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Ex-Meta employee files whistleblower suit for alleged security flaws at WhatsApp

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-10-20 13:14:32

An ex-Meta employee sued the social media company on Monday over allegations that its WhatsApp messaging service contained "systemic cybersecurity failures" that potentially compromise user privacy. Attaullah Baig, WhatsApp's former head of security, alleged that Meta retaliated against him after he notified leaders, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, of security issues at the messaging app. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claims that after joining W

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OpenAI Says It's Making a Full Hollywood Movie Using AI

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-20 12:15:29

OpenAI has teamed up with production companies in London and Los Angeles to create a feature-length animated movie made largely with artificial intelligence. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the purported goal of using AI tech on the movie is to speed up production while also saving costs — and, presumably, serving as a giant tech demo for movie execs everywhere. The film will invite comparisons to the early days of CGI-animated movies in the mid-1990s. Funded heavily by Apple cofounder Ste

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Apple has two new Home products launching soon, here’s what’s coming

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-20 13:00:34

Apple has a packed lineup of hardware launches happening soon, including two brand new Home products: a new Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini 2. Here’s what to expect. #1: New Apple TV 4K It’s been nearly three years since new Apple TV hardware shipped, but the wait’s ending soon. A brand new Apple TV 4K is coming this fall with several upgrades rumored. The current model’s A15 Bionic is expected to be replaced by an A17 Pro chip. No doubt a big reason to change the chip is enabling Apple Intell

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Could the F1 streaming rights deal be Apple’s wild card for tomorrow’s event?

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-20 13:12:57

In a statement today, Liberty Media CEO Derek Chang all but confirmed a deal with Apple for the U.S streaming rights for Formula 1. Now the question is: when will Apple announce it? Relatively soon Since F1: The Movie premiered, speculation quickly turned into reports that Apple had been negotiating with Formula 1 parent Liberty Media to acquire the rights to broadcast the 2026 season on Apple TV+ in the United States. Following reports by the Financial Times, Business Insider, and Puck that

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iOS 26: Everything you need to know about the iPhone update ahead of the Apple event tomorrow

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-20 12:59:00

Tomorrow, September 9, marks Apple's iPhone 17 event. That means we'll finally have more answers about the presumed iPhone 17 lineup — including the ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air. Interested in following along? Here's how you can watch the iPhone 17 launch. Assuming Apple sticks to tradition, we should be able to install iOS 26 about a week or so after the showcase. But you don't have to wait to test out the new features, since you can download and install the newly released public beta 6 or iOS 26

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Apple is expected to unveil iPhone 17 and more at the 'Awe Dropping' event on Tuesday: Here's everything we know

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-20 13:49:54

It's now just a few hours away: At 1PM ET on Tuesday, Apple is all but certain to unveil the iPhone 17 line. This year's theme of "Awe dropping," which was featured in Apple's invitations to the media sent on August 26 doesn't reveal much by way of clues, though some think the heat-mapped Apple logo is indicative of better thermal cooling in the new models. But more importantly, we already know how to watch the Apple iPhone 17 event itself: The keynote will be livestreamed on YouTube from Cupert

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Ex-WhatsApp cybersecurity head says Meta endangered billions of users

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 13:26:07

WhatsApp’s former head of cybersecurity filed a lawsuit on Monday alleging that parent company Meta disregarded internal flaws in the app’s digital defenses and exposed billions of its users. He says the company systematically violated cybersecurity regulations and retaliated against him for reporting the failures. Attaullah Baig, who served as head of security for WhatsApp from 2021 to 2025, claims that approximately 1,500 engineers had unrestricted access to user data without proper oversight

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Alterego: Thought to Text

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 13:17:50

Alterego is a breakthrough technology that connects you with AI through a minimal, non-invasive device. Using Silent Sense, it understands what you intend to say without speaking, allowing you to extend your thinking without the need to type, tap, or talk out loud.

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Will Apple Learn From Its Past AI Mistakes for the Upcoming iPhone 17?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-20 12:27:00

Remember way back a year ago when Apple was convinced we would all spend big to upgrade to the iPhone 16, just to access its Apple Intelligence? That was hilarious. Apple better not try that again this year with the iPhone 17. There'll be a new iPhone this week. At tomorrow's "awe dropping" Apple event, we expect to see the iPhone 17 lineup (which could include a new ultra-slim model called the 17 Air), new AirPods and new Apple Watches. It's sure to be noteworthy, but I'll particularly keep a

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SpaceX Strikes Wireless Gold With EchoStar Sale. Expect Better Coverage With These Carriers

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-20 12:31:00

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired $17 billion worth of EchoStar’s wireless spectrum, the two companies announced on Monday. The coveted chunk of spectrum, which is used to transmit cellular data through the air, exists in the 1.9 and lower 2GHz spectrum bands. The news comes six weeks after SpaceX launched its satellite texting partnership T-Mobile, called T-Satellite. SpaceX’s Starlink internet service is now poised to dramatically increase its direct-to-cell coverage, which allows users to text

