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How to stop fake virus pop-ups on your Windows PChttps://www.engadget.com/2288676/how-to-stop-fake-virus-pop-up-windows-pc

Blaring security alerts that urge you to call a number or download a scanner are bogus, and you can shut them up easily.

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TikTok employees said they knew about child safety issues, but execs failed to acthttps://www.theverge.com/tech/1014250/tiktok-employees-internal-child-safety-warnings

TikTok was repeatedly warned by its own staffers about risks its platform posed to child safety, according to court records obtained by NPR. The publication reports that employees were frustrated over TikTok executives failing to appropriately act on concerns they raised, including minors bypassing age-restricted content, and appearing in "transactional sexual content" the company could […]

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BBC Three, BBC Scotland and Radio 4 Extra channels to closehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqx2v800nnr2o

The closurse are announced as the corporation continues to try to save £500m over two years.

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Show HN: Sorcerer – simulate a community of AI agents around a what-if (macOS)https://github.com/gbrasil720/sorcerer

Article URL: https://github.com/gbrasil720/sorcerer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50165837 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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US orders federal agencies to remove China’s DeepSeek AI from their systemshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/us-orders-federal-agencies-to-remove-chinas-deepseek-ai-from-their-systems

The US has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products and third-party services built using its technology, citing national security concerns.

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Adobe Lightroom mobile can now open closed eyes in photos with a simple taphttps://www.theverge.com/tech/1014246/adobe-lightroom-mobile-ai-quick-action-open-eyes-closed-blink-repair

Adobe announced yesterday that the mobile version of Lightroom, available for iOS, iPadOS, and Android, can now open closed eyes in photos using generative AI with just a single tap. When the app detects a person, or a group of people, have their eyes closed in a photo it will automatically present users with a […]

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Show HN: Algebras Harness – Localize Apps/Games from Claude Codehttps://github.com/algebras-ai/algebras-agent

Article URL: https://github.com/algebras-ai/algebras-agent Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50165772 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Innerwall – see what a policy would block before you enforce ithttps://www.innerwall.dev

Article URL: https://www.innerwall.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50165761 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: ObsQRity – a daily puzzle played on a real QR codehttps://obsqrity.com

Article URL: https://obsqrity.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50165724 Points: 1 # Comments: 1

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Show HN: Habenna – a habit tracker with grace days instead of streakshttps://habenna.app

Article URL: https://habenna.app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50165698 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Wii Sports is back on the Switch 2, and it ruleshttps://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1013753/nintendo-switch-sports-resort-review-switch-2

Wii Sports holds an important place in Nintendo's history. It's the best-selling piece of software the company has ever made, one that permeated culture in surprising ways, and its success helped rejuvenate Nintendo after a period of steady decline. It also kicked off one of the company's most important and unassuming franchises. While subsequent sports […]

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Final Fantasy dips back into the SNES golden era with Resonancehttps://www.theverge.com/games/1013958/final-fantasy-resonance-review

Final Fantasy is a lot different than it used to be. While many of the early Final Fantasy titles look and play similarly to each other, the series has since grown to encompass blockbuster games like Final Fantasy XVI and the gargantuan Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy, which don't play much like the classics. But […]

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Antigravity just halved the price of its drone — by swapping its headset for wristwatch controlhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/1014063/antigravity-a1-drone-follow-me-watch-ring-control

Last year's Antigravity A1 is the best beginner drone I've ever tried. I put a friend who'd never flown into its virtual cockpit and didn't worry one bit. The A1's also nice for people who'd prefer to think about flying rather than filming, because you can reframe its 360-degree footage after. But until today, that […]

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Eka is worth $1.45B thanks to a physical AI model that has experts ravinghttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/eka-is-worth-1-45-billion-thanks-to-a-physical-ai-model-that-has-experts-raving

Eka Robotics may be the first robotic arm that is actually good at picking a wide range of objects up, and it is so smooth and human-like, it is wowing the industry.

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Show HN: Shazam but for AI Slop Musichttps://apps.apple.com/de/app/daft-slop-ai-music-detector/id6811013099

I hacked this app together to detect AI Music. It uses Shazam under the hood to identifiy the song and uses a custom trained AI model to detect if its GenAI. I don't have a big agenda. Just want to spread the awareness of AI Music that appears everywhere. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50165533 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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How to know it's time to replace your routerhttps://www.engadget.com/2288619/how-to-know-time-to-replace-router

One of the issues with internet routers is that it's not always obvious when it's not working as it should. Here's how to check if it could be on its way out.

