Who Really Pays for “Free” Blockchains?
Open any L2 today, and the view is the same; on the whitepaper, we see fractions of a cent per transaction, instant swaps, and airdrops for showing up early. It feels like the industry finally cracked free infrastructure, but it didn’t. Cheap execution, “free” points...
Everyone’s Optimizing Prompts. Nobody’s Optimizing the Data Going Into Them
The discourse around trimming AI costs has focused on prompts. Lesser attention has been paid to the data the tools send back, even though that's where most tokens are spent. While developers focus on creating prompt libraries, counting tokens, and aiming for shorter...
Astar Fi Opens Public Beta to Turn Wallet Trackers Into Something You Can Act On
There is $33.5 billion of tokenized real-world assets sitting on public blockchains as of July, up from $5.4 billion at the start of 2025. Almost none of it is reachable from the app a crypto holder actually opens every day. A portfolio tracker will tell you that you...
What “the Same Session” Means When the Transport Is Replaceable
A connection drops and comes back. The dashboard goes green. What actually recovered? There are two answers, and they are not the same claim. Either the original transport survived an interruption, or something built a replacement, and the replacement is now doing the...
A Broken Map, a Bad Fix, and the Fallback That Was Doing Everything
I run a small, free tool called USFoodInJapan, a map that lets Americans traveling in Japan search a hotel, landmark, or neighborhood and instantly see every nearby US fast food chain and convenience store (konbini), with distance and one-tap directions. No account,...
Designing a Shared Platform to Serve Competing Institutional Clients Without Cross-Contamination
Key TakeawaysIn the SaaS multi-tenancy model, we assume tenants to be the same. When you have competition between tenants, and at the same time the platform operator is a player in the same market, we have a conflict of interest issue that is beyond that of simple...
Securing a Smart Dog Collar: Secure Elements, Key Lifecycles, and Why TLS Isn’t Enough on 5 Microamp
The key that was never really yours Years ago I shipped a battery-powered NB-IoT pet collar and wrote about the firmware side of it: FreeRTOS, an STM32L4, safe OTA, and the small humiliations of making a radio live inside a dog's daily schedule. That article was about...
The Production Reality Check: Scaling SSE Subscriptions for GPU Orchestrators (Part 2)
In my last post, we designed a dual Roaring Bitmap inventory engine that mapped our GPU rack runtime availability status to a tiny payload. We set up Server-Sent Events (SSE), tested it on localhost, watched the latency plummet to sub-millisecond levels, and felt like...
Twitter workaround worked around again: X’s lawyers cancel XCancel again
Nitter and XCancel, a pair of social media services which let you view posts on X without an X account, are down again after the latest round of legal wrangling. While the XCancel site now displays the message "Unfortunately, due to a new development in the ongoing...
Cisco email security boxes can be rooted by… an email
Criminals are exploiting a critical Cisco Secure Email Gateway flaw that can turn a malicious email into root access. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-76461, carries a 9.8 CVSS score and affects physical and virtual Secure Email Gateway appliances regardless of...
Leaks, data breaches, and ransom notes: The worst hacks of 2026 so far
From the massive DOGE data breach and the compromise of critical infrastructure to the hack of federal surveillance systems, here are the most damaging security incidents and data breaches of 2026 so far.
$1 Million Sandbox Challenge Uncovers Linux Kernel Flaws
AI-assisted researchers flooded Vercel with reports, forcing the company to automate vulnerability triage. The post $1 Million Sandbox Challenge Uncovers Linux Kernel Flaws appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Refurbished vs. pre-owned phones: What’s the difference and which is better?
Pre-owned and refurbished devices have various quality standards across marketplaces, so understanding what you're getting is critical.
V1.1 state of open source- OS 4.4 months behind frontier [pdf]
Article URL: https://stateofopensource.ai/state-of-open-source-ai-v1-1.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49714457 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
The Right Way to Write an Agent Skill
https://x.com/karpathy/status/1617979122625712128?embedable=trueAt some point in the last year, I noticed I had stopped writing bash scripts. It wasn't an explicit decision I made; it just happened organically as the small automations I used to script became skills...
Nitter and XCancel are dead (again) after X’s latest legal actions
The privacy-friendly services for viewing X posts without an account have gone dark again after X's escalated legal action.
Trump and Congress are not rushing to act on Big Tech’s call for AI oversight
The technology industry’s increasingly urgent warnings about the potential harm of artificial intelligence are slamming into political intransigence in Washington, offering a fresh test of the federal government’s willingness and ability to confront what may become a...
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weeks
OpenAI confirms weeks of AI safety talks with Anthropic and Google DeepMind, as Trump's team dismisses safety concerns and pushes to keep pace with China.
BambooToken Malware Uses MQTT to Control Windows and Linux Systems
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a multi-platform campaign that uses the Message Queueing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol as a communication channel to control Windows and Linux systems. The emerging malware family, codenamed BambooToken, is...
Exein Secures $270M at $1.7B Valuation for Physical AI Security
The cybersecurity startup is building a proprietary foundation model and plans to accelerate global expansion. The post Exein Secures $270M at $1.7B Valuation for Physical AI Security appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Texas Utility CenterPoint Energy Confirms Breach After Hacker Leaks Data
A hacker claims to have stolen 7.5 million customer records after breaching the company’s systems. The post Texas Utility CenterPoint Energy Confirms Breach After Hacker Leaks Data appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Running Linux 6.11 on the ESP32-S3 with a Few Tweaks
With the Xtensa Lx7 twin CPU cores in the ESP32-S3 running at a relatively zippy 240 MHz and accompanying PSRAM of up to 16 MB, you might find yourself wondering whether it could run Linux. As [Paulneja] demonstrates with Linux kernel 6.11, the answer is a ‘yes’,...
The biggest issues with delivery robots are exactly what you’d think
Too often, delivery robots just don't understand the rules of the road (or sidewalk).
GM finds splitscreen solution for CarPlay and Android Auto
That should keep these infotainment systems from hogging all the important screen real estate.
AEO startup Profound hits unicorn valuation, raises $180M Series D 7 months after last round
Profound has raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after it raised a $96 million Series C.
Israeli Minister Threatens Filmmakers’ Citizenship over Gaza Documentary
Article URL: https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/israeli-minister-threatens-filmmakers-citizenship-over-gaza-documentary/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX09XQ1ZNQzQ0NjcxMC1WSURFTw Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49713468 Points: 58 # Comments: 5
Firefox 156 shows ads in the address bar (dubbed “Firefox Suggest”)
Article URL: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Firefox-156-PDF-viewer-starts-up-to-45-percent-faster-11454106.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49712878 Points: 19 # Comments: 4
Wonder scores a $425 million partnership with DoorDash as it builds its food empire
Founded by veteran e-commerce entrepreneur Marc Lore, Wonder is slowly building a massive portfolio of restaurants and delivery companies.
Who’s governing your AI? A trust framework for enterprise agents and models
Experienced IT leaders know that shadow IT is a persistent problem, but rapidly evolving AI and the proliferation of agents mean the potential threat - and cost - is greater than ever. AI agents are non-deterministic, autonomous, and adaptable. They excel at solving...
You should probably have the “Improve Siri & Dictation” setting off — here’s why
Apple used anonymized voice data to improve its products, but you might not want to contribute to this even with its privacy methods in place.