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SonicWall warns of trojanized NetExtender stealing VPN logins

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-03 06:36:19

SonicWall is warning customers that threat actors are distributing a trojanized version of its NetExtender SSL VPN client used to steal VPN credentials. The fake software, which was discovered by SonicWall's and Microsoft Threat Intelligence (MSTIC) researchers, mimics the legitimate NetExtender v10.3.2.27, the latest available version. The malicious installer file is hosted on a spoofed website that is made to appear authentic, tricking visitors into thinking they are downloading software fro

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What Is 'Toxic Positivity'? We Asked an Expert

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

At some point in your life, you’ve probably read or heard about the importance of being positive and always focusing on the bright side. But being positive all the time might not be the best approach in every situation. We are all humans, and because of that, we all have a variety of emotions that we experience on a daily basis. Those emotions can be happy, sad, angry, shame, pride, envy and more. It's nothing to be embarrassed about because it's just a part of being human. And we all have our g

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In just 4 months, AI medical scribe Abridge doubles valuation to $5.3B

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2026-03-03 06:16:46

In Brief Abridge, an AI startup automating medical notes, has secured a $300 million Series E at a $5.3 billion valuation, according to the Wall Street Journal. The round, led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Khosla Ventures, follows the company’s $250 million February fundraise at a $2.75 billion valuation. The seven-year-old Abridge is widely considered to be the leader in the increasingly crowded AI-powered medical scribe market, largely due to its early entry and integration

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AT&T customer? You might get a cut of $177 million data breach settlement

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-03-03 21:53:57

wdstock/Gertty Images If you're a current or former AT&T customer, a new class action settlement means you might be in line for a little cash. Earlier this year, the company confirmed two major data breaches -- one from 2019 or earlier and one from 2024. The stolen data, which ultimately ended up for sale on the dark web, included social security numbers, names, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and more. Also: 184 million passwords leaked across Facebook, Goo

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I finally found a Windows mini PC with enough power to attract my attention - and it's $230 off

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-03-04 02:53:47

ZDNET's key takeaways The Minisforum AI370 EliteMini with the Ryzen AI 9 and 64GB of RAM normally retails for $1,249, but is currently on sale for less. It's a powerful mini PC with plenty of ports, support for an 8K display, and runs cool and quiet. You'll still need to supply your own peripherals, and it's best to purchase them while on sale. $999.89 at Amazon Amazon is offering coupons for multiple Minisforum AI370 EliteMini configurations. The base model can be purchased at a $230 discoun

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Ozempic Might Be a Dementia Buster, Too

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2026-03-03 23:55:27

Semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, might also double as a brain booster. Research out today describes a link between semaglutide use and a reduced risk of dementia in people with type 2 diabetes. Scientists at Case Western Reserve University conducted the study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. They found that diabetes patients taking semaglutide have a significantly lower risk of dementia than those taking other diabetes medicati

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CDC’s once-revered vaccine panel now a “farce”—calls grow to scrap meeting

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-04 02:19:52

After anti-vaccine advocate and US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 experts who sat on a revered federal vaccine panel and restocked it with eight dubious members, a growing chorus of lawmakers, health experts, and public advocates are calling for a pivotal meeting scheduled for Wednesday to be scrapped and for the panel to be "dissolved" and remade with qualified members. On June 9, Kennedy unilaterally cleaned out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Co

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Emergence AI’s CRAFT arrives to make it easy for enterprises to automate their entire data pipeline

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2026-03-04 06:00:00

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more New York City based startup Emergence AI, founded by former IBM researchers, previously made headlines for its impressive automated system that allows enterprises to type in a requested task in plain natural language and automatically create a fleet of agents to help complete it. But that’s not all the company has up its sleeve when it co

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Gemini Robotics On-Device brings AI to local robotic devices

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-04 05:05:10

We’re introducing an efficient, on-device robotics model with general-purpose dexterity and fast task adaptation. In March, we introduced Gemini Robotics, our most advanced VLA (vision language action) model, bringing Gemini 2.0’s multimodal reasoning and real-world understanding into the physical world. Today, we’re introducing Gemini Robotics On-Device, our most powerful VLA model optimized to run locally on robotic devices. Gemini Robotics On-Device shows strong general-purpose dexterity an

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Nordic Semiconductor Acquires Memfault

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-04 06:07:49

Memfault has established itself as the leading platform provider for device observability and management, and secure over-the-air (OTA) software updates to ensure the highest device reliability without field returns. It is trusted by a growing developer community and customers to monitor, maintain, and scale connected products. Nordic will integrate Memfault’s capabilities across its complete product portfolio and into its existing nRF Cloud services platform, creating a significantly more power

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SanDisk 128GB Extreme PRO MicroSD Card Drops Below Last Prime Day Price, Feels Like an Amazon Giveaway

