Mark Zuckerberg Makes the Case for Superintelligence for Everyone
The Meta CEO’s vision of personal superintelligence promises greater individual power, opportunity, and prosperity, but experts see significant challenges ahead. The post Mark Zuckerberg Makes the Case for Superintelligence for Everyone appeared first on...
NASA updates Voyager 2 to extend the 1977 probe’s lifespan yet again
NASA successfully executed a plan to extend the life of Voyager 2's scientific instruments.
Panic of 1873
Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1873 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49255918 Points: 12 # Comments: 3
Target names its first chief AI officer in a bid to remake the shopping experience (exclusive)
Target has appointed Chandhu Nair as its first chief AI officer as the retailer doubles down on the technology and its potential benefits for customers. Nair comes to Target after more than six years with Lowe’s, where he was most recently senior vice president of...
Jackie’s legacy: How a bald eagle influencer inspired millions and helped save an endangered habitat
Unbeknownst to her, a bald eagle in Big Bear, California, captured the hearts of millions of people around the world and taught them about perseverance, conservation, and the perfect stick placement in nests. Sadly, despite the best efforts of the rehabilitation...
Mozilla revokes Firefox signing key after unencrypted copy lands in GitHub
Mozilla has revoked a cryptographic key used to sign Firefox and Thunderbird releases after discovering someone had accidentally committed an unencrypted copy of the private key to a GitHub repository. The browser maker disclosed the mishap on Monday, saying the GPG...
Red Lobster is redesigning its dining rooms for ‘newstalgia’
Red Lobster is testing out a new store concept, but it’s trying not to stray too far from what diners already know. “Our design decisions were guided by the idea of ‘newstalgia,’ preserving the elements guests know and love while expressing them in a fresh,...
How my solar company is surviving the war on renewable energy
The solar industry is no stranger to change. But the policy turbulence over the past year moved at a speed leaving even the most experienced leaders scratching our heads. In mere months, the conversation shifted from accelerating clean energy adoption to pulling back...
Lenovo’s Leaked ThinkBook Design Could Be the Thinnest It’s Ever Made
A fragile-looking chassis reserves bulk for areas in which ports may need it.
Closing Canario Terminal source code
Article URL: https://rapha.land/closing-canario-terminal-source-code/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49254881 Points: 7 # Comments: 4
Extension Banned for Stealing AI Chats Returns to Chrome Store, Resumes Malicious Activities
The extension amassed over 300,000 installs and a 4.6 rating before Google removed it for stealing data. The post Extension Banned for Stealing AI Chats Returns to Chrome Store, Resumes Malicious Activities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Running DOOM on a Cheap 104-in-One Handheld
Taking a break from putting DOOM on devices that absolutely were never conceived for use as gaming devices, [Aaron Christophel] recently got enticed by some cheapo handheld gaming systems at his local Action budget store. One is a controller-shaped ‘mini game console’...
This super-white coating was inspired by a beetle’s scales
For decades, titanium dioxide has been used to make products bright white, from paint to powdered donuts. It’s effective, cheap, and hard to replace. But after the European Union (EU) banned it as a food additive in 2022 over potential health risks, companies have...
Malicious MCP Servers Can Split Instructions to Make AI Coding Agents Exfiltrate Secrets
A malicious tool server connected to an AI coding assistant can quietly walk off with SSH keys, environment secrets, source code, and customer data without ever sending one obviously harmful instruction. The trick can work even after a blunt version of the same theft...
Gunra Ransomware Exploits Fortinet and Schneider Electric Flaws to Breach Networks
Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from South Korea and the U.S. warned of Gunra ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure sectors and organizations across the world. Targets of these attacks include healthcare and public health, financial services,...
Researchers Turn USB Auto-Install Into a Full SYSTEM Takeover on Windows 11
Windows Plug and Play can be abused to fetch signed vendor software for an emulated USB device and execute privileged installation components that researchers chained to SYSTEM access on a fully updated Windows 11 machine. The same PnP path can be triggered over...
