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Kali Linux has released version 2026.3, its third release this year, featuring six new hacking tools, desktop environment improvements, refreshed build scripts, and more. [...]

Aiven hopes to do for LLMs what it does for databases

Reddit’s r/opensource has barred AI-built, AI-focused, and AI-using projects under new rules announced October 24. The crackdown also imposes strict requirements on project age and contributors, while restrictions on non-English speakers have sparked further backlash. The debate puts the subreddi...

Every day, Wikipedia biographies of living people are flagged for deletion because the subjects are not “notable” enough. How do these poor souls take the news?

Dramatic lighting and fog make this countertop fruiting chamber a conversation starter. The mushrooms are pretty good too.

It was about to be a long night in Huntington, West Virginia. Mayor Patrick Farrell stood before 10 members of city council in a white dress shirt and dark blazer studded with an American flag pin. Behind him sat his constituents and residents from neighboring towns. Some had their arms crossed, ...

Keeping secrets is difficult in an open world, but we've done it before and must do it again

iFixit's teardown of the iPhone Duo has arrived and it's especially interesting because of the device's complex folding display.

The Danish digitization ministry experimented with Collabora as an alternative to Microsoft Office, but employees who used them were frequently frustrated with style and paragraph formatting challenges, among other complaints.

Jayden, Sam, and Zack are eagerly pitching editors on reported stories and investigative features. The catch? They're all AI agents.

Two critical RCE vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619), collectively tracked as PHP2Shell, have been successfully exploited in the wild. [...]

The Steam Frame’s promise of greatness for stand-alone and streaming VR gaming doesn’t quite connect.

Consider what passes for success in technology policy. An AI company promises that its chatbot will not encourage suicide. A social media platform makes it more difficult for children to buy fentanyl. These are important protections, and they should have existed all along. But companies can clear...

Coyotec is bilingual, swears, and tells listeners how to defend themselves against ICE. Its popularity comes as more broadcasters are experimenting with artificial personalities.

Article URL: https://blocks.manifold3d.ch/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50240922 Points: 397 # Comments: 190

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Techies tiptoed around server to keep it working as company sank

Advertises for someone to ‘own cost-effective alternative virtualisation platform’

This week, Apple will be overhauling the MacBook Pro for the first time since 2021. OLED, touch support, and a significantly lighter design are expected. Another rumor for the new MacBook Pros has been cellular support, though it’s been unclear if that’s actually going to ship. more…

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