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Google boosts enhanced security with AI-powered upgrade

Google has improved enhanced protection for its Chrome browser by adding AI to offer real-time protection against dangerous downloads, sites, and extensions.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Launch HN: Roark (YC W25) โ€“ Taking the pain out of voice AI testing

Hey HN, weโ€™re James and Daniel, co-founders of Roark (https://roark.ai). We built a tool that lets developers replay real production calls against their latest Voice AI changes, so they can catch failures, test updates, and iterate with confidence.Hereโ€™s a demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu8mo28LsTc.We ran into this problem while building a voice AI agent for a dental clinic. Patients kept getting stuck in...

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS sees authentication bypass under attack from hackers

Multiple versions of Palo Alto firewall are under active attack, most likely by different actors.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

Shadow AI: How unapproved AI apps are compromising security, and what you can do about it

Security leaders and CISOs are discovering that a growing swarm of shadow AI apps has been compromising their networks for over a year.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Presidentsโ€™ Day deals: Galaxy Watch Ultra $230 off, Pixel devices $500 off, Nothing buds, Chromebooks, more

The Presidentsโ€™ Day deals have arrived with ongoing price drops across the Google Pixel family, including massive discounts on previous-generation gear, Pixel Tablet, Google Pixel Watch 3, and more. Those offers join one of the best prices ever on the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra at $230 off via Amazon alongside solid offers on the Galaxy Tab S9 FE and the ongoing promotional credit on the newGalaxy S25,S25+, andGalaxy...

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: 9to5Google favicon 9to5Google

Presidentsโ€™ Day Apple deals: M4 Pro MacBook Pro $249 off, iPad mini 7 $399, AirPods, Series 10, much more

The Presidentsโ€™ Day 2025 deals are upon us and, while not necessarily considered a major deal holiday, there are loads of price drops up for grabs today across the spectrum of current-gen Apple gear. First up is the most affordable M4/Pro MacBook Pro models at up to $249 off. Then itโ€™s over to the iPads with as much as $200 in savings on the Pros, Airs, and minis, not to mention Apple Watch Series 10 starting from $329...

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

Nvidiaโ€™s RTX 5070 Ti could displace the RTX 5080 โ€” but Iโ€™m worried about it

The first benchmarks of the RTX 5070 Ti just leaked. The scores bode well for Nvidia's latest GPU, and yet, I'm still worried about it.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Nvidia, SK Hynix, Samsung and Micron reportedly working on new SOCAMM memory standard for AI PCs

Nvidia is reportedly collaborating with memory makers on a new high-performance, compact memory standard, seemingly designed for AI workloads.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Tom's Hardware favicon Tom's Hardware

OpenAI's reasoning models just got two useful updates

ChatGPT Plus users, your perks just got better.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Kids just hit a new all-time low price for Presidents Day

As of Feb. 17, you can get the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Kids for $139.99 during Amazon's Presidents' Day sale.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Atlas of Surveillance

The EFF has released its Atlas of Surveillance, which documents police surveillance technology across the US.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Schneier on Security favicon Schneier on Security

Shark FlexStyle Air Styling and Drying System Is Now 3x Cheaper Than Dyson Airwrap, and Itโ€™s Outselling It

The Dyson Airwrap Is $600. The Shark Styling and Drying System is now $210. You do the math.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

South Korea pauses downloads of DeepSeek AI over privacy concerns

DeepSeek, the massively popular Chinese AI assistant, has been temporarily unavailable from app stores in South Korea since February 15. A press release from the countryโ€™s data protection authority, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), stated that downloads will resume once the Chinese AI company complies with local data protection laws, while those with the app can still use it. DeepSeek is also...

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

User burns 600 ETH to send sci-fi message warning of Chinese use of brain control devices

Ethereum transactions burning over 500 ETH and sending 591 ETH to WikiLeaks drew attention on Tuesday. Blockchain data show that an account identified as โ€œHu Lezhiโ€ executed a series of transfers that included donations to WikiLeaks-designated addresses, transfers to null addresses representing token burns, and payments to grant providers. The transactions, totaling over 1,000 ETH [โ€ฆ] The post User burns 600 ETH to...

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: CryptoSlate favicon CryptoSlate

Nvidia to expand RTX 50-series with more GPUs for budget gamers

Nvidia might once again focus on entry-level GPUs with its latest RTX 50-series.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Itโ€™s never too soon to review early-career plans

Sometimes when we are excited we leap before we look. Just make sure that when you fall you are landing on your own two feet. Read more: Itโ€™s never too soon to review early-career plans

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Trump fires hundreds of air traffic support staff as SpaceX visits FAA command center

The Trump Administration has begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, reports CNN.The firings, which began late Friday night, come as Elon Muskโ€™s SpaceX has been tapped to help create a new air traffic control system. Itโ€™s not yet clear how many workers were fired, but the [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use...

