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Telecom giant Orange warns of disruption amid ongoing cyberattack

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2026-02-03 12:00:28

Orange, a French telecommunications giant and one of the largest phone providers in the world, announced on Monday that it was the victim of an unspecified cyberattack. In the announcement, the company said that it detected a cyberattack “on one of its information systems” on July 25, and that it proceeded to “isolate potentially affected services and minimize any impact.” The move to isolate affected systems, Orange added, caused disruptions to some of the company’s platforms, as well as busi

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Alarm․com launches new CarPlay app for smart home control

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2026-02-03 17:03:19

Homeowners and businesses with an Alarm․com smart home system have a new way to keep tabs on things. The company has announced the launch of its first CarPlay app, unlocking easier access to smart home controls for things like garage doors, scenes, routines, and more. Alarm․com touted the features of its new CarPlay app in a press release today: Hassle-Free Garage Door Control: Easily open and close compatible garage doors with a tap, whether pulling into the driveway or leaving for the day. P

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French telecom giant Orange discloses cyberattack

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-03 17:28:08

Orange, a French telecommunications company and one of the world's largest telecom operators, revealed that it detected a breached system on its network on Friday. The compromised system was discovered and isolated from the rest of the network by Orange Cyberdefense, the company's cybersecurity business unit, on July 25. This has led to some operational disruptions, primarily affecting French customers, which are expected to be gradually resolved by Wednesday morning, July 30. "On Friday, July

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The Famous Home Depot Skelly Finds Its Voice With New App for Halloween

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-03 15:56:00

Make no bones about it: Skelly's going high tech. Home Depot's popular 12-foot-tall skeleton decoration is coming back to life this Halloween with an app that lets you give the new Ultra Skelly a voice and new moves to scare the trick-or-treaters. The new animatronic version is shorter than the original at 6.5 feet tall, but you can freak out your whole neighborhood with this skeleton's rotating upper torso, moving mouth and 18 LCD eye variations (ew). And now Skelly can chat with visitors thro

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Golden Dome may not be the golden ticket Silicon Valley is hoping for

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2026-02-03 17:00:00

Golden Dome, the Trump administration’s gambit to build a next-generation missile defense system, has startups and longstanding defense contractors preparing to duke it out for a piece of a $151 billion multi-year contract. The process to qualify for the $151 billion contract vehicle, essentially an umbrella program, is stacked against most startups – not because of their tech. Instead, smaller companies may be thwarted by a multi-layered, expensive bureaucratic process used to ensure a company

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Microsoft in talks to maintain access to OpenAI’s tech beyond AGI milestone

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2026-02-03 17:44:10

Microsoft is reportedly in advanced talks with OpenAI for a new agreement that would give it ongoing access to the startup’s technology even if OpenAI achieves what it defines as AGI, or advanced general intelligence. If the deal goes through, it would clear a key hurdle in OpenAI’s transition toward becoming a fully commercial enterprise. The companies have been negotiating regularly, and they could come to an agreement in a few weeks, Bloomberg reports, citing three anonymous sources. The rep

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build Tesla tunnels under Nashville

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2026-02-03 17:56:16

The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s tunnel-digging company, and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee have announced a plan to build a 10-mile “loop” that will connect Nashville’s downtown and its convention center to the area’s airport. The project will be privately funded by The Boring Company “and its private partners,” according to the Governor’s press release, though those partners are not named. The Boring Company and local officials will now begin a “public process to evaluate potential routes, engage

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AI Datacenters Are Raising Nearby Residents' Electric Bills

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-03 22:04:46

If you're looking for someone to blame for your ballooning energy bills, we have an increasingly familiar culprit: AI data centers. A new analysis of one the US's largest power grids, PJM, found that a rise in customer energy rates is directly attributable to the tremendous power demands of these data facilities that undergird services like OpenAI's ChatGPT, the Washington Post reports. Serving 67 million customers, the PJM region covers just over a dozen states, including Indiana, Maryland, M

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Sparrow raises $35M Series B to automate the employee leave management nightmare

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2026-02-03 22:00:00

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Sparrow, the employee leave management technology company, announced Tuesday it raised $35 million in Series B funding led by Silver Lake Waterman, bringing the company’s total investment to $64 million as it capitalizes on the growing complexity of workplace leave compliance. The funding comes as companies grapple with an explosion of sta

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Apple Manufacturing Academy opening in Detroit to support US businesses

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-02-03 22:50:09

A new Apple Manufacturing Academy has been announced by the company, launching in Detroit on August 19. The iPhone maker says it will offer free training in “smart manufacturing” for small and medium businesses from across the country. The initiative is working in partnership with Michigan State University, and will include Apple engineers among the trainers … The company made the announcement this morning: Apple will open its all-new Apple Manufacturing Academy in Detroit on Tuesday, August

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FBI seizes $2.4M in Bitcoin from new Chaos ransomware operation

