Nottingham University data breach affects over 450,000 students
The University of Nottingham confirmed on Wednesday that a hacking group gained access to its student records system in a breach affecting both current students and alums. [...]
Every employee’s password was stored in a single Excel file
The CEO thought this was the best way to deal with some email issues
Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones
Article URL: https://dronexl.co/2026/06/09/pokemon-go-scans-niantic-vantor-military-drone-navigation/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48487029 Points: 310 # Comments: 115
OpenAI says fake accounts from China tried to turn Americans against data centers
OpenAI has published a report detailing how China-linked influence campaigns against data centers used ChatGPT.
Max severity Ivanti Sentry vulnerability now exploited in attacks
Attackers are now targeting a recently patched maximum-severity flaw in Ivanti Sentry, enabling them to execute code with root privileges on Internet-exposed secure mobile gateways. [...]
Opendoor’s India exit is fueling a bigger conversation about AI and outsourcing
The decision comes as India emerges as the world’s largest GCC market.
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei has just one direct report
If you doubted his genius, doubt no more.
Anthropic Walks Back Policy That Could Have ‘Sabotaged’ AI Researchers Using Claude
The company changed course after researchers spoke out against the policy, which would have covertly limited Claude’s ability to develop competing AI models.
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models
Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details. more…
OmniOutliner 6.2 is now available in 11 languages
OmniGroup’s legendary outlining tool just got even more useful and accessible to users around the world, with expanded localization support across Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Vision Pro. Here are the details. more…
AI agent runs amok in Fedora and elsewhere
Article URL: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1077035/c7e7c14fbd60fae9/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48484584 Points: 424 # Comments: 176
Bluesky is getting ‘communities’
Bluesky will be getting "communities," which will function as smaller spaces where you can "go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff" sometime this year, according to head of product Alex Benzer. They will be built on the decentralized AT Protocol that underpins Bluesky, w...
Review: Comulytic Note Pro is now my official sidekick for any meeting
I spent the last month trying out the Comulytic Note Pro, a credit card-sized AI recording transcriber, summarizer, and all-around assistant. Here are my takeaways. more…
Chinese agents caught rebuilding botnets and stirring the pot on AI datacenter debate
PRC eyes are watching you
Windows 11 sucks slightly less now, thanks to a June update
The update brings a low-latency profile, speeds up search, and patches hundreds of flaws.
Memory and personalization make AI more likely to tell you what you want to hear
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, particularly for enterprise applications
Framework delays its first Laptop 13 Pro shipments by a month
The Framework Laptop 13 Pro is delayed. The new 13-inch Framework flagship was set to launch in June, but shipments from the first batch are now expected in July - and there's still a chance some shipments could slip to early August. If you're not in the first batch, your Laptop 13 Pro shifts fro...
Xbox CEO says current margins 'cannot continue' in public letter to staff
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Apple’s new Siri AI knows when to shut up
Apple's new Siri AI is finally here, and so far, it seems like it works. I have access and have been messing around with it, and my biggest impression so far is that Siri AI is quite curt - which I mean as a compliment. Many AI chatbots are cheery and wordy. While a more verbose and casual person...
xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims
A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX's historic IPO.