China’s EV Market Is Imploding
An anonymous reader shares a report: The Chinese electric car has become a symbol of the country’s seemingly unstoppable rise on the world stage. Many observers point to their growing popularity as evidence that China is winning the race to dominate new technologies. But in China, these electric cars represent something entirely different: the profound threats that Beijing’s meddling in markets poses to both China … ⌘ Read more
I lost all three cats to a fire last night ⌘ Read more
Google To Allow ‘Experienced Users’ To Install Unverified Android Apps
Google says it will build a new “advanced flow” to allow experienced users to install Android apps from unverified developers, easing up on restrictions it proposed in late August. The company said earlier that Android would block such installations starting next year. The new flow will include clear warnings about security risks but wil … ⌘ Read more
MCP Horror Stories: The WhatsApp Data Exfiltration Attack
This is Part 5 of our MCP Horror Stories series, where we examine real-world security incidents that highlight the critical vulnerabilities threatening AI infrastructure and demonstrate how Docker’s comprehensive AI security platform provides protection against these threats. Model Context Protocol (MCP) promises seamless integration between AI agents and communication platforms like WhatsApp, enabling automated message… ⌘ Read more
NVIDIA CUDA 13.0 U2 Brings DGX Spark Performance Improvements
CUDA 13.0 Update 2 is now available as the latest incremental improvement to NVIDIA’s compute stack… ⌘ Read more
Apple Begins Selling Some Third-Party Accessories in ‘Dark Cherry’ Color
Apple has teamed up with a handful of accessory makers to offer charging stands, cables, a power bank, a laptop sleeve, and more in a Dark Cherry color.
The range of Dark Cherry accessories were added to Apple’s online store this week in the U.S. and many other countries, with delivery and in-store pickup available.
Participating brand … ⌘ Read more
Ukraine confirms use of Flamingo missiles in strikes on Crimea, Zaporizhzhia, targets inside Russia ⌘ Read more
Iceland Deems Possible Atlantic Current Collapse A Security Risk
Iceland has formally classified the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security threat, warning that a disruption could trigger a modern-day ice age in Northern Europe and destabilize global weather systems. The move elevates the risk across government and enables it to strategize for worst-case scenarios. Reut … ⌘ Read more
When I absolutely need a connection for my demo and my hotspot won’t work ⌘ Read more
Superquiz, Friday, November 14
Trivia buffs, test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz. ⌘ Read more
Seven men charged after investigation into child sexual exploitation in Bristol ⌘ Read more
Poppy sitting on the couch like he pays the mortgage ⌘ Read more
NATO Flexes Airpower as US B-52 Practices Strike Runs Near Russia’s Doorstep ⌘ Read more
Ancient silver goblet preserves oldest known image of cosmic creation
The images hammered into the sides of a goblet found in Palestine give us an idea of what people living more than 4000 years ago imagined the creation of the cosmos looked like ⌘ Read more
When the intern tells me he just tweaked a little thing ⌘ Read more
Brazil cried his first day home. Second day (2nd pic) was… different 😹😼 ⌘ Read more
Hack Club has been handling children’s data for 4 years without a privacy policy
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RadeonSI OpenGL Mesh Shader Support Is Now Completed For Mesa 26.0
For next quarter’s Mesa 26.0 release, the AMD RadeonSI Gallium3D driver will present OpenGL mesh shaders support. It’s been a long journey from the GL_EXT_mesh_shader extension being crafted and merged to wiring up the Mesa driver support while now it’s in place for the AMD Radeon Linux graphics driver… ⌘ Read more
Woman charged with murdering partner’s mother in Sydney home
The 50-year-old was charged following an autopsy of Irene Selmes, 84, which allegedly showed she had suffered significant injuries before her death. ⌘ Read more
Intel Now Confirms Nova Lake Will Support AVX10.2 & APX Extensions
Recently when Intel contributed Nova Lake support for LLVM/Clang and the GCC compiler support there was not any AVX10 or APX support contrary to rumors and expectations. Intel has now published a new programming reference manual where they now confirm Nova Lake will in fact support AVX10.2 and APX… ⌘ Read more
Green falls short of Shield century
Cameron Green is given out lbw on 94 in Western Australia’s clash with Queensland. ⌘ Read more
Editor’s Note: Security Human Validation
Stephan A. Schwartz, Editor - Schwartzreport
_Stephan: Even though we had several levels of security already installed, SR has been experiencing so many hacking attacks that it was getting difficult to publish it because the attacks kept screwing up the application we use to produce SR. So Beth Alexander, my wonderful web manager of many years, consulted with security specialists, and they told her we needed to add a human verification first … ⌘ Read more
Who sacked Gough Whitlam? Take the Brisbane Times Quiz
Test your knowledge of current events and earth-shattering anniversaries with the weekly trivia challenge. ⌘ Read more