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Microsoft Uncovers New XCSSET macOS Malware Variant with Advanced Obfuscation Tactics

Microsoft said it has discovered a new variant of a known Apple macOS malware called XCSSET as part of limited attacks in the wild. "Its first known variant since 2022, this latest XCSSET malware features enhanced obfuscation methods, updated persistence mechanisms, and new infection strategies," the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said in a post shared on X. "These enhanced features add to

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: The Hacker News favicon The Hacker News

Watch R1 "think" with animated chains of thought

Article URL: https://github.com/dhealy05/frames_of_mind Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43080531 Points: 136 # Comments: 50

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

This wild hardware mod crams an iPhone SE 3 into a classic Windows Phone

Dubbed the "NokiApple LumiPhone 1020 SE," this hybrid fuses the best of two worlds into one wild creation โ€“ and it looks surprisingly polished. At first glance, it's every bit the vintage Lumia, complete with its cheerful polycarbonate unibody and signature camera hump. But power it on, and instead of...Read Entire Article

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: TechSpot favicon TechSpot

OnePlus reportedly fits a 6,000 mAh battery into a phone the same size as Pixel 9

OnePlus is reportedly working on a smaller smartphone for its lineup and, apparently, the โ€œMiniโ€ is going to have a massive battery for its size. moreโ€ฆ

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: 9to5Google favicon 9to5Google

Chinese scientists claim neural network tech unlocks 10,000X speedup in optical fiber bandwidth

Chinese researchers find a way to massively increase the throughput of fiber optics, the current highest-speed data transmission method, by ten thousand times or more.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Tom's Hardware favicon Tom's Hardware

Your thoughts on the Fantastic 4 AI poster allegations

AI slop or Photoshop fail? This is what you told us.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Creative Bloq favicon Creative Bloq

Amazon EC2 instances under fire from whoAMI attacks potentially giving hackers code execution access

The vulnerability was fixed months ago, but not everyone has applied it yet.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

This iPhone SE is hiding inside an old Nokia Lumia, and it actually works

The 'NokiApple LumiPhone 1020 SE' is a straight-up frankenphone project.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Raspberry Pi powers miniature 'Severance' MDR computer

Maker Andrew Chilicki has put together a small MDR computer inspired by the Apple TV show 'Severance' using our favorite SBC, the Raspberry Pi.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Tom's Hardware favicon Tom's Hardware

Argentina Stock Market Tanks Following Milei Meme Coin Mess

The benchmark S&P Merval traded lower Monday after lawyers filed charges against Argentina's leader over his involvement in the LIBRA token launch.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Decrypt favicon Decrypt

Despite court orders, climate and energy programs stalled by Trump freeze

Chief of the EPA is also trying to claw back $20 billion, citing alleged wrongdoing.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

WordPress Foundation bid for greater trademark control halted, adding to more legal setbacks for CEO Matt Mullenweg

WordPress foundation requested to disclaim rights to Hosted WordPress and Managed WordPress, but it's not a denial for the trademarks.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

What the USโ€™ first major AI copyright ruling might mean for IP law

Copyright claims against AI companies just got a potential boost. A U.S. federal judge last week handed down a summary judgment in a case brought by tech conglomerate Thomson Reuters against legal tech firm Ross Intelligence. The judge found that Rossโ€™ use of Reutersโ€™ content to train its AI legal research platform infringed on Reutersโ€™ [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Apache Flink: Full Checkpoint vs Incremental Checkpoint

Apache Flink is a real-time data stream processing engine. Most of the stream processing applications are โ€˜stateful.โ€™ This means the state is stored and used for further processing. In Apache Flink, the state is managed through a configured state backend. Flink supports two-state backends in production. One is the HashMapStateBackend, and the other one is the EmbeddedRocksDBStateBackend. To prevent data loss and...

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: DZone favicon DZone

Score the 75-inch TCL Q65 for just $550 at Amazon

Looking to pick up a quality big-screen TV without spending a fortune? Amazon is offering the 75-inch TCL Q65 for just $550, saving you almost 30% on one of the already most affordable big-screen TVs.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Gemini Live could soon start summarizing your conversations (APK teardown)

A TL;DR would surely be more useful than getting the entire transcript.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Bitcoin 'death crosses' pile up to spark $92K BTC price support retest

BTC price downside looks increasingly likely as Bitcoin chart analysis prepares for a "shakeout."

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Save $500 on the Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 32-inch monitor at Best Buy

The Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 is a 32-inch curved monitor perfect for everything between gaming, video production, photo editing, and streaming. And you can save $550 on one now at Best Buy, but you'll have to hurry because this deal ends at midnight tonight.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet