Updated Apr 7, 2026
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As aircraft losses mount, Pentagon wants a software fix to see through the fog of war
The Defense Department is looking to update how older planes see each other and absorb data.
Every GPU That Mattered
Article URL: https://sheets.works/data-viz/every-gpu Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47672295 Points: 9 # Comments: 2
Some iPhone Apps Receive Mysterious Update 'From Apple'
Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/06/iphone-apps-from-apple-update/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47671527 Points: 37 # Comments: 7
China-Linked Storm-1175 Exploits Zero-Days to Rapidly Deploy Medusa Ransomware
A China-based threat actor known for deploying Medusa ransomware has been linked to the weaponization of a combination of zero-day and N-day vulnerabilities to orchestrate "high-velocity" attacks and break into susceptible internet-facing systems. "The threat actor's high operational tempo
Flowise AI Agent Builder Under Active CVSS 10.0 RCE Exploitation; 12,000+ Instances Exposed
Threat actors are exploiting a maximum-severity security flaw in Flowise, an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform, according to new findings from VulnCheck. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-59528 (CVSS score: 10.0), a code injection vulnerability that could result in remot
Structural Segmentation of the Minimum Set Cover Problem: Exploiting Universe Decomposability for Metaheuristic Optimization
arXiv:2604.03234v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The Minimum Set Cover Problem (MSCP) is a classical NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem with numerous applications in science and engineering. Although a wide range of exact, approximate, and metaheuristic approaches have been proposed, most me
IC3-Evolve: Proof-/Witness-Gated Offline LLM-Driven Heuristic Evolution for IC3 Hardware Model Checking
arXiv:2604.03232v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: IC3, also known as property-directed reachability (PDR), is a commonly-used algorithm for hardware safety model checking. It checks if a state transition system complies with a given safety property. IC3 either returns UNSAFE (indicating property viol
General Atomics pauses drone wingman flight tests after crash
The company is competing for the Air Force’s collaborative combat aircraft.
General Atomics CCA drone wingman prototype crashes in California
The company said a mishap occurred “following takeoff” today.
White House wants to downsize DHS inspector general office
The proposed fiscal year 2027 spending package would trim funding of the key oversight unit at a time when calls for accountability and transparency at DHS are mounting. The post White House wants to downsize DHS inspector general office appeared first on FedScoop.
U.S. deployed ‘armada’ with more than 150 aircraft to recover downed aviator in Iran
Gen. Dan Caine said American search-and-rescue personnel in Iran were protected overhead by tactical drones, strike aircraft and other assets. The post U.S. deployed ‘armada’ with more than 150 aircraft to recover downed aviator in Iran appeared first on DefenseScoop.
Israel to sell PULS systems to Greece for $750 million
The deal between the two countries includes dozens of launchers and rockets.
Air Force wants almost $1B to buy first CCA drones in 2027
If approved by lawmakers, the Air Force's budget request would kick off procurement of CCA Increment 1. The post Air Force wants almost $1B to buy first CCA drones in 2027 appeared first on DefenseScoop.
GSA sticks with plan to use agencies’ leftover money to fund TMF in 2027
GSA said it's committed to exploring alternative funding models to keep the TMF sustainable. The post GSA sticks with plan to use agencies’ leftover money to fund TMF in 2027 appeared first on FedScoop.
Greece inks $750M deal with Israel for Elbit’s PULS Rocket Artillery Systems
Greece and Israel have become increasingly close partners in the Eastern Mediterranean in recent years.
New Mexico’s Meta Ruling and Encryption
Mike Masnick points out that the recent New Mexico court ruling against Meta has some bad implications for end-to-end encryption, and security in general: If the “design choices create liability” framework seems worrying in the abstract, the New Mexico case provides a concrete example o
AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS DevOps Agent & Security Agent GA, Product Lifecycle updates, and more (April 6, 2026)
Last week, I visited AWS Hong Kong User Group with my team. Hong Kong has a small but strong community, and their energy and passion are high. They recently started a new AI user group, and we hope more people will join. I was able to strengthen my bond with the community through great food […]
Retirement Security: Most Defined Contribution Plans Do Not Require Spousal Consent to Remove Funds and Doing So Would Involve Trade-offs
What GAO Found Millions of married Americans save for retirement by participating in a defined contribution plan, such as a 401(k). While most plans require spousal consent for beneficiary changes, few require it to remove funds (e.g., take a loan, withdrawal, or distribution). For example, money p
Google Wants to Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography by 2029
Google says that it will fully transition to post-quantum cryptography by 2029. I think this is a good move, not because I think we will have a useful quantum computer anywhere near that year, but because crypto-agility is always a good thing. Slashdot thread.
