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Critical flaw in wolfSSL library enables forged certificate use
A critical vulnerability in the wolfSSL SSL/TLS library can weaken security via improper verification of the hash algorithm or its size when checking Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) signatures. [...]
Small Missouri town ousts half its city council after $6 billion AI data center approval — petition calls for mayor's removal as frustration (and violence) over AI data centers mounts
Voters in Festus, MO ousted half of the city's council members following the approval of a $6 billion data center project.
AI influencers are ‘everywhere’ at Coachella
Coachella kicked off on Friday, and as usual, it's the place to be for online influencers looking to show off their memorable experiences at the festival. A quick scroll through my social media feeds has already shown me many uncannily attractive figures in glitzy outfits, posing for perfectly st...
Xbox CEO called Game Pass 'too expensive for players' in a leaked memo
Xbox's new chief exec, Asha Sharma, has only been in charge for a few months but things already seem like they might be changing for the better. Or at the very least, they might be getting cheaper. The Verge reported that the new Xbox CEO wrote a memo to employees addressing the current pricing o...
Just Enough Chimera Linux
Article URL: https://www.dwarmstrong.org/chimera-install-zfs/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756876 Points: 30 # Comments: 3
iOS 26.4 upgraded one of my most-used Control Center features in a big way
iOS 26.4 is the latest iPhone update, headlined by many new features in Apple Music. There’s also a music-related improvement to Control Center in iOS 26.4: Shazam song recognition will now work even when you’re offline. more…
(AMD) Build AI Agents That Run Locally
Article URL: https://amd-gaia.ai/docs Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756772 Points: 42 # Comments: 6
The looming college-enrollment death spiral
Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/college-enrollment-demographic-cliff/686750/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756672 Points: 79 # Comments: 84
IBM pays $17M fine to end DOJ suit over DEI programs
IBM entered into a $17 million settlement agreement on Friday with the U.S. DOJ over allegations that it engaged in “illegal DEI practices.”
Show HN: Ithihāsas – a character explorer for Hindu epics, built in a few hours
Hi HN! I’ve always found it hard to explore the Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa online. Most content is either long-form or scattered, and understanding a character like Karna or Bhishma usually means opening multiple tabs. I built https://www.ithihasas.in/ to solve that. It is a simple character explor...
Microsoft is working on yet another OpenClaw-like agent
The new features would be geared toward enterprise customers, with better security controls than the famously risky open source OpenClaw agent.
FBI takedown of W3LL phishing service leads to developer arrest
The FBI Atlanta Field Office and Indonesian authorities have dismantled the "W3LL" global phishing platform, seizing infrastructure and arresting the alleged developer in what is described as the first coordinated enforcement action between the United States and Indonesia targeting a phishing kit...
Games Workshop brings seven classic Warhammer games to Steam for the first time
Fans of miniature plastic soldiers, rejoice. Games Workshop has brought a host of older Warhammer and Warhammer 40K video games to Steam for the first time, alongside a dozen games that haven't been available on Valve's storefront for a few years. The new to Steam releases consist of three games ...
How to make Firefox builds 17% faster
Article URL: https://blog.farre.se/posts/2026/04/10/caching-webidl-codegen/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756321 Points: 103 # Comments: 7
Meta warned by dozens of organizations that facial recognition on its smart glasses would empower predators
Dozens of civil rights organizations have written a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to warn of the dangers in bringing facial recognition technology to the company's smart glasses. More than 70 groups have banded together to form a coalition to urge Zuckerberg to abandon plans to incorporate t...
Fake Linux leader using Slack to con devs into giving up their secrets
Google Sites lure leads to bogus root certificate Imagine getting asked to do something by a person in authority. An unknown malware slinger targeting open source software developers via Slack impersonated a real Linux Foundation official and used pages hosted on Google.com to steal developers' c...
The Apple Watch Series 11 has returned to best-ever price
You can buy the Apple Watch Series 11 for $100 off in multiple sizes and colors. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you’re still holding onto an older Apple Watch, now might be a good time to upgrade. Right now, the 42mm Apple Watch Series 11 with GPS is on sale for around $299 ($...
New tech can see a CPU's transistors in action — terahertz radiation can potentially steal data as a chip is running
Researchers have discovered a way of probing a microchip processor's individual transistors while it is working with terahertz radiation.
FBI announces takedown of phishing operation that targeted thousands of victims
Cybercriminals allegedly used the W3LL phishing kit to target more than 17,000 victims worldwide, stealing their passwords and multi-factor authentication codes.