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Canadian Man Pleads Guilty in Snowflake Extortions

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/08/canadian-man-pleads-guilty-in-snowflake-extortions/
2•DemiGuru•57m ago

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flanker30•50m ago
>Moucka also threatened and harassed government officials and security researchers who were helping to track him down. The Justice Department said the conspirators made over $2.5 million in ransom payments, and that in at least one instance, Moucka re-extorted a victim with threats of further disclosure of the victim’s stolen data.

wwwooooww!! The audacity!

Unions Can Save Tech Workers and Tech Work

https://jacobin.com/2026/08/uc-upte-tech-workers-union
1•ughitsaaron•1m ago•0 comments

Offensive Internet Posture

https://bruceediger.com/posts/offensive-machine/
1•birdculture•3m ago•0 comments

My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my phone and running off"

https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@rygorous/117047697255584965
2•luu•7m ago•0 comments

US Extreme Weather and Climate Change Dashboard

https://extremeweather.thehonestbroker.org/
2•sparrish•8m ago•0 comments

Flood warning: How citizens' AI agents will swamp public services

https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Flood-warning-How-citizens-AI-agents-will-swamp-public-ser...
1•edward•8m ago•0 comments

Siglent enshittifies their frequency analyzers

https://siglent.tawk.help/article/ssa3000x-plus-and-x-r-free-trials
4•peteforde•9m ago•1 comments

The End of Electronic Arts Is at Hand

https://tagn.wordpress.com/2026/08/06/the-end-of-electronic-arts-is-at-hand/
2•speckx•9m ago•1 comments

Hollywood is entering its AI era

https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/04/hollywood-is-entering-its-ai-era
2•edward•10m ago•0 comments

Announcing OpenBao v2.6

https://openssf.org/blog/2026/08/06/announcing-openbao-v2-6/
1•cipherboy•10m ago•0 comments

Deported to the Taliban: the Afghan refugees Europe is sending back

https://voxeurop.eu/en/deportation-afghan-nationals-eu-safe/
2•oriettaxx•11m ago•0 comments

Federal Communications Commission scraps limit on broadcast TV ownership

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/media/federal-communications-commission-scraps-limit-broadcast-t...
5•pseudolus•11m ago•1 comments

Tell HN: Lost over 20yrs of Yahoo Emails

1•zeisaka92•11m ago•0 comments

MediaMTX – open-source live media router

https://mediamtx.org/
1•mrlightful•12m ago•0 comments

Downloadable Past Catalog Archive

https://pastcatalogs.com/
1•bookofjoe•12m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Kifly – Expose your ecommerce store to AI agents via MCP [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gfn03LKRus
1•roberttk1•15m ago•1 comments

Artificial Intelligence used to design new viruses

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3j3ngevmo
1•geox•15m ago•0 comments

Everyone Who Will Ever Be Born

https://garyrobinson.net/2026/08/05/everyone-who-will-ever-be-born/
1•garyrob•16m ago•0 comments

Linting the Shape of a Repository

https://alint.org/blog/why-alint/
1•aleqs•16m ago•1 comments

OpenAI makes major upgrades for free and paid ChatGPT users

https://www.axios.com/2026/08/06/openai-chatgpt-upgrades-luna-free-paid
1•newusertoday•17m ago•0 comments

Awake: Minimal single function app for keeping macOS awake while closing the lid

https://github.com/hetspookjee/awake/blob/main/main.swift
1•hetspookjee•17m ago•1 comments

AI poster win at Ohio State Fair ignites backlash, rule change

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/08/ai-poster-win-at-ohio-state-fair-ignites-backlash-rule-cha...
2•01-_-•18m ago•0 comments

Performance of WebAssembly Runtimes in 2026

https://00f.net/2026/06/23/webassembly-runtimes-2026/
1•axseem•18m ago•0 comments

Claude Fable now requires usage credits

https://twitter.com/JJordan/status/2085411090846957605
3•jjordan•20m ago•3 comments

Show HN: Atlas Motion – motors for drones, robotics, and autonomous systems

https://atlasmotion.com/
1•aerose05•20m ago•3 comments

Show HN: Warren – branch any AI answer into its own thread on a infinite canvas

https://warren.roulabs.com
1•rousan•20m ago•0 comments

Smithery Is Now Part of Arcade.dev

https://www.arcade.dev/blog/smithery-joins-arcade/
2•gnanagurusrgs•21m ago•0 comments

America is finally taking extraterrestrials seriously

https://time.com/article/2026/08/06/america-taking-extraterrestrials-seriously/
1•arto•22m ago•0 comments

AI Lowers Wages but Doesn't Cut Jobs

https://www.apollo.com/wealth/insights-news/insights/daily-spark/ai-lowers-wages-but-doesnt-cut-jobs
1•akyuu•22m ago•0 comments

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

https://armyhistory.org/reflections-smoke-em-if-you-got-em/
1•Bluestein•22m ago•1 comments

AI creates first synthetic viruses

https://www.ft.com/content/5ab33fb4-2636-4bb0-aa0e-3da6a8f71838
2•mraniki•23m ago•1 comments