Belfast knife attack victim lost eye, court hears, as suspect named
An asylum seeker has been charged with attempted murder, sparking violent protests against migration, with masked activists setting fire to a bus. ⌘ Read more

Four injured in drive-by slingshot attacks across inner-Brisbane
Four men have been arrested over the attacks, in which metal projectiles – possibly fishing sinkers – were fired from a car. ⌘ Read more

Man accused of attacking teenage girl in Brisbane’s CBD
An Ipswich man is behind bars, accused of raping a teenage girl in the Brisbane’s CBD. ⌘ Read more

Protests erupt over knife attack in Belfast
Protests have erupted in Belfast over an alleged knife attack on the street. ⌘ Read more

Iran hit by at least three retaliation strikes
Iran has been hit by at least three waves of strikes in retaliation for an attack that brought down a US military helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz. ⌘ Read more

Protests erupt over knife attack in Belfast
Protests have erupted in Belfast over an alleged knife attack on the street. ⌘ Read more

New charges laid against accused Bondi gunman
Accused Bondi terror attack gunman Naveed Akram has been hit with a series of new charges. ⌘ Read more

Man charged with rape of teen girl near Central Station
The 16-year-old reported the incident to police, who launched a month-long investigation into the random attack in Brisbane’s CBD. ⌘ Read more

Belfast erupts after police charge man over ‘brutal attempted beheading’
A Sudanese asylum seeker has been charged with attempted murder after a brutal stabbing attack left a man fighting for his life in a Belfast hospital from wounds likened to an attempted beheading. ⌘ Read more

Bus set alight in Belfast during riots after a stabbing attack
Bus set on fire during Belfast protests the night after an asylum seeker was charged with attempted murder in a brutal stabbing attack. ⌘ Read more

Belfast police charge man after ‘brutal attempted beheading’
A Sudanese man is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing attack left a man fighting for his life, setting off a political storm over crime and migration. ⌘ Read more

Belfast police charge man after ‘brutal attempted beheading’
A Sudanese man is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing attack left a man fighting for his life, setting off a political storm over crime and migration. ⌘ Read more

[$] Eliminating long-lived credentials with trusted publishing
Trusted\
publishing is an authentication mechanism that relies on
short-lived credentials to reduce the risk of supply-chain attacks. At
the 2026 Open\
Source Summit North America, Mike Fiedler walked the audience
through why trusted publishing exists, how it works, and made the case
for its adoption. … ⌘ Read more

Belfast police arrest man after ‘brutal attempted beheading’
A Sudanese man is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing attack left a man fighting for his life, setting off a political storm over crime and migration. ⌘ Read more

Shark attack victim farewelled
Hundreds of people have turned out to say a final farewell to Rottnest shark attack victim Steven Mattaboni in Perth. ⌘ Read more

How long does Angus Taylor have to save the Liberal Party?
Angus Taylor may have a spring in his step and the ammunition from Labor to attack. But he’s facing battles on multiple fronts, and a race against time. ⌘ Read more

WA news LIVE: ABS data reveals WA leading the nation for rising home values
Follow our live coverage here. ⌘ Read more

High-powered gangland weapons leave cops on edge after funeral shooting
A semi-automatic rifle attack in Sydney’s west showed the underworld is willing to deploy military-grade weaponry against enemies in broad daylight. ⌘ Read more

WA news LIVE: Albany residents divided on shark cull proposal after fatal attack
Follow our live coverage here. ⌘ Read more

‘Fire is on hold’: Iran, Israel halt strikes, but threaten to respond to any new attacks
Iran and Israel agreed to ease strikes against each other after a flare-up in violence threatened to derail peace negotiations and led US President Donald Trump to appeal for de-escalation. ⌘ Read more

‘Fire is on hold’: Iran, Israel halt strikes, but threaten to respond to any new attacks
Iran and Israel agreed to ease strikes against each other after a flare-up in violence threatened to derail peace negotiations and led US President Donald Trump to appeal for de-escalation. ⌘ Read more