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 9, #1543

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-20 12:58:00

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. With summer over, some of us are already looking ahead to Halloween. Today's Wordle puzzle has an answer that is often associated with that spooky holiday. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints an

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 9 #555

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-20 13:12:09

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle is a fun one. Those of us who had TVs back before they all showed programs in color will get a kick out of the theme. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're looking for today's

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Here’s how iPhone 17 Air battery could stack up against previous iPhones

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-20 14:42:04

A new leak over the weekend has revealed what appears to be battery capacities for every new iPhone 17 model, including the ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air. Here’s how the reported iPhone 17 Air battery capacity stacks up against previous iPhone models. Leaked iPhone 17 Air battery capacity vs. prior iPhone models iPhone 17 Air will be the flashiest new model this year, with its ultra-thin design offering something fresh after years of more ‘boring’ updates. Battery life has long been the biggest qu

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ICEBlock handled my vulnerability report in the worst possible way

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 09:38:49

Last week, I wrote about how Joshua Aaron's ICEBlock app, which allows people to anonymously report ICE sightings within a 5-mile radius, is – unfortunately, and despite apparent good intentions – activism theater. This was based on Joshua's talk at HOPE where he made it clear that he isn't taking the advice of local community groups, that ICE sightings aren't verified in any way, and that he doesn't know what he's doing when it comes to security and privacy. In that post, in the section about

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Why is Japan still investing in custom floating point accelerators?

news.ycombinator.com Timothy Prickett Morgan 2025-10-17 15:27:24

It has taken nearly two decades and an immense amount of work by millions of people for high performance computing to go mainstream with GenAI. And now, we live in a world where AI servers crammed with accelerators account for half of the money spent on systems worldwide. There is no law anywhere that says that accelerator has to be a GPU, although that has been the accelerator of choice by far because GPUs are, like CPUs, general purpose processors that are explicitly designed to support vario

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AMD claims Arm ISA doesn't offer efficiency advantage over x86

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 11:36:00

SL2 I'm surprised that AMD included Intel here.. That doesn't mean that it absolutely can't be done these days. However, I highly doubt that it could be done 20 years ago. Even if it's possible today, there's really no reason to make x86 for phones because the cost for development is too high and there's stiff competition.. ARM does the job perfectly. piloponth There was an initiative from Intel - x86S - scrape all legacy from the ISA and start fresh from x86_amd64. That bavkward com

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A critique of package managers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 09:18:55

Package Managers are Evil n.b. This is a written version of a dialogue from a YouTube video: 2 Language Creators vs 2 Idiots | The Standup Package managers (for programming languages) are evil. To start, I need to make a few distinctions between concepts a lot of programmers mix up: A package Package Repositories Build Systems Package Managers These are all separate and can have no relation to one another. I have nothing wrong with packages, in fact Odin has packages built into the langu

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iPhone dumbphone

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 14:33:44

September 2025 I used Apple Configurator to turn my iPhone into a dumb phone. I can only access the apps and websites I want to use, and it’s feeling great! Compared to when I started I’m saving about 2 hours of screen time a day. If I kept this up for a month I promised to write a post about this setup. It’s now two months so here’s my post. What follows is a backstory, observations, and a how-to-guide. To get straight to the how-to-guide, click here. Motivation It’s common to rack up 4 ho

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Learning the soroban rapid mental calculation as an adult

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-17 18:37:36

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Autumn Equinox Is in 2 Weeks: What It Is and What It Looks Like

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-20 16:53:00

Even if the leaves haven't yet begun turning where you live, Labor Day is over, school is back in session and fall is almost here. The official arrival of the season is the autumnal equinox, which occurs in the Northern Hemisphere this month. After a hot summer, the September equinox marks a welcome shift in the seasons for many folks. But what exactly is an equinox? It's all about Earth and its relationship with the sun. Here's how to understand, visualize and celebrate the autumnal equinox.

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Former WhatsApp security boss in lawsuit likens Meta’s culture to a “cult”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-20 17:26:02

Over the past year, Meta has blanketed TV screens around the world with commercials touting the privacy of Whatsapp, its encrypted messenger with a monthly user base of 3 billion people. “It’s private,” one ad campaign featuring the former cast of the Modern Family TV show says. “On Whatsapp, no one can see or hear your personal messages … not even us,” a different series of ads declares. “Serious risks to user data” On Monday, the former head of security for the Meta-owed messaging app filed

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Nuclear startup Deep Fission goes public in a curious SPAC

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-10-20 17:08:40

Nuclear startup Deep Fission announced Monday that it has gone public in a reverse merger, netting the company $30 million. No, it’s not 2021. The startup is proposing to build small, cylindrical nuclear power plants and lower them into 30-inch diameter holes drilled one mile down into the Earth. By burying the reactors, the company hopes to solve several problems that plague current reactors, including concerns over meltdowns and potential terrorist attacks. Deep Fission’s 15-megawatt reacto

