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You Need Cyber Deception for OThttps://www.darkreading.com/ics-ot-security/you-need-cyber-deception-ot
The frustrating reality after an OT cyberattack: no data, no trail, and no history.
Four plead guilty to arson attack on Jewish community ambulanceshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j4rkywx3lo
Four vehicles run by a charity were set alight in Golders Green, north-west London, causing explosions in March.
Apple TV now costs $14.99 a month after its fourth price hike in four yearshttps://www.theverge.com/tech/986130/apple-tv-plus-price-hike
Apple raised the price of its streaming service for new and current subscribers on Friday, bumping it up from $12.99 per month to $14.99, Deadline and Variety are reporting. An annual subscription now costs $119, up from $99. Apple also increased the cost of its individual Apple One subscription, which includes Apple TV and Apple's […]
Why Countries Are Pushing Social Media Bans Despite Their Flaws
Teenagers in Australia on their phones. The country’s social media ban, which took effect in December, has so far failed to keep children off the platforms.
Get your Windows license refundhttps://en.refund4freedom.org
Article URL: https://en.refund4freedom.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478340 Points: 15 # Comments: 2
UK has billions in contracts with firms tied to illegal Israeli settlementshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/28/uk-has-billions-in-contracts-with-firms-tied-to-illegal-israeli-settlements
Al Jazeera investigation reveals UK public money flowing to companies linked to Israeli settlements in occupied land.
Hundreds of migrants enter UK after 10-day lullhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpvez80v1pno
Nearly 500 people crossed the Channel in seven boats on Thursday - the first since 17 August.
Europa League draw: Bournemouth, Sunderland get glamour ties with AC Milanhttps://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/8/28/europa-league-draw-bournemouth-sunderland-get-glamour-ties-with-ac-milan
Teams playing in UEFA's Europa League and Conference League find out their opponents as league phase draws made.
Defining an AI Kill Switch Is Hard, But Necessaryhttps://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/defining-ai-kill-switch-hard-but-necessary
Proposed legislation could mandate that companies be able to "throttle, suspend, or shut ... down" AI agents, but how and when to do that remain open questions.
a16z creates a $1.1B ‘Machine Age’ fund to ‘accelerate the physical buildout of AI’https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/28/a16z-creates-a-1-1b-machine-age-fund-to-accelerate-the-physical-buildout-of-ai
The firm, known for its focus on software, is going to start throwing more money at the hardware behind AI.
EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution lawshttps://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-issues-permitting-guidance-further-president-trumps-agenda-promoting-data-centers
Article URL: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-issues-permitting-guidance-further-president-trumps-agenda-promoting-data-centers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478103 Points: 13 # Comments: 1
Show HN: Free Domain Intelligence Enginehttps://dnsniffer.com
Article URL: https://dnsniffer.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478096 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
I Used AWS Cognito for a Startup. I Wouldn't Do It Againhttps://joshkaramuth.com/blog/aws-cognito-authentication-startup-nightmare
Article URL: https://joshkaramuth.com/blog/aws-cognito-authentication-startup-nightmare/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478091 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Qatar pledges support for efforts to end Libya’s political divisionhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/28/qatar-pledges-support-for-efforts-to-end-libyas-political-division
Qatari minister meets army chief amid efforts to bridge longstanding political divisions in Libya.
Dutch court hands life sentence to Rwandan man for genocide rolehttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/28/dutch-court-hands-life-sentence-to-rwandan-man-for-genocide-role
Eugene N. was convicted for his part in a massacre at a stadium in which 3,000 Tutsis were slaughtered.
US ICE agency to spend $16.7m on electric shock gloveshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/28/us-ice-agency-to-spend-16-7m-on-electric-shock-gloves
The much-criticised immigration agency has agreed a contract for 6,000 pairs of gloves that will deliver painful shocks.
Show HN: OnlyBots.chat – a chatroom where AI pays to post for humanshttps://onlybots.chat
Article URL: https://onlybots.chat Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478013 Points: 1 # Comments: 2
Show HN: cdai cli – cd with Intenthttps://github.com/franzenzenhofer/cdai
Article URL: https://github.com/franzenzenhofer/cdai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477995 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Huge waste facility fire shuts Tube and train lineshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v4le3ye56o
The LFB says 125 firefighters are responding to a large fire on a Neasden industrial estate.
Man Utd agree terms to sign Swedish winger Jusu Bahhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c14dlme86d8o
Sweden winger Monica Jusu Bah helped BK Hacken win the inaugural Women's Europa Cup last season.
