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GPT-6 Astra Scores 100% on ExploitBench as OpenAI Blocks PoC Exploit Requests

OpenAI on Thursday officially unveiled GPT‑6 Astra, which it described as the "world's most intelligent and aligned model." The development comes days after the artificial intelligence (AI) company said the model had reached the "Critical" cybersecurity capability threshold under its Preparedness Framework. "Astra is state-of-the-art on computer use, browsing, software engineering,

Hackers had a live feed of every ID verification company scanned for over a year

Article URL: http://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/hackers-had-a-live-feed-of-every-id-this-verification-company-scanned-for-over-a-year/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49561320 Points: 528 # Comments: 231

Decoding the NEC V20 Microcode

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How we closed 1,500 GitHub issues in one month

How the Next.js team used an agent to research old reports and work through the issue backlog.

ISC Stormcast For Friday, September 4th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10082, (Fri, Sep 4th)

Show HN: Interactive Tree of Life

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Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Time

More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communications Workers of America.

Email Service, Workers - Manage Email Routing rules with Wrangler

You can now manage Email Routing rules that route emails to Workers from your Wrangler configuration. Add literal addresses or a catch-all address to the top-level addresses field: { "$schema": "./node_modules/wrangler/config-schema.json", "name": "invoice-handler", "main": "src/index.ts", // Set this to today's date "compatibility_date": "2026-09-25", "addresses": [ "[email protected]" ] } name = "invoice-handler" main = "src/index.ts" # Set this to today's date comp