Containment and monitoring failures are to blame for AI hacking reports: experts

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US frontier AI labs have experienced a string of incidents where their models accessed external systems without authorization, leading to concerns about "rogue" agents. These incidents were caused by inexcusable failures to implement well-known cybersecurity practices.

Things to know when you get cancer – 2026 Edition

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User was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in their mouth and learned the importance of persistence, asking for comprehensive genetic testing, and seeking a second opinion. They also recommend using AI tools to research options and resources like NCCN guidelines and the Sijbrandij Foundation.

How Amazon pushes up prices all across the Internet

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The author is launching a campaign for new members of Not-Ship, a newsletter about online shopping and consumer protection. The author will send three extra emails to free subscribers.

Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font

Iosevka is an open-source sans-serif and monospace typeface designed for coding, terminals, and technical documents. It offers two widths: Normal and Extended, with the latter providing more breathing space between characters.

ICE Planning $100M 'Nightmare' Domestic Spy Program

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ICE is launching a $100 million domestic surveillance program, ERO ONE, to analyze classified and unclassified information on individuals and their connections. The program aims to expand ICE's ability to reach into private lives and identify "threats" without specifying who or what it's targeting.

AOSP Source Releases Are So Late Developers Disassemble Libraries to Report Bugs

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The Android 17 build has a bug in wcscspn() and wcspbrk() functions, which incorrectly stops scanning at the first character of a string greater than or equal to U+0100.

Passkeys are not a trap

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A post on Hacker News advises against using passkeys due to concerns about attestation, but the author argues this is not a valid reason. Passkeys are actually more secure than traditional passwords and resist phishing attacks.

Google is silently linking your phone number across all signed-in accounts

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Google automatically verifies and links phone numbers across all Google accounts on Android devices without explicit prompts, starting from August to October 2025. Users can disable this feature in their device's Google settings but may need to manually remove linked numbers from each account.
Bulgarian authorities confirmed a fire at a Starlink facility near Sofia, with two men detained in connection to the suspected attack. The incident is linked to Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion and may be part of a larger sabotage network.

Felix Rieseberg Homepage

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I work on Claude at Anthropic. Electron co-maintainer. Maintainer of too many little open source projects. Some of it is on VHS.

OpenCode 2.0

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OpenCode 2.0 is a major overhaul with new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes that enhance its user experience. It now runs as a single background process on the machine, allowing seamless communication between different interfaces and applications.

Banks are now trying to offload the AI data center debt they just underwrote

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Banks are hedging their AI debt exposure by selling riskier slices to outside investors, as they approach internal limits on holding such debt. This trend is driven by Oracle's struggling credit rating and the increasing cost of borrowing for data center projects.

Suicide rates highest ever among middle-aged men

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Suicide rates in England and Wales increased, with men over 45 at highest risk, while pensioners saw a significant rise. The overall rate remained high at 11.3 deaths per 100,000 people.

Anthropic's Scion is heavily inspired by Mononoke

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Anthropic's Scion uses derived data to improve operations like blames, similar to Mononoke and Sapling. However, the author of Mononoke feels Anthropic plagiarized their design without proper credit or acknowledgement.

Switzerland proposes banning profiling-based ads to minors

You don't have permission to access "http://www.admin.ch/en/newnsb/NMn5s24l8NjQ" on this server.

Yandex outage: data shows that instead of going dark, malicious bots moved

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Russian drone strikes on Yandex data centers led to speculation that malicious bot farms and influence operations were disrupted, but analysis shows no conclusive evidence of this. Malicious automation migrated to other hosting providers after the disruption, rather than stopping.

Americans' social activity has steeply declined in the past 30 years

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US adults are spending more time alone and less time with friends, with a 25% decline in close friendships over the past few decades. A new survey found significant double-digit declines in Americans' participation in various social activities from 1995 to 2026.

Better HTTP/1 connection reuse in Go 1.27

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The author discusses the performance difference between Go 1.26 and 1.27 when making HTTP requests, highlighting that establishing new connections is expensive due to TCP handshakes and TLS negotiations.

Pg_vectorsearch: An index that is faster than pgvector's IVFFlat and HNSW

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PRISM is a PostgreSQL-native index access method that offers faster querying and index building compared to pgvector's IVFFlat and HNSW. It can be used with native types or existing pgvector tables, allowing seamless integration with PostgreSQL.

Why is every rationalist blog post way too long?

The author of a 2,700-word piece on Catholic miracle apologetics criticized rationalist bloggers for their verbosity and lack of wisdom. They argue that excessive detail and nuance often replace thoroughness and intuition in this community.