The next great moonshots won’t come from Silicon Valley alone
At the Rails, home to Alphabet’s “moonshot factory,” I once found myself standing in line for Indian food with Sergey Brin in front of me and Astro Teller behind me. The Rails was no ordinary tech building. It was a place where ideas were birthed, killed, and...
Disney’s next streaming bet depends on creators. Will it pay them?
Has anyone checked out Disney’s Verts lately? (And if you have no idea what I’m talking about, I don’t blame you). The Disney+ in-app experience quietly changed in March of this year; vertical, short-form content—hence the name—now populates its home page. Disney...
Meet 21 Black women who bounced back and are thriving after being pushed out of the workplace
For Black women, the instability of today’s job market has been particularly severe. Since early 2025, approximately 600,000 Black women have become unemployed, left the labor force, or otherwise been pushed out. Behind that staggering figure are accomplished and...
You can see both a partial solar eclipse and the Perseid meteor shower peak on the same day this week. Here’s when to look up
Get ready for a rare double feature in the sky on Wednesday, when parts of the United States will be able to see a partial solar eclipse during the day, then the Perseid meteor shower peak in the evening. Meanwhile, Europe is on deck for a full solar eclipse. Here’s...
Celebrating the 90th birthday of the Wienermobile, the original marketing stunt
It’s noon on a Monday, and the Wienermobile has just pulled up outside of my Chicago apartment. Soon I’m sitting in a red-and-yellow upholstered seat with a giant plastic hot dog in front of me. Two brand ambassadors, aka Hotdoggers—who have just introduced themselves...
London Underground begins scanning passengers’ faces
Article URL: https://www.btp.police.uk/news/btp/news/england/btp-expands-live-facial-recognition-lfr-trial-into-london-underground-stations/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49255496 Points: 9 # Comments: 9
Building up the US power grid won’t be wasted, even if the AI bubble bursts
US power companies must decide how much capacity to build for soaring datacenter demand, knowing that some planned facilities may never materialize and the AI bubble could deflate. Consulting firm McKinsey & Company says the greater near-term risk is building too...
Smile, You’re on Camera. Part 2: Hiring Lazarus APT’s IT Workers in a Fake DeFi Startup
Editor’s note: This work is a collaboration between Mauro Eldritch from BCA LTD, a company dedicated to threat intelligence and hunting, Heiner García from NorthScan, a threat intelligence initiative uncovering North Korean IT worker infiltration, and ANY.RUN, the...
How GetQR Is Rethinking QR Code Use for Businesses and Companies
QR codes have evolved from static utilities into dynamic, data-driven business tools, and GetQR is enabling this transformation by making them simple, scalable, and accessible for everyday use. As technology has evolved at an accelerated pace over the past several...
How PrimePDF Is Rethinking PDF Workflows
PDF workflows don’t need to be complicated and monotonous. With PrimePDF, they can be fast, unified, and browser-based. Few things are more frustrating in the digital workspace than technical issues. If you are working in a document and establishing a good pace, only...
Top Fintech Software Development Companies in USA: Shortlist for 2026
The US is home to roughly 171 fintech unicorns, and 8 of the 10 most valuable fintech companies in the world are headquartered there. In 2024 alone, investors put $69.1 billion into US fintech companies. That scale raises the stakes on one early decision: who builds...
Architecting iOS Dynamics With Prasenjit Sinha
The transition toward strictly enforced concurrency models represents a fundamental restructuring of modern cross-platform application development. As enterprise platforms scale to support complex asynchronous operations, maintaining zero-lag performance while...
Yatin Garg On Widespread Adoption Defining Enterprise Financial Innovation
Integrating artificial intelligence into modern business architectures requires more than deploying sophisticated algorithms; it demands deep operational transformation across legacy frameworks. Yatin Garg, Amazon's Sr. Manager of Product Management Technical,...
Why Enterprises Need Dedicated Data Synchronization Engines
In the past, when enterprises built data platforms, their focus was usually concentrated on two areas: how to store more data and how to leverage computing capabilities to analyze that data. As a result, data warehouses, data lakes, and various computing engines...