The Hacker News

⚡ Weekly Recap: Fiber Optic Spying, Windows Rootkit, AI Vulnerability Hunting and More

Stay ahead of the logs with our Monday Recap. We break down active Adobe 0-days, North Korean crypto stings, and critical CVEs you need to patch today ...
IGN

How to Get and Use a Cooking Kit

The Cooking Kit is a cosmetic for cooking that was added to Grow a Garden on August 16, 2025, as part of the Beanstalk Update. Unlike most cosmetics, this one is functional and lets you continue ...

Now that's different - hackers use miniature SVG images to try and hide credit card stealer

Card skimmers were found in 1x1 pixel SVG images, apparently deployed through PolyShell.

The Advanced Google Sheets Features You Should Be Using but Probably Aren’t

This Google Sheets Advanced Tutorial explains IF, VLOOKUP, INDEX MATCH, and pivot tables, plus macros and Apps Script for ...
Consumer Reports

AI Data Centers: Big Tech's Impact on Electric Bills, Water, and More

John Steinbach was shocked to receive a $281 electricity bill in January 2026—a huge spike from the roughly $100 he’d paid the previous month. “It’s just so far beyond any bill that I’ve ever had,” he ...
The Verge

The FBI is buying Americans’ location data

Data brokers are helping the FBI get around warrant requirements. Data brokers are helping the FBI get around warrant requirements. is a policy reporter at The Verge covering surveillance, the ...
Neowin

Microsoft introduces Copilot Tasks, a new way to get things done using AI

AI agents are going mainstream this year. OpenAI’s Codex and Anthropic’s Claude Code are two popular coding agents that have been gaining traction across the software engineering industry over the ...
Geeky Gadgets

Extract Hyperlink Addresses in Excel with VBA or Office Scripts

Extracting hyperlink addresses from Excel cells can simplify data management and improve efficiency, especially when dealing with large or complex spreadsheets. As explained by Excel Off The Grid, one ...
DualShockers

How to Get and Use Furniture in Mewgenics

Laurence is an avid writer, gamer, and traveller with several years of journalistic writing experience under his belt. Having helped create a student-focused magazine at university, he is keen to ...
CNET

Starlink Is Using Your Personal Data to Train AI. Here’s How to Opt Out

Starlink says it may also share personal data with partners to help it "develop AI-enabled tools that improve your customer experience.” Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, ...
AZ Central

We estimated data centers' water and power use. Here's how

Data center operators and utilities often do not disclose facility-specific energy and water usage data. The Republic built a database to estimate data centers' energy capacity by analyzing air ...
WDBJ

Virginia lawmakers look to address data center water use

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia lawmakers are considering legislation to limit water consumption by data centers. It comes as Google plans to draw an estimated 8 million gallons per day from Carvins ...