Guy builds AI driven hardware hacker arm from duct tape, old cam and CNC machine
https://github.com/gainsec/autoprober
https://github.com/gainsec/autoprober
GitHub
GitHub - GainSec/AutoProber: Hardware hacker’s flying probe automation stack for agent-driven target discovery, microscope mapping…
Hardware hacker’s flying probe automation stack for agent-driven target discovery, microscope mapping, safety-monitored CNC motion, probe review, and controlled pin probing. - GainSec/AutoProber
New unsealed records reveal Amazon's price-fixing tactics, California AG claims
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/16/amazon-price-fixing-california-lawsuit
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/16/amazon-price-fixing-california-lawsuit
the Guardian
Newly unsealed records reveal Amazon’s price-fixing tactics, California attorney general claims
Exclusive: A trove of previously redacted documents was filed as part of the tech giant’s anti-trust battle with the state of California. Amazon denies it engages in price-fixing
U.S. to Create High-Tech Manufacturing Zone in Philippines
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/u-s-to-create-high-tech-manufacturing-zone-in-philippines-017c1668
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/u-s-to-create-high-tech-manufacturing-zone-in-philippines-017c1668
The Wall Street Journal
Exclusive | U.S. to Create High-Tech Manufacturing Zone in Philippines
The hub will aim to forge China-proof supply chains with automated factories and local resources.
George Orwell Predicted the Rise of "AI Slop" in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/how-george-orwell-predicted-the-rise-of-ai-slop.html
https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/how-george-orwell-predicted-the-rise-of-ai-slop.html
Open Culture
How George Orwell Predicted the Rise of “AI Slop” in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
We've lived but a few years so far into the age when artificial intelligence can produce convincing stories, songs, essays, poems, novels, and even films.
Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon's growing reliance on SpaceX
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/starlink-outage-hit-drone-tests-exposing-pentagons-growing-reliance-spacex-2026-04-16/
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/starlink-outage-hit-drone-tests-exposing-pentagons-growing-reliance-spacex-2026-04-16/
Reuters
Exclusive: Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX
Last August, U.S. Navy officials carrying out a test of unmanned vessels realized they had hit a single point of failure: Starlink. A global outage across Elon Musk’s satellite network affecting millions of Starlink users had left two dozen unmanned surface…
Show HN: Spice simulation → oscilloscope → verification with Claude Code
https://lucasgerads.com/blog/lecroy-mcp-spice-demo/
https://lucasgerads.com/blog/lecroy-mcp-spice-demo/
Lucasgerads
SPICE simulation → oscilloscope → verification with Claude Code — Lucas Gerads
A demo combining LeCroy oscilloscope control, SPICE simulation, and Claude Code.
Substrate AI Is Hiring Harness Engineers
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/substrate/jobs/QJU9023-harness-engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/substrate/jobs/QJU9023-harness-engineer
Y Combinator
Harness Engineer at Substrate | Y Combinator
About Substrate
Substrate (www.substrate.cc) is building the world’s first AI native BPO, starting with healthcare RCM. We’re focused on
helping healthcare enterprises like physician groups, EMR providers, and BPOs accelerate AR, and get reimbursed quickly…
Substrate (www.substrate.cc) is building the world’s first AI native BPO, starting with healthcare RCM. We’re focused on
helping healthcare enterprises like physician groups, EMR providers, and BPOs accelerate AR, and get reimbursed quickly…
Discourse Is Not Going Closed Source
https://blog.discourse.org/2026/04/discourse-is-not-going-closed-source/
https://blog.discourse.org/2026/04/discourse-is-not-going-closed-source/
Discourse
Discourse is Not Going Closed Source
Cal.com just closed their source code, arguing AI has made open source too dangerous. After 13 years of building Discourse in public, we're staying open. Here's why.
Bluesky has been dealing with a DDoS attack for nearly a full day
https://www.theverge.com/tech/913638/bluesky-has-been-dealing-with-a-ddos-attack-for-nearly-a-full-day
https://www.theverge.com/tech/913638/bluesky-has-been-dealing-with-a-ddos-attack-for-nearly-a-full-day
The Verge
Bluesky has been dealing with a DDoS attack for nearly a full day.
As a result, users have been experiencing “intermittent interruptions in service for their feeds, notifications, threads and search,” Bluesky says. The company first got a report of “intermittent app outages” at around 2:40AM ET this morning.
Bluesky says…
Bluesky says…
FCC exempts Netgear from ban on foreign routers, doesn't explain why
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/fcc-exempts-netgear-from-ban-on-foreign-routers-doesnt-explain-why/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/fcc-exempts-netgear-from-ban-on-foreign-routers-doesnt-explain-why/
Ars Technica
FCC exempts Netgear from ban on foreign routers, doesn't explain why
Trump FCC starts handing out exemptions to its ban on foreign-made routers.
Ada, Its Design, and the Language That Built the Languages
https://www.iqiipi.com/the-quiet-colossus.html
https://www.iqiipi.com/the-quiet-colossus.html
How Silicon Valley Is Turning Scientists into Exploited Gig Workers
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ai-silicon-valley-andreesen-thiel-stem/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ai-silicon-valley-andreesen-thiel-stem/
The Nation
How Silicon Valley Is Turning Scientists Into Exploited Gig Workers
Tech elites are enriching themselves by plundering STEM institutions—and offering researchers scraps.