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New Research Shows Data Breaches Keep Coming. Here's How to Protect Yourself

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-23 00:50:00

The personal data of Americans continues to be under threat from cybercriminals looking to steal it for their own financial gain, according to a new report from the Identity Theft Resource Center. The nonprofit group, which focuses on helping victims of identity theft, said Wednesday that 1,732 data compromises were reported for the first six months of this year, resulting in 165.7 million victim notifications. The number of reported compromises represents an 11% increase from the same period

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YouTube is killing its Trending page a decade after its debut

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-31 02:44:34

Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube is sunsetting its Trending page a decade after its launch. The company has urged users to rely on personalized recommendations and YouTube Charts to discover trending content. The Trending page and Trending Now list will be removed across all platforms on July 21. YouTube is pulling the plug on its Trending page, about a decade after its debut. The page and the Trending Now list will be removed across all platforms later this month, and the comp

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Microsoft Authenticator on iOS moves backups fully to iCloud

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-03 02:37:27

Microsoft is rolling out a new backup system in September for its Authenticator app on iOS, removing the requirement to use a Microsoft personal account to back up TOTP secrets and account names. Previously, the Microsoft Authenticator app required iOS users to sign in with a personal Microsoft Account to enable backups, regardless of whether they were using the app for personal or enterprise credentials. This created problems in enterprise environments where organizations often like to keep p

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Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer Hits a New All-Time Low, but Amazon Offers It Only to Prime Members

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-07 11:55:38

Dyson has built its reputation on unique vacuum cleaners but within the hair care world, the brand has become a benchmark in professional salons thanks to its Supersonic hair dryer. As part of Prime Day, Amazon is discounting the entire premium British brand including this popular hair dryer: This is the record low for this model which is now marked down to $299 from its usual $379 (21% off). At such a significant discount, inventory might sell out fast. See at Amazon Salon-Quality Results T

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Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with labels

news.ycombinator.com Freya India 2025-08-09 16:16:37

Therapy-speak has taken over our language. It is ruining how we talk about romance and relationships, narrowing how we think about hurt and suffering, and now, we are losing the words for who we are. Nobody has a personality anymore. In a therapeutic culture, every personality trait becomes a problem to be solved. Anything too human—every habit, every eccentricity, every feeling too strong—has to be labelled and explained. And this inevitably expands over time, encompassing more and more of us,

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Castelion is raising a $350M Series B to scale hypersonic missile business

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-08-13 06:03:34

Hypersonic weapons startup Castelion is raising a $350 million Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter Capital, according to sources and documents viewed by TechCrunch. The round, which values the company in the billions, is anticipated to close in a matter of weeks. A term sheet has been signed. The new round comes on the heels of $100 million in Series A funding that closed in January. That round was composed of about $70 million in equity and $30 million of debt. Lightspeed

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FBI: Cybercriminals steal health data posing as fraud investigators

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-20 18:42:01

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned Americans of cybercriminals impersonating health fraud investigators to steal their sensitive information. As the federal law enforcement agency cautioned in a Friday public service announcement, scammers posing as "legitimate health insurers and their investigative team members" are emailing or messaging potential victims to pressure them into providing personal or health data that can later be used for fraudulent purposes. "These criminals

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Solving `Passport Application` with Haskell

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-20 16:01:15

There's a trend at the moment of solving online games with programming, let's do one from the UK called Passport Application, which is developed by "His Majesty's Passport Office" or HMPO. It's a cultural phenomenon in the UK: despite being quite expensive (about £100 just to start) for the standard online version (a masterpiece of minimalist design, entirely text-based), most British play the game, and do so every 10 years or so. It's an adventure puzzle document collection game. The premise i

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Korean students seek 'digital undertakers' amid US visa social media screening

news.ycombinator.com Lee Jung-Joo 2025-08-17 03:10:34

The US Embassy in Seoul resumed accepting applications for student and exchange visas but requested that applicants make any private social media accounts public, prompting some South Korean students pursuing studies in the US to seek the help of "digital undertakers." On June 20, the US Embassy in Seoul announced that it will resume taking in applications for its F, M and J nonimmigrant visas, saying it will conduct “thorough vetting” of applicants’ presence on social media. In a notice poste

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'Persona 5: The Phantom X' Brings the Series to Your Phone—and It's Shockingly Good

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-08-21 04:11:56

Persona games are herculean efforts to finish. A single playthrough of any game in the main series, which includes everything from saving the world to studying for finals, frequently clocks in at around 100 hours. Much of that time is spent building relationships with the game’s characters and world by hanging out with friends, doing mundane tasks like laundry, or finding new parts of the city to explore. It creates a dedication that leaves many players so attached to each game’s cast that they’

