Petrol prices rise by 5p over a week as Iran war sends oil higher
A litre of unleaded now costs 167.17p which is the biggest weekly increase since April, data shows.
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How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads
Article URL: https://xlii.space/eng/malicious-software-on-google-ads/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49624856 Points: 285 # Comments: 172
Desert Ant Labs: local, fast models that run on device
Article URL: https://desertant.com/blog/introducing-desert-ant-labs/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49624823 Points: 288 # Comments: 77
What are the holes in the UK’s ban on imports from Israeli settlements?
Over a year, the UK imported just £6m ($8.1m) in goods recorded as Palestinian, including Israeli settlement goods.
Whose GPUs are these, anyway? Secure, self-service metrics for multi-tenant Kubernetes
The question that stopped the meeting It was a routine cost review. The slide showed the month’s GPU spend, the biggest line on the whole infrastructure bill, and someone asked a five-word question: “Are we using...
Germany's Merz attacks AfD in stormy debate after far-right election win
Germany's chancellor clashes with AfD leader Alice Weidel, saying her migration policy amounts to "ethnic cleansing" for skilled workers.
DeepSeek launching v4.1 flash cheaper and more capable than v4 pro
DSeek plans to officially release the V4.1 Flash model around September 10, 2026 (Beijing Time). After extensive internal and external testing, V4.1 Flash has comprehensively surpassed V4 Pro across all key metrics, including performance, cost, speed, and task completion time. In keeping with our commitment to user responsibility, following the official launch of V4.1 Flash and prior to the release of V4.1 Pro, all requests to the Pro model will be routed to V4.1 Flash and billed at Flash's price. If you encounter any issues during your comparative testing between V4 Pro and V4.1 Flash, please do not hesitate to reach out to us with your feedback. Thank you for your support! We will adjust the pricing for the Flash series effective from 12:00 Beijing Time on September 10, 2026. During off-peak hours, the unit price will be $0.003 for input cache hits, $0.15 for input cache misses, and $0.6 for output. Peak-hour prices will be double the off-peak rates. Please plan your usage accordingly. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49624603 Points: 278 # Comments: 140
DeepSeek Harness Flaw Let AI Agents Disable Their Own File Sandbox Without Approval
A flaw in DeepSeek Harness, DeepSeek's open-source tool for running AI coding agents on a developer's machine, let a sandboxed agent turn off its own sandbox with a single command. The tool runs an agent's commands inside an operating-system sandbox, so that an agent working on untrusted files cannot write outside its workspace. The agent could remove that limit by calling the tool's own web
U.S. military destroys 5 Iranian oil tankers. And, the Smithsonian head resigns
The U.S. military says it has destroyed five Iranian oil tankers as the conflict continues to escalate. And, Smithsonian head Lonnie G. Bunch III says he plans to step down by the end of the year.
Video: RSF drone attack on Sudan court kills at least 13 people
An RSF drone attack on a court in Sudan’s North Kordofan state has killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 20.
Man told ChatGPT he was feeling delusional. ChatGPT insisted he was Jesus.
Man with bipolar disorder sued OpenAI after surviving ChatGPT-linked suicide attempt.
Harness rebuilt its Git repository for nonstop AI agent traffic
As one of Harness’s field CTOs, Martin Reynolds spends much of his time asking engineering leaders one question with no The post Harness rebuilt its Git repository for nonstop AI agent traffic appeared first on The New Stack .
GPT-6 Astra: The next generation in intelligence for work
Meet GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI’s most capable model for business, with advanced reasoning, computer use, and stronger writing and design judgment.
Flock Wants a Closely Surveilled World with No Exit
Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/flock-wants-a-closely-surveilled-world-with-no-exit Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49624394 Points: 377 # Comments: 298
ICS Patch Tuesday: Schneider Electric, Siemens Fix Critical Flaws
AVEVA and Rockwell Automation also released patches for vulnerabilities affecting industrial control system products. The post ICS Patch Tuesday: Schneider Electric, Siemens Fix Critical Flaws appeared first on SecurityWeek .
‘Overdue first step’: UK reacts to gov’t ban on Israeli settlement trade
UK bans imports from illegal Israeli settlements in a strong policy move after recognising a Palestinian state last year.
Yemen war escalates: Who are the key actors involved?
Here is a look at the main actors currently involved in the conflict.
Alby Hub Critical Flaw Could Let Attackers Take Over Internet-Exposed Bitcoin Wallets
Bitcoin wallet company Alby has warned of a critical flaw in Alby Hub that could have let an attacker take over a wallet and send its funds, but only where the owner had made the Hub reachable from the internet. Alby Hub is a self-hosted Lightning wallet, meaning the owner runs it on their own computer or server, and it holds their bitcoin. The flaw affects versions v1.7.0 through
The Evolution of WSL Support in JetBrains IDEs
JetBrains IDEs have worked with WSL for many years, and over time, several ways of using it have emerged across our products. Depending on the entry point, the IDE could rely on a different underlying architecture, leading to a different experience. Starting with the 2026.2 release, there is one recommended entry point. In IntelliJ IDEA, […]
Hugging Face's new ML Intern lets anyone run machine learning experiments through a simple chat
Hugging Face launched "ML Intern," an AI assistant built into its chatbot that lets users run machine learning experiments without any ML expertise. The article Hugging Face's new ML Intern lets anyone run machine learning experiments through a simple chat appeared first on The Decoder .
Ivanti Patches Critical Flaws Across Enterprise Security Products
Six critical vulnerabilities in Neurons for ITSM could enable remote code execution, while Sentry and EPMM received patches for authentication bypass flaws. The post Ivanti Patches Critical Flaws Across Enterprise Security Products appeared first on SecurityWeek .
OpenAI's millennium proof dispute raises the question of whether researchers can trust AI labs
The fight over an AI-generated proof of a millennium problem is heating up. Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster accuses OpenAI of academic fraud, CEO Sam Altman rejects the allegations. Terence Tao warns that cases like this could "reverse centuries of tradition in open science." The article OpenAI's millennium proof dispute raises the question of whether researchers can trust AI labs appeared first on The Decoder .
Israel tells UK to close East Jerusalem consulate within 30 days
Israel announced it would close the consulate after UK said it was imposing sanctions on illegal settlements.