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2026-03-04 06:10:40

If you’ve ever lost footage or had your camera freeze up in the middle of recording, you know how critical a good memory card really is. If you lose all the work you just did, there’s no way you want to do it all again. And you don’t want to lose important memories you took while on a trip or even video game saves. On the flip side, you might just need to expand the memory for a console or a device you’re using. And you can do all this with a new microSD card. We’ve got one in mind, too. And you

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Diabetic Woman No Longer Needs Insulin After Single Dose of Experimental Stem Cells

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-04 11:24:45

Image by Getty / Futurism Treatments A Canadian woman with type 1 diabetes spent nearly a decade dependent on her glucose monitor and insulin shots — but after a single dose of manufactured stem cells implanted into her liver, she's now free. In an interview with CTV, 36-year-old Amanda Smith of London, Ontario described how it felt to be part of such a groundbreaking experiment that has allowed her body to once again produce its own insulin. "I remember, like, being scared and excited," Smit

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You’ll soon be able to send photos and video to 911 as easily as to friends

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-03-04 11:27:02

When a serious emergency occurs, a picture can be worth a thousand words. It can be incredibly helpful to first responders to see ahead of time what they will be faced with when they arrive. It is technically possible to send photos and video to 911 operators, but it’s a convoluted process. That’s set to change later this year … If this all sounds familiar, that’s because there had been limited trials of the feature before Apple last year announced Emergency SOS Live Video in iOS 18. The aim w

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NVIDIA's RTX 5050 arrives early in laptops from Acer, MSI and more

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-04 11:33:10

NVIDIA's add-in board partners won't start selling the GeForce RTX 5050 until mid-July, but it looks like the company has given the early go-ahead to OEMs to start announcing laptops with the new entry-level GPU. Wccftech and Videocardz report that 5050-equipped laptops are available to order in China as of this morning from domestic manufacturers like Mechrevo. Over in the US, companies like MSI and Acer have begun announcing their own RTX 5050 laptops. The former, for instance, will sell the

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A brief history of hardware epidemics

news.ycombinator.com Alan B 2026-02-28 14:18:39

Living creatures aren’t the only things to be ravaged by epidemics. Computers, even Macs, can die prematurely when there are widespread manufacturing failures. I’d like to unearth a couple of mass graves from the past that have surely contributed to landfill around the world: capacitor plague and lead-free solder, and a recent problem with butterflies. Capacitor plague 1999-2007 Capacitors or ‘caps’ have a chequered history. Acting as temporary stores of electric charge, they’re used extensive

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Google DeepMind’s optimized AI model runs directly on robots

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-03-04 11:00:00

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Google DeepMind is rolling out an on-device version of its Gemini Robotics AI model that allows it to operate without an internet connection. The vision-language-action model (VLA) comes with dexterous capabilities similar to the one released in March, but Google says “it’s small and efficient enough to run directly on a robot.” The flagship Gemini

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How Walmart built an AI platform that makes it beholden to no one (and that 1.5M associates actually want to use)

venturebeat.com Louis Columbus 2026-03-04 16:00:00

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Walmart isn’t buying enterprise AI solutions, they’re creating them in their AI foundry. The retailer’s Element platform has evolved into an internal foundry, capable of creating AI applications at a pace that renders traditional software development obsolete. With 1.5 million associates now using AI tools built on Element, Walmart has sol

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Mosyle announces AccessMule to solve a major blind spot in SMB security

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2026-03-04 16:00:00

One of the most common blind spots in small business security is access management for various company resources. Today’s IT teams are moving fast (and often understaffed), solving customer problems, and juggling shifting responsibilities as the business grows and evolves. Many SMBs also don’t have a dedicated IT team. They might be fixing things by committee or just trusting that vendors have these problems solved. Behind the scenes, there’s usually little visibility into who still has access t

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The xMEMS 'fan on a chip' is ready for smart glasses

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-04 16:00:32

As AI reignites Big Tech's push for smart glasses, here's a tech that could play a central role. xMEMS, which debuted a solid-state "fan on a chip" last year, has a new one for wearables. This could help future smart glasses melt your face figuratively — and not literally. Founded in 2018, xMEMS specializes in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. The California-based company started with solid-state speakers. Last year, it introduced its µCooling "fan on a chip" for phones and oth

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Basic Facts about GPUs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-04 15:15:12

Basic facts about GPUs last updated: 2025-06-18 I’ve been trying to get a better sense of how GPUs work. I’ve read a lot online, but the following posts were particularly helpful: This post collects various facts I learned from these resources. Acknowledgements: Thanks to Alex McKinney for comments on independent thread scheduling. Table of Contents Compute and memory hierarchy A GPU’s design creates an imbalance since it can compute much faster than it can access its main memory. An NVID

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Amazon bringing same-day delivery to ‘millions’ of rural customers

