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Law enforcement shuts down botnet made of tens of thousands of hacked routers

An international law enforcement operation shut down a service called SocksEscort, which allegedly helped cybercriminals all over the world launch ransomware and DDoS attacks, as well as distribute ch...

TechCrunch • Mar 12, 2026 • Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Technology Mar 12, 2026

A writer is suing Grammarly for turning her and other authors into ‘AI editors’ without consent

Journalist Julia Angwin is leading a class action lawsuit against Grammarly for violating her privacy and publicity righ...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Show HN: OneCLI – Vault for AI Agents in Rust

We built OneCLI because AI agents are being given raw API keys. And it's going about as well as you'd expect. We figure...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Reversing memory loss via gut-brain communication

Article URL: https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/03/gut-brain-cognitive-decline.html Comments URL: https://news...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Google’s TV Streamer 4K doubles as a smart home hub and it’s on sale

Between March Madness and the Oscars, now might be a good time to improve your TV setup. Google’s TV Streamer 4K is cu...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Tesla becomes a utility in the UK, setting up showdown with Octopus Energy

The new Tesla Energy Ventures division was approved by Ofgem to sell electricity directly to customers.

Technology Mar 12, 2026

How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks

Amid a paralyzing breach of medical tech firm Stryker, the group has come to represent Iran's use of “hacktivism” as...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

'AI is African intelligence': The workers who train AI are fighting back

https://archive.ph/yS8xb Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47353019 Points: 5 # Comments: 1

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Apple's MacBook Neo makes repairs easier and cheaper than other MacBooks

Neo is the first MacBook in a long time with an easily replaceable keyboard. ...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Anthropic’s Claude AI can respond with charts, diagrams, and other visuals now

Anthropic's latest update to Claude will allow the AI chatbot to generate custom charts, diagrams, and other visualizati...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Claude now creates interactive charts, diagrams and visualizations

Article URL: https://claude.com/blog/claude-builds-visuals Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47352751 ...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

The Met Releases High-Def 3D Scans of 140 Famous Art Objects

Article URL: https://www.openculture.com/2026/03/the-met-releases-high-definition-3d-scans-of-140-famous-art-objects.ht...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

WolfIP: Lightweight TCP/IP stack with no dynamic memory allocations

Article URL: https://github.com/wolfssl/wolfip Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47352385 Points: 13 #...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Lf-lean: The frontier of verified software engineering

Article URL: https://theorem.dev/blog/lf-lean/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47352353 Points: 5 # ...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Atlassian CEO: AI doesn't replace people here, but we're firing them anyway

Article URL: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Atlassian-CEO-AI-doesn-t-replace-people-here-but-we-re-firing-them-anyway-112...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Italian prosecutors seek trial for Amazon, 4 execs in alleged $1.4B tax evasion

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/italian-prosecutors-seek-trial-amazon-four-execs-over-alleged-14-bln-tax-eva...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/colon-cancer-leading-deaths Comments URL: https://news.yco...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

US- and Greek-owned tankers ablaze after Iran claims 'underwater drone' strike

Article URL: https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1156592/US--and-Greek-owned-tankers-ablaze-after-Iran-claims-underwater-drone...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

The Road Not Taken: A World Where IPv4 Evolved

Article URL: https://owl.billpg.com/ipv4x/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47352236 Points: 4 # Comm...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Asia rolls out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis caused by Iran war

Article URL: https://fortune.com/2026/03/11/iran-war-fuel-crisis-asia-work-from-home-closed-schools-price-caps/ Comment...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Meta exec hopes VR teens will stick around

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Gumloop lands $50M from Benchmark to turn every employee into an AI agent builder

Benchmark’s new patner Everett Randell, sees enterprise automation as the largest opportunity in AI.

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Microsoft’s head of experiences and devices is retiring, triggering a shakeup

Rajesh Jha, executive vice president of Microsoft's experiences and devices group, is retiring after more than 35 years ...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

PEGI’s new age ratings will restrict FC 27 to kids over 16

The Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) body previously assigned its age ratings based on the presence of sex, drugs, v...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Alexa+ gets a new ‘adults only’ personality option that curses but won’t get into NSFW content

The new Sassy style can curse and roast you, but the fun ends there.

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Valve compares its loot boxes to Labubus in lawsuit defense

Steam maker says settling the case would be easier but would set a bad precedent. ...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

WordPress launches an in-browser website creator

WordPress.org is launching a new tool that lets you create a private website directly in your browser, according to an a...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Wonderful raises $150M Series B at $2B valuation

The funding round, led by Insight Partners, comes just four months after Wonderful raised a $100 million Series A.

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Rivian R2 launch: Here’s what $57,990 gets you

Two years after revealing what its affordable next-generation EV would look like, Rivian has shared all of the pricing, ...

Technology Mar 12, 2026

Rivian reveals pricing and trim details for its R2 SUV

The midsize AWD EV goes on sale this spring, single-motor versions in 2027. ...