Nvidia Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Article URL: https://huggingface.co/nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B-NVFP4 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257947 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6-Cyber with Reduced Safeguards for Exploit Development
OpenAI on Monday unveiled a new cybersecurity-focused model called GPT‑5.6‑Cyber that it said is focused on vulnerability research, penetration testing, and incident response. "Built on GPT‑5.6 Sol, it is trained to improve capabilities on several specialized...
US Water Systems Get Cyber Boost From New Senate Bill and ‘Water Watch Center’
The Water Watch Center launched at DEF CON aims to help under-resourced utilities protect their systems against hackers. The post US Water Systems Get Cyber Boost From New Senate Bill and ‘Water Watch Center’ appeared first on SecurityWeek.
PC-1: The 1954 Computer with no Tubes, Relays, or Transistors
However you make a digital computer, you need something to represent a binary digit. Usually this is some form of switch: a relay, a tube, or a transistor, although there have been other ways to represent state. In 1954, [Eiichi Goto] of Japan invented the parametron,...
Bumble ditches its rule that kept men from making the first move
Bumble is ditching the rule that it has enforced since launching in 2024. Men can finally message first.
Linux desktop use surged to 22% on one workday, Cloudflare data shows
The Linux desktop's popularity is growing fast, and there are a few reasons why.
North Korean remote IT staffer worked for US government agency, says FBI
The investigation shows that North Koreans are able to infiltrate government agencies, as well as private organizations and crypto exchanges.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.6-Cyber with reduced refusals, 95% completion on advanced cybersecurity tasks
Earlier today, OpenAI launched GPT-5.6-Cyber, a specialized model designed to perform advanced vulnerability research and exploit development for approved defenders — including categories of work that its general-purpose models will often refuse.GPT-5.6-Cyber is a...
It’s time Amazon played by the same rules as everyone else [video]
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91DoiansHqk Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257601 Points: 27 # Comments: 4
England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75gk620r22o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257377 Points: 18 # Comments: 1
Motorola Moto Watch (2026) review: Looks can be deceiving
Motorola's Moto Watch looks like a capable and affordable timepiece, but looks are deceiving.
Garmin Cirqa versus Fitbit Air: How these two fitness trackers compare
Is Garmin's new option worth $100 more than the Fitbit Air?
Cyberattack on logistics giant CEVA delivers customer data into the wrong hands
A cyberattack on logistics giant CEVA has disrupted warehouses across Europe and exposed customer data belonging to a growing list of big-name clients, including Valve and Ajax. The France-headquartered shipping outfit, which operates more than 1,000 warehouses...
How to help Colombia earthquake victims: 4 things you can do right now
On Monday, the South American country of Colombia was struck by a powerful earthquake at 7:34 a.m. local time. According to the Associated Press, the quake reached a magnitude of 7.4 on the Richter scale, which caused Colombia’s Geological Service to declare it the...
I tried Opera’s new vertical tabs – and it might be the best implementation yet
If the lack of vertical tabs has kept you from adopting the Opera browser, you might want to take another look.
Spotify will label ‘AI Persona’ profiles and exclude their music from recommendations
Spotify is introducing “AI Persona” labels for artist profiles that represent AI-generated identities and will exclude their music from editorial, algorithmic, and personalized recommendations by default.
Spotify AI Persona labels will alert listeners if an artist isn’t real
The streaming service has faced an onslaught of AI-generated music.
Bumble now lets either person send the first message after matching
The company previously teased it would change messaging in May.
This $50 power bank is safer than my lithium-ion battery – and it’s coming on my next flight
Lithium-ion power banks keep catching fire. Is semi-solid-state the safer solution?
Trump escaped an Iranian assassination threat in a very unusual way last month in Turkey
President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that the Republican president was flying on Air Force One, according to a report published by The Washington...
Build a custom AI assistant for your team’s workflow in 10 minutes
Every team has that one Slack or Teams channel where the exact same questions get asked every single week. Where is the updated brand guide? What is our policy on expense receipts over $50? How do we handle customer returns outside the 30-day window? Instead of...
Google Maps Unlocks Automatic Food Orders and Hotel Bookings With Agentic AI
You can even ask Maps to locate nearby events.
A Malicious SIM Card Can Run Attacker Code Inside the Modems Behind Cellular IoT Devices
A malicious SIM card can order the device it sits in to run commands of the attacker's choosing. On the cellular modules built into electric-vehicle chargers, industrial routers, and car telematics units, that is enough to take the whole device over. Researchers at...
Researchers Built a Fake Crypto Startup and Hired Three Suspected North Korean IT Workers
Security researchers invented a cryptocurrency startup, advertised developer jobs, and hired three people they believe were North Korean operatives. Every virtual machine the company issued was recording. The onboarding paperwork is the part hiring teams can use. The...
Mozilla Revokes Firefox and Thunderbird Linux Signing Key After Key Lands in Private Repo
Mozilla has scrapped the cryptographic key behind Firefox and Thunderbird downloads for Linux after an unencrypted copy of it was committed by mistake to one of the company's own private code repositories. That key is how a user, or a Linux distribution packaging the...
What comes after the smartphone? Amazon’s Panos Panay will make his case at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
At Disrupt 2026, Amazon's Panos Panay will provide an exclusive vision for what's in store for us beyond the smartphone.
Deepfake hiccup unmasks suspected digital certificate fraudster
Spain's national police say they caught a cybercriminal after a momentary technical glitch exposed his face to a video identification platform. The unnamed man allegedly made 38 attempts to impersonate 30 people and obtain digital certificates in their names,...
AI’s biggest climate problem may not be data centers
AI’s carbon footprint is even worse than it seems. It’s not just that new data centers are leading to new fossil-fueled power plants—like an Amazon-backed gas plant in Texas that could be the largest single source of CO2 pollution in the U.S. AI also is making the...
OpenAI’s Only Ethicist Reportedly Left Last Month
Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/openais-only-ethicist-reportedly-left-last-month-she-wasnt-replaced-2000796883 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257160 Points: 4 # Comments: 5
Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models
Anthropic will extend support for watermarking AI generations for older models as well.