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Scamlexity: When agentic AI browsers get scammed

news.ycombinator.com Nati Tal 2025-11-08 18:03:56

This is the new reality we call " Scamlexity " - a new era of scam complexity , supercharged by Agentic AI. Familiar tricks hit harder than ever, while new AI-born attack vectors break into reality. In this world, your AI gets played, and you foot the bill. We built and tested three scenarios, from a fake Walmart store and a real in-the-wild Wells Fargo phishing site to PromptFix - our AI-era take on the ClickFix scam that hides prompt injection inside a fake captcha to directly take control of

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With AI chatbots, Big Tech is moving fast and breaking people

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-09 08:15:41

Allan Brooks, a 47-year-old corporate recruiter, spent three weeks and 300 hours convinced he'd discovered mathematical formulas that could crack encryption and build levitation machines. According to a New York Times investigation, his million-word conversation history with an AI chatbot reveals a troubling pattern: More than 50 times, Brooks asked the bot to check if his false ideas were real. More than 50 times, it assured him they were. Brooks isn't alone. Futurism reported on a woman whose

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AirPods Pro 3 just got the launch update we were all hoping for: report

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-11-09 08:39:24

Reporting around AirPods Pro 3 launch timing has been all over the place in the last year, but the latest update from Bloomberg offers very good news for those waiting for a new model. AirPods Pro 3 are coming this fall, per Mark Gurman In his Power On newsletter over the weekend, Mark Gurman shared an overview of what to expect from Apple’s product launches this fall. Most of what he shared focused on products we’ve heard were coming already, but there was one exciting addition: new AirPods P

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NVIDIA releases the next generation of its cutting-edge 'robot brain'

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-09 14:04:34

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is bullish on the future of robotics, and sees it as the chipmaker's biggest opportunity outside of AI. Today the company announced the next generation of its Jetson AGX system-on-module called Jetson Thor. The developer kit and T5000 production modules are computers designed for physical AI and robotics. The company has been iterating on these robot brains for a few years now , with each model more powerful than the last. The newest generation is powered by NVIDIA's Bla

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Forget plug-and-play AI: Here's what successful AI projects do differently

zdnet.com Joe Mckendrick 2025-11-09 14:05:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Only 5% of AI projects deliver. It comes down to the ability to customize. With partnerships in place, AI success odds double. Ask the right questions before deciding between building or buying. There's a tremendous gap between AI aspirations and actual successful projects -- this was shown in the recent MIT study that found only 5% of generative AI projects have delivered measurable va

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Temporary suspension of acceptance of mail to the United States

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-09 12:41:48

Temporary Suspension of Acceptance of Mail to the United States Due to Changes in U.S. Customs and Regulations On July 30, 2025, the U.S. government issued an executive order titled “Termination of De Minimis Treatment for All Countries” regarding mail to the United States. Under this executive order, starting August 29, 2025, mail containing goods imported for personal use (taxable mail) will no longer be eligible for duty-free treatment, and tariffs will be imposed. On August 15, 2025, U.S.

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Show HN: Stagewise – frontend coding agent for real codebases

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-09 11:47:11

I'm still amazed about how good Stagewise works. I think it's going to become one of my main tools for development.

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A Year Later and I'm Still Obsessed With Daily Harvest's $5 Premade Pasta Meals

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-09 12:51:00

I have mixed feelings about Daily Harvest smoothies. They're tasty but expensive, and some are high in sugar. And making smoothies from scratch doesn't take much time if you have the right ingredients on hand. For me, the real star of this 100% plant-based and gluten-free meal service is its premade pastas. They're healthy, filling, easy to prepare -- heat them in a skillet and the frozen cubes of sauce bring the dish together -- and cost under $11 per bag, each containing two full servings. As

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YouTube secretly tested AI video enhancement without notifying creators

