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"On a recent assignment to test defenses, Dave Brauchler of the cybersecurity company NCC Group tricked a client's AI program-writing assistant into executing programs that forked over the company's databases and code repositories," reports the Washington Post.
"We have never been this foolish with security," Brauchler said...
Demonstrations at last month's Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas included other attention-getting means of exploiting artificial intelligence. In one, an imagined attack
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Y Combinator founder Paul Graham says he canceled his Disney+ subscription, joining fans boycotting the company over Jimmy Kimmel's suspension. Read more ›
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Tanush Sharanarthi, 26, said he applied for an H1-B visa three times and failed. His luck changed when he applied for an O-1 visa in August. Read more ›
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Early shoppers are taking to the web to warn about the potentially scratch-prone nature of specific iPhone 17 model and color combos. According to a Bloomberg report, those demoing the latest iPhone in-store noticed that the iPhone 17 Pro in Deep Blue and the iPhone Air in Space Black models already had very noticeable scratches and scuffs. The report is backed up by social media posts following the release, where... Read more ›
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The three main ways the Trump administration is cracking down on speech. Read more ›
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In line with its traditions, Apple announced the new iPhone series with a new in-house chip, which is now called Apple A19 Pro. The chip powers the new iPhone 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max and the iPhone Air, which replaces the 16 Plus from a year before. Only the vanilla iPhone 17 runs on the non-Pro version of the new chipset. While we are working on the full iPhone 17... Read more ›
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Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Over at the Communications of the ACM, Bard College CS Prof Valerie Barr explains why she's Feeling Cranky About AI and CS Education. Having seen CS education go through a number of we-have-to-teach-this moments over the decades — introductory programming languages, the Web, Data Science, etc. — Barr turns her attention to the next hand-wringing "what will we do" CS education moment with AI. "We're... Read more ›
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On all models in Apple's new iPhone 17 series as well as the iPhone Air, the new 18MP Center Stage front camera transforms mobile photography with its square sensor design and intelligent auto-adjustment features. Unlike traditional front cameras, the system automatically rotates and zooms to capture perfect selfie shots. The square sensor also captures more image data than rectangular sensors, giving you unprecedented flexibility in framing and composition without sacrificing... Read more ›
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A new hypercar has dethroned Bugatti's record for the fastest production car, and unsurprisingly, it's an electric vehicle. During a livestream at the Automotive Testing Papenburg testing site in Germany, the YangWang U9 Extreme hit a facemelting top speed of 496.22 kmph, or around 308.33 mph. That metric edges out the previous record from the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+, which achieved 304.77 mph in 2019. Officially, the fastest production... Read more ›
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A Redditor just showcased themselves receiving a brick instead of the PNY GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card they ordered. The brick came wrapped in an anti-static bag, which further suggests that it was possibly a return item that Amazon didn't check the contents of. As long as the weight matched, the bricked 5080 shipped... Read more ›
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Gold has done well of late, but hasn't made a new high relative to broad money supply since 2011. Read more ›
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After changes to the H-1B visa program, immigration specialists point to a potential side door for qualified applicants: the O-1 or "Einstein" visa. Read more ›
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Users have tried the various torque wrench offerings from Harbor Freight to general approval. Some have even put the tools through rigorous testing. Read more ›
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An AI-generated image posted by President Trump depicts him buying Intel stock at $20 and selling it at $30 to make a considerable profit. These prices are mostly accurate, given that the real-life purchase occurred at $20.47 per share, and Intel stock reached over $30 just two days ago, although that rise can be attributed to the Nvidia deal instead. Read more ›
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Often cited as the world’s first lethal software bug, at least three people died between 1985 and 1987, after receiving doses of radiation that were 100x too powerful. Read more ›
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U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose a new $100,000 application fee for H-1B worker visas, a White House official said, potentially dealing a big blow to the technology sector that relies heavily on skilled workers from India and China. From a report: As part of his broader immigration crackdown, the Republican president was expected to sign a proclamation as early as Friday restricting entry under the H-1B visa program... Read more ›
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The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from seven states filed an 84-page lawsuit Thursday in federal court in California against Live Nation Entertainment and its Ticketmaster subsidiary. The suit alleges the companies knowingly allow ticket brokers to use multiple accounts to circumvent purchase limits and acquire thousands of tickets per event for resale at higher prices. The FTC claims this practice violates the Better Online Ticket Sales Act and... Read more ›
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Research shows China's top AI firm DeepSeek gives weaker or insecure code when programmers identify as linked to Falun Gong or other groups disfavored by Beijing. It offers higher-quality results to everyone else. "The findings ... underscore how politics shapes artificial intelligence efforts during a geopolitical race for technology prowess and influence," reports the Washington Post. From the report: In the experiment, the U.S. security firm CrowdStrike bombarded DeepSeek with... Read more ›
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The Leon Thevenin, Africa's only permanently stationed cable repair ship, maintains over 60,000 kilometers of undersea internet infrastructure from Madagascar to Ghana. The 43-year-old vessel employs a 60-person crew who perform precision repairs on fiber-optic cables that carry data for Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon -- companies that consumed 3.6 billion megabits per second of bandwidth in 2023. Operating costs range from $70,000 to $120,000 daily, according to owner Orange Marine.... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shares a column: After nearly 30 years of USB-A connectivity, the market is now transitioning to the convenient USB-C standard, which makes sense given that it supports higher speeds, display data, and power delivery. The symmetrical connection is also smaller and more user-friendly, as it's reversible and works with smartphones and tablets. I get that USB-C is inevitable, but tech brands should realize that the ubiquitous USB-A... Read more ›
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Microsoft will increase Xbox Series X and Series S console prices in the United States on October 3. The Series X rises to $649.99 from $599.99 and the 512GB Series S increases to $399.99 from $379.99. The 1TB Series S moves to $449.99 from $429.99. The Series X Digital Edition reaches $599.99 from $549.99 and the 2TB Galaxy Black Special Edition climbs to $799.99 from $729.99. Microsoft cited macroeconomic changes... Read more ›
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The ability of AI displace humans at various tasks is accelerating quickly, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said at an Axios event on Wednesday. From the report: Amodei and others have previously warned of the possibility that up to half of white-collar jobs could be wiped out by AI over the next five years. The speed of that displacement could require government intervention to help support the workforce, executives said. "As... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Carla Rover once spent 30 minutes sobbing after having to restart a project she vibe coded. Rover has been in the industry for 15 years, mainly working as a web developer. She's now building a startup, alongside her son, that creates custom machine learning models for marketplaces. She called vibe coding a beautiful, endless cocktail napkin on which one can perpetually sketch... Read more ›
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Anthropic has declined requests from federal law enforcement contractors to use its Claude AI models for surveillance activities, deepening tensions with the Trump administration, Semafor reported Wednesday, citing two senior officials. The company's usage policies prohibit domestic surveillance, limiting how agencies including the FBI, Secret Service, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement can deploy its technology. While Anthropic maintains a $1 contract with federal agencies through AWS GovCloud and wor Read more ›
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AI will enable three to four-day workweeks, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan told The New York Times, joining Microsoft's Bill Gates, Nvidia's Jensen Huang and JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon in predicting shorter schedules. Yuan also acknowledged AI will eliminate some positions, particularly entry-level engineering roles where AI can write code, but argued new opportunities will emerge managing AI agents. Gates previously suggested two to three-day weeks within 10 years during a February... Read more ›
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