Taiwan Charges 9 Over Illegal AI Server Exports to China, Including Nvidia and Super Micro Staff
AI infrastructure, including advanced semiconductors mostly made in Taiwan, has become a key point of competition between the U.S. and China. The post Taiwan Charges 9 Over Illegal AI Server Exports to China, Including Nvidia and Super Micro Staff appeared first on...
‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentres
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/25/never-seen-this-level-of-objection-scotland-pushes-back-against-datacentre-boom Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49430286 Points: 12 # Comments: 0
Crooks push Mac malware through fake OpenAI Codex ads
Cybercrims are using fake OpenAI Codex download pages to trick Mac developers into running malware disguised as installation commands. Researchers at Cato Networks uncovered the campaign after spotting sponsored Google search results targeting people looking to...
Poppi wants its next employees to come from social media
Poppi’s culture team is not to be confused with HR. “It’s pop culture,” Sophia Sesto, VP of Culture, tells Fast Company—and they’re hiring. The buzzy prebiotic soda brand is looking to fill five social media roles, ranging from entry-level to leadership positions. But...
Job recruiters are failing Gen Z job seekers
The road to employment continues to get longer for Gen Z job seekers as they experience a frustrating job market. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that in June 2026, the unemployment rate was 5.7% for recent college graduates...
A massive clean energy IPO made enhanced geothermal the hot renewable. What has to happen next for it to succeed
For decades, geothermal was the clean energy technology that was stuck in the margins, a tiny sliver on a pie chart dominated by solar and wind. Despite providing power around the clock, regardless of the weather, it was geographically limited and expensive to build....
HMRC dangles £500M carrot for National Insurance system revamp
The UK government is inviting suppliers to bid to build a new national insurance system with a price tag of up to £500 million. The tax collector, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), has issued a call to speak to suppliers about the procurement to continue to run and...
Australia’s record industry won’t chart tunes recorded in the key of AI
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has decided it won’t list AI-generated music on its charts of best-selling music. The decision comes into effect this week and follows two interesting musical moments of note. One came when an AI-assisted cover...
The Days Of Broadcast Digital TV Could Be Numbered
When the analog TV signals were turned off in most places around fifteen years ago, their replacement took the form of a set of digital multiplexes. ATSC for North America, and DVB-T for Europe and other places. This would deliver a multi-channel broadcasting solution...
What is virtualization modernization?
Virtualization modernization is the process of rethinking how you manage virtual workloads across your hybrid estate. IT challenges are expanding, with organizations facing a mixture of licensing challenges and new workloads. This is prompting them to examine their...
Why ‘don’t come to me with problems—come to me with solutions’ is bad advice
Why ‘don’t come to me with problems—come to me with solutions’ is bad advice Go to Source “Don’t come to me with problems. Come to me with solutions.” You’ve almost certainly heard this line. You may have even said it yourself. It...
CISA Warns of Exploited Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability
The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-21962 and it has been widely exploited by threat actors against WebLogic servers. The post CISA Warns of Exploited Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.
SpaceX claims it will put a Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale system into orbit next year
SpaceX will send at least one datacenter rack into space next year, according to Elon Musk, with more to follow in 2028. The occasional trillionaire made that claim on Monday on the user-generated content platform – a.k.a. the social network X – that he runs in part...
Actively Exploited Oracle WebLogic Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Access Critical Data
Actively Exploited Oracle WebLogic Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Access Critical Data Go to Source The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a maximum-severity security flaw impacting...
Rupert Lowe set to be paid as much for divisive posts on X as for being MP
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/24/rupert-lowe-restore-britain-earn-same-on-x-as-being-mp-elon-musk Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49429345 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Screen memory without screenshots, just text to Markdown
It's a macOS menu bar app that reads the text of your focused window every few seconds through the Accessibility API. No screenshots, no video, or OCR. It writes plain markdown, one file per day, into a folder you choose.Point Claude Code (or anything with file...
ASUS’ first gaming soundbar is now available in the US for $600
The ASUS ROG Gjallar is now available in the US.
Straight Talk on 3D Printing Footwear At Home
Printed footwear is an intriguing idea, but as far as projects go it is somewhat more complex than it first appears. This guide to 3D printing your own clogs not only provides a solid process, but also acts as a list of the challenges and pitfalls involved. After all,...
Headlong: A Microharness for Persistent Agents
Article URL: https://www.laude.org/updates/headlong-a-microharness-for-persistent-agents Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49428882 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Ask HN: Good large format (>20 inches) touchscreen E-Paper display options?
Looking for options that might work for a low power touchscreen for a calendar project. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49428842 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
How to watch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s launch
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled for launch on August 30.
India’s Airbound bags $37M to take on trucks with rocket-like drones
Airbound's ultra-lightweight approach to drone delivery has attracted backing from Greenoaks, DoorDash, and Silicon Valley investor Lachy Groom.
Thomson Reuters Launches Its Own Frontier Model
Article URL: https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/press-releases/2026/august/thomson-reuters-leverages-its-world-class-data-assets-to-launch-its-own-frontier-model Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49428318 Points: 10 # Comments: 0
How Universities Should Prepare Founders
Article URL: https://paulgraham.com/prepare.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49428121 Points: 16 # Comments: 5
IBM announces chip that natively executes Arm and Z instructions concurrently
IBM has revealed it is working on a chip with processor cores that can execute instructions for its own mainframe chips and for the Arm architecture – and for the LinuxONE architecture too for good measure. Big Blue says the unnamed chip will be built on a...
Microsoft AI watermarks in Paint and Photos are linked to user IDs, researcher finds
When Anthropic disclosed earlier this month that it would be applying a statistical word-choice watermark to its Claude text output, the company noted that at least 190 AI providers have agreed to abide by Europe's AI transparency rules. One such company is Microsoft,...
You don’t want this Sleepwalker backdoor on your Windows machine
Like a sleeper cell awaiting activation, a never-before-seen Windows backdoor dubbed Sleepwalker waits silently in memory for one specifically crafted network packet to wake it up and deliver commands using the malware's 23-instruction language. The commands can do...
Browser fingerprint tool shows how easy you are to track using the latest sneaky tricks
If you're curious how easily tech companies can fingerprint your browser and device and potentially single them out from the crowd, a new utility Glassbox will show you. Aside from pinging a public geolocation API, it runs entirely in a user’s browser and doesn’t ship...
3D-Printed Skin Gives Robots the Sensation of Touch
Schematic diagram of the touch-sensitive skin. (Credit: Haofeng Chen et al., ArXiv, 2026) Hypoesthesia, more commonly referred to as numbness, is one of the more distressing ailments that can affect us humans, primarily because it reminds us of just how much we rely...
What languages are agent skills written in?
Article URL: https://plicara.ai/research/agent-skill-languages/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49427825 Points: 3 # Comments: 0