Restaurant workers are being exposed to dangerous heat and pollution from gas stoves: study
When you cook at home on a gas stove, you’re releasing hazardous pollutants into your air. So what does that mean for restaurant workers, who can spend hours in front of powerful commercial gas ranges? Those workers are being exposed to harmful air pollution levels,...
TP-Link Sued by Four More U.S. States Over Router Security and China Ties
Four more U.S. states sued router maker TP-Link Systems on October 6, bringing the total to five, with Texas filing a suit in February. Florida, Iowa, Montana and Nebraska allege the California company misled buyers about how secure its routers are and how separate...
Researchers Publish Working Exploit for Pre-Auth AnyDesk Linux Flaw That Gives Root Access
Security researchers have published a full working exploit for a pre-authentication remote code execution flaw in AnyDesk Linux that gives attackers root access before anyone approves the connection. AnyDesk patched the flaw in version 8.0.3 in June, but...
Anthropic Launches Free AI Vulnerability Scanner for Open-Source Projects
Anthropic on Thursday unveiled OSS Scanner as an opt-in vulnerability scanner to help secure the open-source ecosystem using artificial intelligence (AI). "It's an opt-in service informed by our experience using Claude to find vulnerabilities during Project...
Attackers Exploit AhsayCBS Flaws to Deploy XMRig Miners Disguised as Microsoft Edge
Threat actors have been observed exploiting two recently disclosed flaws in the AhsayCBS backup utility to seize control of affected devices and deploy web shells and XMRig cryptocurrency miners. Details of the flaws are below - CVE-2026-105133 (CVSS v4 score: 5.5) -...
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Gamma’s Grant Lee, Engine’s Elia Wallen, and GV’s Crystal Huang on landing your first 1,000 customers
Leaders from Gamma, Engine, and Google Ventures join TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to talk how to get your first customers. Register now to save up to $100. Grab a second pass at 50% off.
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol says the company is back. His turnaround comes down to 1 leadership principle
There’s an interesting leadership lesson unfolding at Starbucks that has very little to do with coffee. When Brian Niccol took over as CEO, he inherited a company that had drifted from some of what made Starbucks distinctive. Service had become inconsistent. Stores...
This Week in Security: New Spectre Attacks, Crushing Quantity of Linux Vulns, Google Gets Too Much AI, and Hacking Lawnmowers
Just-in-time, or JIT, compilation could be considered a fundamental backbone of modern computing. JIT compilation turns scripting languages like JavaScript or intermediary binary forms like Web Assembly into native code on the fly, giving web apps, and things that...
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Global PC shipments crater 20% as rising prices hammer demand
Global PC shipments crater 20% as rising prices hammer demand Go to Source The global PC market has taken a beating, with shipments plunging more than 20 percent in the third quarter as the AI-driven memory shortage pushes up prices...
Surveillance company Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows
Flock would not say if CEO Garrett Langley would take a pay cut following the reduction in workforce.
Deno Is Joining Cloudflare
Article URL: https://deno.com/blog/cloudflare Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50019911 Points: 55 # Comments: 23
Iranian campaign planted fake articles in real U.S. publications using ChatGPT
Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/10/09/chatgpt-users-iran-planted-ai-generated-articles-us-news-media/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50019455 Points: 10 # Comments: 0
10th-Generation Xbox: A ‘Great Console,’ Plus a Way to Game on the Go
Project Helix is officially a family of devices, not a single console.
Samsung Forecasts Nearly Ninefold Profit Surge as AI Memory Prices Soar
Samsung expects a nearly ninefold profit increase as AI memory demand drives chip prices higher, putting pressure on enterprise hardware budgets. The post Samsung Forecasts Nearly Ninefold Profit Surge as AI Memory Prices Soar appeared first on TechRepublic.
Galaxy Tab S12+ vs iPad Air M4: Is Samsung’s Pricier Tablet Actually Better for Work?
Samsung's Galaxy Tab S12+ challenges Apple's iPad Air M4 for work. Compare productivity features, storage, accessories, and costs to see which offers more. The post Galaxy Tab S12+ vs iPad Air M4: Is Samsung’s Pricier Tablet Actually Better for Work? appeared first on...
Our $445M Series D
Article URL: https://oxide.computer/blog/our-445m-series-d Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50020014 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
The Hetzner Cloud network stack – history and technical overview
Article URL: https://www.hetzner.com/blog/the-hetzner-cloud-network-stack-history-and-technical-overview/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50019451 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
Delta Air Lines stock is outpacing its ‘Big Four’ rivals in 2026. Could rising fuel costs end the winning streak?
Shares of Delta Air Lines are down over 3% Friday morning after the company released its third-quarter earnings report. The airline’s revenue rose 16% year-over-year (YOY) from $15.20 billion to $17.59 billion. However, it failed to reach Wall Street’s expected...
Flax Typhoon Exploits Five Flaws as CISA Sets October 11 Deadline for Federal Agencies
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following their abuse by a China-linked threat actor known as Flax Typhoon. The vulnerabilities in question are...
US Navy bets another $150M on fighter drone that skips the runway
American defense biz Shield AI says combined US government funding and its own investment commitments have reached $400 million to advance its autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fighter drone toward flight testing. The X-BAT aircraft was unveiled at an...
US proposes $100k charge for international students to do post-graduate work
Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02921-7 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50019090 Points: 9 # Comments: 2
Unity’s New In-Browser AI Tool Generates 3D Games
Users will pay through a credit-based pricing system tied to AI tokens.
Webb telescope detects galaxy origin of the farthest fast radio burst we’ve seen to date
Astronomers used the Webb telescope to see where the farthest fast radio burst we've ever seen had come from.
Microsoft and Adobe are suspended from H-B1 visa program, with Vance accusing the tech giants of fraud
Microsoft and Adobe have been suspended from the H-1B visa program, Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday, amid accusations that they and other companies have extensively abused the system to hire cheaper labor. “This is a great day for American workers, because...
Hucked and Shucked: The hidden costs of turning America’s corn crop into fuel
Article URL: https://worldsensorium.com/hucked-and-shucked/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50019112 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
In Other News: AI Used in Korean Bank Breaches, Poem-Guided Botnet, Empire Admin Gets 40 Years
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Tensorlake npm SDK compromised, Empire Market co-founder gets 40 years, exposed NVIDIA GPU monitors leak telemetry. The post In Other News: AI Used in Korean Bank Breaches, Poem-Guided Botnet, Empire Admin...
What to expect at Apple’s ‘Welcome home’ event next week
The company is reportedly rebooting its smart home ambitions with a smart display and a whole bunch of other accessories.
Xona’s commercial GPS alternative is about to go live
Xona's precision timing and navigation service will enter beta testing after SpaceX launches six satellites designed by the company.
Anthropic asks users to stop being mean to Claude
Anthropic has updated its rules to stop people being mean to Claude, apparently deciding that its AI chatbot needs protection from the humans paying to use it. The AI developer's latest usage policy prohibits "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward...