Friday, 25 September 2026

OpenAI agent hacked Australian government website, PM says

commit-rewriter 0.2

Release: commit-rewriter 0.2 Support for branches other than the default branch. Use uvx commit-rewriter --branch other to run against anot…

Early rogue AI agent activity and attempts to hack found on urlquery.net

Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar

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Hackers influence ChatGPT and Gemini to direct users to scam centers

'That's so AI ' What gen Alpha's biggest insult tells us

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The Vercel Bug Bounty Program is now publicly available

AI-powered fuzzing with the GitHub Security Lab Taskflow Agent

In this blog post, I explain how to use the new fuzzing taskflow based on the GitHub Security Lab Taskflow Agent AI framework. The post AI-…

How Klaviyo shipped 356 internal apps in two weeks on Vercel

What if your agent's hallucinations had a budget? How to start using SLOs for agent behavior

At Grafana Labs, observability is what we do. So as we started building AI agents, we naturally reached for the same instincts we bring to…

Apple Reference Image Signs Photos at the Sensor, Moving Provenance Trust away from C2PA

Apple has published the design of Reference Image, an iPhone 18 Pro camera mode that signs pixel data at the sensor and develops it in Priv…

Fragments: September 24

Rob Bowley is “flipping tables in his head” with anger at the current media coverage of the danger of AI killing us all The risk I’m worrie…

The Life of Data: From Creation to Deletion

In this article, we are going to look at the entire data lifecycle from creation to deletion and the decisions that need to be taken at eac…

Healthy Feedback

Human collaboration, like most things, improves with feedback. But it's not obvious how to make feedback effective. Anuja Karnik and Sumeet…

Using TypeSafe’s Jev for evals in Datadog Agent Observability

See how we wired Jev into online evals on live spans and offline evals inside Datadog experiments, using a single rubric for both.

Dropbox CTO Ali Dasdan on moving from AI adoption to transformation

Meaningful AI gains depend on rethinking workflows, measuring real outcomes, and keeping human judgment at the center of how work gets done.

Amazon Now and Amazon Fresh report Rs 3,065 Cr revenue and Rs 1,158 Cr loss in FY26

Amazon’s quick commerce and grocery retail arm, Amazon Retail, which operates Amazon Now and Amazon Fresh, saw strong growth in reven…

Exclusive: Revolut customers hit by fresh security breach

Amazon Pay India’s FY26 losses widens to Rs 1,149 Cr despite double digit revenue growth

Amazon Pay India, the digital payments arm of e-commerce giant Amazon, continued to face profitability challenges in FY26, with its losses…

Accel, 360 ONE Offload BlueStone Shares Via ₹513 Cr Block Deals

Institutional investors Accel and 360 ONE have offloaded a cumulative 61.98 Lakh shares of omnichannel jewellery retailer BlueStone via mul…

OpenAI, Anthropic Leaders Warn UN Of AI Risks As Systems Grow More Powerful

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned the United Nations Security Council that increasingly powerful AI systems…

Anthropic: We're not trying to eat startups' lunch

‘Pushing the frontier is best done outside’: DeepMind alum Simon Kohl on leaving Big Tech

Bring your co-founder, partner, or colleague and get 50% off a second TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass

Buy one pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and get 50% off a second of the same ticket type. Register before event starts on October 13 at 8 a…

Meet the next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Meet the next wave of VCs judging the Startup Battlefield 200 contenders on the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register by Septembe…

2 days left to save up to $200 on a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass — reason 4 of 5 to attend

Reason 4 of 5 to attend TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Practical answers. Two days left to save up to $200 on your pass. Savings disappear after…

Exclusive: From Booking Calls To Late Check-Ins, Dextr AI Raises $6.7M For Hotel AI Agents

Dextr AI is emerging from stealth with $6.7 million in seed funding to build agents that handle reservations, guest requests, staff coordin…

Gaming Startup Funding Levels Up A Bit In 2026

So far this year, companies in the gaming space have raised around $2 billion in seed- through growth-stage funding. That's already ahead o…

Nexterity wants to automate the hard, dangerous part of pipefitting

The startup's robot can tighten or loosen four bolts at a time, and it fits in a Pelican case.

PrismML brings its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses

Prism's larger goal is open-weight AI that runs on devices and makes better use of the computing power they already have.

Meet Feather, the startup building the ‘Android of robotics’ for developers

Feather is betting on a customizable, $30,000 platform built for software developers.

