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Citizen Lab researchers discovered that mercenary hackers delivered zero-click spyware through targeted ads, infecting 45 Al Jazeera devices without any user interaction. The AdFection campaign operat...
Meta has open-sourced Muse Spark, a large-scale language model with 816B total parameters and 42B active parameters using an Mixture-of-Experts architecture. The release includes both the model weight...
Citizen Lab research reveals an operation dubbed 'AdFection' that weaponized targeted advertising platforms as a delivery pipeline for zero-click mercenary spyware, bypassing the need for user interac...
Citizen Lab found evidence that dozens of devices at Al Jazeera were compromised after displaying malicious online ads, representing a zero-click spyware attack vector through ad networks. The finding...
Russian drones have attacked ships in the Black Sea for the first time within NATO member Romania's territorial waters, setting chemical tankers ablaze near the Sulina canal. At least seven ships have...
The article introduces C++26 contracts, covering preconditions and postconditions — a long-anticipated language feature that allows developers to specify and enforce runtime conditions on function par...
Microsoft announced the availability of Microsoft Defender for Linux desktops, extending its Endpoint Protection capabilities to Linux operating systems. This brings enterprise-grade security monitori...
The 28th CGPM adopted Resolution 5, deciding that the maximum allowed difference between UTC and UT1 (Earth's rotation time) will be increased by or before 2035, eliminating the need for future leap s...
Meta and Apple have collaborated to launch Muse Spark Open, an open-weight AI model that runs locally on Apple Silicon devices. The partnership marks a significant step for on-device AI inference and ...
Anthropic has granted METR researchers employee-level access to its systems, allowing independent auditing of its AI safety practices. METR will publish its own risk and incident assessments without A...
SK Hynix's Solidigm division is negotiating with U.S. authorities to secure approval for exporting advanced chipmaking equipment to its existing China facility, while simultaneously pursuing plans to ...
Ramp raised $1.85 billion in a new funding round at a $60 billion valuation, jumping from $44 billion just four months earlier. The expense management platform now reports $2 billion in annualized rev...
Google has launched Universal Cart in the US, a cross-retailer shopping tool that lets users save and track products found across Search and the Gemini app. The feature includes price-drop and restock...
Figma announced new features at its first Config event in India to better control how AI agents operate within its design platform. The centerpiece is Figma Specs, a Markdown-based editor that lets te...
A JAMA study warns that mandatory low testosterone screening ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could falsely flag up to 25% of active-duty Army members, far exceeding the actual prevalence of ...
Porsche has unveiled the Mission S concept, a mid-engined supercar that will sit above the 911 in its lineup. Unlike past limited-run supercars from Porsche, this will be a regular production model as...
A Columbia University study published in Nature reveals that microplastics in water are not chemically inert but can generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) at the water-plastic boundary, potentially d...
The FTC has issued civil investigative demands to OpenAI and Anthropic, probing consumer harms from AI safety incidents including cases where AI models hacked websites and breached government systems ...
A study published in Science Advances finds that restoring ecosystems on tropical atolls — including reintroducing seabirds, replanting native vegetation, and eradicating invasive rats — can help isla...
YouTube Music is rolling out labels that identify tracks fully or significantly created or altered with generative AI, giving listeners transparency about AI‑generated content. The labeling system com...
Sega has pulled Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition from sale after its disastrous launch, with players complaining about bugs and AI-generated upscaling issues that severely degraded visual qualit...
Meta announced the Muse Spark Open AI model, claiming it's the most capable US open-weight model, and notably the first in its class that can run locally on Apple hardware—specifically two M5 Ultra Ma...
Volvo announced it will use Nvidia's autonomous driving stack to launch a hands-free, point-to-point Level 2++ driving system by 2030, capable of handling complex urban environments like traffic light...
Anthropic reported Q3 revenue of $16.8 billion, up nearly 50% from Q2's $11.5 billion, ahead of its anticipated IPO. The company also revealed it has significantly cut back on model distillation by co...
E Ink has announced Kaleido 4, its next-generation color e-paper display featuring 300 PPI for vibrant color content and a 50% contrast ratio improvement over previous generations. Device makers inclu...
E Ink has launched its latest color ePaper platform, Kaleido 4, continuing its iteration on reflective color display technology. The new generation likely brings improvements in color gamut, resolutio...
An exploration of the classic trolley problem from the perspective of an AI system named Jev, examining how artificial intelligence approaches ethical decision-making dilemmas. The article discusses t...
The Simons Foundation is launching a $15 million initiative to support mathematicians in adapting to and leveraging AI tools in their research. The effort aims to help the mathematical community navig...
Jake Archibald compares JPEG XL and AVIF for web use cases after JPEG XL landed in all major browsers. AVIF generally produces smaller files for photos, screenshots, illustrations, and transparent ima...
Spritely Institute announces a new federated end-to-end encrypted relay for OCapN, funded by an NLnet grant. The upgrade replaces the previous "prelay" which lacked E2EE, making it safe for real-world...
sslx is a Rust-based command-line tool designed as a modern, user-friendly alternative to OpenSSL's CLI for certificate inspection, TLS connection testing, and security grading. It bundles common oper...
The article critiques common approaches developers take when storing Git repositories on Amazon S3, highlighting pitfalls such as treating S3 as a traditional filesystem. It advocates for proper Git-S...
Cal AI achieved viral success through strategic influencer marketing, generating over $30 million in revenue within two years. The company was subsequently acquired by MyFitness for an undisclosed amo...
