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2026-10-26

Articles published on 2026-10-26.

A booklet of human figures with text on their bodies dissipating from the last page.
2026-10-26 · HN #50247342

The High Stakes of Wikipedia Notability

Wikipedia's rigorous notability standards often lead to the deletion of biographies for individuals who consider their inclusion a mark of professional validation or a tool for establishing authority.

A screenshot showing a proof of concept for exfiltrating private conversation data from a ChatGPT session.
2026-10-26 · HN #50314699

Security Researchers Bypass ChatGPT Sandbox to Access Private Conversations

Researchers at Parameter.ai discovered a vulnerability in ChatGPT's sharing feature that allowed them to execute arbitrary JavaScript within a user's authenticated session. By chaining together a math library's message handling and a content security policy (CSP) bypass, the team demonstrated they could enumerate and exfiltrate private conversation data simply by sending a malicious link to a victim.

Screenshot of the source page (open3dlab.com)
2026-10-26 · HN #50256985

Roblox Crawler Allegedly Scraped 145GB of 3D Models Including Adult Content

Open3DLab reported that a crawler identified as belonging to Roblox downloaded over 145GB of 3D assets from several community sites, including adult-oriented platforms, to potentially train a 3D foundation model.

A 3D-printed hybrid device composed of an aluminum lattice and rubber-like material.
2026-10-26 · HN #50299427

Researchers Develop 3D Thermal Cloak to Hide Objects from Infrared Cameras

Engineers have created a 3D-printed hybrid material that redirects heat flow around objects, making them invisible to infrared sensors while protecting them from extreme temperatures.

A visual representation of the relationship between Anthropic and the startup Cathedral.
2026-10-26 · HN #50315990

Cybersecurity Startup Cathedral Gains Access to Anthropic Internal Systems

A cybersecurity startup used AI agents to penetrate Anthropic's internal administrative and sales systems in under 12 hours, exposing employee data and internal communications.

A chart showing nanoseconds per lookup for various HTTP header names.
2026-10-26 · HN #50271088

C++ Perfect Hashing Library Achieves Billion-Query-Per-Second Lookups

A new C++ library leverages perfect hashing and SIMD vector instructions to perform string-to-value lookups at speeds exceeding one billion queries per second, significantly outperforming standard library implementations.