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SpaceX head of global government affairs for AI Gabriela Castillo Madrid faced critical questions from the New York City Council on Friday.

The bug is fixed, but privacy concerns remain.

https://twitter.com/heyyalexwang/status/2111158818730397932 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50122878

With ia.i, a conversational interface, and the IARA governance platform, Itaú is applying its AI First strategy to customers and employees — in one of Brazil’s most regulated sectors.

https://words.filippo.io/seeds-solved/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50122800

Article URL: https://github.com/cobanov/PS5LM Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50122431

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/anthropic-s... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50122112

Article URL: https://www.arrl.org/arrlletterissue?issue=2026-10-15#eBay-Restricts-Listings-of-Radio-Equipment_-But-Exempts-Ham-Band-Only-Gear Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50122034

The agents got in through credentials and connection settings left exposed in app configurations, public code repositories, and overly permissive cloud roles.

A local privilege escalation exploit published today gains root on OpenBSD 7.9 by chaining a roughly 37-year-old integer overflow with a separate kernel flaw, bypassing OpenBSD's KARL kernel-address randomization and its SMAP and SMEP hardware protections.Security firm Calif, which found and reported the flaws, published a detailed writeup and full proof-of-concept code after OpenBSD shipped

Article URL: https://www.mercor.com/research/labor-index/benchmark-map/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50121179

FDA scientists said none of the popular drugs have been proven safe or effective.

With no new Nvidia 5090 GPU replacement anticipated before at least 2028, this could well be your last opportunity to get your hands on a very powerful GPU for gaming.

Attackers repeatedly changed the files that AOMEI Backupper fetches from the vendor's own update servers, in windows of five to ten minutes at a time between May and July 2026, so that any copy of the Windows backup program that checked for an update during one of those windows would download and run a backdoor. Google Threat Intelligence Group, Mandiant, and ManageEngine's Threat Analysis

Article URL: https://news.gallup.com/poll/708614/desire-migrate-drops-new-low.aspx Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50120664

Chinese startup Langdao Silex showcased its laser-produced plasma EUV source at a trade show, but the technology will likely take many years before it gets to decent EUV power levels. Even if it does, China will need many more advancements to build a practical EUV lithography tool.

Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, says robotics is currently in its “Lego era,” with the basic building blocks like actuators, robotic hands, software, and safety standards still being rebuilt.  This view runs counter to those who believe that robotics, powered by a general foundation model, is about to have […]

Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, says robotics is currently in its “Lego era,” with the basic building blocks like actuators, robotic hands, software, and safety standards still being rebuilt.  This view runs counter to those who believe that robotics, powered by a general foundation model, is about to have […]

AI "amplifies" existing cybersecurity risks toward U.S. digital infrastructure, Clayton said on "Squawk Box."

A gun rights activist has unveiled the world's first AI-made 3D printed firearm.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an advanced persistent threat (APT) spear-phishing campaign that has targeted individuals affiliated with Taiwan research organizations to direct victims to an adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing framework designed to harvest their Google account credentials and multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes. The activity is being tracked by

Article URL: https://jakearchibald.com/2026/jpeg-xl-vs-avif/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50120224

The company will start off by testing its self-driving vehicles on Toronto's streets.

Article URL: https://ritchietorres.house.gov/posts/rep-torres-announces-power-to-the-players-act-legislation-to-ensure-gamers-own-their-games Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50120101

According to Elorian's evaluations, Glimpse outperforms even GPT-6 Astra on scientific chart reasoning and short-form video captioning, with competitive results on other visual reasoning tasks.