Claudette: Make Claude Stop Talking Like a BuzzFeed Article
Article URL: https://github.com/adnanakil/nobuzz/blob/main/README.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388752 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
AMD grabs more CPU share while pricier PCs punish desktop demand
The processor market is sending mixed signals, with server and mobile shipments rising while desktop CPU volumes decline amid higher system prices. Meanwhile, AMD's House of Zen has taken market share from Intel across every category. For Q2 2026, Mercury Research...
‘We let you down’: GitHub pledges to scale up before developers give up
GitHub's handwringing continued this week as CTO Vladimir Fedorov offered more detail about the August 17 outage – while carefully avoiding the word "sorry." The outage lasted 7 hours and 47 minutes and disrupted developers worldwide. Actions, pull requests, issues,...
Microsoft lets you swap New Outlook’s looks with the face of Outlook Classic
Microsoft is rolling out a setting that makes Outlook on the Web and New Outlook for Windows look and feel like Classic Outlook through a theme that tweaks the visual style and layout. "This update is designed to help users who are transitioning from classic Outlook...
$10K phishing kit claims it can plant rogue passkeys for persistent access to pwned accounts
A phishing kit for sale on Russian-language cybercrime forums claims it can enroll attacker-controlled passkeys on compromised accounts, providing persistent access after passwords are changed. Advertised at around $10,000 for the base package, with additional modules...
Microsoft sounds alarm as perfect-10 Entra ID flaw comes under attack
Microsoft has fixed a maximum-severity vulnerability in Entra ID that attackers were already exploiting in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2026-69836, the vulnerability carries the maximum CVSS score of 10.0 and could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute code...
Hackers poison popular Rust crates to steal developers’ credentials
Hackers slipped malware into several popular Rust packages this week, turning routine software builds into a route onto developers' machines. The Rust Security Response Team disclosed the supply chain attack on Thursday after receiving a tip about a crate called...
Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-tracking accuracy
The lawsuit alleges that Oura rings are unable to measure any of the physiological signals needed to assess sleep quality or determine sleep stages.
Encrypted Prompts Bypass AI Safety Guardrails in Grok and Gemini
Researchers say the new ‘Cryptographic Context Injection’ technique conceals malicious instructions until they are decrypted inside a trusted execution environment. The post Encrypted Prompts Bypass AI Safety Guardrails in Grok and Gemini appeared first on...
Workplace surveillance is on the rise. Here’s how to protect your personal data from your employer
College administrators read an adjunct professor’s comments to students on personal essays. Managers told a pharmacist to spend less time with patients after tracking the number and length of her appointments. Scanners on a warehouse conveyor belt monitored the pace...
Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay
Are pigs flying? Walmart has finally caved on its refusal to support Apple Pay and Google Pay.
New Phishing Toolkit Uses Passkeys to Maintain Access After Password Resets
Researchers say iAuthFlow V2 can register an attacker-controlled passkey, enabling persistent access even after passwords are changed and active sessions revoked. The post New Phishing Toolkit Uses Passkeys to Maintain Access After Password Resets appeared first on...
What We Lost When Search Stopped Making Us Think
Article URL: https://blog.8ball.space/what-we-lost-when-search/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388446 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Radiation damage to Hubble has been 4.3 years out of phase with the Solar cycle
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.18214 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49387856 Points: 5 # Comments: 2
This Week in Security: Apple Warns Users, Stripe Merchants Leak Keys, Copilot Helps Hack Itself, and Comcast Senses Movement
Apple has started sending some users push notifications warning that they have been targeted with specific malware. No specific information about the threat Apple detected is available. While multiple iOS attacks were released in spring of 2026, they all target much...
Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up
There's about to be a big fight to secure access to space.
Pixel Watch 5 review: A fantastic watch that’s missing features at launch
Our thoughts on Google's new smartwatch as it currently stands.
Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results
Article URL: https://kagi.com/changelog#11296 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388154 Points: 29 # Comments: 0
Kodak’s “Pre-Invented” Lunar Orbiter Camera; Or, the Fate of SAMOS Readout
Article URL: https://invertingvision.com/2026/08/10/kodaks-pre-invented-lunar-orbiter-camera-or-the-fate-of-samos-readout/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388095 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
US debt has hit $40tn – Will that be a wake-up call?
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d8z72nn02o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388067 Points: 23 # Comments: 8
Rama 0.4: System proxy and PAC support
Article URL: https://plabayo.tech/blog/rama-0-4 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388064 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
Tesla recalls 3 million cars as part of China-wide push to stop hidden door handles
Tesla and eight other automakers will install warning labels that help occupants identify the often hard-to-find manual door releases.
Grand jury declines to indict Ohio man charged with destroying Flock camera
Article URL: https://san.com/cc/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-ohio-man-charged-with-destroying-flock-camera/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49387497 Points: 39 # Comments: 6
I’m Becoming AI-Blind
Article URL: https://cymerys.com/w/im-becoming-ai-blind Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49386699 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
I tried the free Wispr Flow voice dictation tool everyone’s talking about – and I’m hooked
Designed for Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Android, Wispr Flow is a pleasure to use compared with other voice dictation apps. Here's how.
Private equity firm Apollo confirms data breach amid hacking wave targeting financial giants
The private equity giant confirms a breach, weeks after Google researchers said hackers were targeting financial companies.
This vending machine makes a California Pizza Kitchen pizza in 90 seconds. Now 1,000 could be coming
Tucked in America’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta, a California Pizza Kitchen-branded kiosk whips up barbecue chicken pizza; macaroni and cheese; and spaghetti, kung pao or Bolognese, in just 90 seconds. On busy days, travelers order 140 pizzas....
Ross is opening more stores: List of new locations grows in 2026 expansion
Shares of Ross Stores (Nasdaq: ROST) are up about 8% following a positive second quarter earnings report. The California-based retail department store chain saw its quarterly sales rise 13% year-over-year (YOY) to $6.26 billion. Its same-store sales were similarly up...
Senator asks US government watchdog to review how feds use hacking tools
Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to the U.S. federal watchdog requesting a comprehensive review of how the FBI, DEA, ICE's HSI, and the Secret Service use hacking tools and spyware against Americans.
Tech is helping grocery stores waste less food. That’s a problem for food banks
First, the good news: Grocery stores are getting better at cutting food waste. AI tools can help better predict demand for each product, for example, and help a store reduce waste by more than a third. Other tech can help stores sell food before it expires. But...