After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool
After its own AI usage wake-up call, Rippling this week unveiled AI Spend Console, a product that tracks individual and team employee AI spending.
Wacom’s Movinkpad 11 is a fun and mid-priced entry point for digital artists
The Movinkpad 11 a versatile little graphics tablet that can help make your wildest digital art dreams come true.
Mykhailo Fedorov reveals struggle to secure Patriot missiles and Western support
Article URL: https://www.uawire.org/former-ukrainian-defense-minister-mykhailo-fedorov-reveals-struggles-to-secure-patriot-missiles-and-western-support Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49215292 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks
Researchers found common points of failure, like software used to organize and display web content, could have allowed hackers to run riot through government websites.
The fight over Trump’s White House ballroom just took a dramatic turn
Trump’s controversial plan to build an enormous ballroom adjacent to – and larger than – the White House just ground to a halt. A federal appeals court in Washington D.C. ruled on Friday that President Trump’s ballroom construction isn’t lawful and must stop. In a two...
Water system controllers don’t belong on the internet, says ex-NSA chief after suspected Iran attacks
With at least 12 US states’ water systems having been hacked - most likely by Iran - we have to get better at cyber defense, according to retired General and Ex-NSA chief Paul Nakasone, who was speaking to reporters at DEF CON. “We have to have higher standards,”...
Ransomware attacks spike as world distracted by AI
Ransomware attacks jumped nearly 20 percent in July, with UK firm Comparitech counting 799 incidents, up from 668 in June. Of those, 51 had been confirmed by victims. The tally makes July the second-busiest month of the year for ransomware, behind March, albeit just...
AI titans to tidy agent frontier with plugin prescription
The AI giants have joined forces to ask the world’s developers to all please write their agentic skills and tools into the same format. In return, coders will be able to move these superpowers easily from one platform to another (such as when they get laid off). It's...
Brit boffins boast of beating barriers to building fusion power
Scientists at the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) say that they have overcome plasma instability issues standing in the way of commercial fusion power plants. The boffins overseeing the MAST (Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak) Upgrade installation at UKAEA's Culham Campus...
Hacking a $6000 Cotton Candy Machine to Fully Control It
Having a fully automated cotton candy vending machine in your possession is a great thing, but not if you do not have full access to its software. With [Block’s Retro Repairs] getting ghosted by the manufacturer on regaining account access to the machine he bought...
VPN Provider Blocks Microsoft’s Hidden Windows GPID Script
It tracks a specific Windows installation across Microsoft services and stays the same even if the network address changes.
5 things wrong with Wendy’s right now, including 1 big one that’s threatening its entire turnaround effort
Wendy’s deals might be “biggie.” But it’s performance this year hasn’t been. On an earnings call that felt more like a public reckoning, executives for The Wendy’s Company shared that the Dublin, Ohio-based chain was “clearly not earning at [its] potential.” In the...
App Store Rejection of the Week: Dark Hours
Article URL: https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/app_store_rejection_of_the_week_dark_hours Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214863 Points: 10 # Comments: 0
Ancient Library – 1,060 Greek/Latin texts, click any word to parse it
Article URL: https://ancientlibrary.net/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214770 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Nearly 800 Malicious npm Packages Deliver Cross-Platform RAT and Infostealer
A cluster of nearly 800 malicious packages has been published to the npm registry as part of a new campaign designed to deliver cross-platform malware targeting Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. "These packages appear to use AI slop squatted, or randomly generated...
ClickFix Attacks Deliver macOS Stealer That Can Drain Crypto Wallets
ClickFix-style attacks are being used to deliver a Go-based malware capable of stealing cryptocurrency assets, as well as browser-stored passwords, Apple iCloud Keychain data, and cached credentials. The macOS-focused infection chain is designed to deliver a shell...
UNC6671 Vishing Attacks Target Personal Phones to Steal SaaS Data
A recent wave of cyber attacks targeting financial services, private equity, and professional services is attributed to a data extortion group known as UNC6671. "UNC6671 continues to rely on voice phishing (vishing) to target enterprise employees, posing as IT help...
Assembly Hall of Shame
Article URL: https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/asm-hall-of-shame Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214098 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
ICE will release body cam video only when seen in the agency’s ‘best interests’
Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/ice-body-cameras-officers-shootings-dab1b294c8dc412d9ef8557ccbebfd57 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214306 Points: 25 # Comments: 3
The End of No Code
Article URL: https://blog.exe.dev/the-end-of-no-code Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214065 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Framework customer information was accessed as part of a data breach
Framework's customer database was accessed, but no payment info was released.
Chernobyl’s Robots, or the Hackathon From Hell
When the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s #4 reactor experienced an extreme criticality event on that infamous day in 1986, the resulting steam explosion and lack of any kind of containment building meant that parts of the core were scattered throughout the site. In an...
One of NASA’s Mars rovers could find itself promised to the moon instead
NASA is planning to use elements of existing tech to learn more about all sides of the moon.
Sony might be rebooting its 2020 flagship headphones
Sony might turn back the clock and revive an older model to save potential buyers some cash.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Article URL: https://arcprize.org/results/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214008 Points: 9 # Comments: 2
Oracle bans AI-generated code from OpenJDK
Article URL: https://app.dealroom.co/news/feed/oracle-bans-ai-generated-code-from-openjdk-despite-ellison-s-claim-oracle-isn-t-writing-its-own-code Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49213754 Points: 47 # Comments: 29
Static Hour challenges you to be the arbiter of truth and fear
If only being a nighttime news editor was this thrilling all the time.
We thought we wouldn’t write about Overwatch characters anymore but D.Mon looks too sick not to
The new Overwatch hero is part-D.Va, part-Reinhardt and 100 percent cool as heck.
Trump administration spends another $1.2 billion to kill offshore wind farm projects
This is the fifth such deal in which the president and his team has paid big to cancel a green energy contract.
I was loyal to T-Mobile for 10 years, but switching to Mint slashed my bill – by a lot
The inconsistent service, shady upcharges, and uptick in better-valued competitors made the choice easy.