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hacker

[hak-er] / ˈhæk ər /


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Poorly manufactured adapters lack the internal protections for managing power surges, says Bunnie Huang, a hardware researcher, hacker and electrical engineer based in Singapore.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

It’s funny because one of my favorite movies, as every good hacker ‘80s kid would tell you, is “WarGames.”

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

The hacker sent by Anthropic to calm the government’s nerves about AI safety.

From MarketWatch Jun. 17, 2026

Since it landed, the 57-episode vertical series, which follows two couples as they face off against a threatening online hacker in drama-fueled one-minute clips, has amassed more than 150 million views.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

That was the problem with being a hacker; you automatically assumed the worst in others.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

For months, cybersecurity bulls have offered that a growing number of artificial intelligence-driven attacks from hackers and bad actors in the Middle East would be good for business.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

Thinking Machines said it tested the model for safety, including for risks such as the potential for it to help build biological weapons or aid hackers with cyberattacks, and it performed well.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Thinking Machines said it tested the model for safety risks, including its potential to help build biological weapons or aid hackers with cyberattacks, and it performed well.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

The company's new GPT-5.6 offerings and other cutting-edge AI models, including Anthropic's Mythos series, have drawn concern over their supposedly unprecedented ability to identify weaknesses in code that hackers can exploit.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

“I found where the hackers have been. Don’t you want to see?”

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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