The Biggest Mistake Platform Teams Make Is Hiding Complexity
The article argues that platform teams often mistake abstraction for simplicity, hiding critical system behaviors instead of exposing them responsibly. Through examples spanning cloud platforms, microservices, low-code tools, and data pipelines, it advocates designing...
NetNut Shut Down by the FBI? Here’s What Happened and What to Do Next
The FBI, in collaboration with Google and other actors, has taken down NetNut’s proxy network while targeting a 2-million-device botnet. What was once considered one of the largest proxy networks has now been forcibly disrupted. Now, this isn’t just about finding a...
The User Is the Content
Every few weeks a marketing leader asks me some version of the same question: should we "do Reddit" to start showing up in AI search? I understand the anxiety, but it's aimed at the wrong thing. So the useful question isn't which engine wins (the SEO vs. AEO debate),...
How Cloud Controls Frameworks and Agentic AI Simplify Compliance and Accelerate Market Access
If you’ve ever tried selling software internationally, you know the drill: every new customer, every new country, wants proof that your product is secure. And they don’t all ask for the same thing. Instead of running yourself ragged chasing a different certification...
Why Cybersecurity Governance Depends on Decisions, Not Just Controls
Every digital organization relies on controls that are expected to protect systems, data, and operations as the environment grows more complex. Nataliia Stashevska focuses on the governance questions behind security decisions in regulated digital systems....
TALOS Wants to Break AI’s Cloud Monopoly, One GPU at a Time
Every major AI provider today runs on the same playbook: build a data center the size of a small city, load it with GPUs nobody else can afford, and rent access back to the rest of the world at whatever margin the market will bear. Your prompts pass through their...
ISP Traffic Shaping: Why Your Streaming Buffers Even When Your Internet Seems Fine
The article explains how ISPs use deep packet inspection (DPI) and traffic classification to identify and selectively throttle bandwidth-intensive services such as streaming platforms. It also explores how VPNs obscure destination information, reducing the...
Anthropic’s Claude Cowork heads to the cloud as data shows 90% of sessions aren’t for coding
Claude Cowork is moving to web and mobile, and new data shows it's being used far beyond coding and software development. Can it safely replace OpenClaw for me? Stay tuned.
Now you can direct Anthropic’s Claude Cowork AI from your phone
Max subscribers get first access to Claude's new Cowork tool for your phone.
Better Auth is joining Vercel
Article URL: https://better-auth.com/blog/better-auth-joins-vercel Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48819512 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
How Is Technology Improving Human Behavior and Productivity?
We Fear Technology, But We Can't Live Without It Walk into any room and ask about technology. You'll hear fear. "AI will take our jobs." "Kids won't learn anymore." "We're losing human connection." "The future doesn't look bright." Then watch what people actually do....
Why this fully agentic ransomware attack is giving researchers nightmares
JadePuffer could be the first reported case of a ransomware attack driven by AI from start to finish. How can businesses respond?
AI Data Centers Face a Networking Bottleneck as GPU Clusters Grow
AI data centers are running into a network bottleneck as GPU clusters expand. For infrastructure teams, fabric design, congestion control, and interoperability now matter as much as power, cooling, and accelerator supply. The post AI Data Centers Face a Networking...
Researchers Argue Saturn’s Moon Titan Is Perfect for Human Exploration
What makes Titan more viable than other, closer bodies in our solar system?
Chat Control passed first round in EU Parliament
Article URL: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Showdown-in-Strasbourg-The-unexpected-return-of-Chat-Control-1-0-11356680.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48819008 Points: 9 # Comments: 1
SB Mini II is a Homebrew Apple II Clone
On the one hand, the original Apple II has been copied over and over again since at least the early 80s, so maybe this hack is old hat to the greybeards around here. On the other hand, this is the year 2026. When Apple released it back in 1977, who could have...
Here’s what all of those Android status bar icons mean
There's a lot of info packed in the top area of an Android phone's screen
X adds a video editor to encourage creators to post original content, not stolen reposts
X is rolling out a new video editor and recorder for iOS with multilingual captions, green screen effects, and other editing tools.
Public GitHub Issue Could Trick GitHub Agentic Workflows Into Leaking Private Repo Data
A public issue can trick GitHub Agentic Workflows into leaking the contents of an organization's private repositories, researchers at Noma Security have shown. The attacker needs only to open a normal-looking issue on a public repository, with no stolen credentials...
The Revenge of the Philosophy Majors
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/business/philosophy-majors-ai-jobs.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48818544 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
Sodium-ion “salt” batteries will revolutionize electric-vehicle and grid storage
Article URL: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532997-salt-batteries-are-about-to-shake-up-evs-and-grid-storage/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48818271 Points: 12 # Comments: 9
Chemistry Ventures is raising $500M for its second fund
Chemistry Ventures is raising $500M for its second fund Go to Source Chemistry Ventures, the VC firm launched by Bessemer, Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz alums, is raising $500M for its second fund.
Put all your data and AI to work and get it out of silos and lakehouses
Imagine your refrigerator sits in another building, 100 metres from your kitchen. Every time you cook, you walk over for each ingredient, then walk back to check that you closed the fridge door. That could be another long walk back if you forgot the milk for your...
AI law startup Norm raises $120M, hits unicorn valuation
AI law startup Norm has raised a $120 million Series C round led by Kholsa Ventures, valuing the startup at $1.2 billion.
How to run Linux GUI apps on Android (when it actually works)
Android is oh-so-close to being a full-blown Linux desktop. There's just one problem with the feature.
After 30 years with Linux, here’s my way of convincing Windows users to switch
After decades of using Linux, I've found that this is the best way to show Windows users what they're missing.
Is Now the Time for Volumetric 3D Printing?
Of all innovations adopted by the maker community within the past couple of decades, one stands among the rest on top for anything regarding manufacturing. It goes without saying here at Hackaday how many projects have been reliant on using the technology to turn...
This startup pits dealerships against each other to bid on your used car
Bidbus, which lets dealerships bid on used cars, has raised $15 million in a Series A round that was led by early-stage mobility fund Ibex Investors.
Writer AI Flaw Could Let Agent Previews Leak Session Tokens Across Tenants
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched critical session isolation vulnerability in Writer, an enterprise generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform, that could result in cross-tenant compromise. The one-click vulnerability has been...
Court Filing Reveals Windows Device ID Helped FBI Trace Alleged Scattered Spider Hacker
U.S. prosecutors linked an alleged Scattered Spider hacker to a break-in at a luxury jewelry retailer using a persistent Windows device ID, according to a newly unsealed federal complaint. Microsoft records tied that ID first to the account the attackers used to keep...