Hacker News

Why I Left iNaturalist How to Code Claude Code in 200 Lines of Code Embassy: Modern embedded framework, using Rust and async Sopro TTS: A 169M model with zero-shot voice cloning that runs on the CPU Show HN: Executable Markdown files with Unix pipes Bose has released API docs and opened the API for its EoL SoundTouch speakers Richard D. James aka Aphex Twin speaks to Tatsuya Takahashi (2017) The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform The Jeff Dean Facts Anti-cheat evolution in Windows 11 AI coding assistants are getting worse? Google AI Studio is now sponsoring Tailwind CSS Systematically Improving Espresso: Mathematical Modeling and Experiment (2020) Ushikuvirus: Newly discovered virus may offer clues to the origin of eukaryotes Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time Show HN: A geofence-based social network app 6 years in development He was called a 'terrorist sympathizer.' Now his AI company is valued at $3B Fixing a Buffer Overflow in Unix v4 Like It's 1973 Pole of Inaccessibility Mux (YC W16) is hiring a platform engineer that cares about (internal) DX Flint Confirms Biodegradable Paper Batteries Are Now in Production Dell admits consumers don't care about AI PCs Logistics Is Dying; Or – Dude, Where's My Mail? Digital Red Queen: Adversarial Program Evolution in Core War with LLMs Making Magic Leap past Nvidia's secure bootchain and breaking Tesla Autopilots Learning to Play Tic-Tac-Toe with Jax Task-free intelligence testing of LLMs I used Lego to design a farm for people who are blind – like me PgX – Debug Postgres performance in the context of your application code Recent Optimizations in Python's Reference Counting

Bleeping Computer

CISA retires 10 emergency cyber orders in rare bulk closure Gmail's new AI Inbox uses Gemini, but Google says it won’t train AI on user emails New China-linked hackers breach telcos using edge device exploits FBI warns about Kimsuky hackers using QR codes to phish U.S. orgs xAI teases major Grok upgrade, hints at Grok Code CLI VMware ESXi zero-days likely exploited a year before disclosure Cisco switches hit by reboot loops due to DNS client bug Texas court blocks Samsung from tracking TV viewing, then vacates order Six for 2026: The cyber threats you can’t ignore Microsoft Exchange Online outage blocks access to mailboxes via IMAP4 Microsoft to enforce MFA for Microsoft 365 admin center sign-ins Cisco warns of Identity Service Engine flaw with exploit code CISA tags max severity HPE OneView flaw as actively exploited

Ars Technica

Wi-Fi advocates get win from FCC with vote to allow higher-power devices Grok assumes users seeking images of underage girls have “good intent” Warner Bros. sticks with Netflix merger, calls Paramount’s $108B bid “illusory” Letting prisons jam contraband phones is a bad idea, phone companies tell FCC News orgs win fight to access 20M ChatGPT logs. Now they want more. Appeals court agrees that Congress blocked cuts to research costs Ørsted seeks injunction against US government over project freeze The nation’s strictest privacy law just took effect, to data brokers’ chagrin Anna’s Archive loses .org domain, says suspension likely unrelated to Spotify piracy X blames users for Grok-generated CSAM; no fixes announced xAI silent after Grok sexualized images of kids; dril mocks Grok’s “apology” Lawsuit over Trump rejecting medical research grants is settled DOGE did not find $2T in fraud, but that doesn’t matter, Musk allies say NJ’s answer to flooding: it has bought out and demolished 1,200 properties US can’t deport hate speech researcher for protected speech, lawsuit says China drafts world’s strictest rules to end AI-encouraged suicide, violence Big Tech basically took Trump’s unpredictable trade war lying down SPEED Act passes in House despite changes that threaten clean power projects FCC’s import ban on the best new drones starts today OpenAI’s child exploitation reports increased sharply this year

Slashdot

Lawsuit Over OpenAI For-Profit Conversion Can Head To Trial, US Judge Says Illinois Health Department Exposed Over 700,000 Residents' Personal Data For Years French Court Orders Google DNS to Block Pirate Sites, Dismisses 'Cloudflare-First' Defense Samsung Hit with Restraining Order Over Smart TV Surveillance Tech in Texas Google and Character.AI Agree To Settle Lawsuits Over Teen Suicides California Lawmaker Proposes a Four-Year Ban On AI Chatbots In Kids' Toys Founder of Spyware Maker PcTattletale Pleads Guilty To Hacking, Advertising Surveillance Software Congressman Introduces Legislation To Criminalize Insider Trading On Prediction Markets An AI-Generated NWS Map Invented Fake Towns In Idaho NYC Wegmans Is Storing Biometric Data On Shoppers' Eyes, Voices and Faces Vietnam Bans Unskippable Ads The Nation's Strictest Privacy Law Goes Into Effect Anna's Archive Loses<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Org Domain After Surprise Suspension Corporation for Public Broadcasting To Shut Down After 58 Years As US Communities Start Fighting Back, Many Datacenters are Blocked

Events

The Verge

Ring’s Mobile Security Trailer provides 360-degree coverage anywhere Reolink made a local AI hub for its security cameras Ugreen is expanding into AI-powered smart home surveillance Anker adds features and style to its smart home security You can unlock SwitchBot’s first deadbolt smart lock with your face Two cybersecurity employees plead guilty to carrying out ransomware attacks Ubisoft shuts down ‘Rainbow Six Siege’ servers following hack Dozens of Flock AI camera feeds were just out there

The Cipher Brief

The Kremlin Files: Russia, the Modern Surveillance State Iran’s Supreme Leader Should Listen to the People The U.S. Says it Will “Run” Venezuela. What Will That Mean? I've Tracked Terrorist Networks for Decades. I've Never Seen Anything Like 764. Venezuela’s Key Takeaways for the World High Risk in Venezuela—To What End? Human Agency in a Technology-Mediated World After Venezuela, What Is Next in 2026? Venezuela was a Surprise. What Could be Next? Building U.S. Drone Dominance Brick by Brick

Blogs

Cory Doctorow

Where did the money go? Writing vs AI Code is a liability A world without people The Post-American Internet A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance Happy Public Domain Day 2026! America's collapsing consumption is the world's disenshittification opportunity Break up bad companies; replace bad union bosses Federal Wallet Inspectors