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Nepal blocks Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X over rule breach, amid censorship concerns

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-10-17 12:06:54

Nepal has ordered internet service providers to block access to major social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X, after the companies failed to comply with local registration rules — drawing criticism from media rights groups and raising concerns over censorship and free expression. On Thursday, Nepal’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology directed the Nepal Telecommunications Authority to instruct internet service providers to restrict access to 26 so

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Electromechanical reshaping offers safer eye surgery

news.ycombinator.com Meghie Rodrigues 2025-10-17 08:56:37

A new, promising technique has the potential to replace laser surgeries in ophthalmologists’ offices in the future, for a fraction of the cost. Called electromechanical reshaping (EMR), the technique offers a gentler approach to correcting the cornea than Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK), today’s gold standard for treating vision issues including nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. The eye develops these and other conditions when the cornea’s curvature is off—too stee

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‘Strange New Worlds’ Has Terminal Prequel Brain

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-10-17 20:30:20

Strange New Worlds has been having a rough go of it this season. From tonal misfires to episodes that have swung for gimmicks over engaging with the material questions they raise, the show has traded depth for breadth in terms of the sheer variety of spaces it explores. But one thing has become clear over the course of the season that becomes crystal in its penultimate episode: the only time the show is willing to knuckle down and really focus is when it wants to ride on the coattails of the Tre

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Company Replaces Customer Support With AI, Then Panics and Forces Engineers to Work the Phones as the AI Fails

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-17 23:05:26

Of all the startups that have come and gone, the personal finance company Klarna might be one of the best bellwethers for the finance industry overall. Specializing in "buy now pay later" microloans — tiny cash advances for purchases that don't need to go through a bank — Klarna hit app stores at a time when US consumer debt was climbing toward a record high. Now a giant of the personal finance landscape, the billion-dollar company recently reported a jaw dropping 17 percent default rate on its

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Should the Company Trucks Go Electric? Depends on When You Charge

wired.com Aarian Marshall 2025-10-18 04:30:00

Should the company switch its trucks, cars, and vans to electric? It’s a question that plenty of businesses operating fleets of vehicles—in industries like delivery, health care, cable companies, and utilities—are thinking through. Eighty-seven percent of fleet operators polled by Cox Automotive last year said they were expecting to bring aboard some battery-powered vehicles in the next five years. Their top concerns weren’t that different from everyday drivers’: Businesses aren’t sure how to k

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JetBlue will use Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites for free in-flight internet

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-10-18 04:05:46

In Brief Many major airlines are beefing up their in-flight internet offerings by tapping SpaceX’s Starlink satellites, but JetBlue is going in a different direction. Amazon and JetBlue announced Thursday a partnership under which the airline will instead use Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites to provide free in-flight connectivity starting in 2027. The Kuiper terminals on JetBlue’s planes will be capable of download speeds of up to 1Gbps from Amazon’s low-Earth orbit satellites. That’s more b

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My favorite Linux distro just got even better with Linux Mint 22.2 'Zara' - what's new

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-10-18 08:10:00

My highly customized Linux Mint 22.2 Zara desktop runs like a charm. sjvn Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Linux Mint Zara is an excellent desktop for both Linux and Windows users looking for a change. Linux Mint 22.2 comes with numerous modest improvements. You can run the new Mint without worrying about needing to make major updates. Clement "Clem" Lefebvre and the rest of the Linux Mint team have done it again. With the release of Linux Mint 22

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Canada Raids Compound of QAnon-Inspired Cult Leader, ‘Queen of Canada’

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-10-18 12:00:05

The cultural curse of QAnon may have largely dissipated in the U.S., but an alleged offshoot of the cult has been festering in a remote region of Canada. This week, police say they busted the group in a raid on a compound in a small village in southwest Saskatchewan. Authorities in Canada say they arrested 17 people in the village of Richmound on Wednesday. The arrests took place at a building where the group—which calls itself “The Kingdom of Canada”—had been living for approximately two years

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Amazon launches cellular dongle to provide backup connectivity for eero routers

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-18 16:30:28

Amazon has introduced a new eero product at IFA 2025, which can provide you with connectivity in case your home internet goes out. The new product called eero Signal connects to any USB-C-powered eero device on a network that supports Wi-Fi 6 and up. It's meant to be a cellular backup, available two versions: A 4G LTE one that will cost you $100 and a 5G one that will set you back $200. Signal can detect outages and automatically connect you to a cellular network with its multi-carrier eSIM that

