Researchers drop checkm8-style BootROM exploit for A12 and A13 iPhones
A newly disclosed BootROM exploit affecting Apple's A12 and A13 chips gives researchers a way to break the secure boot chain on millions of iPhones and other Apple devices. The exploit, dubbed “usbliter8” by security researchers at Paradigm Shift, targets a flaw in...
Italy’s Meloni says Trump ‘made up’ story that she ‘begged’ him for photo at G7
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20y1ygn707o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48599625 Points: 10 # Comments: 0
Operation Endgame Disrupts SocGholish Servers, Cleans 14,971 WordPress Sites
Dutch law enforcement authorities, along with counterparts from Canada , Germany, and the U.S., have disrupted malicious infrastructure associated with SocGholish and cleaned up nearly 15,000 infected WordPress websites. "With these actions we deprive cybercriminals...
Creating Beautiful Light Shows With Soap
We feature a lot of fun projects with LEDs and lasers and all kinds of light effects going on. Most of these are very digital. However, there are a great many ways to make beautiful lighting effects without ones and zeros. The Maelstrom Lamp from [Michele Lorenzi] is...
Tensordyne makes a big bet on log math to beat Nvidia
AI infrastructure startup Tensordyne has taped out its first commercial accelerator, with fabrication on TSMC’s 3nm process already underway. Developed in collaboration with Juniper Networks and Broadcom, Tensordyne’s systems promise higher throughput and lower power...
In Other News: Apple Patches Beats Eavesdropping Flaw, DOT Closes Delta CrowdStrike Probe, AWS Continuum
Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Android TV botnet Popa linked to Israeli firm, Velvet Ant maintained decade-long stealth, unpatched GCP Config Connector flaw enables takeover. The post In Other News: Apple Patches Beats Eavesdropping...
Billionaire Ambani wants AI in every call, app, and home
Reliance is weaving AI into telecom services used by more than 500 million people.
The Ninja Creami just dropped to an all time low price for Prime Day – and I recommend one
Make your own ice cream, gelato, sorbet, and smoothie bowls with the Ninja Creami, now 22% off for Amazon Prime Day.
How many of the 170k English words do you know?
Article URL: https://vocabowl-870366514258.us-west1.run.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48598586 Points: 10 # Comments: 9
CISA Warns Fortinet Customers as FortiBleed Hits 86,644 FortiGate Devices
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday urged Fortinet customers with FortiGate appliances to take steps to secure against ongoing malicious activity aimed at thousands of internet-accessible devices. The sweeping campaign,...
Bcachefs exits experimental status in new ‘performance release’
bcachefs boss Kent Overstreet has announced version 1.38.6 of the Linux filesystem, dubbing it “the performance release” and declaring the project is no longer experimental. The new code is ostensibly a relatively modest point release, but is noteworthy as it’s only...
Kroger is giving away 100,000 free pints of ice cream. But you have to act fast
This Sunday, June 21, is the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, which officially marks the first day of summer. To celebrate the arrival of many people’s favorite time of the year, the supermarket giant Kroger is giving away 100,000 free pints of ice cream....
‘Toy Story 5’ taps into white-collar fears of obsolescence in the age of AI
Before Disneyfication, fairy tales were terrifying, designed to teach kids about dangerous aspects of the world. Pixar may be taking a page out of the Brothers Grimm’s book. From the beginning, its Toy Story franchise has been about fear of replacement, with the...
Waymo hits the brakes after robotaxis keep missing the signs for freeway construction zones
Waymo is recalling nearly 4,000 robotaxis after its vehicles repeatedly failed to recognize freeway construction zones, in some cases driving past closure signs or between cones marking closed lanes. A total of 3,871 vehicles equipped with Waymo’s fifth-generation...
This Week in Security: Arch AUR, Steam Marketplace, WordPress All Face Issues, Taco-Themed Coding, and Mythos Makes National News
Starting on June 11, 2026, the Arch User Repository (AUR) was targeted by malware which rapidly compromised over 1,500 packages. The AUR repository allows for abandoned community packages to be taken over by a new maintainer, which was exploited by the attackers to...
NASA picks Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for Mars mission
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/nasa-picks-eric-schmidts-rocket-company-for-mars-mission-setting-up-a-race-with-spacex/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48597910 Points: 9 # Comments: 6
Leave a Trace
Article URL: https://www.jakeworth.com/posts/leave-a-trace Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48597939 Points: 11 # Comments: 2
The room the economy can’t see
Article URL: https://wilsoniumite.com/2026/06/19/the-room-the-economy-cant-see/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48596911 Points: 91 # Comments: 50
Public media is struggling under Trump. L.A.’s KCRW may have found the way forward
It was a textbook addition of insult to injury. When President Trump signed an executive order last May taking federal funds away from public broadcasters, he dubbed the document: “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media.” Apparently, the financial lifeblood of...
Telegram founder accuses Meta of sabotaging access in India with BGP hijacks
The founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has suggested Meta might be using its investment in Indian telco Jio to sabotage the messaging service. Durov dropped his theory on X, writing: "Indian telecom Reliance is sabotaging access to Telegram for millions of users...
Why people might ditch their smartwatches for something simpler
Not everyone wants a screen on their wrist.
Vercel debuts eve open source agent framework, tries to fix shadow AI with Passport
Vercel introduced an open source agent framework called eve at its Ship event in London this week, along with other new features including Passport, an attempt to put employee apps created with AI under enterprise control. Agents are dominating the AI conversation...
Microsoft’s latest Windows bug belongs in the Recycle Bin
Microsoft's latest Windows update has introduced a cosmetic bug that exposes the Recycle Bin's internal file-naming scheme when users permanently delete a file. When permanently deleting a single item from the Recycle Bin, Windows now displays its internal name – such...
Everything’s bigger and better in Texas – even data breaches
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) says 3 million Texans had their data stolen following a breach at one of its suppliers. People with state-issued hunting and fishing licenses are among those affected after attackers breached the vendor that handles...
Toy Story 5 is a surprisingly thoughtful critique of technology
Toy Story 5 introduces a tablet as a villain, but it's also smart enough to realize tech isn't always bad. Parents just need to step up.
The CEO of Allbirds’ new AI biz has a plan, but no employees
Call it a startup with a sole founder and a very large seed round, but what's next is less clear.
Amazon won’t release Sam Altman biopic focused on OpenAI’s 2023 leadership crisis
Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman biopic has to find a new studio after Amazon dropped it.
From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children’s social media access
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/australia-europe-countries-move-curb-childrens-social-media-access-2026-06-18/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48597668 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
The journey to a no-compromise foldable smartphone
The first chapter in the smartphone’s history was a story of consolidation. In a triumph of engineering and convenience, the camera, music player, and computer all converged into a single, seamless slab of glass. This uniformity created a universal platform and a...
Only Than 1 in 6 Americans Expect AI to Have a Positive Effect on Society
Most believe it introduces more risks than benefits to their lives.