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'Persona 5: The Phantom X' Brings The Series To Your Phone—and It's Shockingly Good

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-08-21 14:11:56

Persona games are herculean efforts to finish. A single playthrough of any game in the main series, which includes everything from saving the world to studying for finals, frequently clocks in at around 100 hours. Much of that time is spent building relationships with the game’s characters and world by hanging out with friends, doing mundane tasks like laundry, or finding new parts of the city to explore. It creates a dedication that leaves many players so attached to each game’s cast that they’

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James Wan Knows You’re Dying for Details About That R-Rated ‘M3GAN’ Sexbot Spin-Off

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-08-22 19:31:26

Everyone’s favorite kill-crazy toy not named Chucky is back in theaters June 27, and if M3GAN 2.0 captures audiences like the 2023 original did, a third film seems all but guaranteed. But before a trilogy might happen, another film in M3GAN’s universe will arrive: SOULM8TE, the previously announced R-rated spin-off that will examine the dangers of AI from a more grown-up perspective. In new interviews, producer James Wan and M3GAN star Allison Williams (an executive producer on SOULM8TE) spille

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I built an ADHD app with interactive coping tools, noise mixer and self-test

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-24 08:05:44

My Personal Hell: Navigating Life, Family, and Late-Diagnosed Neurodivergence A personal reflection on discovering an ADHD and autism diagnosis later in life, and the challenges of navigating family relationships. At 48, the author candidly shares their struggle with sensory overload, chronic procrastination, forgetfulness, and internal mental loops. An honest exploration of guilt, misunderstanding, and the hope for acceptance and understanding.

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I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-24 14:11:51

In 2024 and 2025, I served for six months as an international volunteer on a first-person view attack drone team in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. My team was deployed in the Donbas region, in one of the hottest sectors of the front. When I joined the team, I was excited to work with a cutting-edge tool. By the end of my deployment, I was a bit disillusioned. Let me tell you why. First-person view drones are unmanned aerial vehicles with four propellers located at the four corners of the craft, r

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Data brokers may be illegally selling your personal information

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-08-25 11:31:37

Some data brokers may be illegally selling your information – preventing you from finding out what personal data is held, and opting out from its collection and resale. Privacy campaigners say they’ve “uncovered a troubling pattern” that may indicate companies who collect and re–sell personal data may not be complying with state laws … While Europe has tough privacy laws governing the collection and use of personal data, there is no equivalent federal legislation in the US. However, four state

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Sega mistakenly reveals sales numbers of popular games

news.ycombinator.com Sal Romano 2025-08-31 22:23:01

Total sales numbers for various SEGA and ATLUS titles including Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Persona 3 Reload, Sonic Frontiers, Shin Megami Tensei V, and Persona 5 Royal were mistakenly revealed in a SEGA SAMMY Management Meeting 2025 presentation published on June 18. The sales numbers, which appear on page 25 of the presentation, are hidden behind a grey block. However, due to the way the PDF file is formatted, simply highlighting the page reveals the presence of text, which can be copied

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Applebee’s and IHOP have plans for AI

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-02 06:21:52

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. Applebee’s and IHOP plan to launch an AI-powered “personalization engine” that could help its restaurants provide recommendations and customized deals, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The personalization engine would use a customer’s past purchases — or the orders of customers similar to them — to make recommendations. Justin Sk

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Our crisis is not loneliness but human beings becoming invisible

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-03 01:27:48

Paul was a gig worker in the San Francisco Bay Area.1 Formerly a project manager in tech until several companies in a row laid him off, he started working entirely for platforms like Lyft, Uber and TaskRabbit. He managed to eke out a living, but the jobs posed a different problem. ‘Honestly, a lot of times, I go out and the person doesn’t even know my name, even though I introduced myself as Paul,’ he told me. ‘Instead, customers just point and say: “OK, yeah, just put it over there,” and then

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DuckDuckGo scam blocker detects fake stores, crypto sites, virus alerts, more

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-05 10:44:14

The privacy-focused web browser DuckDuckGo has boosted its anti-scam features. It can now detect and block fake ecommerce stores, crypto sites, virus alerts, and more. The new security feature is completely free for all users on both Mac and iOS browsers, with no Privacy Pro subscription needed … DuckDuckGo already had the ability to detect common phishing and malware attacks, as well as malicious ads, but these features have now been boosted and branded as Scam Blocker. There are the two new

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No Hello

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

Note that Keith could have got his answer minutes sooner, and needn't have kept Tim waiting. In fact, Tim could have started thinking about the question right away! People who do this are generally trying to be polite by not jumping right into the request, like one would in person or on the phone - and that's great! But it's 2022 and chat is neither of those things. For most people, typing is much slower than talking. So despite best intentions, you're actually just making the other person wait

