Podcasting platform Riverside enters the newsletter publishing game
Users will be able use AI to create newsletters based on their recordings.
Have You Restarted Your Computer This Week?
Article URL: https://taonaw.com/2026/06/27/have-you-restarted-your-computer.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48733043 Points: 10 # Comments: 4
Words Are a Byproduct of Consciousness. For LLMs, It’s Backwards
Article URL: https://ranpara.net/posts/words-are-a-byproduct-of-consciousness/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48733062 Points: 19 # Comments: 12
Knoppix
Article URL: https://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48732056 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Looking Ahead to Postgres 19
Article URL: https://www.snowflake.com/en/blog/engineering/postgresql-19-features-beta/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48733031 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1852)
Article URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24518 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48731989 Points: 41 # Comments: 6
282 iOS AI Apps Leak API Keys and Open AI Proxy Access in Network Traffic Study
Researchers tested 444 AI chatbot apps for iPhone and found that 282 of them, nearly two-thirds, exposed paid AI access through their network traffic. In many cases, the path in was visible just by watching what the app sent: a plaintext API key, a reusable token, or...
Why I switched to wireless security cameras after years of testing wired models
After using multiple security cameras from Ring, Blink, and more, I've found the best arrangement for my home.
Arm64 on the desktop? It’s spendy and it’s sluggish
A Red Hat build engineer has ended his second experimental effort at using a high-end Arm64 desktop computer as his daily driver. His conclusions are instructive. Marcin Juszkiewicz’s series of posts on his tech blog about running a Fedora-powered beast of an Arm...
Google’s Gmail Live AI feature is now available in beta
You can use Gemini to quickly search your Gmail inbox with natural language.
GuardFall Exposes Open-Source AI Coding Agents to Decades-Old Shell Injection Risks
The safety check that is supposed to stop an AI coding agent from running a dangerous command can be walked straight past using a shell trick that has been public for decades. New research from Adversa AI, which is named the bypass GuardFall, found it works against...
The 10 best-dressed teams in this World Cup round
The World Cup has already given fans around the world historic moments to remember—from Curacao scoring on Germany, Cape Verde’s surprising run, and Mexico’s flawless group stage performance. And while the soccer competition is mostly about, well, soccer, a separate...
Microsoft reveals why Windows 11 keeps saying a file is in use after closing app
Article URL: https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/06/30/microsoft-reveals-why-windows-11-keeps-saying-a-file-is-in-use-after-you-close-the-app-plus-the-fix/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48732009 Points: 15 # Comments: 4
UK regulator wants Apple and Google to let devs steer clear of app store fees
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is considering new requirements around "steering" for Apple and Google's mobile platforms. The consultation concerns restrictions the CMA says are "currently preventing UK app developers from 'steering' their customers...
Clicks shows off its Communicator smartphone with a Blackberry-like keyboard
Clicks has released the first hands-on video of its Blackberry like Communicator Android phone.
Netflix vs. Peacock: Which one deserves your money in 2026?
Netflix has award-winning originals and a smart algorithm, but Peacock counters with live sports and a lower price.
How Airspeed Sensors Work
How Airspeed Sensors Work Go to Source When you’re driving your car, you’re probably regularly looking at the speedometer to make sure you comply with the local speed limits. The method by which it works is simple enough: the rotation...
Lumo, Proton’s privacy-focused AI chatbot, gets an upgrade
Proton's Lumo 2.0 is dropping this week, giving users a broader variety of capabilities.
Your brand deserves its own stage — Side Events at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
From October 10-16, host a Side Event and command the room during the week of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
BlueHammer Vulnerability Exploited in Ransomware Attacks
The Microsoft Defender vulnerability CVE-2026-33825 was exploited in the wild as a zero-day before patches were released. The post BlueHammer Vulnerability Exploited in Ransomware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Apple rushed to squash 29 bugs because AI is supercharging hackers – update ASAP
Software updates are rolling out now for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, bringing fixes that weren't supposed to arrive so soon. Here's why.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Article URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24518 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48731989 Points: 9 # Comments: 1
Will tech giants ever let us opt out of AI search features?
The internet is moving from being search-driven to answer-driven. In the current era of AI-powered search, publishers are watching while their content is scraped and paraphrased by large language models, users hold concerns about not being able to easily opt out of...
You might be paying more for YouTube Premium if you subscribed through Apple
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What the Numbers Say About FIFA 2026 Cyber Risk
The FIFA World Cup 2026 opened on June 11. By that date, according to Check Point Research, the fraud infrastructure targeting it had already been built, staged, and partially deployed. Threat actor activity was pre-planned, months out, across three sectors and at...
Shark’s new PowerDetect Transformer turns into three different types of vacuum
Shark has launched a new vacuum with three form factors.
Samsung Music Studio 7 review: A great speaker on its own, and even better in a pair
The Music Studio 7 is an excellent Sonos alternative that can pull double duty in the living room.
Decades-Old Bash Tricks Expose AI Coding Agents to Supply Chain Attacks
Decades-old Bash shell tricks can bypass safeguards in most open source AI coding agents, potentially turning malicious repositories into supply chain attack vectors. The post Decades-Old Bash Tricks Expose AI Coding Agents to Supply Chain Attacks appeared first on...
Aflac Japan Data Breach Impacts 4.38 Million
Hackers accessed the insurance giant’s policyholder portal multiple times between June 15 and June 25. The post Aflac Japan Data Breach Impacts 4.38 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek.
61% of US adults use AI for health information now – up from 2% in 2024
Patients are also three times more likely to trust AI in their doctor's secure portal than a public chatbot.