Windows 11 Home Vs Pro: What’s the difference, and is it worth the upgrade?
Most Windows 11 users don't need to bother with the Pro version of Microsoft's operating system.
Greatness PhaaS Adds Device Code Phishing to Bypass MFA and Steal Tokens
The commercial phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit known as Greatness has become the latest crimeware solution to add support for device code phishing, a rapidly growing cyber threat that abuses the legitimate OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant to bypass...
Take an extra $100 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass: This week only!
Starting today, you can take an additional $100 off your founder, investor, or attendee TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, which is a nice bonus on top of our current discounted pricing.
Meet the Add-in Card With a B650 Chipsets and All the I/O You Could Want
SATA, NVMe, USB-C, and USB-A, all on one card.
CMF announces its first pair of open-ear earbuds for under $100
CMF announces its first pair of open-ear earbuds for under $100.
Webb telescope finds signs of ancient disaster for Neptune’s moons
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/science/webb-telescope-finds-signs-ancient-disaster-neptunes-moons-2026-08-03/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49171172 Points: 11 # Comments: 2
3 tricky retirement decisions and how to tackle them
Many aspects of retirement planning are the subject of hot debate, even among experts. Here are three tricky decisions that confront people planning retirement today. Decision 1: How much to withdraw each year in retirement It’s impossible to say at the outset of...
TV Time co-founder launches Bingers to revive the beloved TV tracking app
After TV Time’s shutdown left millions of users searching for an alternative, one of the app’s original founders is back with Bingers, a new TV and movie tracker that revives the social features fans loved while adding support for importing their viewing history.
BornHack Radio 102.8 FM, Playing Radio At A Hacker Camp
Over the years I have been to many hacker camps and done a lot of very cool things, but BornHack 2026 brought me something entirely new: Radio. By which I don’t mean radio in terms of amateur radio, LoRa, or whatever, but Radio. Broadcast radio, because the camp had a...
Truemetrics (YC S23) Is Hiring in Berlin – GTM Lead
Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/truemetrics/jobs/bIQQ7tP-founding-gtm-lead Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49171650 Points: 0 # Comments: 0
Black Hat USA 2026 – Summary of Vendor Announcements (Part 2)
Many companies are showcasing their products and services this week at the 2026 edition of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. The post Black Hat USA 2026 – Summary of Vendor Announcements (Part 2) appeared first on SecurityWeek.
When AI Benchmarks Plateau: A Systematic Study of Benchmark Saturation
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16763 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49170915 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Chrome to Block Policy-Abusing Extensions on Personal Devices
Google is developing Chrome protections that could block policy-installed extensions from hijacking New Tab pages and search settings on personal devices. The post Chrome to Block Policy-Abusing Extensions on Personal Devices appeared first on TechRepublic.
Samsung Will Ban Smart TV Apps Containing Residential Proxy Software
Samsung plans to ban Smart TV apps containing residential proxy software after researchers found apps could route traffic through users’ home connections. The post Samsung Will Ban Smart TV Apps Containing Residential Proxy Software appeared first on TechRepublic.
Microsoft Project Perception Enters Public Preview: What Security Teams Should Know
Microsoft’s Project Perception brings coordinated AI agents into security operations, raising new questions about permissions, oversight, accuracy, and deployment risk. The post Microsoft Project Perception Enters Public Preview: What Security Teams Should Know...
Why Apple’s Recent Crypto Lawsuit Should Worry Australian IT Leaders
A $1.8 million App Store scam lawsuit tests how much software vetting Australian firms can safely outsource. The post Why Apple’s Recent Crypto Lawsuit Should Worry Australian IT Leaders appeared first on TechRepublic.
How to cancel your PlayStation Plus subscription
If you're done giving Sony money every month, cancelling PlayStation Plus is easy.
Hackers steal over $130 million by exploiting bug in offline hardware wallets
A security vulnerability in the cryptocurrency hardware wallet Coldcard is allowing hackers to drain the crypto from victims’ wallets. The total losses amount to more than $130 million, according to blockchain monitoring firms.
The Ninja Slushi makes vacation-worthy frozen drinks, and I highly recommend it (especially on sale)
The popular Ninja Slushi is on sale for under $300 once again. Here's where to find the deal.
Show HN: Ex-Deloitte auditor open-sourced the whole SOC 2 method for your AI
Article URL: https://github.com/Chiaro-HQ/methodology Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49171140 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Ex-Deloitte auditor open-sourced the whole SOC 2 method for your AI
Article URL: https://github.com/Chiaro-HQ/methodology Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49171140 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Gmail’s New Feature Warns You Before Revealing You Were BCC’d
Gmail now warns BCC recipients before they reply all, helping prevent accidental exposure of their involvement and email address. The post Gmail’s New Feature Warns You Before Revealing You Were BCC’d appeared first on TechRepublic.
Rethinking AI Security: Why CASB and DLP Need an Interaction-Aware Layer
Rethinking AI Security: Why CASB and DLP Need an Interaction-Aware Layer Go to Source Build your strategy around answering these questions to ensure employees use AI productively while keeping sensitive data, IP, and agent behavior...
SpaceX reports its first financials as a public company today: Here are 4 key details to watch out for
What is arguably set to be the most watched earnings call of any company this year will take place later today. Just after market close, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX (Nasdaq: SPCX), will report its first financial results as a publicly...
Why Go 1.24 Replaced Its Map Engine With a Swiss Table Design
Go 1.24 introduces a transformative redesign of its map implementation, shifting from the traditional bucket + overflow-chain model to a Swiss Table-inspired design. This transition addresses long-standing inefficiencies in cache locality and memory usage, which have...
The Reading Crisis Facing America’s Classrooms
For decades, literacy rates in the United States remained relatively stable. While nearly all Americans can read and write at a basic level, recent assessments paint a more concerning picture: students’ reading proficiency has declined significantly, particularly in...
How STPA Helps Find Unknown Unknowns Before They Cost You Millions
One reason complex systems are hard to reason about is that catastrophic failures are often not caused by a single broken component. Instead, they emerge from the way seemingly healthy components interact. A retry mechanism can amplify load instead of helping...
Chunking Strategies for Structured Data in RAG Systems
While developing RAG pipelines across various enterprise use cases, a stakeholder asked me a question that stopped me mid conversation: "Can our database become a source for our knowledge base, just like our SharePoint documents? Can RAG give us answers by querying...
How Mesh Texture Changes the Way We See Layer Lines in 3D Prints
Print the same model twice on the same machine, with the same slicer profile and the same filament. Give one of them a surface texture before you slice, and leave the other one smooth. Put both under a desk lamp. The smooth one looks 3D printed. The textured one looks...
PXE Boot From S3 Without a Traditional Boot Server
There’s a classic bootstrapping paradox in provisioning. To install an OS, you need something already running on that machine. Historically, it was an image on CD or USB, which scales badly already if you have more than two or three machines. Moreover, what if you...