Qilin Ransomware Attackers Exploit PAN-OS Authentication Bypass for Initial Access
Threat actors have been observed exploiting a now-patched high-severity Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS vulnerability as an entry point to deploy Qilin (aka Agenda) ransomware on victim environments. Arctic Wolf Labs said it investigated multiple intrusions in June 2026...
Giving Resin 3D Printers Another Shot After Six Years
My initial experience with a 3D printer came in 2020, when I got access to a buddy’s Creality LD-002R SLA printer. This was one of those awkward transition phases for SLA printers, where inefficient RGB LCDs finally got replaced by monochrome LCD panels, thus...
The Xteink X4 Pro could be the tiny e-reader of your dreams
Xteink makes its pocket-sized e-reader even better with a touchscreen and front light.
Garzed – my garden waters itself off soil-moisture sensors
Article URL: https://garzed.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992028 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
This Android 17 setting logs suspicious activity on your phone for troubleshooting – turn it on ASAP
When something suspicious happens on your phone, it helps to have the means to track down what occurred. Android 17 now offers such a feature: Intrusion Logging.
AI music platform Suno hits bum note as 55M users exposed in data breach, claims infosec expert
A data breach at AI music generator platform Suno exposed more than 55 million user accounts, according to Troy Hunt's Have I Been Pwned service, which ingested the files. The dump consisted mostly of email addresses, although phone numbers were also included where...
What is ‘the gravity of average’ and why is it holding you back?
I grew up believing one thing: Don’t be average. Looking back now, as an older, slightly fatter man, there’s something wonderfully ironic about that particular piece of advice. While every person in authority was telling me not to become average, the systems around me...
The Great Steam Deck Crash of 2026: How the New Pricing Decreased Demand by 80%
Article URL: https://boilingsteam.com/the-great-steam-deck-volume-crash/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48991815 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Your CD and Blu-Ray collection won’t last forever
It's important to be aware of disc rot, but there's no need to be afraid.
Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated
Deezer said more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily on the platform in June
Android backups count toward your 15GB Google storage limit now – how to check your settings
An amended Google One storage utilization policy is rolling out now to include your Android device settings in backups, but there's no need to panic. Here are your options.
Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges
Maritime nuclear energy startup Bluecore Energy has raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Slauson & Co.
Tesla teases Cybercab with a built-in Starlink V5 antenna
Tesla has revealed its upcoming Cybercab design with a built-in SpaceX Starlink V5 dish.
Anthropic AI copyright lawsuit: Update as judge approves massive settlement and payout for authors
Anthropic will finally have to pay authors for pirating their books. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín approved a $1.5 billion AI copyright settlement. The payout is believed to be the largest ever for a U.S. copyright suit. Companies like...
AT&T’s new business plan includes ‘unlimited’ hotspot data – and starts at $75 per line
The monthly price for Business Unlimited Ultimate 3.0 depends on how many phone lines you have - and can include up to 50.
Intel fortifies Foundry with an actual customer: Fortinet
Fortinet on Tuesday revealed it will use Intel Foundry to fab its sixth-gen Security Processor (SP6), a nice win for Chipzilla's sputtering chipmaking biz. The chips feature dedicated accelerators designed specifically for the security and cryptographic operations...
xMEMS unveils super tiny cooling fan that fits inside smart glasses
The XMC-1200 won't be in production for another year, so we might see smart glasses with it in 2028.
How do you bounce back from making the worst smart glasses of 2025?
Last year, Halliday launched one of the worst-reviewed pairs of smart glasses. Now it's back with a second-generation model to right its predecessor's sins.
Empirical Security Raises $25 Million in Series A Funding
The startup will use the investment to accelerate the development of its threat prediction and discovery products. The post Empirical Security Raises $25 Million in Series A Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Dollar Tree is closing stores, joins list of retailers adjusting their physical location footprint in 2026
Store closures have become a common story in 2026. While food and restaurant chains like Five Guys, Pizza Hut, and Papa John’s tend to grab the most of the headlines, this year has also seen closures from retail shopping brands like H&M and Glossier. And now,...
I tested iOS 26 Siri against iOS 27 Siri AI in my car – and it wasn’t even close
With the iOS 27 public beta on my iPhone, I challenged Siri AI to assist me in the car. Here's how it performed over regular Siri.
New US homeownership measure puts people first
Article URL: https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2026/new-homeownership-measure-puts-people-first Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48991139 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Battery recycling solves mineral security
Global competition for critical minerals is reshaping economic and technological leadership. Lithium, cobalt, and nickel power everything from electric vehicles to grid-scale storage. Yet as demand surges, access remains fragile, with much of the world’s mining and...
This Texas startup wants to reinvent desalination with a spinning membrane
Growing up in Las Vegas, Hunter Manz took annual trips to nearby Lake Mead with his father. Each year, he watched the reservoir, Southern Nevada’s primary water source, recede further, sparking an early interest in water conservation. As a teenager, Manz began...
UK.gov’s tech department gets the chop after two years
The UK government is scrapping the department charged with leading digital and tech change across the public sector. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) – created by former Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – will see its...
LG monitors are using Windows 11 feature to serve adware
LG has come under fire over its Monitor App Installer, which is automatically and silently installed when plugging in some of the company's monitors. In this case, the monitor in question is a new LG UltraGear. Upon first connection to a Windows 11 device, the OS can...
SecurityWeek Launches Critical Impact Awards to Recognize Excellence in Industrial Cybersecurity
Independently judged and sponsor-neutral, the new awards program honors the people, organizations, and technologies delivering proven impact in industrial cybersecurity; winners to be announced live at the 2026 ICS Cybersecurity Conference in Nashville The post...
New Bit2Watt Attack Could Let Cloud Tenants Disrupt Power Grids Without an Exploit
A cloud tenant using nothing but ordinary GPU access can push a data center's power draw up and down fast enough to threaten the grid it runs on, with no exploit and no break-in. That is the claim behind Bit2Watt, described by three Zhejiang University researchers in...
GitHub suddenly rejected my SSH key (the fix was a .pub file?)
Article URL: https://thorsell.io/2026/07/21/github-ssh-keys.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48990929 Points: 14 # Comments: 1
Samsung establishes a robotics division
Samsung created a robotics division called RX, and its first product could be a humanoid robot.