Nvidia shows off Vera Rubin platform for tokenmaxxing
Last week, Nvidia invited a handful of journalists to a briefing about AI infrastructure to help convey the physical reality behind simulated intelligence. "Infrastructure is physical, it's real," said Ian Buck, general manager of Nvidia's hyperscale and HPC computing...
Critical SharePoint RCE CVE-2026-50522 Under Active Exploitation After Public PoC
A third SharePoint Server flaw patched by Microsoft as part of its Patch Tuesday update for July 2026 has come under active exploitation, per watchTowr. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-50522 (CVSS score: 9.8), a critical deserialization of untrusted data in...
After TikTok, Snap settles social media addiction case
Snap is the latest big tech company to settle a lawsuit that claimed social media platforms are harmful to children and young adults. The company has reached a “tentative” agreement in a case that was set to go to trial later this month. TikTok recently settled its...
AI music generator Suno breach affects 55M users, per Have I Been Pwned
A hacker took names, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers who used AI music generator Suno.
The UK will legalize plug-in solar on August 27
The UK has finally set a date for the legalization of plug-in solar panels.
Over 400 Linux CVEs published in the last 24 hours alone
Article URL: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992669 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
What to know about the landmark Warner Bros. Discovery sale
Learn more about Paramount's planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery — a historic Hollywood megadeal valued at $111 billion — as it continues to develop.
UK government scraps plans for digital ID cards after millions of Brits opposed
The new U.K. government scrapped a digital ID program that millions of British people opposed, in place of a tax cut to tackle the cost of living.
Zimbra Patches Critical SNMP Command Injection and Four XSS Vulnerabilities
Zimbra has rolled out fixes to address multiple critical security issues, including a command injection flaw in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) monitoring component. As many as nine security vulnerabilities have been patched in Zimbra 10.1.20. Topping...
Qilin Ransomware Attackers Exploit PAN-OS Authentication Bypass for Initial Access
Threat actors have been observed exploiting a now-patched high-severity Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS vulnerability as an entry point to deploy Qilin (aka Agenda) ransomware on victim environments. Arctic Wolf Labs said it investigated multiple intrusions in June 2026...
Giving Resin 3D Printers Another Shot After Six Years
My initial experience with a 3D printer came in 2020, when I got access to a buddy’s Creality LD-002R SLA printer. This was one of those awkward transition phases for SLA printers, where inefficient RGB LCDs finally got replaced by monochrome LCD panels, thus...
The Xteink X4 Pro could be the tiny e-reader of your dreams
Xteink makes its pocket-sized e-reader even better with a touchscreen and front light.
Garzed – my garden waters itself off soil-moisture sensors
Article URL: https://garzed.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992028 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
This Android 17 setting logs suspicious activity on your phone for troubleshooting – turn it on ASAP
When something suspicious happens on your phone, it helps to have the means to track down what occurred. Android 17 now offers such a feature: Intrusion Logging.
AI music platform Suno hits bum note as 55M users exposed in data breach, claims infosec expert
A data breach at AI music generator platform Suno exposed more than 55 million user accounts, according to Troy Hunt's Have I Been Pwned service, which ingested the files. The dump consisted mostly of email addresses, although phone numbers were also included where...
What is ‘the gravity of average’ and why is it holding you back?
I grew up believing one thing: Don’t be average. Looking back now, as an older, slightly fatter man, there’s something wonderfully ironic about that particular piece of advice. While every person in authority was telling me not to become average, the systems around me...
The Great Steam Deck Crash of 2026: How the New Pricing Decreased Demand by 80%
Article URL: https://boilingsteam.com/the-great-steam-deck-volume-crash/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48991815 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Your CD and Blu-Ray collection won’t last forever
It's important to be aware of disc rot, but there's no need to be afraid.
Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated
Deezer said more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily on the platform in June
Android backups count toward your 15GB Google storage limit now – how to check your settings
An amended Google One storage utilization policy is rolling out now to include your Android device settings in backups, but there's no need to panic. Here are your options.
Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges
Maritime nuclear energy startup Bluecore Energy has raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Slauson & Co.
Tesla teases Cybercab with a built-in Starlink V5 antenna
Tesla has revealed its upcoming Cybercab design with a built-in SpaceX Starlink V5 dish.
Anthropic AI copyright lawsuit: Update as judge approves massive settlement and payout for authors
Anthropic will finally have to pay authors for pirating their books. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín approved a $1.5 billion AI copyright settlement. The payout is believed to be the largest ever for a U.S. copyright suit. Companies like...
AT&T’s new business plan includes ‘unlimited’ hotspot data – and starts at $75 per line
The monthly price for Business Unlimited Ultimate 3.0 depends on how many phone lines you have - and can include up to 50.
Intel fortifies Foundry with an actual customer: Fortinet
Fortinet on Tuesday revealed it will use Intel Foundry to fab its sixth-gen Security Processor (SP6), a nice win for Chipzilla's sputtering chipmaking biz. The chips feature dedicated accelerators designed specifically for the security and cryptographic operations...
xMEMS unveils super tiny cooling fan that fits inside smart glasses
The XMC-1200 won't be in production for another year, so we might see smart glasses with it in 2028.
How do you bounce back from making the worst smart glasses of 2025?
Last year, Halliday launched one of the worst-reviewed pairs of smart glasses. Now it's back with a second-generation model to right its predecessor's sins.
Empirical Security Raises $25 Million in Series A Funding
The startup will use the investment to accelerate the development of its threat prediction and discovery products. The post Empirical Security Raises $25 Million in Series A Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Dollar Tree is closing stores, joins list of retailers adjusting their physical location footprint in 2026
Store closures have become a common story in 2026. While food and restaurant chains like Five Guys, Pizza Hut, and Papa John’s tend to grab the most of the headlines, this year has also seen closures from retail shopping brands like H&M and Glossier. And now,...
I tested iOS 26 Siri against iOS 27 Siri AI in my car – and it wasn’t even close
With the iOS 27 public beta on my iPhone, I challenged Siri AI to assist me in the car. Here's how it performed over regular Siri.