Uber will let parents peek through a driver’s selfie camera when teens are taking a trip
Uber will only access recordings from a driver's phone to review safety reports.
Hands-On Cyber-Physical Systems Training Returns to ICS Cybersecurity Conference
Hands-on Cyber Attack Methods course returns to SecurityWeek’s ICS Cybersecurity Conference, October 6–8 at the W Nashville. The post Hands-On Cyber-Physical Systems Training Returns to ICS Cybersecurity Conference appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Don’t Wordle
Article URL: https://dontwordle.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49432319 Points: 11 # Comments: 2
Fiat Ventures combines venture and advisory divisions into new brand, raises $35M Fund II
In an environment where emerging fund managers struggle to attract LP attention, FGV is betting that a different venture model can help it lure LPs.
Mirage2FA Surge Hits 4,500 US and EU Companies, Abusing Microsoft 365 Login Flows
Thousands of companies have been affected by the Mirage2FA campaign from 2024 to 2026. The commercial phishing-as-a-service toolkit targets Microsoft 365 accounts by abusing legitimate login flows and bypassing two-factor authentication. According to ANY.RUN research,...
E4del and PINHOLE RATs Turn FTP Banners Into Dead Drops for Malware Commands
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that employs FTP banners as dead drop resolvers (DDRs) to deliver two previously unreported remote access trojans (RATs) tracked as E4del and PINHOLE. While threat actors are known to abuse legitimate...
24 npm Packages Abuse unpkg Mirrors to Host Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA Pages
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that uses a cluster of 24 npm packages as free phishing infrastructure for redirecting to ClickFix-style fake CAPTCHA pages. "While the malware is simply a single HTML page inside the npm package, and...
Frontier AI: Vulnerability Management’s Systemic Revolution
Vulnerability management has been a staple of security programs since the dawn of the cybersecurity discipline. The symbiotic relationship between vulnerability and patch management teams has also existed for that time and has gone through waves of contention and...
‘Just a hobby, won’t be big’: Linus Torvalds introduced Linux 35 years ago – and almost called it Freax
It's been 35 years since Finnish graduate student Linus Torvalds drafted a brief note saying he was starting a hobby operating system. The world will never be the same.
HelloAssembly The smallest possible complete Windows application
Article URL: https://github.com/PlummersSoftwareLLC/HelloAssembly Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49432227 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
The U.S. and the EU regulate AI differently
Spanning 113 articles and roughly 50,000 words, the EU AI Act is the first of its kind globally to provide comprehensive legislation on AI. Meanwhile, the U.S. has not yet passed any federal laws on the matter, relying instead on executive orders, guidance from...
The AI adoption phase is over
For two years, the AI conversation in every boardroom has been about adoption: who’s using it, how much, how fast. That conversation is over. Adoption happened. What should keep leaders up at night now is harder to see on a dashboard: What are people doing after...
Can AI discover new biology?
It began with an unexpected result in an automated laboratory in Zhangjiang, Shanghai. In traditional drug discovery, laboratory capacity is tightly budgeted, and evaluating unconventional biological ideas is often viewed as an unjustifiable luxury. But when a bundle...
Sur La Table is adopting the Patagonia playbook with its new resale site
If you can’t afford to spend hundreds of dollars on a copper pot from Sur La Table, the cookware retailer now offers another option: It’s launching a resale site where the same item could cost as much as 70% less. After fashion retailers embraced brand-owned resale,...
Apple May Launch M6 iMac in New Colors Later This Year
The brand is reportedly planning to maintain the desktop's current all-in-one design.
ASUS is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its gaming division with the ROG XBOX Ally X20
The big upgrade on the 20th anniversary ROG XBOX Ally X20 is a larger 7.4-inch OLED display.
Credit Card Rewards Became a $9.2B Wealth Transfer
Article URL: https://www.library.hbs.edu/working-knowledge/how-credit-card-rewards-became-multibillion-dollar-wealth-transfer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49432201 Points: 35 # Comments: 12
Heelr launches marketplace for identity-verified cybersecurity experts
Heelr launches marketplace for identity-verified cybersecurity experts Go to Source Luxembourg-based Heelr today launched a business-to-business platform that connects organizations with identity-verified cybersecurity professionals...
‘The world seems to be ready’: An interview with OpenAI head of product Thibault Sottiaux
TechCrunch talks agents, UX, and reporting to Greg Brockman with OpenAI's head of product.
Fitbit founders launch Luffu Link, an LTE health and safety band
Luffu Link combines all day health sensing, voice logging, location awareness, and the ability to get help from trusted contacts into a single device, all without needing a phone nearby.
Warren Buffett says this 1 skill will multiply your success. In the AI age, it’s more valuable than ever
Warren Buffett has spent decades dispensing simple advice that tends to age remarkably well. One quote has become even more relevant in 2026 than when Buffett first shared it. In an era where AI can write emails, summarize meetings, draft business plans, and generate...
This free tool keeps my bookmarks synced across Chrome, Firefox, and Edge – here’s how
I use multiple browsers every day, and this free utility fixed one of my biggest annoyances.
Two Gen Z aerospace engineers will conduct the first menstrual flow studies in microgravity
Apparently, getting into orbit is far less mysterious than the female body. In 1983, as Sally Ride prepared to become the first American woman to head to space, an all-male cadre of engineers helping her prep famously asked her if 100 tampons would cover a six-day...
The hidden ‘tax’ you pay when you lead too fast
A few years ago, I coached an executive who was, by every external measure, crushing it. He had pushed his team through a major platform migration in record time, hit every deadline, and was already lining up the next initiative before the first one had fully landed....
Quantum battery upends the rules of charging
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260824-this-quantum-battery-charges-faster-the-larger-it-gets Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49431560 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Windows XP’s Cursor Indicator Is Getting a Windows 11 Refresh
The modernized feature is currently in testing in Windows 11 Experimental Build 26340.9233.
First Malware Built Specifically for Car Head Units Fuels Botnet
Kaspersky researchers have linked the malware to the BadBox botnet, which has ensnared millions of devices. The post First Malware Built Specifically for Car Head Units Fuels Botnet appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Quest VR Headset Becomes Unlocked Hardware
The Quest virtual reality headset gets a fully unlocked bootloader thanks to the QuestStack tool, which automates a complex process of privilege escalation to provide stable, privileged access to the hardware. This solidly frees the headset from its existence as a...
‘So, what do you do?’ How to perfect your personal-brand elevator pitch
‘So, what do you do?’ How to perfect your personal-brand elevator pitch Go to Source For years, we’ve been told that success hinges on having the perfect elevator pitch. Thirty seconds. One opportunity to make an impression. The right...
Calendly gets a rippling, gloopy rebrand for the AI age
Calendly just got a major rebrand to let users know that it’s a lot more than a calendar. The meeting software company just revealed a new logo, wordmark, color system, and brand positioning, created by the design studio Smith & Diction. At the same time, Calendly...