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NixOS is making me less afraidhttps://entropicthoughts.com/nixos-is-making-me-less-afraid

Article URL: https://entropicthoughts.com/nixos-is-making-me-less-afraid Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50165484 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

SSH keys on macOS with Touch IDhttps://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1xaqyzu/ssh_keys_on_macos_with_touch_id

I've recently discovered that you can use Touch ID (rather, the Mac's Secure Enclave) for SSH authentication. I'm the author of the post, feel free to ask any questions and if there are any experts I'd love to hear your thoughts! submitted by /u/nmattia [link] [comments]

US bans use of China’s DeepSeek AI tools by government agencieshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/20/us-bans-china-deepseek-ai-tools-government-agencies

Use of tools ‘may result in the transfer of sensitive data to (China)’, defense department says The US government on Monday ordered its agencies to stop using artificial intelligence (AI) tools from Chinese startup DeepSeek , as the countries race for dominance in the fast-moving sector. A notice from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the ban on products developed by DeepSeek – and tools created using DeepSeek by third parties – saying they must be removed from IT devices. Continue reading...

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I’m a CTO. AI still needs your human expertise | Madhu Shashankahttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/20/ai-human-judgment

AI is increasingly getting good at doing some tasks, but it can never replace human workers’ judgment Autonomous cars, which may be the safest we have built, keep getting easily avoidable parking tickets. While Waymos crash far less often than human drivers over tens of millions of miles, they’re still terrible at performing basic tasks – keeping out of disabled parking spots and tow-away zones, or steering clear of a church garage during Sunday service, according to the Wall Street Journal . That is the state of AI today: impressively capable at something complex, yet embarrassingly cl…

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UK asks Apple to widen access to its payment techhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqm26zzl0k12o

Proposed changes could lead to new digital wallets and keys as well as ticketing apps, the regulator says.

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Demographic "Doomsday" Misses the Markhttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ael8752

Article URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ael8752 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50165276 Points: 10 # Comments: 2

Apple broke an essential presentation feature of iPadshttps://teddysvoronos.com/2026-10-19-apple-broke-an-essential-presentation-feature-of-ipads

Article URL: https://teddysvoronos.com/2026-10-19-apple-broke-an-essential-presentation-feature-of-ipads/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50165208 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

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Key takeaways from Covid report on care homeshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crje5dke7vgqo

From the shocking lack of PPE to restrictions on visitors - the key points from the sixth Covid inquiry report.

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3+ useful features included with Google One that people ignorehttps://www.engadget.com/2288598/google-one-useful-features

Google One plans originally started off as a way to expand the storage limits for files and photos. Now, they come with more features and additional perks.

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Show HN: Armite - a local Azure emulator with a real identity plane and RBAChttps://github.com/ioflux-org/armite

Article URL: https://github.com/ioflux-org/armite Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50165167 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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Ronaldo let Manchester United down - Ten Haghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c8dx32rn297wo

Former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag says Cristiano Ronaldo "let the team and let me down" during the Dutchman's spell at Old Trafford.

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Show HN: Proxium – Self-hosted HTTP/SOCKS5 proxy with a web admin UIhttps://github.com/koldakov/proxium

With the team we are building a network management tool: switch upgrades, data collection/analytics, etc. With the write operations on production switches we've been requested to add an AAA flow so we have only 1 entry point for all microservices. For that reason we decided to add a proxy in the first place, so each request goes through the proxy, authenticates with External Authentication (the first A), then proceeds to the next step etc. First we thought about squid/envoy, but these proxies were declined by our devops as planned for the future. For sure we found a workaround, but then I tho…

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The Download: the claim shaking up AI and the internet’s agent problemhttps://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/20/1147355/the-download-claim-shaking-up-ai-internet-agent-problem

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. “We were looking at it wrong”: The explosive claim that’s upended the AI world “I think I have good news about the nature of neural networks.” With those simple words of…

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Show HN: Cliqqe – Meet 4 new people over a video call every weekhttps://cliqqe.com

I am involved in a community that acts as an accountability group. So every morning, we have a daily meeting where we share our goals, what was planned and achieved yesterday, and today's agenda. What I like the most is what sometimes happens after the daily meeting. We stay and have an open conversation about anything: entrepreneurship, the latest trendy product, personal subjects… It feels like the genuine discussion that you can have when you are invited to someone's home or you are at a nice event (not the kind where there is networking). Starting from this vision, I wanted to create th…

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Show HN: Faro – an unofficial Signal client for the terminalhttps://getfaro.dev

Article URL: https://getfaro.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50165074 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: In-browser debugger that draws data structureshttps://ntree.ai/problems/lowest-common-ancestor

Article URL: https://ntree.ai/problems/lowest-common-ancestor Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50165050 Points: 4 # Comments: 1

Yemen: Maps show 10 years of changing controlhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/yemen-maps-show-10-years-of-changing-control

A decade of war has shifted Yemen’s front lines, but the Houthis still hold Sanaa, and no side controls the country.