France pulls last gold held in US for $15B gain
Article URL: https://www.mining.com/france-pulls-last-gold-held-in-us-for-15b-gain/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658146 Points: 41 # Comments: 21
BKA Identifies REvil Leaders Behind 130 German Ransomware Attacks
Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (aka BKA or the Bundeskriminalamt) has unmasked the real identity of the main threat actors associated with the now-defunct REvil (aka Sodinokibi) ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation. The threat actor, who went by the alias UNKN, functioned as a represen
Drop, formerly Massdrop, ends most collaborations and rebrands under Corsair
Article URL: https://drop.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47656981 Points: 11 # Comments: 1
Holos: A Web-Scale LLM-Based Multi-Agent System for the Agentic Web
arXiv:2604.02334v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As large language models (LLM)-driven agents transition from isolated task solvers to persistent digital entities, the emergence of the Agentic Web, an ecosystem where heterogeneous agents autonomously interact and co-evolve, marks a pivotal shift tow
Convolutional Surrogate for 3D Discrete Fracture-Matrix Tensor Upscaling
arXiv:2604.02335v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Modeling groundwater flow in three-dimensional fractured crystalline media requires accounting for strong spatial heterogeneity induced by fractures. Fine-scale discrete fracture-matrix (DFM) simulations can capture this complexity but are computation
Generating Counterfactual Patient Timelines from Real-World Data
arXiv:2604.02337v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Counterfactual simulation - exploring hypothetical consequences under alternative clinical scenarios - holds promise for transformative applications such as personalized medicine and in silico trials. However, it remains challenging due to methodologi
Xpertbench: Expert Level Tasks with Rubrics-Based Evaluation
arXiv:2604.02368v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As Large Language Models (LLMs) exhibit plateauing performance on conventional benchmarks, a pivotal challenge persists: evaluating their proficiency in complex, open-ended tasks characterizing genuine expert-level cognition. Existing frameworks suffe
$285 Million Drift Hack Traced to Six-Month DPRK Social Engineering Operation
Drift has revealed that the April 1, 2026, attack that led to the theft of $285 million was the culmination of a months-long targeted and meticulously planned social engineering operation undertaken by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) that began in the fall of 202
Lisette a little language inspired by Rust that compiles to Go
Article URL: https://lisette.run/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47646843 Points: 18 # Comments: 7
Aegis – open-source FPGA silicon
Article URL: https://github.com/MidstallSoftware/aegis Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47646472 Points: 11 # Comments: 0
36 Malicious npm Packages Exploited Redis, PostgreSQL to Deploy Persistent Implants
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 36 malicious packages in the npm registry that are disguised as Strapi CMS plugins but come with different payloads to facilitate Redis and PostgreSQL exploitation, deploy reverse shells, harvest credentials, and drop a persistent implant. "Every packag
Fortinet Patches Actively Exploited CVE-2026-35616 in FortiClient EMS
Fortinet has released out-of-band patches for a critical security flaw impacting FortiClient EMS that it said has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-35616 (CVSS score: 9.1), has been described as a pre-authentication API access bypass leading to privile
Emotion concepts and their function in a large language model
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/research/emotion-concepts-function Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47636435 Points: 39 # Comments: 27
Scientists are working on "everything vaccines"
Article URL: https://economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/04/01/scientists-are-working-on-everything-vaccines Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47636203 Points: 18 # Comments: 14
Budget would cut Pentagon research by one-third. Can industry compensate?
Tech firms are more willing to spend their own money on R&D.
