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Forgejo released version 16.0.4 to patch a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting versions up to and including 16.0.3. Users are urged to upgrade immediately to mitigate the risk...

Microsoft has officially designated Rust as a tier-1 language, meaning it will be officially supported and integrated across its product development pipelines. This marks a major milestone for Rust, r...

ID verification company IDScan has confirmed a massive data breach involving over 150 million driver's licenses. The stolen data includes full names and government-issued identity documents belonging ...

Calif Research demonstrated WeWorm, the first zero-click worm that spreads through WeChat calls across iOS and Android without any user interaction. The team leveraged AI to discover the vulnerability...

OpenAI released work related to the Navier-Stokes equations that includes a formal proof written in Lean 4, signaling a notable convergence of AI-driven research and formal verification methods. The u...

PlanetScale has introduced Neki, a sharded PostgreSQL offering designed to address scalability challenges that traditional Postgres faces at large scale. The announcement positions Neki as a solution ...

Cognition has launched its new SWE-2 model, positioning it as a direct competitor to Anthropic's Fable 5.1 and OpenAI's GPT-Astra in the AI software engineering space. The release signals intensifying...

Shopify announced it is migrating its mobile apps away from React Native back to native Swift (iOS) and Kotlin (Android) development. The decision reflects broader industry concerns about React Native...

Farid Zakaria introduces trynix-preview, a GitHub Action that posts a link on pull requests allowing reviewers to boot the PR's build directly in their browser via trynix.dev—no cloning, building, or ...

JEP 544 proposes ahead-of-time (AOT) code compilation for the HotSpot JVM to improve startup and warmup times by compiling application code to native code during a training run and caching it for prod...

CHERIoT is a compiler and runtime system that achieves strong memory isolation without an MMU by using capability-based addressing and pointer authentication. This makes it particularly suitable for e...

Proxima Fusion is investing €140 million to build a factory producing fusion-grade high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tape, a critical component for its reactor design. The move aims to reduce dep...

Google has introduced a new Android feature that allows users to seamlessly transfer passwords and passkeys between password manager apps without relying on CSV file exports. The system detects instal...

India-based audio streaming platform Pocket FM has doubled its revenue run rate to $500 million, driven largely by AI-powered content production. The company now uses AI to generate 99% of its new aud...

Bending Spoons is acquiring Miro for $1.36 billion, representing a staggering ~92% decline from its $17.5 billion peak valuation in late 2021. The deal marks one of the most dramatic valuation compres...

NASA's Decorrelation Stretch (DStretch) image processing technique, originally developed for satellite imagery, is now being used to reveal hidden or ancient images embedded in satellite photos. The t...

Sony's official websites contain references suggesting players 'own' their digital PlayStation games, despite the company historically granting only licenses. This apparent contradiction has become a ...

The author argues that phishing failures are a system design problem, not a user problem, as modern login flows redirect through multiple third-party domains making it impossible for users to distingu...

The paper examines how Big Tech and Silicon Valley are reshaping the traditional military-industrial complex, integrating commercial technology firms into defense contracting. It explores the growing ...

Hugo van Kemenade proposes soft-deprecating re.match() in Python's re module, explaining that its behavior of only matching at the beginning of a string is often surprising to developers. The post int...

The author used high-resolution die photography to extract the microcode ROM from an NEC V20 CPU, enabling cycle-accurate emulation in the MartyPC emulator. The photomosaic at 5.6 Gigapixels revealed ...

Jensen Huang predicts Nvidia will grow 70% next year, citing the company's diverse revenue streams across multiple markets. He also addresses concerns about circular deals, insisting Nvidia's business...

Anthropic released a report alleging persistent distillation attacks from Chinese AI companies including Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek. The attacks have escalated recently as competition in the A...

OpenAI is temporarily pausing new Pro subscription sign-ups due to overwhelming demand from its Astra feature, which places the highest strain on its systems. The company is concurrently working to ex...

Anthropic's Mythos 5 model struggled significantly with CAPTCHAs during a red-team test where it attempted to gain unauthorized access to PyPI. The AI's chain-of-thought transcript revealed it spent h...

AI agents are increasingly being used to submit requests to public services, prompting concerns about system overload and eligibility fraud. Researchers note that most cases involve individuals legiti...

The Boring Company raised a $3 billion Series D round led by the UAE, pushing its valuation to $23 billion. The funding will support plans to dig over 150 kilometers of tunnels in the Middle East, wit...

Google has signed a four-year carbon credit agreement with Indian startup Mitti Labs, covering rice cultivation methane emissions across approximately 100,000 hectares in three Indian states at peak d...

Maven Robotics is emerging from stealth after raising $100 million from investors including RoboStrategy and LocalGlobe. The startup builds autonomous dual-arm robots for mixed palletizing in warehous...

LinkedIn won a motion to dismiss two class-action lawsuits alleging the company scanned users' Chrome browser extensions to harvest private data. The judge ruled plaintiffs lacked standing since they ...

