2026-08-04
Attackers Can Subliminally Implant a Backdoor at Low Sample Count Without Prompt Access
Work done at Redwood Research, quick, non-exhaustive update on results from a larger project. Thanks to @SebastianP for the initial pitch and feedback throughout and to @egan for comments on...
John Ternus Has Rehired Former Hardware VP Laura Legros
Juli Clover, MacRumors: Incoming Apple CEO John Ternus is rehiring Laura Legros, a former vice president of hardware engineering who retired from Apple in 2022, reports Bloomberg. Legros previously managed...
Doctor Who's most controversial pairing officially returning next month — but there's a catch
There are always more stories for The Doctor and their companion - and a brand-new one featuring Thirteen and Yaz is just around the corner.
2026-08-03
Big Walk ignores 'friendslop' trends, and is better for it
A co-op game for friends with attention spans.
The Information on Apple’s Unusual Use of iCloud for Confidential Work
Aaron “Homeboy” Tilley, reporting for The Information (paywalled without gift links, alas, but MacRumors has a summary): When new employees join Apple, the company often issues them an iPhone and...
Selective Identity
Generally, when you have an identity of X, you are likely to be influenced to stay within the socially acceptable boundaries of identity X. Identity boundaries can often be destructive,...
Xbox's disc-to-digital plan could start in August, new leaks say
Recent leaks provide a roadmap of Xbox's apparent disc-to-digital program, and fans could get a confirmation sooner than expected.
Why biological weapons are scary, and what we can do about it
What’s the biggest thing you think you can take in a fight? According to a YouGov poll, 6% of Americans reckoned they could beat a grizzly bear bare-handed. But lest...
God of War TV series casts Dave Bautista as new Kratos
Dave Bautista is reportedly taking over for Ryan Hurst as the new Kratos in Amazon's God of War TV show for Prime Video.
'Wait for me, my Czech friend': Japanese dev adds Czech localization just for the one Steam user who wishlisted his game in the Czech Republic
The international spirit of baseball and friendship might frown on the method, though.
How to Optimize Online Reading and Research Workflows with Effective Link Filtering Technology
Optimizing your workflow doesn't just make you faster; it makes your SEO strategies safer and significantly more effective.
“Long live Hyrule jazz!” The Z Suites is “a...
“Long live Hyrule jazz!” The Z Suites is “a modern jazz reinterpretation of the music from The Legend of Zelda”.
Google dev kit spurs first-ever agent-on-agent violence
Poisoned pull requests contain prompt injection that allows one to control another
Żabka zhackowana. Co wyciekło?
Ktoś wykradł dane z serwerów Żabki i oferuje je na sprzedaż za śmiesznie niską cenę. W dodatku rozsyła e-maile “informujące o ataku” do firm, które z Żabką współpracują i do...
What Makes You You Makes the Universe: Nobel Laureate Erwin Schrödinger on Quantum Physics, Vedanta, and the Ongoing Mystery of What We Are
"This life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of the entire existence, but is in a certain sense the whole."
Deliberate Alignment Faking as a Defense Against Model Poisoning
I want to discuss and brainstorm a counterintuitive approach to AI alignment:Inducing alignment faking on purpose, to prevent the model from developing emergent misalignment.To prevent this from going horribly wrong,...
Magic just revealed 25 wild cards in Mystery Booster Commander
Magic has some exciting new Commander cards in its new Mystery Booster product, inclding a legendary sorcery and an unlucky planeswalker.
Circuit Bending, But Make It MIDI
Circuit bending is a chaotic art. At its simplest, it can just involve making connections between random points on a circuit board to create weird sounds in musical hardware. Or,...
394 Blog Posts To Learn About Game Development
Learn everything you need to know about Game Development via these 394 free HackerNoon blog posts.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Is Officially Killing People
Two deaths were just linked to the parasite. The post The Diarrhea Lettuce Is Officially Killing People appeared first on Futurism.
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