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Need to Recycle an Old Laptop or Printer? Here's Where to Take It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-06 04:00:07

If you've got an old laptop or printer gathering dust in a closet, you're not alone. A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of US adults are still hanging onto outdated electronics because they don't know what to do with them. And while tossing tech in the trash might seem like the easiest option, it's illegal in many states and could land you a fine. The good news? Recycling your old devices is easier than ever. Major retailers like Best Buy, Staples and Office Depot accept laptops, de

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Tor: How a military project became a lifeline for privacy

news.ycombinator.com The Mit Press Reader 2025-12-06 06:45:27

The Secret History of Tor: How a Military Project Became a Lifeline for Privacy A story of secrecy, resistance, and the fight for digital freedom. By: Ben Collier A↑ A↓ Off Bright Dark Blues Gray BeeLine Reader uses subtle color gradients to help you read more efficiently. I’m sitting in a cold, scuffed, and dirty plastic chair on a crowded train, watching freezing fog stream past the window — one of the many unpleasant but strangely enjoyable everyday experiences of life in the United

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It's Staggeringly Easy for Hackers to Trick ChatGPT Into Leaking Your Most Personal Data

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-05 06:30:27

OpenAI's ChatGPT can easily be coaxed into leaking your personal data — with just a single "poisoned" document. As Wired reports, security researchers revealed at this year's Black Hat hacker conference that highly sensitive information can be stolen from a Google Drive account with an indirect prompt injection attack. In other words, hackers feed a document with hidden, malicious prompts to an AI that controls your data instead of manipulating it directly with a prompt injection, one of the mo

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AirDrop IRL: iPhone 16 Pro falls from plane and keeps filming [Video]

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-06 12:51:33

We all know the feeling we get after dropping our iPhone and immediately inspecting the glass for damage. Now imagine dropping your iPhone out of an airplane. That happened over the summer for conservationist Ashley Prange. Prange was filming video from inside a small aircraft over Germany when her iPhone 16 Pro was suddenly pulled out of her hands and out of the plane. It plummeted more than 2,600 feet while the aircraft was traveling at 110 knots. She assumed that was the end of it. Still, s

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Overengineering my homelab so I don't pay cloud providers

news.ycombinator.com Thibault Martin 2025-12-02 09:14:15

After years of self-hosting on a VPS in a datacenter, I’ve decided to move my services at home. But instead of just porting services, I’m using this as an opportunity to migrate to a more flexible and robust set up. I will deploy services on a single mini pc. Since I need to be able to experiment and learn without disrupting my services, I will need to be able to spin up Virtual Machines (VMs). Let’s explore how I deployed Proxmox Virtual Environment on a safe host for my specific needs as a ho

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Getting good results from Claude code

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-06 16:45:57

I've been experimenting with LLM programming agents over the past few months. Claude Code has become my favorite. It is not without issues, but it's allowed me to write ~12 programs/projects in relatively little time, and I feel I would not have been able to do all this in the same amount of time without it. Most of them, I wouldn't even have bothered to write without Claude Code, simply because they'd take too much of my time. (A list is included at the end of this post.) I'm still far from a

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Tor: How a Military Project Became a Lifeline for Privacy

news.ycombinator.com The Mit Press Reader 2025-12-06 18:45:27

The Secret History of Tor: How a Military Project Became a Lifeline for Privacy A story of secrecy, resistance, and the fight for digital freedom. By: Ben Collier A↑ A↓ Off Bright Dark Blues Gray BeeLine Reader uses subtle color gradients to help you read more efficiently. I’m sitting in a cold, scuffed, and dirty plastic chair on a crowded train, watching freezing fog stream past the window — one of the many unpleasant but strangely enjoyable everyday experiences of life in the United

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Mini Ikea stores will be opening inside select Best Buy locations this year

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-12-06 20:54:41

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. Ikea has announced that it’s opening mini retail experiences in a handful of Best Buy stores in the southern US later this year. It’s the first time Ikea’s products and services will be available through another US retailer, saving shoppers from having to visit and navigate the chain’s warehouse-sized stores which aren’t as plentiful in the US as

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OpenAI priced GPT-5 so low, it may spark a price war

