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Claude can now edit and create files, including Excel spreadsheets

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-09 19:30:43

Anthropic has begun rolling out a small but significant update to Claude. Starting today you can use the chatbot to create and edit Excel spreadsheets, documents, PowerPoint slide decks and PDFs. In the past, Claude offered rudimentary file support, but now you can interact with any documents you need to modify directly through the chatbot. The new functionality is part of a feature preview you can try out as long as you have a Max, Team or Education subscription. Sorry, Pro and free users, you'

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US HS students lose ground in math and reading, continuing yearslong decline

news.ycombinator.com Ma Is An Associated Press National Writer Who Covers Education. 2025-10-09 19:45:46

WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to results released Tuesday from an exam known as the nation’s report card. Eighth-grade students also lost significant ground in science skills, according to the results from the National Assessment of Education Progress. The assessments were the first since the pandemic for eight

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Anscombe's Quartet

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-09 00:29:36

Four data sets with the same descriptive statistics, yet very different distributions The four datasets composing Anscombe's quartet. All four sets have identical statistical parameters, but the graphs show them to be considerably different Anscombe's quartet comprises four datasets that have nearly identical simple descriptive statistics, yet have very different distributions and appear very different when graphed. Each dataset consists of eleven (x, y) points. They were constructed in 1973 b

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Spotify’s music recommendations stink. Here’s how I made them better

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-10 12:00:05

Tushar Mehta / Android Authority I am a snob when it comes to music choices. I have spent countless hours in my teenage years arguing with strangers on the internet that Megadeth is overrated, or defending Nickelback from being smeared as the worst rock band ever. Now, while I’ve realized I have been wrong in imposing my music choices on others, I still maintain a high level of scrutiny when deciding which music tracks will remain in my Spotify playlists. Yes, I rely on Spotify as one of my go

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Powerbeats Fit leaked: Beats new earbuds feature longer battery life and fresh colors

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-10-10 10:07:54

The Powerbeats Fit appear to be a rebrand/replacement for the Beats Fit Pro. After being teased by Beats at the end of August, we now have a full leak of their specs and colorways, courtesy of Evan Blass (@evleaks). Powerbeats Fit come in a handful of colors, including a vibrant ‘spark orange’ that might just match the new color of the iPhone 17 Pro being announced later today. The earbuds are expected to officially launch in a few weeks time. In terms of functionality, the leaked spec sheet s

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New Beats earbuds leak hours before Apple’s big event

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-10-10 12:00:20

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple teased the upcoming Powerbeats Fit last month, and now renders and specifications for the sporty wireless earbuds have appeared online that give us a closer look at what to expect. According to trusted leaker Evan Blass, the new Beats earbuds will be available in four colorways — orange, gray, black, and pink — and provide up to 30 hours of battery life, or “7 hours per bud on one charge” without poppi

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Strong Eventual Consistency – The Big Idea Behind CRDTs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-10 10:46:17

Strong Eventual Consistency - The Big Idea behind CRDTs CRDTs. Data structures that can be replicated across multiple nodes, edited independently, merged back together, and it all just works. But collaborative document editing and multiplayer TODO lists are just the tip of the iceberg - I believe the big application is distributed databases, and for that we need to talk about consistency. CRDTs are a tool for Strong Eventual Consistency. Let's start with the definition of normal Eventual Consi

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50% Off LG Promo Codes & Coupons

wired.com Ryan Waniata 2025-10-10 12:00:00

LG makes some of the best TVs you can buy. Its OLED TVs in particular are perennial favorites at WIRED, with C-series models like the C4 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) providing among the best performance for your dollars on the market. LG is about way more than TVs of course. The Korean brand offers multiple products across the A/V landscape, from soundbars to Bluetooth speakers, along with a host of other products like home appliances, laptops, and more. Save over 40% with LG promo codes and online

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Massive Leak Shows How a Chinese Company Is Exporting the Great Firewall to the World

wired.com Zeyi Yang 2025-10-10 14:00:00

A leak of more than 100,000 documents shows that a little-known Chinese company has been quietly selling censorship systems seemingly modeled on the Great Firewall to governments around the world. Geedge Networks, a company founded in 2018 that counts the “father” of China’s massive censorship infrastructure as one of its investors, styles itself as a network-monitoring provider, offering business-grade cybersecurity tools to “gain comprehensive visibility and minimize security risks” for its c

