Hacker News

Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk) is now Open Weight Gemini 4 Carbon is the new #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5 Read the letter the FBI sent MLK to try to convince him to kill himself (2014) Chained PHP2Shell Exploit Roots 25 Servers, Including US Government Servers Qwenputer: A functioning, deterministic RISC-V CPU inside Qwen3.5 Zero click, silent, remote Android DoS Java's new AOT cache feature is in a rough state Why is this fingerprinting script creating bioweapons? Google determines the names for bodies of water in Google Earth (2008) The US added a record 20.2 GWh of battery storage in just 3 months Getting debug access on a Brother printer over Telnet Southern Africa's first known stenciled rock art found hiding in plain sight Hackers expose the identities of more than 40k DHS employees DoorDash to Acquire Instacart Forging a Microsoft Edge Full Chain with Logic Bugs Only

Bleeping Computer

Microsoft fixes Remote Desktop failures caused by recent Windows updates 3 Ways AI Agents Already Operate in Your Browser CISA warns of Fragnesia Linux flaw chained in PHP2Shell attacks Windows 11 KB5127936 update released with 41 changes and fixes New Cisco firewall zero-day exploited to crash SSL VPN devices Police seize Virtualine bulletproof service tied to ransowmare, cybercrime Discord to let search engines index public server messages Sony ISP subsidiary data breach exposes 2.5 million customer records Volt Typhoon hides zero-day attacks using 'Silent Train' framework Microsoft urges Entra ID admins to migrate users to passkeys InfraTrust report warns of exploited flaws in critical network infrastructure Even after PHP2Shell, blast radius matters more than a CVSS score Hackers now scanning systems for recently-patched Oracle flaw CISA warns of hackers now exploiting critical Node2Shell flaw Nefilim and Hive ransomware affiliate gets 70 months in prison

Ars Technica

Trump admin sues Utah to save Kalshi from the state's total ban on gambling Florida county won’t investigate sketchy Flock cameras removed by mystery owners "No human at the helm": Delaware plan would let AI agents run entire businesses US officials want Section 702 renewed before damaging court ruling goes public 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

Slashdot

Bank of America Kindly Asks That You Don't Share Your Password With Your AI Assistant Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers Amazon Puts a Camera In Its Echo Studio So Alexa Can See US Designates Helium As a Critical Material 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

Events

The Verge

A hacker stole more than 40,000 DHS employee records 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

Cipher Brief

The Kids are Alright: U.S. Soft Power, Aid, and Youth in Africa F-35 Fallacy: Jets Alone Will Not Save Us The U.S. Military Has Much to Learn From Ukraine 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

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Cory Doctorow

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