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Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data Maybe you shouldn't install new software for a bit Cloudflare to cut about 20% workforce Dirtyfrag: Universal Linux LPE Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated The map that keeps Burning Man honest ClojureScript Gets Async/Await Pinocchio is weirder than you remembered A polynomial autoencoder beats PCA on transformer embeddings Agents need control flow, not more prompts Inventing Cyrillic Blaise – A modern self-hosting zero-legacy Object Pascal compiler targeting QBE GNU IFUNC is the real culprit behind CVE-2024-3094 Natural Language Autoencoders: Turning Claude's Thoughts into Text Digging into Drama at the Document Foundation DeepSeek 4 Flash local inference engine for Metal AlphaEvolve: Gemini-powered coding agent scaling impact across fields Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus Brazil's Pix payment system faces pressure from Visa and Mastercard Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at school Dithering with CSS Gambling ads on social media reach more than twice as many men as women: study AI slop is killing online communities Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview Los Alamos and the long path to detecting neutrinos HantaWatch Real time hantavirus outbreak tracker How to make SSE token streams resumable, cancellable, and multi-device Nonprofit hospitals spend billions on consultants with no clear effect Two Home Affairs officials suspended after AI 'hallucinations' found GPT-5.5 Price Increase: What It CostsBleeping Computer
Former govt contractor convicted for wiping dozens of federal databases New Linux 'Dirty Frag' zero-day gives root on all major distros Canvas login portals hacked in mass ShinyHunters extortion campaign New TCLBanker malware self-spreads over WhatsApp and Outlook New PCPJack worm steals credentials, cleans TeamPCP infections Australia warns of ClickFix attacks pushing Vidar Stealer malware Ivanti warns of new EPMM flaw exploited in zero-day attacks The Browser Is Breaking Your DLP: How Data Slips Past Modern Controls Americans sentenced for running 'laptop farms' for North Korea Crypto gang member gets 6.5 years for role in $230 million heist Webinar: Why modern attacks require both security and recovery Palo Alto Networks firewall zero-day exploited for nearly a month Fake Claude AI website delivers new 'Beagle' Windows malware Hackers abuse Google ads for GoDaddy ManageWP login phishing Critical vm2 sandbox bug lets attackers execute code on hostsArs Technica
DHS can’t create vast DNA database to track ICE critics, lawsuit says Elon Musk tried to hire OpenAI founders to start AI unit inside Tesla Court strikes down FCC anti-discrimination rule opposed by Internet providers Spooked by Mythos, Trump suddenly realized AI safety testing might be good Report: SpaceX IPO gives Musk unchecked power and forbids investor lawsuits OpenAI president forced to read his personal diary entries to jury Character.AI sued over chatbot that claims to be a real doctor with a license Trump SEC lets Musk settle $150 million Twitter lawsuit for $1.5 million DHS abuses 1930s customs law in attempt to get data on Canadian from Google Canadian election databases use "canary traps"—and they work GameStop offers $56 billion for eBay, struggles to explain how it'll pay for it Musk’s “World War III” threat in Twitter lawsuit haunts him at OpenAI trial Senators ban themselves from prediction markets after candidates bet on own races Minnesota passes ban on fake AI nudes; app makers risk $500K fines Women sue the men who used their Instagram feeds to create AI porn influencers US falls below Ukraine in press freedom as global autocracy takes hold Elon Musk's 7 biggest stumbles on the stand at OpenAI trial Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex More than half of all Polymarket "long shot" bets on military action pay off ABC can beat Trump FCC's license threat if owner Disney is willing to fightSlashdot
Sam Altman Had a Bad Day In Court 60% of MD5 Password Hashes Are Crackable In Under an Hour LinkedIn Profile Visitor Lists Belong to the People, Says Noyb Sam Altman's Management Style Comes Under the Microscope At OpenAI Trial Microsoft Edge Stores Passwords In Plaintext In RAM Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright Infringement Brockman Rebuts Musk's Take On Startup's History, Recounts Secret Work For Tesla Apple Agrees To Pay iPhone Owners $250 Million For Not Delivering AI Siri US Government Warns of Severe CopyFail Bug Affecting Major Versions of Linux OpenAI President Discloses His Stake In the Company Is Worth $30 Billion White House Considers Vetting AI Models Before They Are Released 16% of Parents Help Their Children Bypass Online Age Checks, Study Finds. One 15-Year-Old Just Uses a Fake Moustache Roblox Blames Age-Verification Rollout for Lowered Growth. Stock Tumbles 22% South Africa's Draft AI Policy Withdrawn Due to 'Fictitious' AI-Generated Citations Smuggled Starlink Terminals are Beating Iran's Internet BlackoutEvents
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Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data A hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower Researchers gaslit Claude into giving instructions to build explosives Severe Linux Copy Fail security flaw uncovered using AI scanning help GitHub rushed to fix a critical vulnerability in less than six hours Attack of the killer script kiddies Anthropic’s Mythos breach was humiliating Anthropic’s Mythos rollout has missed America’s cybersecurity agencyThe Cipher Brief
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