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Eight Myths on Software Engineering and GenAI

2026-08-04 · 23:50 UTC
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IP and DNS Leaks in WebKit Affecting Proxy Browsers and iCloud Private Relay

2026-08-04 · 23:31

Researchers discovered three WebKit features—DNS prefetching, WebAuthn Related Origin Requests, and WebTransport—that…

Crypto

Don’t Miss the Next Crypto Wave: 4 Altcoins to Watch as Altcoin Season Nears

2026-08-04 · 23:30

NEAR continues expanding scalable blockchain infrastructure while increasing focus on developer tools and AI-related…

Tech

Cloudflare Unveils AI Wallets Built to Spend Without Humans

2026-08-04 · 23:26

Cloudflare is rolling out a new payment system built specifically for AI agents, giving them the ability to sign up for…

Tech

Pass the Passkey: A Novel Attack Surface in Passwordless Authentication

2026-08-04 · 23:22

Researchers have identified new attack vectors against passwordless authentication systems, particularly Google's synced…

Tech

FIPS 140-3 is not a security guarantee, and auditors know it

2026-08-04 · 23:21

FIPS 140-3 certification validates only that a cryptographic module implements approved algorithms correctly and meets…

Tech

libexpat now funded by the City of Munich for up to 6 months

2026-08-04 · 23:18

The City of Munich has begun funding Sebastian Pipping to work full-time on maintaining libexpat, a widely-used…

Science

Mysterious elephant deaths in Kenya raise questions around pesticides

2026-08-04 · 23:13

A wave of Kenyan elephant deaths has been blamed on pesticides, but experts tell the BBC they are doubtful.

World

'My grandmother subjected my baby to female genital mutilation behind my back'

2026-08-04 · 23:13

In Colombia, where FGM is still practised by some members of an indigenous group, a landmark bill banning the practice…

Sports

Alcaraz out of Cincinnati Open with lingering injury

2026-08-04 · 23:09

Carlos Alcaraz withdraws from the Cincinnati Open as he continues to recover from a wrist injury.

Tech

Most people prefer AI-written stories – and can’t tell when they are made by humans

2026-08-04 · 23:01

People appear to prefer short stories created by AI over those written by humans.

Science

Should you stop using preventive flea treatments on your pets?

2026-08-04 · 23:01

It has been assumed for decades that tick and flea treatments for pets pose no threat to wildlife or people, but there’s…

Crypto

This Bitcoin Bridge Shut Itself Down Because AI Was Finding Bugs Too Fast

2026-08-04 · 22:46

Non-custodial Bitcoin swap provider Boltz says attackers are finding vulnerabilities faster than its team can fix them,…

Tech

Show HN: SIMD Viterbi Decoder in Rust

2026-08-04 · 22:37

A Rust library called `fec` implements forward error correction codes used in software-defined radio and spacecraft…

Tech

Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceX’s first earnings call

2026-08-04 · 22:30

Musk kept inflating the already-big promises being made by SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen and Gwynne Shotwell on the company's…

World

'I was slut-shamed' - Indian women 'cockroach' protesters doxxed and abused

2026-08-04 · 22:28

Women tell the BBC how they were harassed for participating in the CJP protest and posting about it online.

Tech

We finally learned to center a div, then browsers added sidebars

2026-08-04 · 22:24

Web developers have long struggled with centering divs, but modern CSS (using `display: grid` and `place-items: center`)…

Tech

Lucid’s turnaround plan hinges on $1.4B in cash savings, robotaxis

2026-08-04 · 22:24

Lucid's new CEO Silvio Napoli listed four must-win priorities, including the successful launch of its midsize EV,…

Tech

Pi's Minimalism Is Its Advantage

2026-08-04 · 22:22

Pi, a minimalist AI coding framework with only 4 tools and under 1,000 tokens in its system prompt, outperforms larger,…

Tech

How to get the best hotel deals for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 

2026-08-04 · 22:18

We’ve partnered with hotels around Moscone West during Disrupt, taking place October 13 to 15, to secure the best prices…

Tech

AI Enthusiast Bugs His Toddler's Sleepover and Feeds It to Claude—The Internet Bugs Back

2026-08-04 · 22:16

Nicholas Charriere turned an hour of nonsense into a family website with named tracks.

Tech

'I feel like I dug my own grave': The workers caught in the AI transition

2026-08-04 · 22:10

AI is reshaping the Philippines' outsourcing industry, raising questions over the future of the industry.

World

How a generation of record-setting guides died in a disaster that killed a climbing legend

2026-08-04 · 22:09

Their fellow guides say their deaths in Pakistan dealt a devastating blow to Nepal's mountaineering community.

Tech

DuckDB – Data power tools for your laptop, now in Clojure (2023)

2026-08-04 · 22:09

DuckDB, a powerful in-memory column-major data processing platform, has been integrated into Clojure through tmducken to…