Hacker News: rndsignals

North Korea's fake job interviews infected 30k devices

rndsignals — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:51:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/18/north-koreas-fake-job-interviews-infected-30000-devices/5297461

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49758576

Points: 6

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Anthropic's CEO says that safety hinges on understanding how AI "thinks."

rndsignals — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:48:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/if-the-ai-industry-followed-its-own-research-it-might-have-paused-already/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49758537

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New evidence for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun's tomb

rndsignals — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:58:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02621-2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742697

Points: 139

# Comments: 70

Anthropic legal fight with Pentagon shows shifting politics of AI

rndsignals — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:52:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-08-31/anthropic-legal-fight-with-pentagon-shows-shifting-politics-of-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511912

Points: 9

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Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Photos of People's Faces

rndsignals — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:10:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/reverse-lookup-service-exposed-millions-of-photos-of-peoples-faces/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49364254

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch own startups

rndsignals — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 23:21:58 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/jeff-dean-and-other-top-ai-researchers-are-leaving-google-to-launch-their-own-startup/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49190400

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why

rndsignals — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:56:56 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/vc-backed-startups-commit-more-fraud-and-researchers-think-they-know-why/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49129007

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

The problem with putting an AI image generator in Google Earth

rndsignals — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:32:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/973764/google-earth-ai-satellite-images

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49126938

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

China's Moonshot AI reportedly used Nvidia Blackwell chips for training Kimi K3

rndsignals — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:05:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinas-moonshot-ai-reportedly-used-nvidia-blackwell-chips-for-training-kimi-k3-company-circumvented-both-u-s-export-and-chinese-import-controls-to-acquire-compute

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49102326

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

eBay reaches $56M settlement with e-commerce newsletter writers

rndsignals — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:21:36 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/28/ebay-reaches-56m-settlement-with-e-commerce-newsletter-writers-it-terrorized-in-2019/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49091331

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

Model Context Protocol prepares to break with its stateful past

rndsignals — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:18:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/07/23/model-context-protocol-prepares-to-break-with-its-stateful-past/5276722

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49025907

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

AMD's 256-core Epyc 9996 'Venice' claims up to a 3.4x jump over Intel Xeon

rndsignals — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:16:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amds-256-core-epyc-9996-venice-claims-up-to-a-3-4x-jump-over-intel-xeon-competition-20-percent-over-nvidia-vera-zen-6-comes-with-up-to-1024mb-of-l3-16-channel-memory-and-5ghz-clock-speeds

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49025890

Points: 32

# Comments: 15

Secretive China Cheap Maker Is Built to Dodge US Curbs

rndsignals — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:38:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-07-09/china-s-cxmt-chipmaker-eyes-ipo-to-challenge-samsung-sk-hynix-micron

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48855101

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

The Orbital Data Center Hype Machine Is in Orbit

rndsignals — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:17:06 +0000

Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/orbital-data-center-hype

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48748279

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

California Leaders Agree to $351B Budget, Software Tax

rndsignals — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:59:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-27/california-leaders-agree-to-351-billion-budget-software-tax

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48724339

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Medical students are using popular research tool to pump out misleading studies

rndsignals — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:30:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/article/medical-students-are-using-popular-research-tool-pump-out-misleading-studies

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48668119

Points: 181

# Comments: 98

Microsoft fixes AutoGen Studio flaw that enabled code execution

rndsignals — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:39:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-fixes-autogen-studio-flaw-that-enabled-code-execution/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48634193

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Open-source Vulkan driver NVK gains experimental DLSS support

rndsignals — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 18:33:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/open-source-nvidia-vulkan-driver-nvk-gains-experimental-dlss-support-by-importing-pre-baked-cuda-binaries

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48621362

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Pavel Durov accuses Meta of sabotaging access in India with BGP hijacks

rndsignals — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:52:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/06/19/telegram-founder-accuses-meta-of-sabotaging-access-in-india-with-bgp-hijacks/5258866

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48601151

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Google's Secret Warrant Fight over DOJ Pipe Bomb Probe Revealed

rndsignals — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:28:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-18/google-s-secret-warrant-fight-over-doj-pipe-bomb-probe-revealed

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48594494

Points: 4

# Comments: 0