IBM stacks up a sub-nanometer chip future
IBM stacks up a sub-nanometer chip future Go to Source IBM has developed a sub-nanometer (nm) chip technology it says could be used to produce commercial chips within five years, and has mapped a path to 0.1 nm. Big Blue claims its...
MacBook Neo vs. Acer Swift Air 14: I’ve used both midrange laptops – there’s a clear winner
Acer's new $699 Swift Air 14 is a direct competitor to the MacBook Neo. Here's how it compares, by the specs and my hands-on experience.
IBM says it can fit nearly 100 billion transistors on a chip – why the milestone matters
The race for the first sub-one-nanometer chip is over, and IBM has won.
Cellebrite said it cut off Russia, but Russia used is tools anyway
Security researchers found evidence that Russian authorities hacked the iPhone of a political opponent using a phone-unlocking device made by Cellebrite, even after the company said it would stop selling to Putin’s government.
European cities are using clever design solutions to fight extreme heat. Will they work?
Europe is facing a deadly, record-breaking heat wave, and to keep cool, cities and residents have taken to design interventions. Some are longer-running projects already underway, while others are quick DIY relief efforts for Europeans facing the hottest summer ever....
IBM debuts world’s first sub-1 nanometer chip technology
IBM unveiled what it calls a “major semiconductor breakthrough” today, with the introduction of the world’s first sub-1 nanometer chip technology. The new chip “node”—a manufacturing process and its design rules—can pack 100 billion transistors onto a chip the size of...
Are designers to blame for our tech dystopia? It’s complicated
Should designers have known better? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself over the last few months, as the infrastructure of the modern internet has been increasingly—and rightfully—called into question. It’s been a rough year for technology, and the people who...
C’mon, you don’t need an AI to check your spelling
A Florida Republican denies claims her team used AI to work on draft legislation, saying Claude was only used as spelling and grammar checker.
Xbox is testing support for longer gamertags
Xbox is testing new features, including support for 15-character gamertags.
25-Year-Old Vulnerability Patched in Curl
The latest version of the open source data transfer tool resolves 18 medium and low-severity vulnerabilities. The post 25-Year-Old Vulnerability Patched in Curl appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Digital ID brain trust will meet behind closed doors as minister ducks cost questions
The minutes of the government's recently announced digital ID advisory group will not be published, Cabinet Office minister James Frith has told a Conservative MP, while not answering his questions about its budget or how its members were selected. Andrew Snowden, MP...
Aisle Discovers 6 New CVEs in Curl, Including the Oldest Issue Ever Reported
Article URL: https://aisle.com/blog/aisle-discovers-6-new-cves-in-curl-including-the-oldest-issue-ever-reported Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48670411 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
New Mistic Backdoor Linked to KongTuke in ClickFix and ModeloRAT Campaigns
A new, stealthy backdoor named Mistic has been deployed as part of suspected financially motivated attacks aimed at multiple organizations spanning insurance, education, IT, and professional services sectors since April 2026. According to Symantec and Carbon Black's...
Kodex: The New Standard of Care for Legal Process Response
Kodex: The New Standard of Care for Legal Process Response Go to Source Legal process response has become a critical, yet often overlooked, component of modern business operations. As companies increasingly hold sensitive customer...
7 tiny gadgets that give your iPhone useful superpowers (and they’re cheap)
These teeny gadgets add massive oomph to your iPhone - and some are on sale for Prime Day.
The 3.5 billion-year-old R&D lab right in front of us
Below, Owen Jones shares five key insights from his new book, Force of Nature: Understanding Evolution’s Deepest Logic―and Putting It to Use. Jones is a professor of law and biology at Vanderbilt University. His research focuses, in part, on the implications of...
NIST Opens Updated IoT Security Guidance to Public Review
The guidance aims to establish product cybersecurity requirements for IoT devices integrated into federal agencies’ networks. The post NIST Opens Updated IoT Security Guidance to Public Review appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Salyut 5 at 50: The Soviet space station that sickened one crew and nearly drowned another
It is half a century since the Soviet Union launched the final crewed Almaz space station, also known as Salyut 5, which was home to two crews, while a third mission failed to dock and nearly came to a watery end. The Almaz stations were launched for the Soviet...
Mad Fucking Witches
Article URL: https://www.mfw.org.au/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48670490 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
Working mothers are struggling. These 3 hacks help
Corporate America is making it harder than ever for senior-level mothers to thrive. So Fast Company asked women on LinkedIn how they’re actually making it work. Here’s what they said.
When work turns you into the parent you don’t want to be
Every parent wants to walk through the door at the end of the day ready to connect with their kids. But when work stress follows you home, your family may not be getting the best version of you. What happens at the office doesn’t always stay at the office, especially...
Gen Z is turning Instagram into the new LinkedIn
When you’re bombarded with AI slop, humble bragging, and a general sense that everyone is achieving bigger and better things in their careers than you are, it’s easy to get the LinkedIn ick. So, many professionals looking to advance their careers—especially Gen Z—have...
Three tech visionaries on how to build trust and accountability with AI
The future of work is humans and AIs as colleagues, co-creating value. Here's how we get there.
The CPU’s growing role in agentic AI infrastructure
Modern AI infrastructure, particularly in the realm of agentic AI, is often discussed through the lens of accelerators, model sizes, and training clusters. However, making large-scale agentic AI systems functional relies heavily on the CPU within these pipelines. As...
A Look at a Gaggle of Transputer Boards
A long time before Beowulf clusters wired up with commodity Ethernet hardware became a hobbyist thing and a running joke, the transputer took a swing at a very similar architecture. This used stand-alone computers that were networked together with other transputer...
Chrome 149 Update Resolves 18 Severe Vulnerabilities
More than half of the bugs are use-after-free defects, which can potentially lead to remote code execution. The post Chrome 149 Update Resolves 18 Severe Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Amazon Zoox’s latest robotaxi looks (marginally) less like a toy car
Amazon-owned Zoox has introduced its new autonomous vehicle meant for for large-scale production.
Wikipedia Workers in Britain set global first by seeking union recognition
Article URL: https://utaw.tech/news/wikipedia-recognition Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48669932 Points: 5 # Comments: 2
UK school’s network left wide open for invasion, student found
PWNED Welcome back to PWNED, the weekly column where we school ourselves on others' security failures. This week, we’ll learn about a school where the entire network was like an open-book test … and the IT department got a zero. Have a story about someone leaving a...
Infosys boss says vibe coding is no threat because there’s more to writing software than writing software
Infosys chairman Nandan M. Nilekani has predicted AI – even AI that does the kind of coding work his company does for many clients – will be good for services companies. Nilekani made his prediction in a speech delivered at the Indian services giant’s annual general...