August 2026 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 421 CVEs, One Exploited Zero-Day
A use-after-free in the afd.sys Windows kernel-mode driver has been exploited to gain SYSTEM privileges. The post August 2026 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 421 CVEs, One Exploited Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The Windows 11 Weather App Eats Far More RAM Than You’d Think
It uses up to 5x as much RAM as the macOS alternative, easily topping 1GB.
Zoom screen-sharing bug let people fully take over other devices on a call
Zoom screen-sharing bug let people fully take over other devices on a call.
AI’s Next Frontier Is Physical Items
On this episode of Adventures in AI, Fast Company speaks to Alexander Reben, an entrepreneur, roboticist and cofounder of Phyzify, a lab using AI tools to create physical objects based on your imagination.
More than half of workers would take a pay cut for job security
Employees in 2026 are seriously worried about how unstable their jobs may be. So worried, in fact, that more than half say they’d willingly swap part of their paycheck for greater job security.According to a new survey from Monster, which recently polled 1,020 U.S....
Abbott partners with Google Health for AI-powered glucose monitoring
Abbott partners with Google Health for AI-powered glucose monitoring.
OpenSSH 10.5 released, AI fixes now welcome
Article URL: https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.5 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49261895 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
Turning a Toy Game Boy into a Real Game Boy
In the world of children’s toys there are many offerings which are meant to look like devices used by older kids or even adults, with the Fisher Price Laugh & Learn Lil’ Gamer toy bearing quite the resemblance to Nintendo’s iconic Game Boy. Although this factoid...
Can a MacBook run multiple external monitors? It depends
Most current models support at least two.
Authors face backlash for participation in 2022 Google AI study
Thirteen authors joined a little-known Google AI study in 2022. Now they're facing backlash.
Mark Zuckerberg is getting blowback over his yacht in Alaska after this maritime incident
A yacht owned by Mark Zuckerberg didn’t respond immediately to a call for help from a skiff that ran out of fuel off the coast of Alaska, but a maritime law expert said Monday the crew may not have been obligated to after the Coast Guard determined the boat wasn’t in...
The SpaceX Sham
Article URL: https://dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/spacex-ipo-elon-musk-trillionaire/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49261857 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
Grok Bot by SpaceXAI
Article URL: https://x.ai/news/introducing-grok-bot Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49261532 Points: 23 # Comments: 8
Woman Pulled over at Gunpoint Twice After Flock Camera Glitch
Article URL: https://guessingheadlights.com/yall-failed-me-woman-pulled-over-at-gunpoint-twice-after-flock-camera-glitch/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49261218 Points: 6 # Comments: 3
Why Go Is an Ideal Language for AI-Assisted Software Engineering
Article URL: https://developers.googleblog.com/why-go-is-an-ideal-language-for-ai-assisted-software-engineering/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49261133 Points: 23 # Comments: 12
USDA warns recalled beef sold in Florida and Texas could cause ‘serious’ issues if eaten
Aventura, Fla.-based beef importer Corte Argentino USA is recalling 29,628 pounds of raw beef from Argentina after the shipments bypassed the third and final step of U.S. entry inspections. The potentially contaminated beef was produced between May 15 and May 20 this...
Researchers Disclose AI-Assisted SharePoint Exploit Chain Reaching Unauthenticated RCE
Security researchers found a way to enter Microsoft SharePoint servers as any user, including an administrator, with no valid account. A significant part of the work that found it was done through an AI agent. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-55040 (CVSS 9.1), affects...
DeadLock Ransomware Uses Polygon Smart Contracts to Make Extortion Infra Harder to Disrupt
The ransomware group known as DeadLock has been observed using decentralized infrastructure to facilitate victim communications and data leak operations in a bid to improve operational resilience. "Its recovery ecosystem combines the Session messaging network with...
Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app
Over a year following its post-election surge, Bluesky’s mobile app is seeing a continued decline in active users, though its remaining community is still relatively engaged.
What’s Scaleup Europe, the $5.7B fund that just backed satellite company ICEYE?
Scaleup Europe, a public-private fund with a $5.7 billion target, made its first investment by backing Finnish satellite company ICEYE.
Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s longtime COO, is leaving to ‘start something new’
One of OpenAI's longest serving executives is headed out the door, although the longtime COO told staff that he was "excited to help you all advance the mission from a different vantage point."
General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AI
River AI, a startup founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, has a fascinating vision for personal agents and secured $1.1 billion out of the gate.
Government lawyers fight trade judge’s order to refund importers for tariffs
Government lawyers said a Court of International Trade judge overstepped his authority by ordering the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to issue refunds to all companies that paid tariffs that were deemed illegal in February, even those that didn’t file a lawsuit in...
$30 Switch Game Is Unplayable Forever After Cloud Shutdown, Even in Single-Player Mode [Updated]
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is still playable elsewhere, but the Switch version is gone for good.
Disney+ will be the new global streaming home of Formula E racing
Disney+ will be the new global streaming home of Formula E racing.
How the iPhone has changed in the last five years
Modern iPhones reflect years of gradual evolution, blending new capabilities with familiar elements that keep users adapting along the way.
Suddenly, the Steam Machine’s Price Isn’t Buyers’ Biggest Concern
The latest major data breach has exposed customers' addresses, phone numbers, and much more.
A developer got Word 1.1a from 1990 to run on Windows 11 – try it yourself
Longing for a plain, old-fashioned version of Microsoft Word without all the bells, whistles, and AI slop? One developer managed to coax Word 1.1a to run on today's Windows.
Adobe Urges Immediate Patching of Critical ColdFusion, Campaign Classic Flaws
The security defects could be exploited for arbitrary code execution and denial-of-service. The post Adobe Urges Immediate Patching of Critical ColdFusion, Campaign Classic Flaws appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The Transportation Department is recruiting gamers to solve its air traffic controller shortage
For more than a decade there has been a shortage of air traffic controllers in the U.S., which has resulted in flight delays and increased risks for air travelers. And the Department of Transportation (DOT) is looking to video game enthusiasts to help fill those gaps....