Does It Run… Duke Nukem 3D?
When id Software released DOOM back in 1993 it helped define the genre, but it was hardly the only hit first-person shooter of that decade. There was also 3D Realms’ 1996 Duke Nukem 3D, a game which added some humor to the genre. Here’s [PicoPlus-devel], with...
Ransomware gets personal: ‘We-know-where-you-are kind of stuff’
Tim Beasley, a senior incident response consultant at Semperis, was investigating a cyberattack involving Russia’s Midnight Blizzard when a package containing nesting dolls and other regional gifts showed up on his doorstep. At the time, Beasley served as the lead...
Here’s how much Trump’s Iran war is boosting EV sales around the world
The Trump administration has done everything it can to slow the growth of EVs. But in an ironic twist, Trump’s war in Iran is boosting the EV industry globally. After the U.S. attacked Iran in late February and the price of crude oil soared, global EV sales also...
Is ‘Attention’ the Essence of Intelligence?
Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-attention-the-essence-of-intelligence-20261012/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50081930 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
OpenAI Employee Arrested for Allegedly Planting Hidden Recorder in Executive Conference Room
A Saudi National and employee of OpenAI has been arrested for allegedly planting a hidden recording device in an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco offices to covertly record sensitive conversations. Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, has been charged with...
SN 1100: Booby Trapping LLMs – AI Frenzy in Cybercrime
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Think your open-source AI model is safe? This episode uncovers how LLMs can be secretly booby-trapped with undetectable backdoors, raising the stakes for anyone deploying AI in serious environments. Anthropic cuts live Internet...
I built a tool to track what AI leaders say and how their views change on video
I built a tool to track what AI leaders say and how their views change on video Go to Source Article URL: https://blumify.io/people Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50081151 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
High-speed video reveals how honey bee stingers pump venom
High-speed video reveals how honey bee stingers pump venom Go to Source Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/honey-bee-stingers-are-double-piston-venom-pumps/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50081133...
2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: USBSID-Pico has Two SIDs, Many Inputs
2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: USBSID-Pico has Two SIDs, Many Inputs Go to Source We’ll give you three guesses what the most important bits of silicon in [LouD]’s USBSID-Pico are, and two don’t count. Yes, there’s a Raspberry Pi Pico,...
Justice Department says North Koreans have infiltrated dozens of U.S. companies
U.S. authorities warn that sanctioned hackers are increasingly targeting Americans to act as facilitators between breached U.S. companies and Pyongyang.
Apple Expands Smart Home Strategy With New HomeView Hub
Apple’s new home devices combine personalized information, entertainment, and smart home control. Siri’s reliability will help determine whether that integration wins over households. The post Apple Expands Smart Home Strategy With New HomeView Hub appeared first on...
Pluto Security nabs $42M to help enterprises secure their AI agents
Pluto Security Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence security software, today announced that it has raised $42 million in funding. The company raised about a fifth of the sum through a seed round led by TLV Partners. The rest arrived in the form of a Series A...
OpenAI fires Saudi employee accused of planting a bug in its executive conference room
OpenAI Group PBC called in the Federal Bureau of Investigation to come and arrest one of its employees after a “sophisticated recording device” was discovered hidden within the artificial intelligence company’s executive conference room. Abdulrahman Alfozan (pictured...
Anthropic reinvents source control as Claude floods the world with code
Anthropic's Claude models have been emitting so much code that the company's coding infrastructure hasn't been able to keep up. It's a symptom of the AI coding imperative and all-you-can-eat inference. Microsoft's GitHub in April published a blog post attributing...
CISA director touts private partnerships after agency killed many
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has killed many of the industry partnerships it used to enhance security, but don't tell the organization's acting director. Speaking on Tuesday at a virtual public sector cyber resilience summit hosted by...
OpenAI’s dot assistant burned 300K+ tokens in a day without a single prompt
If you use OpenAI's dot, don't be surprised if it consumes a lot of tokens on its own. According to AI agent security and governance outfit Geordie, one dot agent produced 155 separate activity sequences and consumed more than 300,000 tokens - all without further...
Which smart TV brands offer the longest software support?
When you spend a lot on on a TV, you expect it to last a while. But that support period varies wildly by manufacturer.
Show HN: Pulse Local, a Mac budgeting app whose AI models run on your machine
Hi HN, I'm Niz. Pulse Local is a budgeting app for Mac (Apple Silicon, beta) that answers questions about your spending with models that run on your machine. Local mode needs no account. The ledger and your questions stay on the machine, and the app sends no analytics...
Recreational Programming
Article URL: https://www.cphiri.dev/presentations/recreational-programming Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50079865 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Is Mini DisplayPort becoming obsolete?
Mini DisplayPort was on lots of computers for a time, but it's not nearly as common now thanks to more modern standards.
Science Corporation implants its vision-restoring chip in its first Stargardt disease patient
Max Hodak, the former president and co-founder of Neuralink, detailed on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt how his company's work with PRIMA is part of its path toward a novel brain-computer interface (BCI).
Employee Arrested After Listening Device Found in OpenAI Conference Room, FBI and the Company Say
Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan was arrested Friday and terminated by OpenAI. The post Employee Arrested After Listening Device Found in OpenAI Conference Room, FBI and the Company Say appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Cerebras CEO says we’re nearing a future where everyone has a personal AI assistant at home
Cerebras CEO says we’re nearing a future where everyone has a personal AI assistant at home Go to Source Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman predicts a future where personal AI assistants become as commonplace as household appliances, running...
JawnCon 0x3 Kicks off in Philadelphia this Friday
Philadelphia’s homegrown hacker con returns this weekend, and this time it’s starting a day early to pack in even more talks, demos, and activities. Tickets are still available for anyone who can get themselves to Arcadia University by the end of the week, and as...
Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks
Industrial Next helps manufacturers automate complex, delicate tasks that have traditionally required human labor.
Apple TV 4K 2022 vs. 2026: What’s new and is it worth the $100 jump?
Apple TV 4K 2022 vs. 2026: What's new and is it worth the $100 jump? Go to Source The 2026 model is faster and can hear you from afar, but the 2022 box gets Siri AI as well.
How to improve your online privacy and security in Google Chrome
How to improve your online privacy and security in Google Chrome Go to Source Google has much to gain by collecting data from you through your activity on Chrome, but you can make it harder.
AlphaNIST
Article URL: https://alpha-nist.github.io/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50079464 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Physical Intelligence API Beta: Frontier Models for Every Robot
Article URL: https://www.pi.website/blog/api-beta Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50079437 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Cerebras CEO pushes back on AI doomsday warnings
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman has a message for AI leaders spreading doomsday warnings: Maybe stop talking? At TechCrunch Disrupt, he argued that the industry's focus on AI's risks is drowning out its potential benefits.