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I only give my real number to people, not companies

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-19 15:00:41

Ryan Haines / Android Authority I shudder every time I get a phone call from an unknown number. I dread looking at the hundreds of unread text messages in my inbox. No, I’m not being melodramatic. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been very lax with securing my phone number. Every app, every food delivery service, every shopping website that I’ve logged into has my phone number. At the time of signing up for these services, it seemed like the obvious thing to do. After all, if the delivery guy n

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Hackers steal 3,325 secrets in GhostAction GitHub supply chain attack

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-20 21:53:59

A new supply chain attack on GitHub, dubbed 'GhostAction,' has compromised 3,325 secrets, including PyPI, npm, DockerHub, GitHub tokens, Cloudflare, and AWS keys. The attack was discovered by GitGuardian researchers, who report that the first signs of compromise on one of the impacted projects, FastUUID, became evident on September 2, 2025. The attack involved leveraging compromised maintainer accounts to perform commits that added a malicious GitHub Actions workflow file that triggers automat

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Looking for the fastest iPhone 17 model? These iPhone 16 speed test results can help

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-10-20 21:16:39

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The iPhone 16 and 16e showed similar network speeds in most regions. The iPhone 16 outperformed the 16e on more advanced networks. The iPhone 17 is expected to continue to use Qualcomm modems. Looking for an iPhone with the best connection speeds and undecided between an iPhone 16 and an iPhone 16e. (Or do you wait for an iPhone 17?) The average download and upload speeds tend to favor the iPh

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Report: OpenAI will launch its own AI chip next year

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-10-20 21:41:00

XH4D/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways: OpenAI is building an in-house AI chip with Broadcom. The effort is likely the result of a partnership valued at $10 billion. Many AI companies are launching their own chipmaking operations. OpenAI is gearing up to launch its own AI chip, part of a broader industry effort to gain independence from third-party semiconductor companies. The ChatGPT-maker will start mass

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‘Sherlock Holmes’ May Get the Animated Treatment From a ‘Shrek’ Producer

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-10-20 21:00:35

Here’s a duo you don’t expect: Sherlock Holmes and Shrek. There won’t be any content crossover if a new animated Sherlock Holmes series—tentatively titled Animated Sherlock—gets off the ground, but the shared behind-the-scenes interests are there. Also of note, the series wouldn’t adapt the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle source material but rather a novel series that puts a more risque twist on his classic tales. As Variety reports, Animated Sherlock would tap into The Unexperguated Adventures of Sherl

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Some Heart Attacks Might Be Triggered by Germs

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-10-20 21:30:27

Germs might be even worse for us than we thought. New research suggests that certain infections could be a contributing factor to heart attacks. Scientists in Finland and the UK conducted the study, which examined arterial plaques taken from people who died from heart disease and others. They found these plaques often contained a dormant layer of bacterial biofilm; they also found evidence that bacteria released from this biofilm can then trigger heart attacks. Though not yet definitive, the st

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In court filing, Google concedes the open web is in “rapid decline”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-20 21:29:40

Is the web thriving or faltering? Google has an unexpected take in a new legal filing. Google is heading back to court soon in hopes of convincing a judge that it should not have to split up its ad business. The company lost its adtech antitrust case earlier this year, and now it's up to the court to decide on remedies for the illegal conduct. In its response to the DOJ's requested remedies, Google made a startling claim: "The fact is that today, the open web is already in rapid decline." Googl

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Pinecone founder Edo Liberty discusses why the next big AI breakthrough starts with search, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-10-20 21:14:54

AI needs a better brain — and Edo Liberty is building it. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, Pinecone founder and CEO Edo Liberty will explain why the next wave of AI-native apps won’t be driven by bigger models, but by smarter search. With 10,000+ startup and VC leaders expected to be at Disrupt, this AI Stage fireside chat and presentation is a must-attend session. The future of AI isn’t more data — it’s better retrieval As AI becomes more

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Ex-Meta employee files whistleblower suit for alleged security flaws at WhatsApp

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Here’s how iPhone 17 Air battery could stack up against previous iPhones

ICEBlock handled my vulnerability report in the worst possible way

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AMD claims Arm ISA doesn't offer efficiency advantage over x86

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iPhone dumbphone

Learning the soroban rapid mental calculation as an adult

Autumn Equinox Is in 2 Weeks: What It Is and What It Looks Like

Former WhatsApp security boss in lawsuit likens Meta’s culture to a “cult”

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Some Heart Attacks Might Be Triggered by Germs

In court filing, Google concedes the open web is in “rapid decline”

Pinecone founder Edo Liberty discusses why the next big AI breakthrough starts with search, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

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