Hacker News

Announcing three new discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics The Exponential Time Hypothesis Is False [pdf] Sebastian Raschka's from-scratch video course on building reasoning models Cross-request KV cache exposure in the GLM-5.3 Workers AI model (155 responses) Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11 Type Server Protocol A Printer Printing onto Paper CSS-Tricks has a new owner 16-bit Windows (Windows 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, 3.1, etc.) on 64-bit Windows Is PHP Running on Your ColdFusion Server? How to Check, and Remove It LISPy things you can do in 64K bytes of core (2019) Nietzschian Debugger GPT-6.1 Terra Solar power is becoming bigger than nuclear Anthropic S-1

Bleeping Computer

University of Copenhagen data breach exposes data of 525,000 people Former pentester used ARTEX AI to steal 8.2 million data records OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Terra with 3x faster AI agents, 50% lower pricing DreamHost forces password resets in ongoing "incident" Critical 'HTTP2Shell' Brotli vulnerability triggers emergency patches Microsoft releases emergency .NET patches for critical Brotli flaw When an AI Agent Is the Incident, the Identity Record Is the Evidence Chinese man extradited for role in $36 million cryptocurrency scam Kali Linux 2026.3 released with 6 new tools, desktop updates PHP2Shell security flaws now sucessfully exploited in the wild AI coding agents hijacked using AGENTS.md file in Downloads folder BlackX UEFI bootkit exploits Baton Drop flaw to bypass Secure Boot Abandoned Popcorn Time app exposed millions of devices to RCE attacks Microsoft Teams to get AI-powered, context-aware phishing detection Microsoft: Windows Server 2016 reaches end of support in January

Ars Technica

Musk accuses Ukraine of violating Starlink terms with deadly drone strikes Highway thieves are spoofing GPS to steal millions in data center-bound cargo Hegseth warns prediction market bets warp military judgment, endanger troops Knicks sent employees fake offer of championship rings in phishing test: Report The reactor meant to showcase nuclear’s comeback keeps hitting problems Comcast loses more customers, claims other ISPs' cheap prices are "irrational" Meta shocked by $25B fine after N.M. refused to join multistate settlement UN says we're going to blow past 1.5º warming, offers a "now what?" answer FCC chair warns media not to run the "fake polls" Trump keeps complaining about Report: Musk ordered Starlink slowdown in Ukraine, then blamed it on Trump Judge rejects Trump’s wild claim EPA can dismiss data center pollution lawsuits Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash TP-Link tries to appease Trump admin with pledge to assemble routers in US Meta tries to scapegoat staff who downloaded torrents to spare execs Accused OpenAI spy had folder called “Saudi Gov Docs,” FBI says

Slashdot

PHP2Shell Security Flaws Now Successfully Exploited Highway Thieves Are Spoofing GPS To Steal Millions In Data Center-Bound Cargo Amazon Deforestation Fell To Lowest Level Since 1988 - And Silva Wins Reelection Google Says Gmail and Photos Data Shared with AI Search Could Be Used for Targeted Ads America's Defense Department Is Building an 'Elite New Tech Sabotage Agency' California Cities Pull the Plug On Data Centers After State Regulations Don't Scale Up Fast Enough Ex-Police Officer Kept Using Flock Five Years After Leaving the Force Greece Enacts Social Media Ban For Kids Under 15 UN Says Breaching 1.5C Warming Limit Is 'Imminent and Unavoidable' Several Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Accidentally Posted To Public Kernel Mailing List Google Staff Resign In Backlash Over Its AI Contracts With Military More Than 1.5 Million Canadian Crime Stoppers Tips Leaked Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy On Facebook Judge Orders Meta To Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting Anna's Archive, Libgen DHS Lied About Why It Wanted To Search Activist's GrapheneOS Phone

Events

The Verge

Abandoned Popcorn Time apps had to be disabled to prevent a zombie army The disastrous PHP vulnerabilities were exploited days before the patch PHP: The three little letters wreaking havoc across the web 1Password lets AI agents use your passwords without seeing them Eiliko maker says it’s hiring an ‘independent security firm’ after Verge report on its insecure robots PHP: The three letters that shut down sites all over the internet today OpenAI says an AI agent lied about disabling its safety monitoring system A critical PHP vulnerability may take websites down today Meta pauses Muse sharing after researchers find AI chats on the web Chrome will now show a warning before you visit ‘suspicious’ sites

Cipher Brief

The Terms We Must Set The Thirteenth Mile: This Is What Gray Zone War Looks Like The Intelligence Community’s Missing Discipline We’re Losing the Cognitive Space Race Russia Never Left the International Financial System. It Built a Way Back In. Turkey Has Outsourced Its Censorship to American Companies Technology Is Outrunning the Way We Fight Hybrid Threats: Why Awareness Must Transcend Individual Cyberattacks America's Counter-Drone Authority Is Real, The Capacity Isn't Yet The U.S. Army’s Pacific Strategy Depends on Allies The Hidden Risks of AI-Powered Intelligence What a Russian Hybrid Attack Might Look Like Muhammad bin Salman’s Humbling and the Return of the Ottomans The Day We Cannot Choose How Far Should the U.S. Go to Defend Saudi Arabia?

Blogs

Cory Doctorow

Sovereign citizens, but for news (26 Oct 2026) Critique and writing (23 Oct 2026) Adversarial interoperability is a team sport (21 Oct 2026) The death of history's most successful publisher (20 Oct 2026) The technopolitics of ad-tech (19 Oct 2026) Israeli ad-tech company was a delivery system for "mercenary spyware" (17 Oct 2026) Load-bearing (16 Oct 2026) Expedia amazoned hotel rooms (15 Oct 2026) Bundestrojaner (13 Oct 2026) How labor rights rescued Ultima from a monopolist (12 Oct 2026) Thwarted (09 Oct 2026) Disloyalty (07 Oct 2026) Swapping money for expertise (06 Oct 2026) Scrutinized (05 Oct 2026) Economic probabilities for our grandchildren (03 Oct 2026)