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Google researchers warn LLM hijacking can drive cloud bills toward $1 million
Mandiant investigations found attackers stealing cloud identities and model access, then routing unauthorized AI usage through a growing resale ecosystem.
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DiscImageStudio turns optical-disc data into visible artwork
The open-source project generates CD, DVD and single-layer Blu-ray images whose physical data patterns form pictures visible on the recorded surface.
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Study compares open-source 5G radio platforms across real workloads
Researchers evaluated OpenAirInterface and srsRAN using multiple radio configurations and applications including video on demand, live streaming and cloud gaming.
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Hacker Times gives Hacker News an hourly newspaper-style front page
The independent web project reorganises links discussed by Hacker News readers into a saved edition with summaries and pointers to original sources.
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US midterms put every House seat and 35 Senate contests before voters
The vote will decide whether Republicans keep control of Congress and how much room President Donald Trump has to pursue his domestic agenda.
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Sam Altman argues scarce memory should be concentrated in cloud data centres
The OpenAI chief says centralising limited DRAM capacity could improve utilisation, putting him at odds with advocates of local AI processing.
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BioWare co-founder criticises executive distance from game development
Greg Zeschuk says BioWare's closure is especially painful for displaced staff and Edmonton, while arguing that many industry leaders do not understand how games are made.
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Syscall.sh expands Linux system-call reference across 27 architectures
The updated reference combines architecture-specific call numbers, argument registers and kernel-version history with downloadable JSON and an API.
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Cyberattack disrupts supermarket refrigeration across seven European countries
Retailers disconnected affected cooling systems after attackers reportedly forced some controllers into defrost mode and raised temperatures as high as 50C.
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China proposes frontier AI export controls as interim registration begins
Draft catalogue changes cover model weights, agents and cyber capabilities, while a new registration requirement already applies to listed technology transfers.
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AI-assisted retro game ports prompt calls for tougher playability standards
A new critique argues that rapid port announcements often demonstrate that a game can boot without establishing that it can be played reliably from start to finish.
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AI-generated game wikis crowd search results with unreliable guides
Publishers and volunteer editors say mass-produced sites are confusing players while increasing the costs of maintaining independent community resources.
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Local-meeting database charts widespread opposition to US data centers
A new searchable collection says it found 10,202 public comments across 906 local-government meetings in 48 states.
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Minecraft experiment exposes coordination limits in large AI-agent teams
A 50-agent colony stalled amid abandoned plans and excessive coordination, while smaller competitive teams showed sharply different strategies.
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OpenIDEA brings an IntelliJ-style workflow to a new Rust-based IDE
The open-source project is building a cross-platform development environment with familiar JetBrains-style navigation and integrated tools, while making clear that its early benchmarks are not direct feature-for-feature comparisons.
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Plymouth police disconnect Flock plate-reading cameras after contract cancellation
The Minnesota city cut power to its automated license-plate readers after officials said the vendor had not acted on repeated notice that the contract was ending.
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Sam Altman argues cloud data centers make more efficient use of scarce DRAM
The OpenAI chief said pooled infrastructure can keep memory busier than personal computers, framing local AI hardware as inefficient during a supply-constrained period.
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China's AI race collides with a deep technology-market selloff
Chinese technology shares have lost trillions of dollars as weak demand, export controls and doubts about near-term AI profits weigh on investors.
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Japan rail booking critique shows how organizations surface in software
A developer's account of regional platforms, layered fares and ticket collection argues that company boundaries are leaking into the passenger experience.
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oTAPE proposes an open file format for digital cassettes
The release-candidate specification packages two fixed-length audio sides, artwork and cassette-style controls into a self-contained offline file.
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Developer recounts the hidden autoplay bug behind Google's Pac-Man doodle
A browser extension quietly loaded Google in the background, causing the 2010 anniversary game to emit unexplained sounds until an emergency patch.
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Vela Linux desktop reaches first beta release
Vela 0.1 adds signed packages, in-settings updates and native Bluetooth while its developer warns laptop support remains less tested.
