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Apple introduces ASIF disk image format in macOS 26 Tahoe for faster virtual storage

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2026-03-18 23:33:00

What just happened? Apple's latest update for Macs, macOS 26 Tahoe, introduces a significant leap forward in disk image technology with the debut of the ASIF format – a development that could reshape how users and developers handle virtual storage on Apple silicon Macs. For years, disk images have been a staple for Mac users, enabling everything from encrypted file storage to virtual machine management. However, these images have long suffered from sluggish performance, especially when encrypti

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Homebuyers Are Scoring 5% Mortgage Rates With These Simple Strategies

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-18 23:00:21

Tharon Green/CNET If you're looking to buy a home, you probably know that housing affordability is in the dumps. Record-high prices and high mortgage rates are serving a double whammy to prospective buyers everywhere. But mortgage rates aren't set in stone. Although current rates are hovering near 7%, more borrowers are finding creative ways to snag rates below what lenders advertise. Last year, nearly half of buyers purchased a home at a rate below 5%, according to Zillow. "With borrowing co

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What is systems programming, really? (2018)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-18 21:42:04

$$ % Typography and symbols ewcommand{\msf}[1]{\mathsf{#1}} ewcommand{\ctx}{\Gamma} ewcommand{\qamp}{&\quad} ewcommand{\qqamp}{&&\quad} ewcommand{\Coloneqq}{::=} ewcommand{\proves}{\vdash} ewcommand{\star}[1]{#1^{*}} ewcommand{\eps}{\varepsilon} ewcommand{ ul}{\varnothing} ewcommand{\brc}[1]{\{{#1}\}} ewcommand{\binopm}[2]{#1~\bar{\oplus}~#2} ewcommand{\mag}[1]{|{#1}|} ewcommand{\aequiv}{\equiv_\alpha} ewcommand{\semi}[2]{{#1};~{#2}} % Untyped lambda calculus ewcommand{\fun}[2]{\

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“Language and Image Minus Cognition”: An Interview with Leif Weatherby

news.ycombinator.com Author Archive 2026-03-15 15:03:46

by Robin Manley Leif Weatherby is an Associate Professor of German at New York University, where he directs the Digital Theory Lab. Robin Manley spoke with Dr. Weatherby about his latest book, Language Machines: Cultural AI and the End of Remainder Humanism (University of Minnesota Press, 2025), which argues that Large Language Models (LLMs) have effected a separation of cognition from language and computation in a form that corresponds to earlier structuralist theories. Robin Manley: In the i

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Apple @ Work: What’s new for IT teams with Apple’s fall software releases?

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2026-03-18 19:00:00

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Mollusk shell assemblages as a tool for identifying unaltered seagrass beds

news.ycombinator.com Louis Grimmelbein 2026-03-16 06:40:10

Albano PG, Filippova N, Steger J, Kaufman DS, Tomašových A, Stachowitsch M, Zuschin M (2016) Oil platforms in the Persian (Arabian) Gulf: living and death assemblages reveal no effects. Cont Shelf Res 121:21-34 Crossref Albano PG, Hua Q, Kaufman DS, Zuschin M (2023) Young death assemblages with limited time-averaging in rocky and Posidonia oceanica habitats in the Mediterranean Sea. Geol Soc Lond Spec Publ 529:41-48 Crossref Anderson LC, Long-Fox BL, Paterson AT, Engel AS (2022) Live and live-

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Does Next Week's Fed Meeting Matter for Mortgage Rates? Yes and No

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-18 18:00:05

When interest rate cuts do come, it won't be a cure-all for today's unaffordable housing market. Saifulasmee Chede/Getty Images/CNET If you followed the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions last year, you might have been puzzled: The Fed's three interest rate cuts didn't translate into cheaper mortgages. In fact, the average rate for a 30-year fixed home loan has hovered around 6.8% since late fall. On Wednesday, the central bank is expected to extend a pause on interest rate cuts for a

