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AMD's auto-updater fetched code over HTTP — and took 124 days to add an 's'
A researcher decompiling AMD's AutoUpdate tool — initially just to silence a recurring console popup — found that while the updater fetches its manifest over HT
Anthropic ends zero data retention for its most capable models, citing misuse detection
Anthropic will retain prompts and outputs from its new Mythos-class models (including Claude Fable 5, which shares the same underlying model as Claude Mythos 5
Apache Burr pitches state machines as the fix for unreliable AI agents
Apache Burr, an incubating Apache project, is a Python framework for building AI applications as explicit state machines. Developers define actions — plain Pyth
Apple withholds AI-powered Siri from EU after Commission rejects exemption bid
Apple has opted not to launch its upgraded, AI-driven Siri in the European Union after the European Commission rejected the company's request for an exemption f
Canadians Petition Parliament to Withdraw Bill C-22
An e-petition (e-7416) hosted on the House of Commons website is gathering signatures calling on the government to withdraw Bill C-22. The petition's circulatio
Curiosity at 13: How JPL keeps a Mars rover alive on remote software fixes alone
Thirteen years after its skycrane landing, NASA's Curiosity rover is still doing science on Mars — nearly 37 km driven, 42 rocks drilled, and roughly 763,000 ph
Emacs sightings on screen: a fan catalogs the editor's pop culture cameos
A blogger has compiled a running catalog of every known appearance of Emacs in movies, TV, comics, anime, and manga. The list spans an unexpectedly wide range:
Extend open-sources React UI kit for document-heavy apps
Extend has released an open-source collection of React components aimed at developers building document-centric applications. The kit ships viewers for PDF, DOC
GeoLibre 1.0: Cloud-Native GIS Built on DuckDB-WASM and MapLibre Hits Stable
GeoLibre has shipped its 1.0 release, a lightweight GIS platform that runs the same workspace on desktop (via Tauri) and in the browser, scaling down to mobile
Google's DiffusionGemma generates text in parallel blocks, claiming 4x GPU speedup
Google has released DiffusionGemma, an experimental 26B Mixture-of-Experts model under Apache 2.0 that abandons the token-by-token decoding of conventional LLMs
Homebrew 6.0 locks down third-party taps and sandboxes Linux builds
Homebrew 6.0.0 ships with tap trust, its biggest security change in years. Because third-party taps can contain arbitrary unsandboxed Ruby that executes on a us
How Deodorant Fumes Contaminated the ISS Water Supply and Baffled NASA Chemists
In 2010, a year after NASA's new water recycling system began turning astronaut urine back into drinking water, organic carbon levels aboard the ISS started cli