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Show HN: Halis Code – Agent Codinghttps://github.com/binhdzs1tg/halis-code

Article URL: https://github.com/binhdzs1tg/halis-code Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50165042 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Minute of Fame – own one minute of the day, it airs live every dayhttps://minuteoffame.lol

Hello HN, I'm Leo, I built Minute of Fame as a weekend-size project, a joke that got out of hands. Each day has 1440 minutes in it. Each one of them have an owner. When your minute comes around, your profile goes live on the dial for 60 seconds, and whoever is watching can react and wave. Then the next owner takes over. And so on. Anyone can watch. Open minutes start at $5. If you want to buy a minute that already has an owner, you can offer a higher price. Another thing that makes it different is that you can cash out - via Stripe Connect. So if your minute got bought at 2x, you can actually…

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Hazel (YC W24) Is Hiringhttps://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hazel-2/jobs/PpNKYBS-full-stack-engineer-ts-sci

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hazel-2/jobs/PpNKYBS-full-stack-engineer-ts-sci Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50164991 Points: 0 # Comments: 0

Oura adds new fitness metrics to show how workouts impact your bodyhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/oura-is-launching-two-new-ways-to-track-and-understand-activity

While Oura has largely dominated the smart ring market for years, rivals like RingConn and Ultrahuman are emerging to dethrone it, putting pressure on the company to keep innovating. By launching more advanced workout metrics, Oura is looking to differentiate itself from competitors as the smart ring market gets more crowded.

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Spotify launches paid podcast memberships with perks beyond bonus contenthttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/spotify-launches-paid-podcast-memberships-with-perks-beyond-bonus-content

Spotify's new paid memberships let podcasters offer fans exclusive perks, including ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content, while keeping 90% of the revenue.

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Spotify’s new podcast memberships let you pay for extra perkshttps://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1013606/spotify-podcast-memberships-paid-subscription-launch

Spotify is enabling podcast creators to earn more money through the platform by providing their fans with a way to pay to access exclusive content. First announced in May, the new Memberships subscription feature is starting to roll out in 34 regions today, allowing podcasters to offer perks including additional content, early access, bonus episodes, […]

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AI adoption by industry shows what other sectors can learnhttps://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/20/1145423/ai-adoption-by-industry-shows-what-other-sectors-can-learn

The current narrative around artificial intelligence in the workplace is largely driven by Silicon Valley. But treating the tech sector as an island misses the actual trends in technology adoption–tech is just the first industry in line. As generative AI and automation tools mature, the shifts currently reshaping software engineering and product management will inevitably…

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Show HN: OpenRMM – open-source RMM where the AI proposes and a human approveshttps://github.com/openrmm-project/openrmm

Article URL: https://github.com/openrmm-project/openrmm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50164953 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: CronPulser – Hosted cron for HTTP jobs and commands behind a firewallhttps://cronpulser.com

Article URL: https://cronpulser.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50164928 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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A Chinese dissident falsely claims Kim Jong Un is dead - why is this rumour back?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmvg6qv1jdydo

North Korean state media has published photos of the dictator with his daughter after the unsubstantiated rumour spread.

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WhatsApp Hid Instructions in Help Pages Telling Its AI Chatbot Not to Recommend Privacy Regulatorshttps://thehackernews.com/2026/10/whatsapp-hid-instructions-in-help-pages.html

WhatsApp's help pages carried hidden instructions for its support chatbot that told it not to recommend a data protection authority or regulator to users who could no longer delete their accounts, even though WhatsApp's own privacy policy for Europe tells users they can complain to one. The text sat in the pages' code, never shown on screen, until it was removed by October 18. Whether the

What Security Teams Can Do To Tame Wild Codehttps://thehackernews.com/2026/10/what-security-teams-can-do-to-tame-wild.html

A sales manager builds an AI-assisted workflow to route leads. It connects to customer records, summarizes inbound requests, and posts updates to a shared channel. The workflow saves time, reduces manual work, and soon becomes part of the team’s daily routine. Across the same organization, employees are building useful apps, agents, and automations faster than existing processes can support them

Go Issues Emergency Update Blocking Eight CA Keys Over Undisclosed Security Concernshttps://thehackernews.com/2026/10/go-issues-emergency-update-blocking.html

