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Microsoft increases Zero Day Quest prize pool to $5 million

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-21 21:46:08

Microsoft will offer up to $5 million in bounty awards at this year's Zero Day Quest hacking contest, which the company describes as the "largest hacking event in history." Last year's Zero Day Quest has also generated significant participation from the security community, following Microsoft's offer of $4 million in rewards for vulnerabilities in cloud and AI products and platforms. After the November hacking competition concluded, Microsoft announced that it had paid $1.6 million, having rece

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As a linguist, I want to find the words to measure chronic illness

news.ycombinator.com M Corvi 2025-12-18 21:16:40

Heather Hogan / The Sick Times Let me paint a scene that is all too familiar: I’m not feeling well (again), I go to the doctor (again), they take some blood (again; I turn my head away) and poke at me in whatever way my insurance company deems appropriate. The result is a long sheet of seemingly arbitrary numbers that indicate something about my metabolic processes and the resulting sensations, and I leave without much information aside from some variation of: “These tests tell me that your bo

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14 Best Beauty Box Subscriptions, Tested for Months (2025)

wired.com Louryn Strampe 2025-12-21 22:31:00

Ipsy is likely best known for its Glam Bags, which include a cute makeup bag each month filled with five deluxe samples. It was cofounded by OG beauty guru Michelle Phan in 2011. I received some excellent deluxe samples, including Fenty Beauty mascara, a BYOD blush brush, and a Just Ximena highlighter. And unlike some other sample sizes I've received, Ipsy actually sent enough of each hair product to be useful. My mane of curly hair initially laughed at the 50-milliliter bottle of Marc Anthony l

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Kyoto University team develops pain reliever comparable to morphine

news.ycombinator.com No Author 2025-12-21 20:47:18

A Kyoto University research team has developed a pain-reliever that is comparable to morphine but does not have serious side effects. Morphine, often administered to cancer patients, has serious adverse effects such as breathing issues and addiction. According to the team, the newly developed drug, Adriana, is a groundbreaking painkiller, which works on a completely different mechanism to morphine and other existing synthetic opioids. The drug has the potential to revolutionize pain control in

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PHP 8.5 adds pipe operator

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-21 21:13:43

PHP 8.5, due out November of this year, will bring with it another long-sought-after feature: the pipe operator ( |> ). It's a small feature with huge potential, yet it still took years to happen. What is a pipe operator? The pipe operator, spelled |> , is deceptively simple. It takes the value on its left side and passes it as the single argument to a function (or in PHP's case, callable ) on its right side: $result = "Hello World" |> strlen(...) // Is equivalent to $result = strlen("Hello W

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Tell HN: Anthropic expires paid credits after a year

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-21 23:43:40

> Your organization “xxx” has $xxx Anthropic API credits that will expire on September 03, 2025 UTC. > > To ensure uninterrupted service, we recommend enabling auto-reload for your organization. When enabled, we’ll automatically add credits when your balance reaches a specified minimum. You can enable auto-reload in the Anthropic Console.

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I tried to replace myself with ChatGPT in my English class

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-19 04:32:25

My students call it “Chat,” a cute nickname they all seem to have agreed on at some point. They use it to make study guides, interpret essay prompts, and register for classes, turning it loose on the course catalog and asking it to propose a weekly schedule. They use it to make their writing sound more “professional,” including emails to professors like me, fearing that we will judge them for informal diction or other human errors. Article continues after advertisement Like many teachers at ev

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Projects evaluated to see if they're as free and open source as advertised

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-22 00:26:23

Where Projects are Evaluated To see if they're as free and open source as advertised The software rights of users are continously (and often opaquely) being eroded by the desire of growth. This website aims to push back against that by bringing transparency to FOSS software users.

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Aug. 5, #316

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-22 00:56:10

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. Lots of logos in today's Connections: Sports Edition. So if you know team identities by their graphics, you might ace this one. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that the game has ear

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Objects should shut up

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-21 22:33:49

I have a small car, and it has a dual-tank: gas and LPG, which is a great way to reduce my car-related budget, as LPG is way cheaper. Unfortunately, when the tank is starting to get depleted, the car will emit strident and loud beeps to notify me about it. And every single time time, it startles me like Hell, which isn't something I appreciate very much, especially when I'm steering a 1 ton metal box to overtake a trailer at 130km/h on the highway. To make things even double-plus-good, a full-sc

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What Does One Billion Dollars Look Like?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-22 06:34:29

