Hacker News

Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem Linux is an interpreter AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice I decompiled the White House's new app I Built an Open-World Engine for the N64 [video] Undroidwish – a single-file, batteries-included Tcl/Tk binary for many platforms Improving personal tax filing with Claude CLI and Obsidian Spanish legislation as a Git repo Cocoa-Way – Native macOS Wayland compositor for running Linux apps seamlessly rpg.actor Game Jam Detecting file changes on macOS with kqueue CERN uses ultra-compact AI models on FPGAs for real-time LHC data filtering Nothing new to see here Circuit-level PDP-11/34 emulator C++26: A User-Friednly assert() macro Folk are getting dangerously attached to AI that always tells them they're right Improved Git Diffs with Delta, Fzf and a Little Shell Scripting Go hard on agents, not on your filesystem Nobody Reads Your Setup Docs StationeryObject Toma (YC W24) is hiring a Senior/Staff Eng to build AI automotive coworkers AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition crams 208MB of cache into a single chip RSA and Python Paper Tape Is All You Need – Training a Transformer on a 1976 Minicomputer The bee that everyone wants to save Make macOS consistently bad unironically Go Naming Conventions: A Practical Guide Arm releases first in-house chip, with Meta as debut customer Anatomy of the .claude/ folder

Bleeping Computer

New Infinity Stealer malware grabs macOS data via ClickFix lures Backdoored Telnyx PyPI package pushes malware hidden in WAV audio Fake VS Code alerts on GitHub spread malware to developers Agentic GRC: Teams Get the Tech. The Mindset Shift Is What's Missing. European Commission investigating breach after Amazon cloud account hack Anti-piracy coalition takes down AnimePlay app with 5 million users Windows 11 KB5079391 update rolls out Smart App Control improvements Dutch Police discloses security breach after phishing attack Ajax football club hack exposed fan data, enabled ticket hijack CISA: New Langflow flaw actively exploited to hijack AI workflows UK sanctions Xinbi marketplace linked to Asian scam centers TikTok for Business accounts targeted in new phishing campaign WhatsApp rolls out more AI features, iOS multi-account support Inside a Modern Fraud Attack: From Bot Signups to Account Takeovers Coruna iOS exploit framework linked to Triangulation attacks

Ars Technica

Judge irate as defendant joins by Zoom while driving—then lies about it AV1’s open, royalty-free promise in question as Dolby sues Snapchat over codec Hegseth, Trump had no authority to order Anthropic to be blacklisted, judge says DOJ confirms FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email was hacked Senators want US energy information agency to monitor data center electricity usage Elon Musk loses big in court; X boycott perfectly legal Spotify seeks $300M from Anna's Archive, which ignores all court proceedings OpenAI “indefinitely” shelves plans for erotic ChatGPT Meta, YouTube must pay $3M to woman who got hooked on apps as a child Supreme Court rejects Sony's attempt to kick music pirates off the Internet Meta loses trial after arguing child exploitation was “inevitable” on its apps Apple begins age checks in the UK with latest iOS update Electronic Frontier Foundation to swap leaders as AI, ICE fights escalate FCC imposes sweeping ban on foreign-made routers, affecting all new models All of DOGE’s work could be undone as lawsuit against Musk proceeds Intuit beats FTC in court, ending restrictions on "free" TurboTax ads As teens await sentencing for nudifying girls, parents aim to sue school Mining the deep ocean DOGE goes nuclear: How Trump invited Silicon Valley into America’s nuclear power regulator Jury finds Musk owes damages to Twitter investors for his tweets

Slashdot

AV1's Open, Royalty-Free Promise In Question As Dolby Sues Snapchat Over Codec European Commission Investigating Breach After Amazon Cloud Account Hack Austria Plans Social Media Ban For Under-14s Iran-Linked Hackers Breach FBI Director's Personal Email Popular LiteLLM PyPI Package Backdoored To Steal Credentials, Auth Tokens California Bill Would Require Parent Bloggers To Delete Content of Minors On Social Media Judge Blocks Pentagon's Effort To 'Punish' Anthropic With Supply Chain Risk Label Apple Gives FBI a User's Real Name Hidden Behind 'Hide My Email' Feature Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use Reddit Takes On Bots With 'Human Verification' Requirements Supreme Court Sides With Internet Provider In Copyright Fight Over Pirated Music Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case Meta Loses Trial After Arguing Child Exploitation Was 'Inevitable' Hong Kong Police Can Demand Passwords Under New National Security Rules Intuit Beats FTC In Court, Ending Restrictions On 'Free' TurboTax Ads

Events

The Verge

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 Anthropic makes last-ditch effort to salvage deal with Pentagon after blowup CISA is getting a new acting director after less than a year NATO says iPhones are secure enough to handle classified data The AI security nightmare is here and it looks suspiciously like lobster Texas is suing TP-Link over its ties to China

The Cipher Brief

Trump’s Cyber Strategy Is a Strong Playbook, but It’s All in the Execution Why the ‘Day After’ Is The Most Important Day in the Iranian Conflict From Kyiv’s Skies to the Persian Gulf: How Ukraine’s Drone Technology Is Reshaping Global Defense Why Hasn’t Iran Buckled Under U.S.-Israeli Pressure? Romania Pays the Cyber Price for Backing Ukraine. Where is the EU? Trump Is Getting His Way in Caracas — But It’s Complicated While Washington Looks to Iran, Putin Gains Ground National Security Starts at Home — Not on the Battlefield The Quiet Expansion of Trump’s War on Cartels When Deepfakes Become Doctrine

Blogs

Cory Doctorow

The cost of doing business Goodhart's Law vs "prediction markets" Understaffing as a form of enshittification Love of corporate bullshit is correlated with bad judgment William Gibson vs Margaret Thatcher Tools vs uses Corrupt anticorruption Three more AI psychoses AI "journalists" prove that media bosses don't give a shit Ad-tech is fascist tech