What’s the most cliche possible gift you can give a relative? A digital photo frame, displaying a rotating slideshow of family photos. Now Aura has completely refreshed this product space with its gorgeous Aura Ink frame, which uses e-ink to create a display that...

Article URL: https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/sam-altman-biopic-amazon-openai-deal-b2999321.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48602639 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

One of the only vaccines that prevents cancer is even more effective than scientists knew. For young women who receive the HPV vaccine in their early teen years, the risk of dying from cervical cancer before turning 30 is effectively reduced to zero, according to new...

The clock doesn’t start on day one anymore. For decades, the “first 100 days” framework allowed new executives a structured runway—time to listen, assess, and earn trust before making consequential decisions. That window quietly closed. What replaced it isn’t a...

Article URL: https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/06/18/giant-banana-pulled-over-in-montana-driver-says-cops-have-stopped-him-100s-of-times/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48601420 Points: 5 # Comments: 1

Security researchers at Paradigm Shift have published a working exploit, dubbed usbliter8, that achieves arbitrary code execution inside the SecureROM of Apple's A12 and A13 chips. That code is burned into the silicon at manufacture. No software update can reach it....

The Gentlemen ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation is actively developing and maintaining a suite of endpoint detection and response (EDR) killers that it hands out to affiliates for impairing system defenses before deploying the encryptor. This mature portfolio...

People ask me what it takes to build a high-growth company, with a rapidly growing footprint and enterprise value. They want the formula, a secret, or a shortcut. There isn’t one. But there is a playbook. And after more than 13 years leading organizations across the...

Bina Ramroop broke down in tears when she realized she wasn’t going to get the World Cup tickets she had bought for her grandson’s 13th birthday. As thousands poured into Atlanta Stadium on Monday to see Spain face Cape Verde in what turned out to be a remarkable...

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01947-1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48601286 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

Article URL: https://www.techspot.com/news/112831-microsoft-confirms-weird-recycle-bin-bug-windows-11.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48601164 Points: 8 # Comments: 1

As people gather across the U.S. to celebrate Juneteenth on Friday, former President Barack Obama’s presidential center is opening its doors to the general public for the first time. Located on a sprawling campus on Chicago’s South Side, the center honoring the...

Most mothers and fathers who work full-time say they sometimes parent while at work and vice versa. Most are upset to miss out on events with their kids, and many don’t have enough time to exercise. But moms and dads seem to have different perceptions on who does most...

The cool thing about cyberdecks is that you get to design them to suit your personal tastes. [NickZero] wanted an ultra-minimal build, and set about putting together just that. The build is based around a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W, which has a lighter power draw than the...

Article URL: https://tales.fromprod.com/2026/169/google-workspace-threatening-to-block-firefox.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600345 Points: 19 # Comments: 4

A collection of treasures including a molecular safety deposit box and a glass Coke bottle were encased in metal this week, not to be opened for another 250 years. Known as America’s Time Capsule, the commemorative project is part of the country’s 250th anniversary...

Article URL: https://aiclambake.com/clamtakes/linear-a/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600107 Points: 15 # Comments: 3

Microsoft researchers have detailed an exploit chain, named AutoJack, that turns an AI browsing agent into a delivery vehicle for remote code execution. Steer the agent to load an attacker's web page, and that page's JavaScript can reach a privileged local service on...

Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies. 

Things are back to normal around the Podcast studio, and this week you’ll hear the dulcet tones of Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos. In Hackaday news, we still have a Frikkin’ Lasers Challenge going on, and now you can even enter your project into it! Join the...

Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5’s guardrails.  Cybersecurity researchers have since...

You may want to check the cheese in your fridge before your next snack. The list of products included in a previous cheese recall has dramatically expanded. The recall is over fears that the select cheeses could be contaminated with the potentially deadly bacterium...

Why I stopped trusting hosted analytics for the raw layer and built a self-hosted event pipeline instead. A few years ago, I was the data engineer on a mobile game team going through soft launch. We were watching the DAU graph climb in Firebase Analytics, feeling...