August 2026 lunar eclipse: Don’t miss a blood moon take over the night sky. Here’s when you can see it
Don’t forget to look up next week: On Thursday, August 27, there will be a partial “blood moon” lunar eclipse. In case you forgot, a lunar eclipse occurs when Earth comes directly between the moon and sun, casting a shadow that makes the moon appear red. Here’s what...
Debian is 33, Haiku is 25, and neither is standing still
This is a quiet time of year in tech circles – perhaps explaining why, 25 and 33 years ago, the people behind two ambitious operating system projects kicked them off. Debian Last weekend, the Debian project turned 33 years old. The Linux kernel first appeared in...
Microsoft Rolls Out 22 Fresh Security Patches
Most of the fixes resolve code execution, privilege escalation, and information disclosure vulnerabilities. The post Microsoft Rolls Out 22 Fresh Security Patches appeared first on SecurityWeek.
GitLab CVE-2026-19478 Comes Under Active Exploitation Within Days of Disclosure
A newly disclosed security flaw in GitLab has come under active exploitation within days of public disclosure, according to watchTowr. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-19478 (CVSS score: 9.4), a case of code injection that allows an unauthenticated attacker...
The Lost Treasure of Sid Meier’s Pirates
Article URL: https://remapradio.com/articles/the-lost-treasure-of-sid-meiers-pirates/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49384896 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
We Rebuilt the Linux MicroVM Stack on Apple Silicon
Article URL: https://encore.dev/blog/firecracker-apple-silicon Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49384716 Points: 12 # Comments: 0
Self-Hosting Offline Websites
If there’s one thing that’s guaranteed in the tech world it’s that nothing is guaranteed. From AOL, Netscape, Yahoo, and MySpace, every tech empire seems to eventually fall to ruin. One method to reliably maintain information or online experiences that are lost to...
EE invites mobile users to live life in the 5G Fast Lane – for a price
Mobile operator EE has launched Fast Lane, using 5G network slicing to prioritize subscribers' connections when its network is congested. According to EE, BT Group's mobile network, Fast Lane anticipates congestion and seamlessly moves eligible connections onto a...
What I learned when I gave up my daily to-do list and tried ‘task-batching’
When it comes to productivity, there is no shortage of tips. I’ve tried many of them (some of which I’ve written about for this publication). But in the end, I’ve largely stuck to a similar practice: I have a to-do list ranked from most important to least important...
CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited TrueConf Vulnerabilities
The Head Mare hacktivist group has been exploiting the bugs to deploy the PhantomCore malware. The post CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited TrueConf Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Show HN: Argentic – An L402 Lightning toll booth for AI scraping agents
Article URL: https://Argentic.network Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49384477 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Argentic – An L402 Lightning toll booth for AI scraping agents
Article URL: https://Argentic.network Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49384477 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
RayNeo is going both minimalist and maximalist with its latest AR smart glasses
RayNeo's latest AR smart glasses are going for very different audiences: The very discrete, and the very nerdy.
The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick by R. Crumb (1986)
Article URL: https://philipdick.com/resources/miscellaneous/the-religious-experience-of-philip-k-dick-by-r-crumb-from-weirdo-17/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49384224 Points: 10 # Comments: 1
Here’s what employees are looking for in their CEOs—and what they avoid
In a new analysis by job and recruiting platform Glassdoor, employees say career development and mentorship are among the most desired traits in their company’s leadership. The analysis looks into Glassdoor reviews of senior leadership collected from May 2025 to May...
Developer given Mission:Impossible – fixing rubbish code that could crash a city – simply chose not to accept it
ON CALL Making it through a working week can feel like a dangerous adventure. That's why The Register offers a little certainty and safety by always using Friday morning to share a new edition of On Call – the reader-contributed column sharing your tales of tech...
Microsoft Entra ID Flaw (CVSS 10.0) Exploited in Wild, Allows Remote Code Execution
Microsoft on Thursday warned of a maximum-severity security flaw in Entra ID that it said has been exploited in the wild, but noted that no customer action is required. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-69836 (CVSS score: 10.0), is a case of remote code execution...
Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, the US intervened
Article URL: https://www.xda-developers.com/japan-tried-build-operating-system-entire-world-us-government-intervened/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49384180 Points: 11 # Comments: 1
Supermicro fired staff after probe into $2.5 billion GPUs-to-China smuggling operation
Supermicro fired staff after probe into $2.5 billion GPUs-to-China smuggling operation Go to Source Supermicro has fired some staff after conducting an investigation into allegations that its execs participated in a scheme to ship...
Alibaba Cloud plans to use fewer Western chips, to boost its already huge AI margins
Alibaba Cloud plans to use fewer Western chips, to boost its already huge AI margins Go to Source Alibaba has revealed margins from its cloudy AI operation are rising so quickly it will be able to achieve return on investment for new...
Cisco bug severity warning reads like Olympic gymnastics scores: 10, 10, 9.9, 9.6, and 7.5.
Cisco bug severity warning reads like Olympic gymnastics scores: 10, 10, 9.9, 9.6, and 7.5. Go to Source Cisco has revealed its Secure Workload Software, a micro-segmentation tool formerly known as Tetration that is supposed to stop...
Google tethers Antigravity to enterprise controls amid AI shakeup
Google tethers Antigravity to enterprise controls amid AI shakeup Go to Source Google Antigravity, which came out of the DeepMind AI research group, has drifted into the orbit of Gemini Enterprise app subscriptions, putting the...
Russian snoops add OAuth abuse to targeted phishing campaigns
Russian snoops add OAuth abuse to targeted phishing campaigns Go to Source Google is tracking three distinct suspected Russian cyber-spy groups that are targeting individuals in academia, aerospace, defense, government agencies, and...
Genesis’ GV90 NeoLun is a luxury electric SUV with heated floors and coach doors
Genesis' new electric SUV is loaded with innovation, but not in the dash or drivetrain as you might expect.
Small employers are winning over the next generation
When my son called me recently to tell me about his new job, I was not surprised I hadn’t heard of the organization before. When I asked, he had a clear story about why he chose them, and it had little to do with fancy perks, a high salary or a brand name, and...
Running Zork On The Steam Controller
The Steam Controller is a device capable of many interesting feats. It’s intended to act simply as an input device, and yet, it can run games all on its own. As [Owen Feldman] has demonstrated, by having the Steam Controller play Zork. [Owen] took quite an interesting...
Codex on AWS bedrock bug causing 10x charges
Article URL: https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/37674 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49383326 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
AI companies destroy physical books – let’s scan rare books before it’s too late
Article URL: https://annas-archive.gl/blog/physical-destruction.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49383026 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Orbital Construction Pioneers
Article URL: https://orbitalconstructionpioneers.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49382809 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Artificial Intelligence Policy
Article URL: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/academics/registrar/academic-rules/artificial-intelligence-policy/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49382614 Points: 21 # Comments: 9