Critical Zoom Flaw Could Let Attackers Take Over Windows Accounts
Zoom patched a critical Windows flaw that could enable remote account takeover, along with three high-severity privilege-escalation vulnerabilities. The post Critical Zoom Flaw Could Let Attackers Take Over Windows Accounts appeared first on TechRepublic.
ClickLock Mac Malware Traps Users in a Three-Day Password Loop
ClickLock can shut down Mac apps for more than three days while pressuring users to enter a password and stealing sensitive account data in the background. The post ClickLock Mac Malware Traps Users in a Three-Day Password Loop appeared first on TechRepublic.
Hugging Face Says Autonomous AI System Executed Multi-Stage Cyberattack
Hugging Face says an autonomous AI agent carried out a cyberattack against its production systems, highlighting the growing role of AI in offensive and defensive cybersecurity. The post Hugging Face Says Autonomous AI System Executed Multi-Stage Cyberattack appeared...
1Password Lets Claude Sign In Without Revealing Passwords
1Password's new Claude integration lets AI agents sign in to websites without exposing passwords, adding user approval and credential protection. The post 1Password Lets Claude Sign In Without Revealing Passwords appeared first on TechRepublic.
EU Orders Google to Open Android AI Features, Share Search Data With Rivals
EU rules will make Google share anonymized search data and give rival AI assistants broader access to Android features across Europe. The post EU Orders Google to Open Android AI Features, Share Search Data With Rivals appeared first on TechRepublic.
Why Ranking Factors No Longer Fully Explain Google Local Services Ads
Every time Google updates Local Services Ads (LSAs), the industry starts looking for changes in ranking factors. The assumption behind these conversations is that Google has adjusted the algorithm that decides who appears first. While those signals undoubtedly...
The Override Problem: What Happens After Your System Makes a Recommendation
I shipped a feature last week I hadn't planned to build.Not because I suddenly had a great idea. Because someone asked me a question I couldn't answer.I was in a conversation with a founder who builds AI sales agents, the kind of product that captures CRM signals and...
Your AI Agent Should Not Be Talking to All MCP Tools
Your AI Agent Doesn't Need to See Every Tool The first version of an AI agent is usually easy to understand.Give it three MCP tools: Agent ├── search_customer() ├── get_order() └── search_policy() The model can see the options. You can follow the reasoning. When...
Your Backtest Left Out the Two Costs That Kill It
The backtest showed 240% a year. Live, the same bot lost money for four months before I shut it off. Nothing in the code had changed. The market hadn't turned. The strategy was the same one that looked flawless on a chart. The gap was two numbers I'd rounded down to...
500 Blog Posts To Learn About Cloud Computing
Let's learn about Cloud Computing via these 500 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. It's raining cloud stories. 1. What is IPFS? - A...
Why Healthcare and Finance Teams Still Need Fax APIs
You've probably watched product teams launch secure messaging, modern e-signature tools, and sleek portal uploads. They ship the code, celebrate the release, and then discover that a critical prior authorization, claims packet, or signed disclosure still goes out...
Facebook Marketplace Was Built for Used Couches. US Dropshippers Are Using It Anyway
Facebook Marketplace built its brand on used couches and secondhand strollers. In 2026, it is also a working sales channel for US dropshippers. That is not what Meta designed the platform for. It started as an alternative to Craigslist, a place to sell an old dresser,...
HackerNoon Projects of the Week: Bayan Flow, GAG Token, Shugert
Welcome back to Projects of the Week, our weekly look at some of the most interesting products coming out of the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon. The bar is pretty simple: build something people actually find useful. Every project featured here tackles a real problem,...
There’s now an API for mainlining Trump’s Truth Social posts
The API is supposed to deliver posts from 'the highest-ranking Truth Social accounts.'
The HackerNoon Newsletter: You Matched With Me, Not My Operating System (7/17/2026)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, July 17, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, American and Soviet Spacecraft Dock in Orbit in 1975, Willis Carrier Invents Air Conditioning in 1902,...
Everybody’s Weirded Out by AI–Except the People Who Foist It on Us
Article URL: https://newrepublic.com/article/213004/everybody-weirded-ai-except-people-foist-us Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952445 Points: 13 # Comments: 0
FAA lets Boeing sign off on 737 MAX, 787 airworthiness certificates again
Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/faa-boeing-737-max-787.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952439 Points: 10 # Comments: 1
New wp2shell WordPress Core Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code
An anonymous HTTP request can run code on a WordPress site. The bug is in core, so a bare install with zero plugins is exploitable. Every 6.9 and 7.0 site was in range until Friday, when WordPress shipped 6.9.5 and 7.0.2 and enabled what it calls forced updates...
‘The Odyssey’: Box office predictions, review roundup, and Christopher Nolan’s big bet on movie theaters
At a time when Hollywood needs a win, acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan is again betting on the experience economy. His epic masterpiece The Odyssey hits theaters today (Friday, July 17) and is already projected to break box office records. Let’s take a look at...
Wearables Won’t Be Part of EU Battery Rule As They Are Too Small to Be Repaired by Users
Though trained technicians will still be able to replace batteries during repairs.
The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’
If every meeting, watercooler conversation, and date gets transcribed and summarized, who's actually reading any of it?
Capital One releases VulnHunter, an open-source AI tool that finds software flaws before hackers do
Capital One on Thursday released VulnHunter, an open-source, agentic AI security tool that scans source code for exploitable vulnerabilities, maps out how an attacker would reach them, and proposes targeted fixes — all before a single line ships to production. The...
Meta is reportedly considering a multibillion-dollar data center deal with Anthropic
It would open up a completely new business for the Facebook and Instagram maker.
Flock CEO Apologizes for Calling Activists ‘Terrorists’
Article URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/07/17/flock-ceo-sorry-for-labelling-activists-terrorists/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951595 Points: 7 # Comments: 2
The viral watermelon ice cream hack looks like magic. Does it actually work?
For anyone looking to cool off this summer, a new viral recipe is transforming one of the season’s most iconic fruits into a creamy frozen dessert, no ice cream maker required. A watermelon ice cream recipe is taking over TikTok’s FoodTok community, with creators...
OpenSSL HollowByte Flaw Could Freeze Server Memory with 11-Byte TLS Requests
Eleven bytes will make an unpatched OpenSSL server set aside up to 131 KB of memory for a message that never arrives. On the glibc systems Okta tested, that memory is gone until the process restarts. OpenSSL shipped the HollowByte fix in June with no CVE, no advisory,...
Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla’s backyard
Agility is opening a new training center for its Digit robots in Fremont, California.
AI-driven memory crunch jolts India’s smartphone market
India's smartphone slowdown highlights how the AI boom is reshaping consumer electronics, from pricing and demand to corporate strategy.
The Zilog Z80 has turned 50
Article URL: https://goliath32.com/blog/z80.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951461 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
ICE Flight Monitor Interactive Dashboard
Article URL: https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/ice-flight-monitor-interactive-dashboard Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951014 Points: 11 # Comments: 1