Shield AI, Waabi, and General Motors on building AI when failure is not an option at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Leaders from Waabi, Shield AI, and General Motors join the Real World AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to talk building AI. Save up to $…

Ando wants to take on Slack with a team messaging app that lets humans and agents work together

The app gives agents their own identities and inboxes and lets them partake in conversations as naturally as people can.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Cal AI’s Zach Yadegari on how to create viral growth and capitalize on it

Zach Yadegari joins the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to share how he capitalized on viral growth. Save up to $200 before Septe…

TPG Exits FirstCry With ₹202 Cr Bulk Deal

Private equity (PE) giant TPG has exited omnichannel kids wear giant FirstCry through a ₹202 Cr bulk deal. As per…

Rio Health Raises $4.5 Mn To Scale Its Quick Pharmacy Network

Pharmacy-focused quick commerce startup Rio Health has raised $4.5 Mn (around ₹43 Cr) in a pre-Series A funding round led…

ESDS Q1: Profit Increases 14% YoY To ₹29.3 Cr, Revenue Up 7%

Recently-listed enterprise cloud and AI company ESDS Software Solution’s net profit for the ended June 30, 2026 (Q1 FY27) increased…

IPO-Bound AceVector Nets ₹189 Cr From Anchor Investors

Snapdeal parent AceVector has raised ₹189 Cr from anchor investors ahead of the opening of its initial public offering (IPO)…

A91 Partners, Xponentia Sell SEDEMAC Shares Via ₹1,456.4 Cr Bulk Deals

Shortly after the IPO lock-in expiry, SEDEMAC’s institutional investors A91 Partners, Xponentia, NJRN Family Trust and Mace Pvt Ltd have…

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Decoding The Commission Caps That Sparked A Bloodbath In Insurance Stocks

For insurance distributors, the commission earned on every policy is central to their business model. It determines how much they…

The SaaStr AI Guide to Building a Top-Tier Inbound AI Agent: 17,000 Conversations, ~600 Meetings Booked, and 60% More New Business

Our inbound AI agent has had 17,000 conversations with prospects in the last 12 months and booked about 600 meetings for SaaStr AI Annual 2…

IPO-Bound Navi’s FY26 Loss More Than Triples To ₹466 Cr

IPO-bound fintech startup Navi saw its net loss for the fiscal year FY26 widen by 268.7% to ₹465.99 from ₹126.4…

Pernia’s Pop-Up Shop Q1: Net Loss Falls 12% To ₹88 Cr, Revenue Increases 13%

Pernia’s Pop-Up Shop parent Purple Style Labs managed to trim its net loss for the June quarter of fiscal year…

Is New York warming to European tech?

Thank You, Partners, For Powering The Third Edition Of Inc42’s D2C Retreat

More than 70 founders, ₹30,000 Cr in collective revenue and three days on a private island. Those numbers might tell…

PayGlocal receives IFSCA in-principle approval to establish payment service provider in GIFT City

Cross-border payments company PayGlocal has received in-principle approval from the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFS…

[Update] Moneyview IPO Subscribed 1.44X At End Of Day 1

Update | September 24, 2026, 17:10 IST Moneyview’s ₹1,092 Cr IPO was subscribed 1.44X at the end of the first…

Thinking in Systems, Shipping in Loops

AI has removed the typing from software engineering & left the system design. DHH told Rails World that writing code by hand is no longer e…

Nykaa and L’Oréal’s venture fund BOLD join hands to invest in Indian beauty startups

Beauty and fashion retailer Nykaa has partnered with BOLD (Business Opportunities for L’Oréal Development), the corporate vent…

UPI MDR Needed To Fight Cyber Threats With AI: NPCI Chief Dilip Asbe

A market-driven economic model for UPI is essential to fund escalating cybersecurity, scalability, and infrastructure costs, UPI operator N…

[Update] PB Fintech Crashes 36%, Turtlemint 20% On IRDAI Commission Cap Plan

Update | September 24, 16:34 IST Shares of PB Fintech ended today’s trading session 35.98% lower at ₹1,210 apiece on…

Ema Raises $77 Mn To Scale Its Universal AI Employee Platform Globally

Agentic AI startup Ema has raised $77 Mn (over ₹738 Cr) in a Series B funding round led by Bengaluru-based…

Sauce leads seed round in preventive pain care brand betterhood

Preventive pain care brand betterhood has raised Rs 11.5 crore in a seed funding round led by Sauce. Existing investor Kairon Capital also…

‘You cannot hide from AI’: Should we fear AI-led performance reviews?

MyRx raises seed round led by SteerX VC to expand primary healthcare infrastructure

Primary healthcare infrastructure company MyRx has raised an undisclosed amount in a seed funding round led by SteerX VC. The proceeds will…

Fintech Startup Zype’s Owner Easy Platform Turns Profitable In FY26, Posts ₹5.3 Cr PAT

Mumbai-based fintech Easy Platform Services, which owns and operates digital lending startup Zype, turned profitable in FY26, posting a con…

PB Fintech shares fall over 30% after IRDAI proposes lower insurance commissions

The shares of PB Fintech, the parent company of Policybazaar, fell over 30% in Thursday’s trade after the Insurance Regulatory and De…

Inside the UK startup building AI’s next enterprise category

What if companies could finally use their most valuable data?

Lab-grown diamond jewellery brand ONYA raises Rs 12.5 crore in pre-Series A round

Lab-grown diamond jewellery startup ONYA has raised Rs 12.5 crore in pre-Series A funding round led by Divisa Family Office, with existing…

Ultraviolette raises $85 Mn, targets US expansion in 2027

Electric mobility startup Ultraviolette has raised $85 million in a funding round led by Yali Capital and TDK Ventures, with participation…

GitHub has not removed malicious imitation software after 3 weeks

Show HN: Make cursed fonts like Times New Bastard

A joke tool that abuses OpenType's ligature feature to mix fonts. It works pretty fast on client-side by loading Python in WASM.

