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My ZIP isn't your ZIP: Identifying and exploiting semantic gaps between parsers

news.ycombinator.com Yufan You 2025-10-31 14:58:44

ZIP is one of the most popular archive formats. It is used not only as archive files, but also as the container for other file formats, including office documents, Android applications, Java archives, and many more. Despite its ubiquity, the ZIP file format specification is imprecisely specified, posing the risk of semantic gaps between implementations that can be exploited by attackers. While prior research has reported individual such vulnerabilities, there is a lack of systematic studies for

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The two versions of Parquet

news.ycombinator.com Jerónimo López 2025-10-31 15:34:32

A few days ago, the creators of DuckDB wrote the article: Query Engines: Gatekeepers of the Parquet File Format, which explained how the engines that process Parquet files as SQL tables are blocking the evolution of the format. This is because those engines are not fully supporting the latest specification, and without this support, the rest of the ecosystem has no incentive to adopt it. In my experience, this issue is not limited to Query Engines but extends to the tools within the ecosystem.

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I’m a pro photographer and these are my favorite gimbals for iPhone or Android in 2025

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-04 10:30:26

There are multiple factors to consider when picking the right smartphone gimbal, and the DJI Osmo Mobile does a great job of checking most of the boxes. The most exciting part is the multifunction module. This magnetic accessory attaches to the gimbal, and honestly, it almost feels like it has superpowers. This module takes care of most of the smart and connectivity functions. Powered by AI, it is the brain behind Active Track. This module can identify people and track them, making the gimbal a

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Is It Ever Legal—or Ethical—to Remove DRM?

wired.com Justin Pot 2025-11-04 11:30:00

Whatever you think about Digital Rights Management software, it's hard to argue with the fact that it's annoying. Such technology exists, in theory, to protect the intellectual property of the companies that create music, movies, and games, but it can also get in the way of you enjoying books, music, and videos the way you want to. Say, for example, that you bought a bunch of books on the Amazon Kindle platform but later decided you wanted to switch to a Kobo device (or vice versa). The DRM sys

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People Who Don't Smoke Are Getting Lung Cancer in Scary Numbers

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-03 21:15:22

Image by Getty / Futurism Cancer It's no secret that our efforts to save the planet from the excesses of global trade are failing spectacularly. Our bodies are riddled with manmade compounds, cities are routinely enveloped by massive clouds of noxious smoke, and glaciers are melting faster than ever before. Indeed, in 2025, not even the remote ice shelves of Antarctica are safe from humanity's garbage. At the same time as the Earth struggles to hold the weight of all our garbage, a concerning

Topics: cancer lung nonsmokers number trend

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I wish Google would fix this one quirky limitation with Fi

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-03 21:00:33

Megan Ellis / Android Authority I’ve used Google Fi for almost three years now, and it’s been mostly smooth sailing. Although Google doesn’t promote its cellular services very much, it has slowly but surely released updates that continue to improve the service, all while keeping prices relatively competitive. There is plenty to love about Google’s offering in a competitive market, but one quirk has me considering other options. Have you tried Google's wireless service? 81 votes Yes, I'm curren

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SpaceX Is Losing a Staggering Amount of Money Every Time One of Its Starships Explodes

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-04 04:45:24

Time is ticking for SpaceX's Starship. Even after nearly ten launches, the behemoth spacecraft has yet to successfully visit space and then come safely back to Earth even a single time — but NASA is nonetheless relying on it to ferry astronauts from the Moon's orbit down to the surface just over two years from now. Given Starship's track record so far — nine full-scale test flights have ended in explosions shortly after launch, explosions in space, and crashes into the ocean — it's a steep goa

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Two men fell gravely ill last year; their infections link to deaths in the ’80s

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-04 16:28:42

Four men in Georgia, all living in the same county, mysteriously became infected with a potentially deadly soil bacterium that's normally found in the tropics and subtropics, particularly Southeast Asia and northern Australia. The four cases were tied together not just by their shared location but also by the bacterial strain; whole genome sequencing showed the bacteria causing all four infections were highly related, suggesting a shared source of their infections. But this bacterium doesn't te

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One of Gboard’s playful features could be on the chopping block (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-05 11:27:37

Ryan McLeod / Android Authority TL;DR Gboard may be removing Bitmoji integration on December 15, 2025. A warning hidden in the latest beta says the Bitmoji tab will disappear after that date. You’ll still be able to use Bitmoji through its website or other supported services. Bitmoji has long been part of Gboard’s sticker lineup, letting you drop personalized avatars into chats without leaving your keyboard. But it looks like that integration may be on its way out in the fairly near future.

