Socket having fil

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Flipper Zero DarkWeb Firmware Bypasses Rolling Code Security

news.ycombinator.com Written By 2025-12-10 21:10:42

Over on YouTube Talking Sasquach has recently tested custom firmware for the Flipper Zero that can entirely break the rolling code security system used on most modern vehicles. Rolling code security works by using a synchronized algorithm between a transmitter and receiver to generate a new, unique code for each transmission, preventing replay attacks and unauthorized access. In the past we've discussed an attack against rolling code security systems called RollJam, which works by jamming the o

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Instacart tops estimates, issues upbeat outlook

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-12-11 02:46:33

The Instacart logo is seen on a smartphone and on a PC screen. Simo, who helped take the grocery delivery company public in 2023 and guided it through a massive growth period during the Covid-19 pandemic, will step down from her position later this month as she joins OpenAI as its new head of applications. "We delivered another strong quarter, reinforcing the essential role we play in helping families save time, money, and effort putting food on the table," wrote outgoing CEO Fidji Simo in a s

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Latest Tech News

SoftBank reportedly bought Foxconn’s Ohio factory for the Stargate AI project

Flipper Zero dark web firmware bypasses rolling code security

Apple's history is hiding in a Mac font

Google Working on Fix for Glum Gemini, Stuck in 'Infinite Loop' of Self-Esteem Issues

Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle

Google says a fix for Gemini’s shame spiral is on its way

Nintendo’s new Hello, Mario! mobile app lets kids play with Mario’s face

Google is fixing a bug that causes Gemini to keep calling itself a 'failure'

‘The Batman Part II’ May Be Adding a New Member of the Bat-Family

Trump’s Golden Dome Sparks Unprecedented Surge in Space Force Funding

National Academies to fast-track a new climate assessment

It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Be an Audio Bug

Turn your AirPods Max into a masterpiece with Casetify’s new headphone wrap

Amtrak NextGen Acela Debuts on August 28

Royal and BlackSuit ransomware gangs hit over 450 US companies

Why I ditched Google Chrome for Firefox Focus within 10 minutes of using the mobile browser

Window Activation

Solar-Powered Device Turns Moon Dirt Into Bricks, a Potential Breakthrough in Lunar Construction

Rocket Report: Firefly lights the markets up; SpaceX starts selling trips to Mars

Age Verification Is Sweeping Gaming. Is It Ready for the Age of AI Fakes?

Satisfy your charging needs with these two deals!

Cursed Knowledge

The Paranoid Style in American Politics (1964)

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Trump opens door for crypto in retirement accounts

Three new ways to customize your macOS Tahoe 26

Immich – Cursed Knowledge

Fake WhatsApp developer libraries hide destructive data-wiping code

Flipper Zero DarkWeb Firmware Bypasses Rolling Code Security

Instacart tops estimates, issues upbeat outlook

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