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Bluesky finally has a private bookmarking feature

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-10 19:41:10

Bluesky has added a built-in bookmarking feature so users finally have a way to privately save posts on the platform. The update is out now on Bluesky's website and app. Bookmarks on Bluesky work pretty much like they do on any other service. Save a post and you can revisit it later from the "saved posts" section of the app and website. It's overall a basic feature — there's currently no way to organize your saves into folders, for example — but it's a very long overdue addition to the platform

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‘Terrifier’ Makes an Undeniable Mark on Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-10-10 19:55:24

The gates of Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood have opened, and this year’s event has some of the theme park’s biggest debuts. Between Terrifier and Five Nights at Freddy’s, the headliner haunted houses really pack a punch, with the terror titan-led Jason Universe house, based on the Friday the 13th franchise, also helping to power a killer season start. But that’s not to say there were some lows; surprisingly, HHN’s anticipated Fallout offering fell short of expectations. Som

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Where's the Fun in AI Gambling?

wired.com Lauren Goode 2025-10-08 07:00:00

Michael Calore: You reported that most of the seasoned players in the online gambling space are sticking to the first model that you mentioned, which is just making an agent that does the research and can make tips for what would be a good bet, but it leaves the final step of actually placing the bet in the hand of you, the person who's putting their money on the line. But how is it going for the companies and the users that are taking the riskier step of letting the AI agent actually place the

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Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake’

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-10-10 19:24:42

X enthusiast and Reddit shareholder Sam Altman had an epiphany on Monday: Bots have made it impossible to determine whether social media posts are really written by humans, he posted. The realization came while reading (and sharing) some posts from the r/Claudecode subreddit, which were praising OpenAI Codex. OpenAI launched the software programming service that takes on Anthropic’s Claude Code in May. Lately, that subreddit has been so filled with posts from self-proclaimed Code users announc

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Netskope follows Rubrik as a rare cybersecurity IPO, both backed by Lightspeed

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-10-10 19:35:58

Cybersecurity is a massive sector, but startups in the category are more likely to be acquired than go public. Even Wiz, which for a time held the title of the fastest-growing startup, abandoned its IPO ambitions when it agreed to sell to Google earlier this year. In the past few years, there have been scant few significant cybersecurity debuts such as SentinelOne in 2021, and Rubrik last year. Next week, the sector is expected to add one more public company: the cloud cybersecurity platform N

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

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-10-10 23:14:32

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

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-10 23:12:57

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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Ex-WhatsApp cybersecurity head says Meta endangered billions of users

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-10 23:26:07

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 2025-10-10 23:17:50

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

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-10 22:58:00

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 Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 9, #351

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-10 23:18:45

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 rather difficult. Let's hope you know your golf, and are familiar with a certain midwestern state. If you're struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscript

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A clickable visual guide to the Rust type system

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-10 19:21:15

RustCurious .com Elements of Rust – Core Types and Traits A clickable visual guide to the Rust type system. Every type possible in Rust falls into one of the boxes shown. The focus here is on lang_items – types and traits built into the language to support specific syntax. The purpose is to demystify what can be built purely in library code. For example, Vec, String and HashMap do not appear here because those are just structs. Rust's clear delineation of a platform-independent core enables

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The key points of "Working Effectively with Legacy Code"

news.ycombinator.com Nicolas Carlo 2025-10-07 21:00:23

Struggling with Legacy Code and not enough time to clean it up? can help you rescue any codebase quickly and safely ! “Legacy Code is code without tests” If you’ve come across that definition, it’s from Michael Feathers’ book: Working Effectively with Legacy Code. While I have a slightly extended definition, this is a very valid and useful one! Feathers’ book is from 2004. Yet, its content doesn’t get outdated. There is a reason for that and this CommitStrip puts it best: This book is a re

