Hacker News with Generative AI: Updates

CVE-2025-24259: Leaking Bookmarks on macOS (wts.dev)
Happy Monday! You should probably update your Macs now. macOS Ventura 13.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, and macOS Sequoia 15.4, are out. They include a lot of patches, with 15.4 including patches for 131 CVE's. If you're curious and want to validate that, just open the security release notes for that update and search for the string CVE-202. You'll find 131 matches on that page as of writing.

Security, macOS, Updates

17 points by nmgycombinator 2 days ago | 4 comments

Important 2025 Plex Updates (plex.tv)
You’re going to be hearing a lot from us this year—we’ve got a ton of exciting things to roll out, with even more in the planning stages. But first, we have to share some important upcoming changes to our personal media offering and our Privacy Policy that are necessary to make all this great stuff happen.

Plex, Media Streaming, Privacy Policy, Updates

17 points by AndrewDucker 14 days ago | 7 comments

New Gemini App Features (google)
We’re bringing new and upgraded features to Gemini users including Deep Research on 2.0 Flash Thinking, Gems, apps and personalization.

AI, Google, New Releases, Software, Updates

7 points by topsycatt 20 days ago | 0 comments

An unfortunate update on QUIC in Node.js (github.com/nodejs)
Just wanted to give an update on the situation with the QUIC implementation.

Node.js, Networking, Software Development, Updates

14 points by mmastrac 31 days ago | 1 comments

Google's Unannounced Update Scans All Your Photos (forbes.com)
Google’s Unannounced Update Scans All Your Photos—One Click Stops It

Google, Privacy, Photography, Updates

172 points by vednig 32 days ago | 78 comments

Google will fix (but broken) song detection feature for Pixels (arstechnica.com)
Google broke the feature last year, and it's taken months of complaints to get this far.

Google, Software, Mobile Phones, Bugs, Updates

3 points by naomiclarkson 34 days ago | 1 comments

Steam Now Warns Players If Early Access Games Aren't Updated for over a Year (uploadvr.com)
Steam now issues a warning to players if an early access game hasn't been updated for over a year.

Gaming, Steam, Early Access, Updates

7 points by LorenDB 56 days ago | 0 comments

DC Mid Air Update 2/3/25 [video] (youtube.com)

DC, Video, Updates

6 points by keepamovin 58 days ago | 0 comments

No Man's Sky's update introduces billions of new stars, planets, and more (playstation.com)
Hello! Today we are releasing one of our biggest updates for No Man’s Sky. We can’t wait for you to see what we’ve been working on.

Gaming, Updates, Space, Video Games

160 points by hochmartinez 63 days ago | 124 comments

Minecraft Snapshot 25w03a (minecraft.net)
This week's snapshot comes with a huge update to game tests! The game tests system is now accessible through data packs with the new test command. You can now run block based tests with the new test block or set up even more versatile test from code in mods.

Minecraft, Gaming, Updates, Modding

45 points by Wasserpuncher 77 days ago | 25 comments

Dell L502X BIOS Update installer patching (r9c.net)
👋, I have an old Dell L502X (XPS 15) for purely nostalgic reasons. I first bought this laptop in ~2011 as a workhorse. The thing certainly has it's best days behind it.

Hardware, Laptops, BIOS, Updates

38 points by robingchan 84 days ago | 15 comments

Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update (half-life.com)

Video Games, Anniversaries, Updates

574 points by Philpax 138 days ago | 266 comments

Windows 11 KB5046633 thinks Your version of Windows reached the end of service (neowin.net)
Yesterday, Microsoft released its Patch Tuesday update. On the Windows 10 side we have KB5046613, KB5046615, KB5046612, KB5046665, and the Windows 11 side we have KB5046617, KB5046633.

Windows, Operating Systems, Updates, Microsoft, Security

7 points by croes 140 days ago | 1 comments

Factorio: Space Age Is Here (factorio.com)
Factorio: Space Age continues the player's journey after launching rockets into space.

Gaming, Updates, Strategy Games

10 points by yboris 162 days ago | 2 comments

Quantum Computing – An Update (steveblank.com)
In March 2022 I wrote a description of the Quantum Technology Ecosystem. I thought this would be a good time to check in on the progress of building a quantum computer and explain more of the basics.

Quantum Computing, Technology, Updates, Science

26 points by sblank 162 days ago | 2 comments

Factorio: Space Age Is Here (factorio.com)
Factorio: Space Age is here!

Gaming, Updates, Factorio

6 points by HiroProtagonist 163 days ago | 1 comments

Warning: Older Galaxy phones getting bricked by new Samsung update (androidauthority.com)
Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 phones are getting stuck in bootloops.

Software, Samsung, Smartphones, Android, Updates

7 points by notinmykernel 182 days ago | 0 comments

Advanced Voice is rolling out in the ChatGPT app over the course of the week (twitter.com)

ChatGPT, Generative AI, Voice Technology, Updates

29 points by allanrbo 190 days ago | 14 comments

Two new Gemini models, reduced 1.5 Pro pricing, increased rate limits, and more (googleblog.com)

Google, AI Models, Pricing, Updates

193 points by meetpateltech 190 days ago | 137 comments

Disabling Scheduled Dependency Updates (davidism.com)
Scheduled dependency updates have overwhelmed that tranquility. I've now disabled scheduled updates, replacing them with a local update command.

Software, Security, Programming, Updates

18 points by benhoyt 195 days ago | 7 comments

Samsung will force you to make an account to get updates on your Galaxy phone (9to5google.com)
To use a Samsung Galaxy device, you don’t technically need a Samsung account, but you soon will to use the Galaxy Store.

Samsung, Galaxy, Mobile Devices, Updates, Privacy

9 points by josephcsible 203 days ago | 6 comments

Baldur's Gate 3 patch 1.7 is out now with a mod manager, modding toolkit an more (gamingonlinux.com)

Gaming, Updates, Modding, Video Games

3 points by rolph 209 days ago | 0 comments

“Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after MS update (arstechnica.com)

Operating Systems, Linux, Microsoft, Updates, Dual Booting

78 points by WaitWaitWha 225 days ago | 70 comments

Cars Are Now Computers, So How Long Will They Get Updates? Automakers Can't Say (wired.com)

Cars, Software, Updates

39 points by speckx 251 days ago | 62 comments

July 2024 Update on Instability Reports on Intel Core 13th/14th Gen Desktop CPUs (intel.com)