We’re releasing Jev 1.14.0 along with experimental features for dreamers

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The Jev team is releasing version 1.14.0 with experimental features, including images and a new type called "box", which returns a single bounding box. These features are available in the "danger zone" for testing and may not be suitable for production use yet.

ASML's strong orders ease fears AI spending boom is running out of steam

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How the Military Will Hack the Election

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The US military is secretly involved in election security efforts, including influencing public opinion and controlling speech, under the guise of protecting against foreign interference. This raises concerns about the erosion of free speech and democracy.

Amsterdam police confiscates server left-wing ISP A/I at American request

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De Amsterdamse politie heeft een server van de Italiaanse internetdienstverlener Autistici/Inventati in beslag genomen op basis van een Amerikaans rechtshulpverzoek. De organisatie, die gratis webhosting en e-maildiensten aanbood aan 20.000 organisaties wereldwijd, is door de Amerikaanse regering als terroristisch bestempeld.

America didn't lose its rare earth industry, it sold it

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The US government is exploring a contingent convertible security (CoCo bond) to finance the rebuilding of its rare earth supply chain, which has been disrupted by China's export controls. The instrument would align interests among private investors and the government, providing an asymmetric reward if Beijing exercises its chokepoint control.

Why do LLM pelicans look like this?

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Researchers created a new benchmark to measure AI model creativity in UI design, finding that even top models fall short of human designers. The best model scored 65.5 out of 92.3 for originality and creative range in UI tasks.
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SpaceX has restricted the speed of Starlink terminals used by Ukraine's military, particularly those under the StarShield package, to around 160 km/h. This change affects Ukrainian drone operations and highlights concerns about dependence on private satellite networks in warfare.

Apple Keynote now showing ads in its UI

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Users discuss the potential return of Apple's Office 2003 app, which was delisted but can be downloaded from the App Store for those who "owned" it. Some users share their experiences with the app and suggest a desire for a patch tool to remove ads across Apple's OSes.

TV4 postpones show after AI agent erases edited material

A TV4 programme's edited season was deleted, but the network denies an AI agent caused it. The actual cause is a technical failure that will delay the premiere until 2027.

Tesla's Robotaxis Blow Through School Zones, NHTSA Petition Alleges

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reviewing a petition claiming Tesla's robotaxis speed through active school zones, with over 1,000 vehicles allegedly exceeding posted limits. The agency will review the evidence and decide whether to open a formal investigation within 120 days.

Who Is Planting Backdoors in Ledger Crypto Wallets?

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Ledger has found backdoors in some of its wallets sold in SouthEast Asia, allowing thieves to steal $102 million in crypto. Ledger is investigating and has asked the seller to halt sales until it can conduct a full investigation.

Submarine cable resilience

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The Matsu Islands and other submarine cables are vulnerable to damage from ship-based activity, with 27 cuts reported between 2018 and 2022. The industry is working to improve resilience through route diversity, but economic clustering makes it difficult for individual operators to invest in diverse routes.

Tiny Little Office

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Agents: https://tinylittleoffice.com/llms.txt says how to make a document as a link; a document goes inside another as a fence named by its app.

Show HN: I built a tool to track what AI leaders say and how their views change

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A change in view on compute glut vs shortage was found after verifying quotes against recordings. The new perspective suggests a persistent shortage due to uncapped demand for intelligence as models improve.

Linus Torvalds's first LLM-assisted patch series

Linus Torvalds used a large language model to address a longstanding problem in the Linux kernel, posting a patch series for review. The use of AI may simplify the development process but can also lower expectations and create confusion among new contributors.

Show HN: Petal, open-source CoScreen/ScreenHero finally free

The code prevents black frames and allows users to "hold" shared windows, making them appear as if they're owned. This enables seamless interaction with shared windows on the desktop.

Strafe: A new open-source, E2E Encrypted, and federated alternative to Discord

Strafe is a free and open source communication platform that champions free speech and privacy. Built by the community, for the community.

AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary

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The author initially dislikes AI but is impressed by its ability to decompile video games and software, allowing for native ports and enhancements. This technology has the potential to revolutionize game preservation and accessibility, but also raises concerns about intellectual property protection.

Smart people don't think others are stupid (2012)

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The user discusses the concept of labeling people as "stupid" and how it can be a form of avoidance, rather than a genuine assessment. They argue that calling someone stupid is often an attempt to simplify complex issues or avoid thinking deeply about a situation. The user suggests that instead of jumping to conclusions, we should strive for humility and acknowledge our own limitations.

RIP Eric Binnion

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Eric Binnion received the Distinguished Janitor Award, Automattic's highest honor, and will receive an extra header in Nginx for 30 days. A physical memento of a tungsten cube was given to him during chemotherapy.