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-12-06 20:10:04

OpenAI astounded the tech industry for the second time this week by launching its newest flagship model, GPT-5, just days after releasing two new freely available models under an open source license. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman went so far as to call GPT-5 “the best model in the world.” That may be pride or hyperbole, as TechCrunch’s Maxwell Zeff reports that GPT-5 only slightly outperforms other leading AI models from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and xAI on some key benchmarks, and slightly lags on o

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Deals: iPad mini 7 $120 off from $379, black Magic Mouse, M4 iPad Pro, Mac mini, and more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-12-07 00:44:49

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is finishing the week off with the return of all-time low pricing across the latest iPad mini 7 lineup at $120 off with deals starting from $379 shipped. Those offers join the new all-time lows on the M3 iPad Air lineup at $150 off – the best price ever offered on Apple’s most affordable current-gen M series iPad – as well as $200 off the least pricey M4 iPad Pro, and a rare deal on the black USB-C Apple Magic Mouse. But with the massive Apple deal week event now liv

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The 8BitDo Pro 3 Is So Dang Customizable, You’ll Never Need Another Controller

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-12-07 00:00:59

2025 Of all the lower-cost, pick-up-and-play controllers I tested for the Nintendo Switch 2, 8BitDo’s $60 Ultimate 2 easily felt the best in hand. At a steep discount from Nintendo’s now-$90 Switch 2 Pro Controller, it’s an easy recommendation. What else do you need? When we take a step up and look at the $70 Pro 3 wireless controller, we should consider just what we gain and what we’re still missing. No, unfortunately you can’t wake the Switch 2 from sleep with the Pro 3. What you get instead

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8BitDo’s Pro 3 is a super customizable controller that’s too limited on Switch 2

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2025-12-07 00:00:00

As far as I’m concerned, 8BitDo’s Pro 3 is the ultimate controller. You may already know that it makes a model literally called the Ultimate controller, but it plays second fiddle to the new Pro 3 in some key ways. It’s highly customizable, allowing you to change the face buttons, joystick caps, and more. Let me explain: like most other 8BitDo controllers, it’s made to work on multiple platforms, but the Pro 3’s swappable ABXY face buttons allow it to actually transform as needed, say, if you’r

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What Does Consulting Do?

news.ycombinator.com Gert Bijnens 2025-12-07 04:52:49

This paper provides the first systematic and comprehensive empirical study of management and strategy consulting. We unveil the workings of this opaque industry by drawing on universal administrative business-to-business transaction data based on value-added tax links from Belgium (2002-2023). These data permit us to document the nature of consulting engagements, take-up patterns, and the effects on client firms. We document that consulting take-up is concentrated among large, high-labor-product

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Getting Good Results from Claude Code

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 04:45:57

I've been experimenting with LLM programming agents over the past few months. Claude Code has become my favorite. It is not without issues, but it's allowed me to write ~12 programs/projects in relatively little time, and I feel I would not have been able to do all this in the same amount of time without it. Most of them, I wouldn't even have bothered to write without Claude Code, simply because they'd take too much of my time. (A list is included at the end of this post.) I'm still far from a

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Ice Cube’s ‘War of the Worlds’ Is a Shoo-in for 2025’s Definitive Hate-Watch Movie

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-12-07 05:15:15

The domino effect of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds entering the public domain has crash-landed onto Prime Video, with the streamer releasing a new version of the alien invasion tale starring Ice Cube. A week out from its release has given us a hysteria not dissimilar to Orson Welles’ infamous 1938 radio broadcast—it’s just now folks are flocking to Prime to check out what’s become this year’s quintessential hate-watch film. Released on July 30, War of the Worlds features Ice Cube in the role of

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Pixel 10 Pro lineup smiles for the camera in new video leak, alongside Pixel Watch 4

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-07 10:02:10

TL;DR Google’s upcoming Pixel 10 series has leaked again, this time in short videos. The leak includes separate videos for the Pixel 10 Pro, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, and the Pixel Watch 4. All leaked devices appear in the new Moonstone colorway. Google has never been the one to prevent secrets about its devices from coming out to the public. And so, the tradition continues this year as a barrage of leaks is being unleashed just weeks ahead of the official “Made by Google” reveal on August 20. A