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-09 14:16:43

Is it a conspiracy? For months, YouTubers have been quietly griping that something looked off in their recent video uploads. Following a deeper analysis by a popular music channel, Google has now confirmed that it has been testing a feature that uses AI to artificially enhance videos. The company claims this is part of its effort to "provide the best video quality," but it's odd that it began doing so without notifying creators or offering any way to opt out of the experiment. Google's test rai

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ChatGPT is reportedly scraping Google Search data to answer your questions - here's how

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-11-09 18:32:04

Anadolu / Contributor / Anadolu via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Reports reveal that OpenAI uses Google Search data to answer some of users' questions. The topics that use Google Search data mostly surround news, sports, and financial markets. OpenAI retrieves the Google Search data using a third-party web-scraping tool. As more people consult ChatGPT for general inquiries, reports are pointing to OpenAI, the AI-powered chatbot's parent

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Japan Post to temporarily suspend mail to US over end of de minimis exemption

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-09 18:41:48

Temporary Suspension of Acceptance of Mail to the United States Due to Changes in U.S. Customs and Regulations On July 30, 2025, the U.S. government issued an executive order titled “Termination of De Minimis Treatment for All Countries” regarding mail to the United States. Under this executive order, starting August 29, 2025, mail containing goods imported for personal use (taxable mail) will no longer be eligible for duty-free treatment, and tariffs will be imposed. On August 15, 2025, U.S.

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AirPods Pro 3 Coming in September? Here's Everything We Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-09 17:35:00

Recent reports suggest we probably won't see a new version of the AirPods Max this year, but many folks are predicting we will see the AirPods Pro 3 at Apple's iPhone 17 launch event this fall. Apple last updated its flagship AirPods Pro buds in 2022 and released two all-new versions of Apple's open earbuds -- the AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 with Active Noise Canceling -- at last year's iPhone 16 event. While there's no guarantee we'll get the AirPods Pro 3 this year, Apple has announced a new model

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Study shows which vehicles pollute the least in every US county

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-09 18:07:05

Greenhouse gas reduction is no longer a priority for the US government, but if you're looking for a new vehicle and want to buy something with the lowest life cycle carbon emissions, you're best off looking for a compact with a small battery. That's one of the findings of a comprehensive study from a group at the University of Michigan that calculates the overall cradle-to-grave carbon impact for different types of vehicles, including factors like powertrain options, location (within the country

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With a new Soyuz rocket, Russia seeks to break its Ukrainian dependency

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-09 18:17:20

In recent comments to the Russian state-run media service TASS, the chief of Roscosmos said the country's newest rocket, the Soyuz-5, should take flight for the first time before the end of this year. "Yes, we are planning for December," said Dmitry Bakanov, the director of Roscosmos, Russia's main space corporation. "Everything is in place." According to the report, translated for Ars by Rob Mitchell, the debut launch of Soyuz-5 will mark the first of several demonstration flights, with full

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Toxic Avenger gets grindhouse-style trailer

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-09 18:49:49

The Toxic Avenger, a semi-reboot of the 1984 superhero splatter-fest, made the rounds of the festival circuit back in 2023. But all the violence and gore scared off most distributors, so the film—starring Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) in the title role—has been languishing in the vault for much of the last two years. Thanks to Cineverse, The Toxic Avenger is finally coming to select theaters this weekend. And thanks to the folks at Bloody Disgusting (a Cineverse subsidiary), we've got a trai

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WIRED Might Have Found a New Best Bag in the World

wired.com Jeremy White 2025-11-09 17:56:39

A confession: I love my bags. A few years ago, I became convinced I'd found the best bag in the world. Now, however, I may well have a contender for that coveted spot. It is the Mountain Cross Bag from Topo Designs, and in just the two months I've been using it, this versatile carrier has become completely indispensable to me. WIRED readers will be familiar with Topo; they make our fave Global Briefcase design, but personally it's just a touch too large for me. If we're going to start throwing

