Devolver Digital squares up to Rockstar with a mascot platformer out the same day as GTA 6
Devolver Digital squares up to Rockstar with a mascot platformer out the same day as GTA 6.
Ring introduces better default encryption standards to address privacy concerns
Ring data still gets sent to the cloud, but it'll be deleted after being used to power smart home controls.
Designation of Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
Article URL: https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/designation-of-autistici-inventati-as-a-specially-designated-global-terrorist/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49453899 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
ASUS introduces new Ace esports-focused gaming monitors
The latest ASUS gaming monitors all feature 24.5-inch, high-refresh rate OLED panels.
Flipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social web
Flipboard is acquiring Bluesky feed-building startup Graze, bringing its privacy-friendly ad technology and creator monetization tools into Flipboard’s growing open social web ecosystem.
FLOSS Weekly Episode 879: Easy Like Butter
This week Jonathan chats with Nathan Freitas of the Guardian Project! What is going on at the forefront of Open Source and privacy advocacy? Where are we on a true Tor browser on iOS? And what’s the ideal solution to the Android Lockdown issue? Watch to find out!...
Medical device maker Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing a ‘global disruption’ to its operations
The company won't say if medical devices are affected or if any customer data was exfiltrated.
Study Reveals UnitedHealth’s Profit Margins Four Times What It Claimed [pdf]
Article URL: https://insurancewatchdogcoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/UHG-Profits-Study_August-2026.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49453510 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
This 120Hz tablet replaced my Kindle and iPad for $220 – here’s why I recommend it
The TCL Nxtpaper 11 Plus is an 11.5-inch Android tablet that can be all you need, especially with this early Labor Day deal.
FDA Approves First in Class Targeted Therapy for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Article URL: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-class-targeted-therapy-metastatic-pancreatic-cancer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49451675 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
CDs vs. NIMBY
Article URL: https://www.betonit.ai/p/cds-vs-nimby Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49452822 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
FBI Disrupts China-Linked QTFY Infrastructure Used to Steal Data From U.S. Organizations
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the disruption of two hacking platforms named QScan and QTRouter operated by Chinese threat actors to target critical infrastructure and other sensitive networks in the country. The activity has been...
Nimbus Manticore Expands Toolset With TWOSTROKE-Like Backdoor and SSH Tunneler
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered additional infrastructure and previously undocumented malware associated with Nimbus Manticore, an Iranian state-sponsored hacking group affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Group-IB, in a new analysis...
Tailcat: Secure Tunnels in Seconds (Tailscale)
Article URL: https://github.com/tailscale/tailcat Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49452990 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
Show HN: I made a retirement simulator: 125 years of data, 25 countries
Article URL: https://foresightplanner.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49452974 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Meta reportedly abandoned an AI-focused restructuring plan that would have laid off thousands
The problem with Meta's AI restructuring plan is the AI wasn't good enough.
How to sideload Android apps on your phone in 2026 – and what’s behind the changes
If you're into installing Android apps outside the Google Play Store, you should be aware that the process has changed and now includes a waiting period.
Meta reaches $17 billion settlement with states over landmark teen social media addiction claims
Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday. The settlement...
Google says its latest Gemini transcription model can turn your ramblings into structured text
Google says Gemini 3.5 Transcribe will soon let you use speech-to-text in any web field in Chrome.
Xbox Insiders will soon be able to create digital versions of their physical games
Thousands of Xbox One and Series X titles will support the new disc-to-digital feature.
US seizes domains of Chinese botnet used to hack NASA, Justice Department, and the Senate
The FBI has seized domains associated with a botnet that allowed Chinese-backed hackers to breach several U.S. government departments.
Capital F closes $17M debut fund with goal to back the future of the ‘female economy’
Capital F, one of the few all-female-led VC firms, announced Wednesday the $17 million close of its debut fund. The firm backs companies building in the “female economy” — or the markets where women drive demand. That mainly falls into three buckets for the firm,...
Apple is holding its iPhone launch event on September 9
The event is expected to be a notable one, as Apple is rumored to unveil its long-awaited foldable iPhone. It'll also be the first Apple event with John Ternus as CEO, who is scheduled to take the reins of the tech giant from Tim Cook on September 1.
Ukraine extends its drone campaign, burning this Russian e-commerce warehouse to the ground
Ukrainian long-range drones struck for the second time in five weeks a major warehouse belonging to Russia’s biggest online retailer, causing a fire that burned it to the ground, local authorities said on Wednesday.The depot in the Tambov region southeast of Moscow,...
Memory crunch: Cloud operators may be pushed to splurge 68% of capex on DRAM and NAND
The rising cost of contract prices for memory chips could see DRAM and NAND flash account for more than two-thirds of the capital expenditure of cloud service providers (CSPs) by next year. Taiwan-based market watcher TrendForce forecasts that total capex by cloud...
Will plug-in solar plus batteries solve your power problem? I did the math
It can't be just about harvesting solar power - it's also about storage, and time-shifting cheap, off-peak power to times when it's more expensive.
Preorders for Xbox’s anniversary collection are open (for some) and the bundle costs $900
The Xbox 25th anniversary bundle includes a translucent green Series X, a similarly-colored controller and a digital download of Halo: Campaign Evolved.
The fix for the AI agent that hijacked a company’s DNS: it can propose the change, but it can’t approve it
A security agent read a Cloudflare log, found an attacker’s prompt-injection payload sitting inside it, and rewrote the company’s DNS. The firewall had already blocked that payload, and blocking it is what wrote it into the log.That chain is GhostJacking, which Tenet...
Apple announces September 9 date for ‘Surprise and shine’ iPhone event
Is it finally time to see the foldable iPhone?
Launch HN: Risklytics (YC S26) – Insurance brokerage for frontier tech companies
Hi HN, we're Sam and Alex, founders of Risklytics (https://risklytics.ai). We're both on leave from Harvard, and we run an insurance brokerage for companies building robots, drones, autonomous systems and satellites. You describe your machine, we find the insurance...