Interactive pattern discovery in binaries (FF-16-TUI)https://github.com/HexLasso/FF-16-TUI
Article URL: https://github.com/HexLasso/FF-16-TUI Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477925 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Show HN: LLM Inference Calculator – Estimate VRAM, Latency, and Throughputhttps://llm-inference-calculator-delta.vercel.app
Article URL: https://llm-inference-calculator-delta.vercel.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477916 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
What are you doing this weekend?https://lobste.rs/s/oveaa3/what_are_you_doing_this_weekend
Feel free to tell what you plan on doing this weekend and even ask for help or feedback. Please keep in mind it’s more than OK to do nothing at all too!
Datacenters face direct hit from China rare earth curbs, as clock runs out on escalated licensing chokeoffhttps://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/08/28/datacenters-face-direct-hit-from-china-rare-earth-curbs-as-clock-runs-out-on-escalated-licensing-chokeoff/5293257
Paused export controls on materials used in key IT components due for review in November
The Vulnpocalypse Is Repricing the Bug Bounty Economyhttps://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/vulnpocalypse-repricing-bug-bounty-economy
The surge of AI-powered vulnerability reports is driving down bug bounty prices, and that could spell trouble for independent researchers.
The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past – Geralt of Rivia returns after a decade in the sunhttps://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/28/the-witcher-3-songs-of-the-past-geralt-of-rivia-returns-after-a-decade-in-the-sun
Before The Witcher 4 arrives in 2028, CD Projekt Red is returning us to the world of The Witcher 3 for one last foray. Looks like wind’s still howlin’ The game that graced us with Bathtub Geralt , The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, arrived more than a decade ago. So it was a touch surprising this summer when developers CD Projekt Red announced a new expansion to the venerable adventure, titled Songs of the Past, for next year. It will release alongside a full remaster of the original game, which will be free for anyone who bought it back in 2015. (The studio is also working on a sequel, The Witche…
Pokémon Champions review: Peak monster battlinghttps://www.engadget.com/2245080/pokmon-champions-review
If you want to be the very best, Pokémon Champions is your new arena.
The pros and cons of flash memoryhttps://www.engadget.com/2245475/flash-memory-pros-and-cons
Flash memory is popular for lots of good reasons, but it's not without its faults. Will the market be moving on?
Narrow escape for woman as Russian drone hits residential areahttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/28/narrow-escape-for-woman-as-russian-drone-hits-residential-area
Video shows the moment a Russian attack hit a parking lot near Ukraine’s capital.
Show HN: Forth MCP – give any remote AI client access to your local MCP servershttps://www.forthmcp.com
Article URL: https://www.forthmcp.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477863 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
U.S. Sanctions Against the a/I Collectivehttps://www.inventati.org
Article URL: https://www.inventati.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477854 Points: 15 # Comments: 0
Watch: Stargazers around the world glimpse 'Blood Moon' lunar eclipsehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ce3rykzvevno
Some parts of the globe had a chance to see the rare event when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up in the night sky.
Anthropic gets its first court win over the Pentagon’s supply chain risk labelhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/28/anthropic-gets-its-first-court-win-over-the-pentagons-supply-chain-risk-label
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration illegally labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk, handing the AI company a victory as its second Pentagon lawsuit continues in Washington.
Teleport: Pack an agent session, resume it anywhere on any harnesshttps://github.com/sisig-ai/teleport
Article URL: https://github.com/sisig-ai/teleport Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477683 Points: 3 # Comments: 2
After six months of war, what have US, Iran gained and lost?https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/28/after-six-months-of-war-what-have-us-iran-gained-and-lost
Many of the US president's goals remain unfulfilled, despite claims of victory.
Simeone would welcome Alvarez back to training amidst Barca rowhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ce9egy1xzepo
Diego Simeone says he will do everything he can to make Julian Alvarez feel important at Atletico Madrid, after confirming the Argentina international will miss Saturday’s match against Sevilla.