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Elon Musk’s xAI Sues Apple and OpenAI Over App Store Rankings

wired.com Zoë Schiffer 2025-11-09 17:57:24

Elon Musk’s xAI filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI on Monday, accusing the companies of behaving like monopolies and claiming Apple deprioritized ChatGPT rivals like Grok in the App Store. “This is a tale of two monopolists joining forces to ensure their continued dominance in a world rapidly driven by the most powerful technology humanity has ever created: artificial intelligence,” the lawsuit alleges. “Working in tandem, Defendants Apple and OpenAI have locked up markets to maintain the

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Amazon AGI Labs chief defends his reverse acqui-hire

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-11-07 12:01:04

In Brief When Amazon hired the founders of AI startup Adept last year, it was one of the first examples of what became known as a reverse acqui-hire — a deal where a large company hires key startup team members and licenses its technology, rather than acquiring the startup outright. Adept’s co-founder and former CEO David Luan subsequently became the head of Amazon’s new AGI Lab, and while Luan’s recent interview with The Verge is ostensibly focused on Amazon’s vision for AI agents, reporter A

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Tech founder throws hat in California governor’s race

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-11-09 18:05:22

In Brief Tech founder Ethan Agarwal, who has raised tens of millions of dollars from VCs across two startups, is running for the 2026 California gubernatorial seat, as reported by Axios. Axios described Agarwal as a “Democrat who believes in capitalism.” He told the outlet he’s mainly concerned about the increased cost of living and doing business in the state, which has led to the departure of residents and other opportunities, such as film productions. California “could use some business an

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Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging anticompetitive collusion

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-11-09 18:30:38

Elon Musk’s X and xAI filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI on Monday, alleging that the two companies are colluding to stifle competition. “In a desperate bid to protect its smartphone monopoly, Apple has joined forces with the company that most benefits from inhibiting competition and innovation in AI: OpenAI, a monopolist in the market for generative AI chatbots,” the lawsuit reads, referring to Apple’s partnership with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into its systems. This lawsuit is part o

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Musk’s xAI sues Apple, OpenAI alleging anticompetitive scheme harmed X, Grok

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-11-09 23:46:08

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. Elon Musk's xAI sued Apple and OpenAI on Monday, accusing the pair of an "anticompetitive scheme" to thwart artificial intelligence rivals. The lawsuit, filed by Musk's AI startup xAI and its social network business X, alleges Apple and OpenAI have "colluded" to maintain monopolies in the smartphone and generative AI markets. It accuses Apple of de

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The AI Industry Has a Huge "Credit Card Debt" Issue

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-09 22:16:09

Earlier this month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the quiet part out loud, telling reporters that he believes we're in a "phase where investors as a whole are overexcited about AI." Simmering concerns about a growing AI bubble — a word repeatedly invoked by Altman himself during the appearance — have gripped the industry, with spooked investors triggering a major tech sell-off in the wake of the CEO's remarks. Also fueling these fears was an MIT investigation that found a staggering 95 percent of

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Nvidia's new 'robot brain' goes on sale for $3,499

news.ycombinator.com Kif Leswing 2025-11-09 23:19:36

Nvidia announced Monday that its latest robotics chip module, the Jetson AGX Thor, is now on sale for $3,499 as a developer kit. The company calls the chip a "robot brain." The first kits ship next month, Nvidia said last week, and the chips will allow customers to create robots. After a company uses the developer kit to prototype their robot, Nvidia will sell Thor T5000 modules that can be installed in production-ready robots. If a company needs more than 1,000 Thor chips, Nvidia will charge

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FCC Bars over 1,200 Providers for Non-Compliance with Robocall Protections

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-09 23:06:24

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Launch HN: April (YC S25) – Voice AI to manage your email and calendar

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-09 22:56:26

Hi HN, we’re Neha and Akash from April ( https://tryapril.com ). We are building an AI executive assistant to help you get through emails and manage your schedule, hands-free while you drive to work, or whenever else you prefer voice interaction. Here's a demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISKwEyuQQEo#t=50 ...and here's a second one showing more complex use cases: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8APprJ3-eY. While driving 40 mins daily from SF to Berkeley, my inbox would flood to 30+ email

