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MSNBC: Whistleblower accuses DOGE team of endangering Social Security data

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-22 20:13:50

Whistleblower accuses DOGE team of endangering critical Social Security data This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client Charles Borges and was originally published here. Within weeks of Donald Trump’s second inaugural, members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team showed up at the Social Security Administration and started demanding access to files. The efforts were not well received: Michelle King, in her capacity as the acting Social Securi

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‘The Goonies 2’ Is Sailing Closer to Reality

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-23 09:00:49

Goonies never say die, and apparently, neither do sequels. Earlier this year, news broke that after decades of back-and-forth about a follow-up to the fan-favorite 1985 film, The Goonies, Warner Bros. had hired a writer to pen a script. Now, the writer has provided an update that makes it seem like the sequel is getting closer to actually happening. Speaking to Deadline at the Venice Film Festival, Goonies 2 writer Potsy Ponciroli provided the following update. “I have turned in a first draft,

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Scientists Discover New Parasitic Wasps Invading the U.S.

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-10-23 13:30:52

There are all sorts of cruel parasites out there, and more are being uncovered all the time. Scientists have recently found several invasive species of parasitic wasps that have now landed in the U.S. Researchers at Binghamton University and the University of Iowa made the discovery. For the first time ever, they detected the presence of two closely related parasitic wasp species previously only found in Europe. Don’t be too personally afraid, though: these wasps only infest other wasps. A was

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This is my brain on leeches

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-21 09:06:09

I just want to bring you along for a reprise of the journey of how I read ’s , because man was it fun for my brain Dokukin tried hirudotherapy at the behest of his mother back in Russia, where it remains common practice why? According to Despite the ‘Yuck Factor,’ Leeches Are Big in Russian Medicine (NYTimes) - often the venom, a natural anticoagulant, is used “as a low-cost substitute for blood thinners like warfarin… Left to pay out of pocket at clinics or commercial drugstores, patients

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Mastodon says it doesn’t ‘have the means’ to comply with age verification laws

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-24 01:50:11

Decentralized social network Mastodon says it can’t comply with Mississippi’s age verification law — the same law that saw rival Bluesky pull out of the state — because it doesn’t have the means to do so. The social non-profit explains that Mastodon doesn’t track its users, which makes it difficult to enforce such legislation. Nor does it want to use IP address-based blocks, as those would unfairly impact people who were traveling, it says. The statement follows a lively back-and-forth convers

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Parents sue OpenAI after ChatGPT allegedly encouraged teenage son's suicide, company announces safety changes

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-10-23 13:03:00

What just happened? The parents of a 16-year-old who killed himself after ChatGPT advised him on methods and helped draft his suicide note are suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman. The company says it is now making changes to its chatbot, including strengthening safeguards and expanding interventions. Adam Raine's parents accuse OpenAI and Altman of "designing and distributing a defective product that provided detailed suicide instructions to a minor, prioritizing corporate profits over child safety

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Show HN: Auto-Match – How We Built Receipt-to-Transaction Matching (Open Source)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-22 09:05:09

Join the community Stress free by midday. Invoicing, Time tracking, File reconciliation, Storage, Financial Overview & your own Assistant.

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The Wild, Citywide Scavenger Hunt That Ate San Francisco

wired.com Boone Ashworth 2025-10-24 22:00:00

On a Wednesday night in August, hundreds of people gathered in the lobby of Apple Cinemas in central San Francisco. To gain admission to the event, attendees had to say a secret code word to the crew working the door: three giggling children wearing oversize “SECURITY” caps. The throng inside hunted for QR codes on the walls and admired a makeshift art gallery that showcased a collection of paintings, each referencing a famous historical work—Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring, Munch’s The Scr

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Powerful GPUs or Fast Interconnects: Analyzing Relational Workloads

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-21 13:48:51

Authors: Marko Kabić, Bowen Wu, Jonas Dann, Gustavo Alonso Abstract In this study we explore the impact of different combinations of GPU models (RTX3090, A100, H100, GraceHoppers - GH200) and interconnects (PCIe 3.0, PCIe 4.0, PCIe 5.0, and NVLink 4.0) on various relational data analytics workloads (TPC-H, H2O-G, ClickBench). We present MaxBench, a comprehensive framework designed for benchmarking, profiling, and modeling these workloads on GPUs. Beyond delivering detailed performance metrics,

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Anthropic users face a new choice – opt out or share your chats for AI training

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-10-25 03:43:12

Anthropic is making some big changes to how it handles user data, requiring all Claude users to decide by September 28 whether they want their conversations used to train AI models. While the company directed us to its blog post on the policy changes when asked about what prompted the move, we’ve formed some theories of our own. But first, what’s changing: Previously, Anthropic didn’t use consumer chat data for model training. Now, the company wants to train its AI systems on user conversations

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Video player looks like a 1-inch TV from the ’60s and is wondrous, pointless fun

