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A man was gifted his dream car by Kevin Mitnick, who he helped put in prison

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Amazon is testing Alexa+ in India with Hindi support

Amazon sent emails to customers inviting them to test Alexa+

The Studio Behind 'Ex Machina' Is Now Researching AI With Google

Google is investing $75 million in A24 as part of a new AI research initiative focused on filmmaking tools.

Steam Machine Launches Today

Steam Machine game testing

Valve's new Steam Machine (codenamed "GabeCube") is a compact Linux-based gaming device with an attractive modular…

Doorbell cam filmed Tesla Autopilot crash that killed woman in her home

Tesla touts Autopilot as lifesaving a day after grandmother died in crash.

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Blogger Defeats Photographer's Copyright Claim-Sokolskyfilm vs. Messiah

# Summary A federal court dismissed a photographer's copyright infringement claim against a blogger who used the…

Tata Electronics cyber breach claiming to expose Apple, Tesla trade secrets

Tata Electronics disclosed a recent cybersecurity breach after the ransomware group World Leaks posted over 200,000…

Charge Robotics (YC S21) Is Hiring Software and Hardware Engineers

The Optimal Amount of Slop Is Non-Zero

# Summary The author argues that code review rigor should be proportional to risk—sometimes skipping review entirely is…

SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open-source AI lab

Reflection AI will pay $150 million a month beginning July 1, 2026 through 2029 for immediate access to Nvidia's latest…

Mexico Just Showed Off a New Cheap, Government-Backed EV

Mexico's government unveiled the Olinia Uno, an ultra-affordable electric vehicle priced at approximately $8,500, which…

DisplayMate

DisplayMate is an industry-standard software tool that uses advanced test and calibration patterns to optimize image and…

WhatsApp to be led by Indian start-up founder as Will Cathcart steps back

WhatsApp's leadership shake-up comes as Meta looks to strengthen its app's already booming presence in India.

WhatsApp to be led by Indian start-up founder as Will Cathcart steps back

WhatsApp's leadership shake-up comes as Meta looks to strengthen its app's already booming presence in India.

A Theory of Why Prompt Injection Works

Git is forever. I'm building Oak anyways

Since its June launch, Oak has added Windows support, a native CI system built on Cloudflare infrastructure, and a…

Lucid lays off 1,500 workers in second big cut of the year

The cuts and redundancies are part of a plan to "simplify the company," the CEO says.

WhatsApp gets new chief as Meta taps India’s CRED founder Kunal Shah, and invests $900M in startup

WhatsApp gets a new boss, as Will Cathcart moves to a new role at Meta, while Shah steps down as CEO of Indian fintech…

Bain tests software takeover targets by vibecoding AI replicas

https://archive.is/6BUJw Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48631388 Points: 6 # Comments: 9

I built Ponytrail, a local audit trail for AI coding-agent edits

The article describes Omniskills, a system that equips AI agents with specialized skill workflows to manage complex…

INTERPOL Warns About AI Scams and Ransomware Surge in Asia-Pacific

INTERPOL’s latest ‘2025/2026 Asia and South Pacific Cyberthreat Assessment’ report states that cybercrime is no longer a…

Claude Code's "extended thinking" is a summary- not authentic thinking

Claude's "extended thinking" feature encrypts its reasoning into inaccessible signatures on user machines, with only a…

Show HN: Selector Forge – browser extension for AI-generated resilient selectors

Hi HN, I'm Ahmad from the Intuned (https://intunedhq.com) team.

Instagram looks to take on streaming services with longer-form, episodic and live formats for its TV app

Instagram is coming for streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video as it sets its ambitions for living room…

This former hacker saw the light—and now wants to collect all of it

"I don’t know of a bigger question we can answer as humans."

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