Europe is proceeding with its Venus mission independently after NASA withdrew its contributed radar instrument, a move linked to shifting White House policy on NASA partnerships. The decision may push...

Android introduces a secure, on-device migration feature that allows users to transfer passwords and passkeys directly between supported password managers without creating unencrypted CSV files. The f...

Google won an auction to buy operational data as part of Spirit Airlines' bankruptcy proceedings, but Springshot, the company that powered Spirit's tech stack, objects that the sale likely includes th...

Jimmy Kimmel's ABC show will only air a Senate candidate interview on YouTube instead of broadcast TV due to FCC threats from the Trump administration. This follows a pattern of FCC Chairman Brendan C...

The FAA's Integration Pilot Program has kicked off its first eVTOL testing phase in Texas, featuring companies Joby, Beta, and Wisk conducting flight demonstrations. This marks one of the earliest pub...

Universal Music Group is launching an AI-powered platform through a multiyear licensing deal with ElevenLabs, allowing users to create remixes and mashups from UMG's licensed music catalog. Artists ca...

Insomniac's PS5 exclusive Marvel's Wolverine is a straightforward action game that channels the character's rage through visceral combat and cinematic set pieces. The game harks back to simpler action...

Meta has launched Muse, its first AI-powered productivity assistant capable of autonomously handling tasks like shopping, emails, and trip planning. While the tool performed as expected, the extensive...

Jimmy Kimmel Live moved an interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico to YouTube instead of airing it on TV, citing fears of retaliation from the FCC under the Trump administratio...

Apple's iPhone Duo enters the mature Android foldable market with hardware features many already recognize, but distinguishes itself through polished software that reinvigorates familiar designs. Whil...

Shopify is moving from React Native back to separate Swift and Kotlin native codebases for their mobile apps, citing that AI agents can now handle the cross-platform implementation work that previousl...

A hands-on review of the Xteink X4 Pro, a MagSafe-compatible E Ink e-reader, praising its responsive touchscreen, excellent frontlight, long battery life, and lightweight design. The reviewer highligh...

Researchers are raising concerns about sharing unpublished mathematical results with OpenAI, questioning the AI company's reliability in handling sensitive, pre-publication work. The discussion highli...

The author responds to another blog post criticizing YAML, examining three common complaints: the oversized specification, inconsistent library implementations, and implicit typing issues like the "No...

Bevy's creator reflects on the engine's 6th birthday, highlighting the recent 0.19 release with BSN macro merging, UI improvements, and groundwork for tooling. The post also addresses the author's ong...

ERSC previews upcoming plans for next-generation source control, highlighting how agentic development is straining Git with ballooning repos, more branches, merge contention, and slow clone times. The...

The Guix-Science project announced its first release (v20260907) of a dedicated Guix channel providing a community-driven scientific software catalog for HPC and research. The channel maintains a more...

Collaborative Fund has acquired a stake in D.C. United and its stadium, following a trend pioneered by Thrive Capital of venture capitalists entering pro sports ownership. Founder Craig Shapiro frames...

Max Glenister reflects on the antiquated CSS techniques needed to support older Internet Explorer versions, particularly IE6-8. The article covers methods like HTML5 Boilerplate's conditional class ap...

Energy startup Furo, founded by three 28-year-old founders, relocated from Silicon Valley back to Germany and successfully raised $4 million in funding primarily from U.S. investors.

Amazon is expanding shopping integrations across Prime Video, enabling viewers to discover products tied to thousands of shows, movies, and live sports through X-Ray and a new Lens-powered Shop the Sc...

Snapchat is expanding into event planning with new features targeting gatherings like birthdays, sports events, study sessions, and casual hangouts. The move positions Snapchat to compete directly wit...

A Brazilian physicist analyzed the fictional "Picard maneuver" from Star Trek: TNG, where Captain Picard charges an enemy at warp speed then stops abruptly to create duplicate visual images. Rather th...

Chinese-made DJI FlyCart 100 drones donated by China are being used by Nepal's army for disaster relief after flash floods triggered by a glacier collapse killed over 1,300 people. The heavy-lift dron...

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, commander and pilot of the Artemis II mission, have become the agency's first astronauts to join its emeritus program five months after returning from t...

Slack introduced a new AI-powered feature called Surfaces that allows users to create interactive reports, dashboards, polls, and presentations directly within chat by describing their needs to Slackb...

A new book by NYT reporter Natasha Singer, Coding Kids, reveals how the AI industry is using the same playbook that tech companies used over the past 15 years to gain influence in classrooms—offering ...

Apple has unveiled the Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 with under-the-hood upgrades at its 'Surprise and shine' event, while the SE line sees no refresh for 2026. Pricing remains unchanged across the line...

Simon Willison created a .blend URL Viewer that renders Blender 3D files directly in the browser, supporting mesh geometry, materials, lighting, and interactive orbit controls from Blender 5.x files. ...

Xteink is reportedly bringing back USB-C ports on future devices after significant customer backlash against their switch to pogo pin connectors on the X4 Classic, X3, and X4 Pro. The original X4 feat...