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Armored Likho Targets Government Agencies, Power Sector with BusySnake Stealer
A previously undocumented threat actor known as Armored Likho has been attributed to cyber attacks targeting government agencies and the electric power sector across Russia, Brazil, and Kazakhstan. "Armored Likho blends financially motivated campaigns targeting private individuals with targeted cyber espionage aimed at organizations," Kaspersky said in a technical analysis published today. "
Behind the scenes with the Midjourney scanner [video]
25 points, 4 comments on Hacker News
Hackers shoveled snow for company, were rewarded with network admin access
Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/02/hackers-shoveled-snow-for-company-were-rewarded-with-network-admin-access/5265240 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774704 Points: 39 # Comments: 15
Valve open source the Steam Machine e-ink screen so you can make your own
Article URL: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-open-source-the-steam-machine-e-ink-screen-so-you-can-make-your-own/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774518 Points: 217 # Comments: 29
PostgreSQL and the OOM Killer: Why We Use Strict Memory Overcommit
Article URL: https://www.ubicloud.com/blog/postgresql-and-the-oom-killer-why-we-use-strict-memory-overcommit Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774509 Points: 70 # Comments: 14
The Fall and Rise of Screwworm
Article URL: https://www.construction-physics.com/p/the-fall-and-rise-of-screwworm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774492 Points: 34 # Comments: 13
Gemini Code Assist will be shut down on July 17
Article URL: https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/code-review/review-repo-code Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774429 Points: 40 # Comments: 21
Program-as-Weights: A Programming Paradigm for Fuzzy Functions
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.02512 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774368 Points: 12 # Comments: 0
Hardwood Promises High-Speed JVM Apache Parquet Processing with Zero Mandatory Dependencies
Hardwood, the project Gunnar Morling kick-started handling of Parquet files in Java, reached version 1. Its multi-threaded approach and zero mandatory external dependencies promise a simpler, more efficient alternative to the Apache Parquet Java implementation. For now, the library supports just reading; writing support is expected in the upcoming versions. By Olimpiu Pop
OpenTelemetry Graduates to CNCF's Highest Maturity Level
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has announced the graduation of OpenTelemetry, elevating the project to the foundation's highest level of maturity and formally recognizing it as production-ready for enterprise use. By Craig Risi
Fixing full-bleed CSS
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European Parliament Member Investigating Spyware Was Hacked With Pegasus
A new report from the Citizen Lab has revealed that former Member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou had his mobile device repeatedly hacked with the notorious Pegasus spyware while serving on a committee that was tasked with investigating the abuse of such commercial surveillance tools in the bloc. "Through forensic analysis of his device, we found that the attackers could have had
Mini book: Agentic AI Architecture
In this eMag, we try to establish agentic AI architecture as a new type of software architecture that will likely dominate the industry for years to come. The articles, written by industry experts, cover various elements and aspects of agentic AI architecture. We aim to present the latest trends and developments shaping the new type of architecture as it enters the mainstream. By InfoQ
Diving into the depths of Widevine L3
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Oracle Quietly Halves Free Tier Ampere A1 Compute Limits with No Public Announcement
Oracle halved the Always Free Ampere A1 compute allowance from 4 OCPUs and 24 GB RAM to 2 OCPUs and 12 GB RAM with no public announcement. Support agents gave conflicting answers on whether PAYG accounts are affected. Documentation states the new limits apply to "all tenancies" while support emails say only free-tier accounts. By Steef-Jan Wiggers
What are you doing this weekend?
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Pandoc Lua Filters
67 points, 2 comments on Hacker News
Presentation: Fine Tuning the Enterprise: Reinforcement Learning in Practice
The speakers discuss Agent RFT, OpenAI’s platform for fine-tuning reasoning models via real-time tool interactions and custom reward signals. They explain how reinforcement learning solves complex credit assignment challenges within the context window. They share enterprise success stories, showing how Agent RFT eliminates long-tail token loops and drives extreme efficiency. By Wenjie Zi, Will Hang
Commodore 64 Basic for PostgreSQL
Article URL: https://thombrown.blogspot.com/2026/07/load-plcbmbasic81-commodore-64-basic.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48772717 Points: 40 # Comments: 8
Wordgard: The new in-browser rich-text editor from the creator of ProseMirror
137 points, 65 comments on Hacker News
The mathematical secrets of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia
70 points, 14 comments on Hacker News
Alibaba to ban Claude Code in workplace over alleged backdoor risks, source says
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/alibaba-ban-claude-code-workplace-over-alleged-backdoor-risks-source-says-2026-07-03/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48772443 Points: 43 # Comments: 21
Half-Baked Product
Article URL: https://weli.dev/blog/half-baked-product/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48772388 Points: 20 # Comments: 6
PamStealer Uses Fake Maccy Sites and PAM Checks to Steal Mac Login Passwords
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new macOS information stealer called PamStealer that employs a series of clever tricks to infect systems and siphon sensitive data. The stealer, discovered by Jamf Threat Labs, is distributed as a compiled AppleScript (.scpt) file impersonating Maccy, a legitimate open-source clipboard manager. It has been codenamed PamStealer owing to its ability to
‘guix substitute‘ and ‘guix pull‘ vulnerabilities
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Google Releases A2UI v0.9: Portable, Framework-Agnostic Generative UI
Google has released A2UI v0.9, a framework-agnostic standard for AI agents to declare user interface intent across multiple platforms without arbitrary code. The update emphasizes alignment with existing design systems. It includes a new SDK for Python, improved error handling, and various transport methods. Migration guidance and evolution specifications are also provided. By Daniel Curtis
Until_Heat_Death_Do_Us_Part: Counting until the heat death of the universe, broadcasting counter every second over 100Mbps ethernet
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Clickhouse is winning the Observability Wars
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14× faster embeddings: how we rebuilt the ONNX path in Manticore
Article URL: https://manticoresearch.com/blog/onnx-embeddings-speedup/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48770477 Points: 48 # Comments: 7
Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata
59 points, 11 comments on Hacker News
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