The future is for billionaires – the rest of us will get open weight AI models, maybe
OPINION In a public post titled "The Future is for Everyone," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg declares, "We are fortunate to live at an incredible moment in history." For Zuck to posit that "The Future is for Everyone" is at once facile for being so vague it could mean...
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax
California's Prop 40, would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state's billionaires.
DEF CON hackers add new muscle to water utility protection
DEF CON hackers expanded their efforts to provide free cyber-defenses to rural water systems in the US to include managed detection and response providers, digital twins, and AI agents. On Friday, at the annual hacker’s conference, DEF CON Franklin and the National...
Illinois Just Passed a Law That Puts Linux on the Hook for Age Verification
Article URL: https://linuxstans.com/illinois-hb5511-operating-system-age-verification/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49249150 Points: 15 # Comments: 0
Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto is exactly why people don’t like AI
On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word manifesto about personal AI, largely about the possibilities for the "personal superintelligence" systems Meta AI is building.
The Future is for Billionaires, the rest will get open weight AI models, maybe
In a public post titled "The Future is for Everyone," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg declares, "We are fortunate to live at an incredible moment in history." For Zuck to posit that "The Future is for Everyone" is at once facile for being so vague it could mean anything –...
Save A Lot has closed dozens of stores in 2026: See a list of doomed grocery locations across 13 states
Save A Lot has closed dozens of stores in 2026: See a list of doomed grocery locations across 13 states Go to Source Save A Lot supermarkets are vital for food access in many of the communities they serve, providing an array of...
Something big just changed at Beyoncé’s SirDavis whisky brand
Something big just changed at Beyoncé’s SirDavis whisky brand Go to Source American singer and songwriter Beyoncé is now in control of her whiskey SirDavis, buying out LVMH’s stake and becoming the brand’s sole owner. While exact...
Why does Buc-ee’s keep suing small businesses over a cartoon beaver?
Why does Buc-ee’s keep suing small businesses over a cartoon beaver? Go to Source When you think of famously litigious companies, your mind likely drifts first to giants like Apple, Disney, and Nintendo. Go ahead and add Buc-ee’s, the...
AWS Continuum integrates with OpenAI Codex and Anthropic Claude Code in major AI security push
Amazon Web Services is threading its AI-powered security infrastructure directly into the coding environments built by two of its fiercest rivals — and in doing so, it is making a bold bet that controlling the security layer matters more than controlling the model.AWS...
Attacker Takes over Zoom AI
Article URL: https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/attacker-takes-over-zoom-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49248629 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
Zuck rekindles open weights Llama drama with Muse Glimmer
After seemingly abandoning its open source AI roots this spring, Meta offered enterprises a glimmer of hope on Monday with the launch of its first open weights model in more than a year. Unveiled on Monday, Muse Glimmer is a 30 billion-parameter LLM distilled from the...
NYC Mayor Mamdani announces support for the Delivery Protection Act
Amazon is unsurprisingly fighting measure to stop use of contractors for last-mile delivery in NYC.
Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym
An OpenClaw agent hacked into a gym's reservation system to bump its human boss higher on a class's waitlist. And the tech industry took notice.
Building a bicycle dropper seat post
A recent addition to mountain bikes is the dropper seat post. This invention is in the vein of office swivel chairs, allowing the seat height to be adjusted with a simple handlebar mounted lever. They are rather fascinating inventions ranging in complexity from simple...
This pocket-sized gadget helped cut down our editor’s screen time – and it’s on sale
Brick can curb your screen time, and it's on sale for a limited time.
The U.S. records its hottest month ever, NOAA says
The contiguous United States set a record for its hottest month ever in July, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Last month averaged 76.89 degrees Fahrenheit (24.94 degrees Celsius) across the Lower 48 states, eclipsing the Dust Bowl’s...
The future of communication has nothing to do with phones. This is what’s coming next
The mobile industry has spent the better part of four decades with one objective: putting a connected device in every human hand. That mission is nearly complete. Mobile services now reach about 5.8 billion consumers, roughly 70 percent of the people alive. In wealthy...
Fast Company’s 12th annual Innovation Festival returns to NYC
The Fast Company Innovation Festival, presented by Capital One Business, is returning to New York City this September 14–17. Hosted at Convene Brookfield Place in downtown Manhattan, Fast Company is packing four days with insightful conversations, immersive...
Rust SIMD on the GPU
Article URL: https://www.vectorware.com/blog/simd-on-gpu/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49247477 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Security Vulnerability in Pioneer Rekordbox
Article URL: https://alphatheta.com/en/information/important-notice-security-vulnerability-in-pro-dj-link/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49247461 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Frankenstein has left the laboratory, says the man selling Frankensteins—and he couldn’t be happier
On July 21, OpenAI disclosed something that sounds like science fiction: Two of its AI models broke out of a supposedly isolated test environment and hacked into the production servers of Hugging Face, one of the world’s largest AI platforms. Anthropic then combed...
Why recovery readiness has become the new standard for cyber resilience
As outages become more expensive and frequent, recovery readiness is emerging as the true measure of resilience.
Mark Zuckerberg lays out Meta’s AI vision in a 6,500-word essay. 6 things to know
Mark Zuckerberg is making the case for Meta’s approach to artificial intelligence. In a 6,500-word essay published Monday, Zuckerberg explained the company’s thinking on AI, what it could mean for society and security, and how policymakers should approach calls for...
YouTube is making it harder for creators to start getting a cut of ad revenue
New YouTube partners will now need twice the number of watch hours or Shorts views in order to qualify for a cut of ad revenue.
Aptoide becomes the first rival app store to return to Google Play in the US
Aptoide has brought its games store back to Google Play after more than a decade, as court-ordered changes open Android to competing app stores.
Homes in these 10 zip codes are still selling above asking—even as the rest of the market cools
The suburbs are back, baby. City dwellers in the Northeast and Midwest who have been priced out or are simply looking for more room to stretch their legs are driving intense competition in nearby suburban communities. That helps to explain how Peabody, Massachusetts,...
Modders Enabled GeForce Now Desktop Mode With a Clever Workaround
Cue Nvidia shutting this down in 3, 2, 1...
North Korean spies are running local LLMs to cause AI mischief
North Korean government snoops are operating LLMs locally and collecting technology to weave AI into their attack operations, according to South Korean security firm Genians. The researchers said they observed Kimsuky setting up and operating local LLM environments...
Social media platforms still facing thousands of user addiction lawsuits after failed appeals
Platforms like Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and Google are facing a long road of litigation.