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US House bans WhatsApp on staff devices over security concerns

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-05 04:43:53

The U.S. House of Representatives has banned the installation and use of WhatsApp on government-issued devices belonging to congressional staff, citing concerns over how the app encrypts and secures data. The ban covers mobile phones, laptops, desktop computers, and any web browsers used on those devices. Congressional staff are still free to use WhatsApp on their personal devices, which existing policies dictate are not allowed in sensitive areas such as classified briefings or secure facilit

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Retrieval Augmented Generation Based on SQLite

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-04 23:11:32

Haiku SQLite RAG A Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) library on SQLite. Features Local SQLite : No need to run additional servers : No need to run additional servers Support for various embedding providers : You can use Ollama, VoyageAI, OpenAI or add your own : You can use Ollama, VoyageAI, OpenAI or add your own Hybrid Search : Vector search using sqlite-vec combined with full-text search FTS5 , using Reciprocal Rank Fusion : Vector search using combined with full-text search , using

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Tesla’s robotaxi reality check

theverge.com David Pierce 2026-03-05 04:11:55

After years of grand promises about how robotaxis would change the way we buy and use our cars, Tesla finally launched its taxi service. In one small portion of one city. With only a few cars and a few riders. Plus safety monitors in the passenger seat. Caution is a good thing in this industry, but what does all this say about where Tesla’s self-driving efforts really stand? After that, The Verge’s Allison Johnson joins the show to dive deep on MVNOs. In the United States, the cell market is co

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US House bans WhatsApp from staff devices

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2026-03-05 02:30:07

In Brief The U.S. House of Representatives’ top official has banned WhatsApp from government-issued devices used by its 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 inst

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Of Course ML Has Monads (2011)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-01 09:45:57

A popular meme in the world of PL’s is that “Haskell has monads”, with the implication that this is a distinctive feature of the language, separate from all others. While it is true that Haskell has popularized the use of monads as a program structuring device, the idea of a monad is not so much an issue of language design (apart from the ad hoc syntactic support provided by Haskell), but rather one of library design. After all, a monad is just one of a zillion signatures (type classes) with whi

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Amazon Offers 50% Off This Portable Power Station, Plus a Free 100W Solar Panel Included

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2026-03-05 09:25:14

Portable power stations have surged in popularity in recent years, becoming essential gear for a range of situations—whether you’re facing winter power outages or heading outdoors for summer adventures like camping. In contrast to standard power banks, this device offers enough juice to run small appliances like mini fridges as well as more energy-intensive electronic devices. The Bluetti power station, especially in this deal, takes it a notch higher by offering a 100W solar panel, and makes i

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Google may be forced to link to rival search platforms in the UK

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-03-05 17:02:12

Google may be forced to link to rival search platforms in the UK 3 hours ago Share Save Zoe Kleinman & Liv McMahon Technology editor & technology reporter Share Save Getty Images Google may have to make changes in the UK to give consumers more choice over who they use for online search services, the competition watchdog has said. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the US technology giant under a new law which means the regulator can demand changes at a firm if it is

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Google’s answer to Apple’s Handoff is coming with a welcome upgrade for Android (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-05 17:04:55

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on an Android-wide “Handoff” feature for multi-device syncing. This feature will enable access to apps and media across your devices, and even sync notifications between them. Apple has a similar Continuity feature called Handoff, albeit without notification syncing. Last week, we spotted an in-development “App Cast” tool within Google Play Services. Based on the strings, we speculated that Google could allow Android devices to strea

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WhatsApp security concerns see app banned in Congress; iMessage recommended

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-03-05 20:06:21

Congressional staffers working in the House of Representatives have been told that WhatsApp security risks means they must no longer use the app on government devices. The ban was imposed by the Office of Cybersecurity, which has previously barred the use of TikTok and a number of AI apps … Axios first reported the ban. 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 poten

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The best GaN chargers of 2025: Expert tested

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-03-05 17:00:17

Remember the old wall wart? That little charger you plugged into an available wall outlet, needing one for each device you owned, and used to get so hot you couldn't touch it? How times have changed! Now, you can get your hands on a charger that can happily -- and cooly -- power and charge multiple devices at once. It's not just smartphones -- most modern chargers can handle heavier loads such as tablets and laptops. With the transition from silicon transistors to gallium nitride (GaN) transist

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The Methaphone Is a Phone (That’s Not a Phone) to Help You Stop Using Your Phone

wired.com Arielle Pardes 2026-03-05 18:00:00

Earlier this year, Eric Antonow was in a coffee shop with his family when he felt the familiar, twitchy urge to reach for his phone. He patted his pockets for relief—the cool, thin slab was still there. He joked to his family that, like an addict jonesing for a hit, he would one day need a medical-grade solution to detox from his phone. Opioid addicts had methadone. iPhone addicts would need … methaphones. “It was a joke, but I got two laughs from my two teenagers, which is gold,” Antonow says.

