Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel
Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1097401/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49928121 Points: 217 # Comments: 140
Apple's smart home camera reportedly won't record video
Article URL: https://www.theapplepost.com/2026/10/01/72882/apples-smart-home-camera-reportedly-wont-record-video/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49928054 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Florida county finds 11 unpermitted Flock cameras with unidentified owners
St. Lucie County thought it had 52 Flock cameras, but found many more that were unaccounted for and unpermitted.
Apple commissions photographers for new ‘Shot on iPhone Duo’ campaign
Today, Apple’s Instagram account published a carousel featuring photos commissioned from photographers Jake Michaels and Jason Nocito to highlight the new iPhone Duo’s cameras. Here are the details. more…
Apple’s reportedly developing a smart home camera that doesn’t record video
Apple's rumored push into smart home tech could include a smart home security camera that only gives users text event descriptions instead of video footage. Mark Gurman said in the first episode of the Power On podcast that the camera will be part of "a new Apple smart home ecosystem," alongside ...
Fortinet warns of critical FortiMail flaw exploited in zero-day attacks
Fortinet is warning customers of a critical FortiMail vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-104286, that is being actively exploited in zero-day attacks to execute unauthorized code or commands on vulnerable devices. [...]
2026 International Utility Locate Rodeo
Article URL: https://locaterodeo.net/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49927844 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
ChatGPT can now help you virtually try on clothes
Images are generated with OpenAI's latest model and you can save clothes you like for later.
Venus' mysterious haze is actually cosmic dust
A physical model show that iron dust and sulfuric acid create the right properties.
Frog and Toad and the Increasingly Capable Machines
Article URL: https://www.frogandtoad.ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49927760 Points: 105 # Comments: 17
Court agrees with EFF: Utah's VPN law demands a technical impossibility
Article URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/court-agrees-eff-utahs-vpn-law-demands-technical-impossibility Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49927754 Points: 118 # Comments: 45
Apple among biggest corporate lobbyists in Brussels, per report
A new analysis by The Financial Times shows that Apple has met with EU policymakers 257 times since June 2024 and has spent between €8 million and €9 million per year on lobbying. Here are the details. more…
9to5Mac Daily: October 1, 2026 – iPhone Duo production, AirPods 5 tidbits
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Whatever AI Safety Is, It’s Not This
Asking AI companies to self-regulate is a great way to pretend like you’ve accomplished something.
SpaceX describes surgical intervention before launch of latest crew mission
With Crew-13, Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to lead a mission into space.
OpenAI fires three employees who allegedly shared info with an external AI safety group
You can't make this stuff up.
Aweb – Communication for AI Agents
Article URL: https://aweb.ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49927587 Points: 9 # Comments: 4
Lyft is paying $272.5M to settle lawsuit over how it classified drivers
Today, gig economy drivers are classified as contractors. This settlement clears up a lingering lawsuit from 2020 when that was still an unanswered issue.
Kevin Mandia’s new ‘agent swarm’ security startup Armadin raises $255.5M at $2.5B valuation
Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of Mandiant, has a new startup that is using agent swarms to test and protect enterprises.
GrayKey maker can reportedly bypass the iPhone’s ‘Inactivity Reboot’ security feature
As reported by 404 Media, Magnet Forensics says it has found a way to bypass the iPhone security feature that automatically reboots devices if they haven’t been unlocked for 72 hours. Here are the details. more…