Attackers hijacked top-level domains, minted fake security certs for Google and other orgs
Imagine going to a Google website at its correct URL, only to be redirected to a crim's illegitimate copy. Attackers hijacked top-level domains, allowing them to alter DNS records and mint fraudulent HTTPS certificates for several Google domains, and those belonging...
Streaming Games Means the Nintendo DSi Will Never Be Obsolete
There comes a point where you have to acknowledge that your beloved console is out of date and– barring the odd homebrew title– won’t be playing new games ever again. You’d think that Nintendo’s 2008 DSi handheld would be in this category, but [gavff64] has a...
While VCs crowd into San Francisco, Endeavor Catalyst raises $320M for founders ‘elsewhere’
Endeavor Catalyst just raised $320 million to keep backing founders outside Silicon Valley. Half the profits go back to the nonprofit that finds them.
I’m in love with a German film star
Article URL: https://heatherburns.tech/2026/10/01/im-in-love-with-a-german-film-star/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49999606 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Rivian R2 owners can now put a live pet cam on their phone’s lockscreen
Keep an eye on your furry, feathered or scaly friends when you leave the car.
Margaret Hamilton, who led software development for Apollo program, dies at 90
Article URL: https://news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998895 Points: 41 # Comments: 3
What will happen to Paramount+ and HBO Max under the new Skydance?
The deal merging Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. closed on Tuesday, bringing with it new questions about the future of the companies’ flagship streaming services: Paramount+ and HBO Max. What will that mean for streaming consumers? So far, the new company hasn’t...
Microsoft’s $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra Puts Nvidia RTX Spark Inside a Windows Laptop
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,599 with an Nvidia RTX Spark GPU, up to 128GB of memory, and support for running large AI models locally. The post Microsoft’s $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra Puts Nvidia RTX Spark Inside a Windows Laptop appeared first on...
Claude Code Finally Made Me an Engineer After 10 Years in Figma
I’ve spent 10+ years designing interfaces for fintech, DeFi, and blockchain products used by millions to manage their money. For years, I handed engineers Figma files and pretended the “ready for dev” tag meant something. In reality, it meant “now we wait and hope for...
Should You Perform a Penetration Test in Staging or Production?
A pentest can uncover serious vulnerabilities, but where you test matters just as much as how you test. Staging gives you control. Production shows you what attackers can actually reach. That difference creates a common security dilemma. Testing only in staging may...
We Learned How to Moderate Social Media: AI Is a Much Harder Problem
YouTube has become a familiar part of everyday life. We use it to watch a sporting event, a documentary, or a tutorial, or we let our children watch a cartoon. Yet, behind this apparent normality lies a huge problem: anyone can upload content. And inevitably, some...
Google Just Bet 396 MW on Geothermal to Power Its AI
The AI Boom Has an Electricity Problem. Could the Answer Be Underground? Every time someone consults the internet or saves information in the cloud, the electricity is supplying power to the whole process. The power consumption of one single query of an AI is...
When AI Makes Medical Decisions: Designing Human-in-the-Loop Clinical Systems
A few years back, a hospital in the Midwest rolled out a sepsis prediction model across its ICU. Within weeks, nurses were quietly muting the alerts. Not because the model was wrong exactly, but because it fired so often that people stopped trusting it, and eventually...
251 Blog Posts To Learn About Communication
Let's learn about Communication via these 251 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. We've all heard that we need to be better communicators...
AI Is Changing Financial Fraud: Why Anomaly Detection Alone Is No Longer Enough
Imagine opening a bank account today. Your documents pass verification. Your device looks legitimate. Your transactions raise no concerns. Six months later, that same account is helping move money through a fraud network.The interesting question isn't why the final...
Tunnl Partners With DeepIntent to Reach Healthcare Audiences with Research-Backed Precision
ARLINGTON, VA, October 7th, 2026/TechnologyWire/--Tunnl, the AI-powered audience intelligence platform, today announced a partnership with DeepIntent, a leading healthcare marketing platform that enables healthcare marketers to access Tunnl’s research-backed audience...
HireQuotient Announces an Integration with BambooHR to Bring AI-Native Recruiting to Key Industries
San Francisco, United States, October 7th, 2026, TechnologyWire/--HireQuotient, a leading AI-native recruitment technology company, today announced an integration with BambooHR, the leading People Intelligence Platform for small and mid-sized businesses. The...
Sui Sets Record for Highest Verified Throughput Settled to a Blockchain: 40 Million Transactions
Palo Alto, CA, October 7th, 2026/Chainwire/--Sui tunnels processed 40,614,180 transactions per second (TPS), settled on Sui mainnet in a live, high-stress speed test, beating its own 20 million target and easily surpassing its July 4 record of over 6 million. The test...
Yapı Kredi Kripto Selects Integral to Power Digital Asset Trading Services in Türkiye
Palo Alto, California, October 7th, 2026/Chainwire/--Integral, a leading provider of currency technology, today announced that Yapı Kredi Kripto has selected Integral's digital asset trading technology, enabling the group to provide cryptocurrency services through its...
Gate Launches Gate Money, a New Financial Services Gateway Connecting Assets, Funds, and Payments
On October 7, Dr. Han, Gate Founder and CEO, officially announced the launch of Gate Money during his keynote speech at the TOKEN2049 conference. Centered around the core philosophy of "One Gate, Everything Money," Gate Money leverages Gate's existing suite of...
BTCC Exchange Launches Refreshed Trust Center: Alex Hung on 15 Years of Earning Traders’ Trust
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, October 7th, 2026/Chainwire/--BTCC, the world's longest-serving cryptocurrency exchange and Platinum Sponsor of TOKEN2049 Singapore, today announced the launch of its refreshed Trust Center. The relaunch reflects a view that Alex Hung,...
Anvil Announces SDK Launch, Enterprise Partnerships, and $5M ANVL Token Sale
Anvil, a decentralized finance protocol designed to bring traditional financial services onchain, is gaining traction among businesses and institutional investors. Bullish (NYSE: BLSH) is among the companies working with Anvil to explore how the protocol can support...
Open-Source vs Closed-Source LLMs. What should you actually use?
If you’re debating whether you should choose an open-source or a closed-source large language model (LLM), this article can help you solve the dilemma. We’ll go through the questions you need to ask yourself (or your team) before making this call. For now, let me...
Managers are using AI to write performance reviews – and it shows
Does AI use help or hurt feedback at work? Here’s what one survey found.
The FCC proposes new mid-band spectrum auction and unlocking 800MHz for drones
The agency is doubling down on direct-to-device service.
Jaguar finally launched its new EV. Here’s what people are saying
Jaguar finally launched its new EV. Here’s what people are saying Go to Source Jaguar has officially presented the new 2028 Jaguar Type 01 in New York, and the sky hasn’t fallen after all. Two years ago, when the British brand dropped...
Get Kindle Unlimited free for 3 months with this Prime Day deal: Final hours
Amazon’s free Kindle Unlimited deal only comes around a couple times a year – and I highly recommend it.
Despite what Watson said, Rosalind Franklin understood structure of DNA first
Article URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10739-026-09866-7 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998006 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
Nous Research confirms it hit $1.5B valuation, launches AI agents for business users
The developer of Hermes agent raised a $90 million Series B.
AI chatbots are ignoring this prompt from wealthy users, in a phenomenon called ‘adversarial delegation’
AI chatbots are already a trusted source of shopping advice. Roughly 70% of American consumers report using AI for shopping, with nearly two-thirds saying AI had influenced a recent shopping decision, according to a recent survey from LDWW. But a new study shows that...