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5 Best VPN Services (2025), Tested and Reviewed

wired.com Jacob Roach 2025-09-22 05:00:00

Other VPNs We’ve Tested Private Internet Access (PIA) has a long history in the VPN space, and it's maintained a track record of defending user privacy—even in the face of actual criminal activity. In 2016, a criminal complaint was filed in Florida against Preston Alexander McWaters for threats made online. McWaters was eventually convicted and sentenced to 42 months in prison. Investigators traced the online threats back to PIA's servers and subpoenaed the company. As the complaint reads, “A s

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AT&T’s AI call-screening tool uses your call history to filter out spam

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-22 09:00:00

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. AT&T is testing an AI-powered assistant designed to screen phone calls for you. The mobile carrier is bringing the feature to a select group of customers this year, and likens it to a “digital receptionist” that can identify and filter out robocallers based on the information from its network, like your call history. “This is only the foundation of

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Ookla launches Wi-Fi Speedtest Certified program to help prove network quality

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-09-25 06:10:00

Ookla Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Ookla, a top internet speed test service, now offers venue Wi-Fi certifications. The certification service is still rolling out. Once in place, you should look for hotels and business locations with Speedtest Certified ratings. You might pick your hotel for its location or price, but one of the things I consider is whether its Wi-Fi is fast and reliable. I make my living working online. If I can't count on a

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NASA's Guardian Tsunami Detection Tech Catches Wave in Real Time

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-22 16:25:08

While GNSS processing methods on Earth correct for such distortions, GUARDIAN uses them as clues. The software scours a trove of data transmitted to more than 350 continuously operating GNSS ground stations around the world. It can potentially identify evidence of a tsunami up to about 745 miles (1,200 kilometers) from a given station. In ideal situations, vulnerable coastal communities near a GNSS station could know when a tsunami was heading their way and authorities would have as much as 1 h

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Everyone Thinks Elon Musk is Going to Build a SpaceX Mobile Network

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-09-24 22:50:18

SpaceX’s has been partnering with mobile carriers like T-Mobile to offer its satellite internet service Starlink to extend the reach of cell networks. But, according to a report from the Washington Post, the company has ambitions to be more than just a partner. Following a major purchase of wireless spectrum earlier this week, it appears everyone is expecting Elon Musk’s company to get into the wireless network business for itself. On Monday, it was reported that SpaceX was finalizing a deal wi

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A Guide to the Top 100 Live TV Channels on YouTube TV, Sling, Fubo and More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-25 00:00:03

Watching live TV without a cable or satellite subscription is totally possible, even if it feels like a hassle just to figure out sports streaming. With cable and satellite costs going up, cord-cutters (and cord-nevers) have plenty of options. Live TV streaming services or skinny bundles come with perks like a broad mix of channels, DVR and no long-term commitments. You can stream sports and more, and many also let you watch on your laptop or phone. Choosing a service can be tricky because of

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Reduce bandwidth costs with dm-cache: fast local SSD caching for network storage

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 14:14:58

How we cut AWS bandwidth costs 95% with dm-cache: fast local SSD caching for network storage The bandwidth billing challenge When deploying infrastructure across multiple AWS availability zones (AZs), bandwidth costs can become a significant operational expense. Some of our Upsun infrastructure spans three AZs for high availability, but this architecture created an unexpected challenge with our Ceph-based storage system. Since Ceph distributes data across the cluster and AWS bills for inter-A

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Kerberoasting

news.ycombinator.com Matthew Green 2025-10-01 08:01:30

I learn about cryptographic vulnerabilities all the time, and they generally fill me with some combination of jealousy (“oh, why didn’t I think of that”) or else they impress me with the brilliance of their inventors. But there’s also another class of vulnerabilities: these are the ones that can’t possibly exist in important production software, because there’s no way anyone could still do that in 2025. Today I want to talk about one of those ridiculous ones, something Microsoft calls “low tech

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Tonight only: One more chance to get a Pixel 9 unlocked for as little as $299

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-04 21:25:48

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Pixel 9 TL;DR US Mobile is relaunching its Pixel 9 deal starting today at 5 PM EST. The phone costs $299 with an annual plan or $339 with a monthly plan, and the Pixel 9 devices are fully unlocked. To qualify, you need at least 30 days of US Mobile service (or an annual plan), but there is no commitment beyond that. Earlier this summer, US Mobile offered the Pixel 9 for just $249 in fully unlocked form, as long as you signed up for an unlimited plan. If you

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Microsoft Azure: "Multiple international subsea cables were cut in the Red Sea"

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-06 05:57:15

Increased network latency on traffic routes through the Middle East Starting at 05:45 UTC on 06 September 2025, network traffic traversing through the Middle East may experience increased latency due to undersea fiber cuts in the Red Sea. Network traffic is not interrupted as Microsoft has rerouted traffic through alternate network paths. We do expect higher latency on some traffic that previously traversed through the Middle East. Network traffic that does not traverse through the Middle East

