24/7 access for every customer, from around the world to around the block
Mexico City is home to more than 9 million residents in countless communities and neighborhoods that serve PepsiCo consumers through small mom-and-pop shops. Like small-business owners everywhere, the owners of these stores work around the clock, every day, to meet...
Google is helping bring cutting-edge battery tech to an old West Virginia strip mine
For decades, a sprawling site in West Virginia was mined for coal, and part of the operation is still active. But on a 500-acre section abandoned 20 years ago, something new is taking shape: a clean-energy project pairing solar power with cutting-edge battery...
BGP Hijack Delivers Malicious Virtualizor Update That Establishes Persistent Root Access
Virtualizor said hackers used a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hijack to divert Softaculous traffic. The hackers then used the diverted update traffic to deliver a malicious Virtualizor package to some installations. A hosting-provider account separately said 5 of its...
Meta Ads Push StreamRat Android Trojan That Can Gain Near-Complete Device Control
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android banking trojan called StreamRat that was promoted to Spanish-speaking users through a fake television-streaming campaign on Meta and can give operators near-complete control of infected devices....
Offshoots of cancelled TrueNAS Core upgrade to FreeBSD 15
Good news if you want to keep your NAS boxes on FreeBSD – two new contenders just stepped up, with updated forks of the cancelled TrueNAS Core. FreeBSD has a strong reputation as a stable server OS, and integrates highly reliable ZFS filesystem right into its kernel....
Nintendo’s surprise free update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch 2 includes eight-player split-screen
The nine-year-old game that keeps giving.
A Note from LWN
Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1090585/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49535752 Points: 12 # Comments: 0
Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London
Article URL: https://nltimes.nl/2026/09/02/dutch-central-bank-moves-share-gold-us-canada-london-cites-instability Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49535526 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Ending my elixir exploratory writing
Article URL: https://lucassifoni.info/blog/the-end-of-this-elixir-log/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49534921 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Windows 11 Gets Permanent Opt-Out for Annoying OneDrive Backup Prompts
The updated prompt now includes a clearly labeled “Opt out of backup” button.
Star Wars Zero Company is a great game that’s busted and may never be fixed
It's hard to be confident about Star Wars Zero Company's future after the studio that made it furloughed most of its staff.
Anthropic hires architect of UK AI policy as MPs warn of ‘clear conflict of interest’
UK Parliament's science and technology committee has asked the government to explain how it will avoid conflicts of interest after Anthropic recruited Matt Clifford, chair of blue-sky research agency ARIA. Clifford said he was joining the US AI poster child as...
AI adoption is outpacing security in critical infrastructure
Energy, manufacturing and utility operators are wiring decades-old plants into modern networks just as attackers gain machine-speed tooling, and critical infrastructure cybersecurity is where that mismatch bites hardest. Awareness of the risk is widespread, but action...
Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable ‘pervert glasses’
The Nordic country says wearable camera headsets need to be regulated given their privacy risks.
Adobe is making its tools available in Slack
Users will be able to access Express, Premiere, and Acrobat in Slack
HomeOS – A self-hosted family dashboard for a kitchen touchscreen
Article URL: https://github.com/danialkhilji/HomeOS Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49535594 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Panera Bread’s fall menu goes heavy on the sweets and soups, including 3 items you’ve never seen before
It’s the first week of September which means, cue Seinfeld’s George Constanza, we’re “shifting into soup mode.” Panera Bread is right there with us, rolling out its new fall menu today. The seasonal offerings include the return of two soups: rustic baked potato soup...
OpenMatter adds an AI model gateway and privacy-preserving machine learning
OpenMatter Network Inc. today announced the first significant expansion of its platform since its commercial launch three months ago, adding a developer kit, a gateway for managing access to artificial intelligence models from multiple providers, a rebuilt...
Next-gen AI networks may hinge on the telephone switchboard’s return
If you thought 72 GPUs per rack was dense, next-generation designs from Nvidia and others will cram hundreds or even thousands of accelerators into a single massive system. But for any of that to happen, they're going to need a lot of optics and technology that's...
Security becomes a shared job as AI widens the attack surface
Cloud providers and security companies are being pulled into tighter formation as artificial intelligence widens the enterprise attack surface faster than any single supplier can cover it. The AWS CrowdStrike partnership is one of the clearest examples, built over a...
Rockwell Automation Patches Over a Dozen Vulnerabilities Across Products
The industrial giant has released advisories for its RSLinx Classic, ArmorStart, ControlFLASH, FactoryTalk, and other products. The post Rockwell Automation Patches Over a Dozen Vulnerabilities Across Products appeared first on SecurityWeek.
It’s OK to hardcode feature flags (2025)
Article URL: https://code.mendhak.com/hardcode-feature-flags/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49534524 Points: 16 # Comments: 10
Microsoft update disarms Outlook and Teams on Arm PCs
Not keen on the new Outlook? You're not alone. Microsoft's August security update has stopped it and Teams from launching reliably on some Arm-based devices, including Surface hardware. Microsoft acknowledged the problem on September 1 and added it to the Windows...
Solar Roof and Hood Add 50 Miles of Range Per Day to Chinese Electric SUV
The FAW Hongqi EHS7 prototype used perovskite to tackle the challenges of panel shaping.
Exploit Published for Fresh Cleo Harmony Vulnerability
The security defect allows remote attackers to bypass authentication through argument bearer manipulation. The post Exploit Published for Fresh Cleo Harmony Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Uber is laying off 10% of staff, or 3,300 people
Uber is laying off about 3,300 people, or about 10% of its global headcount, in a bid to reduce management layers and invest more in its ride-sharing, delivery, and robotaxi divisions.
OpenAI faces 30 more lawsuits tied to Tumbler Ridge shooting
Edelson PC is filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, escalating claims to aiding and abetting and naming Chris Lehane, though evidence remains unconfirmed.
How to Secure Enterprise AI: From Adoption to Incident Readiness
The debate about whether AI delivers business value is over. The challenge now is implementing it at scale and securely across every function while meeting board-level pressure to move fast. Organizations must focus on adopting AI at business speed without losing...
London Tube closes the 5G gap with streets above
Mobile coverage on parts of London's Underground now rivals the streets above for 5G availability and signal strength, according to analysis by network intelligence biz Ookla. Cellular support has been rolling out across the Tube since Mayor Sadiq Khan promised in...
Techlash Lands School District in Federal Court
A federal lawsuit over mandatory school devices puts a growing parent techlash in the spotlight, pitting concerns about screen time and online risks against the realities of digital classrooms. The post Techlash Lands School District in Federal Court appeared first on...