Amazon devices chief Panos Panay outlined a vision at TechCrunch Disrupt where ambient AI devices proactively anticipate user needs without requiring direct commands. He envisions a future where tradi...
Bluesky is expanding its AI-powered Attie platform to enable users to build interactive experiences such as websites, games, and quizzes. The new 'social vibe coding' feature lets creators tap directl...
Amazon-owned Bee has launched two new AI-powered personal devices: an updated wearable and a credit-card-sized recorder that attaches to smartphones. The devices can summarize conversations, create to...
Recursive Intelligence is developing AI that can design and iteratively improve semiconductor chips, aiming to automate and accelerate the chip design process to address the ongoing compute crisis.
Plex has partnered with Fandango to integrate movie theater ticket sales directly into its platform, targeting US users browsing titles currently in theaters. The move leverages Plex's 100+ million mo...
Researchers at Penn State University have modeled the acoustic properties of the Liberty Bell using data from a replica, in honor of the nation's 250th anniversary. The work was presented at the Acous...
Valve is introducing "achievement sets" on Steam, allowing developers to group achievements into categories for base games and DLCs. Each set has its own progress bar and a "set complete" trophy badge...
The article explains a common pitfall with ArenaAllocators in Zig: when ArrayLists grow by allocating new memory, copying data, and freeing old memory, the freed old memory won't be returned to the ar...
President Donald Trump posted a photo on Truth Social purporting to show a restored White House column, but it contains AI-editing artifacts such as mismatched steps and nearly identical angles in bef...
Bluesky's Attie AI tool has expanded to let users create small social apps like games, polls, and dashboards through natural language prompts. CEO Toni Schneider described it as "social vibe coding" f...
2026 is seeing a wave of critically-oriented films about Silicon Valley figures, including Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning about Mark Zuckerberg, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's documentary o...
E Ink is preparing to release an upgraded Kaleido 4 color E Ink display following Kaleido 3, based on leaked photos from a presentation in China. The company has not yet made an official announcement,...
Withings is now charging new users $99/year to sync their health data with Apple Health, a significant shift from previously free access. Existing long-term users may be grandfathered in, but newcomer...
A popular Hacker News discussion (464 points, 176 comments) around Nick Cammarata's visual essay 'Neural networks are clean,' which explores how neural network representations organize information in ...
Krea AI has released Krea 3, a new image generation model specifically designed for large-scale editing workflows. The release marks Krea's continued iteration in the competitive generative image spac...
Valve's Steam client now reportedly outperforms Epic Games' newly redesigned launcher in speed, despite Epic's recent overhaul efforts. The comparison highlights ongoing performance frustrations with ...
A new GitHub project called DEsk proposes a Wayland-based desktop environment for Linux featuring a skeuomorphic design aesthetic. The project has gained moderate attention on Hacker News with 470 poi...
Libreboot 26.10, codenamed "Ominous Olive," has been released, adding support for UEFI firmware and Chromebook devices. This marks a significant expansion of Libreboot's hardware compatibility, broade...
Flipflop is a self-hosted file-sharing tool built on the Iroh networking library, offering persistent peer-to-peer tunnels that stay always-on for trusted connections. It was created as an alternative...
decomp.dev, a platform launched in 2024 to centralize matching decompilation progress and build community, is being shut down. The decision follows rapid advances in AI models like GPT-6-Astra, which ...
A blog post exploring how Gleam's compiler checks case expression exhaustiveness, walking through compiler-core/src/exhaustiveness.rs to explain how the compiler verifies that all possible pattern val...
Haxy.net, a new git forge platform, has officially launched as announced in a developer log video. The announcement marks the live debut of HAXY, positioning it as an alternative git hosting solution.
Rust 1.99.1 is a point release that fixes three regressions: a missing `wcslen` symbol causing link errors on some targets (notably UEFI), a miscompilation of FFI bool return values on x86_64 that lef...
The article argues that remote attestation technology, such as Google Play Integrity, is harmful because it enables restrictive DRM and third-party control over what users can run on their devices. Th...
Furifont is a tool or font project that embeds furigana (Japanese phonetic annotation characters) directly into the font file itself, eliminating the need for separate annotation markup. This approach...
The article explores James Shore's geometric model of software maintenance, which posits that each person-month of code written generates recurring maintenance effort over time. The author proposes em...
Bluesky is exploring new features to facilitate buying, selling, and fundraising activities directly on its social network. Executives argue that advertising is not the only viable monetization path, ...
Rivian is planning to introduce AI agents into its vehicles, with more details expected at its upcoming 'AI & Autonomy Day' event in December 2026. The company has not yet disclosed specifics about ho...
Flock CEO Garrett Langley defended his company's AI-powered surveillance technology at TechCrunch Disrupt, arguing that crime-fighting benefits outweigh privacy concerns. The statement comes amid grow...
Rocket Lab has delayed Neutron's first launch to 2027 due to manufacturing defects in the carbon composite structures of the rocket's first stage propellant tanks. Engineers discovered voids or air po...
OpenAI is upgrading its ChatGPT Chrome extension to allow it to view and reference browser tabs the user already has open. When tagged in ChatGPT, the extension can analyze open tabs to provide more c...
Sony has announced three high-end Walkman MP3 players ranging from $1,899 to $5,900, featuring DSD Remastering Engine technology for upsampled audio and gold-plated finishes on premium models, targeti...