The Boring Company raises $3B in round led by UAE
The company said it plans to dig more than 150 kilometers of tunnels in the Middle Eastern country.
Nintendo’s latest sale is ‘made possible’ by the tariff refunds it’s hoarding
Another way to appreciate customers might be returning their money.
Instagram now lets you add tagged photos to your profile grid
Instagram now lets you bring tagged photos to your main profile feed, and here's how to do it.
AI agents are flooding public services with new requests
“The vast majority of cases we find are people who are entitled to claim for something, claiming for that thing,” the researcher told TechCrunch.
The iPhone Duo just might live up to the hype
Despite all the build-up and all the scrutiny, Apple's first foldable phone looks solid.
Anthropic Researcher Resigns With Warning About the Dangers of AI Development
Both Anthropic and OpenAI have seen high-profile resignations in recent years that were tied to safety concerns. The post Anthropic Researcher Resigns With Warning About the Dangers of AI Development appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Azure SQL Data Sync stops taking newcomers before 2027 execution
Microsoft has entered the final phase of retiring Azure SQL Data Sync, blocking new deployments in subscriptions that have never used the service. The restriction took effect on September 9, ahead of the service's shutdown on September 30, 2027. Subscriptions that...
Google Play Early Access Abused to Push Thousands of Deceptive Android Apps
Bad actors are misusing Google Play's Early Access program to push deceptive apps that claim to offer money, rewards, casino winnings, and premium content. Early Access apps are apps that haven't been released on the official Android app marketplace. The main idea...
Amazon pilots ad services in ChatGPT
Article URL: https://www.marketingdive.com/news/amazon-pilots-ad-services-in-chatgpt-what-marketers-need-to-know/829945/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49644047 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Show HN: I couldn’t afford interview prep, so I built a free alternative
Article URL: https://learningto.co/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643992 Points: 6 # Comments: 2
Shopify moves back to Native from React Native
Article URL: https://shopify.engineering/back-to-native Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643982 Points: 14 # Comments: 2
Bending Spoons buying Miro for $1.355B
Article URL: https://investors.bendingspoons.com/newsroom/bending-spoons-agrees-to-acquire-miro Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643848 Points: 14 # Comments: 3
How I built an AI chief of staff for $25 a day
For 20 years, I built my career on the business side of startups: sales, marketing, customer success, operations—areas where I never needed to learn coding or build something myself. That changed this year. My CEO role grew beyond my domain of expertise to span the...
Omaha Steaks just cut 60% of its products. Here’s what it’s betting on instead
The stakes have never been higher for the beef industry. Grocery prices are at record highs amid a 75-year low in cattle inventory at American farms. President Donald Trump has authorized the import of hundreds of thousands of tons of beef from foreign markets,...
Bending Spoons to buy collaboration tools maker Miro for $1.36B, 90% less than its 2022 valuation
Bending Spoons is buying Miro for $1.36B, a huge dip in valuation for the workplace collaboration startup, which was valued at $17.5B in late 2021.
Hacker Conversations: Vinnie Liu, Performer Turned Ringmaster
Vinnie Liu was recruited by the NSA when he was just 17 years old. He is now the CEO of Bishop Fox. The post Hacker Conversations: Vinnie Liu, Performer Turned Ringmaster appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Maven Robotics wants to steal your robot deployment deal
Maven Robotics emerged from stealth today with a $100 million Series A and active deployments.
Surging oil prices from Iran war will be ‘tumbling downward’ after midterms, Trump says
Surging oil prices from Iran war will be ‘tumbling downward’ after midterms, Trump says Go to Source President Donald Trump said Wednesday that oil prices that have surged because of the Iran war likely won’t come down until after...
Nscale swallows lion’s share of UK datacenter investment
Nscale accounts for nearly two-thirds of the equity funding raised by UK datacenter infrastructure companies, according to a report from Tracxn. The market research firm identifies the rent-a-GPU operation as the only unicorn – a privately held company valued at more...
Tell HN: OpenAI keeps re-enabling the ‘allow training’ setting
I've reset this more than once and the last time I made a careful note of when I did it and to my surprise I found it re-enabled when I checked just now. Make sure you check this thing to see if it hasn't been re-enabled if you believe it to be off right now. Comments...
AI Doomlord Jacob Coxon’s Media Tour Has Begun
Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/ai-doomlord-jacob-coxons-media-tour-has-begun-2000809720 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643299 Points: 11 # Comments: 5
Tech In Plain Sight: Meet The Robot That Does CPR
Usually in Tech In Plain Sight, we talk about technology you probably see every day, even if you don’t notice it. But we hope you don’t get to see one of the latest crop of medical robots, such as the LUCAS chest compression system. If you watch the popular TV series...
Webinar Today: Keep Pace With AI – A New Operating Model for Endpoint Remediation
Join the webinar for a focused, 20-minute discussion on Frontier Pace Governance, an approach to balancing automation, policy, and business risk as IT operations accelerate. The post Webinar Today: Keep Pace With AI – A New Operating Model for Endpoint Remediation...
Domino’s Pizza is closing stores: See a list of locations that abruptly shuttered in an apparent franchise fallout
Several Domino’s Pizza stores have abruptly closed their doors in the wake of a major franchisee’s apparent financial struggles. The restaurants, located in Ohio, are owned by longtime franchisee Anthony Satterwhite, according to Domino’s most recent franchise...
Deceptive Android Apps Exploit Google Play Early Access to Evade Reviews
Deceptive apps in Early Access are being used by dishonest developers for their own benefit. The post Deceptive Android Apps Exploit Google Play Early Access to Evade Reviews appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Google signs its biggest rice-methane carbon credit deal with Indian startup Mitti Labs
The four-year agreement will cover rice farms across three Indian states, reaching about 100,000 hectares at peak delivery.
List of references on Sony websites to players “owning” their digital games
Article URL: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Sony_PlayStation_digital_game_ownership_lawsuit Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49642531 Points: 31 # Comments: 3
PaperCut Attacker Uses Hundreds of AI Agents to Compromise 440+ Instances
A suspected Russian-speaking cyber actor has been attributed to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to devise exploits targeting a recently disclosed pair of security flaws in PaperCut NG/MF and break into hundreds of instances. According to independent reports...
Check Point Discloses Two 9.8-Rated VPN Certificate Flaws Enabling Unauthenticated RCE
Check Point has patched two critical vulnerabilities in the way its firewall and management products handle VPN certificates. The company says both could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to run code, but only "under specific conditions" that it has not...
Gigabud Creates Android Work Profiles to Hide From Banking App Malware Checks
The Gigabud banking trojan now installs a second Android app that creates a work profile on an infected phone and drops a tampered banking app inside it, security firm Group-IB said in a report published on September 9. A work profile is a separate space that Android...