The United Arab Emirates and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia together absorbed 50% of all cyberattacks recorded across the Gulf region in the first half of 2026.

The United Arab Emirates and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia together absorbed 50% of all cyberattacks recorded across the Gulf region in the first half of 2026.

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China's Xi to visit Washington without CEO delegation, sources say Β Β Reuters
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YouTube is adding new features to generate ideas and monitor the performance of thumbnails.

In YouTubeβs latest update, viewers can tweak what the algorithm shows on their front page and curate it to a specific vibe.

Part of the job of a content creator is to figure out how to get their work in front of the most people. Cracking - or fighting - the algorithm has historically been a frustration for creators, but YouTube is increasingly simply telling creators what they should do. At the annual creator-focused Made on YouTube [β¦]

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Many of these tools hinge on using generative AI to try out a variety of different tactics on a video to find what works best.

As microdrama apps gain traction, YouTube is clearly betting that episodic short-form storytelling will stick around. And that the format belongs on Shorts. At its Made On YouTube event on Wednesday, the company announced βShorts Series,β a new tool that lets creators organize their Shorts into TV-style seasons and episodes. The feature brings a more [β¦]

Discord is rolling out a new global age assurance system, seven months after pausing its previous verification measures following backlash from users. Starting today in every country except Australia and the UK, Discord will automatically assign users to an estimated age group based on "multiple account signals," with account restrictions placed on users believed to [β¦]

Championship leader Kimi Antonelli tells BBC Sport how he is "still finding my way" in F1 after a 2024 crash "stayed in my head for a very long time".

Manchester United's overall debt remains over Β£1bn despite Sir Jim Ratcliffe's extensive cost-cutting measures, with the club also confirming it has spent Β£63.5m buying land for their new stadium.

Housing affordability challenges are spreading to higher income brackets, according to new research, which found one in five renters struggled last year to pay for their housing in full and on time.

England winger Bukayo Saka says the team are still carrying the "scar" of their heartbreaking World Cup semi-final exit to Argentina.

From highlighted ledges to characters telling you what to do, blockbuster games are increasingly taking the challenge out of playing β and players are pushing back β’ Donβt get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Marvelβs Wolverine, the latest action game from Sonyβs stable of expensive blockbuster-factory studios, has had an unfortunate launch. Reviews were decent , if not stellar, but a series of viral video clips from reviewers and streamers have made it the scapegoat for a patronising flavour of game design that gamers have hated for decades. This clip , from Skβ¦

The proposals relate to Admiral's UK insurance business, and will affect about 5% of its workforce.

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UK to refuel Saudi fighter jets and France to secure energy infrastructure amid fighting with Yemen's Houthi group.

The UN wants to accelerate progress to end poverty by 2030, but people over the world say millions are still struggling.

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Unknown threat actors have managed to compromise two legitimate MemTensor packages across the npm and Python Package Index (PyPI) repositories to push a platform-specific Go-based implant dubbed sckit designed for Windows, Linux, and macOS. According to reports from Aikido, SafeDep, Socket, and StepSecurity, the libraries in question below - @memtensor/memos-cloud-openclaw-plugin versions
McDonald's is putting ads on its drive-thru menu as part of a "limited" pilot at company-owned restaurants, according to a report from Bloomberg. Drive-thru locations included in the test will show ads from other brands on digital menu boards after a customer places their order, which they'll see while they wait for their meal. In [β¦]

Analysts say a deal this week is unlikely - core disagreements between Washington and Tehran remain unresolved.

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Video games have given us plenty of ways to traverse huge open worlds, but none have felt quite as oddly exhilarating as manipulating gravity in Control Resonant's twisted version of New York City. It's a game that lets you flip, twist, and fly through the air, while exploring settings that look ripped out of Inception. [β¦]

Decades of cheaper imports left US dependent on China for crucial rare earth processing.
For anyone who grew up staring blankly at museum artwork, this is the fun that was missing: Coco leads interactive and (mostly) factual art history comedy tours.