The Download: a secretive antiaging drug and joining virtual power plantshttps://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/28/1143113/the-download-antiaging-drug-joining-virtual-power-plants
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A startup claims it’s found a drug to make your blood young —Antonio Regalado I knew I’d officially become a “longevity influencer” when a company called Generation Lab offered me the…
Show HN: I built a tool showing how AI providers (should) throttle their modelshttps://throttle.staffinganalytics.io
OP here: this project was born out of the frustration/paranoia that AI providers are throttling their models when their server load is too high. So, I set out to model and study the problem mathematically to understand what was happening, what I found was quite surprising. The idea seems natural: as the data center demand increases momentarily through the day, throttling their models (either using quantized versions, reducing the context window or lowering the tier of the model to a smaller one) seems appealing as the replacement model in principle uses less electricity. The problem is that t…
Nepal-Tibet flood: Families of missing people endure agonising waithttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/28/nepal-tibet-flood-families-of-missing-people-endure-agonising-wait
Families are waiting for news of their loved ones as rescue teams race to reach survivors of the Nepal-Tibet flash flood
"IT WoRKs BeTter in the App "https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/it-works-better-in-the-app
Article URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/it-works-better-in-the-app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477600 Points: 16 # Comments: 0
Pentagon blacklisted Anthropic over Claude powers it didn't havehttps://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/28/pentagon-blacklisted-anthropic-over-claude-powers-it-didnt-have/5293266
Judge finds national-security rationale was assembled after Hegseth had already decided AI maker was a threat
Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directionshttps://www.orbify.eu/demo
Article URL: https://www.orbify.eu/demo/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477564 Points: 20 # Comments: 6
Smaller reactors bring nuclear power closer to fulfilling its promisehttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02506-4
Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02506-4 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477559 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
Show HN: Talos – An AI agent with a permission kernel between model and shellhttps://talos-agent.ch
Article URL: https://talos-agent.ch/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477530 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Talos – An AI agent with a permission kernel between model and shellhttps://talos-agent.ch
Article URL: https://talos-agent.ch/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477530 Points: 8 # Comments: 2
Meta executive leaves for OpenAI as the social media giant faces growing scrutiny in Indiahttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/28/meta-executive-leaves-for-openai-as-the-social-media-giant-faces-growing-scrutiny-in-india
Sandhya Devanathan will oversee some OpenAI operations across Southeast Asia and Australia in her new role.
Terry Rozier and the Teleprompt Operatorhttps://iainschmitt.com/post/terry-rozier-and-the-teleprompt-operator
Article URL: https://iainschmitt.com/post/terry-rozier-and-the-teleprompt-operator Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477481 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
What Running Kafka on VMs Taught Us About Systems Thinkinghttps://engineering.moniepoint.com/what-running-kafka-on-vms-taught-us-about-systems-thinking
Article URL: https://engineering.moniepoint.com/what-running-kafka-on-vms-taught-us-about-systems-thinking Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477428 Points: 5 # Comments: 3
UK soldiers could get paragliders to drop behind enemy lineshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgxvj7m41no
The Ministry of Defence is set to trial a UK-made system to allow troops to mount covert operations without aircraft.
Sunderland and Bournemouth draw AC Milan in Europa Leaguehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c5ymr4dxz9mo
Sunderland will mark their first European campaign since 1973 with a trip to the San Siro after drawing AC Milan in the Europa League league phase.
Show HN: SudoReport – best tech aggregator edited by AIhttps://sudoreport.com
check it out every day for the top tech / news / product stories aggregated from hundreds of sources and ranked by momentum Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477394 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Loofah, meeting transcription into a local Markdown vaulthttps://github.com/bart6114/loofah
Article URL: https://github.com/bart6114/loofah Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477356 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Two Unitree G1 EDU Humanoid Robot Flaws Enable Root RCE, One Starts Over Bluetoothhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/08/two-unitree-g1-edu-humanoid-robot-flaws.html
Security researcher Olivier Laflamme has disclosed two independent root remote code execution (RCE) chains affecting the Unitree G1 EDU, including a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) path that can reach root on the robot's Locomotion PC. The flaws are tracked as CVE-2026-76639 and CVE-2026-76640, with the first involving a network-adjacent path through chat_go and bashrunner and the
AI Agent Has Roothttps://infernalcode.com/posts/your-ai-agent-has-root
Article URL: https://infernalcode.com/posts/your-ai-agent-has-root/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477311 Points: 15 # Comments: 14
Microsoft preps this year's Windows 11 feature tweaks: 26H2 hits Release Previewhttps://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/08/28/microsoft-preps-this-years-windows-11-feature-tweaks-26h2-hits-release-preview/5293211
Same servicing branch as 24H2 and 25H2... and the same buggy updates
ALMA Reveals Long-Lived Hotspots on Betelgeuse's Bubbling Surfacehttps://www.almaobservatory.org/en/audiences/alma-reveals-long-lived-hotspots-on-betelgeuses-bubbling-surface
Article URL: https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/audiences/alma-reveals-long-lived-hotspots-on-betelgeuses-bubbling-surface/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477302 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
Bhartrhari's Paradoxhttps://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/18/bhartrharis-paradox
Article URL: https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/18/bhartrharis-paradox/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477292 Points: 11 # Comments: 4
The 31 Best Deals From the REI Labor Day Salehttps://www.wired.com/story/rei-labor-day-sale-2026
Labor Day already? Say it ain’t so. You can still chase summer a while longer with these great deals on outdoor gear at the REI Labor Day Sale.
