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NIH is ending a key grant for budding clinical researchers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-16 | tags: nih, grant, clinical researchers

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Hackers Created a Device That Can Take Over a Boeing 737 Jet’s Autopilot Without Anyone Noticing (futurism.com)

2026-08-13 | by Frank Landymore | tags: boeing 737, autopilot, security researchers

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Astronomers Discover a Brand-New Type of Object: Part Black Hole, Part Star (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: black hole, star, astronomers

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Apple faces class action lawsuit for ‘fraud’ over iCloud Private Relay flaw (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-11 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: icloud private relay, apple, passkeys

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Outdated Cybercrime Laws Put Security Researchers at Risk (darkreading.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: cybercrime laws, security researchers, ethical hackers

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Despite global turmoil, Gen Z researchers are not giving up (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-10 | by Rodrigues | tags: helmholtz-zentrum dresden, ion beam physics, quantum materials

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Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | by Hatim Sharif | tags: alzheimer, brain, drivers

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Scammers Tremble as AI Comes for Their Jobs (futurism.com)

2026-08-09 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: able, ai chatbot, chatbot

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This wearable patch could get you into REM sleep 43 minutes faster (techspot.com)

2026-08-09 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: brain, patch, rem sleep

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Why Aren’t Any AI Companies Watching Their Frontier Models to Make Sure They Don’t Go on Hacking Sprees? (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: agents, hack, models

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Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-07 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: poland, public, researchers

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Chinese AI model Kimi escaped its cybersecurity testing environment, researchers say (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-07 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | tags: ai model, model, models

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The ‘Manosphere’ Isn’t a Movement. It’s a Multibillion-Dollar Grievance Industry (wired.com)

2026-08-07 | by Miles Klee | tags: million, online, real

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The Latest Scary-Sounding AI Milestone: A Brand-New Virus (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-07 | tags: alarms, alarms researchers, bacteria

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Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Andy Greenberg | tags: devices, enabled, researchers

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Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids (wired.com)

2026-08-06 | by Andy Greenberg | tags: devices, enabled, researchers

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China-linked LightSpy spyware caught targeting victims in 13 countries, including the US (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-06 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: lightspy, researchers, researchers said

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OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contacts (wired.com)

2026-08-05 | by Matt Burgess | tags: atlas, browsers, instructions

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Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub project (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: agents, ai agents, real

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Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | by Matt Burgess | tags: abuse, child, library

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Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery (wired.com)

2026-08-05 | by Matt Burgess | tags: abuse, child, library

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These Are the Sharpest Images Ever Taken of the Sun, and They Might Solve a Decades-Old Mystery (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: date, hawaii, hawaii researchers

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The Sun Looks So Hot Right Now (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: date, hawaii, hawaii researchers

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Apple Is So Overwhelmed With AI-Generated Bug Reports That It’s Turning Away Security Threats. One Big One Almost Slipped Through the Cracks. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jonathan Small | tags: apple, bugs, bynario

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Your daily Diet Coke habit could be negatively affecting your brain, new study suggests (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: diet coke, artificial sweeteners, memory decline

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Apple caps bug bounty program due to deluge of AI submissions (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Anna Washenko | tags: apple, bug bounty, ai submissions

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Workers Drilling in Romania Broke into a Cave Sealed for 5.5M Years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by Adeline Vance | tags: cave, life, movile

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New Tool Traces AI Videos Back to Their Source (darkreading.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: ai videos, industry collaboration, source tracing

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OpenAI’s Rogue AI Hack Urgently Needs Federal Investigation, AI Safety Researchers Warn (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: openai, ai safety, federal investigation

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Stronger AI Safety Requires Peeking Inside the 'Black Box' (darkreading.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: ai safety, large language models, black box