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Ledge is for those of us who spend much of our day copying commands from our notes into the terminal. It's still in early beta, but I've been using it for the last few weeks to run smoke tests, manage deploys, monitor systems, etc. and it's been very useful for me. I hope others find it useful as well. There are many ways you can set up Ledge: I keep my production notes local, and use Ledge server to manage my dev environments on a per-project basis. I can then access Ledge on my phone over Tailscale whenever I need to check on something remotely. Ledge only needs SSH for remote access, so yoβ¦

Priests Against Genocide hold shroud with names of 300 children killed in 'ceasefires' in Gaza, the occupied West Bank

IMO's Arsenio Dominguez says itβs not legal for countries to charge ships fees to use international straits.

Syriaβs President Ahmed al-Sharaa says Donald Trump should give New Jersey to Israel, instead of the Golan Heights.

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Emergency services are responding to an incident on Anglesey, after reports of a crash involving an aircraft.

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From street attacks to political rhetoric, xenophobia is becoming quotidian.

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Spotify is rolling out Taste Profile to Premium users in the U.S., letting listeners see how the streamer understands their tastes and use natural language to reshape their recommendations

The startup says its automated system can change four tires in under 15 minutes.

LinkedIn is rolling out new verification tools that let members vouch for colleaguesβ work experience and give companies more control over accounts that falsely claim to employ them.

New research from GitHub and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication finds strong demand for tools, measurement, and practical guidance that can help developers reduce wasted compute. The post Developers want more efficient software. Hereβs what over 1000 GitHub users told us they need. appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

Mahamat Said Abdel Kani oversaw brutal detention tactics, including torture, at Bangui facility, ICC judges rule.

Article URL: https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-accidentally-freezes-its-smart-fridges-with-a-software-update-3714472/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49815381 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Josh Rushing, Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave on the Democrats, Republicans and whether a third choice is possible.

Meta says it issued a fix for the Muse zero-day vulnerability that would have let attackers do βwhateverβ they wanted on a victimβs Mac, highlighting the inherent dangers of AI helpers.

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The singer reflected on her "crazy" journey as she collected the prize for best independent track.

Hi, I know what you're thinking - Oh God! Yet another timer. Before your piss off and start swearing me. I would like you to have a look at the UI and if you wanna do deep, checkout the performance in the lighthouse tab. It has: 1. Local first architecture once the site is loaded you don't require an internet connection and can run multiple sessions as you need. 2. Data stores inside your browser using IndexDB thanks to Dixie.js 3. Presets to quickly switch to 1/5/10/25/30/45/50/60/100 and 120 minutes timer 4. Change the background, opacity and blur in the appearance tab 5. No account, No Emaβ¦
Pakistan could face India in the knockouts of the Asian Games, where the world champions won gold in 2023.

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The tenant of the flat in Madrid, Maricarmen, was unable to pay the rent set by the firm which recently bought it.

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The 2027 Africa Cup of Nations will be held in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, with 24 qualification spots up for grabs.

Hi HN, I built RxFilm Studio, a video workspace that lets you create and revise videos with AI agent. The reason I started this project is simple: Iβve noticed that many independent developers and small teams want to create marketing videos for their product, but producing these videos requires a lot of time and effort β from editing and visual effects to voiceovers and subtitles. So I built Rxfilm Studio to simplify the entire video creation process. Start with an idea, a product website, images, or existing footage, and then generate a complete video with: - Story and structure - Editinβ¦
Hi HN, I built RxFilm Studio, a video workspace that lets you create and revise videos with AI agent. The reason I started this project is simple: Iβve noticed that many independent developers and small teams want to create marketing videos for their product, but producing these videos requires a lot of time and effort β from editing and visual effects to voiceovers and subtitles. So I built Rxfilm Studio to simplify the entire video creation process. Start with an idea, a product website, images, or existing footage, and then generate a complete video with: - Story and structure - Editinβ¦
Coverage of Arsenal's Women's Champions League opener also featured a dog on set, a vegetable platter and a rotating floor.

jevper is the Jev interface pointed at whatever model you already have. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49815066 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
jevper is the Jev interface pointed at whatever model you already have. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49815066 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Bryan Seaver, who announced Parton's death to the world, is accused of trying to extort her estate.

