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VS Code flips Copilot co-author trailer to on-by-default in Git extension
Microsoft merged a one-line change to the VS Code Git extension that flips the `git.addAICoAuthor` setting default from `off` to `all`. The result: any commit m
Acanthamoeba kills immunocompetent man after six months of necrotic lesions
A 78-year-old man developed progressive black lesions and deep ulcers across his body over six months, with tissue destruction severe enough to perforate his pa
AI Coding Agents Keep Nuking Prod — And The Permission Model Is The Problem
AI coding assistants are racking up a quiet body count of deleted production databases, dropped tables, and force-pushed branches. The pattern is consistent: an
AppSheet Abused as Phishing Relay in 30,000-Account Facebook Heist
Guardio researchers have mapped a Vietnamese-run operation, dubbed AccountDumpling, that weaponizes Google AppSheet's [email protected] sender to slip past s
Barman: EnterpriseDB's open-source disaster recovery tool for PostgreSQL fleets
Barman is a Python-based administration tool that handles remote backups and recovery for PostgreSQL servers at scale. Built and maintained by EnterpriseDB unde
Battery recycling patents grow 7x in a decade as EV waste tsunami looms
A joint EPO/IEA report tracking two decades of patent data shows battery circularity inventions growing at a 42% compound annual rate since 2017, dwarfing the 1
BleepingComputer pulls story with no replacement content
BleepingComputer published a placeholder marked 'Story retracted' at the given URL, with no surviving body, byline, or correction notice. There is no substantiv
Building an iNaturalist sightings viewer on a phone with Claude Code
Simon Willison wanted to view observations from two iNaturalist accounts grouped by time and location, and built the entire tool from his phone while camping. T
California closes the driverless car loophole — manufacturers now get the ticket
California's DMV is rolling out rules on 1 July that let police issue a 'notice of AV noncompliance' directly to the manufacturer when an autonomous vehicle bre
China-aligned crews hit Asian governments and NATO state via Exchange and IIS bugs
Trend Micro is tracking a China-aligned espionage cluster, SHADOW-EARTH-053, active since at least December 2024 and overlapping with previously reported groups
ConsentFix v3 industrializes Azure OAuth phishing with Pipedream automation
ConsentFix v3, now circulating on underground forums, automates a phishing technique that abuses Microsoft's pre-trusted first-party Azure apps to steal OAuth t
Criminal IP Plugs Exposure Data Into Securonix ThreatQ for IP Enrichment
Criminal IP and Securonix have integrated their platforms so ThreatQ users can pull Criminal IP's IP and domain reputation data directly into existing investiga