What Happens When a Nuclear Site Is Hit?
As strikes continue on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the real danger isn’t the explosion, but what happens if critical safety systems fail—and how that risk could spread across the Gulf.
New fossil deposits show complex animal groups predating the Cambrian
Collection of fossils includes Ediacaran, Cambrian species, suggesting a transition.
They thought they were downloading Claude Code source. They got a nasty dose of malware instead
Source code with a side of Vidar stealer and GhostSocks Tens of thousands of people eagerly downloaded the leaked Claude Code source code this week, and some of those downloads came with a side of credential-stealing malware.…
Good ideas do not need lots of lies in order to gain public acceptance (2008)
Article URL: https://blog.danieldavies.com/2004/05/d-squared-digest-one-minute-mba.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47617415 Points: 201 # Comments: 87
OpenAI Acquires TBPN
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/openai-acquires-tbpn/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47617376 Points: 175 # Comments: 146
iOS 27: Three new features and changes coming besides Siri
iOS 27 will be unveiled on June 8 at WWDC 2026, and while rumors point to a major focus on Siri and AI, here are three new features and changes besides Siri. more…
Indie Pass is a forthcoming subscription service exclusively for indie games
Publisher and game management platform indie.io just announced the pending launch of something called Indie Pass. This is a subscription service, so it's sort of like Game Pass but for indie titles. It launches on April 13 and will offer over 70 games on that date, with more coming down the line....
Even Microsoft knows Copilot shouldn't be trusted with anything important
Terms admit it is for entertainment only and may get things wrong A recent surge of interest in Microsoft's Terms of Use for Copilot is a reminder that AI helpers are really just a bit of fun.…
New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUs
Both GDDRHammer and GeForge hammer GPU memory in ways that compromise the CPU.
Renewables dominate 2025's newly installed generating capacity
And solar power accounted for about three quarters of the renewables.
Cursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take On Claude Code and Codex
As Cursor launches the next generation of its product, the AI coding startup has to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic more directly than ever.
America’s AI chip rules keep changing — and the rest of the world is paying the price
We interview experts, including Chris McGuire, senior fellow for China and emerging technologies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and former senior director in the U.S. National Security Coundil on the Trump Administration's shifting stance toward AI accelerator export control rules.
Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models
MAI released models that can transcribe voice into text as well as generate audio and images after the group's formation six months ago.
Russia closes loophole to fully block payments for Apple services
Russia has closed a loophole that allowed its citizens to pay for Apple digital services. "As of April 1, 2026, payment processing is no longer available for purchases made on the App Store or other Apple Media Services in Russia," the company wrote in a support document (via 9to5Mac). The change...
IBM wants Arm software on its mainframes to better support AI
Tie-up aims to widen Big Blue’s access to power-efficient compute IBM and Arm are working together on getting software developed for Arm chips to run on Big Blue's enterprise systems, with an eye on future AI and data-intensive workloads.…
Hisense’s art-inspired CanvasTV has hit a new low price
Hisense’s CanvasTV offers a surprisingly good experience for the price. | Image: Hisense Samsung’s releasing a new version of The Frame sometime this year, though the exact date is still unknown and, based on past models, it’s likely to be pricey. If you’d rather not wait or want to save some c...
Money transfer app Duc exposed thousands of driver’s licenses and passports to the open web
An exposed Amazon-hosted server allowed anyone to access reams of customer data without needing a password.
Some new MacBook Pro chargers include change that breaks accessory compatibility
Here’s something that hasn’t gotten much attention. The 140W power adapter that comes with Apple’s new 16-inch MacBook Pro has a subtle design change. As a result, some accessories are no longer compatible. However, not everyone has the new design. more…
Artemis II astronaut finds two Outlook instances running on computers, call on Houston to fix Microsoft anomaly — puzzled caller describes ‘two Outlooks, and neither one of those are working’
'Two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working,' complains Artemis II astronaut.
Google releases Gemma 4 open models
Article URL: https://deepmind.google/models/gemma/gemma-4/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47616361 Points: 1254 # Comments: 374