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Y Combinator says Apple’s App Store has hindered startup growth

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-11-05 16:00:00

Y Combinator has filed an amicus brief in the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Epic Games, arguing that the App Store has stifled startup innovation. We’ve reached out to legal reps for YC and Apple for comment. The brief comes during the years-long legal dispute. Epic Games first filed an antitrust lawsuit against the iPhone maker in 2020 in protest of Apple taking a 30% fee for every purchase made in the App Store, as well as in-game purchases. Epic claimed in its suit that Apple unlaw

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Silksong is out soon, and indie games are getting out of the way

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-11-05 20:53:34

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Yesterday, Hollow Knight: Silksong developers Team Cherry announced a September 4th release date for the long-awaited game, and indie developers are announcing delays to get out of the way of the launch. Silksong is a full sequel to the excellent Hollow Knight and is currently the most wishlisted game on Steam, so it’s likely going to be very popular when it’s finally availabl

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Here’s everything new Apple TV+ has coming in September

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-11-06 11:45:00

Apple TV+ has been having its best year ever, and shows no signs of letting up. The fall lineup on Apple TV+ is easily the streamer’s strongest to date, and it all kicks off in September. Major returning series like Slow Horses and The Morning Show are big highlights, but Apple also has two movies and an intriguing new crime thriller series premiering. Here’s everything new coming to Apple TV+ in September. Highest 2 Lowest When: September 5 What: Movie Genre: Crime Thriller When a titan mu

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Rad Power Bikes RadRunner Max Review: Faster and Safer Than Ever

wired.com Michael Venutolo-Mantovani 2025-11-06 11:00:00

In a market that is becoming increasingly more crowded (for the better, as getting more people on bikes is good for all of us), Seattle-based Rad Power Bikes has planted its flag as a brand that offers the fun and utility of an ebike at a lower cost than its competitors, thanks in large part to its direct-to-consumer model. What started as a single-product brand quickly grew into what it is today: North America’s largest ebike manufacturer, with a line that includes off-road bikes, cargo bikes,

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I Guessed the New iOS Release Date Before: Here's My Guess for iOS 26

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-07 02:00:00

Apple announced iOS 26 at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, and the tech giant has since released multiple beta versions of the software. Those versions bring new features, like a Liquid Glass design and call screening to block spam callers, to the iPhones of developers and beta testers. You can expect many of those capabilities to land on your iPhone soon. Apple said it will release the update to the general public this fall, which is good but not the most helpful timeframe. But if

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How Not to Buy a SSD

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-02 20:49:59

If you recall, about a month ago I managed to get an Apple iMac from 2006. that looked great. Unfortunately, after replacing the SSD and adding some stuff to it, the system crashed. Today, I wanted to play with the SSD a bit and discoverd super very low transfer speeds (less than 600KB/s). After opening Disk Utility and running the “Repair Disk” option, the speed seems to have picked up, going to 2.6MB/s, which was still WAAAAY slower than either SATA III, the supported protocol on the drive, or

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Apple TV+ subscription price increasing to $12.99 per month from today

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-11-06 20:00:00

Apple today announced that the monthly price of Apple TV+ is rising in the United States and some international markets. From today, the monthly subscription will cost $12.99, up from $9.99. Existing subscribers will see the price change 30 days after the next renewal date. The pricing for yearly TV+ subscriptions and the Apple One services bundle remains unchanged. In a statement, Apple said that Apple TV+ has expanded its deep library of originals since launch, and that Apple One is the “the

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Y Combinator backs Epic in Apple appeal, calls App Store fee a ‘tax on innovation’

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-07 06:28:27

It’s been a busy news day for the Epic Games vs. Apple case. Startup accelerator (and Epic Games’ biggest investor) Y Combinator filed an amicus brief today siding with Epic in the long-running antitrust case against Apple. Here are the details. ‘A punitive tax on innovation’ In a 24-page document, Y Combinator argues that while the district court’s original injunction against Apple in 2021 “created a groundbreaking opportunity for technology startups to enter and thrive,” Apple introduced new