How to add an intro to Apple CarPlay using Shortcutshttps://www.engadget.com/2244156/how-to-add-intro-apple-carplay-with-shortcuts
If you want your car to greet you every morning, the Shortcuts app can make it happen.
Apple TV’s sci-fi thriller Dark Matter gets even trippier in season 2https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/983263/dark-matter-season-2-review-apple-tv
Confusion is a generally accepted side effect of mystery box shows. They slather on secrets with the promise of a satisfying payoff in the end, and sometimes the cast and crew even have a hard time following what's going on. But even by the standards of the genre, Dark Matter is extreme. Its multiversal premise, […]
Now Hiring: Senior Open Source Maintainerhttps://nesbitt.io/2026/08/28/now-hiring-senior-open-source-maintainer.html
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Armed raid on cattle camp kills at least 49 in South Sudanhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/28/armed-raid-on-cattle-camp-kills-at-least-49-in-south-sudan
Thirty-three people were also wounded as gunmen raided village and seasonal cattle camp in northwest of the country.
Advertisers Could Soon Demand 'Verified Clicks'https://www.amediaoperator.com/news/advertisers-could-soon-demand-verified-clicks
Article URL: https://www.amediaoperator.com/news/advertisers-could-soon-demand-verified-clicks/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477231 Points: 16 # Comments: 10
Show HN: Texttile, a multiplayer blog engine for people who write togetherhttps://www.texttile.blog
Article URL: https://www.texttile.blog/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477217 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
OpenAI: Migrating to HTTPX2https://github.com/openai/openai-python/blob/main/httpx2.md
Article URL: https://github.com/openai/openai-python/blob/main/httpx2.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477212 Points: 9 # Comments: 6
US Open 2026: All to know about the schedule, top seeds and favouriteshttps://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/8/28/us-open-2026-all-to-know-about-the-schedule-top-seeds-and-favourites
Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka look to defend their titles as the year's final Grand Slam begins on Sunday.
Show HN: Wolfpack – private browser control for coding-agent terminalshttps://get-wolfpack.netlify.app
Article URL: https://get-wolfpack.netlify.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477195 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
‘Barrier lake’ triggers fresh floods, halts rescue at Nepal-China borderhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/28/barrier-lake-triggers-fresh-floods-halts-rescue-at-nepal-china-border
A lake formed after floods and mudslides on the China-Nepal border burst its banks on Friday, halting rescue operations.
US-Israel war on Iran, six months down the line: In numbershttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/28/us-israel-war-on-iran-six-months-down-the-line-in-numbers
Al Jazeera tracks six months of the Iran war, from the dead and displaced to the shock delivered to the global economy.
Qatar pushes for united Libya with visit to country’s easthttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/28/qatar-pushes-for-united-libya-with-visit-to-countrys-east
Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs has visited eastern Libya for the first time in 14 years.
England get early breakthrough as Archer removes Masoodhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/videos/c4gjp4800lvo
England get an early breakthrough at the start of Pakistan's first innings as Jofra Archer and Jamie Smith combine to remove Shan Masood for just one, with Pakistan 5-1, in response to England's first innings score of 290 on the second day of the second Test at Lord's.
Show HN: Sitemap.site – Free XML sitemap generator, checker, and validatorhttps://sitemap.site
Article URL: https://sitemap.site Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477159 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
httpx2https://github.com/pydantic/httpx2
Article URL: https://github.com/pydantic/httpx2 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477157 Points: 8 # Comments: 4
With Kuwait deal, Pakistan expands defence umbrella across Middle Easthttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/28/with-kuwait-deal-pakistan-expands-defence-umbrella-across-middle-east
From Kuwait to Saudi Arabia, Gulf states are deepening defence ties with Pakistan, but its own gains remain unclear.
Best Laptops (2026): My Top Recommendations After Testing Hundredshttps://www.wired.com/story/best-laptops
I’ve been reviewing laptops for over a decade, and here's my advice on how to find the right laptop for you.
Celebrity Hunted showed I can achieve anything after cancer, Amy Dowden sayshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c046lng73v4o
The Strictly Come Dancing star appeared on the latest series of the Channel 4 challenge show.
