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Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

Algerian Man Extradited to US for Running Cybercrime Marketplaces

26-year-old Abdellah Belmili faces up to 30 years in prison for allegedly operating the marketplaces Market0Day and Spoxy. The post Algerian Man Extradited to US for Running Cybercrime Marketplaces appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Products & Consumer Tech · Ars Technica

How to burst the AI bubble: Strike at its roots

Sci-fi author/tech journalist Cory Doctorow on his new book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI .

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

FFmpeg PixelSmash Flaw Allows RCE on Video Players, Media Servers, NAS Appliances

Attackers can send crafted media files to execute code in any application that uses FFmpeg’s libavcodec library. The post FFmpeg PixelSmash Flaw Allows RCE on Video Players, Media Servers, NAS Appliances appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Unlimited OCR: One-Shot Long-Horizon Parsing

Article URL: https://github.com/baidu/Unlimited-OCR Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48643426 Points: 319 # Comments: 84

Cybersecurity · The Hacker News

Agentic AI: The Weapon That No Longer Needs a Warrior

Every weapon begins as an extension of the hand that holds it. The spear lengthened the reach of the arm. The bow sent the point flying without the throw. The rifle placed a man's death a quarter mile beyond his sight, and the aircraft carried that death across oceans. At each turn, the distance between the warrior and the wound grew wider, and yet one thing never moved: a human chose the target

Developers & Open Source · microsoft/playwright Releases

v1.61.1

Bug Fixes #41365 [Bug]: Expect.Extend matcher with same name as default matcher in same expect instance overrides default matchers implementation to custom matcher #41351 [Bug]: Playwright UI mode: apiRequestContext._wrapApiCall reports unexpected number of bytes (same test passes in headed mode) #41360 [Bug]: Trace viewer: message times in websockets are downscaled by 1000 #41311 [Bug]: [Regression]: Sync loader throws "context.conditions?.includes is not a function" on Node 22.15 #41371 [Regression]: Sync ESM loader (registerHooks) fails to resolve extensionless .ts subpath imports across pnpm workspace symlinks

Society · BBC Technology

Steam Machine launches with £879 price tag as Valve cites component costs

Valve said the cost of its PC-console hybrid reflects a broader trend of component costs rising over time.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

The best Prime Day deals we found on our favorite gear

Amazon’s Prime Day is on, and it’s happening for the next four days. Prime members can jump into the deals now until the sale officially ends at 3:01AM ET / 12:01AM PT June 27th. Many discounts will remain the same throughout the duration. We’ve been covering Prime Day in-depth since the shopping event debuted over […]

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

OpenAI Refocuses Cybersecurity Efforts on Patching Over Discovery

OpenAI has expanded its Daybreak cybersecurity initiative with a new suite of tools and partnerships. The post OpenAI Refocuses Cybersecurity Efforts on Patching Over Discovery appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Elon Musk and the plot to hijack America’s broadband

At 9PM ET on the night of May 28th, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket sat on the launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The craft was in the middle of a hot-fire test awaiting the arrival of Amazon Leo satellites, the first of 24 batches to be shuttled into low Earth orbit […]

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

These are the best smart home deals this Prime Day

Every Prime Day is a good day to make your home smarter, as deals on connected gear proliferate not just on Amazon but all across the web. And this Prime Day is no different. I sifted through hundreds of offers to find the ones that actually stand out — only the deepest discounts on the […]

Cloud & Infrastructure · CNCF Blog

Building Jaeger’s ClickHouse backend: 8.6× compression on 10 million spans

As someone who’s been maintaining Jaeger, I’ve watched users request ClickHouse support consistently over the past few years. With Jaeger v2.18.0, we’ve finally delivered it. What excites me most isn’t just that ClickHouse is available—it’s that its architecture is...

Cloud & Infrastructure · CNCF Blog

Agent Auth: A lawyer’s day in court

I’ve always thought about AI agents as microservices+. They need everything a traditional microservice needs, and: When thinking about agent auth, I found myself reflecting on a traffic lawyer I hired years ago after receiving a...

Business · BBC Business

Who is the frontrunner to be the UK's next chancellor?

Andy Burnham will be moving into Downing Street next week, and a question remains over who will be his neighbour in Number 11.

AI · The Decoder

OpenAI says new GPT-5.5-Cyber outperforms Anthropic's Mythos on cybersecurity benchmark

OpenAI is expanding its Daybreak cybersecurity initiative with an updated Codex Security plugin, the full GPT-5.5-Cyber model, and a partner network with more than 25 security firms and several governments. The focus shifts from finding vulnerabilities to patching them automatically. The article OpenAI says new GPT-5.5-Cyber outperforms Anthropic's Mythos on cybersecurity benchmark appeared first on The Decoder .

Business · CNBC Technology

Oracle sheds 21,000 roles over the past year amid wave of AI layoffs from tech giants

"The adoption and deployment of AI technologies across our operations have resulted, and may continue to result, in reductions to our workforce," Oracle said.

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

React UI Kit V7

All the chat components you need. None of the complexity Discussion | Link

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

Russian Initial Access Broker Behind FortiBleed Campaign

Using a custom sniffer, the threat actor has captured over 110 million credentials since at least February 2026. The post Russian Initial Access Broker Behind FortiBleed Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Business · BBC Business

Tech giant Oracle cuts 21,000 jobs as it embraces AI

The cuts are part of a wider trend among tech firms as they spend hundreds of billions of dollars on AI.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Prime Day is almost over, but these are still the best Apple deals I’ve seen

Amazon’s Prime Day is now in its final hours, but whether you’re looking for a new pair of wireless earbuds or a smartwatch, there’s a good chance you’ll still find a discount. The Apple Watch Series 11 remains at its best price to date, while the AirPods Pro 3 are still on sale for $179. […]

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place

Article URL: https://www.stephendiehl.com/posts/bad_place_2026/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48642699 Points: 321 # Comments: 399

Notable Blogs · Stratechery

Memory Chips and China, Microsoft and Chinese Models

The big three memory makers may come to regret opening up the door to Chinese memory makers; Microsoft, meanwhile, is very incentivized to use Chinese models.

Business · BBC Business

Can you keep your kids off school or refuse to work during a heatwave?

As temperatures increase significantly over the next few days, these are your rights.

Business · BBC Business

Ticket reseller StubHub UK customers to get refunds over illegal hidden fees

The Competition and Markets Authority said StubHub must refund 50,000 customers and pay a fine.