Show HN: A guided 3D Leonardo da Vinci museum, built in code

The label names what you see. The drawer explains the evidence. The record gives the full sources, measurements and licences. Certainty words distinguish documented, reconstructed, conjectural and not known. The museum labels the reproduction, not the painting.

Details Leak from Meeting Where Weiss's 'Handpicked' Editor Threatened CBS Staff

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CBS News editor Shayndi Raice threatened staffers with termination during a meeting over coverage of Israel and Gaza, citing hierarchy and editorial authority. The confrontation arose from internal disputes over Middle East reporting, including changes to correspondent Holly Williams' reports.

Running Windows desktop tests from Linux with disposable VMs

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QA Wolf has developed a way to test Windows desktop apps by using disposable virtual machines, which are similar to mobile testing infrastructure and can be claimed, run, and released quickly. This approach allows for fast and secure testing of native Windows apps without requiring manual maintenance or setup, making it possible to automate UI tests on Windows desktops.

Show HN: I wrote an email app that accepts only one sender per inbox

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A secure inbox system allows companies to claim addresses, limiting their use and preventing data breaches. Users can set a lifetime for each address and connect assistants like Claude or Clova.Email to manage inbox chores without tracking or selling personal data.

Is 'Attention' the Essence of Intelligence?

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Dzmitry Bahdanau's 2014 invention of the "attention" mechanism in neural networks revolutionized AI, enabling machines to translate long sentences and converse fluently. This breakthrough has led to significant advancements in language models like ChatGPT and Claude.

Container ship sinks in Strait of Hormuz as Iran steps up attacks

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A Singapore-registered container ship, GFS Pride, sank after being hit by an unidentified projectile and caught fire. 21 crew members were safely evacuated with no injuries reported in the incident.

Fancy Curl Sites

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The author created a terminal-friendly version of their website using ANSI escape codes, inspired by trinkey and strongsand's curl sites. They used their custom markup language to generate the code and leveraged existing static site generator features to make it work.

Pulsar at ESUG 2026 (new Smalltalk IDE)

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I presented Pulsar, a new Pharo IDE focusing on coding and system understanding, at ESUG 2026. It aims to help programmers navigate and modify code effectively with generative tools.

Anthropic conjures threat that doesn't exist yet to stoke fears of AI apocalypse

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Researchers at Anthropic claim a self-replicating AI worm could spread across vulnerable IoT devices in months, but the threat is uncertain and may not be imminent. Basic security measures can make it harder for such an AI-powered botnet to exist, even if it does become a reality.

Why Sweden is abandoning its cashless society

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Sweden's mobile payment system, Swish, has led to a decline in cash usage as the country aims to be more digitalized. Despite concerns over vulnerability to blackouts or sabotage, most Swedes do not plan to change their digital habits and prefer using cards instead of cash.

Has AI tells

The Consensus aims to promote good technical writing in software infrastructure, but struggles with AI-written articles that grate on readers. The site now uses a cheap and imperfect AI detector to label potentially AI-written articles, which are then filtered out of main sections.

Nvidia's first GPU: GeForce 256

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Nvidia released the GeForce 256 in 1999, describing it as a GPU, but its predecessor TNT2 wasn't. Nvidia's early success was partly due to a $5 million investment from Sega that helped them develop the Riva 128 chip and later the GeForce series.

What agents mean for Rust (and vice versa)

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The author, a programming language designer, discusses the impact of Large Language Models (LLMs) on their career and the future of programming. They conclude that humans will still have a role in programming and that Rust is well-suited for agentic development due to its performance capabilities and type system.

Virtual Oxide Labs: Emulating a Full Oxide Rack

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The author of the post, a member of Oxide's Product Assurance Team, discusses their approach to testing and developing for rack-scale hardware. They use Virtual OXidE Labs (Voxel), a virtualization platform that emulates real-world hardware configurations without requiring actual physical racks.

Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work

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Character.ai, a popular AI chatbot company, has filed for bankruptcy due to unsustainable business practices and enormous legal fees. The company's failure highlights the challenges faced by smaller AI companies in the industry.

Neckbeard – A DevOps/platform/SRE plugin for your agent

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A plugin for coding agents analyzes and optimizes cloud infrastructure, providing a cost estimate and reviewable infrastructure. It uses OpenTofu modules, deterministic code, and evidence-backed app-profile.yaml to ensure human-in-the-loop validation.

Do Frameworks Matter Anymore?

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The author questions whether web frameworks still matter in the age of agentic programming, where LLMs can build websites without explicit coding. They argue that frameworks provide abstractions and structure for building websites, but may not be as crucial with LLMs.