Oracle cites 'force majeure' to shield itself on controversial data center

Two-tier encryption in the UK

Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop

Microsoft is killing off the ‘Copilot Plus PC’ brand

Remember when Microsoft wanted everyone to know that "Copilot Plus PCs" were the ones to get, because those were the PCs that that'd have e…

Meta employees ordered ‘attorney/client privilege’ hats while fighting child safety disclosures

Meta's lawyers have argued that certain evidence should be withheld from public view on the grounds of attorney-client privilege in the ong…

Qualcomm’s new ‘Elite’ sound chip might finally deliver the Wi-Fi earbud dream

What if your wireless earbuds - or audio glasses - could stream high-quality lossless audio that doesn't cut out when you leave your phone…

Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges

Why is the liver so weirdly regenerative?

Microsoft puts Brad Smith in charge of communications

Microsoft is moving its communications group out of marketing and into its Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA) organization. The…

Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face

Google's new Gemini 3.8 Live update lets users have conversations with the model while watching an animated AI persona respond in real time…

New York defies Trump admin, asks court to shut down Polymarket gambling

New York sues Polymarket as Trump admin tries to override state gambling laws.

Sadly, this $1,549 RTX 5070-equipped gaming PC is a very good deal

While PC component prices remain high, you can save a good bit of money on a system by purchasing a prebuilt desktop. Walmart has a well-eq…

Jensen Huang talks about AI and climate change like a supervillain

As Jensen Huang puts it, AI can help fight climate change - but only if it inflicts "an enormous amount of pain and suffering" first. The N…

Meta is going to let you build games with AI right on your phone

Meta has a new plan to get people to make games for its Horizon social platform. The company today announced two new development tools that…

Muse will apparently let you download its entire filesystem

A pair of developers say that with very little prompting, Meta's Muse will share its entire filesystem with you. Peter James and Jonny L. S…

Muse sure looks a lot like OpenClaw

We seem to be entering into an AI agent renaissance. Meta's new consumer-facing AI agent, Muse, topped the App Store charts soon after its…

Google's first Suncatcher orbital data center test launches October 1

Google's experimental orbital data center will have four TPUs and only run for 15 minutes at a time.

OpenAI agent “didn’t accept no for an answer” in Australian government breach

"There will obviously be legal consequences," prime minister promises.

Show HN: Whiteboard (YC W26) – An open-source IDE for thoughtful software design

Hello! We’re Sid, Alex, Ketan, and Milan. We’re building Whiteboard ( ), an open-source desktop app where humans and agents can architect s…

Meta puts its AI assistant on a keychain

Meta says the keychain-sized Muse Charm will ship in December.

The newest ESP32 can run Linux and it's getting close to a Raspberry Pi

Nokia Design Archive (2025)

Review: Apple's hyper-pricey M5 Ultra Mac Studio made me into a vibe coder

Usable local AI is a lot of fun, but how much would you pay for it?

Show HN: Koi.rest – watch some fish and regain your balance

Hi there. My name is Paul. I’m a developer, an explorer and I’ve got ADHD. As of the beginning of August, I’m also unemployed. This last pa…

California is chasing wealth that has feet

Creatine uptake enhances antitumor immunity

Opus 5.5 is good at explainer videos

Starlink ground station in Poland hit by fire in suspected arson attack

Toyota is taking the Corolla electric

Dynamic Abliteration: Non-Destructive Refusal Suppression via Engram Steering

CDC opens state ordering for COVID-19 vaccines after unexplained delay

Health department previously blamed delay on "not yet finalized procurement decisions."

Donald Duck's uncle was partly based on Wernher von Braun

Introducing the "world-famous authority on outer space..."

Discord age verification rolls out today with changes spurred by user backlash

Discord will try to automatically estimate ages, require verification when it can't.

YouTube promises custom feeds and a lot more AI later this year

YouTube's next year could change the content you see with a big focus on AI and livestreams.

F-Droid gets its biggest update in a decade with new UI and smoother app installs

F-Droid's Android app store has been rebuilt from the ground up.

We have a trailer for Musk documentary Elon called a "hit piece"

Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney focuses on the world's wealthiest man.

Contrary to some reports, you don't have two brains

A bad press release makes a good excuse to look at how developmental biology works.

Robots make combat airdrops, clear mines as Ukraine defeats Russian pincer

Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi has erased Russian gains with the help of robots.

New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators

Million-dollar fines won’t end billionaires’ data center pollution, neighbors fear.

Former NASA chief sounds alarm on China's lunar "exploration" plans

"Beijing's intended strategy is to dominate the high ground of the twenty-first century."

Formula 1 looks at 3.0 L V8 turbos and smaller hybrids for 2030

F1 wants smaller, lighter cars that are not energy-starved like the 2026 hybrids.

NASA chief concerned China may deny access to parts of Moon's south pole

"If you come up short with who comes down the ladder first, the impact is felt around the world."