Hacker News

Making RAM at Home [video] ChatGPT Images 2.0 Diverse organic molecules on Mars revealed by the first SAM TMAH experiment Acetaminophen vs. ibuprofen SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B The Vercel breach: OAuth attack exposes risk in platform environment variables Drunk Post: Things I've Learned as a Senior Engineer Laws of Software Engineering A printing press for biological data Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica CrabTrap: An LLM-as-a-judge HTTP proxy to secure agents in production 20000 Gates and 20 MIPS [pdf] Stephen's Sausage Roll remains one of the most influential puzzle games Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training Framework Laptop 13 Pro Hunting a 34 year old pointer bug in EtherSlip Cal.diy: open-source community edition of cal.com Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans Windows Server 2025 Runs Better on ARM FBI looks into dead or missing scientists tied to NASA, Blue Origin, SpaceX Edit store price tags using Flipper Zero Claude Code to be removed from Anthropic's Pro plan? Some secret management belongs in your HTTP proxy Running a Minecraft Server and more on a 1960s UNIVAC Computer Global growth in solar "the largest ever observed for any source" Show HN: VidStudio, a browser based video editor that doesn't upload your files Theseus, a Static Windows Emulator San Diego rents declined following surge in supply My practitioner view of program analysis Trellis AI (YC W24) Is hiring engineers to build self-improving agents

Bleeping Computer

French govt agency confirms breach as hacker offers to sell data New Lotus data wiper used against Venezuelan energy, utility firms Stopping Fraud at Each Stage of the Customer Journey Without Adding Friction UK probes Telegram, teen chat sites over CSAM sharing concerns CISA flags new SD-WAN flaw as actively exploited in attacks Actively exploited Apache ActiveMQ flaw impacts 6,400 servers Former ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to BlackCat attacks NGate Android malware uses HandyPay NFC app to steal card data KelpDAO suffers $290 million heist tied to Lazarus hackers China's Apple App Store infiltrated by crypto-stealing wallet apps The Gentlemen ransomware now uses SystemBC for bot-powered attacks Seiko USA website defaced as hacker claims customer data theft Microsoft: Teams increasingly abused in helpdesk impersonation attacks The backup myth that is putting businesses at risk British Scattered Spider hacker pleads guilty to crypto theft charges

Ars Technica

Supreme Court arguments make it clear that FCC fines are "nonbinding" Florida probes ChatGPT role in mass shooting. OpenAI says bot "not responsible." Internal emails show how Amazon raises prices across the Internet, lawsuit says US opens refund portal to start paying back Trump's illegal tariffs Man with @ihackedthegovernment Instagram account tells judge, “I made a mistake" Ad firms settle with Trump FTC over claims they boycotted conservative media Jury finds Live Nation/Ticketmaster is illegal monopoly that overcharged fans FCC exempts Netgear from ban on foreign routers, doesn't explain why It's Tax Day, and no one knows how to file for prediction market winnings Apple chooses Amazon satellites for iPhone, years after rejecting Starlink offer NZXT agrees to let customers keep their rental PCs in class-action settlement Your tech support company runs scams. Stop—or disguise with more fraud? IBM folds to Trump anti-DEI push, admits no misconduct but pays $17M penalty Californians sue over AI tool that records doctor visits Report: US demands Reddit unmask ICE critic, summons firm to grand jury Dad stuck in support nightmare after teen lied about age on Discord Trump-appointed judges refuse to block Trump blacklisting of Anthropic AI tech Police corporal created AI porn from driver's license pics First man convicted under Take It Down Act kept making AI nudes after arrest LinkedIn scanning users' browser extensions sparks controversy and two lawsuits

Slashdot

Florida Launches Criminal Investigation Into ChatGPT Over School Shooting Maryland Becomes First State To Pass Bill Banning 'Surveillance Pricing' Former Palantir Employee Running For Congress Unveils 'AI Dividend' Plan Trump Administration Begins Refunding $166 Billion In Tariffs NSA Using Anthropic's Mythos Despite Blacklist Nevada Police Can Now Track Cellphones Without a Warrant Old Cars 'Tell Tales' by Storing Data That's Never Wiped US Congress Fails to Pass Long-Term FISA Extension, Authorizes It Through April 30 20-Year-Old Enters Prison for Historic Breach, Ransoming of Massive Student Database US Government Now Wants Anthropic's 'Mythos', Preparing for AI Cybersecurity Threats Shuttered Startups Are Selling Old Slack Chats, Emails To AI Companies Gazing Into Sam Altman's Orb Could Solve Ticket Scalping Newly Unsealed Records Reveal Amazon's Price-Fixing Tactics 'TotalRecall Reloaded' Tool Finds a Side Entrance To Windows 11 Recall Database Google, Pentagon Discuss Classified AI Deal

Events

The Verge

Cloud development platform Vercel was hacked Rockstar Games says hack will have ‘no impact’ PSA: Anyone with a link can view your Granola notes by default Claude Code leak exposes a Tamagotchi-style ‘pet’ and an always-on agent Okta’s CEO is betting big on AI agent identity PSA: Hackers can raid iOS 18 with an infected link Iran-linked cyber attack targets US medtech giant Stryker Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger get new ways to protect users from scams

The Cipher Brief

The Costly Illusion of the Golden Dome Trump, Iran, and the Stress Test of Western Alliances An FBI Perspective on FISA Section 702 Why Greenland is the Linchpin of the Golden Dome The Most Dangerous Extremist Movement in America Has No Ideology The Trump-Xi Summit: A Chance to Change the Global Narrative What Iran Is Learning from Russia’s War and Why the U.S. Should Be Concerned Copy of Trump’s Cyber Strategy Is a Strong Playbook, but It’s All in the Execution Avoiding Another 9/11: 3 Key Reasons to Reauthorize Section 702 The Navy is changing the way it does business and its still pretty pricey

Blogs

Cory Doctorow

Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff's "Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed" Comrade Trump Georgia's voting technology blunder Tiktokification shall set us free A Pascal's Wager for AI Doomers Rights for robots In praise of Austerity creates fascism Don't Be Evil Canny Valley and Creative Commons