WhatsApp Catches Spyware Firm NSO Defying No-Hacking Court Order
wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Meta-owned communications app WhatsApp says it recently detected and disrupted a spear-phishing attempt linked to spyware company NSO Group. The attack is allegedly in defiance of a court order that bars the spyware maker from targeting WhatsApp. WhatsApp filed a lawsuit against NSO in 2019, after it ca … ⌘ Read more

Netanyahu vows to respond ‘with force’ if Iran breaks halt in fighting
Tehran launched a salvo of missiles against Israel after it struck military targets in western and central Iran. ⌘ Read more

Iran announces it will halt hostilities after trading blows with Israel
Tehran launched a salvo of missiles against Israel after it struck military targets in western and central Iran. ⌘ Read more

Ruby Fights Supply-Chain Attacks With Filter Offering ‘Cooldown’ Before Installing New Packages
Most supply-chain attacks using Ruby’s package hosting site “exploit a narrow window,” according to a new blog post form Ruby core maintainer Hiroshi Shibata.

So its packaging-managing Bundler tool now offers a filter that blocks new version until it’s been public “for at least N … ⌘ Read more

Nightclubs at risk of ‘disappearing forever’ in aftermath of crime wave
There hasn’t been a targeted attack against a Melbourne hospitality venue since mid-May, but workers within the city’s nightclub scene say it’s still struggling to stay afloat. ⌘ Read more

Iran and Israel trade missiles
Iran has unleashed waves of ballistic missile strikes on Israel in the first direct attack since the ceasefire, triggering a response from Israel. ⌘ Read more

Israel and Iran trade blows despite Trump’s efforts to put a lid on hostilities
Tehran launched a salvo of missiles against Israel after it struck military targets in western and central Iran. ⌘ Read more

‘No evidence’ of more sharks in WA waters as second fatal attack reignites culling debate
WA’s fisheries minister has accused the Nationals of politicising the death of a spearfisherman in Albany on the weekend as two fatal shark attacks in three weeks throws the spotlight on ocean safety. ⌘ Read more

Israel strikes Iranian targets despite Trump urging Netanyahu to hold fire
The strikes against military targets in western and central Iran came hours after Iran fired a salvo of missiles at Israeli targets, raising the possibility of a return to heavy fighting and complicating mediation efforts to end the war. ⌘ Read more

‘I call the shots’: Trump urges Netanyahu not to strike back after Iran missile barrage
Iran has launched missiles at Israel in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, raising the possibility of a return to heavy fighting and complicating mediation efforts to end the war. ⌘ Read more

The attack on Israel is an astonishing demonstration of Iranian bravado in this ‘fiasco’ of a war
By firing salvos of missiles at Israel, Iran’s leaders are rolling the dice on punitive retaliation – but it could soon turn to folly. ⌘ Read more

‘Grave mistake’: Iran launches missiles at Israel in first such attack in months
US President Donald Trump reportedly said he would call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and press him not to retaliate to the Iranian bombardment, which was prompted by earlier Israeli strikes on Beirut. ⌘ Read more

‘Grave mistake’: Iran launches missiles at Israel in first such attack in months
US President Donald Trump reportedly said he would call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and press him not to retaliate to the Iranian bombardment, which was prompted by earlier Israeli strikes on Beirut. ⌘ Read more

Iran launches missiles at Israel in first such attack since April ceasefire
US President Donald Trump reportedly said he would call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and press him not to retaliate to the Iranian bombardment, which was prompted by earlier Israeli strikes on Beirut. ⌘ Read more

Iran launched missiles at Israel in first such attack since April ceasefire
Tehran had warned of retaliation after Israel on Sunday struck Beirut’s southern suburbs without warning, in defiance of Washington’s request days ago to stand down. ⌘ Read more

Iran launched missiles at Israel in first such attack since April ceasefire
Tehran had warned of retaliation after Israel on Sunday struck Beirut’s southern suburbs without warning, in defiance of Washington’s request days ago to stand down. ⌘ Read more

