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Woman Died After ChatGPT Advised Her to Stop Taking Medication, Lawsuit Alleges (cnet.com)
2
Turning IDN edge cases into typosquats (haveibeensquatted.com)
2
Samsung backtracks on SmartTag 3 Android support – still locked to Galaxy phones (androidauthority.com)
1
Ubuntu 26.10 Drops Btrfs, XFS and ZFS /Boot with Secure Boot (omgubuntu.co.uk)
5
Wildfire alert backfires as public blocks all government warnings (telegraph.co.uk)
4
Farmer kills 25 acres of crops after following AI weed and pest control advice (tomshardware.com)
3
Navy drone boats 'were sending data to China' (thetimes.com)
1
macOS security bug went unreported due to Apple being deluged by AI slop reports (techradar.com)
6
HP once updated printers to reject ink they owned, and it worked (makeuseof.com)
13
eSIM was supposed to replace SIM cards, but carriers turned it into a trap (howtogeek.com)
10
A24 Is Copyright Striking Backrooms Artwork Older Than the Movie (thegamer.com)
4
MS deletes account after it was hacked, wiping 25 years of data, €1000s of games (notebookcheck.net)
4
Sony CEO Just Sold over Half His Stock (gamerant.com)
1
LG uses MS Store auto installs to show McAfee ads when connecting a new monitor (tomshardware.com)
2
Domino's Pizza parodies Sony's discontinuation of physical games (twitter.com/dominos_uk)
2
Kalamazoo parents say pacifiers they bought off Amazon were used (wzzm13.com)
2
Feds Might Flip the Script on Right to Repair Vehicle Emissions Systems (thedrive.com)
4
Minecraft, COD community servers illegal piracy, ESA tells California Senate (tomshardware.com)
4
Hand Gesture Verification – Google Cloud Fraud Defense (cloud.google.com)
3
Android dev verification on track for Sep, 'Verifier' service will auto-install (9to5google.com)
1
Pixel Screenshots no longer exclusively uses on-device AI (9to5google.com)
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Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything (windowscentral.com)
4
Silent Android feature scans photos for 'sensitive content' – how to uninstall (zdnet.com)
5
Valve will stop selling Steam gift cards at retailers over scam concerns (pcgamer.com)
59
macOS 27 Beta breaks the ability to boot Asahi Linux (phoronix.com)
1
Starbucks scraps AI inventory tool across North America (reuters.com)
2
Widower can't renew license because DMV software unearthed 47yo speeding ticket (whec.com)
3
OrcaSlicer project shuttered after Bambu Lab threatens legal action (tomshardware.com)
15
Sony rolls out 30-day DRM check-in for PlayStation – stay online or lose access (tomshardware.com)
10
Uber is betting that people don't realize 70 * 0.25 = 17.5 (twitter.com/danliu)
1
Nintendo's Greed Could Change the Tech Industry [video] (youtube.com)
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Tell HN: Reddit now demands to know why you won't use their app
2
AIs diagnose people with obviously fake eye disease "bixonimania" (twitter.com/hedgiemarkets)
108
New iPhone age and identity checks restrict internet freedom in the UK (bigbrotherwatch.org.uk)
1
Apple and Lenovo have the least repairable laptops, analysis finds (arstechnica.com)
7
Tesla cracks down on FSD hacking devices, remotely shuts down access (electrek.co)
3
Additive in America: Regulating 3D Printing [video] (youtube.com)
2
Exploring the impacts of California's minimum wage for fast food workers (ucsc.edu)
296
81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone (twitter.com/suzierizzo1)
2
hid-omg-detect: Linux Driver in Development to Detect Malicious HID Devices (phoronix.com)
43
AI that copied musical artist files copyright claim against artist [updated] (twitter.com/vladtheinflator)
2
Anthropic says its leak-focused DMCA unintentionally hit legit GitHub forks (arstechnica.com)
4
Ubuntu 26.10 Looks to Strip Its Grub Bootloader to the Bare Minimum for Security (phoronix.com)
32
Microsoft blocks trick to unlock native NVMe driver, but workarounds still exist (tomshardware.com)
1
Crimson Desert refuses to launch on Intel Arc GPUs, developer says seek refunds (club386.com)
5
Systemd added birthday storage to comply with Brazil, CA Age Verification laws (twitter.com/lundukejournal)
4
Google reveals its solution for Android sideloading: a mandatory waiting period (theverge.com)
2
Free Nintendo Switch 2 Feature Locked Behind Paywall in Days (gamingbible.com)
2
