Educational Byte: What Happens If Your Crypto is Stolen?
You never showed your private keys, put strong passwords everywhere, didn’t believe in weird emails and surreal promises, and yet… it can happen. Your crypto might get stolen as much as your dollars, pesos, or euros might get stolen, too. It could be a physical...
Novel Private APN Pivot Let Hackers Sabotage Second Polish Energy Facility
CERT.PL said this appears to be the first instance of a private APN being used as an attack vector. The post Novel Private APN Pivot Let Hackers Sabotage Second Polish Energy Facility appeared first on SecurityWeek.
GeoBounties Earns a 75.61 Proof of Usefulness Score by Building a Location-Based Task Marketplace Connecting AI to Real-World Physical Actions
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,...
SMSFAST Expands Developer Access to Its SMS Verification API
REST API gives engineering teams on-demand virtual numbers across more than 500 platforms, cutting the manual work of testing one-time-password flowsSMSFAST, an online service that provides temporary virtual phone numbers for receiving SMS verification codes, has...
Future Apple Watches may include more screen sizes or even a model with no display
Apple's next Watch won't change much, but future models may see significant updates.
Is ‘Human-Made’ the next luxury label?
There’s a shift happening in the economics of creativity. And if you read it as a story about technology, you’ll miss the point entirely. It’s really a story about value. As artificial intelligence embeds itself into the production pipelines of advertising agencies,...
OpenAI slows down Astra development due to cybersecurity concerns
Meta slowed down development of its Astra model as it couldn't 'rule out critical cyber capabilities.'
CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited Progress LoadMaster Vulnerability
The critical-severity flaw allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. The post CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited Progress LoadMaster Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.
London still dominates Britain’s datacenter map, but the regions are powering up
A snapshot of Britain's datacenter estate puts nearly 40 percent of its facilities in London, along with about two-thirds of its estimated colocation capacity, although development is spreading beyond the capital. The analysis counts 555 UK server farms, matching...
Corporate Data Stolen in Levi Strauss Cyberattack
Using social engineering, a threat actor accessed the computers of three employees and exfiltrated data from them. The post Corporate Data Stolen in Levi Strauss Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Smart glasses are only smart if we train them to be good. Then they’ll be fantastic
The most sobering observation in tech is not how much AI is taking on the appearance of the human mind. It's how much the human mind increasingly resembles Windows – not in functionality, although we all know that person, but in the way it crufts up and loses...
Solidity Pro VS Code Extensions Steal Crypto Wallets, API Keys, and Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension named Solidity Pro ("solidity-pro") that has been observed delivering a browser wallet and credential stealer. The names of the extensions are below -...
Even on the Red Planet, Hexagons are the Bestagons
Though their pure Platonic Forms may only exist in the world of ideas, certain regular shapes can’t help but keep falling out of natural processes– case in point, the six-sided solid we call a hexagon, which is indisputably the bestagon. Don’t take it up with us–...
The FCC wants to ban drones with LiDAR that it previously approved
If you're thinking of buying a LiDAR-equipped DJI drone, the FCC is proposing to ban them.
Are people in creative professions happier? It’s complicated
Creative work is on the rise. According to recent projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, creative and multimedia design roles are expected to grow by 12% over the next six years—one of the biggest increases ever for those who hold degrees in fine arts. ...
OpenAI’s Next AI Model Astra Shows Cyber Performance Strong Enough to Trigger Pause
OpenAI has announced that it's pausing some "internal activities" involving its upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) model Astra after an internal evaluation found it had made significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity. In response to the discovery,...
Linus Torvalds says AI has made ‘huge’ Linux kernel updates the new normal
Linux kernel boss Linus Torvalds thinks the project has reached a new normal of supersized updates, thanks to AI. Torvalds posts a weekly state of the kernel update, and last week’s message opened with his observation that “This rc is huge.” “Even by the ‘new normal’...
NEC tests parking tech that only starts charging once you exit your car
ASIA IN BRIEF Japan’s NEC has started tests of parking technology that will start charging once a driver leaves their car. Most car parks record the time a driver enters the facility and start charging, or depleting a free parking period, at that moment. That means...
Advertisers are trying to influence AI bots with secret ads
KETTLE OpenAI's invasion of Hugging Face keeps getting worse somehow, Chinese open-weight models are nigh on to reaching parity with their closed-off American cousins, and AI crawlers are getting their own LLM-poisoning ads. Were there anything world-shaking events in...
Demoralized developer’s desperate hack came back to haunt him on LinkedIn
WHO, ME? The past may be a foreign country, but it's one The Register likes to explore each Friday in "Who, Me?" – our reader-contributed column that shares your tales of workplace mistakes and great escapes. This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Walter," who...
Why do we assume everyone should be working?
Article URL: https://wilsoniumite.com/2026/08/10/why-do-we-assume-everyone-should-be-working/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49239467 Points: 18 # Comments: 4
The Philippines’ big offshoring industry is growing despite AI
Article URL: https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/08/06/the-philippines-big-offshoring-industry-is-growing-despite-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49239226 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents
Article URL: https://www.docker.com/products/docker-sandboxes/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49239751 Points: 12 # Comments: 1
3 things no one tells high achievers about success
Ironically, research shows that the people who work the hardest and achieve the most are often the least satisfied. The same growth-oriented tendencies that motivate you to succeed can also produce a restlessness that makes it hard to enjoy the success you’ve worked...
Creating a Supersonic Trebuchet
As awesome as trebuchets are, the fact that medieval engineers didn’t create versions capable of launching supersonic projectiles is a bit of a bummer. Fortunately it’s possible to correct this oversight with modern insights and technologies, as [Tom Stanton]...
Long-Run Effects of H-1B Immigration on the U.S. Economy (July 2026)
Article URL: https://www.nber.org/papers/w35560 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49239095 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code
Article URL: https://claude.com/blog/auto-mode-default-in-claude-code Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49239021 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Critical Flaws Discovered in Belgian eID Software Used by 2 Million People
The vulnerabilities affected software used by eight of Belgium’s ten largest banks and over 60 government agencies. The post Critical Flaws Discovered in Belgian eID Software Used by 2 Million People appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Run Android ARM64 VR APKs on Apple Vision Pro
Article URL: https://github.com/shinyquagsire23/Klepton Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49238818 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice
Hey HN!I'm excited to show off this really fun project I put together. I originally built this project 2-3 years ago, AI was already booming at the time, however voice AI agents were still very early. I loved my proof of concept at the time, but wasn't quite happy...