Inference is giving AI chip startups a second chance to make their mark
In a disaggregated AI world, Nvidia can be both a friend and an enemy
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Microsoft's turned Windows into a cesspool, but it wants to do better
Windows is a mess, GitHub keeps wobbling, Copilot draws flak - what’s wrong at Redmond? kettle When it comes to making decisions that piss off your user base, no one knows how to d…
Instructure confirms data breach, ShinyHunters claims attack
Educational tech giant Instructure has confirmed that data was stolen in a cyberattack, with the ShinyHunters extortion gang claiming responsibility. [...]
Microsoft Defender wrongly flags DigiCert certs as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha
Microsoft Defender is detecting legitimate DigiCert root certificates as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha, resulting in widespread false-positive alerts, and in some cases, removing ce…
US Military Reaches Deals With 7 Tech Companies to Use Their AI on Classified Systems
Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Nvidia, OpenAI, Reflection and SpaceX will provide resources to help augment warfighter decision-making in complex operational environments,…
Telegram Mini Apps abused for crypto scams, Android malware delivery
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a large-scale fraud operation that uses Telegram's Mini App feature to run crypto scams, impersonate well-known brands, and distribute Andr…
Inference is giving AI chip startups a second chance to make their mark
In a disaggregated AI world, Nvidia can be both a friend and an enemy AI adoption is reaching an inflection point as the focus shifts from training new models to serving them. For …
Royal Navy chief backs drones, autonomous weapons in ‘Hybrid Navy’
Plan mixes crewed ships, robot escorts, and long-range strike to bolster a stretched fleet The leader of Britain’s Royal Navy has outlined a “Hybrid Navy” built on a mix of crewed,…
Job's a good 'un: Bank of England tech project wins watchdog praise
PAC: Now why can't everybody else in public sector do it like this? Parliament's spending watchdog has held up a successful large-scale public sector tech transformation as a rare …
CISA Adds Actively Exploited Linux Root Access Bug CVE-2026-31431 to KEV
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a recently disclosed security flaw impacting various Linux distributions to its Known Exploited Vul…
A network smuggling Starlink tech into Iran to beat internet blackout
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgzk91leweo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47992338 Points: 188 # Comments: 149
Critrical cPanel flaw mass-exploited in "Sorry" ransomware attacks
A new disclosed cPanel flaw tracked as CVE-2026-41940 is being mass-exploited to breach websites and encrypt data in "Sorry" ransomware attacks. [...]
ConsentFix v3 attacks target Azure with automated OAuth abuse
A new attack type, dubbed ConsentFix v3, has been circulating on hacker forums, building on the previous technique by adding automation and scaling potential. [...]
Usage-based pricing killing your vibe - here's how to roll your own local AI coding agents
Take those token limits and shove them by vibe coding with a local LLM With model devs pushing more aggressive rate limits, raising prices, or even abandoning subscriptions for usa…
Usage-based pricing killing your vibe - here's how to roll your own local AI coding agents
Take those token limits and shove them by vibe coding with a local LLM
New Bluekit Phishing Kit Features AI Assistant
Still under development, Bluekit provides users with automated domain registration and an AI Assistant. The post New Bluekit Phishing Kit Features AI Assistant appeared first on Se…
UK drivers' agency shrugs off claims of week-long booking site smashes, blames browser configs
Agency insists everything is working fine, even though users spend days failing to load it The DVSA's driving test booking system has spent the week offline, according to frustrate…
UK drivers' agency shrugs off claims of week-long booking site smashes, blames browser configs
Agency insists everything is working fine, even though users spend days failing to load it
Brace for the patch tsunami: AI is unearthing decades of buried code debt
Britain's cyber agency says the bill for years of technical shortcuts is coming due, and it's arriving all at once
Brace for the patch tsunami: AI is unearthing decades of buried code debt
Britain's cyber agency says the bill for years of technical shortcuts is coming due, and it's arriving all at once Britain's cyber agency is warning that AI-fuelled bug hunting is …
Trellix Confirms Source Code Breach With Unauthorized Repository Access
Cybersecurity company Trellix has announced that it suffered a breach that enabled unauthorized access to a "portion" of its source code. It said it "recently identified" the compr…
Microsoft tests modern Windows Run, says it's faster than legacy dialog
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 is getting a new modern Run dialog with dark mode support and faster performance in a new preview build. [...]
Edu tech firm Instructure discloses cyber incident, probes impact
Instructure, the company behind the widely used Canvas learning platform, has disclosed that it recently suffered a cybersecurity incident and is now investigating its impact. [...…
ServiceNow under siege as Atlassian adds to ITSM take-outs
CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes touts 'largest ever quarter for competitive displacements' The chase is on. Atlassian reported its largest-ever quarter for taking share from a major IT ser…
ServiceNow under siege as Atlassian adds to ITSM take-outs
CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes touts 'largest ever quarter for competitive displacements'
76% of All Crypto Stolen in 2026 Is Now in North Korea
North Korean threat actors are pulling off historic cryptocurrency heists on a yearly, sometimes weekly basis now. AI might be helping them.
Extreme Networks: Memory advantage, Wi-Fi 7 and competitive flux drive momentum
Extreme Networks is relying heavily on a number of key technologies—including its network fabric and cloud management portfolios to build toward the future—but more immediately, it…
HN825: Faster Than Dijkstra? Exploring a New Shortest-Path Algorithm with Bruce Davie
Dijkstra’s algorithm is the foundation of shortest path calculations for link state routing protocols. But researchers have developed a new algorithm that improves on this decades-…
30,000 Facebook Accounts Hacked via Google AppSheet Phishing Campaign
A newly discovered Vietnamese-linked operation has been observed using a Google AppSheet as a "phishing relay" to distribute phishing emails with an aim to compromise Facebook acco…
15-year-old detained over French govt agency data breach
French authorities have detained a 15-year-old suspected of selling data stolen in a cyberattack on France Titres (ANTS), the country's agency for issuing and managing administrati…