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-25 09:29:47

If a family of anthropomorphic mice were to meet around a TV, I imagine they'd gather around something like TinyCircuits’ TinyTV 2. The gadget sits on four slender, angled legs with its dials and classic, brown shell beckoning viewers toward its warm, bright stories. The TinyTV’s screen is only 1.14 inches diagonally, but the device exudes vintage energy. TinyTV 2 Specs Display Size: 1.14-inch Resolution: 216×135 Panel Type: IPS Dimensions: 1.9×1.4×1 inches (47.6×36.6×25.9mm) Ports: 1x USB

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A forgotten medieval fruit with a vulgar name (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-24 09:34:31

Medieval Europeans were fanatical about a strange fruit that could only be eaten rotten. Then it was forgotten altogether. Why did they love it so much? And why did it disappear? In 2011, archaeologists found something unusual in a Roman toilet. The team were excavating the ancient village of Tasgetium (now Eschenz, Switzerland), ruled by a Celtic king who was personally given the land by Julius Caesar. It was built on the banks of the river Rhine, along what was then an important trade route

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Anthropic users face a new choice – opt out or share your data for AI training

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-10-25 13:43:12

Anthropic is making some big changes to how it handles user data, requiring all Claude users to decide by September 28 whether they want their conversations used to train AI models. While the company directed us to its blog post on the policy changes when asked about what prompted the move, we’ve formed some theories of our own. But first, what’s changing: previously, Anthropic didn’t use consumer chat data for model training. Now, the company wants to train its AI systems on user conversations

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Mississippi’s age assurance law puts decentralized social networks to the test

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-25 17:14:21

An overly broad age assurance law in Mississippi is leading to arguments about which platforms — Bluesky, Mastodon, or others — offer the best solution for avoiding crackdowns on internet freedoms. The company that makes the Bluesky social app announced last week that it would block access to its service in the state of Mississippi rather than comply with the new age verification law. In a blog post, the company explained that, as a small team, it lacked the resources to implement the substanti

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The Cast of ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Is Revealed as Production Begins

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-26 05:11:14

Lucasfilm just announced the cast of Star Wars: Starfighter, directed by Shawn Levy, which is now in production. Ryan Gosling stars, and he’ll be joined by Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, and Amy Adams. “I feel a profound sense of excitement and honor as we begin production on Star Wars: Starfighter,” Levy said on the official Star Wars website. “From the day Kathy Kennedy called me up, inviting me to develop an original adventure in this

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Trump admin dismisses Endangered Species List as “Hotel California”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-26 05:00:52

“You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” It’s the ominous slogan for “Hotel California,” an iconic fictional lodging dreamed up by the Eagles in 1976. One of the rock band’s lead singers, Don Henley, said in an interview that the song and place “can have a million interpretations.” For US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, what comes to mind is a key part of one of the country’s most central conservation laws. “The Endangered Species List has become like the Hotel Californ

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Why China Builds Faster Than the Rest of the World

wired.com Zeyi Yang 2025-10-26 09:00:00

There’s never been a shortage of hot takes about what really makes the United States and China so different: Capitalism versus socialism; democracy as opposed to authoritarianism; Christianity or Confucianism; equity versus efficiency. In his highly anticipated new book, Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future, Hoover Institution fellow Dan Wang proposes a fresh lens for looking at the world’s two largest superpowers: the US is a “lawyerly society,” he argues, while China is an “engineer

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Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky

wired.com Jennifer Ouellette 2025-10-26 09:26:05

Marine biologist and conservationist David Shiffman was an early power user and evangelist for science engagement on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Over the years, he trained more than 2,000 early career scientists on how to best use the platform for professional goals: networking with colleagues, sharing new scientific papers, and communicating with interested members of the public. But when Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022, renaming it X, changes to both the platform’s a

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New dinosaur species is the punk rock version of an ankylosaur

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-26 13:25:12

Ankylosaurs, with their squat, armored bodies and bizarre, weaponized tails, are an iconic group of dinosaurs. While there were plenty of species present in the Cretaceous, they're thought to have origins that trace back to the Jurassic. It has been hard to say much about those origins, however, because the fossil evidence was so sparse. One of the earliest potential ankylosaur species, Spicomellus, was known from only a single partial rib; others are known only by jaw fragments or teeth. Now,

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Pausing Insect Activity

news.ycombinator.com Ulkar Aghayeva 2025-10-24 06:23:08

For all known life forms, activity is punctuated by periods of rest. Sleep may be the most familiar, but many other distinct dormant states occur on longer timescales, from weeks to months on end. Such suspended animation has garnered many different names: hibernation and torpor (in mammals and birds), brumation (in reptiles), diapause and quiescence (in insects and nematodes), aestivation (summer dormancy in vertebrates and invertebrates), hypobiosis, cryptobiosis, and latent life (in microorga