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Electromechanical Reshaping Offers Safer Eye Surgery

news.ycombinator.com Meghie Rodrigues 2025-10-18 14:56:37

A new, promising technique has the potential to replace laser surgeries in ophthalmologists’ offices in the future, for a fraction of the cost. Called electromechanical reshaping (EMR), the technique offers a gentler approach to correcting the cornea than Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK), today’s gold standard for treating vision issues including nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. The eye develops these and other conditions when the cornea’s curvature is off—too stee

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Linux Mint 22.2 delivers fresh features and polish for everyday Linux users - and longtime fans

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-10-18 23:03:35

My highly customized Linux Mint 22.2 Zara desktop runs like a charm. sjvn Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Linux Mint Zara is an excellent desktop for both Linux and Windows users looking for a change. Linux Mint 22.2 comes with numerous modest improvements. You can run the new Mint without worrying about needing to make major updates. Clement "Clem" Lefebvre and the rest of the Linux Mint team have done it again. With the release of Linux Mint 22

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My 5 simple tricks to extend iPhone battery life when traveling (including older models)

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-10-19 02:45:18

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. My wife and I like to travel, both in the US and abroad. Naturally, we always take our iPhones with us to snap photos and videos, search for directions, and stay in touch with other people. But when you use your phone all day with no available AC outlets, keeping your battery charge alive can be difficult. As I've trekked to various spots, I've tried different tricks and techniques to prevent the battery from c

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Thursday, Sept. 4

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-19 02:13:03

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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Salesforce issues weak revenue guidance even as earnings beat estimates

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-19 16:32:43

Marc Benioff, co-founder and CEO of Salesforce, sits for an interview in San Francisco on April 25, 2025. Salesforce issued disappointing guidance on Wednesday, even as earnings and revenue topped estimates for the fiscal second quarter. The stock dropped 4% in extended trading. Here's how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $2.91 adjusted vs. $2.78 expected $2.91 adjusted vs. $2.78 expected Revenue: $10.24 billion vs. $10.14 billion expected Revenue incre

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 4, #1538

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-19 16:00:03

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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CoreWeave acquires agent-training startup OpenPipe

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-10-19 20:38:36

CoreWeave, which provides cloud servers to large companies training AI models, has struck an agreement to acquire OpenPipe, a 2-year-old Y Combinator-backed startup that helps enterprises develop customized AI agents with reinforcement learning, the companies announced on Wednesday. “Reinforcement learning is emerging as a pivotal force to strengthen model performance on agentic and reasoning tasks,” said Brian Venturo, Co-founder of CoreWeave, in a statement to TechCrunch. “By combining OpenPi

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Amazon Finally Confirms Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in ‘Tomb Raider’ Series

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-10-20 00:15:47

In a not-so-surprising announcement, Amazon MGM Studios has named the star of its long-gestating Tomb Raider series: Sophie Turner. The lack of shock is because Turner was known to be “nearly set” to sign on as Lara Croft, according to reports from November of last year. Those same reports noted that Turner had been chosen over the other contender, Bohemian Rhapsody‘s Lucy Boynton, but that the deal wasn’t yet official. Now, Variety confirms that not only is Turner set for the part, but also th

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New Eero Signal promises to keep you connected during internet outages

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-10-20 04:24:04

Eero has announced a new Eero Signal product that it says will let you “say goodbye to internet outages.” “Eero Signal delivers cellular backup whenever your wired internet connection goes down,” the company explains. It’s available in both 4G LTE and 5G RedCap versions. In a press release announcing the news, Eero explained that Eero Signal can be connected to any USB-C Eero on your network to provide backup connectivity during an internet outage. The device has a built-in eSIM and “automatic

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‘Tron: Ares’ Star Says Her Character Reveals a Hard Truth About AI and Humans

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-20 12:00:22

Even in the opening moments of the Tron: Ares trailer, the story wastes no time in putting humanity’s future with artificial intelligence into jeopardy. And while lots of fans are wondering what kind of performance we’re going to get out of Jared Leto in the titular role of Ares in the Nine Inch Nails-scored sci-fi sequel, fellow cast member Jodie Turner-Smith has a lot to say about how her character is aimed to provoke audiences to think hard about the realities of an AI-filled future. In a ne

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Sen. Rand Paul blasts Trump's stake in Intel as 'a step towards socialism'

