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US court signs off on $13M BlockFi settlement after objection withdrawn
After a BlockFi investor withdrew an objection filed in February, a judge appeared to clear the way for the next step in a settlement of a class-action lawsuit.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:
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China cut itself off from the global internet for an hour - but was it a mistake?
The Great Firewall of China restricted access to the outside internet for 74 minutes, but was it a mistake?
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:What to Stream This Weekend: 'Peacemaker,' 'The Map That Leads to You,' 'Long Story Short' and More
Don't miss the latest on Netflix, Hulu and other platforms. Here's what you should binge this weekend.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Crypto Booms as Fed Goes Dovish: Hereโs What It Means for Ethereum, Solana and Dogecoin
Fed chair's dovish pivot sends crypto markets flying, with Ethereum, Solana, and Dogecoin leading the altcoin rally.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Second Circuit Court officially dismisses Ripple-SEC appeals, ending four-year legal battle
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a mandate on Aug. 22 approving the dismissal of the appeals in the case between Ripple and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The court order, shared by lawyer James Filan on X, officially ends one of cryptoโs most consequential legal battles. Despite the news, [โฆ] The post Second Circuit Court officially dismisses Ripple-SEC appeals, ending four-year...
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Black Holes Are the Elusive Source of the Universeโs Dark Energy, Study Argues
A new interpretation of dark energy data suggests that the mysterious force, which accelerated the early universe's expansion, emerged naturally from black holes.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Developer gets 4 years for activating network โkill switchโ to avenge his firing
Disgruntled developer was caught after naming the "kill switch" after himself.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:A Beloved 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' Character Just Made Her Fighting Game Debut
Lucy's hacking fighting style fits well within the Guilty Gear universe.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Free Chrome VPN extension turns malicious, silently recording user activity
A recent report by Koi Security unveiled the massive threat hidden within FreeVPN.One. The supposedly free and fast VPN extension was downloaded by more than 100,000 Chrome users, boasting its ability to mask internet traffic while protecting against web snooping. The developers even claimed it avoided the security risks typically...Read Entire Article
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Apple drags ex-Apple Watch engineer to court over Oppo trade secret leak
Every now and then, we hear about Apple going after ex-employees who allegedly try to take trade secrets with them when they get hired by the competition. Thatโs the case with Chen Shi, a former Sensor System Architect for the Apple Watch team. Here are the details. moreโฆ
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Why Airplanes Can't Have Bigger Windows
Frequent flyers may have noticed that airplane windows are relatively small and always round. There is a reason for this having to do with flight safety.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:US government plans to take a 10% stake in Intel
Such federal government ownership of a major corporation would mark a dramatic departure from long-standing U.S. policy.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Head of IRS Crypto Work Exits as U.S. Tax Changes Loom For Digital Assets
Trish Turner, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service veteran running its digital assets effort, is the latest senior official leaving for the private sector.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Nitro: A tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor
Article URL: https://git.vuxu.org/nitro/about/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44988530 Points: 112 # Comments: 37
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Adele, Future and Michael Jackson Instagram Accounts Hijacked for Crypto Scam
Celebrity social media accounts were hacked yet again Thursday to promote an apparent pump-and-dump Solana meme coin scheme.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:4chan refuses to pay UK Online Safety Act fines, asks Trump admin to intervene
4chan asks US to "invoke all legal levers" in fight against Online Safety Act.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Workers need better protections from the heatย
Expect record-breaking temperatures to change the workplace, the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned today in a new report. When workers donโt have adequate protections from heat stress, their health and productivity suffer. Itโs a risk employers and lawmakers have to take more seriously if they want to keep workers safe [โฆ]
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Time for your next smart home project? Raspberry Pi adds an improved touchscreen, so it's time to get building
Raspberry Pi introduces 5-inch Touch Display 2, highlighting compact design and AI coding quirks, although concerns remain over resolution and real usability.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:The tiny yet powerful Mac Mini M4 remains a bargain at $499
The M4 Mac mini pairs a compact design with impressive performance, featuring 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD for the base model. While it lacks upgradeability, it remains an excellent entry point for new Mac users and a standout back-to-school deal.Read Entire Article
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Iโm Spending the Year at the Munk School
This academic year, I am taking a sabbatical from the Kennedy School and Harvard University. (Itโs not a real sabbaticalโIโm just an adjunctโbut itโs the same idea.) I will be spending the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 semesters at the Munk School at the University of Toronto. I will be organizing a reading group on AI security in the fall. I will be teaching my cybersecurity policy class in the Spring. I will be working...