Lutris now built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it after backlash (gamingonlinux.com)
184
Suburban school district uses license plate readers to verify student residency (nbcchicago.com)
2
CA sues sites hosting 3D printed gun files for unlawful distribution of firearms (tomshardware.com)
6
MS Authenticator will crack down on jailbroken/rooted iOS and Android phones (windowslatest.com)
3
Labubu sues 3D printer maker Bambu Lab for items made by its users (tomshardware.com)
1
Pixel homescreens get custom icons, but Google's keeping them locked to AI (9to5google.com)
4
PayPal apparently does not understand how Gmail email addresses work (reddit.com)
4
Samsung Galaxy update removes Android recovery menu tools, including sideloading (9to5google.com)
2
Newsom signed CA Bill mandating OS's implement age (identity) verification (twitter.com/autismcapital)
2
Sudo-rs echos * for every character typed breaking security measures (launchpad.net)
1
2026 OSSRA Report: Open Source Vulnerabilities Double as AI Soars (blackduck.com)
113
Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play while you're away." (twitter.com/krydotexe)
10
Colorado Lawmakers Push for Age Verification at the Operating System Level (pcmag.com)
251
Pope tells priests to use their brains, not AI, to write homilies (ewtnnews.com)
3
CA bill restricts 3Dprinters to state-approved models to stop printing gun parts (tomshardware.com)
12
Verizon imposes new roadblock on users trying to unlock paid-off phones (arstechnica.com)
1
Replace software-properties-GTK by software-properties-common in desktop seed (launchpad.net)
101
Microsoft account bugs locked me out of Notepad – Are thin clients ruining PCs? (windowscentral.com)
3
Chinese Drywall (wikipedia.org)
1
The Competence Trap is closing in around us (reddit.com)
3
Pope Leo's latest AI warning: 'overly affectionate' chatbots (businessinsider.com)
8
Europeans Can Turn 2 Car Seats into 4 Child Seats, but It's Illegal in America (theautopian.com)
12
[flagged] Germany Forces Lexus to Remotely Kill Car Heating in Dead of Winter (gadgetreview.com)
2
WA proposes 3D-printed gun controls with blocking features, blueprint detection (tomshardware.com)
5
New York proposal requires 3D printer manufacturers to prevent printing guns (tomshardware.com)
2
The pirate-based logic of Rust shared references (ais523.me.uk)
3
The ESP32-C3 Super Mini Scam [video] (youtube.com)
5
iFixit: We Found the Worst Devices at CES 2026 [video] (youtube.com)
1
HSBC blocks app users for having sideloaded password manager (theregister.com)
5
Ask HN: Are there any antifeature-free power tools you can still buy new?
164
Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet (neowin.net)
3
Superfest (wikipedia.org)
6
Microsoft Updates Windows 'To Stop Users from Downloading Google Chrome' (forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman)
3
Denmark wants to ban VPNs to unlock foreign streams – and experts are worried (techradar.com)
11
UK Lords propose ban on VPNs for children (techradar.com)
6
Jellyfin does hardware transcoding for free, and Plex wants $250 to match it (xda-developers.com)
105
Trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image (bbc.com)
11
Chamberlain blocks smart home integrations with its garage door openers – again (theverge.com)
2
Power banks sold on Amazon cause $380k in property damage (abc27.com)
3
AT&T and Verizon are fighting back against T-Mobile's easy switch tool (androidauthority.com)
3
Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages with Your Employer (forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman)
3
How the Firefox desktop launcher works (support.mozilla.org)
3
The Steam Machine's HDMI Port Has a Built-In Identity Crisis (bgr.com)
2
Why Jailbreaking Calculators Is (Unfortunately) a Thing Now [video] (youtube.com)
12
Microsoft admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken (neowin.net)
2
Rust: No Linux/Proton, says games supporting them 'not serious about anti-cheat' (pcgamer.com)
7
UCSD Faculty Sound Alarm on Declining Student Skills (marginalrevolution.com)
4
Google sues to dismantle Chinese phishing platform behind US toll scams (bleepingcomputer.com)
1
Framework releases 3D-printable case to enable re-use of the Laptop 16 Mainboard (twitter.com/frameworkputer)
10
Why unions are becoming a problem for self-driving cars (axios.com)
2