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Wednesday, 12 August 2026
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Updated 11:25 CST
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How the Trivy supply chain attack harvested credentials from secrets managers
Article URL: https://vaultproof.dev/blog/trivy-supply-chain-attack Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47710919 Points: 8 # Comments: 1
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Many African families spend fortunes burying their dead
Article URL: https://davidoks.blog/p/how-funerals-keep-africa-poor Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47710907 Points: 83 # Comments: 45
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BunnyCDN has been silently losing our production files for 15 months
Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1sglytg/bunnycdn_has_been_silently_losing_our_production/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47710845 Points: 69 # Comments: 10
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The Training Example Lie Bracket
Article URL: https://pbement.com/posts/lie_brackets/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47710782 Points: 7 # Comments: 3
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Microsoft is employing dark patterns to goad users into paying for storage?
Article URL: https://lzon.ca/posts/other/microsoft-user-abuse/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47710149 Points: 172 # Comments: 94
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Research-Driven Agents: When an agent reads before it codes
Article URL: https://blog.skypilot.co/research-driven-agents/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47706141 Points: 113 # Comments: 40
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How NASA Built Artemis II’s Fault-Tolerant Computer
Article URL: https://cacm.acm.org/news/how-nasa-built-artemis-iis-fault-tolerant-computer/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47704804 Points: 14 # Comments: 2
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Florida AG to probe OpenAI, alleging possible connection to FSU shooting
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier plans to investigate OpenAI for its alleged harm to minors, potential to threaten national security, and its possible link to a shooting at Florida State University last year.
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ChatGPT finally offers $100/month Pro plan
OpenAI announced on Thursday something that power users have been asking for: a $100/month plan. Previously, subscriptions jumped from $20 to $200 per month.
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EFF is the latest organization to leave X
The EFF follows the departure of various news organizations and others who no longer find X a viable source of traffic.
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What founders can learn from Anjuna’s layoffs and recovery
In 2021, Anjuna Security was growing fast, hiring aggressively, and chasing a market that seemed limitless. By the end of that year, the venture-backed cybersecurity company had scaled to around 75 employees, building out sales, customer success, and
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Volkswagen drops all-electric ID.4 in the US in pivot back to gas SUVs
All resources at its U.S. factory are aimed at the upcoming Atlas SUV.
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After data breach, $10B-valued startup Mercor is having a month
After falling victim to a hacker, Mercor is facing lawsuits and reportedly losing big-name customers.
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AI on the couch: Anthropic gives Claude 20 hours of psychiatry
Mythos is "the most psychologically settled model we have trained to date."
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Clinical trial shows gene editing works for β-Thalassaemia, too
Improved gene editing process reactivates the fetal version of a hemoglobin gene.