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-10-20 16:00:10

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday criticized the Trump administration's decision to take a 10% stake in embattled chipmaker Intel , calling the investment "a step towards socialism." Intel announced last month that the U.S. government made an $8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock, purchasing 433.3 million shares at a price of $20.47 per share, giving it a 10% stake in the company. Intel noted that the price the government paid was a discount to the current market price. Rand said gov

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Apple's Assault on Standards

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 14:55:37

Apple's Assault on Standards Will we notice? And what can be done? TL;DR: Market competition underlies the enterprise of standards. It creates the only functional test of designs and functions as a pressure release valve that enables standards-based ecosystems route around single-vendor damage. Without competition, standards bodies have no purpose, and neither they, nor the ecosystems they support, can retain relevance. Apple has poisoned the well through a monopoly on influence which it has pa

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ANBERNIC just put its best screen on a more budget-friendly device

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-21 00:40:52

TL;DR The ANBERNIC RG 476H is a new glass-front handheld. The name implies it will have a 4.7-inch screen and Unisoc T820 SoC. Pricing and availability will be announced at a later date. The string of new Android gaming handheld announcements continues, this time with ANBERNIC getting in on the action. Its latest handheld is called the RG 476H, and it might be the best possible combination of the company’s past few handhelds. With an all-glass front, the RG 476H is one of the most modern-loo

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What Happens During Startup?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-17 10:35:00

With careful observation and a little knowledge of the startup sequence of an Apple silicon Mac, you can learn a lot about what can and can’t happen during that sequence. This article explains how, with examples from the log of a Mac mini M4 Pro. In broad terms, startup of an Apple silicon Mac consists of the following sequence of events: Boot ROM, which ends in DFU mode if there’s a problem, otherwise it hands on to the Low-Level Bootloader (LLB) and iBoot (Stage 2), the firmware, that shoul

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, Sept. 3

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-21 10:29:36

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 3, #1537

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-22 00:00:04

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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That Supposed 'Gmail Hack': Google Says It's False, but Watch Out for Phishing Anyway

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-22 03:32:00

Gmail is a hugely popular email service, with over 2.5 billion users. So when rumors start to swirl about Gmail problems, people pay attention. On Monday, Google made an unusual statement, formally denying that it had issued a broad warning about a major Gmail security issue. "Gmail's protections are strong and effective, and claims of a major Gmail security warning are false," the post read. "While it's always the case that phishers are looking for ways to infiltrate inboxes, our protections c

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Microsoft rewarded for security failures with another US Government contract

news.ycombinator.com Brandon Vigliarolo 2025-10-22 07:30:35

Microsoft, the latest tech firm to agree to big software discounts for the US government, is digging even deeper into its bargain bin than the competition by offering a year of free Copilot access to government agencies willing to put up with its other problem products. The General Services Administration (GSA) announced its new deal with Microsoft on Tuesday, describing it as a "strategic partnership" that could save the federal government as much as $3.1 billion over the next year. The GSA di

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ICE obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that hack phones and encrypted apps

news.ycombinator.com Stephanie Kirchgaessner 2025-10-22 08:12:13

US immigration agents will have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by the Trump administration to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company founded in Israel which makes spyware that can be used to hack into any mobile phone – including encrypted applications. The Department of Homeland Security first entered into a contract with Paragon, now owned by a US firm, in late 2024, under the Biden administration. But the $2m contract was

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Google did not warn 2.5B Gmail users to reset passwords

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-22 12:29:57

Google has disputed a widely reported story about the company warning all Gmail users to reset their passwords due to a recent data breach that also affected some Workspace accounts. This claim was covered by numerous news outlets, as well as cybersecurity firms, which published stories about the so-called "urgent warning" asking 2.5 billion Gmail users worldwide to enable two-step authentication and reset their passwords. However, as the company explained on a Monday blog post addressing thes

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Police Desperately Seek Info on Burning Man Homicide Suspect

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-10-22 12:45:23

Nothing puts your problems into perspective like death. Sure, the orgy dome being rendered unusable by wind was a bummer, but it doesn’t compare to the unsolved homicide that appears to have happened on the grounds of Burning Man over the weekend. Making matters worse, the situation remains unsolved, and police are struggling to connect with potential witnesses as they head back home from the desert getaway. Thus far, the details about the situation are pretty sparse. According to USA Today, th

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Nepal blocks Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X over rule breach, amid censorship concerns

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Police Desperately Seek Info on Burning Man Homicide Suspect

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