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23 of the Best Sci-Fi TV Shows Netflix Has to Offer

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-27 05:00:04

So you're looking for a solid sci-fi TV show to add to your Netflix binge list? Well, friend, you've come to the right place. The streamer has long-established itself as the gold standard for genre entertainment. If you're anything like me, you've already tackled the platform's big hit series like Stranger Things and Black Mirror. You want something else -- and I put together a list that will surely scratch that genre itch. Sci-fi fans are passionate and can also be a fickle bunch. It makes sen

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China Is Building a Brain-Computer Interface Industry

wired.com Emily Mullin 2025-10-27 05:00:00

In a policy document released this month, China has signaled its ambition to become a world leader in brain-computer interfaces, the same technology that Elon Musk’s Neuralink and other US startups are developing. Brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, read and decode neural activity to translate it into commands. Because they provide a direct link between the brain and an external device, such as a computer or robotic arm, BCIs have tremendous potential as assistive devices for people with severe

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Altered states of consciousness induced by breathwork accompanied by music

news.ycombinator.com Amy Amla Kartar 2025-10-27 05:22:24

The popularity of breathwork as a therapeutic tool for psychological distress is rapidly expanding. Breathwork practices that increase ventilatory rate or depth, facilitated by music, can evoke subjective experiential states analogous to altered states of consciousness (ASCs) evoked by psychedelic substances. These states include components such as euphoria, bliss, and perceptual differences. However, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the profound subjective effects of high ventilation b

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Top CDC Officials Resign After Director Is Pushed Out

wired.com Emily Mullin 2025-10-27 06:08:28

Susan Monarez is no longer the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a post by the official Department of Health and Human Services X account. She had been in the position for just a month. In the wake of her apparent ouster, several other CDC leaders have resigned. Named acting CDC director in January, Monarez was officially confirmed to the position by the Senate on July 29 and sworn in two days later. During her brief tenure, the CDC’s main campus in Atl

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Apple TV+: Romantic drama with Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein gets first trailer

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-27 17:37:25

Last December, Apple announced a new romantic drama starring Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso, Shrinking), and Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later, Green Room), marking its third collaboration with the actor/writer. Today, the movie got its first trailer, ahead of its official release next month. Watch it below. ‘All of You’ premieres September 26 According to Apple, “All of You” is a love story for grown-ups. It is directed by William Bridges (Black Mirror, Stranger Things), who also co-wrote the screenpl

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The New ‘Toxic Avenger’ Is Helping Avenge Real-World Health Care Debt

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-10-28 01:30:11

The new Toxic Avenger finally hits theaters this week after a few years’ delay, and while audiences are in for a wild ride with the movie’s hilariously gross tale of mutation and redemption, the movie does also tackle more serious themes. A big moment comes early on when Peter Dinklage’s character—Winston Gooze, before he becomes Toxie—learns his expensive health insurance won’t cover his life-or-death medical treatment. Now, the film is applying some real-world activism to that unfortunately re

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IT system supplier cyberattack impacts 200 municipalities in Sweden

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-28 05:23:42

A cyberattack on Miljödata, an IT systems supplier for roughly 80% of Sweden’s municipal systems, has caused accessibility problems in more than 200 regions of the country. In addition to the service disruption, there are concerns that attackers also stole sensitive data. Local media report that the threat actor demanded a ransom of 1.5 (currently around $168,000) Bitcoins from Miljödata in exchange for not leaking stolen information. Miljödata is a Swedish software company that develops and p

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Join me and the Android Authority team for a Pixel 10 series AMA right now!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-28 09:00:09

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority After its announcement last week, the Pixel 10 series will officially start shipping tomorrow, August 28, 2025. Many of you have already pre-ordered one of the three phones, but many are probably still waiting for real-world feedback before they make up their mind. That’s what we’re here for. If you’re eager to know more about the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL, their performance, how specific features work and how good they are, you can join me,

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Global Salt Typhoon hacking campaigns linked to Chinese tech firms

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-28 09:34:04

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and partners from over a dozen countries have linked the Salt Typhoon global hacking campaigns to three China-based technology firms. According to the joint advisories [NSA, NCSC], Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing Huanyu Tianqiong Information Technology Co., and Sichuan Zhixin Ruijie Network Technology Co. Ltd. have provided cyber products and services to China's Ministry of State Securi

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Interdisciplinary Computing and Education for Real-World Solutions

computer.org Jasmine Ang 2025-10-28 11:35:29

An Interview with Prof. Vipin Kumar – 2025 Taylor L. Booth Education Award Recipient Prof. Vipin Kumar, a Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota, has wide-ranging research interests, which touch on several fields that have significant impact worldwide. His leadership as an educator in computer science and his authorship of foundational textbooks have shaped data mining and parallel computing curricula internationally. Below is an in-depth interview on the technologies he has had a han

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