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Show HN: Scale Yourself as a Freelancer

Hacker News - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 7:59am

Article URL: https://www.retainr.io

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43925296

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Talaria – Email Client

Hacker News - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 7:59am

Article URL: https://www.talaria.email/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43925294

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Google Finds Data Theft Malware Used by Russian APT in Select Cases

Security Week - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 7:55am

Russia-linked APT Star Blizzard is using the ClickFix technique in recent attacks distributing the LostKeys malware.

The post Google Finds Data Theft Malware Used by Russian APT in Select Cases appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Show HN: LLMs.txt Generator – Boost SEO by adding an AI-friendly summary

Hacker News - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 7:51am

I heard some cases that llms.txt really boosts SEO, so I build this. And it's free to use (no sign up required)!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43925240

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AI Summarizer: Summarize Web, YouTube and PDFs in Seconds–Free

Hacker News - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 7:51am

Hey Hacker News community! I’m Hui, the maker of AI Summarizer – stoked to share this with you today!

I built this tool because, like many of you, I was drowning in endless articles, hour-long YouTube tutorials, and dense PDFs. One day, while scrambling to prep for a project, I thought: “What if AI could cut through the noise and give me the gist in seconds?” That spark led to months of coding, testing, and collaborating with beta users to polish a tool that’s fast, free, and works in 15 languages .

Why you’ll love it: Zero cost, zero fuss – completely free, no hidden limits. Your AI, your rules – pick ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Qwen or others to match your style. Works everywhere – summarize YouTube videos (yes, even with subtitles!), blogs, PDFs, and more. Speaks your language – whether you’re reading in Hindi, Korean, French, or 12 others.

Try it now and let me know: What content do YOU struggle to digest? Which AI model gives you the best summaries? Any features you’d love to see next?

Big thanks to early testers who helped shape this – your feedback is gold! Let’s keep the conversation going: Ask me anything about the tech, roadmap, or how to tweak prompts for laser-focused summaries. Let’s make information overload a thing of the past!

Install here: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ai-summarizer-web-youtube/dcohpcjocgijndjcachlifniaendimid Cheers to working smarter, not harder!

P.S. Share a screenshot of your first summary – I’d love to feature your vibe!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43925231

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Show HN: ImportCSV – Open-Source CSV Importer

Hacker News - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 7:47am

Hey HN, I'm building ImportCSV, a self-hosted CSV importer that makes CSV onboarding easier for SaaS apps. Here is a quick demo: https://github.com/abhishekray07/importcsv#demo

CSVs are like the cockroach of data transfer—they're everywhere and refuse to go away. At my last startup, we realized spreadsheets and Excel files were deeply embedded across our users' workflows, acting like glue between different systems, even as APIs became more common.

But handling CSV imports turned out to be surprisingly painful. We faced weird issues like strange encodings, unexpected delimiters, and huge files that crashed our system.

Existing tools weren't much help. They were either overly complex, too expensive, or difficult to integrate. Eventually, we built our own tool internally to handle these challenges.

We've cleaned it up and open-sourced it as ImportCSV to hopefully save others from similar headaches. It’s:

- Easy to deploy (`docker compose up`)

- Simple to use (fix errors on the spot)

- Smart (auto-matching columns like "DoJ" → `date_of_joining`)

- Flexible with different column schemas

- Supports data validation

What it can do today:

- Handles multiple file types (CSV, XLS, XLSX, TSV)

- Spreadsheet-style user interface

- Sends validated data directly to your API

Next up:

- Better handling of large files with streaming

- AI-powered data cleaning and validation

- More integration options (databases, webhooks)

I'd love your feedback or any challenging CSV stories you've faced!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43925210

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Haskell Weekly Issue 471

Hacker News - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 7:46am
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Show HN: Monitoring my Minecraft server with OpenTelemetry and Prometheus

Hacker News - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 7:03am

My kids demand SLOs stricter than Moon exploration technology, so I had to monitor our family’s Minecraft server Minecraft server like a pro. As luck would have it, I am one.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43925005

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12 Terrific Sci-Fi Movies You Need on Your Prime Video Watch List

CNET Feed - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 7:00am
Your sci-fi binge just got a lot more fun.
Categories: CNET

Even If You Reach the 1% Then What?

Hacker News - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 6:59am
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WhatsApp hack: Meta wins payout over NSO Group spyware

Malware Bytes Security - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 6:58am

Meta has won almost $170m in damages from Israel-based NSO Group, maker of the Pegasus spyware. The ruling comes after a six-year legal case against the company after Meta accused it of misusing its servers to spy on users.

According to the original complaint against NSO Group, filed in October 2019, the spyware vendor used WhatsApp servers to send malware to around 1400 mobile phones. The purpose was to gain access to the messages on those devices, which were typically used by attorneys, journalists, human rights activists, political dissidents, diplomats, and other senior foreign government officials.

NSO Group reverse engineered WhatsApp’s software and developed its own software and servers to send messages to victims via the WhatsApp service that contained malware. That malware installed itself on the victims’ smartphones using a zero-click attack, meaning that the victim didn’t have to take any action such as opening an link or even answering a call for the compromise to happen; it was enough simply for the message to arrive.

A judge ruled in December that NSO Group had repeatedly dodged requests to provide its code for review, and granted Meta partial summary judgment over the vendor. That set up conditions for a trial to determine damages that started in late April.

NSO Group reportedly argued that Facebook lost nothing as part of the attack, arguing that it should pay the minimum amount in damages. However, the jury awarded Meta $444,719 in compensatory damages and $167,254,000 in punitive damages.

NSO Group is no stranger to controversy. The US federal government blacklisted it in 2021 for enabling foreign governments to spy on a range of people in acts of “transnational repression”. The same year, investigative website The Pegasus Project alleged that the company targeted over 180 journalists around the world. The European Data Protection Supervisor recommended an EU ban on the technology in 2022, although this has not yet happened.

The ruling drew praise from Amnesty International, which had filed a court brief as part of the case outlining the human rights implications of the attacks on Meta. The organization commented:

“This decision should serve as a wake-up call to governments to take proactive, concrete steps to regulate the surveillance industry, to enforce safeguards on their surveillance practices, and to comprehensively ban tools that are inherently incompatible with human rights obligations and standards, such as Pegasus,”

One takeaway stands out for our readers: end-to-end encryption is important for privacy, but it is not enough on its own.

As Meta pointed out in its complaint, NSO couldn’t decrypt WhatsApp messages in transit to users because they are encrypted when they’re sent from one device and stay unreadable until they’re decrypted by the receiving device. However, that doesn’t stop someone from reading the messages after they’re decrypted by the receiving device—someone who compromises your smartphone or PC has control over all of the data on it, including those decrypted messages.

For consumers, this means applying more layer of protection in the form of regular updates, security software, and cybersecurity awareness. Never open links, files, or videos from someone you don’t know. Be skeptical even if they’re from someone you do know—we recommend checking with them over a different channel first to ensure it was really them that sent it.

In this case, even that would not have enough, because NSO Group was able to infect phones without the victim even answering the call. Attacks this sophisticated often target people with sensitive roles such as journalists, activists, and government workers. Google has an advanced protection program for people like this, while Apple launched lockdown mode for high-risk users. Facebook has its own initiative.

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