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A web app for free custom Bluesky vanity handles

Hacker News - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 12:02pm

Article URL: https://vanity.blue/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42174369

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Categories: Hacker News

Gamers Browser

Hacker News - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 12:01pm
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Ask HN: What's Stack Overflow's end game?

Hacker News - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 12:00pm

You might have seen the meme or the stats around Stack Overflow. It's like another Chegg since ChatGPT, what do you think is their end game?

Acquisiton? Data selling?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42174333

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Categories: Hacker News

Tap Parts

Hacker News - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 12:00pm

Article URL: http://tapparts.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42174332

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

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11 Home Security Myths People Still Believe (But Shouldn't)

CNET Feed - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 12:00pm
Let's debunk the worst home safety misconceptions that too many homeowners still fall for.
Categories: CNET

These Big Banks Deliver More Bang for Your Bucks

CNET Feed - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 12:00pm
These big banks have more to offer than name recognition.
Categories: CNET

I Tested Dozens of Smartwatches, but the Apple Watch Series 10 Beats Them All

CNET Feed - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 12:00pm
I always thought I was into big, bold smartwatches. Then I met the new Apple Watch.
Categories: CNET

A small adventure in WebAssembly Things Of Interest

Hacker News - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 11:59am

Article URL: https://qntm.org/wasm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42174322

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

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'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice': Here's When the Horror Comedy Sequel Hits Max

CNET Feed - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 11:56am
Catch up with Michael Keaton's mischievous ghoul from the 1988 cult classic.
Categories: CNET

An air fryer, a ring, and a vacuum get brought into a home. What they take out is your data (Lock and Code S05E24)

Malware Bytes Security - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 11:53am

This week on the Lock and Code podcast…

The month, a consumer rights group out of the UK posed a question to the public that they’d likely never considered: Were their air fryers spying on them?

By analyzing the associated Android apps for three separate air fryer models from three different companies, a group of researchers learned that these kitchen devices didn’t just promise to make crispier mozzarella sticks, crunchier chicken wings, and flakier reheated pastries—they also wanted a lot of user data, from precise location to voice recordings from a user’s phone.

“In the air fryer category, as well as knowing customers’ precise location, all three products wanted permission to record audio on the user’s phone, for no specified reason,” the group wrote in its findings.

While it may be easy to discount the data collection requests of an air fryer app, it is getting harder to buy any type of product today that doesn’t connect to the internet, request your data, or share that data with unknown companies and contractors across the world.

Today, on the Lock and Code pocast, host David Ruiz tells three separate stories about consumer devices that somewhat invisibly collected user data and then spread it in unexpected ways. This includes kitchen utilities that sent data to China, a smart ring maker that published de-identified, aggregate data about the stress levels of its users, and a smart vacuum that recorded a sensitive image of a woman that was later shared on Facebook.

These stories aren’t about mass government surveillance, and they’re not about spying, or the targeting of political dissidents. Their intrigue is elsewhere, in how common it is for what we say, where we go, and how we feel, to be collected and analyzed in ways we never anticipated.

Tune in today to listen to the full conversation.

Show notes and credits:

Intro Music: “Spellbound” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Outro Music: “Good God” by Wowa (unminus.com)

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Categories: Malware Bytes

WWE Monday Night Raw to Debut Live on Netflix in January With Star-Studded Lineup

CNET Feed - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 11:36am
Count on appearances from Roman Reigns, John Cena, CM Punk and a few surprises.
Categories: CNET

Move Your Amazon Echo ASAP if It's in These 5 Places

CNET Feed - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 11:32am
Amazon Echo speakers are a useful addition to any home, but depending on where you put them, you could be creating a hassle -- or endangering your own privacy.
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