New WordPress Click2Shell Flaw Forces Theme Installs, Can Chain to Code Execution
WordPress today released patches to fix a new set of vulnerabilities in its core software, one of which could allow a crafted web link, opened by a logged-in administrator, to install a theme from the official WordPress.org directory without anyone clicking Install....
In India, the new iPhone can arrive faster than a pizza
Availability of Apple's iPhone 18 Pro series turned patchy within hours of its debut on India's quick-commerce apps.
Google’s new ‘CC’ is an AI agent that helps families run their households
Google is refocusing its CC AI agent on household coordination, letting families share emails, schedules, and tasks so the AI can manage calendars, fill out forms, make shopping lists, plan meals, and more.
Joby Aviation’s 3,100-mile autonomous flight signals its push beyond electric air taxis
An aircraft equipped with Joby Aviation's autonomy technology flew across the United States without a human pilot taking control at any point.
Photon-Emission-Guided Laser Fault Injection Enables RP2350 Secure Debug
Article URL: https://donjon.ledger.com/blog/rp2350-secure-debug-laser-fault-injection/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49757050 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI employees’ ChatGPT accounts
Talk about your competitor getting through the door. Security researchers used Anthropic's Claude to help hack into OpenAI employees’ ChatGPT accounts. A trio of bug hunters researching frontier AI labs’ security weaknesses chained two vulnerabilities to take over...
Dario Amodei and other AI leaders want to ‘Pace the Frontier’ but…how?
A week after an Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the company’s CEO Dario Amodei has outlined his plan to “pace the frontier” of AI development. The proposal leans on independent safety evaluators and coordination between AI labs in...
There’s no point at which turning your brain off will work
Article URL: https://danluu.com/brain-off/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49757178 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
The next phase of design will still be human-led
Someone can convert an idea into reality faster than ever before with the help of generative AI, and that makes the role of humans in the process even more important. “More is not always better. Faster is not always better,” said Emily Galloway, Spotify’s senior...
Zuckerberg, Musk and Huang Reportedly Urged Trump to Reject AI Regulator
Zuckerberg, Musk, and Huang reportedly urged President Trump to reject an industry-funded AI regulator as debate over frontier AI oversight intensifies. The post Zuckerberg, Musk and Huang Reportedly Urged Trump to Reject AI Regulator appeared first on TechRepublic.
North Korea’s fake job interviews infected 30,000 devices
North Korea's employment scams work both ways. As well as placing fraudulent IT workers inside Western companies, regime-backed cybercriminals have posed as recruiters to infect more than 30,000 devices and steal over $10 million, according to an international...
Hackaday Podcast Episode 387: Superhuman Clocks, CAN in USB-C, and the Joys of Bare Metal
This week, Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start the episode off by discussing the latest CircuitPython developments before covering some impressive reverse engineering efforts, the benefits of modeling your projects in 3D, and some of the most...
Manus seeks $4B valuation in new $500M fundraise as it resumes independent ops
Manus, which earlier this year had to break off a merger with Meta, is in discussions to raise $500M at a $4B valuation.
Google Asks Users to Take Video Selfies to Help Recover Their Accounts
And to "improve facial recognition, age estimation, and other verification methods," apparently.
US Treasuries Have Become Unappetizing for Foreign Central Banks and Governments
Article URL: https://wolfstreet.com/2026/09/17/treasuries-have-become-badly-unappetizing-for-foreign-central-banks-governments/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49756171 Points: 11 # Comments: 1
AI is an elite crime spree
Article URL: https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/ai-is-an-elite-crime-spree Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49755590 Points: 16 # Comments: 1
Snap Opens Preorders for Its Uncomfortable-Looking Specs AR Glasses
These $2,195 glasses aren't blending in with regular smart glasses anytime soon.
Samsung’s New Patent Reveals How a Galaxy Watch Could Measure Blood Sugar
A new Samsung patent reveals how wearable glucose measurement could work as the company continues researching noninvasive blood sugar monitoring. The post Samsung’s New Patent Reveals How a Galaxy Watch Could Measure Blood Sugar appeared first on TechRepublic.
Vietnam Offers Businesses About $114K for AI Projects — Who Qualifies?
Vietnam's NATIF is offering businesses up to about $114,000 for AI projects, with applications open through Oct. 10, 2026. The post Vietnam Offers Businesses About $114K for AI Projects — Who Qualifies? appeared first on TechRepublic.
AI Expansion, Robot Factories, and Escalating Security Threats Define This Week in Tech
See what you missed in Daily Tech Insider from Sept. 14–18. The post AI Expansion, Robot Factories, and Escalating Security Threats Define This Week in Tech appeared first on TechRepublic.
FBI: Fake cop and government impersonation scams cost victims $1.6B
Scammers impersonating law enforcement or government officials have cost victims more than $1.6 billion since January 2025, the FBI reports. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received close to 61,000 complaints of this type between January 2025 and July...
Bose Sport Open vs Ultra Open 2: Is the $100 Upgrade Worth It?
Bose's new open-ear earbuds cost $199 and $299. The extra $100 buys longer single-charge battery life and more audio features, but not better durability. The post Bose Sport Open vs Ultra Open 2: Is the $100 Upgrade Worth It? appeared first on TechRepublic.
Google Opens Google Home to Claude and Other AI Agents — Here’s What They Can Control
Google Home now lets Claude and other compatible AI agents inspect devices, review activity, and perform approved actions through Home MCP. The post Google Opens Google Home to Claude and Other AI Agents — Here’s What They Can Control appeared first on TechRepublic.
From Raw HTML Dumps to a CLI: How We Built LLazyEmail
There is a moment in every bootstrapped developer’s life when a “clever, free hack” turns into a chaotic operational nightmare. For me, that moment hit right before Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Our lean, modular pipeline—drafting in Notion, cleaning up grammar via a...
Building a Risk-Based Verification Pipeline for AI-Generated Content
Artificial intelligence has changed how marketing teams create content. A single prompt can now produce a complete article, landing page, or product description in seconds — structured, readable, persuasive, and often aligned with a brand's voice. But many companies...
The TechBeat: Qwen3.8-27B Uncensored vs Other Qwen GGUF Models (9/18/2026)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## Qwen3.8-27B-DFlash2: A Guide to Faster Qwen Inference By @aimodels44 [...
I Built a Budget Optimiser That Showed Me the Cost of My Own Rules
For a long time I thought the hard part of a data project was getting the right answer. This one taught me that getting the answer was only half the job. The harder part was being able to explain where it came from. It started with a pretty ordinary problem. A small...
The Fastest SSP Decision Is the One That Has Already Been Made
An auction in an ad system is a bad place to do extra work. The request arrives at the server, and the server has very little time to respond and make several decisions. It must validate the request, parse it, apply rules, decide which demand partners should...
GrassLobster: AI Agentic Generation of Parametric Geometry Workflows
Article URL: https://www.miro.vision/index.php/2026/09/17/grasslobbster/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49755431 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
This AI toothbrush wants to find trouble before your dentist does
If you’ve ever wanted more information about what’s going on inside your mouth between dental visits, you’re in luck. Now, there’s an at-home oral-care system designed to give you exactly that. The oral-care technology company usmile just introduced an at-home...