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The Lore and Legend of SC’s SCinet

computer.org Joshua Roller 2025-10-06 13:15:32

Every year at the high-performance computing (HPC) conference SC, a team of more than 200 dedicated volunteers from upwards of 80 organizations come together to develop SCinet, one of the world’s fastest temporary networks. As a co-sponsor of SC, the IEEE Computer Society (CS) plays a big role in SCinet, engaging members from its Technical Community on High Performance Computing (HPC) to support the annual massive-scale network development. Developed to support the network needs of SC exhibitor

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Sting operation kills “copycat” sports piracy site with 1.6B visits last year

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-09 09:33:54

On Wednesday, a global antipiracy group, which included Apple TV+, Netflix, The Walt Disney Studios, and Warner Bros. Discovery, announced that it had assisted in a sting operation that took down Streameast, described as the “largest illicit live sports streaming operation in the world.” Now, accessing websites from the thwarted Streameast brings up a link from the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) that explains how to watch sports games legally. However, people have reported that

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MrBeast’s Wackiest Challenge Yet: Launching a Phone Company

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-10-12 21:20:29

Globally popular social media star MrBeast (real name Jimmy Donaldson) is already estimated to be a billionaire, but he doesn’t seem to be satisfied with having made an obscene amount of money from YouTube videos. A new report claims that Beast plans to follow in the footsteps of Ryan Reynolds and get into the telecom business. Business Insider writes that Donaldson has been mulling launching his own phone company. Citing a leaked investor deck, the outlet reports that the company would be a “M

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Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 05:42:48

Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand — the simple way It began with what seemed like a final mundane touch to my home server setup for hosting Time Machine backups: I wanted it to automatically sleep when idle and wake up again when needed. You know, sleep on idle — hasn’t Windows had that built in since like Windows 98? How hard could it be to configure on a modern Ubuntu install? To be fair, I wanted more than just sleep on idle, I also wanted wake on request — and tha

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Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand – the simple way

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 20:42:48

Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand — the simple way It began with what seemed like a final mundane touch to my home server setup for hosting Time Machine backups: I wanted it to automatically sleep when idle and wake up again when needed. You know, sleep on idle — hasn’t Windows had that built in since like Windows 98? How hard could it be to configure on a modern Ubuntu install? To be fair, I wanted more than just sleep on idle, I also wanted wake on request — and tha

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Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-14 00:48:26

Become a superconnector We spend hours on messages. Yet we often reply late, sometimes completely forget to reply. We then end up losing deals, opportunities for connection, and missing connections. It's not anybody's fault. Messaging itself has not changed a decade – it has just gotten messier. Our conversations are scattered across different social networks with distinct UI full of distractions. Finding the right thread takes minutes. The context and the small details are forgotten. M

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Tech Utopians Are Using a Chinese-Built ‘Ghost City’ to Trial Their Network State Fantasies

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-10-14 01:30:10

For the better part of a decade, tech investor Balaji Srinivasan has been calling for Silicon Valley to “secede” from the rest of the United States. The free-market tech guru doesn’t just want space from regulators and government officials; he literally wants the industry’s coders and bigwigs to split off and crowdfund their own separate country. Over the years, Srinivasan has articulated his own political philosophy, which he calls “the network state” movement—an anarcho-capitalist school of t

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Toronto’s network of pedestrian tunnels

news.ycombinator.com Samuel Hughes 2025-10-13 22:44:14

Toronto has one of the world’s great commercial downtowns. Two metro lines, eight suburban heavy railways, an extensive bus system, a highway, and North America’s greatest surviving tram network all converge on a tiny area by the shores of Lake Ontario. Hundreds of thousands of commuters pour into the downtown every day, filling the great towers that line its nineteenth-century streets. As with many downtowns, this causes congestion. Streets and pavements are thronged at peak times. Bicycles, p

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Palo Alto Networks data breach exposes customer info, support cases

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-14 19:00:00

Palo Alto Networks suffered a data breach that exposed customer data and support cases after attackers abused compromised OAuth tokens from the Salesloft Drift breach to access its Salesforce instance. The company states that it was one of hundreds of companies affected by a supply-chain attack disclosed last week, in which threat actors abused the stolen authentication tokens to exfiltrate data. BleepingComputer learned of the breach this weekend from Palo Alto Networks' customers, who expres

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The 71 best Labor Day deals you can still get

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2025-10-14 21:49:03

If you have a smaller space, a singlemay be sufficient, and you can pick one up for $74.99 ($15 off) — which is lower than its Prime Day price — at Amazon B&H Photo , and Best Buy . The router can create a network covering up to 1,500 square feet, connect to 75 devices at once, and deliver speeds of up to 900Mbps. If you move to a larger place, you can pick up an additional router (or two) to expand your network. A bundle that includes one router and two extenders is currently going for $159.99

