Hacker News

Cloudflare Turnstile requiring fingerprintable WebGL 1-Bit Bonsai Image 4B Image Generation for Local Devices Creatine raise brain energy levels and slow Alzheimer's cognitive decline by 30% Dav2d The Speed of Prototyping in the Age of AI Codex just found a "workaround" of not having sudo on my PC United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert Restartable Sequences Re: [PATCH] OOM_pardon, a.k.a. don't kill my xlock Show HN: Streambed – Stream Postgres to Iceberg on S3, Supports Postgres Wire Linux/M68k London's Free Roof Terraces The Website Specification Having your insulin pump die while you're on vacation Steam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hike Deflock hits 100k ALPRs Mapped in USA Daily pill can double survival time for deadliest cancer, trial shows Backpressure is all you need FROST: Fingerprinting Remotely using OPFS-based SSD Timing [pdf] Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity Security Envelope Pattern collection – S.E.C.R.E.T I put a datacenter GPU in my gaming PC 'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut You weren't meant to have a boss (2008) One year of Roto, a compiled scripting language for Rust Telli (YC F24) is hiring in engineering, design, and GTM [Berlin, on-site] Show HN: Atomic Editor – Obsidian-style live preview for CodeMirror 6 A Gentle Introduction to Lattice-Based Cryptography [pdf] Avian Visitors Show HN: Breathe CLI – Paced resonance breathing in the macOS terminal

Bleeping Computer

WP Maps Pro bug exploited to create admin accounts on WordPress sites Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN auth bypass flaw now exploited in attacks New CIFSwitch Linux flaw gives root on multiple distributions ChatGPT share links abused to host fake outage pages to deliver malware California AG sues 23andMe over 2023 breach exposing health data From $5 Attacks to Botnet-Powered Platforms: Inside the DDoS-as-a- Service Market Dutch govt disrupts malware botnet with 17 million infected devices Google Chrome adds session cookie theft protection for all users Man sent to prison for selling data of 7 millions elderly Americans US charges Google security engineer with Polymarket insider trading Charter Communications data breach affects 4.9 million accounts Anthropic confirms Claude Mythos-class models will roll out to the public GreyVibe hackers use ChatGPT, Gemini to power cyberattacks BTMOB Android malware service generates custom phishing payloads FBI warns of fake FIFA websites running World Cup fraud schemes

Ars Technica

Environmentalists turn out in force to oppose Trump coal ash rollbacks Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time Trump FCC warns all broadcasters to follow orders or be punished like ABC DOJ sues states that rejected ICE requests for undercover license plates FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket Trump loses more control over AI regulation as Illinois passes landmark law California defeats Tesla's attempt to throw out racial discrimination lawsuit Nvidia bets $150B on Taiwan as Trump's plan to make US an AI hub backfires Is Peter Thiel the target of Pope Leo's Gandalf quote? An investigation. Musk says US military suicide drones used Starlink in violation of SpaceX rules FBI agent explains how easy it is to ID people posting AI porn without consent Citing Gandalf, Pope Leo says we must "disarm" AI US's big bet on quantum computing may not be entirely legal China’s shark finning could lead to US seafood sanctions Trump FCC asks public to comment on whether ABC's The View is a news show Police boast of hacking VPN where criminals "believed themselves to be safe" Texas AG sues Meta over claims that WhatsApp doesn't provide end-to-end encryption Marketer that claimed it could tap devices for ad targeting will pay $880K settlement Trump abruptly cancels EO signing event after top AI firm CEOs declined to go The $58,000 TV bill: When DirecTV sued O.J. Simpson for piracy

Slashdot

Ohio Suspends Data Center Tax Break as Opposition Grows Pentagon Says US Military Personnel Targeted Using Commercial Location Data Journalist Spots Fugitive Terrorist Using Facial Recognition Software US Aims to Give Cold War Plutonium to Startups For Nuclear Fuel Apple Working To Cram Massive Gemini Model Into iPhone To Power New Siri Supreme Court Lets Vermont's Meta Lawsuit Proceed, Opening Door To 50-State Legal Wave FBI Arrests CIA Official With $40 Million In Gold Bars In His Home Occupy Wall Street Co-Founder Built an On-Device AI For Activists Trump Loses More Control Over AI Regulation As Illinois Passes Landmark Law Microsoft Allegedly Leaked Dutch Civil Servants' Data To the US DOJ Charges Google Employee With $1.2 Million Polymarket Bet On Search Term Websites Have a New Way To Spy On Visitors: Analyzing Their SSD Activity Rust Will Save Linux From AI, Says Greg Kroah-Hartman Company Behind School Bus AI Cameras Wants To Share Footage With Police Netherlands Blocks US Takeover of Vital Digital Supplier

Events

The Verge

United flight forced to turn around because of a Bluetooth speaker name Microsoft is threatening legal action for disclosing exploits Gemini for Google Home can now use your cameras to trigger automations Hackers are learning to exploit chatbot ‘personalities’ GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft Linus Torvalds says Linux security list is becoming ‘unmanageable’ due to AI bug reports Canvas owner reaches ‘agreement’ with hackers to secure stolen data OpenAI just released its answer to Claude Mythos

The Cipher Brief

Your AI Isn’t My AI: The Quiet Splintering Ahead Before Funding a Record Defense Budget, Congress Should Demand Answers on Iran How Anonymous Wikipedia Editors Influence Global Narratives — and AI Systems Part II: When a Machiavellian and a Charismatic Met Narco-Terrorism as Grey-Zone Warfare: Pakistan’s Hidden Front Against India AI, Autonomous Weapons, and the Pentagon’s $55 Billion Bet on Future War Remembering the Americans Who Made Ukraine’s War Their Own DHS Has Become Central to American Strategy, But Its Strategy Has Not Caught Up The G-2: Takeaways from Trump's Trip to Beijing Sweden and Denmark are in a Position of Power Over Russia

Blogs

Cory Doctorow

Carneyism without Carney Hold on for dear life AI and a world without migrants The AI bubble isn't like the internet bubble No honor among Shopping isn't politics There's no such thing as "age verification" 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"