Hacker News

Pope tells priests to use their brains, not AI, to write homilies I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard The JavaScript Oxidation Compiler 0 A.D. Release 28: Boiorix Sub-$200 Lidar Could Reshuffle Auto Sensor Economics Show HN: CIA World Factbook Archive (1990–2025), searchable and exportable Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok Bitmovin (YC S15) Is Hiring Interns in AI for Summer 2026 in Austria My journey to the microwave alternate timeline Freemediaheckyeah How to train your program verifier Ask HN: Have you ever cloned a cat? Google restricting Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers for using OpenClaw Six Math Essentials Man accidentally gains control of 7k robot vacuums The Musidex: A physical music library for the streaming era Fix your tools Using the new bridges of FreeBSD 15 Aqua: A CLI message tool for AI agents Hello Worg, the Org-Mode Community Rhythms the Compendium: Life aboard an aircraft carrier (2021) Linuxulator on FreeBSD Feels Like Magic Show HN: Local-First Linux MicroVMs for macOS Emulated Windows 3.11 in the Browser Show HN: A geometric analysis of Chopin's Prelude No. 4 using 3D topology Attention Media ≠ Social Networks How close are we to a vision for 2010? Fresh File Explorer – VS Code extension for navigating recent work Git's Magic Files What I learned designing a barebones UI engine

Bleeping Computer

Arkanix Stealer pops up as short-lived AI info-stealer experiment Predator spyware hooks iOS SpringBoard to hide mic, camera activity Amazon: AI-assisted hacker breached 600 Fortinet firewalls in 5 weeks Japanese tech giant Advantest hit by ransomware attack CISA: BeyondTrust RCE flaw now exploited in ransomware attacks Data breach at French bank registry impacts 1.2 million accounts Why the shift left dream has become a nightmare for security and developers PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months Mississippi medical center closes all clinics after ransomware attack FBI: Over $20 million stolen in surge of ATM malware attacks in 2025 Ukrainian gets 5 years for helping North Koreans infiltrate US firms PromptSpy is the first known Android malware to use generative AI at runtime Flaw in Grandstream VoIP phones allows stealthy eavesdropping Google blocked over 1.75 million Play Store app submissions in 2025 CISA orders feds to patch actively exploited Dell flaw within 3 days

Ars Technica

Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK FCC asks stations for "pro-America" programming, like daily Pledge of Allegiance Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links Supreme Court blocks Trump's emergency tariffs, billions in refunds may be owed Microsoft deletes blog telling users to train AI on pirated Harry Potter books Lawsuit: ChatGPT told student he was "meant for greatness"—then came psychosis Verizon acknowledges "pain" of new unlock policy, suggests change is coming Lawsuit: EPA revoking greenhouse gas finding risks “thousands of avoidable deaths” Inside the DHS forum where ICE agents trash talk one another Stephen Colbert says CBS forbid interview of Democrat because of FCC threat Warner Bros. rejects Paramount again but asks for "best and final offer" EU launches probe into xAI over sexualized images Best Buy worker used manager’s code to get 99% off MacBooks, cops say ByteDance backpedals after Seedance 2.0 turned Hollywood icons into AI “clip art” Michigan antitrust lawsuit says oil companies hobbled EVs and renewables Aided by AI, California beach town broadens hunt for bike lane blockers Verizon imposes new roadblock on users trying to unlock paid-off phones Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say EPA kills foundation of greenhouse gas regulations

Slashdot

Telegram Disputes Russia's Claim Its Encryption Was Compromised Man Accidentally Gains Control of 7,000 Robot Vacuums DNA Technology Convicts a 64-Year-Old for Murdering a Teenager in 1982 Pro-Gamer Consumer Movement 'Stop Killing Games' Will Launch NGOs in America and the EU America's Peace Corps Announces 'Tech Corps' Volunteers to Help Bring AI to Foreign Countries US Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Global Tariffs How Private Equity Debt Left a Leading VPN Open To Chinese Hackers New York Drops Plan To Legalize Robotaxis Outside NYC US Plans Online Portal To Bypass Content Bans In Europe and Elsewhere California's New Bill Requires DOJ-Approved 3D Printers That Report on Themselves OpenClaw Security Fears Lead Meta, Other AI Firms To Restrict Its Use IRS Loses 40% of IT Staff, 80% of Tech Leaders In 'Efficiency' Shakeup Mark Zuckerberg Grilled On Usage Goals and Underage Users At California Trial EPA Faces First Lawsuit Over Its Killing of Major Climate Rule Meta Begins $65 Million Election Push To Advance AI Agenda

Events

The Verge

The AI security nightmare is here and it looks suspiciously like lobster Texas is suing TP-Link over its ties to China Microsoft fixes Notepad flaw that could trick users into clicking malicious Markdown links Microsoft is keeping Secure Boot alive with Windows updates Substack data breach exposed users’ emails and phone numbers OpenClaw’s AI ‘skill’ extensions are a security nightmare Google Cloud’s customer chief returns to Microsoft as head of security Notepad++ updates got hijacked for months and could have spied for China

The Cipher Brief

Alliances, Ukraine, and China’s Growing Challenge Washington’s Venezuelan Gamble: The Old Guard’s Continued Grip on Power Defending the Homeland: Pentagon Shifts Strategy on Drone Threats How Cuba's Infrastructure Crisis Is Opening the Door to Foreign Intelligence Networks Media Literacy Isn’t Enough Anymore From the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Precedent Problem in U.S. Inside the High-Stakes U.S. Pressure Campaign on Iran Confidence, Interoperability, and the Limits of U.S. Decision Systems A Path to Understanding Autonomy in Defense Technology Standing Up to a Spy: My Run-In with Aldrich Ames

Blogs

Cory Doctorow

A perforated corporate veil Six Years of Pluralistic What's a "gig work minimum wage" The online community trilemma Trump antitrust is dead Doctors' union may yet save the NHS from Palantir Europe takes a big step towards a post-dollar world The Nuremberg Caucus The Epstein class and collapse porn End of the line for video essays