Three JFrog Artifactory Flaws Exploited for Backdoor Deployment
The vulnerabilities can allow attackers to bypass authentication and elevate their privileges to administrator. The post Three JFrog Artifactory Flaws Exploited for Backdoor Deployment appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Managing a personal brand: Fast Company’s 196-point guide for leaders
When I first encountered a Staples Baddie video on TikTok, I was flummoxed. I haven’t set foot in a Staples in years, so why should I watch Kaden Rowland, the Staples Baddie in question, showcase how to use Staples’s equipment to print a “glorp cat”—a neon green...
Hollywood suddenly can’t stop making movies about tech moguls
While most filmgoers are focused on the staying power of the new Spider-Man film or Marvel’s upcoming Avengers movie, featuring the return of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, some of the most interesting films of the coming months might have less to do with comic...
Europe’s right-to-repair rules are broken, not beaten
Consumerism? Squint at it in the right light, and it looks a lot like communism. Certainly, that's how parts of the American political establishment seem to view Europe, the world's regulatory superpower. All those rules denying the God-given rights of free people to...
Why we let AI write for us. It’s not really about saving time
We’re all using generative AI to write now. Articles, LinkedIn posts, emails, even the comments under other people’s LinkedIn posts. The volume of auto-generated prose is so vast it’s drowning the channels and exhausting whatever attention we have left. And it’s...
Show HN: 1080p is 920px tall – 1k real browser viewports
Article URL: https://screensize.net/reports/viewport-stats Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693226 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Malicious Twitch Browser Extension Leaks OAuth Tokens From Nearly 31,000 Users
A malicious cross-store Twitch browser extension has leaked OAuth tokens associated with nearly 31,000 users to proxy servers operated by a Russian commercial bot service. The extension, named "Twitch Enhanced Viewer | JeetBot," lists HISHIMIRO/jeetbot.cc as its...
ConnectWise Patches ScreenConnect Vulnerability Exploited in Worm-Like Attacks
The flaw allows attackers to send files and execute them without authorization through an active remote session. The post ConnectWise Patches ScreenConnect Vulnerability Exploited in Worm-Like Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
AI is giving HR chiefs a new job
In April 2026, the collaboration software company Atlassian gave Avani Prabhakar a new job. She had been running a 700-person HR team. Now she oversees 3,500 people responsible for AI transformation across the company’s 14,000 employees. Her new title: chief people...
CircuitPython Goes Turbo With Precompiled Functions
It would not be at all original to declare that Python is the new BASIC. Like BASIC, it has been the first programming language for a whole generation of coders, and its main advantage is that it’s quick and easy to write in. Like BASIC it is an interpreted language,...
Of Gods and Languages: On “When God Spoke Greek”
Article URL: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/of-gods-and-languages-on-when-god-spoke-greek/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49692765 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
AI and its main promoters are not enterprise-ready, says Gartner
The more AI you use, the harder it is to control it or generate return on investment, according to analyst firm Gartner. That firm delivered that glum view of AI at its annual IT Symposium, the first edition of which takes place in Australia before moving Europe and...
Of Gods and Languages: On “When God Spoke Greek” (2013)
Of Gods and Languages: On "When God Spoke Greek" (2013) Go to Source Article URL: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/of-gods-and-languages-on-when-god-spoke-greek/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49692765 Points: 7...
Who, Me? Tech team stood and laughed at colleague who pressed the wrong off button
WHO, ME? Admitting to mistakes is a ticklish task, but one The Register tackles head-on each Monday in "Who, Me?" – the reader-contributed column that chronicles your worst working moments. This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Bowman," who sent us a story from...
Who Gets to Define the Rules for AI?
Article URL: https://cohere.com/blog/who-gets-to-define-the-rules-for-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49692118 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
This career skill is extremely underrated
Today’s job market is being called historically unusual because of how challenging it is to get hired. As a result, nurturing your career and cultivating the unique factors that make you a great hire—current or future—are very wise. They are helpful not only for...
Treat everyone the same is terrible leadership advice
Many leaders strive for “fairness.” The intent is good. They want to avoid bias, give people the opportunity to succeed, and support all their team members. However, too often in that pursuit, they are given the advice to “treat everyone the same”—no favorites. On the...
Dramatically Increasing Usable Closet Space
As any science YouTuber or first-year physics student is quick to point out, the universe is mostly empty space. Not just space itself, but the amount of “empty” space between nuclei and their electrons is also huge. Getting rid of this empty space results in all...
Chess.com Leak Exposes 7.3M Users, Evidence Points to Scraping
Article URL: https://securityaffairs.com/197174/breaking-news/chess-com-leak-exposes-7-3-million-users-evidence-points-to-scraping.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49691584 Points: 10 # Comments: 1
Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout
Article URL: https://fortune.com/2026/09/08/nike-stock-plummets-sp500-market-cap-index/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49691343 Points: 8 # Comments: 4
Show HN: Is It Greg?
My friend Greg often posts incredible things he just made, just for fun.Often, I don't realize that it's something HE made and then I see the URL, AND IT'S MY FRIEND, GREG!A few things he made that I think are amazing:- ikea complexity index:...
Re-creating NASA’s Heat Shield Problem
After the Orion capsule of the Artemis I lunar mission returned to Earth, it was found that massive chunks of its heatshield had been ripped off, posing a serious risk to any future missions. In a recent video in which [polymatt] takes a break from repairing old...
The case against JPEG XL
Article URL: https://giannirosato.com/blog/post/case-against-jxl/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690554 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Open-Source AI and Open Models Reading List
Article URL: https://www.interconnects.ai/p/open-source-ai-reading-list Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690260 Points: 13 # Comments: 0
Big AI sets out its terms for regulatory capture and calls it ‘Pace the frontier’
ANALYSIS The leaders of major AI labs spent the weekend agreeing on a plan to capture regulators, make more money, and avoid responsibility for their dangerous behaviour. They call it “pacing the frontier.” Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei set the ball rolling with a post...
The Coming War on General Computation (2011)
Article URL: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Coming_War_on_General_Computation Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690051 Points: 10 # Comments: 0
MagSafe vs. USB-C: Which is better for charging your MacBook?
Modern MacBooks can use two different types of cables to charge, but is USB-C or MagSafe a better option overall?
At what length do Ethernet cables drop to lower speeds?
Running an Ethernet cable can provide faster speeds than Wi-Fi in many cases, but the length and type of cable make a difference.
Insight Partners’ Deven Parekh on why the firm is diversifying while everyone else bets the farm on OpenAI and Anthropic
Insight Partners' Devin Parekh opens up about losing Legora to General Catalyst, why he's fine holding stakes in rival AI labs, and why — even as everyone else piles into OpenAI and Anthropic — his $90 billion firm is deliberately staying diversified.
Due to concerns about malicious applications, GPT2 will not be released (2019)
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/better-language-models/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49689706 Points: 4 # Comments: 0