Hacker News

STFU Cloudflare acquires Astro 6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available Michelangelo's first painting, created when he was 12 or 13 Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor Just the Browser Launch HN: Indy (YC S21) – A support app designed for ADHD brains Lock-Picking Robot Cursor's latest "browser experiment" implied success without evidence Zep AI (Agent Context Engineering, YC W24) Is Hiring Forward Deployed Engineers Elasticsearch Was Never a Database Read_once(), Write_once(), but Not for Rust Show HN: 1Code – Open-source Cursor-like UI for Claude Code Can You Disable Spotlight and Siri in macOS Tahoe? Earth from Space: The Fate of a Giant Dev-owned testing: Why it fails in practice and succeeds in theory The Alignment Game Zorgdomein Integration: A Guide to Secure .NET and Azure Architecture psc: The ps utility, with an eBPF twist and container context Why DuckDB is my first choice for data processing OpenBSD-current now runs as guest under Apple Hypervisor Training my smartwatch to track intelligence List of individual trees Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6% Interactive eBPF Pocket TTS: A high quality TTS that gives your CPU a voice Briar keeps Iran connected via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when the internet goes dark The spectrum of isolation: From bare metal to WebAssembly Show HN: mdto.page – Turn Markdown into a shareable webpage instantly Show HN: Aventos – An experiment in cheap AI SEO

Bleeping Computer

China-linked hackers exploited Sitecore zero-day for initial access Verizon starts issuing $20 credits after nationwide outage Microsoft: Windows 11 update causes Outlook freezes for POP users Hackers now exploiting critical Fortinet FortiSIEM flaw in attacks Cisco finally fixes AsyncOS zero-day exploited since November Microsoft: Some Windows PCs fail to shut down after January update Google now lets you change your @gmail.com address, rolling out ChatGPT is now more reliable at finding and remembering your past chat Gootloader now uses 1,000-part ZIP archives for stealthy delivery Grubhub confirms hackers stole data in recent security breach Hackers exploit Modular DS WordPress plugin flaw for admin access Verizon blames nationwide outage on a "software issue" Microsoft Copilot Studio extension for VS Code now publicly available

Ars Technica

Mother of one of Elon Musk’s offspring sues xAI over sexualized deepfakes ChatGPT wrote “Goodnight Moon” suicide lullaby for man who later killed himself Six months later, Trump Mobile still hasn’t delivered preordered phones US government to take 25% cut of AMD, NVIDIA AI sales to China FBI fights leaks by seizing Washington Post reporter’s phone, laptops, and watch US gov’t: House sysadmin stole 200 phones, caught by House IT desk Grok was finally updated to stop undressing women and children, X Safety says EPA makes it harder for states, tribes to block pipelines Lawsuit: DHS wants “unlimited subpoena authority” to unmask ICE critics Hegseth wants to integrate Musk’s Grok AI into military networks this month Starlink tries to stay online in Iran as regime jams signals during protests Paramount sues WBD over Netflix deal. WBD says Paramount’s price is still inadequate. Verizon to stop automatic unlocking of phones as FCC ends 60-day unlock rule Judge: Trump violated Fifth Amendment by ending energy grants in only blue states Supreme Court takes case that could strip FCC of authority to issue fines UK probes X over Grok CSAM scandal; Elon Musk cries censorship Conservative lawmakers want porn taxes. Critics say they’re unconstitutional. SpaceX gets FCC permission to launch another 7,500 Starlink satellites Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS X’s half-assed attempt to paywall Grok doesn’t block free image editing

Slashdot

Iran's Internet Shutdown Is Now One of the Longest Ever Italy's Privacy Watchdog, Scourge of US Big Tech, Hit By Corruption Probe Pentagon Device Linked To Havana Syndrome Senate Passes a Bill That Would Let Nonconsensual Deepfake Victims Sue Trump Says Microsoft To Make Changes To Curb Data Center Power Costs For Americans EPA To Stop Considering Lives Saved By Limiting Air Pollution Fintech Firm Betterment Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Send Fake $10,000 Crypto Scam Messages Supreme Court Takes Case That Could Strip FCC of Authority To Issue Fines More US States Are Preparing Age-Verification Laws for App Stores Italy Fines Cloudflare 14 Million Euros For Refusing To Filter Pirate Sites On Public 1.1.1.1 DNS Lawsuit Over OpenAI For-Profit Conversion Can Head To Trial, US Judge Says Illinois Health Department Exposed Over 700,000 Residents' Personal Data For Years French Court Orders Google DNS to Block Pirate Sites, Dismisses 'Cloudflare-First' Defense Samsung Hit with Restraining Order Over Smart TV Surveillance Tech in Texas Google and Character.AI Agree To Settle Lawsuits Over Teen Suicides

Events

The Verge

Sony, Anker, and other headphones have a serious Google Fast Pair security vulnerability Instagram says it fixed the issue that let someone send all those password reset emails Betterment’s financial app sends customers a $10,000 crypto scam message Ring’s Mobile Security Trailer provides 360-degree coverage anywhere Reolink made a local AI hub for its security cameras Ugreen is expanding into AI-powered smart home surveillance Anker adds features and style to its smart home security You can unlock SwitchBot’s first deadbolt smart lock with your face

The Cipher Brief

What U.S. – China Cooperation Means for the World Remembering Aldrich Ames and the Lives He Destroyed Ruling Venezuela with a 2,000 Mile Hammer is Not Likely to End Well Russia Signals Minimal Desire for Peace Why Labeling Muslim Brotherhood “Chapters” as Terrorist Groups Is Problematic Uber Krysha: How Russia Turns Crime into Power—and Poison Iran’s Crumbling Revolutionary Facade: How Today’s Protests Could Reshape the Region in 2026 Trump’s Power Doctrine: A $1.5 Trillion Military, Greenland Ambitions, and a World Ruled by Force Now Comes the Hard Part in Venezuela Maduro and Noriega: Assessing the Analogies

Blogs

Cory Doctorow

Catch this! How the Light Gets In It's not normal Sorry, eh A winning trade war strategy for Canada Predistribution vs redistribution bunnie's piggyback hack Where did the money go? Writing vs AI Code is a liability