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-03 22:52:41

FBI Dallas has seized approximately 20 Bitcoins from a cryptocurrency address belonging to a Chaos ransomware member that is linked to cyberattacks and extortion payments from Texas companies. The crypto was seized on April 15, 2025, and was traced to an affiliate named "Hors," who is suspected of launching the attacks against the companies. "The seized funds were traced to a cryptocurrency address allegedly associated with a member of the Chaos ransomware group, known as 'Hors,' who has been

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5 reasons why Firefox is still my favorite browser - and deserves more respect

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2026-02-03 22:55:56

Finally, there's something to be said for supporting the underdog. In the Windows desktop browser arena, Chrome is still the top dog by far (though some of the upcoming AI-based browsers may start nipping at its heels). Edge is in second place. That puts Firefox in third. But I think the browser should be defined by much more than its third-place status. Unlike Google and Microsoft, which are major corporate giants, the Mozilla Foundation is a nonprofit organization with a strong bent toward o

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My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now (GLM-4.5 Air)

news.ycombinator.com Simon Willison 2026-02-03 22:45:07

My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now, using GLM-4.5 Air and MLX I wrote about the new GLM-4.5 model family yesterday—new open weight (MIT licensed) models from Z.ai in China which their benchmarks claim score highly in coding even against models such as Claude Sonnet 4. The models are pretty big—the smaller GLM-4.5 Air model is still 106 billion total parameters, which is 205.78GB on Hugging Face. Ivan Fioravanti built this 44GB 3bit quantized version for MLX, spe

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Futurehome smart hub owners must pay new $117 subscription or lose access

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-03 03:30:53

Smart home device maker Futurehome is forcing its customers’ hands by suddenly requiring a subscription for basic functionality of its products. Launched in 2016, Futurehome’s Smarthub is marketed as a central hub for controlling Internet-connected devices in smart homes. For years, the Norwegian company sold its products, which also include smart thermostats, smart lighting, and smart fire and carbon monoxide alarms, for a one-time fee that included access to its companion app and cloud platfo

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Meta's AI spending spree is Wall Street's focus in second-quarter earnings

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2026-02-04 03:00:01

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., arrives for the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Meanwhile, revenue growth in the second quarter likely slowed to 15%, down from 22% a year earlier, according to LSEG. It would be the slowest rate of expansion for the company since early 2023, and analysts are expecting lower levels of growth in the coming quarters. Although Meta's AI talent grab may not result in the company raising its projection for 2025 total expe

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Apple @ Work Podcast: Solving access management and control for small businesses

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2026-02-04 03:00:00

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Spotify hits 696M users, but returned to making a loss

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-02-04 03:11:44

Spotify has posted its latest earnings report, stating that both paid and free users were up more than 10% year-on-year, but the company returned to making a loss … Spotify announced solid growth in both subscribers and revenue: Subscribers climbed 12% Y/Y to 276 million. climbed 12% Y/Y to 276 million. Monthly Active Users grew 11% Y/Y to 696 million. grew 11% Y/Y to 696 million. Total Revenue increased 10% Y/Y to €4.2 billion. increased 10% Y/Y to €4.2 billion. Gross Margin improved by 22

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Anthropic Faces Potentially "Business-Ending" Copyright Lawsuit

news.ycombinator.com Garrison Lovely 2026-02-04 02:41:26

This piece has been updated to add additional context and clarify some details. Anthropic, the AI startup that’s long presented itself as the industry’s safe and ethical choice, is now facing legal penalties that could bankrupt the company. Damages resulting from its mass use of pirated books would likely exceed a billion dollars, with the statutory maximum stretching into the hundreds of billions. Last week, William Alsup, a federal judge in San Francisco, certified a class action lawsuit aga

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Sendblue (YC S23) is hiring senior engineers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-04 03:01:11

Tell us your understanding of our technical challenges and how your experience with Node.js, Express, and PostgreSQL can help us overcome them. We’re eager to learn how you can contribute to both our rapid shipping velocity and our commitment to high-quality, SQL-driven backend systems. Sendblue lets businesses send iMessage from inside their CRM. When it comes to sales, authenticity is everything, and green bubbles aren’t cutting it anymore. In order to get a lead with an iPhone to actually r

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25 Best Cheap Watches Under $1,000 (2025): Timex, Hamilton, and Seiko

wired.com Andy Boxall 2026-02-04 02:32:00

Whether an automatic or a quartz watch is the better buy is an age-old question watch nerds have argued about since the '70s when quartz first made a splash. The answer is actually simple—don’t let it worry you. The convenience of a quartz watch being always ready to go when you put it on may outweigh the pleasure of seeing the lovely smooth sweep of the second hand on an automatic. Below a certain price there will always be more quartz watches than automatics, but as automatic movements get mo

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Domino's deploys Boston Dynamics' robot dog to deliver pizza and fend off seagulls on beaches