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Job mismatch and early career success

news.ycombinator.com Julie Berry Cullen 2025-10-10 22:57:40

How does being over- or underqualified at the beginning of a worker's career affect skill acquisition, retention, and promotion? Despite the importance of mismatch for the labor market, self-selection into jobs has made estimating these effects difficult. We overcome endogeneity concerns in the context of the US Air Force, which allocates new enlistees to over 130 different jobs based, in part, on test scores. Using these test scores, we create simulated job assignments based on factors outside

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How RSS beat Microsoft

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-10 17:50:01

People like to tell the story of how VHS beat Betamax because adult film studios backed VHS. It’s a clutch-your-pearls story that says nothing about why these multi-million-dollar businesses picked one format over the other. The real story is that while Betamax tapes had better resolution and fidelity, VHS was cheaper, offered longer recordings, and, most importantly, was the more open format. Not many people talk about how or why RSS won the content syndication war because few people are aware

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Trump’s Policies Are Shutting Out Americans From the Coolest New Gadgets

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-10-11 03:10:46

Tech companies big and small now struggle to tantalize you with tech without telling you how much it will cost, or—hell—whether you can even buy it. The still-ongoing IFA 2025 tech conference in Berlin proved how merely shipping tech to the U.S. is more tenuous than at any time in the last few decades. From what I saw and heard both on the floor and off, it became clear that the era of plentiful, affordable, and cool shit will melt away in favor of an epoch of dull and ever-more expensive tech.

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

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-11 03:26:02

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

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-11 07:53:59

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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Bluesky adds private bookmarks

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-11 07:40:51

Social networking startup Bluesky is rolling out one of users’ most in-demand features — no, not an edit button! — bookmarks. The company on Monday announced the new addition, which it calls Saved Posts. The feature is accessible through a new bookmark icon underneath each post, next to the heart for favoriting. Your saved posts can then be viewed at any time from the new “Saved” section in the app’s main navigation. While it may seem redundant to have both likes and bookmarks on a social app

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Sports streaming piracy service with 123M yearly visits shut down

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-11 11:12:57

Calcio, a large piracy sports streaming platform with more than 120 million visits in the past year, was shut down following a collaborative effort by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) and DAZN. This massive illegal streaming service received more than 123 million visits over the past 12 months across 134 domains, with over 6 million monthly visits from Italy alone, making it the country's most popular sports streaming site, according to ACE. In total, more than 80% of Calci

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After nearly half a century in deep space, every ping from Voyager 1 is a bonus

news.ycombinator.com Richard Speed 2025-10-11 08:49:14

It is almost half a century since Voyager 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on a mission to study Jupiter, Saturn, and the atmosphere of Titan. It continues to send data back to Earth. Although engineers reckon that the aging spacecraft might survive well into the 2030s before eventually passing out of range of the Deep Space Network, the spacecraft's cosmic ray subsystem was switched off in 2025. More of the probe's instruments are earmarked for termination as engineers eke out Voy

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Latest Tech News

Claude can now edit and create files, including Excel spreadsheets

US HS students lose ground in math and reading, continuing yearslong decline

Anscombe's Quartet

Spotify’s music recommendations stink. Here’s how I made them better

Powerbeats Fit leaked: Beats new earbuds feature longer battery life and fresh colors

New Beats earbuds leak hours before Apple’s big event

Strong Eventual Consistency – The Big Idea Behind CRDTs

50% Off LG Promo Codes & Coupons

Massive Leak Shows How a Chinese Company Is Exporting the Great Firewall to the World

Bluesky finally has a private bookmarking feature

‘Terrifier’ Makes an Undeniable Mark on Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood

Where's the Fun in AI Gambling?

Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake’

Netskope follows Rubrik as a rare cybersecurity IPO, both backed by Lightspeed

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

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

Ex-WhatsApp cybersecurity head says Meta endangered billions of users

Alterego: Thought to Text

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

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 9, #351

A clickable visual guide to the Rust type system

The key points of "Working Effectively with Legacy Code"

Job mismatch and early career success

How RSS beat Microsoft

Trump’s Policies Are Shutting Out Americans From the Coolest New Gadgets

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

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

Bluesky adds private bookmarks

Sports streaming piracy service with 123M yearly visits shut down

After nearly half a century in deep space, every ping from Voyager 1 is a bonus

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