Category: Google

The Swiss software company has built its reputation on a commitment to privacy. Did its CEO just destroy the trust of its customer base?

Article URL: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Merz-Google-Cloud-is-sovereign-enough-for-intelligence-agencies-11508564.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50438833 Points: 8 # Comments: 0

Protesters’ timing couldn’t have been worse, given Gamescom and major game releases.

Anthropic says Mythos 5.2 improves vulnerability discovery while showing a lower tendency to escape sandboxes in controlled tests. The post Anthropic Rolls Out Mythos 5.2 With Improved Bug Hunting, Fewer Sandbox Escapes appeared...

At some point your security will fail. This isn’t pessimism. It’s not because your team and tools aren’t sophisticated enough. It’s the reason we have detections in the first place. And, it’s why once we accept that prevention...

Microsoft will enable access to Anthropic’s Claude models by default for UK Copilot tenants next month, giving administrators a deadline to decide whether US-based processing fits their compliance requirements.From...

[Adrian Black]’s enthusiasm is palpable as he shows off something truly unusual: a Lobo MAX-80 computer from 1982. To call this machine rare would be an understatement, as the company folded soon after its release. The one shown...

Google DeepMind researchers have completed a formal verification of Signal’s messaging security, marking what they claim is the first time AI has helped devise a proof that links protocol-level security guarantees to a...

It’s never been easier to make an image. Even for people who don’t consider themselves creative, translating an idea into an illustration, graphic, video—any format, really—is now as simple as typing a prompt into a box (quality...

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/12/location-tracking-apps-parental-surveillance/689031/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50438480 Points: 14 # Comments: 4

When I began considering electroconvulsive therapy, better known as electroshock, I assumed the “shock” part referred to the electrical zap you received. An electrode or two on your head. Some doctor pressing a button. A machine...