Jalapeño salmonella recall: See an updated list of impacted retailers, including Trader Joe’s, Walmart, Whole Foods, Kroger, Target, and more
As concerns around potential salmonella contamination escalate, an additional 20 jalapeño products are being recalled in an updated notice that includes products sold at several major retailers. Public health officials are concerned that these products may be linked...
New Passkey Attacks Can Recover Synced Private Keys or Bypass Phishing-Resistant MFA
Three separate research efforts last week demonstrated ways to defeat passkey protections without breaking the cryptography they rest on. Passkeys are designed to replace reusable passwords and resist phishing. The attacks instead reused signed authentication material...
Shipping 10–50× More Code? Watch This Webinar on Securing AI-Speed Development
AI is helping development teams produce far more code, far faster. But security teams still have to review vulnerabilities, manage dependencies, prioritize fixes, and control risk at human speed. When software output jumps 10 to 50 times, the problem is no longer just...
TrueConf Server Flaws Exploited to Replace Client Installers with PhantomCore
The threat actor known as Head Mare has been observed weaponizing security flaws in unpatched TrueConf servers once again in attacks targeting Russian companies spanning instrumentation, electronics, transport, energy, IT, and software development sectors. Russian...
‘Ghostjacking’ Attack Uses Poisoned Logs to Turn AI Agents Bad
An AI agent executes instructions that an attacker has planted in the log or alert that records a blocked request word for word. The post ‘Ghostjacking’ Attack Uses Poisoned Logs to Turn AI Agents Bad appeared first on SecurityWeek.
You Can Buy a Modded RTX 2080 Ti With 22GB of VRAM For $500
This isn't for gaming, but the extra memory wouldn't exactly hurt.
Dell XPS 13 (2026) review: A MacBook Neo alternative that needs more RAM
There's a lot to like about the XPS 13, but most people should shell out for 16GB of RAM.
Meta’s ‘open source’ Muse Glimmer model can run on a single computer
Meta has released a new slimmed down 'open source' AI model that's light enough to run on a single computer.
Claude’s Record-a-Skill cut my research from hours to 30 minutes – but the magic has limits
I used Claude Cowork to automate a workflow, and the result was remarkably effective, but it exposed four serious drawbacks.
23 industry shifts leaders see coming soon
Crystal balls, reading the tea leaves, feeding quarters into Zoltar Speaks. None of these can predict exactly what lies ahead. Sometimes leaders can see shifts in the business landscape before others notice. We asked members of the Fast Company Impact Council what...
Reimagined work will create AI transformation
As organizations race to adopt AI, many leaders are asking the wrong question. Too many are using AI to optimize yesterday’s workflows instead of asking a harder question: should this process still exist? Using AI in small, incremental ways—like summarizing emails or...
Social fandom beats big movie budgets
Here’s a tale of two movies.Supergirl cost $170 million to produce and had everything going for it: the backing of DC Studios and Warner Bros., worldwide distribution, and a marketing budget over $115 million. By year’s end, however, the film is projected to gross...
Dating apps could help smokers quit
In the world of dating apps, every detail is curated. Photos are filtered, prompts are workshopped, and hobbies double as personality traits. Profile details tied to healthy living also shape many first impressions. But what if the swipe economy could also reshape...
Parents face a school-bell penalty that robs them of time and money. A new study reveals just how much
The car ride to school isn’t much fun. From hustling tired kids out the door in the morning to forgotten lunches—not to mention sitting in traffic—it’s a task that most parents dread. And it’s made more challenging by the fact that the school day doesn’t exactly line...
Researchers mapped U.S. public parks with toxic waste dumps. What they found was frightening
Though the thought of toxic waste may conjure images of comic book monsters and neon green slime, the threat of hazardous pollution is unfortunately very real—and a new report shows it’s closer than you might think. Researchers at the University of Michigan compared...
Elon Musk Says Money Won’t Matter by 2036. Is He Right?
Rob Enderle argues that AI and robotics could dramatically reduce the need for human labor, but making money obsolete would require far more than technological abundance. The post Elon Musk Says Money Won’t Matter by 2036. Is He Right? appeared first on TechNewsWorld.
Google Play now takes Venmo payments
You can now use your Venmo balance or linked accounts for Google Play purchases.
Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option
The ability to add Venmo to Google Play comes as people are spending more money on apps and games.
Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips
Discovered Materials raised $9 million to fund the hunt for more novel materials to build more efficient chips.
A ‘bananas’ order for 5000 obscure book titles fuels suspicion
Article URL: https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/10/a-mysterious-buying-spree-is-unsettling-europes-booksellers/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49242213 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
ChatGPT’s traffic surge is good news for brands. For publishers, it’s complicated
OpenAI made a change to how ChatGPT links to websites in the spring, and barely anybody noticed. Starting on May 7, ChatGPT began sending considerably more traffic to websites. Referrals jumped 157% overnight and have stayed there, according to new data. On the same...
There’s just one person behind this viral ChatGPT knockoff
A new chatbot billboard recently appeared in San Francisco. It looks almost identical to the dozens of AI advertisements that have popped up throughout the city in recent years: simple font, a black-and-white color palette, and copy that sounds like it was written by...
New Jersey, Alabama Join States Targeted in Water Cyberattacks
Hackers linked to Iran targeted industrial control systems (ICS) at water facilities in at least a dozen US states. The post New Jersey, Alabama Join States Targeted in Water Cyberattacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Tail-call optimization in C is relatively recent
Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1034703/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49242297 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
This is the CEO behind Steve and Connie Ballmer’s philanthropy
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and...
AG1 joins the gummy craze: Why the powder pioneer is suddenly betting on chewable wellness
Who doesn’t love a gummy? Gummies packed with vitamins and minerals have taken over health and wellness aisles, giving consumers a wholesome way to embrace “little treat” culture. These days, you can have your nutrition and your sugar fix, too. Now, the supplement...
The Steam Controller Can Play Music With Its Haptic Motors
It connects MIDI notes to the hardware instead of sending audio playback to a musical instrument.
Meta’s new open-weight model targets local agentic AI
Article URL: https://twitter.com/finkd/status/2086754845218726027 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49242038 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Metabase Patches Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day
The security defect allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to gain administrative access to Metabase instances. The post Metabase Patches Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Meta Muse Glimmer – open weights 30B local coding model
Article URL: https://research.meta.ai/blog/introducing-muse-glimmer-open-agentic-model Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49241679 Points: 34 # Comments: 7