Navy shipbuilding request rises nearly 50% in 2027 proposal
The White House aims to fund nearly 20 warships plus initial work on a battleship class.
White House sets $75.7B topline IT budget for fiscal 2027
The spending request, which excludes the Pentagon’s massive IT budget, is up from the $67.9 billion the Office of Management and Budget earmarked for tech in the current fiscal year. The post White House sets $75.7B topline IT budget for fiscal 2027 appeared first on FedScoop.
Golden Dome, out-years and lots of missiles: Details of Trump’s $1.5T defense budget request
Everything you need to know about the record setting fiscal 2027 defense budget request.
FAA at higher risk of cyberattack given lagging security, transparency, watchdog finds
The Department of Transportation’s inspector general office identified governance gaps during an audit of the high-impact systems powering the National Airspace System. The post FAA at higher risk of cyberattack given lagging security, transparency, watchdog finds appeared first on FedScoop.
Friday Squid Blogging: Jurassic Fish Chokes on Squid
Here’s a fossil of a 150-million year old fish that choked to death on a belemnite rostrum: the hard, internal shell of an extinct, squid-like animal. Original paper. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog mo
Amazon Bedrock Guardrails supports cross-account safeguards with centralized control and management
Organizational safeguards are now generally available in Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, enabling centralized enforcement and management of safety controls across multiple AWS accounts within an AWS Organization.
Feinberg’s new Maven directive sets AI-enabled decision-making as ‘the cornerstone’ for CJADC2
Less than a month after the edict's release, experts said the full implications of this major transition remain unclear. The post Feinberg’s new Maven directive sets AI-enabled decision-making as ‘the cornerstone’ for CJADC2 appeared first on DefenseScoop.
EXCLUSIVE: SDA’s Sandhoo likely to lead Space Force Missile Warning & Tracking portfolio
It is unclear whether Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo will keep his role as SDA acting director under a double-hat, but one industry source said that is the most likely solution at least in the near term.
China-Linked TA416 Targets European Governments with PlugX and OAuth-Based Phishing
A China-aligned threat actor has set its sights on European government and diplomatic organizations since mid-2025, following a two-year period of minimal targeting in the region. The campaign has been attributed to TA416, a cluster of activity that overlaps with DarkPeony, RedDe
Chandra Donelson departs as Space Force CDAO
Donelson has served as the Space Force's CDAO since 2023, and previously held roles at the Army and U.S. Central Command. The post Chandra Donelson departs as Space Force CDAO appeared first on DefenseScoop.
Microsoft Details Cookie-Controlled PHP Web Shells Persisting via Cron on Linux Servers
Threat actors are increasingly using HTTP cookies as a control channel for PHP-based web shells on Linux servers and to achieve remote code execution, according to findings from the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team. "Instead of exposing command execution through URL parameters or
Company that Secretly Records and Publishes Zoom Meetings
WebinarTV searches the internet for public Zoom invites, joins the meetings, secretly records them, and publishes (alternate link) the recordings. It doesn’t use the Zoom record feature, so Zoom can’t do anything about it.
Federal Debt Management: Treasury Is Meeting Borrowing Needs but the Deteriorating Fiscal Outlook Poses Risks
What GAO Found Since fiscal year 2014, the Department of the Treasury has increased the size and frequency of its debt auctions to finance persistent government deficits and refinance existing debt. In fiscal year 2025, Treasury held 444 auctions of bills, notes, and bonds to borrow $1.9 trillion f
A Rave Review of Superpowers (For Claude Code)
Article URL: https://emschwartz.me/a-rave-review-of-superpowers-for-claude-code/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47623101 Points: 12 # Comments: 0
‘It’s drones fighting drones’: Ukrainian officer offers inside look at roboticized war
A counter-drone leader describes front lines where humans hide, machines collaborate, and survival depends on adapting in real time.
Sven: Singular Value Descent as a Computationally Efficient Natural Gradient Method
arXiv:2604.01279v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce Sven (Singular Value dEsceNt), a new optimization algorithm for neural networks that exploits the natural decomposition of loss functions into a sum over individual data points, rather than reducing the full loss to a single scalar before
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