The Survivorship Bias Trap in Trading
In 1943, the U.S. military studied bombers coming back from Europe and mapped every bullet hole. The damage clustered on the wings and the tail. The obvious move was to armor those spots. Abraham Wald, a statistician working the problem, said no. Armor the places with...
EU competition decision hands SAP customers more leverage in contract talks
EU competition decision hands SAP customers more leverage in contract talks Go to Source Enterprise customers should use SAP's commitments to the European Commission to reconsider complex ERP migration timelines and gain leverage in...
America pays workers just 27% of what its wealth allows – the worst in the OECD
Article URL: https://fortune.com/2026/07/13/us-worst-oecd-fair-pay-score/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48918078 Points: 10 # Comments: 0
We’ve been blaming screens for anxious kids. A new study points to a completely different culprit
As a kid, I was a perfectionist who had meltdowns if I colored even a little outside the lines. Arguably, my unrealistic standards for myself might have helped me perform better in school. But I still wouldn’t recommend them to anyone. My perfectionism didn’t just...
Why have people historically quit their jobs? The real reason comes down to 4 words
It’s a familiar rhythm. Just like many employees around the world, they go through a detailed interview process, taking weeks to find the perfect match through vetting and being vetted. Once they accept the offer, there’s a sense of hope and anticipation as they meet...
Want experts in 10 years? Keep AI away from your beginners today
In mid-June, the Norwegian government announced that primary school students would essentially stop using generative AI starting this fall. A few months earlier, in Syracuse, New York, the law firm Barclay Damon adopted an internal rule: For their first three years,...
Compromised AsyncAPI npm Packages Deliver Multi-Stage Botnet Malware
Four compromised npm packages in the @asyncapi namespace have been observed distributing a multi-stage botnet loader, according to findings from OX Security, SafeDep, Socket, and StepSecurity. The affected packages are listed below - @asyncapi/[email protected]...
Progress Confirms Zero-Day Vulnerability Behind ShareFile Disruption
The company has rolled out a fix and is restoring access for Storage Zones Controller customers who apply it. The post Progress Confirms Zero-Day Vulnerability Behind ShareFile Disruption appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Four months with my first home battery taught me what whole-home backup really means
Anker's Solix E10 made backup power understandable for this first-timer, and I can't wait to expand the system.
ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Fixed by Siemens, Schneider, Rockwell
The industrial giants fixed dozens of vulnerabilities across their ICS products, with advisories also released by CISA and VDE CERT. The post ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Fixed by Siemens, Schneider, Rockwell appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Software bloat? This elevator needs an 8GB Core i5
BORK!BORK!BORK! Paris might sometimes be called "The City of Light" or perhaps "The City of Love" by the romantically inclined. Judging by this hotel's elevators, "The City of Bork" is more appropriate. Spotted by eagle-eyed Register reader Nathaniel in a Paris hotel,...
Fluke – 821,100 breached accounts
In July 2026, electronic test and measurement equipment company Fluke was targeted in a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign. The group subsequently published more than 100GB of data allegedly taken from the company. The corpus contained largely corporate...
What’s the difference between artificial intelligence and synthetic intelligence —and why does it matter?
Cubic zirconia looks like a diamond, but jewelers call it a simulant: an imitation that plays the part at a glance but does not survive close inspection. A lab-grown diamond, by contrast, has the same carbon structure, the same hardness, and cuts glass just as...
Starlink’s new V5 home dish is smaller and more energy-efficient
Starlink's latest V5 residential dish doesn't boost data speeds but offers several improvements.
OpenAI’s first device will reportedly be a ‘humanlike’ rechargeable speaker
OpenAI wants its first AI device to feel like the physical manifestation of ChatGPT, Bloomberg says.
Ask HN: How do you track feedback when you post across multiple places?
Over the last two years I have been working on multiple projects and when trying to get feedback from people, I kept facing the same problem. I post across multiple platforms - X, Reddit, Facebook, etc and all responses ended up scattered across different places. So...
Who’s running all those tiny RPKI servers?
Article URL: https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/15/whos-running-all-those-tiny-rpki-servers/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48917055 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Mentoring is reciprocal
A prominent Philadelphia retailer once told me the surest way to be mentored by her was never to ask. The people she ended up investing in were the ones who simply kept showing up (volunteering, staying curious, doing the work) until one day she looked up and thought,...
OpenMandriva’s accused repo wrecker says it wasn’t sabotage – it was a message
The contributor accused by OpenMandriva of sabotaging its Linux distribution says he deliberately deleted repositories and obsoleted packages, but insists the project has badly misrepresented both his motives and his role. Last week, OpenMandriva accused Davide...
Hacking Around the Financial Pain of New 3DS XL Top Screens
With Nintendo’s 3DS experiencing a bit of a renaissance lately, prices for functioning systems have shot through the roof. Getting a busted one with a broken screen is a lot cheaper, but then you run into the eye-watering price difference between a replacement top...
I tested my USB-C cables with this free Mac app – some weren’t what they claimed
WhatCable is a free Mac app that gives you all the information you could need for your USB-C cables.
The Star Wars cantina scene shows we need a new hope for the agentic web
OPINION Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince recently reported that bots now generate more internet traffic than humans, yet few websites have undergone a redesign to accommodate both human and agentic visitors. Clever agents find a way in regardless. I learned this after...
Critical Vulnerabilities Patched With Fresh Chrome 150, Firefox 152 Updates
Public exploit code targeting the Firefox flaws exists, but no in-the-wild exploitation has been observed. The post Critical Vulnerabilities Patched With Fresh Chrome 150, Firefox 152 Updates appeared first on SecurityWeek.
I tricked Claude into leaking your deepest, darkest secrets
Article URL: https://www.ayush.digital/blog/the-memory-heist Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48916975 Points: 11 # Comments: 0
RISC-V Is Inevitable: State of the Union Keynote Argues
Article URL: https://www.eetimes.com/risc-v-is-inevitable-state-of-the-union-keynote-argues/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48916805 Points: 8 # Comments: 1
I tested Google Maps vs. Waze to find the best navigation app – and this one wins
Want to know whether Waze or Google Maps is better? I've driven with both for hundreds of miles. Here's my choice.
LinkedIn is a cesspool of scammers and identity theft
And Microsoft doesn't care. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48916375 Points: 23 # Comments: 9
Two SonicWall SMA 1000 Zero-Days Exploited, One Could Enable Admin Commands
SonicWall has warned of active exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities impacting Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 series appliances, one of which could be exploited to achieve arbitrary command execution. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2026-15409 (CVSS...
South Korea to launch universal basic AI chatbot
South Korea’s government has posted a tender seeking suppliers to build a universal basic AI chatbot, and an AI agent for government services. The “AI for everyone” plan calls for private entities to create and operate the AI systems under contracts that expire in the...
At last, a good reason to buy an AI PC: Reining in runaway token bills
At last, a good reason to buy an AI PC: Reining in runaway token bills Go to Source Corporate PC buyers haven’t rushed to buy AI PCs but analyst firm Gartner thinks the machines can now do an important new job: Running AI workloads on...