⚡ Browser Tracking: The Data You Can’t Control
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Most mainstream web browsers are constantly "phoning home," collecting data you have no control over. Even if they're not selling your data outright, they’re using it to target you with ads—because they own the ad platforms.

Should your web browser be connecting to anything other than the website you're visiting? In our Web Browsing for Privacy Lovers webinar, we break down the problem and share real solutions.

Watch the full webinar here.

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Try this and stay save, also on 1st April 😅😉
https://github.com/TrianguloY/URLCheck

Ask HN: Why hasn't AMD made a viable CUDA alternative?
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POV - Distro wars ☠️

🌐 FIRST LOOK: This special version of Chrome for Android supports extensions

Chrome for Android doesn’t support browser extensions yet, but Google is developing a version that does, and I went hands-on with it.

More details + video 👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/chrome-for-android-with-extensions-demo-3540132/

🔥 On its 21st birthday, Google rolls out built-in end-to-end encryption for enterprise Gmail users—no extensions, no certificate swaps.

🔒 Just click, send, secure. Powered by client-side encryption.

🛠️ Admins hold the keys | Google can’t see a thing.

👉 See how it works: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/enterprise-gmail-users-can-now-send-end.html

No Snap or FlatPak! Linux Distros Agreed to Have Only One Universal Packaging
https://news.itsfoss.com/onepackage-announcement/

🔥 1,500+ PostgreSQL servers hacked for crypto mining.

A threat group tracked as JINX-0126 is exploiting publicly exposed PostgreSQL instances with weak passwords.

What’s happening:
• Malware: PG_MEM (fileless, evasive)
• Goal: Deploy XMRig miner
• Victims: Over 1,500 servers, 3 wallets, ~550 miners each

🔗 Full story: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/over-1500-postgresql-servers.html

Maybe they have tired of all the jokes about blue screens of death?

https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-blue-screen-of-death-replacement/

Google Pixel 9a Arrives, Then Immediately Departs.

Google introduced the Pixel 9a but immediately delayed the pre-orders due to a 'component quality issue,' lol.
Now, the Pixel 9a will release on April 10th starting with the US.

Specifications:
• 6.3-inch FHD+ resolution pOLED Display
• 120Hz refresh rate
• 2700nits Peak brightness
• Gorilla Glass 3 protection
• Google Tensor G4 SoC
• Titan M2 Security Chip
• 8GB LPDDR5 RAM with 128GB/ 256GB UFS 3.1 storage
• 48MP main (Samsung GN8, OIS) + 13MP UltraWide
• 13MP Front camera

Pixel 9a comes with 8GB RAM instead of 12GB/ 16GB and it also has a Pixel 8 series modem instead of latest Exynos 5400 modem found in Pixel 9/Pro/XL

• e-SIM; USB-C 3.2
• Optical in-display Fingerprint Scanner
• Face Unlock; Stereo speakers
• IP68 Dust & Water Resistant
• 5100mAh battery with 23W Charging
• 7.5W wireless charging
7yrs Security Patches + 7yrs Android OS upgrades

Pricing:
8GB + 128GB = 500$
8GB + 256GB = 600$ or ₹49,999

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Show HN: Terminal dashboard that throttles my PC during peak electricity rates
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Like every other electronics component we are hitting the walls of sensible gains for the price. With money being tight settling for something more modest is smarter in the long run.

https://www.makeuseof.com/wont-buy-flagship-phone/

Show HN: Qwen-2.5-32B is now the best open source OCR model
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