The Trump administration’s Threat to Scientific Research
Article URL: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/07/the-trump-administrations-threat-to-scientific-research.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48977564 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
I recreated OpenAI’s Codex Micro for a lot less – and mine is more customizable
The $230 Codex Micro sold out before I could buy one, so I turned my Stream Deck+ into a surprisingly capable alternative.
Why is it so hard for the U.S. to win wars?
Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/18/g-s1-134037/why-is-it-so-hard-for-the-u-s-to-win-wars Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48977270 Points: 9 # Comments: 2
Microsoft rushes out Windows fix for Dell’s hot and bothered PCs
Microsoft has dispatched an out-of-band update to fix an incompatibility on certain Dell models and clear the way for them to receive the July 2026 Windows security patch. The update addresses an issue with the Intel Innovation Platform Framework drive that could...
UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade says he’ll ditch digital ID scheme
Andy Burnham is barely through the door at No. 10, and one of Keir Starmer's flagship tech projects is already heading for the shredder, with the incoming prime minister set to scrap the UK's digital ID scheme while creating a Cabinet-level minister for artificial...
The World Cup VAR Scandal Wasn’t Really About Technology
The World Cup VAR controversy offers a lesson far beyond soccer, showing how poor implementation, mission creep, and public perception can undermine even the best technology. The post The World Cup VAR Scandal Wasn't Really About Technology appeared first on...
Infosec expert: Paidwork users’ data pwned after 23M-record database dumped online
More than 23 million people who signed up to earn money from online gigs have allegedly had their personal and financial information spilled onto the internet following a breach of microtask platform Paidwork. The incident was added to Troy Hunt's Have I Been Pwned...
GitHub’s 2FA is to become mandatory on September 2, 2026
Hey birdie-github!We're reaching out to let you know that as announced last year, we will officially ([begin][1]) requiring two-factor authentication (2FA) for certain contributors on GitHub.com. You are receiving this notification because your account meets the...
New Index Tracks Material Breaches — And Refuses to Add Up the Losses
Longtime cybersecurity executive Richard Bird built the resource for security experts, journalists, policymakers, and everyday citizens. The post New Index Tracks Material Breaches — And Refuses to Add Up the Losses appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Personal tragedy made Care.com CEO Brad Wilson a more empathetic leader—and more tolerant of risk
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages...
Ernst & Young Data Breach Affects Personal, Financial Information
Hackers stole names, addresses, Social Security numbers, credit/debit card numbers, and other information from a third-party management platform. The post Ernst & Young Data Breach Affects Personal, Financial Information appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 leak teases thinner, brighter flagship smartwatch
A fresh leak reveals new specs for Samsung's Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, days before it's rumored to appear.
Airbus Takes Flight from AWS
Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/07/20/airbus-takes-flight-from-aws-what-happens-next-is-critical/5274109 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48976682 Points: 16 # Comments: 4
Earth-like LHS 1140b May Feature the First Atmosphere Found on Exoplanet
Finding another planet outside of our solar system that can comfortably be called ‘Earth-like’ is one of those discoveries that — if confirmed — would be a major event. The complication here is that with every exoplanet that we discover through observations,...
Watch on Demand: Cloud & Data Security Summit
Attendees will be able to interact with leading solution providers and other end users facing similar challenges in securing a variety of cloud deployments. The post Watch on Demand: Cloud & Data Security Summit appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The iconic ‘Fearless Girl’ statue is becoming a brand
For years, the Charging Bull statue was the icon of Wall Street, meant to represent the financial might of a bull market. But over the past decade, it has been eclipsed by a very different sculpture. Fearless Girl, which stands on Broad Street across from the New York...
You’re probably delegating wrong. Here’s what to do to fix that
Too many leaders approach delegation only as an opportunity to transfer work off their plate. The challenge with this is they often find themselves disappointed and let down when the quality of the work falls short of expectations, the project is late, and important...
Is China replacing the U.S. as the world’s AI touchpoint thanks to Kimi K3?
The release of Kimi K3, an artificial intelligence model created by a former computer science graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University, has rocked parts of social media and the AI commentariat. The model, developed by Moonshot AI—a Chinese lab cofounded by that...
Capital One Open Sources AI-Powered ‘VulnHunter’ Security Tool
The agentic security tool identifies potentially exploitable code flaws, traces attack paths, and recommends targeted remediations. The post Capital One Open Sources AI-Powered ‘VulnHunter’ Security Tool appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The invisible labor of likability at work
We’ve all been there. You email one coworker: “I need this by Thursday.” You email another: “Hi! Just checking back in. Would you be able to have this ready for me by Thursday? Totally understand if that doesn’t work. No rush, except that, sadly, there is a rush....
Luxury’s real crisis isn’t price—it’s desirability
Earlier this year, LVMH agreed to sell Marc Jacobs, as the world’s largest luxury group continues trimming its portfolio after several years of slowing demand. It’s the latest sign that even the biggest names in luxury are under real pressure. According to Bain, the...
Your Dashboards Are Production Systems. Start Monitoring Them Like One.
Modern organizations invest heavily in monitoring infrastructure, data pipelines, cloud platforms, and data quality. Yet the dashboards that drive business decisions often operate with little operational visibility. As analytics platforms become the foundation for...
Navigating Telemetry-Driven Security With Mohit Bansal
The technology sector has long struggled with the friction between rapid software deployment and robust security practices. Security teams are frequently viewed as obstacles to release velocity, operating as gatekeepers rather than enablers of product development....
Stop Using AI to Build Things No One Needs
It’s easy to vibe code a software product, harder to maintain it, and challenging to monetize it. “Only one in ten apps we build generates any profit. One in twenty generates serious profit.” That feels like the new baseline among my tech friends. My friends with a...
Team Hacking: What Happens When Your AI Agents Start Lying to Each Other
By Pramin Pradeep, Co-founder and CEO, BotGauge AI A few months ago, one of our customers asked me to look into why their multi-agent code review pipeline had gone quiet on a specific category of performance warnings. Nothing was broken, technically. Every agent was...
Bitcoin Miners Aren’t Merely Mining Bitcoin. They’re About To Be The AI Power Layer
One of the biggest misconceptions about Bitcoin mining is that it’s only about Bitcoin. It’s not. Mining is a power business. An infrastructure business. A risk-management business. A discipline-driven business. Bitcoin was simply the first global product built on top...
A Working Demo Is Not Proof of Demand
A developer put his whole failure up on YouTube, and it’s the best place to start. Six months of nights and weekends. Seventy-hour weeks. Two co-founders, and a real, working app at the end of it. And here’s what the three of them made for all that work: nothing. Not...
The Automatic Grader — The Future of Handwritten exam Assessment
My AI Project Showcase ON SATURDAY 18th, I got the chance to showcase my project -- The Automatic Grader -- at the Career’s day of Busoga College Mwiri alongside the students of the STEM club. The Grader is a Printer hooked to a PC operating an Artificial Intelligence...
The Real Trigger for Weather App Usage Isn’t Heat – It’s Uncertainty
In late June, our daily active users in Czechia jumped 310% above their 14-day baseline in a single day. Italy hit +371%. Germany +246%. Both landed in the middle of Europe's third heatwave in six weeks – the kind of event that would normally get credited for a usage...
Social Sequencer II: When the Sun Hits
The first social sequencer project was a prototype that was meant to explore how emergence and data create uncontrolled complexity through simple motifs using social media data and emergence. Social sequencer 2 is a continuation of the theme of emergence and the...