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If You're a Millennial, We Have Bad News About Your Rapidly Impending Death

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-08 02:07:03

Image by Getty / Futurism As the world was emerging from the turmoil of COVID in 2023, insurers noticed an alarming trend: Americans were dying at a significantly higher rate compared to other countries. Anyone familiar with the way the US handled the viral outbreak — especially compared to similar countries — might not be surprised. But while the pandemic certainly contributed to a spike in deaths, expectations of a return to pre-pandemic mortality rates were smashed as number crunchers notic

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My other email client is a daemon

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-07 18:54:06

I have a slight problem wherein every time I start up a game of NetHack, I completely loose touch with my surroundings for hours on end. Thankfully The DevTeam Thinks Of Everything and there’s a solution that allows communication with the outside world without breaking immersion: the mail daemon! If compiled with -DMAIL and OPTIONS=mail is set in your runtime configuration (the default on Linux), NetHack will periodically check a user specified mbox file ( MAIL ) for new mail, and upon receivin

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Jamboard escapes the Google graveyard with a new lease on life from LineageOS

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-08 16:56:07

Nolen Johnson TL;DR Google launched Jamboard back in 2017 as a digital whiteboard for teams. Official Jamboard support ended at the start of this year. Now that old hardware can run modern Android thanks to some unofficial LineageOS ports. What’s your favorite canceled Google hardware? The ill-fated Nexus Q? That one may have been a particularly spectacular failure, but far more devices just run their natural course and end up retired, replaced by newer solutions. Eight years ago, Google int

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Can AI Predict Powerball Numbers?

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-11-09 02:25:17

With the Powerball ballooning to $650 million after Wednesday’s drawing, hopeful players have been asking: Is winning the lottery a matter of luck or something that science and artificial intelligence can predict? Three students at the University of Salento in southern Italy say that science wins out. They say they used AI to analyze patterns from past draws to predict future winning numbers. Their experimental approach resulted in a €43,000 jackpot in April, which now has people wondering if

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Sennheiser updates the Ambeo Max soundbar with lossless audio, customizable immersion and more

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-09 06:47:07

Sennheiser's most expensive Ambeo soundbar is getting a substantial update. The company announced that the Ambeo Soundbar Max, a $2,000 beast of a living room speaker, will gain two features it calls Customizable Immersion and Voice Enhancement Mode. Plus, the company is adding lossless audio support on top of Dolby Atmos Music. The firmware update will equip the Max with Ambeo OS2 and is available via free download through the Sennheiser Smart Control app for iOS and Android. With Customizable

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Scammers have infiltrated Google's AI responses - how to spot them

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-11-09 11:15:00

Reddit / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Scammers are exploiting AI to trick people looking for customer numbers. Google's AI Overview, AI Mode, and OpenAI's ChatGPT are vulnerable. Run a regular search, or head to the company's website to find a number. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Do you ever use Google's AI-powered search to look for customer service numbers and other contact info? If so, y

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On the ground in Ukraine’s largest Starlink repair shop

technologyreview.com Charlie Metcalfe 2025-11-09 20:00:00

Supported by Kutkov’s technical expertise and Stepanets’s organizational prowess, Kovalskyy’s warehouse became the major repair hub (though other volunteers also make repairs elsewhere). Over time, Kovalskyy—who co-owned a regional internet service provider before the war—and his crew have learned to perform adjustments to Starlink terminals, especially to adapt them for battlefield conditions. For example, they modified them to receive charge at the right voltage directly from vehicles, years b

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Python f-string cheat sheets (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-09 21:08:08

Python f-string cheat sheets See fstring.help for more examples and for a more detailed discussion of this syntax see this string formatting article. All numbers The below examples assume the following variables: >>> number = 4125.6 >>> percent = 0.3738 Example Output Replacement Field Fill Width Grouping Precision Type '4125.60' {number:.2f} .2 f '4,125.60' {number:,.2f} , .2 f '04125.60' {number:08.2f} 0 8 .2 f ' 4125.60' {number: 8.2f} 8 .2 f '4.1e+03' {number:.2g} .2 g '4125.6' {number:

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Climbing game Cairn will have a 'free solo' mode with no rope

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-10 11:34:50

If you tried the demo for upcoming climbing game Cairn and somehow found it too easy, you're in for a treat. Developer The Game Bakers announced at the latest Future Games Show that Cairn will include a "Free Solo" mode that lets you tackle the game's already difficult climbs without pitons or a rope. A typical climb in Cairn — and most rock climbing games for that matter — tasks you with managing rope, and the pitons you use to anchor it to a rock face. You add pitons as you climb so that in t

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The game studio building a new BioShock just had mass layoffs

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-11-10 16:15:48

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The team working on the next BioShock game is losing a third of its staff. According to Bloomberg, Take-Two is laying off more than 80 people at Cloud Chamber, which has been working on a new BioShock title, and the game has been delayed from a planned launch in late 2026 or early 2027. T

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Stone Age People Brutalized Their Prisoners of War, New Evidence Suggests

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-11-11 08:00:20

When we think of Stone Age people, most imagine small communities living in caves, cutting into their most recent hunt with primitive tools, and imitating their environment with illustrative rock art. People during the Neolithic, however—the last stage of the Stone Age (around 9000 to 3300 BCE)—also waged wars and absolutely demolished their enemies. In a study published today in the journal Science Advances, researchers present horrific evidence suggesting that Neolithic people in northeastern

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Exclusive: Google Pixel Watch 4 Teardown Shows Easy Repairability

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-11-11 11:00:00

Google’s first Pixel Watch was fashionably late to the wrist computing party, arriving in 2022 when the market was already quite mature. And while the smartwatch has since cemented its place among top-tier wearables, it has one red flag: It isn’t repairable. For the past three generations, Google has been replacing broken Pixel Watches instead of repairing them. “Watches and wearables are still fairly nascent," a spokesperson explained at a 2024 Climate Week panel when asked why the watch wasn'

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Scientists Just Caught Human Embryo Implantation on Camera

wired.com Javier Carbajal 2025-11-11 21:18:22

A team of researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) in Spain has succeeded, for the first time, in recording in real time and in 3D the implantation of a human embryo. This achievement opens up the possibility of investigating in greater depth the causes of infertility and discovering new assisted reproduction treatments. Failure of embryo implantation in the uterus is one of the major barriers to pregnancy, and is associated with about 60 percent of miscarriages. This

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Latest Tech News

My ZIP isn't your ZIP: Identifying and exploiting semantic gaps between parsers

The two versions of Parquet

I’m a pro photographer and these are my favorite gimbals for iPhone or Android in 2025

Is It Ever Legal—or Ethical—to Remove DRM?

People Who Don't Smoke Are Getting Lung Cancer in Scary Numbers

I wish Google would fix this one quirky limitation with Fi

SpaceX Is Losing a Staggering Amount of Money Every Time One of Its Starships Explodes

Two men fell gravely ill last year; their infections link to deaths in the ’80s

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Y Combinator says Apple’s App Store has hindered startup growth

Silksong is out soon, and indie games are getting out of the way

Here’s everything new Apple TV+ has coming in September

Rad Power Bikes RadRunner Max Review: Faster and Safer Than Ever

I Guessed the New iOS Release Date Before: Here's My Guess for iOS 26

How Not to Buy a SSD

Apple TV+ subscription price increasing to $12.99 per month from today

Y Combinator backs Epic in Apple appeal, calls App Store fee a ‘tax on innovation’

If You're a Millennial, We Have Bad News About Your Rapidly Impending Death

My other email client is a daemon

Jamboard escapes the Google graveyard with a new lease on life from LineageOS

Can AI Predict Powerball Numbers?

Sennheiser updates the Ambeo Max soundbar with lossless audio, customizable immersion and more

Scammers have infiltrated Google's AI responses - how to spot them

On the ground in Ukraine’s largest Starlink repair shop

Python f-string cheat sheets (2022)

Climbing game Cairn will have a 'free solo' mode with no rope

The game studio building a new BioShock just had mass layoffs

Stone Age People Brutalized Their Prisoners of War, New Evidence Suggests

Exclusive: Google Pixel Watch 4 Teardown Shows Easy Repairability

Scientists Just Caught Human Embryo Implantation on Camera

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