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Singapore Orders Apple, Google To Prevent Government Spoofing on Messaging Platforms

An anonymous reader shares a report: Singapore's police have ordered Apple and Google to prevent the spoofing of government agencies on their messaging platforms, the home affairs ministry said on Tuesday. The order under the nation's Online Criminal Harms Act came after the police observed scams on Apple's iMessage and Google Messages purporting to be from companies such as the local postal service SingPost. While government agencies have registered with a local SMS registry so only they can send messages with the "gov.sg" name, this does not currently apply to the iMessage and Google Messages platforms.

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25 Nov 2025 2:46pm GMT

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GNOME 48.7 Arrives with Shell, Mutter, and GTK Fixes

GNOME 48.7 Arrives with Shell, Mutter, and GTK Fixes

GNOME 48.7 desktop environment is out, delivering fixes across Shell, Mutter, GTK3, and core apps.

25 Nov 2025 2:33pm GMT

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Launch HN: Onyx (YC W24) – The open-source chat UI

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25 Nov 2025 2:20pm GMT

Apt Rust requirement raises questions

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25 Nov 2025 2:18pm GMT

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Microsoft To Preload File Explorer in Background For Faster Launch in Windows 11

In the latest Windows Insider beta update, Microsoft has announced that it is exploring preloading File Explorer in the background to improve launch performance. The feature will load File Explorer silently before users click on it and can be toggled off for those who prefer not to use it. Microsoft introduced a similar capability earlier this year for Office called Startup Boost that loads parts of Word in the background so the application launches more quickly. The company is also removing elements from the File Explorer context menu in the same update.

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25 Nov 2025 2:00pm GMT

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Brain has five 'eras' with adult mode not starting until early 30s

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25 Nov 2025 1:38pm GMT

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Ultramarine Linux 43 Picks Plasma as Its New Recommended Edition

Ultramarine Linux 43 Picks Plasma as Its New Recommended Edition

Fedora-based Ultramarine Linux 43 shifts from Budgie to Plasma 6.5, introducing UI and permission-handling improvements.

25 Nov 2025 1:12pm GMT

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Lenovo Stockpiling PC Memory Due To 'Unprecedented' AI Squeeze

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Lenovo is stockpiling memory and other critical components to navigate a supply crunch brought on by the boom in artificial intelligence. The world's biggest PC maker is holding on to component inventories that are roughly 50% higher than usual, Chief Financial Officer Winston Cheng told Bloomberg TV on Monday. The frenzy to build and fill AI data centers with advanced hardware is raising prices for producers of consumer electronics, but Lenovo also sees opportunity in this to capitalize on its stockpile. "The price is going very, very high, of course, and I think it's been unprecedented in terms of this rate driven by the AI demand," Cheng said. His company has long-term contracts in place and the benefit of scale, he added, and "those that have the supply actually would be able to have a position in the market." Beijing-based Lenovo will aim to avoid passing on rising costs to its customers in the current quarter, as it wants to sustain this year's strong sales growth, according to the CFO. He said the company will strike a balance between price and availability in 2026. Lenovo said last week that it has enough memory chips for all of 2026 and it can navigate any shortages better than its competitors.

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25 Nov 2025 1:00pm GMT

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LXD 6.6 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released

LXD 6.6 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released

LXD 6.6 introduces placement groups, a Kubernetes CSI driver, improved volume recovery, and support for new HPE Alletra storage.

25 Nov 2025 11:05am GMT

24 Nov 2025

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Anthropic introduces cheaper, more powerful, more efficient Opus 4.5 model

Longer chats address a long-standing criticism of Claude.

24 Nov 2025 11:15pm GMT

Rivals object to SpaceX’s Starship plans in Florida—who’s interfering with whom?

"We're going to continue to treat any LOX-methane vehicle with 100 percent TNT blast equivalency."

24 Nov 2025 10:52pm GMT

DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts

Government brain drain will haunt US after DOGE abruptly terminated.

24 Nov 2025 9:17pm GMT