Israel says Iran launched missiles at it in first such attack since April ceasefire
Tehran had warned of retaliation after Israel on Sunday struck Beirut’s southern suburbs in defiance of Washington’s request days ago to stand down ⌘ Read more

Tributes for ‘adored’ spearfisher killed in WA shark attack
The man killed in a suspected shark attack off Western Australia’s south coast has been identified as 35-year-old Daniel Turpin. ⌘ Read more

Ruby’s Bundler adds a cooldown feature
Version\
4.0.13 of Ruby’s Bundler
package-manager has added\
dependency cooldowns in order to help mitigate the effect of
supply-chain attacks:

Most supply-chain attacks against RubyGems exploit a narrow window:
an account is compromised, a malicious version ships, and any
bundle install in the minutes that follow resolves
str … ⌘ Read more

New IronWorm Malware Hits 36 Packages In npm Supply-Chain Attack
A new npm supply-chain attack has infected 36 packages with Rust-based infostealer malware called IronWorm. According to BleepingComputer, the malware “targets 86 environment variables (key-value pairs) and 20 credential files that may contain OpenAI, AWS, Anthropic, and npm credentials, vault configuration files, SSH keys, and Exodus cryptocurrenc … ⌘ Read more

Quentin Tarantino Calls Hollywood a ‘Flavorless Sausage Factory,’ Praises 1 Movie
Quentin Tarantino just torched modern Hollywood, but one recent movie earned his rare stamp of approval. The legendary director shared his unfiltered thoughts on the current state of filmmaking. Further, he revealed the single film that actually impressed him. Quentin Tarantino blasts modern Hollywood Quentin Tarantino has harshly criticized the current state of Hollywood in […]

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Android Gets Fake Call Detection That Uses RCS
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Google: Phone by Google wants to combat the “growing threat of impersonation scams” and protect Android users against “sophisticated, AI-powered deepfake attacks” with fake call detection. […] Fake call detection requires that both parties are on Android and use the Phone by Google app, while Google Messages and Google Contacts also … ⌘ Read more

Archive 81’s Nick Pasqual Gets 32 Years to Life Sentence for Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend
Nick Pasqual, known for appearances in Archive 81 and How I Met Your Mother, has been sentenced to 32 years to life in prison in connection with the 2024 stabbing of Hollywood makeup artist Allie Shehorn. Shehorn survived the attack after being stabbed multiple times. Nick Pasqual gets life sentence for stabbing ex-girlfriend more than […]

The post [Archive 81’s Nick Pasqual Gets 32 Years … ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.2 Proceeding To Deprecate AF_ALG Due To “Massive Attack Surface”, Drops Offloading
The Linux kernel’s AF_ALG interface for user-space applications to directly access the Linux kernel’s built-in cryptographic engine is proceeding with a quick deprecation cycle due to a “massive attack surface” with increased vulnerabilities coming to light due to AI/LLM-based tooling… ⌘ Read more

Leo’s first encyclical attacks technological messianism
Article URL: https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/05/28/leos-first-encyclical-attacks-technological-messianism

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334710

Points: 8

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The GOP’s Attacks on James Talarico Are Straight Out of the Incel Handbook
Claims about low testosterone and false accusations of veganism might play well to the online far-right, but will they win an election? ⌘ Read more

Scammers Are Using Your Real Hotel Reservations to Trick You With Spear-Phishing Attacks
Customer data from more than 350 hotels around the world may have been accessed as part of realistic reservation-hijacking scams. ⌘ Read more

Greens attack Government over claimed $1.4b carbon auction shortfall
The Green Party says a string of failed carbon auctions has left a $1.4 billion fiscal hole because the Government was banking on the revenue they would generate.

Of 10 carbon auctions held between December 2023 and March this year, only auctions in March and December 2024 actually cleared. ⌘ Read more

The AI Era Is Creating a Bug Hunting Arms Race
As attackers ramp up their AI exploit development, the search for software vulnerabilities is changing rapidly. ⌘ Read more