Every Professional Should Become a Creator: The Benefits
You are as good as your brand, or you could go a step further and say you are your brand. Even if you don’t like the idea, you cannot help but be a brand in today's day and age. This is especially true of professionals whose success depends upon how they are...
CT3 Begins Preparing Its Ecosystem for The Launch of The CT3GB Economy
London, UK, August 10th, 2026/Chainwire/--CT3 has announced the start of comprehensive preparations for the future listing of the CT3GB token. The company has begun scaling its data storage infrastructure, building financial and infrastructure reserves, and preparing...
Best robot mowers of 2026: Expert tested
I went hands-on with the best robot mowers that can cut your lawn regularly, so you can kick back and relax this summer.
Hacker Conversations: Marcus Hutchins and the Journey From the Gray Zone to Redemption
Marcus Hutchins doesn’t personally consider himself a hacker – but he accepts the epithet because it’s a widely used term for what he once did. The post Hacker Conversations: Marcus Hutchins and the Journey From the Gray Zone to Redemption appeared first on...
The design world is already obsessed with this recommendation app. Now, you will be too
These days, a good old-fashioned, firsthand recommendation is hard to come by. They’re crowded out by algorithms, AI chat boxes, and sponsored content at every turn. Rec League aims to change that. The new platform, with its bright, playful interface, gives users a...
OpenAI Unveils New Cybersecurity Model GPT-5.6-Cyber
OpenAI has also announced the expansion of its Daybreak platform to give more organizations access to its AI. The post OpenAI Unveils New Cybersecurity Model GPT-5.6-Cyber appeared first on SecurityWeek.
OpenAI gives Daybreak partners access to a more powerful cybersecurity model
OpenAI's Daybreak program now has two tiers, with the higher one giving partners access to a more advanced cybersecurity model.
Malicious SIMs can shut down phones, steal files, and drag 5G back to 2G
Researchers have found that a malicious SIM card can tell some phones and cellular-connected devices to leak data, drop to 2G, shut themselves down, or even execute code, all thanks to functionality that's supposed to be there. The research [PDF], presented at the...
BDG CEO Bryan Goldberg’s plan for media after the pageview
Bryan Goldberg, CEO of Bustle Digital Group, which operates editorial platforms including Bustle, Nylon, and W Magazine, among others, thinks that hosting events and cultivating a community of influential people to appeal to readers is the solution to keeping his...
To save $30 million, LAX built its new concourse outside the airport
A new concourse on the edge of Los Angeles International Airport’s international terminal may have just cracked the code for building in highly complex airport environments. The Midfield Satellite Concourse South, designed by the architecture firm Woods Bagot, used a...
7 simple gadgets that can make your home smarter for under $100
You don't have to spend lots of money to make your home smarter. Here are the best affordable gadgets to upgrade your space.
France to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls
Article URL: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/08/06/france-to-ban-unsolicited-telemarketing-calls-from-august-11_6756208_7.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49254880 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
Apple Trims 2026 Hardware Plans: What This Means for the iPhone 18
Apple is reportedly cutting 2026 hardware shipments as memory supplies tighten. See what it could mean for iPhone, Mac, and iPad buyers. The post Apple Trims 2026 Hardware Plans: What This Means for the iPhone 18 appeared first on TechRepublic.
Figure 03 Humanoid Robot Climbs Ladder Autonomously in New Demo
Figure says its Figure 03 humanoid climbed a ladder autonomously, showcasing progress in whole-body robotic control while leaving reliability questions. The post Figure 03 Humanoid Robot Climbs Ladder Autonomously in New Demo appeared first on TechRepublic.
The Code The British Government Doesn’t Want You To See (Any More)
Governments like to do things which at least sound open and honest. It makes them look like Thoroughly Good Eggs, when maybe the truth might be a little murkier. They also like to quietly roll back those things when it suits them, and so it is that [Jonty], of...
Why hybrid clouds break and what to do about it
Hybrid cloud breaks down when every environment has its own provisioning process, security model, monitoring stack, and cost structure. In practice, many hybrid strategies were built around where infrastructure happened to live, not around each workload’s latency,...
Japan kind-of completes its sovereign satnav constellation
Japan has successfully launched the last of the current generation of the satellite navigation orbiters it will use to operate a sovereign positioning system. The satellite, known as “Michibiki No. 7”, aka QZS-7, made it into orbit early on Tuesday, local time, aboard...
OVH Cloud warns of 87% price hikes to help it cover RAMpocalypse costs
Octave Klaba, the CEO of France-based cloud operator OVH has warned that it will soon hike the price of server rental by up to 87 percent. Klaba said the price OVH pays for memory rose 6x in the year to June 2026, will rise to 9x by September, and hit 12x next year....
Alibaba Cloud is using AI to help it use less AI
Alibaba is one of the world’s leading sources of large language models, yet its cloudy arm is proudly showing off its own technology that finds ways to avoid using them. Alibaba Cloud has built a system to analyze its customers’ tech support queries that often avoids...
Hey, big spender – OpenAI has a new SKU just for you
Not getting enough out of that ChatGPT Business subscription? OpenAI is hoping you’ll take it up on a new “premium” Business tier seat that’s up to $100 more a month for some added capacity and higher usage limits. Sam Altman’s AI outfit announced ChatGPT Business...
Anthropic pledges to embed watermarks to help discern AI slop in sop to EU
Anthropic will embed watermarks in the text and files generated by future models it launches in the EU, as part of its effort to comply with content and transparency rules in the bloc's AI Act. "Generated text will carry embedded watermarks, and generated files will...
Hackers Breach Polish Power Plant Controls via Private Cellular Network and Shut Turbine
Attackers shut down a steam turbine and the process-water treatment system at a Polish combined heat and power plant by coming in over the private cellular network the local grid operator uses to reach remote equipment. The plant supplies heat to roughly 50,000...
Show HN: Mcptoon – Token-efficient MCP CLI client
Article URL: https://github.com/activeing123/mcptoon Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253721 Points: 25 # Comments: 13
Half of Europe’s towns and villages have fewer residents than 60 years ago
Article URL: https://correctiv.org/en/europe/2026/04/21/half-of-europes-towns-and-villages-have-fewer-residents-than-60-years-ago/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253813 Points: 13 # Comments: 2
BdThemes Supply Chain Attack Poisons JSON to Create Rogue WordPress Admins
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a supply chain compromise impacting WordPress plugin vendor BdThemes, prompting the content management systems (CMS) platform's plugins team to temporarily disable their downloads. "Unlike traditional software supply chain...
Mozilla Issues New Firefox GPG Key Following Exposure
The previous GPG signing subkey was inadvertently added to a GitHub repository and Mozilla decided to revoke it. The post Mozilla Issues New Firefox GPG Key Following Exposure appeared first on SecurityWeek.
DeepSeek: Reverse Engineering an AI Assistant by Interviewing Itself
Article URL: https://manish.sh/writings/models/inside-deepseek-reverse-engineering-an-ai-assistant-by-interviewing-itself Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253738 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Mcptoon – MCP CLI client that cuts tool discovery tokens by 97%
Article URL: https://github.com/activeing123/mcptoon Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253721 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Microsoft Responds to Outcry After Quiet Enterprise Install of Beta ‘Photos’ App
Article URL: https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-11-admins-unhappy-as-microsoft-found-installing-unexpected-new-onedrive-photos-app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253329 Points: 14 # Comments: 2
A Keyboard with No Keys
For as capable as smartphone hardware is, the software running on them can be especially restrictive and cumbersome. Unlike a single-board computer with GPIO running a standard Linux operating system and some intuitive programming language like Python, smartphones are...