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Books3 torrent testimony deepens Meta copyright discovery dispute
Publishers and Meta offer sharply different readings of a former researcher's deposition as litigation over AI training data moves toward trial.
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Prospero offers a lightweight desktop harness for local coding models
A developer has released Prospero, a C++ coding assistant interface designed to connect to user-supplied local or hosted language models while keeping resource use low.
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Researchers detail ChatGPT shared-link flaw that exposed private conversations
Parameter AI says OpenAI fixed a high-severity vulnerability that could let a malicious shared conversation run code inside a signed-in user's ChatGPT session.
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Residential cruise ends in Cambodia after operator cites fuel-cost surge
Villa Vie Residences told passengers to leave the MV Odyssey in Sihanoukville as it evaluates restructuring and new financing.
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Analysis of Hacker News requests finds privacy tools remain in demand
A new project classified 12,441 software requests posted since 2008 and found users repeatedly ask for products that have already been built.
Read more ›AI automation raises deskilling concern for site reliability teams
A SigNoz analysis argues that automating routine incident work may leave engineers less prepared for rare, complex outages.
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Hosting provider rejects ICE-linked takedown request for personnel reference site
FlokiNET says it refused a contractor's request targeting Icepick, while the site's original domain was separately suspended at registrar level.
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Lawmakers introduce second Epstein files transparency bill
The proposal would let survivors, state attorneys general and members of Congress sue over alleged Justice Department noncompliance with an earlier disclosure law.
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Northflank tells customers to rotate secrets during security investigation
The cloud platform warned users to assume environment variables were exposed after customers reported unauthorized use of AI credentials.
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Binance says it will cover losses after $6.3 billion multi-chain theft
Blockchain investigators linked the rapid theft to tactics associated with North Korea's TraderTraitor group, while Binance and law enforcement had not named an attacker.
Read more ›House Democrats introduce resolution opposing any bailout for failed AI companies
A group led by Representatives Greg Casar and Maxine Waters wants federal support directed to workers and retirees if an AI investment downturn damages the economy.
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North Korean unit blamed for $6.3 billion Binance theft as investigators trace funds
Binance says it will cover losses after a hot-wallet breach, while blockchain researchers attribute the operation to TraderTraitor.
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Google Custom Search JSON API users face January 2027 migration deadline
The service is closed to new customers, and existing whole-web search integrations need an alternative before the endpoint is discontinued.
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Developer’s iPhone Duo return highlights the foldable’s early software tradeoffs
An iOS developer praised the large inner display and new app layouts but returned the £2,000 device after six days.
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Security researchers report backdoor in Claude Code extension release on Cursor marketplace
Phorion says version 2.1.313 contained cross-platform persistence code and an SSH access mechanism, prompting removal of the release.
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DeepMind Economists Argue AI Coordination Could Be the Key Economic Threshold
A new essay says individual benchmarks may understate how machine agents could reshape firms, wages and employment when they can coordinate at scale.
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NASA's Perseverance Sets Off-World Driving Distance Record on Mars
The rover's odometer reached 45.22 kilometres as engineers expanded its autonomous navigation and ability to handle difficult terrain.
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Researchers Find SSH Backdoor in Cursor Marketplace Claude Code Extension
A malware analysis says version 2.1.313 of a Claude Code extension artifact added persistent remote access, while cautioning that the evidence does not establish a compromise of Anthropic's own distribution.
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Gemini 4 Carbon Takes Top Spot in Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Google's selectively released Gemini 4 Carbon led Artificial Analysis's latest general intelligence ranking while trailing the top coding-agent model.
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Hackers Publish Records Identifying More Than 40,000 DHS Personnel
The Department of Homeland Security said it was investigating a potential breach after a hacktivist group released employee names and contact details.
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US Battery Storage Installations Hit Quarterly Record in Q2 2026
The United States added 20.2 gigawatt-hours of battery storage in the second quarter, led overwhelmingly by large grid projects.
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Researcher details logic-only Microsoft Edge exploit chain built for Pwn2Own
DEVCORE researcher Orange Tsai says five software flaws and two Windows features were combined to escape Edge’s sandbox without relying on memory corruption.
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