Hacker News

Qwen-Image-3.0: Rich Content, Authentic Details, Deep Knowledge Incremental – A library for incremental computations Who's afraid of Chinese models? Kimi Work Arduino Launches Plug-and-Play Modules for Long-Range Sensor Projects Linux kernel will support $ORIGIN, sort of Jelly UI: Soft-body physics for native HTML form controls Running Doom on Our Custom CPU and Going Viral Human mathematicians are being outcounterexampled How to pack ternary numbers in 8-bit bytes Nativ: Run frontier open models locally on your Mac A Koi Pond Mosaic Made from 10 Pounds of 3D Printer Waste Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat tour of grace cathedral, San Francisco I wrote an bash enumerator because I was sick of xargs Postmortem of a British Startup: Tract

Bleeping Computer

Critical Palo Alto VPN bug now exploited by Qilin ransomware gang Microsoft shares manual fix for WSUS sync delays and timeouts Windows LegacyHive zero-day flaw gets free, unofficial patches Estée Lauder discloses data breach via Oracle E-Business flaw SonicWall SMA1000 flaws exploited as zero-days to push custom malware Hackers steal $23.7 million in crypto from Ostium in off-chain attack Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, Antigravity hit by sandbox escapes JadePuffer agentic attacks now target AI model data with ransomware New HollowGraph malware uses Microsoft Graph for stealthy C2 comms An AI SOC Evaluation Guide for Security Leaders Hugging Face warns an autonomous AI agent hacked its network Microsoft confirms Windows Server Update Services sync delays Windows KB5121767 OOB update fixes shutdowns on some Dell PCs Critical ServiceNow code execution flaw now exploited in attacks Hackers abuse ViPNet software to target Russian govt agencies

Ars Technica

DA: Cop covered bodycam to snap nude prisoners on his iPhone—but other cams caught him Judge halts Paramount's $111B purchase of Warner Bros. in win for US states AT&T loses key ruling in bid to stop offering basic phone service in California AliExpress hit with record $625M fine after failing to make EU-ordered fixes San Francisco orders Apple, Google to remove nudify apps from app stores FCC took pricey gifts from Paramount as the company needed approval for deals T-Mobile bungled forced plan migration, canceling some users' free lines xAI can’t deny Grok makes CSAM anymore. So it’s suing users. Tesla driver who blamed crash on autopilot pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB finds Judge: Trump can’t deport researchers just for working in content moderation FCC to repeal 39% TV ownership cap in boost for Trump-friendly news orgs Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans New York bans data center construction for a year, rattling AI industry 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

Slashdot

Hackers Are Exploiting Recently Patched WordPress Bugs, Putting Millions of Websites at Risk New Free Speech Concern: When AI Chatbots Won't Criticize Leaders from Repressive Regimes California's 'Truth in Recycling' Law Blocked by Judge France Orders ISPs to Block Access to Polymarket How Microsoft's 'Little Workaround' Created a Major Threat to America's Defense Department Next UK Prime Minister Drops Digital ID Scheme FBI Arrests Man Accused of Using Steam Games To Drain Victims' Crypto Wallets Apple Sends Legal Letters To Dozens of OpenAI Employees 1Password Lets Claude Use Credentials Without Exposing Passwords Book Publishers Sue Google For Copyright Infringement Over Gemini AI Training FCC Plans To Repeal 39% TV Ownership Cap Google and Epic Cancel Settlement; Third-Party App Stores Coming To Google Play House Votes For Permanent Daylight Saving Time Iran Abused Mobile Networks' Vulnerabilities To Locate US Military In Middle East Lawsuit Claims Meta's Layoff Decisions Were Made By AI, Not Humans

Events

The Verge

Microsoft’s biggest ever patch Tuesday lets you hold off updating for longer 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

Cipher Brief

The $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget Without a Strategy Ankara's Charm Offensive Should Not Buy Back the F-35 25 Years After 9/11, the Next Global Shock Could be Worse Winning Battles, Losing Strategy: Why Military Superiority No Longer Guarantees Victory Cold War 2.0 Will Be Won by Private Capital The Pentagon Built a Faster Engine, Nobody Built the Steering The West Must Tell Russians the Truth About the War A Master List of Espionage Targets, Suspected Spies, and Potential Recruits Afghanistan Lost the Cognitive War Before It Lost the State Washington’s Spy Ring and Paine’s Democracy Inside the $87.6 Billion Iran War Supplemental 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

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