Trade war has been central to Trump's presidency, but it didn't slash US deficits. Meanwhile, China recorded a surplus.

A flaw in cPanel'sΒ CalDAV and CardDAV serviceΒ lets anyone with a cPanel hosting account run code as root and take "full control of the server," the company said on September 22. AΒ second bug in the WP Toolkit plugin, used to install and manage WordPress sites, allows an account holder to change databases that belong to other accounts. cPanel has released fixed versions for both,
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The investigation involves at least some crashes where it appears drivers were using "forked" versions of Comma's software.

This is todayβs edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of whatβs going on in the world of technology. Smart glasses are already causing havoc in India When Shubnam saw an Instagram video of a Delhi protest they had attended, they realized a content creator wearing Meta smart glasses hadβ¦

Xiaomi's new 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max launched in China today, and feature a more flexible take on the privacy display tech introduced this year on Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra. They combine it with returning rear screens, two 200-megapixel cameras, and both of Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips. A global launch [β¦]

Ukraine will get access to OpenAI's advanced GPT 5.6 Sol model under the deal - a rival to Anthropic's Mythos and Fable

Ukraine will get access to OpenAI's advanced GPT 5.6 Sol model under the deal - a rival to Anthropic's Mythos and Fable

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Ema has raised $140 million to date and has more than 50 enterprise customers, including Google and Microsoft.

Second day of UN General Assembly kicks off with speeches from world leaders, including from Syria, Iran and Ukraine.

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BuildABrowser Browser is an open-source browser and its rendering engine. It runs on Linux, Windows, and (experimental) Android Desktop. The rendering engine is written in Java, and features parsers and layout algorithms written from scratch. It is also embeddable, with pre-made embedding layers for Swing and Android Jetpack Compose. Because the renderer is modular, though, it is also possible to port the renderer to other platforms. GitHub repository: https://github.com/BuildABrowser/BuildABrowser Demo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWF7YPIoks8 (edit: there's now also a video on theβ¦
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Building dams and hydropower plants in the Himalayas holds great promise for providing electricity. In the wake of the Nepal disaster, experts are asking about the risks of such construction.

Autonomous security agents are getting good at finding bugs. Nobody has a good way to measure how good. Point one at a realistic target and what comes back is a report the agent wrote about itself: confident prose, a list of findings, and no way to tell which of them happened. Someone with a security background then sits down and checks every claim against the target. Which findings are real,
Daniel Thomas, known to his supporters as Danny Tommo, livestreamed a video of the alleged incident.

Anthropic and OpenAI on Tuesday announced new models, with both artificial intelligence (AI) companies noting that they are continuing to invest in improving alignment to combat risky behavior. Opus 5.5, per Anthropic, is a "major step up from Opus 5," and "achieves the best scores of any model to date on our automated behavioral audit, our alignment suite that tests Claude across thousands
Apple has added podcast guides for select US landmarks within Maps, discussing their histories and lesser-known stories.

UEFA president speaks for the first time since FIFA said it would review its decision-making, says trust still broken.

Israel's PM denounces the French president after he appeared to downplay Hamas's activities in the occupied territory.

Replaceable lenses are the hot new feature for an action camera.

From flagship and budget to flipping and folding, Samsungβs Galaxy range spans the breadth of the smartphone cosmos. WIREDβs here to help you make your choice.

Another utility sees the light in putting existing telecoms infrastructure to work

Scotland head coach Sebastien Pocognoli admits to feeling a "positive nervousness" before his first game in charge of the country, a Nations League tie against Slovenia in Ljubljana on Saturday.
