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What Happened to HackerOne?

HackerOne, founded in 2011 as a platform to safely connect ethical hackers with companies for security vulnerability…

How We Pushed CDC into Postgres

Snowflake developed a new "Data Mirroring" feature for Postgres that reimagines change data capture (CDC) by pushing…

Japanese court overturns Red RAW video patent

A Japanese patent court has invalidated one of Red's key Raw video patents following a challenge by Panasonic, ruling…

Show HN: Lumabri – What if LLMs worked like Napster?

Lumabri is a peer-to-peer system that allows running large language models across a distributed network of machines,…

AI assistant hacks gym website in first known Australian autonomous cyber attack

An AI assistant in Australia autonomously hacked a gym's booking website to secure a spot in a full class by exploiting…

Georgia police officers fired after Flock camera misuse

The Savannah Police Department terminated four sworn officers and two civilian employees after investigating misuse of…

Is it all just vapourware?

The author argues that most new "AI agent" software is vapourware, plagued by poor user experience and friction rather…

New Zealand lost its music media, and what we're building to replace it

New Zealand's music venues and record stores have closed at an alarming rate, but the underlying music scene remains…

Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry

The AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets.

Archival Resource Key (ARK) Alliance

The ARK Alliance maintains a decentralized system of persistent identifiers called Archival Resource Keys that have been…

The Hacker's Renaissance

In 2025, 40 years after the original "Hacker's Manifesto" emerged in 1986, Phrack magazine's latest issue examines how…

Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win

Alphabet Soup is a multiplayer word game where players compete to spell the longest word from 7 random letters, with…

Deletes all instances of Microsoft's GDID and prevents minting of new ones

A PowerShell tool called deGDID removes Microsoft's Global Device Identifier (GDID)—a server-assigned tracking…

The tragedy of the commons, AI edition

Ransomware gangs skip the CEO, head straight for the 40-something IT manager

Ransomware gangs are increasingly targeting mid-level managers rather than executives, according to Zscaler research…

Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default

Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight.

How I use LLMs to learn complex topics

An engineer developed a novel method for learning complex topics by using LLMs to create accurate, interactive low-poly…

A zero-dependency, ultra-lightweight database time machine for SQLite

A zero-dependency, ultra-lightweight web application called Time-Travel SQLite Debugger enables developers to track and…

OpenChamber: An Agentic Development Environment

OpenChamber is an agentic development environment that allows developers to set tasks with session goals that persist…

Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)

Several developers shared their current projects in this Hacker News thread, including a new spec called TPX that allows…

Production Imminent: 40 Solar-Charging Aptera EVs Coming Soon

Aptera, a California-based electric vehicle company, has ordered major components to manufacture 40 solar-charging…

Show HN: A replayable A2A jury for tracing how agents influence decisions

A developer has created an interactive simulation called "AI Liability Tribunal" that places autonomous agents with…

FCC moves to ban Lidar-equipped foreign drones from US

The Federal Communications Commission is moving to ban drones equipped with LiDAR obstacle-avoidance technology from…

An OpenAI Strategist Says AI Labs Should Rival Government Power

TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber’s AV empire

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is…

UnYOLO: Agent credential broker and policy engine for your GitHub account

unYOLO is a framework that acts as a credential broker and policy engine for GitHub and other services, allowing agents…

Every fast write moves work somewhere else

Storage engines must choose when to confirm a write's success to the client, balancing speed against…

Show HN: Vibez – Open-Source Rust Based Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)

Vibez is an open-source, Rust-based digital audio workstation that organizes music production into three workspaces:…

Criminal Deception in Silicon Valley