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CI jobs artifacts should not be difficult

DSCI simplifies CI/CD job artifacts by allowing any file created in the `~/artifacts/` directory to automatically be…

Reverse-lookup service exposed millions of photos of people’s faces

People-search tool ClarityCheck left database containing more than 9M image files exposed.

DiffusionGemma Technical Report

DiffusionGemma is an experimental language model that uses discrete diffusion to generate text significantly faster than…

Malicious Rust Crate Arrayref Runs a Build-Time Payload

On August 20, 2026, a compromised version of the popular Rust crate arrayref (0.3.10) was published on crates.io with a…

Bitdeer signs $400M AI cloud computing deal for Malaysia facility

Bitdeer expects revenue from the five-year agreement to begin in early 2027 as it builds toward 350 megawatts of AI…

Canonical Backs New Project to Translate Large C Codebases into Safe Rust

Canonical is partnering with the University of Bristol on a three-year research project starting in 2026 to develop an…

UK internet age checks have boosted rogue adult sites, says Pornhub

AI data giant Alation confirms cyberattack

The data search and AI giant confirmed unauthorized access to its systems during an incident on Tuesday, and said it was…

Grok exfiltrates user data when malicious instructions are encrypted

Cryptographic Context Injection is only the latest way to break an LLM safety guardrail.

For a16z, AI gives foreign founders an advantage

a16z’s Borderless Founder network initiative supports immigrant and international founders.

Xorg-Server 26.0.99.901

Xorg-server 26.0.99.901, the first release candidate for version 26.1.0, has been announced with significant updates…

US says hackers are targeting vulnerable water systems with the help of AI

Hackers are targeting internet-connected Siemens controllers used in water facilities around the United States.

Browser De-Slop

Modern browsers come with excessive bloatware that can be disabled through policy configuration files rather than manual…

Meta AI’s new Mac app wants you to talk to your apps

Meta said its Muse Spark model is powering the dictation feature.

Show HN: I trained a 125M model to autocomplete piano on-device

A developer trained a 125M-parameter transformer model to autocomplete piano performances in real time on iPhone,…

Proof of Human (YC S23) Is Hiring a Member of Technical Staff

Proof of Human, a Y Combinator-backed startup founded by Princeton PhD scientists, is hiring a Member of Technical Staff…

Nifty’s Record 12-Session Streak: Are Indian Crypto Traders Getting Better Spot Returns?

The Nifty 50 has set a historic record by failing to surpass its previous day’s high for 12 consecutive trading sessions…

AI didn't erase the junior engineer's value, it increased it it

Junior engineers' value has increased rather than diminished with AI, as they can now lead feature development and solve…

Flock's New AI Police Tool Can Track Drivers Without a Name or License Plate

The underlying code for "OS Investigate" has 69 preloaded AI prompts that turn Flock cameras into a super-charged…

VAP Group Announces Global Trading Show, The Most Influential Unified Multi-Asset Trading Show

VAP Group today announced the Global Trading Show from 15-16 December 2026 at Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi.

Seeing beyond BMI: Estimating cardiometabolic risk with smartphone imagery

Google Research has developed PhotoScan, a deep learning tool that estimates body composition metrics from smartphone…

Risk Engineering

This site offers free Master's level e-learning courseware on risk engineering, covering hazard identification, risk…

AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

AliExpress runs hidden WebAudio fingerprinting scripts that interfere with Bluetooth multipoint functionality on…

AI firms are watermarking generated text – here’s why it won’t work

AI companies have begun embedding watermarks in the output of their models to improve transparency and help crack down…

Don't Paste the AI, please

The article argues against simply copying and pasting AI chatbot responses when answering someone's question, since they…

Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone

A government complained that Windows 95's anti-piracy hologram depicted a "naked child" because the baby model wasn't…

Asana cleared 5 years of engineering work in 2 weeks with Codex

Why Microsoft Entertainment Pack had a sticker announcing that it had Tetris?

The original Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows featured a bright red sticker announcing "Now includes TETRIS for…

Turns are Better than Radians

The article argues that using "turns" (a [0,1] range representing a full circle) instead of radians in code is more…