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Object personification in autism: This paper will be sad if you don't read (2018)

news.ycombinator.com White Rc Remington A 2025-09-11 17:34:48

Object personification is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human agents. In online forums, autistic individuals commonly report experiencing this phenomenon. Given that approximately half of all autistic individuals experience difficulties identifying their own emotions, the suggestion that object personification may be a feature of autism seems almost paradoxical. Why would a person experience sympathy for objects, when they struggle to understand and verbalise the emotions of ot

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When random people give money to random other people (2017)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-13 18:49:46

A post on Decision Science about a problem of Uri Wilensky‘s has been making the rounds: Imagine a room full of 100 people with 100 dollars each. With every tick of the clock, every person with money gives a dollar to one randomly chosen other person. After some time progresses, how will the money be distributed? People often expect the distribution to be close to uniform. But this isn’t right; the simulations in the post show clearly that inequality of wealth rapidly appears and then persists

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Resident Evil Requiem features terror in first and third-person views

venturebeat.com Mike Minotti 2025-09-16 22:00:00

Resident Evil Requiem was a big highlight from Summer Game Fest’s onslaught of announcements and trailers. The horror franchise’s ninth mainline installment is taking players back to the devastated and iconic Racoon City, this time playing as FBI agent Grace Ashcroft. It releases on February 27 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. I got to see an off-hands theater presentation of the game at Summer Game Fest Play Days. What I saw definitely felt in line with the direction the series has

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Apple overhauls Vision Pro Personas feature, now with much higher-quality 3D avatars

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-09-15 01:56:51

As part of visionOS 26, Apple is overhauling the Personas feature for Apple Vision Pro users. Personas are the 3D avatars the system uses during FaceTime calls when the user is wearing the headset. When Vision Pro launched last year, Personas were widely criticized due to their uncanny valley appearance — and the whole feature was labelled as a ‘beta’ in the OS. Apple has been gradually improving the fidelity of the avatars with every release, and visionOS 26 takes the most dramatic step forwar

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Why you should delete your personal data from the internet, and how to keep it from resurfacing

9to5mac.com Sponsored Post 2025-09-15 05:15:12

Image: Incogni Try searching your full name online right now and see what surfaces. Within a few clicks, you’re likely seeing your home address, phone number, age, and even details about family members. If that’s what a simple search turns up, just imagine what malicious actors can find when their business relies on exploiting your personal data. If there was a big red delete button, you’d set a new record for how fast you could smash it! The problem is there isn’t one, unless you know where

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Netflix's content briefly showed up in the Apple TV app

engadget.com Unknown 2025-06-01 23:16:59

Breaking: Someone made an oopsie. On Thursday, word spread online that some of Netflix's content began appearing in the Apple TV app. The lack of an official announcement (and extremely buggy nature) of the integration was enough to cast doubt on the news. But that didn't stop users from rejoicing and sharing "FINALLY!" GIFs on social media. Unfortunately, your triumphant festivities weren't warranted, as the company has said it was unintentional. A Netflix spokesperson told The Verge on Friday

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Latest Tech News

New Research Shows Data Breaches Keep Coming. Here's How to Protect Yourself

YouTube is killing its Trending page a decade after its debut

Microsoft Authenticator on iOS moves backups fully to iCloud

Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer Hits a New All-Time Low, but Amazon Offers It Only to Prime Members

Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with labels

Castelion is raising a $350M Series B to scale hypersonic missile business

FBI: Cybercriminals steal health data posing as fraud investigators

Solving `Passport Application` with Haskell

Korean students seek 'digital undertakers' amid US visa social media screening

'Persona 5: The Phantom X' Brings the Series to Your Phone—and It's Shockingly Good

'Persona 5: The Phantom X' Brings The Series To Your Phone—and It's Shockingly Good

James Wan Knows You’re Dying for Details About That R-Rated ‘M3GAN’ Sexbot Spin-Off

I built an ADHD app with interactive coping tools, noise mixer and self-test

I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck

Data brokers may be illegally selling your personal information

Sega mistakenly reveals sales numbers of popular games

Applebee’s and IHOP have plans for AI

Our crisis is not loneliness but human beings becoming invisible

DuckDuckGo scam blocker detects fake stores, crypto sites, virus alerts, more

No Hello

Object personification in autism: This paper will be sad if you don't read (2018)

When random people give money to random other people (2017)

Resident Evil Requiem features terror in first and third-person views

Apple overhauls Vision Pro Personas feature, now with much higher-quality 3D avatars

Why you should delete your personal data from the internet, and how to keep it from resurfacing

Netflix's content briefly showed up in the Apple TV app

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