Wednesday, 03 June 2026
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'Dumbass' criminal breaks the 'first rule of ransomware club'
You don't infect anyone in Russia or other CIS countries
Contentful is a shot in the arm for Salesforce's 'headless' bet
Lacking an enterprise content layer for Headless 360, CRM titan went shopping
Microsoft's Project Solara is an Android OS designed for agents instead of apps
Microsoft missed the boat on apps, so get ready for agents.
CT scans of BYD car parts
Article URL: https://www.lumafield.com/scan-of-the-month/byd Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375824 Points: 104 # Comments: 33
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Amazon-owned Ring should pay Americans for scanning their faces, lawsuit says
Lawsuit: Ring cameras scan guests and passersby and use AI to identify faces.
Trump's AI E-(I)-O could let feds pick winners and losers
Government gets a say in 'trusted partner' access, and that worries policy experts
If I had a hammer... it might actually be a rhino tooth
Neanderthals had some wild stuff in their toolkits.
Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
Article URL: https://moddedbear.com/gmail-thinks-im-stupid-so-i-left Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375016 Points: 428 # Comments: 254
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Microsoft Announces Open-Source "Intelligent Terminal"
Microsoft today announced their newest open-source creation... Under the MIT license it's the Intelligent Terminal...
Feds failing in bid to take a supercomputer from a climate research center
The National Center for Atmospheric Research won't be losing its supercomputer.
MAI-Code-1-Flash
https://microsoft.ai/models/mai-code-1-flash/ https://microsoft.ai/pdf/MAI-Code-1-Flash-Model-Card.PDF Launching seven new MAI models: https://microsoft.ai/news/building-a-hillclimbing-machine-la... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48374466 Points: 289 # Comments: 139
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MAI-Thinking-1
https://microsoft.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/main_2026060... Launching seven new MAI models: https://microsoft.ai/news/building-a-hillclimbing-machine-la... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48374362 Points: 150 # Comments: 66
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Cisco sings Mythos' praises - but doesn't say how many bugs the model uncovered
Meanwhile, Anthropic adds 150 partners to Project Glasswing
Mathematicians warn of AI threats to profession as industry encroaches
International Mathematical Union endorses warning about tech industry influence.
Android phones will soon be able to detect spoofed calls and impersonation scams
Google's June Android feature drop includes more scam detection, more AirDrop, and yes, more AI.
The truth lies in the past in Silo S3 trailer
"We do not know when it will be safe to go outside. We only know that day is not this day."
Number of suspected Ebola cases falls by hundreds as testing ramps up
The number of cases falls from 1,100 to 437 with increased testing.
Trump signs downsized AI order after weeks of reversals
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/prom... https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/technology/trump-executiv... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48372628 Points: 140 # Comments: 95
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Remote work – not AI – is killing job prospects for the youth
Young professionals may be perfectly productive while working from home, says the New York Fed, but the quality of their output isn't so great, so companies don't want to hire them
Why a Neo Geo port of Doom is functionally impossible
Sprite-based graphics architecture makes first-person 3D a challenge.
In a surprise launch, China debuts another big rocket designed for reusability
There are sound engineering reasons to use the same approach SpaceX uses with the Falcon 9.
Marvell enters the AI network fray with 102.4 Tbps switch silicon
High radix, low latency and low power is what AI datacenters crave, the chipmaker says
Blue Origin has set a very aggressive return-to-flight timeline
"The propellant farm, oxygen, liquid hydrogen, and LNG tanks are all in good shape."
Enhanced performance for server consolidation with Intel Xeon 6+
SPONSORED POST: How Intel’s first 18A data center CPU delivers efficiency and TCO gains, with Intel's Kira Boyko
Slate Auto gets serious about privacy for its bare-bones EV pickup
With no embedded modem, the Slate Truck is the antithesis of today's connected cars.
Russian spy agency says foreign spies turned officials' smartphones into surveillance devices
FSB claims large-scale snoop op compromised phones of senior officials, but gives no technical evidence to back allegations
Benchmarking The Different CachyOS Linux Kernel Flavors
CachyOS ships with a good Linux kernel configuration by default balancing the different features as well as performance. But they also ship a variety of other kernel builds for those preferring a more leading-edge kernel or the current LTS series, a hardened kernel configuration, and more. In this article are some fresh benchmarks of the Arch Linux based CachyOS Linux distribution with some of…
KDE Plasma 6.8 Still Planning To End X11 Support, 95% Of Plasma 6.6 Users Are On Wayland
KDE developers are sticking to their plans for Plasma 6.8 going Wayland-exclusive in dropping X11 support. Meanwhile it turns out 95% of current Plasma 6.6 users are running already on Wayland...
Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release
Article URL: https://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/596/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48370588 Points: 121 # Comments: 153
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Expect more of those DRAM price hikes as memory shortage continues to bite
Chip costs may rise another 63% this quarter, as effects feed through to PC pricing
Fidonet: Technology, Use, Tools, and History (1993)
Article URL: https://www.fidonet.org/inet92_Randy_Bush.txt Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48370291 Points: 136 # Comments: 50
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Trump's DOE restarts energy rebate program with dumb conditions
Switching from fossil fuels to electricity for heating is no longer covered.
The Linux Kernel Ready To Make TSC A Hard Requirement For x86 CPUs
Now that the Linux kernel has been removing Intel 486 CPU support and also proceeding to drop other vintage CPUs like the AMD K5 CPU support and AMD Elan, the Linux kernel is ready to make the TSC support unconditional for x86 processors...
A walking tour of surveillance infrastructure in Seattle (2020)
Article URL: https://coveillance.org/a-walking-tour-of-surveillance-infrastructure-in-seattle/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48369980 Points: 352 # Comments: 214
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'Resistance is futile,' says Qualcomm CEO. AI agents will be become invisible, inescapable, follow you across devices
Your personal Jarvis or an end to privacy as we know it?
Expanding Project Glasswing
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/02/anthropic-scales-claude-my... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48369863 Points: 144 # Comments: 189
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Microsoft reaches for olive branch after public dustup with 0-day researcher
Following days of criticism from the security community, Redmond dials back rhetoric, insists vulnerability hunters not in its legal crosshairs
Open-Source NVIDIA Vulkan Driver "NVK" Merges Mesh Shader Support
Mesa's NVK open-source NVIDIA Vulkan driver now has mesh shader support as another significant step forward for this driver in being able to handle modern Linux gaming and other workloads...
Impulse Space raises $500 million as orbital maneuvering race heats up
"The market's going to continue to find exciting new things."
Claude celebrates Anthropic's stock market float with blockbuster ... outage
Chatbot has no respect for timing of its maker's financial announcement
HPE declares Juniper deal a 'home run' as AI and networking fuel record quarter
Networking orders surged, AI demand showed little sign of slowing, and HPE used the occasion to take a victory lap over its $14 billion Juniper bet
Northern Ireland cops issue PSA after official phone number spoofed by scammers
If you’re going to impersonate an officer, perhaps choose a more sophisticated way to nick cash than asking for gift cards…
Mir 2.27 Released With More Wayland Rust Code
Canonical today released Mir 2.27 as the latest version of this set of compositor libraries for easily building Wayland-based shells on Linux and fitting into the Ubuntu Linux paradigm...
Peter Mandelson invited UK PM to meet Palantir's Thiel
Britain's former US ambassador founded lobbyist that represented spy-tech firm, saw it win big roles in UK defense, health tech
ASUS ZenVision Laptop Lid Screen Reverse Engineered & Now Able To Work On Linux
ASUS ZenVision is a feature of some ASUS laptops like the Zenbook 14X OLED Space Edition where there is a 3.5-inch monochrome screen embedded into the top lid of the laptop. From this mini display embedded into the top lid of the laptop it's possible to display animated themes, show the current date/time, battery status, or customized messages and the like. The practicality is rather limited as…
Adafruit receives demand letter from Fenwick legal counsel on behalf of Flux.ai
Article URL: https://blog.adafruit.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48368121 Points: 572 # Comments: 236
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COSMIC Desktop's Frosted Glass Is Giving Windows Aero Vibes
Some of the latest feature work for the Rust and Wayland based COSMIC desktop environment is on creating their new "Frosted Glass" appearance. It's getting closer to release and giving off Windows Aero vibes for that design language from the Windows Vista days...
Intel and pals cram 36,864 CPU cores into a 100kW rack while chasing the agentic AI dragon
Meanwhile, Intel and SambaNova's disaggregated inference blueprint lands its first customer
Why Janet? (2023)
Article URL: https://ianthehenry.com/posts/why-janet/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48367907 Points: 414 # Comments: 220
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Love systemd timers
Article URL: https://blog.tjll.net/you-dont-love-systemd-timers-enough/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48367904 Points: 316 # Comments: 206
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Shotcut 26.6 Beta Brings Many Fixes, OpenFX & VST2 Plugin Support
Shotcut 26.6 is now available in beta form as this latest feature update for this popular, open-source and cross platform video editor...
