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Measles Cases Are Soaring in Mexico

wired.com Fernanda González 2025-12-26 22:58:24

The spread of measles is showing no signs of slowing down in Mexico. Between July 21 and 25, the country’s number of confirmed infections in 2025 rose from 3,553 to 3,730, an increase of 197 in only four days, according to the Ministry of Health. Experts and health officials in Mexico have warned that the virus’s speed of transmission appears to be increasing. So far, the outbreak has claimed the lives of 12 people: 11 in the state of Chihuahua—which borders Texas to the north, the epicenter of

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How Apple’s New Spotlight Compares to Raycast

wired.com Justin Pot 2025-12-26 23:00:00

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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Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-12-26 22:00:00

Privacy-focused productivity tool company Proton released a new authenticator app today, allowing users to log in to services using dynamically generated two-factor authentication codes. The free app is available on all platforms starting today, including iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux. The app allows users to sync codes and accounts across devices. The company said that just like its other products, Proton Authenticator is open source and uses end-to-end encryption to protect user dat

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I found a cheap Android tablet worthy of replacing my iPad (and better in some ways)

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-12-27 00:00:13

Blackview Mega 1 ZDNET's key takeaways The Blackview Mega 1 is available directly from Blackview and AliExpress, with prices starting at $330. The tablet has a big screen, a great display, fantastic sound output, and a lightweight design. However, the folio case feels flimsy, and there's nowhere to store the stylus. View now at Blackview If you think of a tablet, you probably think of an iPad. You should know that there are some fantastic Android tablets that you can buy for a fraction of the

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New DNA Map of the Pistachio Could Create Better Varieties

news.ycombinator.com Amy Quinton 2025-12-23 03:21:40

California produces 99% of the nation’s pistachios, generating nearly $3 billion in economic value in the state. But pistachios have been slightly understudied in part because of the lack of a high-quality map of their DNA. University of California, Davis, researchers have now generated the most comprehensive genome sequence of the pistachio, allowing plant breeders to create better — perhaps more nutritious — varieties. They’ve also detailed how pistachio nuts develop, which will help farmers m

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I know when you're vibe coding

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-26 21:16:40

3 minute read I shouldn’t have to care about this. I don’t want to care about how someone’s code gets into the IDE. Whether you wrote it by hand, copied it from a forum, prompted an LLM, or ran a simulation where monkeys are given infinite time to produce the solution. I care about what gets merged into the codebase. When I click that “Approve” button, I’ve got only a few worries on my mind. Does it produce the correct outcome? Will people understand this next quarter? Will they be able to ch

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Critical vulnerability in AI coding platform Base44 allowing unauthorized access

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

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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Ferroelectric helps break transistor limits

news.ycombinator.com Katherine Bourzac 2025-12-23 23:02:49

Integrating an electronic material that exhibits a strange property called negative capacitance can help high-power gallium nitride transistors break through a performance barrier, say scientists in California. Research published in Science suggests that negative capacitance helps sidestep a physical limit that typically enforces trade-offs between how well a transistor performs in the “on” state versus how well it does in the “off” state. The researchers behind the project say this shows that n

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Stop Using Q-Tips to Clean Your Ears. Seriously.

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-26 22:00:00

Keeping your ears clean and getting rid of excess wax buildup is essential for good hygiene and ear health -- but there are right and wrong ways to do it. Despite what most of us learned growing up, you should not shove cotton swabs in your ears to remove earwax. Here's why you should stop using this outdated method and try these safer ways of keeping muffled hearing at bay and your favorite earbuds cleaner. The truth about Q-tips The cotton swab, better known as the Q-tip, is the most common

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Microsoft stock pops 9% on earnings beat as Azure annual revenue tops $75 billion

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-12-27 08:46:53

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 9% 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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Apple TV+ shares trailer for all-new Peanuts musical special, premiering next month

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-27 12:06:48

Today, Apple released the first trailer for the first fully original Peanuts musical in nearly four decades. Watch it below. ‘Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical’ premieres on August 15 As part of an ongoing deal with Peanuts Worldwide and WildBrain, Apple TV+ remains the exclusive streaming home for all Peanuts content, including the upcoming ‘Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical,’ which is set to premiere on August 15. Here’s Apple on what to expect: “One morning, the Peanuts gang learns that t

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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 12:22:00

