Hacker News

Building and Shipping Mac and iOS Apps Without Ever Opening Xcode Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisper and its predecessor Linux 0.11 rewritten in idiomatic Rust, boots in QEMU Show HN: YouTube Guitar Tab Parser The real prices of frontier models. Tokens * Price, right? Linux on the Sega 32X. Who needs hardware synchronization primitives anyway? The art and engineering of Sega CD Silpheed Climate.gov was destroyed. Open data saved it SalesPatriot (YC W25) Is Hiring Full Stack Engineers (SF) Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended Samsung Health app threatens data deletion if users opt out AI training TFTP Honey Pot Results Show HN: I implemented a neural network in SQL California rocked by another earthquake that will unleash the Big One Ancient Roman Board Game

Bleeping Computer

Japan's largest taxi operator shuts systems after cyberattack Hackers backdoor Jscrambler npm package with infostealer malware New CrashStealer malware poses as Apple crash reporting tool CISA warns of actively exploited RCE flaws in Joomla extensions Lidl discloses online shop breach after service provider hack Breach at the Beach: Play the Ultimate Entra ID CTF UK charges suspects linked to Russian Coms call spoofing platform EU sanctions Russian GRU military hackers over cyberattacks US and allies warn of Russian critical infrastructure attacks OpenAI temporarily relaxes GPT-5.6 Sol usage limits Claude Fable 5 stays free for paid users until July 19 as Anthropic buys more time RedHook Android malware now uses Wireless ADB for shell access Australia warns of global campaign targeting vulnerable CMS platforms 'Ghostcommit' hides prompt injection in images to fool AI agents, steal secrets New U-Boot flaws could enable stealthy firmware attacks

Ars Technica

Apple sues OpenAI after ex-engineer allegedly used bug to steal trade secrets States sue to block Paramount/WBD merger that was approved by Trump admin Colorado will decide whether a "right to natural gas" is added to state constitution Overhaul of public lands grazing regulations seeks to cut public involvement Ransomware negotiator hired to represent victims was working for the attackers Disable autoplay and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta Judge doesn't like Elon Musk settlement with SEC, but says court can't block it OpenAI may have made a fatal misstep in copyright fight with news orgs Lawsuit: Man used Grok to make 7K sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself Judge rejects Kalshi attempt to override New York state gambling laws Aussie gov't tells volunteers to throw out thousands of functioning test routers Data centers’ energy demand threatens Trump’s “Made in America” plan SCOTUS lets Texas enforce app store law that Big Tech calls "censorship regime" FCC to end Biden-era rule that forces ISPs to list all their fees NRC is (sort of) getting rid of "as low as reasonably achievable" standard

Slashdot

US Government Warns That Russia State Hackers Are Coming After Your Router States Sue to Block Paramount-Warner Bros Merger, Defying DOJ Apple Reportedly Agreed to Intel Chips To Avoid White House Tariffs Cloudflare Precursor Watches Your Mouse and Keyboard To Decide If You Are Human Facial Recognition in UK Shops Will Soon Instantly Alert Police About Offenders Orbital Datacenter Plans Need an Environmental Review, FCC Told EFF Celebrates 36th Anniversary, Says 'We Need You in the Fight' Meta Says US States Seek $1.4 Trillion In Penalties In August's Youth Safety Trial How Flock Cameras Wrongly Tracked a Journalist for Days, Then Sent Police to Arrest Him Apple Sues OpenAI, Accusing It of Stealing Company Secrets Feds Demand Autonomous Vehicle Companies Stop Interfering With First Responders NYC To Become First In US To Ban Deceptive Subscription Practices Meta Patents AI Device That Tracks Your Emotions, Watches You Take Your Meds US Food and Drug Administration Rejects Petition To Set PFAS Limits In Food John Deere Agrees To 10-Year Right-To-Repair Deal In FTC Antitrust Lawsuit

Events

The Verge

Microsoft’s patch Tuesdays are about to get bigger China’s Z.ai claims it can match Mythos on cybersecurity The midterms are going to be a data security nightmare All the news about Anthropic’s new AI fight with the White House The FBI built a small town to simulate cyberattacks Amazon security research reportedly led to the White House’s Anthropic Fable ban Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet Valve is phasing out physical Steam gift cards due to scammers Hackers likely hijacked over 20,000 Instagram accounts with Meta’s AI chatbot Benn Jordan longs for the days of tech that didn’t spy on you

Cipher Brief

America’s Military Plans Depend on Infrastructure It Doesn’t Secure Trump’s Dangerous Bet on Pakistan’s Army Chief America’s Export Controls Are Becoming a Strategic Liability The Front Line of the AI Race Runs Through Your Company's Chat Logs Iran: On Negotiating with Criminal/Terrorist Organizations, States, and Other Entities The Continued Myth of Russia’s Imminent Collapse: Lessons from Prigozhin’s Mutiny Three Years On An Outlook for What’s Next in Iran War Beyond Evo: Bolivia and the Erosion of State Authority in Latin America After the Intelligence Cycle: A New Schema for AI-Native Intelligence Analysis The Succession Question Haunting the Kremlin Putin’s Running Out of Scare Tactics and Options If You Can Run a Spy, You Can Run AI Cyber Fraud, Banks, and What America Can Do About It Endless Warfare – Part II: Countering Endless Warfare and its Networks Gen. Dunford: Military Leaders Must Advise, Not Advocate

Blogs

Cory Doctorow

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