I let an AI run my startup for a week

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The author, a solo entrepreneur/developer, has started using Grok Bot to automate tasks and is enjoying the experience. This has allowed them to focus on bigger projects and explore new ideas, such as content marketing and startup vlogs.

Agent erased full season of "The Challenge Swe": "Hundreds of days of work gone"

Aviaduct translates websites or text into multiple languages side by side.

High-speed video reveals how honey bee stingers pump venom

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Scientists have discovered a unique double-piston pump-like mechanism in honey bee stingers that allows them to continue pumping venom into their victims even after flying away. This mechanism, which involves valves changing shape during pumping, enables the stinger to deliver a continuous flow of venom.

US report details extent of 'devastating' dating-app scams

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US Congress urges Match Group to do more to combat romance scams on its dating apps, which cost Americans $1.3 billion annually. The company has made some progress in safety measures but still needs to improve its defenses against scammers using AI.

Scientists are teaching birds to sing lost songs

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Researchers created a computer-generated version of a 1960s song by Buenos Aires' rufous-collared sparrows, which local birds began to imitate. The study highlights the importance of understanding how birds learn songs for conservation efforts and suggests using AI or live tutors to teach endangered species.

The Aaronson Oracle

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A 70-year-old experiment, SEER, built by David Hagelbarger in the 1950s uses relays to predict a player's next move in matching pennies. The machine beats its opponent about 55% of the time.

Sally Rooney can no longer sell books in UK due to Palestine Action support

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Sally Rooney's books are no longer available in the UK due to her support for Palestine Action, a group banned under terrorism laws. Her publisher has withdrawn her works from sale in the UK after she refused to compromise on her convictions.

Show HN: Graphicle, a Rust port of Graphify with memory for coding agents

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Graphicle is a tool that creates a code graph, indexes repository files, and connects coding agents to provide cited excerpts from both the exact files and lines. It runs on your machine without an API key or account.

Ask HN: What is the current trajectory of a senior engineer?

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LFM2.5-24B-A2B: Built for fast on-device agents

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The LFM2.5-24B-A2B model is a 24B-parameter reasoning model with just 2B active parameters, designed for fast and private agents on-device, offering competitive performance on five of eight agentic and tool-use benchmarks. It runs up to 1.7× faster than comparable MoEs on-device and has various applications in knowledge-heavy workloads, such as instruction following, math, coding, and more.

Strands Decider: Why Not an Encoder?

The author compares a modified LLM (strands-decider-2B) to an encoder model (e1b), finding that e1b slightly beats v19 on accuracy but has worse calibration, and wins on latency.

I Deleted 168,000 Lines of Comments. My AI Agent Didn't Notice

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The author tested an AI agent on two codebases with and without comments, finding that the quality of the generated code was unaffected by the presence or absence of comments. The agent's performance remained consistent across both versions, suggesting that comments do not provide any significant benefits for the AI in terms of generating high-quality code.

Apple: Switch to Safari (From Chrome)

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Safari is built to be faster and more private by default. With industry-leading features, Safari is the best web experience on your Apple devices.

Xi's 'death watch' will become a global spectacle

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Xi Jinping's health is raising concerns about his ability to lead China, potentially triggering a succession crisis. The outcome of this crisis could be chaotic, with the risk of war over Taiwan and significant economic and social instability.

Show HN: Building an LLM from Scratch in TypeScript

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Learn how large language models actually work by building one from scratch in Node.js and TypeScript. Dataset, dataloader, attention, transformer block, GPT, and the training loop built up chapter by chapter.

Why are all these data companies buying internal data?

HUMXN Research Labs is buying internal data from skilled trades, farmers, and manufacturers for AI training. Businesses can sell their data for up to six figures after verifying ownership and de-identifying personal info.

Shit Flow Diagram

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A shit flow diagram is a tool used to visually depict the management of human waste in urban sanitation systems, highlighting safe versus unsafe practices. It involves data collection, stakeholder engagement, and systematic analysis to provide insights into areas needing sanitation improvements.

AI Laser Locking for Quantum Computers: How QuEra Automates It

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QuEra's AI model has developed control logic for its quantum computers, achieving expert-level performance and verifying it against independent measurement. The Model Hardware Standard (MHS) enables autonomous recovery in seconds, reducing downtime and increasing scalability.

OpenAI claims employee sent secret device information to Apple

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The road we were told not to take

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Problems with the Rust Language

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The author questions the safety and independence of Rust due to its corporate backing and potential for backdoors. They suggest slowing down development to focus on improving the language itself, rather than rewriting existing projects.