ShinyHunters hackers claim to have 2-3TB of sensitive information about FBI employees
Financial extortion doesn't seem to be the group's goal this time.
LensVLM-9B by Apple
Article URL: https://huggingface.co/papers/2605.07019 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49822186 Points: 12 # Comments: 0
Why Omarchy Exists
Article URL: https://mikael.pika.page/posts/why-omarchy-exists Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49822122 Points: 11 # Comments: 0
VC firm Bessemer now has another $5.75B to invest in (what else?) AI
The VC firm says that AI-native companies are growing faster than any technology, ever.
Europe’s fastest supercomputer is finally getting its domestic silicon infusion
Talk about digital sovereignty! Europe's most powerful supercomputer, Jupiter, is finally getting the domestic silicon infusion it's been waiting for. On Tuesday, French chip designer SiPearl began delivery of its long-anticipated Rhea1 CPUs to Bull for integration...
Someone’s attacking a critical 0-day RCE in F5 BIG-IP APM
F5 has fixed a critical zero-day bug in its BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) that unknown miscreants are exploiting to remotely execute malicious code. BIG-IP APM is a centralized access management and security proxy that allows users to connect to enterprise...
Discordians now subject to whims of new age verification technology
After more than six months of kicking the age verification can down the road due to community blowback, Discord is finally deploying its new system, albeit with several tweaks it hopes will assuage user frustration. Discord cofounder and CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy took...
Robot dog ran a marathon on one charge and lived to publish the paper
South Korean researchers have published details of how their four-legged robot completed a marathon on a single battery charge – nearly two years after it crossed the finish line. RAIBO2 covered the 42.195 km (26.2 mile) course of the Sangju Dried Persimmon Marathon...
An Epyc trip to Venice: Everything we do and don’t know about AMD’s 256-core monster chip
AMD's Venice Epycs mark the chipmaker's biggest architectural shift in CPU design since Rome made its debut all the way back in 2019. What's more, AMD's Zen 6-based product stack is shaping up to be the broadest CPU portfolio ever, spanning general purpose, HPC, AI,...
Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 12 and Surface Laptop 13 feature Snapdragon X2 Plus chips
Microsoft's smaller Surface Pro 12 and Surface Laptop 13 are getting a much-needed chip upgrade.
Mop the slop from your LinkedIn feed with a new open-source Chrome extension
Decision-making AI model Jev has found another job: helping a Chrome extension identify and flag low-value writing on LinkedIn. AI enthusiast, author, and business consultant Tom Frazier released Slop Mop as a Chrome extension on Tuesday, as well as publishing its...
How can this Amazon scammer keep going, not shipping any goods?
Article URL: https://www.amazon.de/sp?language=en&ie=UTF8&seller=A29EBN4DXM8UCL&asin=B0CGBFF8K9&ref_=dp_merchant_link Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49821925 Points: 8 # Comments: 2
DoorDash Spent $1.4M Trying to Stop Mamdani from Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why
Article URL: https://theintercept.com/2026/09/23/doordash-delivery-nyc-mamdani-wage-theft-settlement/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49821608 Points: 10 # Comments: 0
Smelting Bog Ore As It Should Be Done
Sometimes along comes a hack with a personal angle, and in a video showing Irish bog ore smelting, we find an appropriate follow up to a Hackaday expedition back in 2019. [Alec Steele] joined Irish Bloomery Iron, for a weekend with a medieval blast furnace. Our brush...
How we made claude.ai 3x faster in two weeks
Article URL: https://claude.dev/blog/how-we-made-claude-ai-faster/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49821196 Points: 15 # Comments: 1
Attackers Use Malicious Terraform Providers to Deliver Go Malware via HashiCorp Registry
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed Go-based malware distributed via two Go Modules and two Terraform providers, marking the first time threat actors are using the centralized repository hosted by HashiCorp as a distribution vector for malicious payloads....
Cloud Agents Are Inevitable AI Prisons
Article URL: https://normanponte.io/19df691f Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49820267 Points: 10 # Comments: 1
IonQ Targets Quantum Error-Correction Bottleneck With Single-CPU DecoderIonQ Says Sin
IonQ’s new single processor quantum error decoder minimizes the classical computing overhead in quantum error correction. The post IonQ Targets Quantum Error-Correction Bottleneck With Single-CPU DecoderIonQ Says Sin appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Enveda secures $311M to bring more nature-derived AI drugs into clinical trials
The round valued the AI biotech at $2 billion. It is currently testing drugs that treat skin conditions and preserve weight loss after stopping GLP-1s.
Modal Motors is trying to cut China out of electric motors entirely
The startup is working on small, light motors with no rare earth magnets that are suited for drones, fans, and robots.
Most workers are working on Sundays—here’s why
Nearly three-quarters of workers (74%) work on Sunday, including 21% who work a full or near-full day, according to Owl Labs’ tenth annual State of Hybrid Work report. The trend is far more common among younger generations, with 76% of Gen Z workers and 62% of...
Spotify is giving you the keys to its algorithm. Here’s how to change what it recommends
Spotify is aiming to personalize your user profile more than ever before. On Wednesday, the streaming platform launched Taste Profile, a new feature which seeks to give users more say in what the platform recommends. The company says the innovation will allow the...
A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts
Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260922-00/?p=112719/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49820065 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-discovers-novel-enzyme-system Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49820134 Points: 15 # Comments: 1
Raising kids in the age of AI? Technology that fosters connection is more important than ever
Not so long ago, parents debated how much TV time to allow their children. That looks downright quaint as parents today must contend with trickier decisions about how—and when—to introduce their children to fundamentally different technologies. Shunning technology...
How the Epstein files became a focus of Ohio’s Senate race
Billionaire Les Wexner has long been a magnet for political campaigns seeking contributions—especially in his native Ohio, where the retail tycoon directed a generous portion of his giving to candidates from both parties. Then came the Epstein files. Jeffrey Epstein,...
Why diesel prices are so high and what it could mean for the cost of living
Diesel is the talk of the town, and for good reason: Prices of diesel fuel are at record highs in the United States, recently reaching an average of $6.53 per gallon. A year ago, they were averaging $3.69 per gallon, meaning they have skyrocketed roughly 77%. While...
A Mini’s Infotainment System and the Joys of Aftermarket Car Parts
Although [Arkandas] disclaims any interest in being a ‘car guy’, this is somewhat ironic in light of the sheer amount of modding he has performed on a range of cars over the years, a recent misadventure involving a BMW Mini F56’s infotainment system replacement and...
What to do when your Waymo holds up a Secret Service motorcade
Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/9cc479a6-8206-4af3-a6e5-77176b8d43c4 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49819658 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
Dolly Parton’s beloved free-book program is getting a major expansion after her death
Nearly a month after country icon Dolly Parton passed away, her legacy not only lives on, but continues to grow. Beyond her legendary catalog of hit songs (and the social issues they highlighted), Parton was perhaps best known for her philanthropy. In 1988, she...