Hacker News

Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian Shame them, shun them, ban them, beat them 1024000^2 Blocks, 2B2T Minecraft Server World Download Project, and Discoveries The Aperiodic Table 'We mould trees to grow into the shape of chairs' Math Jokes in Alice in Wonderland Linux security mailing list 'almost unmanageable' Enough with the AI FOMO, go slow-mo, says Domo CDO The foundations of a provably secure operating system (PSOS) (1979) [pdf] Porting my 3D points renderer on a ZX Spectrum 48K Show HN: Auto-identity-remove – Automated data broker opt-out runner for macOS It is time to give up the dualism introduced by the debate on consciousness GenCAD When Kierkegaard Got Cancelled Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R. Crystals found inside wreckage from the first nuclear bomb test The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation AI eats the world (Spring 26) [pdf] Ask an Astronaut: 333 hours of Q&A footage with astronauts Jank now has its own custom IR Show HN: Semble – Code search for agents that uses 98% fewer tokens than grep Build a Radio Wave Detector with Balls of Aluminum Foil Don't Answer the First Question NASA still maintains some of the Voyager spacecraft code from the 70s era WriteUp: 16 Bytes of x86 that turn Matrix rain into sound Why is Google Maps back to showing old satellite images of Altadena? Prolog Coding Horror Magical Realism: “Northern Exposure” 25 Years Later (2015) A Good Lemma Is Worth a Thousand Theorems (2007)

Bleeping Computer

Grafana says stolen GitHub token let hackers steal codebase Microsoft testing adjustable taskbar, Start menu in Windows 11 Microsoft confirms Windows 11 security update install issues Exploit available for new DirtyDecrypt Linux root escalation flaw Hackers earn $1,298,250 for 47 zero-days at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 New Windows 'MiniPlasma' zero-day exploit gives SYSTEM access, PoC released Tycoon2FA hijacks Microsoft 365 accounts via device-code phishing Microsoft rejects critical Azure vulnerability report, no CVE issued Russian hackers turn Kazuar backdoor into modular P2P botnet Funnel Builder WordPress plugin bug exploited to steal credit cards Microsoft Exchange, Windows 11 hacked on second day of Pwn2Own Popular node-ipc npm package compromised to steal credentials Avada Builder WordPress plugin flaws allow site credential theft Microsoft backpedals: Edge to stop loading passwords into memory Inside the REMUS Infostealer: Session Theft, MaaS, and Rapid Evolution

Ars Technica

The US is betting on AI to catch insider trading in prediction markets Russia pressures university students to become wartime drone pilots Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement is getting messy as judge delays approval OpenAI feels “burned” by Apple’s crappy ChatGPT integration, insiders say Fired hacker twins forget to end Teams recording, capture own crimes Cell phone users can't stop incriminating themselves Energy supplier abandons Lake Tahoe residents to serve data centers Judge probes whether Musk settlement with Trump admin is tainted by corruption Desperate Trump taps "Tim Apple," Jensen Huang, Elon Musk to attend Xi summit FCC angers small carriers by helping AT&T and Starlink buy EchoStar spectrum Foiled plot tried to sneak 49 lbs of cocaine into Australia via Xerox printers AI invades Princeton, where 30% of students cheat—but peers won't snitch Altman forced to confront claims at OpenAI trial that he's a prolific liar Twin brothers wipe 96 gov't databases minutes after being fired “Will I be OK?” Teen died after ChatGPT pushed deadly mix of drugs, lawsuit says eBay rejects GameStop's $56B offer: "Your proposal is neither credible nor attractive" After banning foreign routers, FCC says existing ones can get updates until 2029 Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water, and nobody noticed for months Sony's failed war against Internet piracy may doom other copyright lawsuits The new Wild West of AI kids’ toys

Slashdot

Small Town Fights Over Flock's AI-Enhanced Network of License Plate-Reading Cameras California Law Limits 'Recycling' Logo in New Attack on Plastic Waste Bitwarden Scrubs 'Always Free' and 'Inclusion' Values From Its Website Bill To Block Publishers From Killing Online Games Advances In California Congress Introduces Bill To Permanently Block Chinese Vehicles From US Musk Accused of 'Selective Amnesia', Altman of Lying As OpenAI Trial Nears End OpenAI Trial Wraps Up With 'Jackass' Trophy For Challenging Musk Man Who Stole Beyonce's Hard Drives Gets Five-Year Sentence Meta Employees Launch Protest Against Mouse-Tracking Tech At US Offices Sam Altman Testifies That Elon Musk Wanted Control of OpenAI Instructure Pays Canvas Hackers To Delete Students' Stolen Data Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Testifies In OpenAI Trial GM Secretly Sold California Drivers' Data, Agrees to Pay $12.75M In Privacy Settlement The EU Considers Restricting Use of US Cloud Platforms for Sensitive Government Data Fiber Optic Cables Can Eavesdrop On Nearby Conversations

Events

The Verge

Canvas owner reaches ‘agreement’ with hackers to secure stolen data OpenAI just released its answer to Claude Mythos Google stopped a zero-day hack that it says was developed with AI A million baby monitors and security cameras were easily viewable by hackers Canvas is online again after ShinyHunters threaten to leak schools’ data A hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower Researchers gaslit Claude into giving instructions to build explosives Severe Linux Copy Fail security flaw uncovered using AI scanning help

The Cipher Brief

Sustaining Decision Advantage: The Case for Analytic Tradecraft Reform The Bear and the Dragon: The Threat of Sino-Russian Opportunism and Intelligence Miscalculation A Bridge Too Small: Why $49 Billion Can’t Fix a $1.5 Trillion Problem The Nuclear Arms Race Is Accelerating — and the U.N. Looks Increasingly Powerless The Pakistani General Running Washington’s Backchannel to Tehran Congress Faces a Growing Blind Spot in the Pentagon’s Expanding Budget Confidence, Interoperability, and the Limits of U.S. Decision Systems When a Charismatic and a Machiavellian Meet Why June Is the Oil Market’s Point of No Return The New Extremist Recruitment Funnel Starts With Children

Blogs

Cory Doctorow

Making sense of Trump's unscheduled sudden midair disassembly of the American empire No one wants a permanent gerontocracy Kickstarting "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Billionaire solipsism, dictator solipsism, AI, and the fascist paradigm A fascist paradigm 2024 Trump's fruitless search for a goreable ox Lee Lai's "Cannon" Bubbles are REALLY evil In praise of vultures