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Ofcom closes technical loophole used by criminals to intercept mobile calls and texts

Guardian Security - Tue, 04/22/2025 - 9:54am

Regulator acts on leasing of ‘global title’ numbers after industry efforts to tackle problem were ineffective

The UK communications regulator is banning mobile operators from leasing numbers that can be used by criminals to intercept and divert calls and messages, including security codes sent by banks to customers.

Ofcom said it would stop the leasing of “global titles”, special types of phone numbers used by mobile networks to support services to make sure messages and calls reach the intended recipient.

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Building for Production

Hacker News - Tue, 04/22/2025 - 9:40am
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Show HN: I built a tool with AI to lay out furniture on floor plans

Hacker News - Tue, 04/22/2025 - 9:35am

I was facing a possible move and wanted an easier way to visualize how my furniture might fit into different apartments. The tools I found were complicated and didn't do what I needed, so I used AI (Augment) to create a tool for it callled FurniMapper [0] and a demo/tutorial [1].

I'm a product manager, used to be a dev and can still code. I'm not an LLMs-to-AGI guy, and I still find these models unbelievably useful - I would have never spent the time to build this otherwise.

[0]: https://furnimapper.pages.dev

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OewO1WTooBA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43761990

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Airbnb Will Now Display Full Prices for Rentals -- Even the Sneaky Fees

CNET Feed - Tue, 04/22/2025 - 9:31am
No more surprise cleaning charges, as a new FTC rule will require disclosure of hidden costs.
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