UK Brings in Full Social Media Ban for Under-16s
Article URL: https://deadline.com/2026/06/uk-social-media-ban-under-16s-x-youtube-tiktok-reddit-1236956163/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48538350 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
What the Fuck Happened to Nerds
Article URL: https://mrmarket.lol/what-the-fuck-happened-to-nerds/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48538229 Points: 15 # Comments: 2
UK will ban social media for children under 16
The UK is following Australia by banning young people under 16 from TikTok, Instagram and other social media platforms.
The FBI just issued an urgent warning for anyone using Microsoft Teams, Outlook, or OneDrive over a new phishing scheme
The security measure millions rely on to protect their accounts may not be as foolproof as they think.The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning the public about a fast-spreading scam targeting users of popular Microsoft 365 products, including Outlook, Teams, and...
Stop waiting, feel ready: 3 lessons to unlock creativity today
Some of us treat creativity like a reward. Something we’ll fully inhabit once a major milestone is reached or when the weekend comes around. Through years of working with leaders, I’ve realized that this deferral isn’t a personal flaw; it’s an epidemic. And it may be...
Maine Disables Data Breach Portal Due to Fake Submissions
Someone posted fake VRChat and Discord data breach reports on the system, prompting the Maine AG to take action. The post Maine Disables Data Breach Portal Due to Fake Submissions appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Google found liable for bad AI Overview results. Let’s play Truth Or Consequences
OPINION Tech companies hate liability, or at least the sort that makes them liable if something goes wrong. It doesn’t much matter if what they ship is buggy, shabby or simply blows chunks, it’s on you for using it. You fool. Corporates can get service level...
Under-16s to be banned from social media, Starmer announces
Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c77yx1jpg1nt Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48537709 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
The Y2K Bug in BSD 2.11 that Survived 2000
A year before the arrival of the brand-new 21st millennium, the Year 2000 Bug was predicted to grind modern society to a halt and ensure that at the dawn of the year 2001, there’d be nothing left but the smoldering wreck of once great societies. Thanks to the...
Chinese e-tailer claimed 14-inch box stretched the size of a 9-inch tablet
WHO, ME? Welcome to another instalment of Who, Me? It’s The Reg’s reader-contributed column in which you admit to mistakes and reveal your escapes! This week, meet a reader we’ll Regomize as “Rohan” who told us that a few years back he worked on the IT side of a...
The AI layoff wave is becoming a powder keg
What makes this combustible: at the very moment that tens of thousands of workers are being shown the door, a small cohort of AI insiders is becoming wealthy on a scale that's hard to comprehend.
Dalus (YC W25) Is Hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Germany
Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dalus/jobs/5IDmKJt-senior-software-frontend-engineer-germany-office Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48537556 Points: 0 # Comments: 0
Sniper Dz Scams Target MENA Users via Fake Facebook Offers and Browser Alerts
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of fraudulent activity targeting users across the Middle East and North Africa by employing various fraudulent Facebook accounts impersonating politicians, public figures, and trusted organizations. "These accounts...
Palo Alto Warns of Active Exploitation of PAN-OS GlobalProtect VPN Flaw
Palo Alto Networks has revealed that it has observed "active exploitation" of a recently disclosed PAN-OS vulnerability by an unknown threat actor to obtain unauthorized access to GlobalProtect portals. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-0257 (CVSS score: 7.8),...
Berkadia – 305,216 breached accounts
In March 2026, the commercial real estate finance company Berkadia was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign. The group subsequently published data they alleged was taken from Berkadia's Salesforce instance, including over 300k unique email...
Curl will not accept vulnerability reports during July 2026
Article URL: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/06/15/curl-summer-of-bliss/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48537165 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Why I designed Charlotte Tilbury Beauty as a technology company
Being at the forefront of beauty technology has been one of my brand’s greatest superpowers since day one. It has been fundamental to how we disrupted the beauty industry, allowing us to scale expertise, accelerate innovation and move at exponential speed. From the...
Why talented women keep getting passed over for promotions—and 3 strategies to help
Are you heads down, cranking out work, staying late, and hitting deadlines? Have you consistently brought major projects in under budget, but no one seems to notice? Are you devoted to your employer, yet aren’t being promoted, and worse, your male peers are? You’re...
3 top-rated earbuds that outperform AirPods for under $100
Apple’s standard AirPods start at $129 and are fine daily drivers. But you’re absolutely paying a heavy premium for the Apple logo and ecosystem convenience. If you care primarily about sound reproduction, actual battery depth, and active noise cancellation (ANC) as a...
IKEA Storage Box Just Happens To Make Great Printer Cover
The Snapmaker U1 3D printer is an impressive machine for the price, but [Beaver Works] found the optional factory-offered top cover a wee bit expensive for his tastes. The solution? 3D print a fixture and use a clear 45 L Samla storage box from IKEA as an effective...
Orbio raises $21 million to automate hiring and onboarding for frontline workers
Orbio announces $21 Million Series A in round led by Dawn Capital.
Even More Batteries Included with Emacs
Article URL: https://karthinks.com/software/even-more-batteries-included-with-emacs/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48535886 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Infinite Campus – 137,123 breached accounts
In March 2026, the student information system Infinite Campus was targeted in a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign. The group subsequently published data they alleged was taken from Infinite Campus, containing 137k unique email addresses along with names,...
Building Your Own X-Ray Detector Screen
Fluoroscopy is probably the best-known method of X-ray imaging: an X-ray beam passes through the subject to be imaged, and the transmitted X-rays illuminate a phosphor screen. Dense objects, such as metal or bone, cast a shadow on the screen, which provides a...
The hallucinogenic mushroom that contains no known psychedelic
Article URL: https://psychedelics.co.uk/news/a-mushroom-genus-that-gets-people-high-but-not-the Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48535215 Points: 18 # Comments: 2
21 years and counting of ‘eight fallacies of distributed computing’ (2025)
Article URL: https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/08/21-years-and-counting-of-eight-fallacies-of-distributed-computing/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48534628 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Trump’s UFC cage was built to frame the White House
When designing the stage for the UFC fights that will take place on the White House lawn on Sunday, June 14, there was one nonnegotiable feature: Viewers had to be able to see the White House in all its glory. To find a stage that could host a mixed martial arts bout...
The rich aren’t your role models
Article URL: https://theslowburningfuse.wordpress.com/2026/06/14/the-rich-arent-your-role-models-theyre-your-oppressors/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48535118 Points: 30 # Comments: 1
Your ePub Is Fine. Kobo Disagrees. Blame Adobe
Article URL: https://andreklein.net/your-epub-is-fine-kobo-disagrees-blame-adobe/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48533848 Points: 21 # Comments: 3
What even is food authenticity? Why we guard carbonara, and flatten chicken rice
Article URL: https://iza.ac/posts/2026/06/food-authenticity/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48533829 Points: 10 # Comments: 7