Frontier LLMs couldn’t help Hugging Face fight off evil agents
Apparently, being a leading destination for AI development doesn't mean AI will bail you out. AI agents broke into Hugging Face's production infrastructure, but commercial LLM guardrails blocked the forensic investigation, forcing it to turn to a Chinese open-weight...
Echolocation for Drones
Bats are remarkable creatures, able to fly at night or inside the confines of caves without light to guide their way. A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has determined how to use low power ultrasonic sensors to guide drones in obscured...
FakeGit Campaign Uses 7,600 GitHub Repositories to Spread SmartLoader Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered nearly 7,600 malicious GitHub repositories, out of which more than 800 pose as artificial intelligence (AI) skills or Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to deliver a malware family known as SmartLoader as part of an ongoing...
X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort
X says the rebuilt version of its Android app is now available globally.
OpenAI is scared of open-weight models. Should the US Be?
Talk of banning Chinese-made open-weight LLMs reveals the challenge of turning AI into a business.
Safety and alignment in an era of long-horizon models
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/safety-alignment-long-horizon-models/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48983108 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Nativ: Run frontier open models locally on your Mac
Article URL: https://blaizzy.github.io/nativ/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48982681 Points: 12 # Comments: 0
Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe
The one-year-old startup aims to reinvent financial architecture for autonomous AI transactions.
I tested a 4TB quantum-resistant USB drive – but you don’t have to spend $3000 for this much security
I tested a 4TB quantum-resistant USB drive - but you don't have to spend $3000 for this much security Go to Source Apricorn's new 4TB Aegis Secure Key is the biggest-capacity hardware-encrypted flash drive on the market right now.
An Empirical Study: AI Agent Rules Need Context and Layered Enforcement
Article URL: https://eunomia.dev/blog/2026/07/15/ebpf-ai-agent-policy-enforcement/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48982583 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Judge halts Paramount and Warner merger for at least two weeks per states’ request
A federal judge on Monday ordered Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to halt their $81 billion merger for at least two weeks, allowing states that are challenging the deal more time to see their case through in court. Twelve states, led by California, sued to block...
Netflix brings ASL interpretations to dozens of shows and movies for kids
Netflix has teamed up with a company called SignUp Media to offer ASL interpretations on a bunch of kids shows and movies.
That post never existed. Stop listening to that thing
Article URL: https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2026/05/05/404/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48982374 Points: 12 # Comments: 0
A Feature-Rich Drum Machine
A little over a month ago, we featured a project from [Igor] who built 64 bits of DRAM from scratch using discrete components. Jokes about memory pricing aside, he did have a use case for such a small amount of memory — he is using it in a custom-built drum machine....
Everything to know before putting a car key on your iPhone
Do you need to be in your car to set up your digital car key?
Today’s RAM and SSD Prices Are ‘Lagging’ and Will Continue to Climb, Valve Warns
Unfortunately, industry analysts agree.
What if hunger were treated like a vital sign?
Food insecurity adds an estimated $53 billion to the nation’s medical bill every year, per a 2019 study. Yet most providers still log it as a note in the patient chart rather than a vital sign worth treating. It’s a problem with few headlines or funding dollars, but...
The drivers behind software delivery inefficiency
Article URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3800646.3800650 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48982578 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
The drivers behind software delivery inefficiency
Article URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3800646.3800650 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48982578 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Adobe crams multiple AI tools into its experimental camera app
Adobe's Project Indigo app will have new features like removing distractions and offering immediate photo feedback.
Somebody paid nearly $1 million for Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s leather jacket. Is it the new Steve Jobs black turtleneck?
At nearly $10,000 a pop, Tom Ford leather jackets are already pricey. But put one on a tech CEO, and its value will soar even higher—almost a million dollars higher, apparently. Earlier this month, a leather jacket owned by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang went up for auction...
Exposed Server Reveals AI-Assisted Phishing Toolkit Behind WebDAV Malware Campaign
A malware operator left its delivery server wide open, and Rapid7 pulled down the whole toolkit: 1,048 files spanning lure templates, filename-spoofing tests, execution experiments, droppers, builder notes, and two campaign chains. One was already live against Windows...
Judge pauses the controversial Paramount-Warner Bros. merger for two weeks
A judge has paused the Paramount / Warner Bros. deal to review a multi-state lawsuit.
Judge pauses $110B Paramount-Warner Bros merger
The lawsuit from the states alleges that the deal would harm movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and audiences.
Will the Gulf Coast tropical depression turn into storm Bertha? Here’s the forecast from NOAA’s hurricane tracker
Summer 2026 has been filled with one extreme weather event after the other: massive heatwaves, Canadian wildfires, and flooding. Now, brace yourself for hurricane season. Tropical depression in the Gulf Tropical Depression Two has formed along the Gulf Coast off...
Scientists say one everyday habit may be quietly shrinking your brain
Winding down looks different for everyone, but it often involves some sort of sitting—it might be sitting back to read a novel or lounging while watching one’s favorite show. But a new study suggests that, despite it being a similar physical task, “not all sitting is...
I tested a 4TB quantum-resistant USB drive – but you don’t have to spend $3000 for this security
Apricorn's new 4TB Aegis Secure Key is the biggest-capacity hardware-encrypted flash drive on the market right now.
My husbands suicide shows theres something very wrong with US insurance industry
Article URL: https://www.statnews.com/2026/07/20/psychiatric-insurance-coverage-suicide-denial-personal-essay/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48981496 Points: 13 # Comments: 0
Jimothy the raccoon merch is taking over Etsy and Amazon
Last week, Seattle resident Kiana Hall spotted an oddly bedraggled-looking raccoon running across her backyard. She took a video, posted it on Instagram, and named the creature “Jimothy” in her caption. Less than a week later, Jimothy has been seen millions of times...
68 major housing markets where home prices are falling
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Based on our analysis of the Zillow Home Value Index, nationally aggregated U.S. home prices are up +1.1% year-over-year between June 2025 and June...