Satellite phone dreams orbit reality as direct-to-cell usage set to underwhelm
Nice technology, shame about the price and the indoor blackouts
Phoronix Marking 22 Years Of Linux Hardware Coverage This Week
On 5 June marks 22 years since starting Phoronix.com for covering the Linux hardware space and open-source news...
X.Org Server Starts June With Nine New Security Vulnerabilities Discovered Via AI
There are nine new security vulnerabilities impacting the X.Org Server as well as the XWayland component. Yep, more than a decade after X.Org Server security issues began coming to light with a security research acknowledging it's a disaster and "it's worse than it looks", it continues holding true...
AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE Linux Performance
Yesterday AMD kicked off Computex 2026 in announcing the Radeon RX 9070 GRE alongside a number of other product announcements. With the Radeon RX 9070 GRE going on sale today, the review embargo has now lifted on this new RDNA 4 consumer graphics card slated to be priced around $549 USD. Here is an initial look at the Linux performance benchmarks of this new AMD graphics card offering.
Age verification for social media, the beginning of the end for a free internet?
Article URL: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/age-verification-for-social-media-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-a-free-internet Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363882 Points: 422 # Comments: 324
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Angry devs vow to flee GitHub Copilot as metered billing takes hold
'16% of my monthly Pro+ allowance. Gone. For basically nothing'
AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.
Some report burning through their whole monthly "AI credit" allotment in a single day.
Shai-Hulud malware worms Red Hat npm package versions downloaded 80K times a week
TeamPCP? Or copycat malware dev?
Why cats prefer silver vine to catnip and other May highlights
Prehistoric mining in the Pyrenees, a new species of tiny blue octopus, slapstick acoustics, and more.
Intel Xeon Diamond Rapids EDAC Driver Changes Readied For Linux 7.2
Ahead of Intel Diamond Rapids server processors launching in 2027, the Linux kernel continues getting into shape for these next-gen Xeon processors. The latest enablement work taking place for Diamond Rapids is readying the Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) driver support for propagating memory errors/correction information under Linux...
Moderna gets $50 million to develop mRNA Ebola vaccine against Bundibugyo
Amid a raging Ebola outbreak, officials "urgently accelerate development" of vaccines.
Hackers duped Meta AI support chatbot to steal celebrity Instagram accounts
Pricey Instagram handles were stolen and resold before Meta patched the exploit.
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra looks like its first true MacBook Pro competitor
It's Microsoft's least-weird attempt at a high-end mobile workstation.
Dozens of Red Hat packages backdoored through its official NPM channel
Anyone who has downloaded affected Red Hat packages should investigate immediately.
Election interlopers register 5K+ domains, hope to catch some voting phish
Hacking voting machines is so 2017. Phishing, impersonation pose the real election risks
Intel Preparing WiFi 8 "UHR" Support For Their IWLWIFI Linux Driver
Intel open-source software engineers have been busy beginning to prepare their upstream IWLWIFI wireless driver in the Linux kernel for supporting their next-gen WiFi adapters supporting the WiFi 8 "Ultra High Reliability" standard...
Linux 7.2 Proceeding To Deprecate AF_ALG Due To "Massive Attack Surface", Drops Offloading
The Linux kernel's AF_ALG interface for user-space applications to directly access the Linux kernel's built-in cryptographic engine is proceeding with a quick deprecation cycle due to a "massive attack surface" with increased vulnerabilities coming to light due to AI/LLM-based tooling...
Some Elements Of Intel APX Not Proving Beneficial On Nova Lake / Diamond Rapids
Some compiler tuning merged today to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is disabling some features of Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) for upcoming Intel Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids processors as they are not proving worthwhile for performance...
NBD-VRAM Provides Swap Space On Your NVIDIA GeForce GPUs
An open-source developer has created NBD-VRAM as a way to create swap space on your consumer NVIDIA GPU's video memory under Linux...
FreeBSD 15.1-RC2 Restores PadLock RNG For VIA & Zhaoxin CPUs
A second release candidate of FreeBSD 15.1 was warranted and in turn released this weekend which now pushes the stable release back by one week...
NVIDIA Announces RTX Spark Superchip For Laptops & Desktops
Jensen Huang used his Computex keynote today to formally announce RTX Spark as their new superchip for compact desktop PCs and laptops...
AI-Driven Security Disclosures, NVIDIA Vera & Linux 7.1 Features That Made An Exciting May
May 2026 is now in the books after writing 275 original Linux/open-source minded news articles and another 20 featured-length benchmark articles / Linux hardware reviews. There was a lot of exciting topics in May to keep the month interesting and as we approach the Phoronix 22nd birthday this week...