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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CEO Lays Off 150 Employees, Tells Them They'll Largely Be Replaced With AI

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-27 16:20:36

Executives are stumbling over themselves to replace pesky and expensive human labor with AI. In the latest instance, the billionaire cofounder and CEO of software giant Atlassian Mike Cannon-Brookes announced that 150 people would be laid off, with some jobs being replaced with AI tech, outlets including Sky News report. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the cuts affect customer service roles exposed to AI. Cannon-Brookes made the announcement over a video call from his home. Affected s

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Another airline joins AirTag luggage tracking program, now supported by 30 carriers (list)

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-27 17:34:20

Introduced in iOS 18.2, the Share Item Location feature lets users share a live tracking link for AirTag or other Find My-compatible accessories, including with airlines to help locate lost luggage. Today, another airline joined the list of official partners. Here’s the full updated list. Saudi Arabia gets Share Item Location support When Apple announced the Share Location Feature for AirTag, it also started working with “more than 15 airlines” to implement a system that would let users secure

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Scammers unleash flood of online gaming sites

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 15:52:51

Fraudsters are flooding Discord and other social media platforms with ads for hundreds of polished online gaming and wagering websites that lure people with free credits and eventually abscond with any cryptocurrency funds deposited by players. Here’s a closer look at the social engineering tactics and remarkable traits of this sprawling network of more than 1,200 scam sites. The scam begins with deceptive ads posted on social media that claim the wagering sites are working in partnership with

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Traccar: an open source GPS tracking system

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-23 15:30:48

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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Actions Reflect Your Priorities

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 17:27:57

Read in Browser July 29, 2025 Every week, I sit down to reflect on the events of the week, extract their lessons, and gameplan how to apply those lessons toward greatness and growth. It’s a system that has always worked for me, it can work for you too. Welcome to The 199! Sign up here if this email was forwarded to you. Your actions reflect your priorities It’s been more than a week since Scottie Scheffler won The Open at Royal Portrush. Yet he is still doing interviews about an answer he gave

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A short post on short trains

news.ycombinator.com Shaked Koplewitz 2025-12-27 10:15:07

Epistemic status: Main part is well-supported but may have some minor errors. The parts about potential future lines are inherently speculative. Small Train is Good Train A while ago, I wrote about how elevated trains are the greatest urbanism cheat code, increasing the amount of track miles you can build per dollar (or per year) by a factor of 2-4. And while I don’t have anything else on that order of magnitude, I do have one more easy 20-50% gain: Run shorter trains. The basic idea is simpl

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St. Paul, MN was hacked so badly that the National Guard has been deployed

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-27 17:47:37

Hacking attacks—many using ransomware—now hit US cities every few days. They are expensive to mitigate and extremely disruptive. Abilene, Texas, for instance, had 477 GB of data stolen this spring. The city refused to pay the requested ransom and instead decided to replace every server, desktop, laptop, desk telephone, and storage device. This has required a "temporary return to pen-and-paper systems" while the entire city network is rebuilt, but at least Abilene was insured against such an atta

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Check Your Celsius Energy Drinks, They Might Be Booze

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-12-27 22:20:40

High Noon has issued a voluntary recall after Celsius energy drinks in eight states were mislabeled and may contain vodka. The company reports that a “shared packaging supplier” mistakenly shipped empty cans for Celsius Astro Vibe Sparkling Blue Razz Edition to High Noon, which filled the cans with alcoholic drinks from its Beach Variety 12-packs. The mislabeled cans were shipped to distributors in Florida, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin between July

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Elgato's Facecam 4K is the first to support interchangeable lens filters

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-12-28 03:23:00

What just happened? Elgato, the German brand best known for its video streaming and game capture devices, is launching a new webcam in its Facecam line. While it's not exactly budget-friendly, the device introduces a novel feature with potentially exciting applications for video creators and YouTubers. The Facecam 4K is a premium webcam with Ultra HD recording capabilities and exclusive features you won't easily find elsewhere. According to Elgato, the new camera can capture 4K video at up to 6

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Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites

krebsonsecurity.com Unknown 2025-12-28 03:46:34

Fraudsters are flooding Discord and other social media platforms with ads for hundreds of polished online gaming and wagering websites that lure people with free credits and eventually abscond with any cryptocurrency funds deposited by players. Here’s a closer look at the social engineering tactics and remarkable traits of this sprawling network of more than 1,200 scam sites. The scam begins with deceptive ads posted on social media that claim the wagering sites are working in partnership with