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2026-03-04 16:31:55

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Amazon announced its intention to bring same-day and next-day delivery to “tens of millions” of people who live in live in smaller towns by the end of 2026. Speedier deliveries will be available to residents “in more than 4,000 smaller cities, towns, and rural communities,” the company said in a press release Tuesday. Item

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AT&T is making it easier to send pictures to 911 dispatchers

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-03-04 21:15:50

AT&T is updating its next-gen 911 network to give users more efficient ways to share important information with emergency services. Starting in October, AT&T’s ESInet emergency communications platform will make it easier for AT&T customers to share pictures and video messages with supported dispatch centers, helping to quickly explain the situation and better prepare first responders who will arrive on the scene. The ESInet platform helps 911 dispatch centers process callouts faster and more re

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US bans WhatsApp from House of Representatives staff devices

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2026-03-05 08:30:07

The U.S. government has banned WhatsApp from devices used by U.S. House of Representatives staff, saying the app poses potential security risks, Reuters reported, citing a memo sent to House staff. “The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, and potential security risks involved with its use,” Reuters reported the memo as saying. The memo instead recommends staff use apps

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Developing a Retro-Roguelike Game for Multiple Platforms in C

news.ycombinator.com Chris Garrett 2026-03-02 00:33:01

Creating a game that runs smoothly across different vintage and modern computers is a complex and ambitious challenge. Can I achieve it? Let me tell you the story so far; the process, obstacles, and solutions involved in making a roguelike dungeon crawler playable on systems like the Commodore 64, Commodore PET, and even more constrained machines. Watch on YouTube Why Build Games for Multiple Platforms? Many enthusiasts collect old computers just for their nostalgic value. However, having th

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Making TRAMP faster

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-04 12:46:03

I recently changed jobs and found myself in a position where I would need to do a lot of work on remote machines. Since I am Emacs user, the most common way to do this is using TRAMP (Transparent Remote access, Multiple Protcol). TRAMP is an Emacs package that let’s you treat a remote host like a local system, similar to VSCode Remote Development Extension. I had used TRAMP before and it tended to be slow. Since I would be using it all day now I figured I should take some time to make it faster.

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QuEra Quantum System Leverages Neutral Atoms to Compute

news.ycombinator.com Timothy Prickett Morgan 2026-02-28 21:58:04

Sitting in an office at QuEra Computing’s Boston headquarters, Yuval Boger was talking about the recent advancements made in quantum computing that are driving the chorus around an accelerated the timeframe the launch of a usable and reliable system. “Sometimes it’s hard to see all the amazing progress that’s been happening,” Boger, QuEra’s chief commercial officer, told The Next Platform in a recent interview. “But if you go back a few years – five or ten years ago – the question was, ‘Could p

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Touring the Zig-EM code-scape (2024)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-01 03:41:47

Touring the Zig•EM code-scape The next few blog posts will explore the Zig•EM programming framework in ever-greater detail – starting with instructions for installing the latest software version, and then moving on to a 10,000' overview that touches upon some core concepts and constructs of Zig•EM. Updating your installation The process for (initially) installing and (subsequently) updating your local version of Zig•EM boils down to three basic steps: install Zig clone zigem-dev execute zi

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Solving LinkedIn Queens Using Haskell

news.ycombinator.com Agnishom Chattopadhyay 2026-03-05 09:29:08

June 24, 2025 · Agnishom Chattopadhyay [Thanks to James Haydon for his suggestions on improving the post and the code quality] On LinkedIn, you can play a variant of the N-Queens problem. A community version of the game (rather, puzzle) can be found here. Recently, we saw it solved using SAT solvers, using SMT Solvers, using APL and MiniZinc. Today, I will try solving it using Haskell, a slightly more conventional language. The Puzzle You are given a N-colored square-shaped board of size N.

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Tempur-Pedic Promo Codes: Up to $500 Off

wired.com Julia Forbes 2026-03-05 06:00:00

Life is hard, but you know what isn’t? Tempur-Pedic mattresses. This brand’s been around for a long while, which isn’t shocking given the high-quality materials that perform for those that need advanced pressure relief and support. If you’re someone who deals with regular aches and pains, this is a good place to start looking for a new mattress. For those that also want to avoid putting a strain on their budget, now’s a good time to look, as Tempur-Pedic is launching its summertime 4th of July s

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Breakthrough cancer test predicts whether chemotherapy will work

news.ycombinator.com Sarah Knapton 2026-03-05 09:11:03

A breakthrough test can successfully predict whether chemotherapy will work so patients can avoid needless side effects. The test, developed by the University of Cambridge, looks at the structure of tumour DNA and forecasts whether it will resist treatment. It was piloted using data from 840 patients with different types of cancer and found that it could help spot whether treatment was likely to fail for ovarian, prostate and breast cancers. James Brenton, a professor of ovarian cancer medici

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