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The end is near for flagships with a meagre 128GB storage

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-07 10:06:19

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR The upcoming iPhone 17 Pro may start at 256GB of internal storage, eliminating the older 128GB option. A $50 price increase is expected alongside the bumped-up base storage tier. Apple’s move could pressure remaining Android flagships, such as the Galaxy S and Pixel lineups, to ditch low-storage models and finally start at 256GB. Android flagships have long moved to higher storage options, with many offering as much as 1TB of storage. While external stora

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Pick up the Fitbit Charge 6 fitness tracker while it's $50 off

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-07 10:00:41

The Fitbit Charge 6 fitness tracker is $50 off right now via Wellbots , bringing the price down to just $110. All you have to do is enter the code ENGADFIT50 at checkout. This little device actually topped our list of the best fitness trackers , so now is a good time to pick one up. The battery life is fantastic, lasting around seven days on a charge, and it features built-in GPS. The heart rate monitor is extremely accurate, especially when compared to rival units. It also tracks ECG, SpO2, s

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Massive Apple deal week event now live: M3 iPad Air all-time low, AirPods, M4 MacBooks $300 off, more [Updated]

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-12-06 10:33:14

As we approach week’s end, we are starting to track a massive selection of Apple deals across its current-generation lineup. From the iPad Air, mini 7, and Pro, right through the the M4 MacBook Air, a series of accessories, and much more, we are looking at some of the best prices of the year and even some new all-time lows that undercut what we saw on Prime Day. Scope it all out down below. Some of today’s deals were already live at Amazon previously, but along with the new shopping event now l

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Grab the 55-inch Samsung Odyssey Ark on sale and get a free smart monitor - here's how

zdnet.com Taylor Clemons 2025-12-06 23:00:17

Whether a console or PC gamer, your display can make or break your gaming experience. The Samsung Odyssey Ark is a 55-inch, curved gaming monitor designed to be the ultimate display for gamers and content creators alike. And right now, you can save $1,200 when you buy directly from Samsung- a sizable 40% off. Plus, for a limited time, you can add a 32-inch M50D smart monitor for free and 2 years of Samsung Care+ for just $1. Also: The best cheap gaming PCs you can buy The 55-inch screen uses a

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Apple's Favoritism to Fastmail

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 15:25:12

Congrats to @Fastmail , the only provider @Apple allows to send push notifications to the iOS Mail app. No announcement. No documentation. No access for anyone else. Just quiet favoritism. We genuinely like @Fastmail . We’re happy for them. But @Apple has chosen a winner in private, giving one provider a major advantage and refusing the same to everyone else. We’ve tried to talk. @Apple just stops responding once they realize what we’re asking. Our customers want answers, and unlike Apple, we do

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A major historical bitcoin cycle that dictates its price might be breaking

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-12-08 02:39:13

In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Caia Image | Collection Mix: Subjects | Getty Images Bitcoin 's historical "cycle" is showing signs that it might be breaking as a changing profile of investors and supportive regulation reshapes market dynamics. If this often predictable pattern is broken, it would have significant implications for the way investors assess the cryptocurrency's price action and the potential timing of when to invest in bitcoin. "It's not o

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Microsoft 365 apps to soon block file access via FPRPC by default

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-08 00:52:47

Microsoft has announced that the Microsoft 365 apps for Windows will start blocking access to files via the insecure FPRPC legacy authentication protocol by default starting late August. These changes apply only to Microsoft 365 apps for Windows and will not affect Microsoft Teams users across Windows, Mac, web, iOS, or Android. "Microsoft 365 apps will block insecure file open protocols like FPRPC by default starting version 2508, with new Trust Center settings to manage these protocols," the

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

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-07 23:30:17

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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How we enforce .NET coding standards to improve productivity

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-03 18:03:50

In today’s competitive software development landscape, organizations are actively looking to optimize their Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to deliver faster, with better quality, and reduce friction. The rise of Generative AI amplifies this trend even more. Teams that know how to leverage these tools and practices achieve unprecedented velocity. At Workleap, we decided to take a step back to analyze where we could improve our SDLC as well, in order to reduce friction and help our develo