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US bans WhatsApp from House of Representatives staff devices

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2026-03-05 20:30:07

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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Google may be forced to make changes to UK search

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-03-05 20:32:31

Google may be forced to make changes to UK search The company, which is owned by Alphabet in the US, said the CMA's suggestions were "broad and unfocused" but added it would "work constructively" with the regulator. Google accounts for more than 90% of searches in the UK and 200,000 businesses use the company's search advertising to reach customers. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the US technology giant under a new law which means the regulator can demand changes

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Developing a Retro-Roguelike Game for Multiple Platforms in C

news.ycombinator.com Chris Garrett 2026-03-02 12:33:01

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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Harvard hired researcher to uncover slavery ties, fires him for finding slaves

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-05 18:24:55

Jordan Lloyd had been praying for something big to happen. The 35-year-old screenwriter was quarantining in her apartment in North Hollywood in June 2020. Without any work projects to fill her days, she picked up the novel Roots, by Alex Haley, to reread. The novel tells the story of Kunta Kinte, Haley’s ancestor, who is captured and sold into slavery in the Gambia and then brought to Virginia, where he is forced to labor on a plantation. It was adapted into an Emmy-award winning television ser

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The Tandy Corporation, Part 1 – By Bradford Morgan White

news.ycombinator.com Bradford Morgan White 2026-03-02 11:06:18

In 1919, a small leather company was founded in Fort Worth by David Lewis Tandy and Norton Hinckley. The Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company specialized in leather show laces, shoe soles, leather and rubber heels, and other shoe-findings. Tandy focused on sales and marketing while Hinckley managed the internal business operations and inventory. The company did well, bought a larger location in 1923 and expanded to Beaumont in 1927. The company scaled back during the Depression, but they survived. Ch

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How Prehistoric Mammoth Tusks Could Help Bust Modern-Day Ivory Smugglers

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2026-03-05 17:00:57

Selling elephant ivory—a hard white material from elephant tusks, for which elephants are often killed—is illegal. Selling ivory collected from the remains of extinct Mammoths, however, is—somehow—not. Because the two are hard to tell apart, illegal traders are slipping under the radar by mixing elephant ivory with legally traded mammoth ivory. A new forensic tool, however, might soon put an end to this nefarious trick. Wildlife forensic scientists in China suggest that authorities can differen

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OpenAI’s first AI device with Jony Ive won’t be a wearable

theverge.com Alex Heath 2026-03-05 21:01:54

is a deputy editor and author of thenewsletter. He has been reporting on the tech industry for more than a decade. Thanks to a related trademark lawsuit, we know what OpenAI and Jony Ive’s first AI device won’t be. In court filings submitted this month, leaders from io — the consumer hardware team OpenAI recently acquired from Jony Ive’s design studio for $6.5 billion — testified that the first device they plan to release won’t be an “in-ear device” or a “wearable.” They also say the AI device

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Why Ancient Egypt Smashed Hatshepsut’s Statues After Her Death

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2026-03-05 23:01:46

Hatshepsut is one of the most famous figures in ancient Egypt. In 1479 BCE, she took on the role of regent on behalf of her young nephew Thutmose III. By 1473, she began ruling as a pharaoh in her own right, becoming one of the civilization’s exceptionally rare female sovereigns. Over three thousand years later, when archaeologists excavated thousands of fragments of her statues, scholars widely assumed that her spiteful successor had ordered the total destruction of her images. New research, ho

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Judge denies creating “mass surveillance program” harming all ChatGPT users

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-05 23:18:11

After a court ordered OpenAI to "indefinitely" retain all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats, of millions of users, two panicked users tried and failed to intervene. The order sought to preserve potential evidence in a copyright infringement lawsuit raised by news organizations. In May, Judge Ona Wang, who drafted the order, rejected the first user's request on behalf of his company simply because the company should have hired a lawyer to draft the filing. But more recently, Wang rejected a

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The 8 Absolute Best Horror Movies on Hulu

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-06 03:21:39

Reserve your seat for this surreal psychological horror movie about a talented ballerina's unraveling. Natalie Portman's character Nina feels pressure to embody not only the innocent and elegant White Swan but the dark and sensual Black Swan for the leading part in a production of Swan Lake. But she doesn't fit the latter swan's mold as much as newcomer Lily (Mila Kunis). The film follows her obsessive hunt for perfection.