According to Forbes, as of early March, 2023 there were 2,640 billionaires worldwide, 735 in the U.S. alone. These billionaires have each amassed at least one billion dollars worth of assets, including stocks, real estate, and cash — many of them much more than that. But just how big is one billion? A number that large is hard to conceive of. Well, it's 1,000,000,000; ten to the ninth power; one-thousand millions. That might help some…but not much. How big is a million? Hard to say when we're j

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Is It FOSS?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-22 06:26:23

Where Projects are Evaluated To see if they're as free and open source as advertised The software rights of users are continously (and often opaquely) being eroded by the desire of growth. This website aims to push back against that by bringing transparency to FOSS software users.

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 5, #786

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-22 06:19:00

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 is a challenging one. My favorite category, however, was the blue group, which left me humming a certain Christmas carol four months ahead of the holiday. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot

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Job Seekers Disgusted When They Show Up to Job Interviews and the "Interviewer" Isn't Even Human

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-22 10:14:20

Employment seekers are getting frustrated when they finally lock down a much-sought-after job interview — only to realize when they log onto the meeting that the "interviewers" isn't even human. As Fortune reports, professionals are starting to push back, noping out of interviews conducted by AI and reasoning that the company culture can't be very good if actual leadership isn't willing to take the time to meet candidates face-to-face. However, the people behind the AI interviewer tech say tha

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Palantir is extending its reach even further into government

news.ycombinator.com Makena Kelly 2025-12-22 00:44:49

President Donald Trump’s administration has dramatically expanded its work with Palantir, elevating the company cofounded by Trump ally Peter Thiel as the government’s go-to software developer. Following massive contract terminations for consulting giants and government contractors like Accenture, Booz Allen, and Deloitte, Palantir has emerged ahead. Now the data analytics firm is partnering with those companies—offering them a lifeline while consolidating its own power. Palantir has become one

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Show HN: I made a competitive debating game(like chess.com but for debating)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-22 12:07:50

Challenge your ideas, climb the leaderboard, and join a vibrant community of thinkers. Sharpen Your Mind Engage in thoughtful debates that challenge your perspectives and improve your critical thinking skills. Climb the Rankings Earn ELO points for winning debates and see how you stack up against other debaters on our leaderboard.

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USDA Weaponizes Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Marriage Story’ Fight to Scare Wolves

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-12-22 11:25:48

Noah Baumbach wanted to challenge audiences with Marriage Story, making them sit in the discomfort and tension of a relationship falling apart. He probably didn’t know that his audience was going to be wolves, though. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the famous fight scene between Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson from Baumbach’s award-winning drama is just one tool the United States Department of Agriculture has started to use in an effort to scare the growing wolf (and hung

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Intel, Not AMD, Could Be the Secret to Kickass Next-Gen Handheld PCs

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-12-22 12:07:31

Intel is an empire past its prime and is beset on all sides. Just as Paul “Muad’Dib” Atreides of Dune monologued on the many futures he perceived, there is “a narrow way through” for the beleaguered chipmaker. The way forward could be with a newfound gaming focus on its next-gen chips. Its desktop CPUs may be getting a gamer-centric upgrade, but the real surprise may be how it could win out in a market it has yet to truly compete in: handheld gaming. Handheld gaming PCs need Intel to shake thin

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Earth Is Spinning Weirdly Faster, Making This Tuesday One of the Shortest Days Ever

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-22 11:24:00

The Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speed ups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also haven't gone unnoticed by science. Aug. 5 is the next date when the Earth's rotation is expected to speed up, shortening the day by between 1.25 and 1.51 milliseconds. According to TimeandDate, the current prediction is set by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service and t

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Could Apple create an AI search engine to rival Gemini and ChatGPT? Here's how it could succeed

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-12-22 17:52:00

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Apple reportedly has an AI search in the works. The AI search experience could have a standalone app and power Siri. Timely and strategic release with broader success of AI search engines. With the launch of Apple Intelligence, Apple sought to enter the AI space after a somewhat late entry. However, several delays of its most sought-after feature, including Siri 2.0, have made it difficult to keep up with more established competitors. A new report d

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Why Greptile just does code reviews and doesn't also generate code

