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College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposure
Lab students were supposed to ID a mild germ. They all identified a deadly pathogen.…
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We now have a better understanding how OpenAI hacked into Hugging Face
10 days passed from OpenAI models exploiting JFrog Artifactory 0-day to release of a patch.…
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iyO’s trademark lawsuit against OpenAI and Jony Ive paused over settlement talks
Judge Trina L. Thompson has granted a seven-day pause in iyO’s trademark lawsuit against OpenAI and Jony Ive at the part…
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Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight
Spur Intelligence has raised a $200 million round from Insight Partners for its tech that can identify legit human traff…
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The union drive at the Wikimedia Foundation is expanding
In June, UK staff at the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia became the first to announce their intentions to form a union. No…
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eBay’s bizarre cyberstalking saga ends with a $56 million settlement
eBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million as part of a settlement with a Massachusetts couple targeted wit…
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eBay pays $46M to journalists it targeted in bizarre harassment campaign
eBay sent bloody pig mask and other macabre deliveries to journalists' home.…
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AI company employees petition US government for regulation
A thousand workers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and more have signed the letter.…
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MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea
Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup's MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itsel…
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Dust cloud from dino-killing asteroid charbroiled the Earth
“We're in the realm where we might be essentially killing off everything within that first hour or two."…
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Philly suburb: Sure, build that data center—but first meet our 43 demands
The final condition will shock you! (It won’t. It’s taxes.)…
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Instapaper update adds Liquid Glass, Home Screen widgets, new fonts, more
Today, Instapaper launched version 10 of its iPhone and iPad app with several improvements, along with a major redesign …
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Apple says iOS 27 ‘Restricted Mode’ isn’t for new Upgrade program leases
Apple has told The Verge that missed lease payments will not activate the “Restricted Mode” system currently under devel…
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Sam Altman is ready to decelerate
His change of position comes after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally."…
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Ebay Has to Pay $55.7 Million in Settlement for Its Unhinged Harassment Campaign
For months on end, eBay employees and contractors made life hell for a couple that had criticized the company. Six years…
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Despite AI hype, Google's data shows workers aren't automating themselves away
Analysis of 15 million real AI interactions finds most tasks at most jobs are unaffected.…
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Twelve South debuts smaller Valet tray with 25W MagSafe charging
Earlier this year, Twelve South debuted the new Valet accessory, which it described as a “wireless charging station and …
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AI leaders sign statement asking the government to do something about automated AI
Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI …
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Is it illegal to trick the US government into wiping your phone during a questionably legal search?
A Georgia man was charged with a felony for allegedly wiping his phone while being questioned by Customs and Border Prot…
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Laura Loomer's Reversal on Ukraine Stirs Up the MAGA Civil War
Donald Trump's base has been increasingly spilt. Laura Loomer's sudden embrace of Ukraine has only widened that divide.…
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Instacart's CTO says AI made the company stop worrying about tech debt
Instacart is posing the provocative question: What if most of the work your engineers do today should, in fact, be done …
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Double Fine lays off about a third of its employees
Double Fine lays off about a third of its staff.…
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War machines can run amok with AI in control
Tour of the AI kill chain maps the risks of ubiquitous surveillance and flawed algorithms…
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Microsoft and Wiz mind-meld agents catch more than 90% of bugs
Secret to their success: Using the right model for the right security job…