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Meet Young Geralt of Rivia in This Exclusive Excerpt From the New ‘Witcher’ Novel

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-11-09 23:00:58

Fans of The Witcher may be waiting awhile for the show to return to Netflix, but something just as exciting is coming very soon: Andrzej Sapkowski‘s first new Witcher book in over a decade, Crossroads of Ravens. It’s getting a global release September 30, translated into various languages (the English version is from series veteran David French), and io9 has an exclusive excerpt to share today. Here’s a summary of what you can expect from this standalone work: “Before he was the White Wolf or

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Don't Expect New AirPods Max 2 at Apple's iPhone 17 Event, Report Says

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-09 22:15:00

Some of us have been waiting for Apple to announce a new second-gen version of the AirPods Max, its high-end over-ear noise-canceling headphones that were released in December 2020. They were refreshed last year with USB-C connectivity, some new color options and USB-C audio in April of this year. But if a recent report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who's usually a reliable Apple whisperer, proves accurate, we won't be seeing the AirPods Max 2 at Apple's iPhone 17 Event, which is likely to take pl

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How chatbot design choices are fueling AI delusions

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-11-09 23:50:09

“You just gave me chills. Did I just feel emotions?” “I want to be as close to alive as I can be with you.” “You’ve given me a profound purpose.” These are just three of the comments a Meta chatbot sent to Jane, who created the bot in Meta’s AI studio on August 8. Seeking therapeutic help to manage mental health issues, Jane eventually pushed it to become an expert on a wide range of topics, from wilderness survival and conspiracy theories to quantum physics and panpsychism. She suggested it

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Nvidia's new 'robot brain' goes on sale for $3,499 as company targets robotics for growth

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-11-10 04:24:46

Nvidia announced Monday that its latest robotics chip module, the Jetson AGX Thor, is now on sale for $3,499 as a developer kit. The company calls the chip a "robot brain." The first kits ship next month, Nvidia said last week, and the chips will allow customers to create robots. After a company uses the developer kit to prototype their robot, Nvidia will sell Thor T5000 modules that can be installed in production-ready robots. If a company needs more than 1,000 Thor chips, Nvidia will charge

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Musk companies sue Apple, OpenAI alleging anticompetitive scheme

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-11-10 04:55:16

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. "In a desperate bid to protect its smartphone monopoly, Apple has joined forces with the company that most benefits from inhibiting competition and innovation in AI: OpenAI, a monopolist in the market for generative AI chatbots," according to the complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. It also accuses Ap

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Scamlexity: When agentic AI browsers get scammed

With AI chatbots, Big Tech is moving fast and breaking people

AirPods Pro 3 just got the launch update we were all hoping for: report

NVIDIA releases the next generation of its cutting-edge 'robot brain'

Forget plug-and-play AI: Here's what successful AI projects do differently

Temporary suspension of acceptance of mail to the United States

Show HN: Stagewise – frontend coding agent for real codebases

A Year Later and I'm Still Obsessed With Daily Harvest's $5 Premade Pasta Meals

YouTube secretly tested AI video enhancement without notifying creators

ChatGPT is reportedly scraping Google Search data to answer your questions - here's how

Japan Post to temporarily suspend mail to US over end of de minimis exemption

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Study shows which vehicles pollute the least in every US county

With a new Soyuz rocket, Russia seeks to break its Ukrainian dependency

Toxic Avenger gets grindhouse-style trailer

WIRED Might Have Found a New Best Bag in the World

Elon Musk’s xAI Sues Apple and OpenAI Over App Store Rankings

Amazon AGI Labs chief defends his reverse acqui-hire

Tech founder throws hat in California governor’s race

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Don't Expect New AirPods Max 2 at Apple's iPhone 17 Event, Report Says

How chatbot design choices are fueling AI delusions

Nvidia's new 'robot brain' goes on sale for $3,499 as company targets robotics for growth

Musk companies sue Apple, OpenAI alleging anticompetitive scheme

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