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ChatGPT Glossary: 52 AI Terms Everyone Should Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-18 18:00:11

AI is now a part of our everyday lives. From the massive popularity of ChatGPT to Google cramming AI summaries at the top of its search results, AI is completely taking over the internet. With AI, you can get instant answers to pretty much any question. It can feel like talking to someone who has a Ph.D. in everything. But that aspect of AI chatbots is only one part of the AI landscape. Sure, having ChatGPT help do your homework or having Midjourney create fascinating images of mechs based on c

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The investor experience at TechCrunch All Stage: One floor, infinite deal flow

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2026-03-18 21:02:00

TechCrunch All Stage isn’t a waiting room for warm intros — it’s a floor full of founders, ideas, and breakout potential. For VCs, it’s a rare chance to skip the filters and meet the future of tech in one place, on one day, with no layers between you and the next standout story. Whether you’re deploying early-stage capital, leading a Series B, or mentoring emerging fund managers, TechCrunch All Stage offers you more than access — it offers acceleration. And you can get both July 15 at Boston’s

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Here's why network infrastructure is vital to maximizing your company's AI adoption

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-03-18 20:00:16

Weiquan Lin/Getty Images When companies begin taking the first steps toward AI adoption, one of the first pieces of advice they receive is to address the quality of their data. However, another foundational element that is often overlooked, but is just as critical to the success of AI deployment, is network infrastructure. At Cisco Live, ZDNET spoke with Anurag Dhingra, SVP and GM of the Enterprise Connectivity and Collaboration Group, to learn more about the role network infrastructure plays

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Last fifty years of integer linear programming: Recent practical advances

news.ycombinator.com François Clautiaux 2026-03-18 18:15:08

Mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) has become a cornerstone of operations research. This is driven by the enhanced efficiency of modern solvers, which can today find globally optimal solutions within seconds for problems that were out of reach a decade ago. The versatility of these solvers allowed successful applications in many areas, such as transportation, logistics, supply chain management, revenue management, finance, telecommunications, and manufacturing. Despite the impressive succes

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11 Best Planners: Weekly and Daily Notebooks and Accessories (2025)

wired.com Nena Farrell 2026-03-18 21:02:00

There's nothing like the feeling of a brand-new planner. Whether it's the start of a new year or even just the month of June, we've found the best planners to deliver that satisfying rush of a fresh start and a blank page. The sensation of writing things down not only feels satisfying but helps improve retention, and paper planners give a sense of delight in a world that can feel bleak. A great planner will help you keep your life on track, but that means something different for everyone—do you

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MUMPS

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-19 09:52:34

Programming language This article is about the programming language. For the disease, see Mumps . For other uses, see Mumps (disambiguation) MUMPS ("Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System"), or M, is an imperative, high-level programming language with an integrated transaction processing key–value database. It was originally developed at Massachusetts General Hospital for managing patient medical records and hospital laboratory information systems. MUMPS technology ha

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The case for embedding audit trails in AI systems before scaling

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2026-03-19 14:13:09

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Editor’s note: Emilia will lead an editorial roundtable on this topic at VB Transform this month. Register today. Orchestration frameworks for AI services serve multiple functions for enterprises. They not only set out how applications or agents flow together, but they should also let administrators manage workflows and agents and audit t

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iPhone XS now vintage, here’s what that means for repair and support

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-19 14:17:44

Apple has officially added the iPhone XS to its list of vintage products, marking the end of an era for one of the more iterative chapters in the iPhone’s history. Here’s what that means if you’re still rocking yours. Last November, Apple added the iPhone XS Max to its vintage list. And today, as noted by Macrumors’ Joe Rossignol, the device’s junior sibling has also officially joined the club. Apple classifies a device as “vintage” once five years have passed since it stopped being sold by of

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AI agents will be ambient, but not autonomous - what that means for us