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2026-02-04 14:15:00

WTF?! Domino's Pizza wants to solve a very specific problem: getting pizza to customers on a beach and then protecting it from seagulls. The somewhat unorthodox solution is to use Boston Dynamics' quadrupedal robot, Spot, which will act as both delivery service and guard dog. Boston Dynamics' Spot the dog robot has had many careers: bomb disposal expert, police officer, dancer, industrial inspector, cheerleader, Solid Snake impersonator, etc. In the UK seaside town of Eastbourne, Domino's is u

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PayPal beats on earnings, raises full-year outlook as Venmo growth accelerates

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2026-02-04 14:35:05

PayPal reported better-than-expected results for the second quarter and raised its full-year guidance for transaction margin dollars and earnings per share. The stock slipped more than 4% following the report. Here's how the company did compared with Wall Street estimates, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.40 adjusted vs. $1.30 expected $1.40 adjusted vs. $1.30 expected Revenue: $8.29 billion vs. $8.08 billion expected Sales increased 5% from $7.89 billion a year

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8 smartphone marketing tricks that you really shouldn’t fall for

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-04 14:00:24

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority While plenty of great phones are out there, manufacturers aren’t above a bit of spin, truth stretching, or outright lying about their products to make them stand out. Don’t believe me? We covered some sketchy smartphone marketing tricks many moons ago, and we’ve seen plenty more questionable tactics employed since. With that in mind, I’m taking another look at a few smartphone marketing tricks you shouldn’t fall for. Which marketing tactic do you hate the mo

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This Ancient Roman Artifact Is Also a 453 Million-Year-Old Fossil

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2026-02-04 12:00:25

Despite how Ross’ paleontology career is treated by his companions in Friends, there’s something special about finding the remains of creatures that lived millions if not billions of years before us. In fact, humanity’s interest in paleontology isn’t a modern development. Ancient Romans were just as fascinated by fossils. According to the ancient Roman historian Suetonius, Emperor Augustus established the first known paleontological museum at his villa on the island of Capri, where he showcased

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You Can Recycle Your Old Computers and Printers for Free. Here's Where to Take Them

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-04 11:25:04

It's somehow really hard to get rid of your old laptops, desktops and printers, even when it's been over a decade since you last plugged them in. But recycling old tech is easier than you think and can free up a lot of space in your home. A CNET survey found that 31% of US adults are still holding onto old, unused devices, including laptops, because they're unsure of what to do with them. The survey also found that 19% of respondents just toss old devices in the trash -- which is actually illeg

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New Speed Test Data Reveals the Nation's Fastest Internet Service Provider

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-04 12:00:00

There's been a lot of talk about internet speed lately. From various company taglines -- "Don't take slow for an answer" -- to the latest news about Japan's internet data transmission record, it's all about the speed. Just recently, Ookla released its Speedtest Connectivity Report for the first six months of 2025, and AT&T Fiber topped the list as the country's fastest fixed internet service provider. (Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.) What does that mean? Does it

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Food delivery service Calo scores $39 million in Series B extension as it sets eyes on the UK

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-02-04 14:35:57

Middle Eastern food delivery startup Calo said Tuesday it has raised $39 million in a Series B extension that was led by AlJazira Capital. The fundraise, which was more than 1.5x of its original $25 million raise in December, also saw participation from existing backers such as Nuwa Capital, STV, Khwarizmi Ventures, and Al Faisaliah Group. The company is using this funding to expand into territories like the UK and also explore different partnerships in physical space. Calo primarily offers re

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Europe sets its sights on multi-billion-euro gigawatt factories as it plays catch-up on AI

cnbc.com April Roach 2026-02-04 12:02:29

Data storage tapes are stored at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) facility at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which will house the U.S. supercomputer to be powered by Nvidia's forthcoming Vera Rubin chips, in Berkeley, California, U.S. May 29, 2025. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Europe is setting its sights on gigawatt factories in a bid to bolster its lagging artificial intelligence industry and meet the challenges of a rapidly-changing sector. Buzz aroun

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LegalZoom Promo Code: Exclusive 10% Off LLC Formations

wired.com Parker Hall 2026-02-04 12:40:00

LegalZoom is one of those online legal services that in most cases can handle basic legal tasks for you. I recently tried it out to make an LLC for my cosmic country band, Steel Fringe (shameless plug), and it appears to have worked just fine (we’re still waiting on a full evaluation from legal experts for a future guide to these services). If you use a LegalZoom promo code right now, you will get a discount on the service. I found it super easy to set up my LLC, and after about $500 and 30 min

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MicroStrategy copycats are getting out of control as Canadian vape company joins fray

cnbc.com Tanaya Macheel 2026-02-04 14:39:14

The logos of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether outside a cryptocurrency exchange in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. The crypto market's bullishness may be tipping into speculative frenzy, if the latest MicroStrategy-style copycat is any indication. On Monday, a little-known Canadian vape company saw its stock surge on plans to enter the crypto treasury game – but this time with Binance Coin (BNB) , the fourth largest cryptocurrency by market cap, excluding the dollar-pegged stablecoi

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