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Cisco FMC static credential vulnerability exploited as a zero-day

A static credential vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software allows unauthenticated…

Ron Gilbert started production on Thimbleweed Park 2

Ron Gilbert has announced production has begun on Thimbleweed Park 2, scheduled for early 2028, with the original…

I Have Thoughts on the iPhone Air

The author reviews Apple's new iPhone Air, a notably thin phone released in 2026, after using it as their primary device…

Claude is down for 2nd consecutive day

Claude experienced service disruptions affecting multiple models and platforms for a second consecutive day as of July…

Show HN: Edge Drop- #1 productivity and unique clipboard 200 stars on GitHub

Edge-Drop is a productivity tool that functions as a zero-click clipboard manager anchored to the screen edge,…

Meta and BlackRock Commit $14B to One of the Largest AI Data Centers

Meta Platforms and BlackRock are investing $14 billion to build an artificial intelligence data center in Texas, one of…

1,741 "informed" consents with one click? GDPR complaint filed

Privacy advocacy group noyb filed a GDPR complaint against the online dictionary dict.cc for requesting consent to share…

Why the future is local app

Modern software is shifting from cloud-based to local-first applications that run primarily on users' devices rather…

Kuna: Decompiler Development in the Age of Coding Agents

A researcher has released Kuna, an experimental decompiler developed almost entirely by an LLM, which achieves nearly…

A pharmacy chain in Vermont implemented AI for efficiency

Kinney Drugs, a Vermont and New York pharmacy chain, implemented an AI tool for prescription refill services in May, but…

Flume Water Monitor 915 MHz Security Is Pretty Good

A security researcher successfully defeated the encryption on Flume Water Monitor's 915 MHz wireless signal between the…

Logic for Programmers by Hillel Wayne

"Logic for Programmers" by Hillel Wayne is a practical guide teaching working programmers how to use mathematical logic…

Trump considering AI controls after OpenAI hacking incidents

It marks a change of tone for his administration, which has taken a more hands-off approach to the technology.

Microsoft is openly competing with OpenAI, Anthropic more than ever

Microsoft pitched its own homegrown AI models, harnesses, and even a Mythos competitor on Wednesday, telling Wall Street…

Show HN: A local merge queue for parallel Claude Code agents

A developer has created a local merge queue tool for parallel Claude Code agents that serializes concurrent changes to…

The Productivity Mirage

A prolific Facebook engineer named Bob achieved greater success using vanilla Sublime Text and basic debugging methods…

Mark Zuckerberg predicts that billions of people will have personal AI agents in five years

As Meta pours billions into AI infrastructure and agents, Zuckerberg is working to convince investors that the payoff…

Man and the Computer by John G. Kemeny (1972 book by the co-creator of BASIC)

"Man and the Computer" is a 1972 book by John G.

LLM Honeypot

This is a satirical "GeoCities-style" webpage mocking the idea of converting AI language models into humans, complete…

India's CJP protests: Why tech alone won't stop exam paper leaks

Can computer-based testing stop NEET paper leaks? Experts say governance matters as much as tech.

Microsoft logs $3.2B from Anthropic investment, but OpenAI was a mixed bag

When Microsoft reported killer fourth-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2026 year (which ended June 30), it tucked in an…

Microsoft Quietly Adds New Windows App That Wants to Scan Your Face

A new OneDrive Photos app is appearing on some Windows 11 PCs through OneDrive and Windows updates, adding AI-powered…

Tether Data Pushes AI Off the Cloud With New 460M Parameter Vision Model

Tether Data has open-sourced a 460-million-parameter vision-language model built to run directly on smartphones instead…

GitHub is the wrong shape for this new world

GitHub's traditional paradigm is inadequate for modern software development, where AI agents and non-engineering teams…

Zuckerberg says Meta’s enterprise AI opportunity extends beyond agents

On the company’s second-quarter earnings call Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Meta sees a “large enterprise…

The Chinese robot army transforming the UK's retail industry

Britain's weak productivity growth and labour shortages are creating an opportunity for China's robotics firms.

Mythos attack on 3rd-round PQC algorithm candidate puts it out of commission

HAWK withstood years of testing that had yet to uncover a fatal weakness found through Mythos.

AI's top startups are barely publishing their research

Discover what’s next for AI, from the SaaS reckoning to the agent security gap, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few…