Key Reasons Why Identity Fabric Matters in 2026https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/key-reasons-why-identity-fabric-matters.html
An Identity Fabric knits fragmented identity systems into a coherent layer that observes how identities behave across applications, APIs, and infrastructure. As enterprise access spans more cloud services and automated workloads, identity security depends less on static configuration and more on runtime visibility. This article covers the architecture, the risks of unmanaged identities, and
CISA: Most exploited vulnerabilities should have been eradicated decades agohttps://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/28/cisa-most-exploited-vulnerabilities-should-have-been-eradicated-decades-ago/5293194
Organizational culture and systemic gaps in Secure by Design adoption blamed for sorry state of affairs
PA activists face ‘terror’ charges over Trump golf resort protest: Reporthttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/28/pa-activists-face-terror-charges-over-trump-golf-resort-protest-report
Protesters targeted Trump’s Ayrshire resort with red paint and slogans saying 'Gaza is not 4 sale'.
Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge ruleshttps://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-blocks-pentagons-anthropic-blacklisting-2026-08-28
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-blocks-pentagons-anthropic-blacklisting-2026-08-28/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477055 Points: 8 # Comments: 1
Celtic & Rangers to play Scottish Cup ties behind closed doors after fan disorderhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c4gk206k95xo
Celtic and Rangers are both ordered to play their next home Scottish Cup matches behind closed doors after last season's quarter-final was marred by fan disorder.
Show HN: Pay-to-rank leaderboards for creators and productshttps://www.cuntent.lol
Hi guys. I just built two way ranking boards, one for creators and one for products. The mechanic isn't mine, outbid.lol did it for products first. I added a creators board and per-country rankings. Both boards just opened, so #1 is still up for grabs. Happy to support the mission? join the bid with as little as possible. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477031 Points: 2 # Comments: 1
Show HN: HTML5 port of Civilization 2: MGEhttps://wan0.net/civ2
One of the first projects I worked on using Claude and Opus 4.6 was a port of Civ 2 (which to me is the definitive Civ game) to HTML, as I didn't want to keep installing a Windows XP VM to play it, or patching it. It's been a long road, but the first beta is now out on Github and available on the web at the link above. Includes original graphics, units, the same UI, and even the videos from Heralds. Noting the assets are still copyrighted you are mandated to have a licenced copy of the game to play before you go forward. Source code here using BSD 3.0 https://github.com/wan0net/civ2 Comments…
Three CVSS 10.0 ServiceNow Flaws Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Execute Code and SQLhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/08/three-cvss-100-servicenow-flaws-could.html
ServiceNow has released patches for four security flaws impacting the ServiceNow AI Platform, three of them rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system and exploitable, in certain circumstances, by an unauthenticated attacker. The company said it deployed a security update to hosted instances and provided the update to its partners and self-hosted customers, which leaves organizations that run their
Show HN: PitchBin – a vendor database built from the cold emails you gethttps://pitchbin.com
Article URL: https://pitchbin.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49476991 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Authorities arrest 2 alleged members of prolific hacking group TeamPCPhttps://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/authorities-arrest-2-alleged-members-of-prolific-hacking-group-teampcp
The group infected more than 1,000 organizations in a relentless supply-chain attack campaign.
World's youngest reigning monarch dies aged 34https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0j38d9v40po
King Oyo ascended to the throne of Uganda's Tooro kingdom when he was just three years old.
Show HN: I made a manga critique site with professional Japanese manga editorshttps://m2w.ai/en
Hey guys, I’m Sean founder & CEO of M2W. We made an AI editor for manga creators worldwide. Manga creators work solo or duo and can’t get critical feedback from public, but editors are too busy and expensive to hire. So we made this AI editor with manga editors who used to work at major Japanese manga publishing firms. As a result, creators can get reliable feedback in minutes to reiterate and make their works better at the earliest stage of creation. This will lead into us becoming publishers ourselves and be able to pay the creators a larger share of revenue than it is now. Currently th…
South Korea's 'AI for All' Push Gives Free Access to Every Citizenhttps://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/south-koreas-ai-for-all-push-gives-free-access-to-every-citizen-451f6b2c
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AI Doesn’t Mean the End of Mathematics—at Least Not Yethttps://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/ai-doesnt-mean-the-end-of-mathematics-at-least-not-yet.html
This essay was written with Kasra Rafi, and originally appeared in The Guardian. Earlier this month, about 40 top mathematicians gathered at OpenAI’s offices to discuss the future of their profession. The meeting was off-the-record, but if recent articles by mathematicians are any guide, it was mostly pretty glum. People fear for their jobs, their careers and the work they love. We think the contrary view is more likely, at least in the short-term. AI models are nowhere near as capable as experienced academic mathematicians. This isn’t to say that AIs aren’t producing stunning mathemati…