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Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-28 03:52:51

Fraudsters are flooding Discord and other social media platforms with ads for hundreds of polished online gaming and wagering websites that lure people with free credits and eventually abscond with any cryptocurrency funds deposited by players. Here’s a closer look at the social engineering tactics and remarkable traits of this sprawling network of more than 1,200 scam sites. The scam begins with deceptive ads posted on social media that claim the wagering sites are working in partnership with

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So far, only one-third of Americans have ever used AI for work

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-28 03:47:00

On Tuesday, The Associated Press released results from a new AP-NORC poll showing that 60 percent of US adults have used AI to search for information, while only 37 percent of all Americans have used AI for work tasks. Meanwhile, younger Americans are adopting AI tools at much higher rates across multiple categories, including brainstorming, work tasks, and companionship. The poll found AI companionship remains the least popular application overall, with just 16 percent of adults overall trying

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That viral lifetime Starlink offer on Facebook is a total scam

techspot.com Shawn Knight 2025-12-28 08:36:00

Bottom line: Scammers have been using social media for years to promote their schemes, and the latest one – an unbelievable deal on a lifetime Starlink subscription – is no different. While there are legitimate Starlink discounts that can help users save a few bucks, this offer is certainly not one of them. The latest scam making the rounds on Facebook promises a lifetime subscription to SpaceX's Starlink satellite Internet service for as low as $127 – roughly as much as a single month of stand

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Critical Vulnerability in AI Vibe Coding platform Base44

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-28 06:12:32

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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Artie (YC S23) Is Hiring Founding AEs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-28 08:01:10

We are looking to hire 2 Founding AEs at Artie! Our team is fully in-person and works out of our office in SF’s Financial District 5x/week. About Artie Artie is a fully-managed change data capture (CDC) streaming platform that replicates production databases into data warehouses and lakes — in real time, with zero maintenance. We make replication easy and reliable, and help teams leap forward – enabling mission-critical use cases like fraud and risk monitoring, live inventory visibility, custo

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YouTube's Age-Estimation Tech Will Spot Kids Pretending to Be Adults. Here's How It Works

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-28 04:43:00

If kids are lying about their age, YouTube will know about it. Or at least will try its best to find out. The streaming service announced Tuesday it's rolling out age-estimation technology that will use various data to determine if someone is under the age of 18, and then use that signal "to deliver our age-appropriate product experiences and protections." Basically -- assuming it works as it should -- kids will not be able to access what YouTube deems as age-restricted content. Google, YouTub

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Everything You Wanted to Know About China’s Auto Industry Takeover

wired.com Jeremy White 2025-12-28 08:00:00

What is the future of cars? For one thing, after substantial government support and poaching of top Western talent, China’s car industry is about to dominate globally with charging rates, ranges, luxury design, technology, and sheer volumes. Moreover, it’s no longer content with serving its own enormous market as Chinese brands make serious inroads across Australia and Europe. In May, it was reported that, for the first time, Chinese automaker BYD sold more cars in Europe than Tesla in the prev

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Leak reveals Pixel 10 prices, and they’re exactly what we hoped for

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-28 12:28:37

TL;DR The prices for the entire Google Pixel 10 series have leaked. It appears there won’t be any price increases this year. However, the Pixel 10 Pro XL may have a new starting price. A question we have long had about the Pixel 10 series is whether there will be a price hike. With the ongoing tariff situation, there seemed to be a good chance that we could see higher prices. Those fears may have been put to rest, however, after the most recent Pixel 10 leak. The prices of the entire Pixel 1

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Measles Cases Are Soaring in Mexico

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I found a cheap Android tablet worthy of replacing my iPad (and better in some ways)

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Ferroelectric helps break transistor limits

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Another airline joins AirTag luggage tracking program, now supported by 30 carriers (list)

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A short post on short trains

St. Paul, MN was hacked so badly that the National Guard has been deployed

Check Your Celsius Energy Drinks, They Might Be Booze

Elgato's Facecam 4K is the first to support interchangeable lens filters

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Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites

So far, only one-third of Americans have ever used AI for work

That viral lifetime Starlink offer on Facebook is a total scam

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Leak reveals Pixel 10 prices, and they’re exactly what we hoped for

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