Go 1.27.3 and Go 1.26.10, released on October 20, make Go's certificate verifier reject any certificate chain that passes through one of eight intermediate certificate authority keys. Programs built on the new release will refuse connections to sites and services whose certificates were issued under those keys. The Go team says the keys belong to one certificate authority it has not

Show HN: Photo Ferret – open-source photo album with creative filtershttps://github.com/JonesSteven/photo-ferret

I wanted a way to filter my photo album using more creative continuous filters (scene complexity, presence of curvy lines, portion of photo occupied by mountains, etc.) Photo Ferret has two components: 1) Run the application on your computer and use the TypeSafe Jev API to generate a lot of metadata for each image. 2) Export as a static site that runs on Cloudflare. The site uses the metadata to enable powerful filtering. Demo site here: https://stevenjonesphotography.ca/ Repo here: https://github.com/JonesSteven/photo-ferret Would love to see any galleries you build with it or any ideas for…

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Google Reports Cloud Disruptions in Europe Region

A Google office in London. Its cloud services were experiencing intermittent network failures in the region, the company said on Tuesday.

UK to deploy jets to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi attackshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckr5yqe1r1llo

The UK announces it will provide additional defensive military support to Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks escalate in the region.

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Show HN: Circix: Rewired – a Hashi-style circuit puzzle rebuilt in PixiJShttps://kinorogames.itch.io/circix-rewired

This is Circix: Rewired, a logic puzzle about connecting every numbered node into one valid circuit. The first four campaign chapters are playable free in the browser. It is also available on Android and iOS and as a daily play game - details here: https://www.kinorogames.co.uk Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50164452 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Russian APT28 Breaches NATO Naval Shipbuilder in NATO Country, Deploys New Reflective Loaderhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/10/russian-apt28-breaches-nato-naval.html

The Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor tracked as APT28 (aka BlueDelta, Fancy Bear, and Forest Blizzard) has been attributed to attacks targeting two member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Symantec Threat Hunter Team, which is tracking the activity cluster under the moniker Swallowtail, involved the use of a backdoor called HOOKEDGE and a previously

DOJ charges 28 with voting crimes. And, TikTok ignored staff's child safety concernshttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/20/g-s1-148877/up-first-newsletter-california-elections-doj-midterms-trump-tiktok

The Justice Department has charged 28 people in California with voting crimes as Election Day nears. And, TikTok staff raised child safety concerns with executives, who failed to act, court records show.

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Possible new Cellebrite iPhone Radio Zero-Dayhttps://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/possible-new-cellebrite-iphone-radio-zero-day.html

Justin.sh is reporting on a confidential Cellebrite document that has been leaked to him: Cellebrite calls it Advanced Unlocks (AU from here on), not to be confused with the “advanced unlocking services” they’ve marketed for years. A press release from earlier this year confirms AU is a new product for 2026. […] According to Cellebrite, AU: is a “next-generation AFU vector that is more resilient to Apple’s OS changes” works with Stolen Device Protection enabled, which tightens USB restrictions is enabled by a dedicated appliance with a stated range (!) of about 8 meters...

Otter.ai raises $320 million from General Catalyst’s growth fund for its meeting toolhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/otter-ai-raises-320-million-from-general-catalysts-growth-fund-for-its-meeting-tool

Meeting note-taking tool Otter.ai announced on Tuesday that it has raised $320 million from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF), which provides capital to startups without diluting equity and gets returns on the results of marketing spend. Otter.ai said that it will use these funds for enterprise growth, go-to-market strategy, international expansion, and product innovation. […]

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Yelp can now call on your behalf to check wait times at a restauranthttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/yelp-can-now-call-on-your-behalf-to-check-wait-times-at-a-restaurant

Yelp is embedding numerous new AI features into its app that can do everything from call to check on restaurant wait times to create personalized recommendations that remember your preferences.

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Sony Party Speaker Deal: Save $100 Off the ULT Tower 7https://www.wired.com/story/sony-party-speaker-deals-october-2026

The Sony ULT Tower 7 is one of our top party speaker picks and is at its lowest-ever price. Grab this or one of its sibling models before your next fete.

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ConnectWise Resets Credentials as Cloud Backup Remains Offline After Security Incidenthttps://thehackernews.com/2026/10/connectwise-resets-credentials-as-cloud.html

ConnectWise on Monday said it has taken remediation measures, including strengthening administrative-access protections and resetting accounts and replacing application credentials, as it continues to respond to a security incident that led to unauthorized access to application identities associated with Cloud Backup. The company said it has completed the following actions since it began

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