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Iranian and U.S. Officials Agree: WhatsApp Is the New Security Boogeyman

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2026-03-06 09:00:23

Iran and the U.S. may not agree on much (and may technically be at war with each other right now) but there is, apparently, one thing that officials from both countries seem to be on the same page about: WhatsApp, Meta’s ubiquitous chat app, is a data hazard and not to be trusted. Since Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014, Mark Zuckberg’s company has attempted to position the app as the world’s premier privacy-focused communication tool. “End-to-end encryption keeps your personal m

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Judge Says Requiring ChatGPT to Save Chat Logs Is Not a ‘Mass Surveillance Program’

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2026-03-06 09:20:25

OpenAI and some of its users have objected to a court order that requires the company to indefinitely maintain all of ChatGPT’s chat logs as part of an ongoing copyright lawsuit, claiming that holding onto such records amounts to a “nationwide mass surveillance program.” The court was not moved. Judge Ona Wang, who initially issued the order to retain all data from the popular chatbot, rejected multiple requests to overturn the decision—though OpenAI has vowed to continue to fight the order, acc

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New leak hints at vapor chamber cooling coming to iPhone 17 Pro [image]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-06 14:47:36

An image shared by leaker Majin Bu offers what may be the clearest look yet at Apple’s rumored solution to a growing challenge in high-performance smartphones: heat dissipation. Here’s what it looks like. According to Bu’s sources, Apple is preparing to bring a vapor chamber to the iPhone 17 Pro lineup, a technology already common in gaming laptops and high-end Android flagships. Contrary to the graphite sheet cooling technology used in iPhones today, which spreads heat across a surface, a vap

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AI Harry Potter Vlogs Are an Unholy Combo of Fanfic and Veo 3 Slop

gizmodo.com James Pero 2026-03-06 14:30:58

There are lots of ways to make a generic vlog on YouTube nowadays, but only one way to make a vlog using the likeness of Harry Potter characters—or at least only one way to do that without technically doing it at all. Thanks to Veo 3, Google’s newest video generation model, smooth-brain YouTube content is getting a lot smoother. Loads of people have already demonstrated ad nauseam how Veo 3 can generate man-on-the-street-style vlogs or unboxing videos that look fairly close to the real thing. Na

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Deal: This really cool UGREEN charger drops in price for the first time!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-06 18:46:31

Are you looking for a new charger? If you care about portability, you will want something small and light yet still pretty capable. It would help if it was also affordable, and the UGREEN 45W 3 in 1 GaN USB-C Charger with Retractable Cable meets all those requirements, especially right now that it’s 25% off! Buy the UGREEN 45W 3 in 1 GaN USB-C Charger with Retractable Cable for $22.49 ($7.50 off) This offer is available from Amazon, but it is exclusive to Amazon Prime subscribers. You can learn

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First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor

news.ycombinator.com Kameryn Griesser 2026-03-04 04:29:35

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Heat-trapping methane may be best known for the dangers it poses to humans and Earth’s atmosphere, but in the dark depths of the ocean, the greenhouse gas is a nourishing meal for some of the world’s most mysterious creatures, new research suggests. Scientists say they have discovered three previously unknown, unnamed species of sea spider off

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Everybody Needs to Calm Down About the Switch 2 Screen and ‘Ghosting’

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2026-03-06 18:38:36

My aging, stick drift-wracked original Switch was stacked with a library of games I honestly forgot I owned. The Switch 2, with its bigger, brighter display, has breathed new life into this backlog, and it has become my new excuse to revisit Hades and Kentucky Route Zero. A new batch of naysayers claim the screen isn’t worth playing your older 2D titles on due to reported ghosting issues, but the specs are much more complicated than any not-a-tweet post on X may imply. The Switch 2’s 7.9-inch d

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AI Essentials: 29 Ways to Make Gen AI Work for You, According to Our Experts

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-06 17:52:00

If you haven't added generative AI to your skill set yet, you should. AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Gemini and AI image generators including Dall-E and Canva are handy, accessible and often free to use. They're also powerful gateways for getting things done, whether it's for work, a hobby or general knowledge. Now's the time to start getting familiar with them. And many of us have, to some degree. The ChatGPT app is reliably among the top downloads from Apple's and Google's app stores, and Ch

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Canadian telecom hacked by suspected China state group

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-06 18:21:42

Hackers suspected of working on behalf of the Chinese government exploited a maximum-severity vulnerability, which had received a patch 16 months earlier, to compromise a telecommunications provider in Canada, officials from that country and the US said Monday. “The Cyber Centre is aware of malicious cyber activities currently targeting Canadian telecommunications companies,” officials for the center, the Canadian government’s primary cyber security agency, said in a statement. “The responsible

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