THE HACKER NEWS

campuscodi
2 hours ago
Codex Hacked a Samsung TV
We gave Codex a foothold. It popped a root shell....
A DAY AGO
UPMOSTLY
Do you even need a database?
4 DAYS AGO
CYCLOPEANUTOPIA
Fixing a monitor that goes black, off or blinks due to static electricity (2023)
A DAY AGO
SPECKX
God sleeps in the minerals
zanbezi
25 minutes ago
€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key accessing Gemini APIs
Hello, We are looking for guidance regarding an unexpected €54,000+ Gemini API charge that occurred within a few hours after enabling Firebase AI Logic on an existing Firebase project. Background: We created the project over a year ago and initially used it only for Firebase Authentication. Recently, we added a simple AI feature (generating a web snippet from a text prompt) and enabled Firebase AI Logic. What happened: Shortly after enabling this, we experienced a sudden and extreme spike i...
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svee
6 hours ago
RamAIn (YC W26) Is Hiring
RamAIn builds the world's fastest computer-use agents for enterprise work. We're a YC W26 company on a mission to eliminate repetitive, manual workflows by training AI agents that operate le...
Brajeshwar
19 hours ago
Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data
In 2025, Google gave Amandla Thomas-Johnson's data to ICE without giving him the chance to challenge the subpoena, breaking a nearly decade-long promise to notify users before handing their ...
phantomathkg
10 hours ago
Tailscale-rs: Official Rust library for embedding Tailscale
We've launched an experimental Rust library for Tailscale via tsnet. Help test tailscale-rs and shape it with your feedback....
PaulHoule
4 days ago
The Death of Character in Game Console Interfaces
A eulogy for the console soul....
sebg
4 days ago
Fast and Easy Levenshtein distance using a Trie (2011)
<img src="http://stevehanov.ca/blog/images/acer.jpg"/> If you have a web site with a search function, you will rapidly realize that most mortals are terrible typists. Many searches contain m...
amichail
20 hours ago
CRISPR takes important step toward silencing Down syndrome’s extra chromosome
Scientists have taken an important step toward a gene therapy that could one day turn off the extra genetic material that causes Down syndrome (DS). Down syndrome is a genetic condition caus...
dbreunig
2 days ago
Cybersecurity looks like proof of work now
Is security spending more tokens than your attacker?...
https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/04/14/cybersecurity-is-proof-of-work-now.html
WaitWaitWha
10 hours ago
Stealth signals are bypassing Iran’s internet blackout
Files hidden in satellite TV broadcasts keep information flowing...
birdculture
a day ago
Direct Win32 API, weird-shaped windows, and why they mostly disappeared
The nice thing about Win32 is that it does not try to talk you out of any of this. It just gives you the messages, the handles, the drawing APIs, and enough rope to ......