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Androidโs big redesign is full of blur, but Google will soon let you easily turn it off
Google will be rolling out a new customization setting in Android that disables background blur
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Roborock Says a Robot Vacuum With an Arm Will Cost Just a Few Hundred Dollars
A robot vacuum with an arm that picks up your socks may cost thousands now, but its maker Roborock is working on a mass-market version that will cost just hundreds.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:From History to the Future of AI CommunicationโIPC to MCP and A2A
Google has explicitly positioned its A2A protocol as complementary to Anthropic's MCP, aiming to address different yet related aspects of building sophisticated agentic systems. The core distinction lies in the layer of interaction each protocol standardizes. MCP focuses on the connection between a single AI agent and its external resources (tools and data), while A2A focuses on the communication and collaboration...
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:TikTok denies India comeback after reports of website going live
TikTok isnโt making a comeback in India.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Quarter Billion in Ethereum Shorts Get Rekt as ETH Nears All-Time High
Ethereum came within inches of breaking its previous record price Friday, triggering $259 million worth of ETH short liquidations.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Google says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 33x in one year
The company claims that a text query now burns the equivalent of 9 seconds of TV.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Arch Linux remains under attack as DDoS enters week 2 - here's a workaround
Something mysterious is happening to the popular Linux distro's website. Here's what we know so far.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Google starts selling magnetic Pixel 10 accessories, including this 2-in-1 dock [Gallery]
One of the biggest stories around the Pixel 10 series is the arrival of โPixelsnap,โ Googleโs branding for the introduction of Qi2 and magnets built into the phone, and itโs brought a host of new magnetic accessories to the Google Store including a 2-in-1 dock. moreโฆ
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Show HN: JavaScript-free (X)HTML Includes
(spoiler: its XSLT)I've been working on a little demo for how to avoid copy-pasting header/footer boilerplate on a simple static webpage. My goal is to approximate the experience of Jekyll/Hugo but eliminate the need for a build step before publishing. This demo shows how to get basic templating features with XSL so you could write a blog post which looks like My Article some content hello hello Some properties which...
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Apple is reportedly considering using Gemini to power the new Siri
Apple might use Gemini to power its revamped version of Siri, Bloomberg reports. The companies are in the early stages of exploring a partnership, with Google training a version of its Gemini model that can run on Apple's servers. The iPhone maker was previously reported to be considering similar partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic. "The company is simultaneously developing two versions of the new Siri: one dubbed...
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:18 Of The Most Successful Models In Mercedes-Benz History
Here we take a peek at some of the most significant vehicles made by Mercedes-Benz, one of the most influential car brands in history.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Here's Why Your Google Password Manager Is Not Autofilling
Google Password Manager is designed to simplify logins, but sometimes autofill fails. Here's why it happens and what you can do to fix it.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of AI-assisted Codebase Generation
In my recent VL/HCC paper, I looked at how developers use AI tools that can generate or edit entire repositories (e.g. Cursor AI or Lovable). What I found was that the code often misses functionality, doesnโt run, or ignores existing project context. Also, I noticed that developers often forget to include their own requirements, which makes the gap between what they want and what the AI delivers even bigger. Repo-level...
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:โWe didnโt understand the goals of the warโ: Israelโs inflated Hamas death toll shows lack of strategy in Gaza
โWar dashboardโ showing number of militants killed was objective in itself with no plan for how Gaza could be governed afterwards, say sources in elite Unit 8200As Israel gears up for a new offensive in Gaza, figures from a classified database suggest the countryโs political and military leadership has for two years misled their country and the world about a war that has overwhelmingly killed civilians.In May this...
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Crypto investor loses $1M in Uniswap scam exploiting Ethereumโs EIP-7702
A single phishing attack drained nearly $1 million worth of tokens from a crypto investor who unknowingly signed a batch of malicious transactions disguised as Uniswap swaps, according to blockchain security firm Scam Sniffer. In an Aug. 22 post on X, Yu Xiang, founder of blockchain security firm SlowMist, noted that the incident involved five [โฆ] The post Crypto investor loses $1M in Uniswap scam exploiting Ethereumโs...
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: