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Critical vulnerability in AI coding platform Base44 allowing unauthorized access

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-26 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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The Trump-Crypto Honeymoon Is Over

wired.com Jake Lahut 2025-12-26 05:00:00

As with any fledgling romance, Trumpworld and big money cryptocurrency interests were bound to have their first fight at some point. It was late June heading into July, and two highly anticipated bills were in the pipeline to help fulfill President Donald Trump’s promises to make the US the “crypto capital of the planet” and usher in what his supporters believed would be a “golden age” of digital assets. Congress had one shot at passing something before the August recess. Coinbase, the cryptoc

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Kleiner Perkins-backed Ambiq pops on IPO debut

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-12-26 17:00:24

Ambiq Micro, a 15-year-old manufacturer of energy-efficient chips for wearable and medical devices, closed its first day of trading on Wednesday at $38.53 a share, a 61% increase from the $24 IPO price the company set the previous day. The success of the IPO signals strong investor demand in the public market for new small-cap companies benefiting from AI innovation. Ambiq closed its first day as a public company with a valuation of $656 million (excluding employee options). This represents a

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GitHub Copilot crosses 20 million all-time users

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-12-26 17:16:55

GitHub Copilot, an AI coding tool offered by Microsoft-owned GitHub, has now reached more than 20 million users, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said on the company’s earnings call Wednesday. A GitHub spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that this number represents “all-time users.” That means five million people have tried out GitHub Copilot for the first time in the last three months; the company reported in April the tool had reached 15 million users. Microsoft and GitHub don’t report how many o

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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 02:46:53

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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EBay stock surges on earnings beat, rosy guidance

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-27 02:16:07

Shares of eBay popped 10% in extended trading on Wednesday after the online marketplace posted stronger-than-expected results for the second quarter, and offered an upbeat forecast for the current period. Here's how the company did in the second quarter compared to analyst estimates compiled by LSEG. Earnings per share: $1.37 adjusted vs. $1.30 expected $1.37 adjusted vs. $1.30 expected Revenue: $2.73 billion vs. $2.64 billion expected GMV, or the dollar value of items sold, grew 6% year ove

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All of your international packages are about to get more expensive

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-27 02:02:22

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that will suspend the de minimis exemption — which allows packages with goods valued less than $800 to enter the US duty-free — for all countries. Earlier this year, Trump ended the de minimis exemption for goods from China and Hong Kong. The White House says the change goes into effect on August 29th. Per the exec

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Microsoft stock pops 8% on earnings beat as Azure annual revenue tops $75 billion

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-12-27 06:51:17

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 8% 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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Arm shares dip 8% on revenue miss

cnbc.com Jennifer Elias 2025-12-27 06:17:47

The replica of the ARM is an electronic chip board during a collaborative ceremony launching a partnership between Malaysia and ARM Holdings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 5, 2025. Arm Holdings shares dipped as much as 9% in after-hours trading on the company's first-quarter earnings results Wednesday. Here's how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share : 35 cents vs. 35 cents expected : 35 cents vs. 35 cents expected Revenue: $1.05 billi

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Microsoft tops $4 trillion in market cap after hours, joining Nvidia in exclusive club

cnbc.com Ari Levy Jordan Novet 2025-12-27 06:39:24

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks in front of the OpenAI logo at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle, Washington, on May 19, 2025. The $4 trillion club has a second member, at least based on after-hours trading. Following a better-than-expected earnings report on Wednesday, Microsoft shares jumped 8%, lifting the software giant's market cap to about $4.1 trillion. Should the rally stick on Thursday, Microsoft would join chipmaker Nvidia , which hit $4 trillion for the first

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Shadow AI adds $670K to breach costs while 97% of enterprises skip basic access controls, IBM reports

venturebeat.com Louis Columbus 2025-12-27 06:23:49

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Shadow AI is the $670,000 problem most organizations don’t even know they have. IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report, released today in partnership with the Ponemon Institute, reveals that breaches involving employees’ unauthorized use of AI tools cost organizations an average of $4.63 million. That’s nearly 16% more than the global ave

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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 06:22:00

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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These ‘Haunted Mansion’ Figures Evoke the Spirit of the Classic Disneyland Ride

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-12-27 06:20:01

As summer draws to a close, The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland prepares for Jack Skellington to take over with his spooky Christmas mashup through the end of the year holidays. But the ghostly retreat evokes Halloween all year long and has become a Disney Store staple for collections inspired by the beloved attraction. With the latest Haunted Mansion merch drop, you can bring some of the spectral energy of the ride home for your seasonal fall decor. Two of the most standout pieces from the colle

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 31, #781

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-27 05:00:05

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle has a fun numerical theme, with each category playing along with that topic, but featuring different clues. Once you see it, it might be simple. Need help? Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bo

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 31, #311

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-27 05:00:08

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition is heavy on NFL clues, so football fans should do well. The purple category felt like an easy one for me today and it has nothing to do with the NFL. Keeping reading for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut

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Meta to spend up to $72B on AI infrastructure in 2025 as compute arms race escalates

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-12-27 06:31:42

Meta is pouring money into the physical and technical infrastructure needed to scale its AI ambitions. The company said Wednesday in its second-quarter earnings report that it plans to more than double its spend on building AI infrastructure, like data centers and servers. “We currently expect 2025 capital expenditures, including principal payments on finance leases, to be in the range of $66-72 billion…up approximately $30 billion year-over-year at the midpoint,” Meta said. That’s an aggressi

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Meta shares climb 10% on revenue beat, raised forecast

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-12-27 11:52:10

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds a smartphone, as he makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event, at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S. September 25, 2024. Meta shares jumped as much as 10% after the company reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat on revenue. Here's how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share : $7.14 vs. $5.92 expected : $7.14 vs. $5.92 expected Revenue: $47.52 vs. $44.80 billi

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Microsoft's stock pops 7% on earnings beat as Azure annual revenue tops $75 billion

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-12-27 11:48:42

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 7% 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

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Robinhood reports second-quarter earnings beat with revenue climbing 45% over last year

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2025-12-27 11:34:15

The logo of Robinhood Markets is seen at a pop-up event on Wall Street after the company's initial public offering in New York City on July 29, 2021. Robinhood beat Wall Street expectations for the second quarter Wednesday. Here is how Robinhood's results compared to Wall Street estimates, according to analysts surveyed by LSEG: Earnings per share: 42 cents vs. 31 cents expected 42 cents vs. 31 cents expected Revenue: $989 million vs. $908 million expected Revenue jumped 45% year-over-year

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Qualcomm beats on earnings, highlights growth in Meta smartglasses

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-12-27 11:58:28

Cristiano Amon, CEO & President, Qualcomm, on Centre Stage during day one of Web Summit 2024 at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Qualcomm reported fiscal third-quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations and provided a stronger-than-expected guide for the current quarter. Qualcomm shares slid in extended trading. Here's how the chipmaker did for the quarter ending June 29 compared to LSEG consensus expectations: Earnings per share : $2.77 adjusted versus $2.71 expected

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

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-27 11:34:20

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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Trump will end the de minimis exemption for low-cost global shipments

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-27 11:27:07

President Donald Trump's latest economic move is to halt the de minimis exemption, a provision that made international shipments of low-value items cheaper. When the exemption ends on August 29, shipments valued at or under $800 will be subject to duty fees when sent by any carrier other than the international postal network, no matter what country they are coming from. According to the White House's announcement of this change, shipments will either be assessed with an ad valorem duty equal to

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Actions Reflect Your Priorities

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 11:27:57

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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Google tool misused to scrub tech CEO’s shady past from search

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-27 11:18:18

Google is fond of saying its mission is to "organize the world's information," but who gets to decide what information is worthy of organization? A San Francisco tech CEO has spent the past several years attempting to remove unflattering information about himself from Google's search index, and the nonprofit Freedom of the Press Foundation says he's still at it. Most recently, an unknown bad actor used a bug in one of Google's search tools to scrub the offending articles. The saga began in 2023

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How 2 UC Berkeley dropouts raised $28M for their AI marketing automation startup

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-12-27 05:00:00

AI-powered marketing automation startup Conversion, founded five years ago by two UC Berkeley dropouts, has raised a $28 million Series A led by Abstract, with participation from True Ventures and HOF Capital. The company’s founding story sounds like it could have been an episode of the HBO show “Silicon Valley.” The story begins all the way back when co-founder and CEO Neil Tewari, now 24, was in high school. He got busted one day watching a TechCrunch Disrupt livestream during class, was sen

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$15 billion in NIH funding frozen, then thawed Tuesday in ongoing power war

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-27 16:03:10

Amid the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to wrest the power of the purse from Congress, an estimated $15 billion allotted by lawmakers to fund life-saving biomedical research via the National Institutes of Health was temporarily frozen and then said to be released Tuesday. According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal, the initial decision to withhold the funding came from Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget for the Trump administration and Project 202

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Dropbox Passwords is shutting down, and you have to act fast

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-27 21:38:08

Dropbox has announced that its password manager, Dropbox Passwords, is shutting down soon. And you don’t have long to find a new solution. Dropbox Passwords shutdown will happen in three stages on accelerated timeline Dropbox Passwords is being discontinued, and users are encouraged to find a new password solution elsewhere. Why the shutdown? Per a support doc, it’s “part of our efforts to focus on enhancing other features in our core product.” Though web service shutdowns often come with ex

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Men Born in the Summer Are More Likely to Be Depressed, Study Finds

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-12-27 21:00:26

There really might be something to the idea of summertime sadness, at least for boys. A study finds that men born in the summer are more vulnerable to developing depression than men born at other times of the year. Researchers at the Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia, Canada, conducted the study, an international survey of adults. They found that men, but not women, were more likely to experience depression symptoms later in life if their birth occurred in the summer compared

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10 Winners and 4 Losers From San Diego Comic-Con 2025

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-27 21:20:19

San Diego Comic-Con 2025 is officially in the books, and it was a unique year, to say the least. Without Marvel or DC to anchor the pop culture excitement, the field was wide open for a number of smaller properties to steal the spotlight. Some took full advantage, building crazy buzz. Others did not. Here’s our rundown of the winners and losers of Comic-Con 2025. Winners Aliens and Predators The legendary sci-fi enemies took center stage at Comic-Con 2025 and brought major excitement to both

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Critical Vulnerability in AI Vibe Coding platform Base44

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-28 00:12:32

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

Topics: applications base44 platforms security vulnerability

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Critical vulnerability in AI coding platform Base44 allowing unauthorized access

The Trump-Crypto Honeymoon Is Over

Kleiner Perkins-backed Ambiq pops on IPO debut

GitHub Copilot crosses 20 million all-time users

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

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All of your international packages are about to get more expensive

Microsoft stock pops 8% on earnings beat as Azure annual revenue tops $75 billion

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Microsoft tops $4 trillion in market cap after hours, joining Nvidia in exclusive club

Shadow AI adds $670K to breach costs while 97% of enterprises skip basic access controls, IBM reports

This Android 16 feature solved my biggest problem with phone notifications - how it works

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 31, #781

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Meta to spend up to $72B on AI infrastructure in 2025 as compute arms race escalates

Meta shares climb 10% on revenue beat, raised forecast

Microsoft's stock pops 7% on earnings beat as Azure annual revenue tops $75 billion

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Qualcomm beats on earnings, highlights growth in Meta smartglasses

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

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Men Born in the Summer Are More Likely to Be Depressed, Study Finds

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Critical Vulnerability in AI Vibe Coding platform Base44

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