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-03-19 14:15:35

Harrison Chase, LangChain CEO and co-founder, takes the stage at Cisco Live! to discuss ambient agents. Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Until recently, AI solutions that can execute tasks on your behalf seemed futuristic. Now the era of AI agents is here, with nearly every company offering its own solution. On the horizon, though, is a more advanced and even more promising milestone -- ambient agents. On day three of the Cisco Live! conference, LangChain CEO and co-founder Harrison Chase took the stage to

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Mumps (Programming Language)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-19 14:52:34

Programming language This article is about the programming language. For the disease, see Mumps . For other uses, see Mumps (disambiguation) MUMPS ("Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System"), or M, is an imperative, high-level programming language with an integrated transaction processing key–value database. It was originally developed at Massachusetts General Hospital for managing patient medical records and hospital laboratory information systems. MUMPS technology ha

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Google links massive cloud outage to API management issue

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-20 01:39:02

Google says an API management issue is behind Thursday's massive Google Cloud outage, which disrupted or brought down its services and many other online platforms. Google says the cloud outage started around 10:49 ET and ended at 3:49 ET, after causing issues for millions of users worldwide for over three hours. Besides Google Cloud, the incident also impacted Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Chat, Google Cloud Search, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Meet, Google Tasks, Google Voice, Google Le

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Subtype Inference by Example

news.ycombinator.com Considerations On Codecrafting 2026-03-16 08:04:40

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in tools and programming languages that can automatically detect common types of bugs, in order to improve product quality and programmer productivity. Most commonly, this is done via static type systems, but traditional static type systems require large amounts of manual annotation by programmers, making them difficult to work with. Therefore, modern programming languages make increasing use of type inference, which provides the same benefits

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Beyond Bluesky: These are the apps building social experiences on the AT Protocol

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-03-20 01:04:43

A year ago, Bluesky was opening up to the public and was known as one of the many X competitors that emerged after Elon Musk acquired the network formerly known as Twitter. Today, Bluesky’s social network has grown to over 36.5 million users, while the technology it’s built upon — the AT Protocol (or ATProto for short) — is being used to develop dozens more applications designed to work together as part of an open social web. The developers behind many of these apps attended the first conferenc

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The cloud broke Thursday and it'll happen again - how to protect your business before then

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2026-03-20 05:54:00

Akaradech Pramoonsin/Getty Images After a rocky Thursday afternoon on the internet, both Google and Cloudflare services appear to be operating normally as of Friday morning. When trouble started, the question wasn't what's wrong with what cloud service; it was, what service isn't down? Also: The best cloud storage services of 2025: Expert tested What happened on Thursday? First, this was not just an American problem. Google Cloud reported that it was a global problem. Google stated that mult

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The founder experience at TechCrunch All Stage: Built for people building what’s next

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2026-03-20 05:05:00

For a founder, time is the one resource you can’t raise. That’s why TechCrunch All Stage — happening July 15 in Boston’s SoWa Power Station — is designed to make every minute count. Whether you’re at the whiteboard sketching v1 of your product or figuring out how to lead a team of 50, TechCrunch All Stage meets you where you are — and gives you the access, insight, and connections to move forward faster. Plus, you can get a $210 discount on your ticket right now, if you move quickly. The day d

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Ask HN: Is ageism in tech still a problem?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-20 10:08:30

Well, it's been a while since I touched this theme. 6 years ago, I launched a job board trying to fight ageism in tech (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20252097) It did super well in terms of upvotes and comments but not $ speaking (made $0) This seems to be a current problem but what's the solution?

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Design Patterns for Securing LLM Agents Against Prompt Injections

news.ycombinator.com Simon Willison 2026-03-20 12:27:46

Design Patterns for Securing LLM Agents against Prompt Injections This new paper by 11 authors from organizations including IBM, Invariant Labs, ETH Zurich, Google and Microsoft is an excellent addition to the literature on prompt injection and LLM security. In this work, we describe a number of design patterns for LLM agents that significantly mitigate the risk of prompt injections. These design patterns constrain the actions of agents to explicitly prevent them from solving arbitrary tasks.