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Palo Alto Networks data breach exposes customer info, support tickets

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-15 05:00:00

Palo Alto Networks suffered a data breach that exposed customer data and support cases after attackers abused compromised OAuth tokens from the Salesloft Drift breach to access its Salesforce instance. The company states that it was one of hundreds of companies affected by a supply-chain attack disclosed last week, in which threat actors abused the stolen authentication tokens to exfiltrate data. BleepingComputer learned of the breach this weekend from Palo Alto Networks' customers, who expres

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The 95 best Labor Day sales happening now

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2025-10-16 08:47:36

If you have a smaller space, a singlemay be sufficient, and you can pick one up for $74.99 ($15 off) — which is lower than its Prime Day price — at Amazon B&H Photo , and Best Buy . The router can create a network covering up to 1,500 square feet, connect to 75 devices at once, and deliver speeds of up to 900Mbps. If you move to a larger place, you can pick up an additional router (or two) to expand your network. A bundle that includes one router and two extenders is currently going for $159.99

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The 89 best Labor Day sales happening now

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2025-10-16 13:47:36

If you have a smaller space, a singlemay be sufficient, and you can pick one up for $74.99 ($15 off) — which is lower than its Prime Day price — at Amazon B&H Photo , and Best Buy . The router can create a network covering up to 1,500 square feet, connect to 75 devices at once, and deliver speeds of up to 900Mbps. If you move to a larger place, you can pick up an additional router (or two) to expand your network. A bundle that includes one router and two extenders is currently going for $159.99

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The 91 best Labor Day deals we’ve found so far

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2025-10-18 13:22:15

If you have a smaller space, a singlemay be sufficient, and you can pick one up for $74.99 ($15 off) — which is lower than its Prime Day price — at Amazon B&H Photo , and Best Buy . The router can create a network covering up to 1,500 square feet, connect to 75 devices at once, and deliver speeds of up to 900Mbps. If you move to a larger place, you can pick up an additional router (or two) to expand your network. A bundle that includes one router and two extenders is currently going for $159.99

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Fubo Sports will make a play for football fans' dollars on September 2

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-21 05:48:47

Fubo is making a move to attract new subscribers ahead of the NFL season. The company's new Fubo Sports bundle includes content from ESPN, Fox and local affiliates. The football-friendly package costs $56 monthly. Fubo Sports includes over 20 sports and broadcast networks. You get all of ESPN's live channels (including ESPN+). As for Fox, it has FS1, FS2 and the curious inclusion (for a sports package) of Fox News. The bundle also has the ACC Network, Big 10 Network, CBS Sports Network, Fubo Sp

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Fubo Sports is a $55.99 / month streaming bundle made for watching football

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-21 05:19:11

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. Fubo is launching a new Sports plan on September 2nd that costs $55.99 per month and comes with over 20 live sports and news-focused channels, including the ESPN and Fox Sports channels, as well as local stations owned by ABC, CBS, and Fox. Where available, this

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Fubo Is Launching a Skinny Bundle for Sports Fans. Here Are the Details

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-21 08:43:00

Cord-free streaming skinny bundles keep on coming and Fubo is the latest to join the party with the addition of its Fubo Sports package. On Thursday, the live TV streaming service announced that the new offering will launch Sept. 2, which is days before the 2025-26 NFL season kicks off. The package will also come with access to the new ESPN flagship streaming service at no extra charge. A Fubo Sports subscription, discounted to $46 for the first month only, will cost $56 per month after the int

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The best Wi-Fi extenders in 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-22 04:00:37

If your Wi-Fi signal is struggling to reach every corner of your home, a signal booster — also known as a Wi-Fi extender — might be the fix you need. Whether you're dealing with annoying dead zones, buffering video calls or laggy gaming sessions, the right Wi-Fi extender can help expand coverage and improve connectivity without forcing you to move your router. There are different types of Wi-Fi extenders to choose from. Some models use external antennas to push the signal farther, while other

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A mini-book on AWS networking

news.ycombinator.com Aditya Bhargava 2025-10-20 00:15:02

If you have ever tried to put an app on AWS, you know that you first need to absorb a ton of knowledge about AWS networking. Before you set up that first EC2 instance, you need to know terms like VPCs, subnets, security groups, and internet gateways. You need to remember how CIDR notation works, and that networking class you took suddenly feels like a long time ago. Without a solid understanding of AWS networking, you may be able to start up an EC2 instance, but you will have a hard time getting

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CDC slashed food safety surveillance, now tracks only 2 of 8 top infections

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-22 21:32:43

In July, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dramatically, but quietly, scaled back a food safety surveillance system, cutting active tracking from eight top foodborne infections down to just two, according to a report by NBC News. The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)—a network of surveillance sites that spans 10 states and covers about 54 million Americans (16 percent of the US population)—previously included active monitoring for eight infections from pathog

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