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Ultrathin business card runs a fluid simulation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-08 02:41:04

This repo contains all files related to the flip-card project, which is a business card that runs a fluid-implicit-particle(FLIP) simulation. The PCB design files are in the "kicad-pcb" folder. The flip-card project is inspired by mitxela's fluid simulation pendant project https://mitxela.com/projects/fluid-pendant The fluid simulation logic is contained in a standalone crate, which is in the "fluid_sim_crate" folder. This is based off the work by Matthias Müller (https://github.com/matthias-r

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A love letter to my future employer (2020)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-08 02:01:30

I didn’t expect the be confronted with it so soon, but week four of the Makers pre-course has guided me down the path of starting the first draft of my CV. I wasn’t ready for this. All the underlying thoughts I have had about myself and my abilities have been strapped to a Saturn V rocket and blasted into the forefront of my mind. I know this is Becky talking, but there is a huge part of Charlotte that agrees with her. Who the hell would ever want to hire me? For the majority of people who do

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Exit Tax: Leave Germany before your business gets big

news.ycombinator.com Oliver Eidel 2025-12-07 17:06:50

Here’s an interesting take on Germany’s exit tax, which I have written about before: Leave Germany before your business gets big. What do I mean by that? I mean that once you’re a business owner in Germany and your business has reached a certain size, you are essentially barred from ever moving out of the country again. Crazy, right? I think it’s also pretty crazy that no one really talks about this. This is, quite literally, erecting a “Berlin Wall” around German entrepreneurs, forcing them

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Over engineering my homelab so I don't pay cloud providers

news.ycombinator.com Thibault Martin 2025-12-04 09:14:15

After years of self-hosting on a VPS in a datacenter, I’ve decided to move my services at home. But instead of just porting services, I’m using this as an opportunity to migrate to a more flexible and robust set up. I will deploy services on a single mini pc. Since I need to be able to experiment and learn without disrupting my services, I will need to be able to spin up Virtual Machines (VMs). Let’s explore how I deployed Proxmox Virtual Environment on a safe host for my specific needs as a ho

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Trump opens door for crypto in retirement accounts

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-08 04:41:52

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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Latest Tech News

Need to Recycle an Old Laptop or Printer? Here's Where to Take It

Tor: How a military project became a lifeline for privacy

It's Staggeringly Easy for Hackers to Trick ChatGPT Into Leaking Your Most Personal Data

AirDrop IRL: iPhone 16 Pro falls from plane and keeps filming [Video]

Overengineering my homelab so I don't pay cloud providers

Getting good results from Claude code

Tor: How a Military Project Became a Lifeline for Privacy

Mini Ikea stores will be opening inside select Best Buy locations this year

OpenAI priced GPT-5 so low, it may spark a price war

Deals: iPad mini 7 $120 off from $379, black Magic Mouse, M4 iPad Pro, Mac mini, and more

The 8BitDo Pro 3 Is So Dang Customizable, You’ll Never Need Another Controller

8BitDo’s Pro 3 is a super customizable controller that’s too limited on Switch 2

What Does Consulting Do?

Getting Good Results from Claude Code

Ice Cube’s ‘War of the Worlds’ Is a Shoo-in for 2025’s Definitive Hate-Watch Movie

Pixel 10 Pro lineup smiles for the camera in new video leak, alongside Pixel Watch 4

The end is near for flagships with a meagre 128GB storage

Pick up the Fitbit Charge 6 fitness tracker while it's $50 off

Massive Apple deal week event now live: M3 iPad Air all-time low, AirPods, M4 MacBooks $300 off, more [Updated]

Grab the 55-inch Samsung Odyssey Ark on sale and get a free smart monitor - here's how

Apple's Favoritism to Fastmail

A major historical bitcoin cycle that dictates its price might be breaking

Microsoft 365 apps to soon block file access via FPRPC by default

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

How we enforce .NET coding standards to improve productivity

Ultrathin business card runs a fluid simulation

A love letter to my future employer (2020)

Exit Tax: Leave Germany before your business gets big

Over engineering my homelab so I don't pay cloud providers

Trump opens door for crypto in retirement accounts

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