Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more
The updates indicate that Google is looking position to AI Mode as an AI travel agent of sorts, as it's moving beyond simply helping users find information to actually handling parts of the trip-planning and booking process itself.
How to Ship Leveraged Staking to Your App Without Writing a Line of Logic
Every DeFi app wants a yield feature, but none want to build the liquidation math that comes with it.That trade-off is why leveraged staking, colloquially “looping”, has become one of the most-used strategies in DeFi for a few key players, while staying mostly absent...
Japanese polka dot artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v4k0re3vwo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49466865 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Peter Cullen, Voice of Optimus Prime in ‘Transformers,’ Dies at 85
Article URL: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peter-cullen-optimus-prime-transformers-eeyore-1236683075/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49466016 Points: 14 # Comments: 1
Vulnerability-free container image startup Echo acquires Minimus
Echo Software Ltd., a startup that’s using artificial intelligence agents to secure container images, today announced it’s acquiring the assets of Minimus Inc. following the company’s wind-down. The core proposition of Echo is that it uses AI agents to replace...
X and the NFL have teamed up to launch a dedicated football feed
The NFL's long-standing partnership with Twitter (and now X) is continuing this season.
All The Best Computers Boot To BASIC
Anyone whose first computing experience came in the form of an 8-bit home computer will tell you about booting straight into a BASIC interpreter. The machine invited you to program it, and no doubt many of our middle aged readers are here today because they ran with...
Apple Upgrade vs. Verizon deals: which saves you the most money on an iPhone?
Verizon tempts new customers with "free" iPhone deals, but do you really save compared to Apple's own Upgrade program?
Sony’s Reon wearable air conditioner saved my sanity through multiple heatwaves
Sony's Reon Pocket Pro Plus looks like an alien is attached to your spine, but it works.
ATF responds to ‘major’ cybersecurity incident after ransomware gang’s claims
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said it’s responding to a “major” cybersecurity incident shortly after the Qilin ransomware gang posted the US federal law enforcement agency on its leak site. According to ATF's statement, the intrusion...
Launching Route 53 Files
Article URL: https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2026-08-27-Launching-Route-53-Files.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49465732 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
French CII’s Mitra-15 in SIMH. Work in Progress
Article URL: https://github.com/JPLeRouzic/Mitra-15-for-SIMH Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49465464 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
Amazon Kiro Prompt Injection Can Exfiltrate Sensitive Data Through Kiro Powers
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a vulnerability in Amazon Kiro, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, agentic integrated development environment (IDE), that could facilitate data exfiltration via prompt injection and Kiro Powers. The security...
Salesforce boasts: 50% of bookings were from ‘customers refilling the tank… they consume Flex Credits, they want more’
Announcing upbeat financials and a new offering with AI posterchild Anthropic, Salesforce has begun to drip-feed plans for how it might get customers to spend more as they deploy AI. The CRM giant has been among the victims of the so-called SaaSpocalypse, which sees...
Nitter might be no more, but Twitter is back (sort of)
There'll be no rest for X Corps' lawyers this weekend after startup Operation Bluebird rolled out the twitter.now social media network this week. The launch came the same week as Nitter was served a cease-and-desist letter, and it's the latest in the saga of Twitter...
Cybercrooks jet off with Manchester Airports Group customer data
The company behind three of the UK’s busiest airports says “a quantity” of data was stolen during a recent “cybersecurity incident". Manchester Airports Group (MAG) operates Manchester Airport in the North West of England, Cambridgeshire’s Stansted Airport, and East...
HP has a solution to expensive AI tokens: Buy a more expensive PC
HP reckons enterprises fretting about the spiraling cost of AI tokens have an obvious alternative: run the models locally and spend the money on a more expensive PC instead. The pitch emerged during HP's third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, where executives...
Schrödinger’s backup: not actually recovered until you try to restore IT
Schrödinger's Cat, the famous 1935 thought experiment, imagines a cat that, for reasons rooted in quantum physics we need not dwell on here, is simultaneously alive and dead. In a landscape of relentless cyberattacks and mounting infrastructural complexity, a routine...
The UK has legalized plug-in solar (but don’t rush to buy a kit)
The UK has legalized plug-in solar, but experts warn you shouldn't just set it up without getting your home checked first.
This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground’
The startup just raised a $26 million Series A to grow its customer base and help reduce red tape for utility and construction work.
Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open-source duck robot, Microduck
Hugging Face is taking orders for the Microduck, a $399 tiny open-source duck robot that developers can train at home out of the box.
Show HN: Restoredrill – proves your Postgres backups restore
Article URL: https://github.com/ahmadpiran/restoredrill Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49465291 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
Hold up, there’s a new Twitter in the town
You read that right. There is a new social network called “Twitter.now” on the block, and it’s being operated by a startup called Operation Bluebird, whose founding team includes former Twitter trademark counsel Stephen Coates. As ArsTechnica reported, X sued the...
Meta’s teen safety commitments are US-only (for now)
The UK government now wants time limits for teens on Facebook and Instagram.
Meta’s latest teen safety commitments are US-only (for now)
The UK government now wants time limits for teens on Facebook and Instagram.
Sprains, pain, and whiplash: Waymo and Zoox test drivers are getting hurt as robotaxis scale
Test drivers for Waymo and Zoox sustained more than two dozen injuries in 2024 and 2025 from hard braking or other sudden movements made by the autonomous vehicles, according to a TechCrunch review of data submitted to OSHA.
Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others
The arrests come after a wave of cyberattacks earlier this year targeting tech companies that rely on high-profile and widely used open source software.
AI’s memory crunch is coming for Android apps
Google is setting new memory-use limits for Android apps as AI data centers contribute to hardware shortages that could leave lower-cost phones with less memory.
HuggingFace and Pollen Robotics open pre-orders for the $399 Microduck
If you've ever wanted a robotic duck as a companion, now's your chance.
AC2 Protocol: The missing security layer for AI agents
Article URL: https://www.ac2protocol.org Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49464979 Points: 5 # Comments: 2