This App Makes Even the Sketchiest PDF or Word Doc Safe to Open
When somebody sends you a document as an attachment, don't just open it. Use the free tool Dangerzone to scrub it clean of any malevolent code. Here's how it works.
At just $17.68 per Terabyte, this 22TB external Seagate Expansion HDD is one of the cheapest hard drives on the market — backup copious amounts of data for $389
It's World Backup Day! Have you considered how your data is protected and stored?
Modder gets Intel's OEM-only 'Bartlett Lake' CPU to post on a regular Asus Z790 motherboard — BIOS was edited by Claude AI to make Core Ultra 9 273QPE boot
An enthusiast has managed to get Intel's non-consumer Bartlett Lake CPU running on a regular Z790 motherboard, thanks to AI. Claude modded the original BIOS of the board to detect a Core 9 273QPE and boot with it, but the setup hasn't gotten past the POST screen yet, and the modder is currently f...
Duolingo’s Luis von Ahn Wants to Delete the Blockchain
This has nothing to do with the crypto he lost the password for.
Supply chain blast: Top npm package backdoored to drop dirty RAT on dev machines
Hijacked maintainer account let attackers slip cross-platform trojan into 100M-downloads-a-week Axios One of npm's most widely used HTTP client libraries briefly became a malware delivery vehicle after attackers hijacked a maintainer's account and slipped a remote-access trojan (RAT) into two see...
NES-inspired synthesizer doubles as a working game console — luggable polyphonic synth plays chip tunes and NES cartridges, too
A maker with a love for synthesizers and retro gaming has showcased their latest project, the NES-SY2.0.
Grab an SSD or HDD upgrade for World Backup Day 2026 to keep your files safe, with 1TB drives starting from $109 — beat the AI-fueled storage price hikes with these savings on internal and external drives, enclosures, and accessories
It's time to celebrate World Backup Day 2026 with these huge promotional deals on storage, from discounted hard drives to SSD cloners, flash drives, and more.
AT&T now offers a single subscription for both wireless service and home internet
AT&T just announced OneConnect, a new service that lets customers sign up for both wireless service and fiber home internet under a single subscription. Pricing starts at $90. This could end up saving some serious bucks, especially for those who are paying around $100 per month for each from sepa...
This $28 floppy disk SSD enclosure is a fun and fast way to keep your storage safe — both practical and nostalgic, this rugged USB-C aluminum enclosure for M.2 drives supports speeds of up to 1,200 MB/s
Take your files on-the-go with this classic-looking SSD enclosure from Hagibis in celeberation of World Backup Day. Just $27.99 nets you this USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure, shaped like an old floppy disk.
7,655 Ransomware Claims in One Year: Group, Sector, and Country Breakdown
Article URL: https://ciphercue.com/blog/7655-ransomware-claims-march-2025-to-march-2026 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47585008 Points: 12 # Comments: 0
Apple @ Work Podcast: Meeting Owl Pro 5 is built for IT
Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & protect Apple devices at work. Over 45,000 organi...
Bitcoin network has its first quarterly hashrate drop since 2020 — Iran conflict spurs Bitcoin mining operators to accelerate pivot to AI infrastructure
Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI infrastructure amidst the conflict in Iran. The BTC network has seen its first quarterly hashrate drop in nearly six years.
Opposing ICE Might Save the Country. It Could Also Ruin Your Life
For months, lone vibe coder Rafael Concepcion has obsessively built tools to counter the federal immigration crackdown—pivoting as he’s been outmatched. He’s also lost his job and become a target.
Why the US Navy Won't Blast the Iranians and 'Open' Strait of Hormuz
Article URL: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/iran-strait-of-hormuz/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47584795 Points: 32 # Comments: 27
Android keyboard ditches keys entirely, predicts what you mean
Aimed at blind tablet users, although it's winning sighted fans too TapType is a new Android keyboard that's invisible. You can't see it – but that's OK, neither can its developer nor some of its target users.…
Hacker charged with stealing $53 million from Uranium crypto exchange
U.S. prosecutors have charged a Maryland man with stealing more than $53 million after hacking the Uranium Finance crypto exchange twice and laundering the proceeds through a cryptocurrency mixer. [...]
Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry
Article URL: https://twitter.com/Fried_rice/status/2038894956459290963 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47584540 Points: 190 # Comments: 83
Airbnb is introducing a private car pick-up service
Airbnb is partnering with transportation company Welcome Pickups to let users book a private car service during their trip.
Contracts are in C++26 despite disagreement over their value
Inventor Bjarne Stroustrup argues feature is neither minimal nor viable The ISO C++ committee (WG21) has approved the C++26 standard, described by committee member Herb Sutter as the most compelling release since C++11, and including Contracts, despite opposition to the feature from C++ inventor ...
Another Starlink satellite has inexplicably exploded
Starlink satellites being deployed. | Image: SpaceX SpaceX says it lost contact with a Starlink satellite after suffering an "anomaly." SpaceX isn't saying exactly what happened, but space-tracking company Leo Labs says it "immediately detected tens of objects in the vicinity" of Starlink 34343...