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-22 10:43:57

Alternative title: Why Greptile Doesn’t Generate Code Remembering Enron (1985-2001) I am Daksh - a co-founder of Greptile, the AI code reviewer that catches bugs in pull requests for thousands of software teams. The month I was born, October 2001, was also the month Enron collapsed. For those unfamiliar, Enron was an energy company founded in 1985. It was one of the most valuable companies in the US public markets at the turn of the century. In 2001, it was discovered that under investor pres

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What Happened When I Tried to Replace Myself with ChatGPT in My English Class

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-20 04:32:25

My students call it “Chat,” a cute nickname they all seem to have agreed on at some point. They use it to make study guides, interpret essay prompts, and register for classes, turning it loose on the course catalog and asking it to propose a weekly schedule. They use it to make their writing sound more “professional,” including emails to professors like me, fearing that we will judge them for informal diction or other human errors. Article continues after advertisement Like many teachers at ev

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NASA's Curiosity picks up new skills

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-22 16:20:38

Instead, Curiosity and its younger sibling Perseverance each use their MMRTG nuclear power source, which relies on decaying plutonium pellets to create energy and recharge the rover’s batteries. Providing ample power for the rovers’ many science instruments, MMRTGs are known for their longevity (the twin Voyager spacecraft have relied on RTGs since 1977). But as the plutonium decays over time, it takes longer to recharge Curiosity’s batteries, leaving less energy for science each day. The team

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Breaking the Visual Barrier: AI Sonification for an Inclusive Data-Driven World

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2025-12-22 21:46:06

Bridging the Visual Gap with Sound in 2025 As AI innovations reshape technology landscapes in 2025, accessibility for visually impaired users is gaining unprecedented momentum. Currently, an estimated 285 million people globally experience some degree of visual impairment, limiting their ability to fully engage with visually driven data environments. AI-enhanced sonification—the transformation of data into intuitive audible signals driven by cutting-edge artificial intelligence—has emerged as a

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Facts will not save you – AI, history and Soviet sci-fi

news.ycombinator.com Seva Gunitsky 2025-12-19 06:16:18

A few days ago Microsoft published a list of the 40 jobs most likely to be replaced by AI. The first two entries are translators and historians, which made me laugh. The two jobs have one thing in common — they are acts of interpretation that are never recognized as such by outsiders. It’s probably self-evident in the tech world that history is a matter of assembling facts. A kind of mechanical curation, like sweeping loose pebbles into neat piles. This delusion reflects a larger hubris— the bel

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Show HN: Mathpad – Physical keypad for typing math symbols

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-20 14:43:07

Back this project to help bring it into existence. Funding ends on Sep 11, 2025 at 04:59 PM PDT. Mathpad is a specialized keypad that makes typing mathematical equations as simple as typing regular text. With over 100 mathematical symbols at your fingertips, this compact and powerful device eliminates the frustration and inefficiency of typing math on a computer. What if Mathematical Symbols Were as Easy to Type as Regular Letters? After 3 years of development, Mathpad finally makes this drea

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Offline.kids – Screen-free activities for kids

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-22 20:50:05

Sometimes kids need something they can do on their own — while you’re on a work call, cooking dinner, or just taking a breath. Here’s a list of solo activities you can try with your child, grouped by age. Some are linked to full activity guides on Offline.Kids, and others are simple ideas you can… View post

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Is the Dream Chaser space plane ever going to launch into orbit?

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-22 22:56:58

When will Sierra Space's winged vehicle, Dream Chaser, finally take flight? Unfortunately, it's still not clear. Almost certainly, however, it won't be this year. The Dream Chaser space plane has now been under development for more than two decades, and it has a huge cult following because its winged shape mimics the iconic Space Shuttle. However, during a recent news briefing, a senior NASA official would only say this about a launch date: "We will be ready for them when they're ready to fly."

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ChatGPT will ‘better detect’ mental distress after reports of it feeding people’s delusions

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-22 22:36:56

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI, which is expected to launch its GPT-5 AI model this week, is making updates to ChatGPT that it says will improve the AI chatbot’s ability to detect mental or emotional distress. To do this, OpenAI is working with experts and advisory groups to improve Ch

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Google Home can’t catch a break, as Routines widget vanishes

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-23 03:10:38

TL;DR One of the widgets offered by the Google app has been a shortcut for accessing your Home Routines. In the latest Google app beta, the Routines widget is no longer available. This loss arrives right in the middle of a growing period of Google Home frustration. If you’re interested in putting together a particularly impressive smart home setup, Google Home’s Routines are probably your best friend. While getting them configured can take a minute, especially if they involve dozens of device

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