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Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras

Article URL: https://risky.biz/risky-bulletin-slovakia-finds-russian-backdoor-in-traffic-speed-cameras/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49409200 Points: 21 # Comments: 2

dredmorbius 8 hours ago

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Authoritarianism of Code

Article URL: https://zedshaw.com/blog/2020-10-07-authoritarianism-of-code/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49409184 Points: 5 # Comments: 3

wqlander 8 hours ago

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What Is a Harness?

Article URL: https://earendil.com/posts/what-is-a-harness/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49409092 Points: 21 # Comments: 7

tosh 8 hours ago

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Death to px, long live ch

Article URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/death-to-px-long-live-ch/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408889 Points: 20 # Comments: 10

Brajeshwar 8 hours ago

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My favorite nonfiction books about cults, scams, and schemes

Article URL: https://bookdna.com/best-books/nonfiction-about-cults-scams-and-schemes Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408858 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

bwb 9 hours ago

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Malware infects Android-based automotive head unit firmware

Article URL: https://securelist.com/android-head-unit-malware/121106/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408550 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

campuscodi 9 hours ago

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Andrew Ng: "AI Engineering Skills Map: Building and Deploying AI Applications"

Article URL: https://twitter.com/AndrewYNg/status/2090840747738374568 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407944 Points: 8 # Comments: 0

Anon84 11 hours ago

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Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg92y1wzn8o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407576 Points: 10 # Comments: 3

epestr 12 hours ago

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Iranian hackers shut down UK power plant for 4 days

Article URL: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/22/iranian-hackers-shut-down-uk-power-plant/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407509 Points: 20 # Comments: 3

giuliomagnifico 12 hours ago

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I gave Qwen 3.8 27B a reverse-engineering job and it finished in 30 minutes

Article URL: https://www.xda-developers.com/qwen-3-8-27b-reverse-engineering-job-frontier-model/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407507 Points: 33 # Comments: 3

raybb 12 hours ago

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Canada now 'at war' with United States over trade, Prime Minister says

Article URL: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canada-us-trade-deal-tariffs-mark-carney-donald-trump-august-22/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407477 Points: 11 # Comments: 5

Fellwaa 12 hours ago

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The Sloppification of Peptides

Article URL: https://henryaj.substack.com/p/the-sloppification-of-peptides Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407341 Points: 24 # Comments: 0

henryaj 13 hours ago

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Show HN: Live 3D satellite tracker and the declassified Pentagon UFO archive

Article URL: https://skylens.yantraai.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407309 Points: 14 # Comments: 0

skylensspace 13 hours ago

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Doomscrolling at work wastes time, but the real cost is what happens after

Article URL: https://stories.tamu.edu/news/2026/08/13/doomscrolling-at-work-wastes-time-but-the-real-cost-is-what-happens-after/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407305 Points: 14 # Comments: 7

giuliomagnifico 13 hours ago

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Tragically, as many as 9625 out of every 10k individuals may be neurotypical

Article URL: https://erikengdahl.se/autism/isnt/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407143 Points: 13 # Comments: 3

verisimi 14 hours ago

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Wi-Fi 8 is the first wireless upgrade in years that isn't chasing speed

Article URL: https://www.xda-developers.com/wi-fi-8-first-wireless-upgrade-years-isnt-chasing-speed-home-networks-need-it/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49406539 Points: 26 # Comments: 4

taubek 16 hours ago

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Risk of transmission of amyloid β pathology via transfused blood products

Article URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(26)00767-1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49406398 Points: 13 # Comments: 0

sbulaev 16 hours ago

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JIT Compiling Code in 5μs

Article URL: https://malisper.me/jit-compiling-code-in-5-us/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49406387 Points: 11 # Comments: 0

zX41ZdbW 16 hours ago

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The End of an Athlon

Article URL: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/the-end-of-an-athlon/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49406333 Points: 24 # Comments: 0

userbinator 17 hours ago

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Fast and Hard Code

Article URL: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/8/22/fast-hard-code/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49406285 Points: 11 # Comments: 0

tosh 17 hours ago

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Four Years Ago, a Crypto Boss Went Missing. Now His Successor Has

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/world/europe/poland-estonia-cryptocurrency.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49406069 Points: 7 # Comments: 2

ilamont 18 hours ago

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The Golden Rule for Becoming a Better Writer

Article URL: https://nappertime.com/the-golden-rule-of-becoming-a-better-writer/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49405870 Points: 12 # Comments: 1

andsoitis 19 hours ago

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MartyPC is a cross-platform emulator of early PCs written in Rust

Article URL: https://martypc.net/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49405816 Points: 32 # Comments: 0

boilerupnc 19 hours ago

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I Dream of Quieter Computing

Article URL: https://henry.codes/writing/i-dream-of-quieter-computing/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49405682 Points: 23 # Comments: 2

Sir_Twist 20 hours ago

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