Critical Elementor Pro bug exposes WordPress sites to RCE attacks
A critical vulnerability in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin could allow attackers to upload executable files for remote code execution on the server. [...]
Show HN: Open-source Stripe Connect alternative
Hey, I'm Ben. I built Zoneless because I was paying so much to use Stripe Connect on my own marketplace. The fees were really, really bad, and it was also limiting in terms of the seller countries I could onboard. To give you an idea, I was paying around $9,000 per month in fees just to run payou...
Show HN: Check if any of the $656M in unclaimed royalties at The MLC is yours
Hi HN, I built this. Quick background on why it exists: When music is streamed on digital streaming platforms (think Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora), there are two separate royalty streams: one for the recording, paid through your distributor (DistroKid, TuneCore, CDBaby), and one for the underlyi...
Genesis joins the giant electric SUV club with new GV90
A retractable screen, a huge heads-up display, and an optional 4-seat VIP interior.
Ransomware crook poses as recovery firm to steal payments from fellow extortionists
Because apparently even ransomware gangs can't trust the people they do business with
An elliptic curve of rank ≥ 30
Article URL: https://elliptic-rank.icarm.cloud/curve/273 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374873 Points: 54 # Comments: 14
Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
I have been using omarchy on my tower since nearly a year now, shortly after it was released first. I really love the experience I am having with it but I still use my macbook for daly work, so I wanted to recreate a similar experience on it. Thats why I created omacosy, a setup for tiling window...
Tesla Robotaxis appear to go fully unsupervised in Austin ahead of Cybercab launch
Seven months after Elon Musk announced that Tesla Robotaxis in Austin were operating without human safety monitors onboard, the city's service appears to have finally gone fully driverless. Over the past two weeks, all 170 Tesla Robotaxi rides in Austin monitored by the crowdsourced Robotaxi Trac...
Hacking with Claude on a $27 Smart Watch
Article URL: https://www.mikekasberg.com/blog/2026/08/19/hacking-with-claude-on-a-27-smart-watch.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374772 Points: 55 # Comments: 29
Dell XPS 13 (2026) review: the new bar for mainstream Windows laptop excellence
The return of the XPS 13 is a triumph of (somewhat) affordable premium portable computing. It’s no powerhouse in terms of performance, but it gets more than enough right to recommend for Windows users who have been looking over their shoulder at the MacBook Neo.
iPhone 18 won’t launch next month, here’s when it’s coming instead
Apple’s big September event is just weeks away, but there’s one key product that all reporting indicates will be missing: the base iPhone 18. Here’s when to expect its launch.
How MSPs can catch phishing attacks email filters miss
AI is making phishing attacks more personalized, convincing, and difficult for traditional email filters to detect. Kaseya explains how MSPs can monitor identity, email, and endpoint activity to detect and contain attacks that make it past the inbox. [...]
Here’s what data Comcast says its motion-detecting routers collect
Wi-Fi Motion is an opt-in service from Xfinity that turns your Gateway into a motion-sensing device. | Image: Comcast Comcast announced a new platform this week called Xfinity Shield that includes the option to let customers turn their routers into motion sensors. Many people reacted with fear ...
iOS 27 breaks 15 years of muscle memory on iPhone and iPad
Since iOS 5 in 2011, the iPhone and iPad have included Notification Center, a central place to find alerts from various apps in chronological order. Starting with iOS 27, Apple is making a major change to how users open Notification Center on iPhone and iPad. iOS 27 is currently in beta, and the ...
FromSoftware can do anything
There's something just a little bit different about FromSoftware's office in Tokyo. Like with any other successful video game studio, there's extensive security to get in the door, a minimalist lobby with framed posters from the studio's most recent releases, and a large glass display case filled...
SpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste
The yeetcycling math resembles asteroid mining in reverse.
Every Model Cheats
Article URL: https://dreadnode.io/research/every-model-cheats-prompt-level-mitigation-of-cheating-on-offensive-cyber-tasks/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374635 Points: 44 # Comments: 25
Catastrophic GTA VI leak is a full working build — notorious hacker CyberLeek taunts Rockstar Games by spraying the word 'leek' onto a wall in-game with bullets
Cyberleek has leaked another in-game footage of GTA VI, with some social media users claiming that it an actual build of the title. This is the second leak coming from the hacker, who claimed that they will release more until Rockstar issues 'a public statement and apology with a concrete commitm...
NetBSD 11 lands with RISC-V support and lightning-fast VM boots
Venerable Unix-like remains reassuringly old-school, if you're willing to put in the work
Apollo Atomics wants to make nuclear power cheaper by shrinking an overlooked part
Y Combinator alumnus Apollo Atomics is shrinking a key nuclear reactor part, which promises to slash the cost of electricity below natural gas.