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Forking confusing: Vulnerable Rust crate exposes uv Python packager
A vulnerability in the popular Rust crate async-tar has affected the fast uv Python package manager, which uses a forked version that's now patched – but the most widely downloaded version remains unfixed.…
New Linux kernel patch lets you cancel hibernation mid-process
A new Linux kernel patch lets you cancel the process of your machine going into hibernation, but the bigger context of the work may be more important.…
AI bubble inflates Microsoft CEO pay to $96.5M
Months after saying job cuts at Microsoft weighed on him, bossman Satya Nadella has another problem: how to expend his swelling bank balance following another bumper pay rise.…
Jaguar Land Rover cyber-meltdown tipped to cost the UK almost £2B
The Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) cyberattack could end up being the costliest such incident in UK history, billed at an estimated £1.9 billion and affecting over 5,000 organizations.…
China's CR450 bullet train clocks 453 km/h in pre-service tests
China's CR450 train hit 453 km/h during pre-service trials, surpassing its CR400 predecessor's 420 km/h and outpacing Deutsche Bahn's 405 km/h test record.…
Royal Navy sharpens claws on Wildcat choppers with anti-drone Martlet missiles
Royal Navy helicopters will soon carry drone-busting lightweight Martlet missiles, now declared fully operational following the anti-ship Sea Venom gaining initial operating capability (IOC) earlier this month.…
Carnegie Mellon team claims vector-based system can turbocharge PostgreSQL
Automated database systems based on vector embedding algorithms could improve the performance of default settings on common PostgreSQL database services by a factor of two to ten, according to a database researcher.…
UK data regulator defends decision not to investigate MoD Afghan data breach
The UK's data protection regulator declined to launch an investigation into a leak at the Ministry of Defence that risked the lives of thousands of Afghans connected with the British Armed Forces.…
Google porting all internal workloads to Arm, with help from GenAI
Google has revealed it’s ported around 30,000 of its production packages to the Arm architecture and plans to convert them all so it can run workloads on both its own Axion silicon and x86 processors.…