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If You Own an Xbox Series X/S, You Can Buy an Official 2TB Expansion Card for 40% Off on Amazon

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2026-03-20 13:25:12

If you own an Xbox Series X or S, you’re already aware of how quickly your storage fills up with new games. Expansions are inevitable and the Seagate Expansion Card SSD is designed specifically for these Microsoft consoles which makes it perfect for gamers who want to maintain their library within reach without sacrificing performance. Amazon currently has this must-have accessory on sale for a low of $219, down from a list price of $360. That’s a 39% discount (just barely within Black Friday t

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What to expect at TechCrunch All Stage: One day, countless connections and takeaways

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2026-03-20 21:01:00

Whether you’re a founder gearing up for your next raise or a VC scouting your next portfolio win, TechCrunch All Stage, happening July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, packs more into one day than most multi-day conferences manage to deliver. This isn’t your typical sit-and-listen event. It’s designed to help you build momentum in real time — whether that means raising capital, sharpening your pitch, expanding your network, or rethinking your go-to-market. And for a limited time, tickets are

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Cloudflare: Outage not caused by security incident, data is safe

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-21 06:09:24

Cloudflare has confirmed that the massive service outage yesterday was not caused by a security incident and no data has been lost. The issue has been largely mitigated. It started 17:52 UTC yesterday when the Workers KV (Key-Value) system went completely offline, causing widespread service losses across multiple edge computing and AI services. Workers KV is a globally distributed, consistent key-value store used by Cloudflare Workers, the company’s serverless computing platform. It is a funda

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Show HN: GetHooky – a language-agnostic Git hook manager

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-21 03:31:44

The art of forgetting to run the linter isn't old - wise old programmer, 2025 Ever forgot to run the linter before doing a git push to production? Not anymore! GetHooky will make sure you don't screw up again! Automatically test and lint your code upon doing a commit or git push! Most tools for git hook mangement are mostly language specific and work for specific languages only, or you either have to do crazy configurations. But with GetHooky, all you have to do is, install once, use as ma

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Cloud collapse: Replit and LlamaIndex knocked offline by Google Cloud identity outage

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2026-03-21 13:05:33

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Days after OpenAI and Google Cloud announced a partnership to support the growing use of generative AI platforms, much of the AI-powered web and tools went down due to an outage of the leading cloud providers. Google Cloud Service Platform (GCP) and some Cloudflare services began experiencing issues around 10:00 a.m. PT today, affecting s

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Coming to Apple OSes: A seamless, secure way to import and export passkeys

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-21 21:26:28

Apple this week provided a glimpse into a feature that solves one of the biggest drawbacks of passkeys, the industry-wide standard for website and app authentication that isn't susceptible to credential phishing and other attacks targeting passwords. The import/export feature, which Apple demonstrated at this week’s WWDC 25, will be available in the next major releases of iOS, macOS, iPadOS, and visionOS. It aims to solve one of the biggest shortcomings of passkeys as they have existed to date.

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Apple introduces ASIF disk image format in macOS 26 Tahoe for faster virtual storage

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MUMPS

The case for embedding audit trails in AI systems before scaling

iPhone XS now vintage, here’s what that means for repair and support

AI agents will be ambient, but not autonomous - what that means for us

Mumps (Programming Language)

Google links massive cloud outage to API management issue

Subtype Inference by Example

Beyond Bluesky: These are the apps building social experiences on the AT Protocol

The cloud broke Thursday and it'll happen again - how to protect your business before then

The founder experience at TechCrunch All Stage: Built for people building what’s next

Ask HN: Is ageism in tech still a problem?

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Cloud collapse: Replit and LlamaIndex knocked offline by Google Cloud identity outage

Coming to Apple OSes: A seamless, secure way to import and export passkeys

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