Gym rat asks AI agent to book him a class, it hacks a waitlist API to bump him up the list
Gym rat asks AI agent to book him a class, it hacks a waitlist API to bump him up the list Go to Source An Australian man who asked his AI agent to book him a slot in a class at his local gym got more than he bargained for as the bot...
Launch HN: Stoa Markets (YC S26) – A Marketplace for GPUs and AI Servers
Hi HN, we’re Eren, Berat and Kaan. We’re building Stoa (https://www.stoaexchange.com), a marketplace for new and used GPUs and AI servers.GPUs are the collateral in the data center buildout. Today, financing terms mostly depend on the offtaker, meaning the company...
Exploiting System Management Mode with a very long interrupt
Article URL: https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/smiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49245491 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
GLP-1 drugs linked to bigger jump in women’s employment than a college degree
Article URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/healthcare/articles/harvard-study-links-glp-1-123000637.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49245487 Points: 24 # Comments: 6
Back to the Future of Handwriting Recognition
Article URL: https://jackschaedler.github.io/handwriting-recognition/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49245421 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
Show HN: Ante, a coding agent in a single binary that runs offline
Article URL: https://github.com/AntigmaLabs/ante Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49245437 Points: 5 # Comments: 2
Sustainability’s skeptics keep declaring victory. Tom Szaky keeps proving them wrong
It has become a point of pride in some circles to declare the era of environmentally conscious business over. ESG is in retreat, the skeptics tell us. Sustainability was a nutty crunchy belief, indulged in bull markets and abandoned the moment capital got expensive....
How Levi’s and Uniqlo are using a ‘fix it, don’t ditch it’ sales strategy to appeal to Gen Z
Encouraging customers to mend worn clothes instead of buying new ones might seem like a self-defeating sales strategy. But in-store repairs and sewing workshops are becoming essential retail services for clothing brands as they try to appeal to young consumers who...
An OpenClaw agent reportedly hacked a gym’s booking system and kicked someone off a waiting list
This is just the latest story of an AI agent going rogue.
⚡ Weekly Recap: AI Goes Rogue, Metabase 0-Day, MCP Supply-Chain Attacks, and Router Backdoors
A lot of security problems still begin with someone doing a completely normal thing. Cloning a repo. Answering a call. Leaving a box exposed. Trusting the default. That pretty much covers the mood this week. Old bugs are back, supply chains are getting stranger, and...
What’s the difference between MagSafe and Qi wireless charging?
Magnets work the same whether you use an iPhone or Android device, but there are some nitty gritty differences in standards you should be aware of.
Meta’s new Glimmer AI model offers a hint at Zuckerberg’s personal intelligence vision
Meta’s new open-weight Muse Glimmer model offers a glimpse of Mark Zuckerberg’s personal superintelligence vision, as well as the emerging divide between AI users can own and access.
Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake – 5 km S of San José del Palmar, Colombia
Article URL: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tjl2/executive Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49245251 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
Force-Fed by ICE
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/ice-force-feeding-detention-gabar-choli Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49245071 Points: 29 # Comments: 2
As datacenters expand, so does public opposition to them
Anti-datacenter sentiment appears to be hardening in the US and UK, with more American jurisdictions blocking new builds and protesters marching against a planned facility in London's historic Brick Lane. A burst of new projects on both sides of the Atlantic has...
Attackers pick Levi’s pockets in social engineering attack
Levi Strauss is investigating a data breach after attackers used social engineering to access three employees' work computers. In a regulatory filing, the jeans maker said the intruders accessed and exfiltrated what it described only as "certain corporate...
Cyber vulnerability sweep picks up Royal Navy drones sending data to China
Cameras aboard Royal Navy drone boats were found phoning home to an IP address in China during a routine cyber vulnerability assessment. The UK Ministry of Defence confirmed the discovery, describing it as "an issue affecting a Kraken Unmanned Surface Vessel...
Wetherspoons bars smart glasses from filming customers
Wetherspoons has stopped short of banning Meta-style smart glasses from its pubs, but told The Register that customers should switch off their cameras and refrain from filming. "Like many hospitality companies, Wetherspoon has CCTV cameras for security reasons, but...
Framework loses customer data in Metabase zero-day attack
Modular laptop maker Framework has warned customers that an attacker exploited a zero-day at analytics provider Metabase to access names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, and login IP addresses, according to an email shared on Reddit. For business...
Claude Code puts auto mode in the driver’s seat
Anthropic is making auto mode the default in Claude Code from August 14, claiming its classifier is "as safe or safer than an average user clicking through prompts." Users with a different default already set might receive a one-time prompt asking whether they want to...
LexisNexis pulls three services offline after suspicious server activity
LexisNexis took its Diligence, Metabase API, and Newsdesk services offline last week after detecting "unusual activity on servers that are hosted and managed by a third-party vendor." Non-public customer communications penned by Todd Larsen, president of Nexis...
Why managers are ransomware’s top targets now – and 6 ways to stay safe
Almost two-thirds of the victims targeted in a single ransomware campaign held managerial positions or higher.
Slick Search Earns an 81 Proof of Usefulness Score by Giving Users Control Over Search Rankings
Welcome to the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon spotlight, curated by HackerNoon’s editors to showcase noteworthy tech solutions to real-world problems. Whether you’re a solopreneur, part of an early-stage startup, or a developer building something that truly matters,...
Building Reliable Voice Control for Jellyfin: What Worked, What Broke, and What Had to Go
When I started extending Smart Home Cinema - Voice Control to Jellyfin, the goal sounded straightforward: speak a command on one side of the system and make the expected action happen on a television running a Jellyfin client. The project had started as a Windows...
I Built “Wordle for Opinions” — Here’s How 17 Psychology Tricks Keep Users Coming Back
Every day, four times a day, a notification tells me a new topic just unlocked, and I open my phone to drag a slider from 0 to 100 on something like “is a hot dog a sandwich” or “should tipping be mandatory.” I built the app that asks these questions. It’s called...
166 Blog Posts To Learn About Internet Of Things
Let's learn about Internet Of Things via these 166 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. 'The Internet of Things is not a concept; it is a...
The TechBeat: Kali365 Targets US Organizations with Data Theft via Device Code Phishing (8/10/2026)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## A Netflix Engineer Built a Free Tool That Cuts Your AI Token Bill by...
AI Business Intelligence Depends on Data Context, Not Better Models
At the Superweek 2026 analytics summit, consultant Siavash Kanani described a broken product bundle that was quietly costing a company $17,000 a week. Top-line revenue stayed high enough to mask it, so nothing on the dashboard turned red. The company had complete...
How Professional Teams Evaluate Telegram Growth Before Investing
Telegram has evolved beyond a simple messaging platform into a powerful ecosystem for communities, creators, businesses, and digital-first brands. As more organizations use Telegram channels to build audiences and communicate with users, growth has become a strategic...
sos-vault Earns a 50.6 Proof of Usefulness Score by Building a Secure, AI-Assisted Platform for Analyzing sosreport Archives
Welcome to the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon spotlight, curated by HackerNoon’s editors to showcase noteworthy tech solutions to real-world problems. Whether you’re a solopreneur, part of an early-stage startup, or a developer building something that truly matters,...