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133K Stars Later: What Leaked AI System Prompts Reveal About Your Tools

Apr 2

▸ A single GitHub repo has collected the full system prompts from 30+ AI tools — Cursor, Devin, Windsurf, Claude Code, Copilot, and more — and hit 133K ...

Security / Privacy Open Source AI / ML explainer

Safari's PWA Sabotage Is a Feature, Not a Bug

Apr 2
Politics / Regulation Frontend / UI clear_take

The DoD's Cybersecurity Site Can't Keep Its Own TLS Cert Valid

Apr 2
Defense / GovTech Security / Privacy clear_take

Bram Cohen Thinks Version Control Needs a Do-Over

Apr 2
DevOps / Platform Engineering Open Source explainer

Flash-MoE Fits a 397B Model Into 48GB of Mac RAM

Apr 2
Open Source AI / ML explainer

FCC Adds Foreign-Made Consumer Routers to National Security Ban List

Apr 2
Hardware / Chips Politics / Regulation Security / Privacy clear_take

Axios Compromised on NPM: Malicious Versions Shipped a RAT to Millions

Apr 1

▸ Malicious versions of the Axios HTTP client were published to NPM containing a remote access trojan that could give attackers full control of affected...

Open Source Security / Privacy breaking

CERN Runs Neural Networks in 75 Nanoseconds on Raw Silicon

Apr 1

▸ CERN's hls4ml compiles Keras/PyTorch models directly into FPGA firmware, achieving inference in 75-200 nanoseconds — roughly 1,000x faster than GPU in...

Hardware / Chips AI / ML explainer

GitHub Kills Copilot PR Ads After 1,400-Point HN Revolt

Apr 1

▸ GitHub has removed the Copilot feature that injected promotional suggestions into pull request reviews after massive developer backlash.

Security / Privacy Open Source AI / ML clear_take

Microsoft Says Copilot Is 'For Entertainment Only.' Read That Again.

Apr 1

▸ Microsoft's terms of use for Copilot for Individuals explicitly state the service is 'for entertainment purposes only' — not for professional advice o...

Politics / Regulation Career / Industry AI / ML clear_take

The White House App Ships Huawei Spyware and an ICE Tip Line

Apr 1

▸ Security researcher Sam Bent found the official White House app bundles Huawei-linked spyware components — the same vendor the US government banned fr...

Defense / GovTech Politics / Regulation Security / Privacy clear_take

A Jury Just Told Meta and YouTube Their Engagement Loops Are Negligent

Apr 1

▸ A jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in a landmark social media addiction case, the first trial verdict holding platforms legally responsible for a...

Career / Industry Politics / Regulation multiple_viewpoints

Apple Kills the Mac Pro — And Accidentally Built the AI Workstation Instead

Apr 1

▸ Apple has officially discontinued the Mac Pro, ending two decades of tower workstations with no announced successor.

Career / Industry AI / ML Hardware / Chips clear_take

Your Old Hardware Is Fine — Stop Upgrading Out of Habit

Apr 1

▸ A blog post arguing developers should resist the upgrade cycle and keep existing hardware longer is trending hard on HN with 225+ points.

Career / Industry Hardware / Chips clear_take

EU Parliament Kills Chat Control — Encryption Survives the Closest Vote Yet

Mar 31

▸ The EU Parliament voted down the Chat Control regulation that would have required messaging platforms to scan all private messages, including end-to-e...

Politics / Regulation Security / Privacy clear_take

React Fiber Isn't Private: What Cloudflare's ChatGPT Script Means for Your App

Mar 31

▸ Cloudflare's obfuscated bot-detection script on ChatGPT walks React's internal fiber tree — reading component state, props, and hooks — before allowin...

Frontend / UI Security / Privacy explainer

How the AI Bubble Actually Bursts: Not With a Bang, But a P&L

Mar 31

▸ Martin Volpe's essay argues the AI bubble won't pop from a single catastrophic failure — it unravels when enterprises can't justify the unit economics...

Startups / Launches Career / Industry AI / ML multiple_viewpoints

Claude Code Blamed for Silent Data Loss — The Real Culprit Was the Developer's Own Tool

Mar 31

▸ A developer filed a detailed bug report claiming Claude Code was running `git reset --hard origin/main` every 10 minutes, destroying uncommitted work ...

Open Source DevOps / Platform Engineering AI / ML multiple_viewpoints

Copilot's Ad Injection Isn't a Bug — It's a Business Model Preview

Mar 31

▸ A developer discovered GitHub Copilot had inserted actual promotional content into their pull request — not a hallucination, but structured advertisin...

DevOps / Platform Engineering AI / ML Security / Privacy clear_take

Apple's Bug Report Strategy: Close Everything, Make Developers Prove It Again

Mar 31

▸ Apple's Feedback Assistant periodically mass-closes bug reports unless developers manually re-verify the issue still reproduces on the latest OS versi...

DevOps / Platform Engineering Career / Industry clear_take
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