Hacker News

A misalignment of AI in mathematics GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released Λ Snap – An inviting programming language for kids and adults for CS study Claude is only available to people over 18 years Litelm: LiteLLM Without the Bloat The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution AlphaGenome maps 9B DNA variants Mind-altering drugs played key role in rise of Andean civilization I've operated petabyte-scale ClickHouse clusters for 5 years Rune is now open source 118M Queries per Second on Neki So you want to use OpenRouter? Zep AI (YC W24) Is Hiring a Head of Forward Deployed Engineering Logo Programming Language Show HN: Godot and Rust based multiplexer (terminal panes and more)

Bleeping Computer

Hackers abused Claude to extract secrets from 1.8M Android apps Florida confirms DMV database breached via stolen police account Passkey-themed phishing attacks lead to Microsoft 365 data theft Artifactory flaws chained in attacks deploying backdoor malware How Threat Actors Are Turning Trusted AI Platforms Into an Attack Surface GitLab urges users to patch max severity path traversal flaw Microsoft fixes Teams, Outlook launch failures on ARM Windows PCs Trezor: 347,000 users targeted in phishing attacks after Brevo breach Conti ransomware gang member sentenced to 4 years in prison New Android malware encrypts files, steals data, and harasses victims September Windows Server updates break Remote Desktop Services Surfshark VPN says hackers breached internal testing, proxy servers Microsoft Excel KB5002914 update breaks copy and paste for some users AI-powered attack exploited PaperCut flaws to hack 395 organizations Cisco FMC flaws exploited by ransomware gang, state-sponsored hackers

Ars Technica

ChatGPT-using lawyer punished for citing fake testimony from made-up witnesses LinkedIn beats "BrowserGate" lawsuits over scanning users' Chrome extensions Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google Kimmel's ABC show won't air interview with Democrat because of Trump FCC threats Six Chinese AI firms accused of aggressively copying US frontier models Lawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and chairs Man told ChatGPT he was feeling delusional. ChatGPT insisted he was Jesus. NIH to use part of its budget to pay for Department of Defense research Supreme Court forces TV stations to sell more election ads at steep discounts “This is the AI men actually use”: Meta ads pushed apps nudifying real teens Trump admin fights ABC lawsuit as watchdogs worry Disney will settle with FCC Musk wins court order to block use of “Twitter,” but not “tweet” and bird logo Supreme Court urged to let states regulate sports bets on prediction markets Trump’s 100% tariff on drones will be disaster for the US, critics warn Spending deal comes with a bonus: Blocking political control of grants

Slashdot

US Legislators Complain About Secretive British Court and Apple Encryption UK Government Rejects 'Kill Switch' Idea For Dangerous AI California Governor Signs Laws Protecting Kids From Risks of Social Media, AI Chatbots Latest Apple Watch Can Grab Snippets of Conversation Without Both Speakers' Consent Android Rolling Out Passkey Transfers Between Password Managers ABC Show Won't Air Interview With Democrat Because of FCC Threats Anthropic Reveals Fourth Likely Crime Committed By Its AI Google's Revived Nuclear Power Plant Gets $1.9 Billion Loan From US Government LG TVs Caught Spying Even When Offline or On Standby Secretive DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits, Pulling Them Over Switzerland's Federal Government Tests Open-Source Alternatives to Microsoft on 3,000 Computers Bitcoin-based Liquid Network Says $320 Million Withdrawn in Hack US Military Disables Ad Trackers On Devices To Protect Troops Flock Offered Webinar Teaching Cops How to Surveil 'No Kings' Protesters UN Votes To Encourage Map Projections More Accurately Reflecting the True Size of Continents

Events

The Verge

Rogue OpenAI agents appear to have organized another attack using a German wiki DJI’s new robovac can climb obstacles, vacuum quietly, and claims much improved privacy Microsoft is enabling a Windows 11 security feature that can hurt gaming performance The rise of AI ‘civilizations’ and the fall of corporate responsibility Florida blocks Flock cams on state highways Ring says its new encryption limits what it can give police Rockstar finally responds to ‘heartbreaking’ GTA VI leaks Meta glasses are a workplace menace OpenAI hit the brakes. Now what? OpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging Face

Cipher Brief

Reflect, Remember, Renew 25 years after 9/11. Whatever happened to mass-effect terrorism? Twenty-Five Years Later, Remembering 9/11 The Battle for Decision Autonomy, The New Front in Strategic Competition China’s Challenge to Western Alliances Russia’s AI Blueprint Exposes an Authoritarian Playbook The Gulf Bought Its Air Defense From Kyiv. We Sold Them The Radar. Pakistan’s New Military Order Is a Warning for Washington Are We Ready for AI Warfare? The AI We Cannot Deploy — And What Is at Stake Q&A with former CIA Operations Officer James 'Mad Dog' Lawler Inside Trump’s Massive Venezuela Oil Deal A Former CIA Station Chief on Kyiv Under Drone Siege The New Economics of Warfare: David vs Goliath The Nuclear Umbrella is Bent, Not Broken

Blogs

Cory Doctorow

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