Canonical To Now Provide Up To 15 Years Commercial Support For Ubuntu LTS Releases
Canonical announced today the expansion of the legacy add-on for Ubuntu Pro to provide total coverage of Ubuntu LTS releases up to 15 years… ⌘ Read more
Why it’s so hard to bust the weather control conspiracy theory
Dave Levitan, Climate Science Writer - MIT Technology Review
_Stephan: ”king” Trump, his administration, and his Congressional vassals are doing nothing about preparing for the ongoing climate change crisis, whose crescendo is estimated to be about 14 years from now. Instead, they seek to entrap the United States in carbon energy to serve the oligarchs who have funded Trump and the Republican Congr … ⌘ Read more
Private hospital fails in bid to block new medical centre
Work is expected to start in January on a new medical centre across the road from Queensland’s largest private hospital, which lost its Supreme Court appeal this week to stop it being built. ⌘ Read more
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
MARK SHERMAN, Supreme Court Reporter - Associated Press
_Stephan: The Epstein Trump pedophilia story has taken over the media, so I want to focus on some other major stories getting very little media attention. This is some good news, surprising in a way, given the MAGAt majority that dominates the Supreme Court. The good news is that the C … ⌘ Read more
‘No way we’re going back’: Canadians are flying just about anywhere but the US
Ewan Gleadow, Staff Writer - Raw Story
_Stephan: The damage “king” Trump has done to the wellbeing of the United States is historic, and it particularly stands out in international relationships. Canadians, Europeans, Chinese, and others aren’t choosing to visit. It has affected the tourism business, the importation by other nations of American goods, and the importat … ⌘ Read more
WA MPs on notice to behave better in parliament
The speaker has laid down the law after a string of outbursts, including a Nazi slur. ⌘ Read more
Common cents: US Mint to press its final penny
Associated Press Reporters, - Associated Press
Stephan: No more pennies. After 232 years, the little copper coins we have handled all our lives will cease to be coined. Here are the facts.
A die for a penny press is seen at the US Mint in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Credit: Matt Slocum / APThe US Mint in [Philadelphia](htt … ⌘ Read more
Analysing Hitler’s DNA for a TV gimmick tells us nothing useful
To understand Adolf Hitler, we need to look at his personal life and the wider societal and historical context - analysing his DNA for a TV gimmick tells us nothing, says Michael Le Page ⌘ Read more
The President told how Ukraine plans to spend the frozen assets of the Russian Federation: It will be a loss for Putin ⌘ Read more
Russian assets most effective way to finance Ukraine, von der Leyen says ⌘ Read more
Why aren’t young people having sex any more?
Sexual activity in young people is on the decline, but why? And what’s more, should we be worried about what this means for society and the future of the human race? ⌘ Read more
Alien: Earth Renewed For Second Season
FX has renewed Alien: Earth for a second season and signed creator Noah Hawley to a massive nine-figure overall deal with Disney Entertainment Television. Deadline reports: Inspired by Ridley Scott’s sci-fi thriller film Alien, Hawley adapted the film franchise for television with the strong support of Scott Free and its president, David W. Zucker, who is an executive producer of the serie … ⌘ Read more
A ruddy brilliant career
While mother dismisses the Dismissal. ⌘ Read more
No idea why. But Jerry likes to sit like this ⌘ Read more
Putin’s Russia preparing for “big war” soon, Ukraine warns ⌘ Read more
Checkout.com hacked, refuses ransom payment, donates to security labs
Article URL: https://www.checkout.com/blog/protecting-our-merchants-standing-up-to-extortion
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45912698
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China’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ Diplomacy Returns With Threat Against Japan’s Leader
A Chinese diplomat’s call to cut off the prime minister’s “filthy neck” signaled a revival of a combative style Beijing had tried to dial back. ⌘ Read more
‘Throw-away-the-key’ approach is no solution
Readers continue to respond to the state government’s proposal to jail young offenders, and the Coalition’s position on climate policy. ⌘ Read more
When the database takes 10 minutes to respond ⌘ Read more
Explosions in Russia’s Oryol Oblast following reported Ukrainian missile and drone attacks ⌘ Read more
One last chance to see spectacular aurora light show across Australia
If you missed the southern lights, experts say there’s still a chance sky watchers could be dazzled on Thursday night. ⌘ Read more
Ignore these neo-Nazis at our peril: Evil left unchallenged will be normalised
They lie and hijack the ANZAC legend while defiling the memory of almost 40,000 Australians who died fighting Nazi Germany. ⌘ Read more
Police probe child sex offender’s employment at petting zoo café
Police are investigating after a 9News investigation revealed a child sex offender was working in a popular south-east Queensland petting zoo café. ⌘ Read more
Zelenskiy Says Ukraine’s Survival Rests on New Funds From Allies ⌘ Read more