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Linux cryptographic code flaw offers fast route to root
Developers of major Linux distributions have begun shipping patches to address a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability arising from a logic flaw.…
Amazon chips no longer just a side dish, they're a $20B biz
Amazon chips no longer just a side dish, they're a $20B biz
Amazon is now among the top three datacenter chip businesses in the world, as its semiconductor business surpassed a $20 billion annual run rate ... and it would be closer to $50 billion if it included itself among the customers, CEO Andy Jassy said during the company’s first quarter earnings call on Wednesday.…
Researchers move in the right direction, develop powerful GPS interference alarm
Researchers move in the right direction, develop powerful GPS interference alarm
GPS spoofing, which sends fake satellite-like signals, and GPS jamming, which drowns receivers in noise, are increasingly serious problems. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have created what they say is the most effective system yet for detecting GPS interference, which could help blunt such attacks.…
Microsoft's patch for a 0-day exploited by Russian spies fell short. Another Windows flaw is under attack
Microsoft's patch for a 0-day exploited by Russian spies fell short. Another Windows flaw is under attack
Microsoft and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that attackers are exploiting a zero-click Windows flaw that can expose sensitive information on vulnerable systems.…
Legacy TLS tour continues with Exchange Online blocking old versions from July 2026
Legacy TLS tour continues with Exchange Online blocking old versions from July 2026
Microsoft has warned users still clinging to legacy TLS versions that the end is nigh for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on POP3 and IMAP4 connections to Exchange Online.…
Databricks can't seem to shake authors' copyright claim that could result in 'extraordinary' damages
Databricks can't seem to shake authors' copyright claim that could result in 'extraordinary' damages
Databricks cannot shake a class action lawsuit targeting its LLM, which several book authors contend was created with a database that contained pirated versions of some of their copyrighted books – and about 196,000 titles in all.…
Fedora 44 is out – countless versions of it
Fedora 44 is out – countless versions of it
Fedora Linux 44 has arrived – in multiple formats and for several CPU families, including some new container formats and storage options.…
Cloudflare says autocrats, wars and elections caged the internet in Q1
Cloudflare says autocrats, wars and elections caged the internet in Q1
The first quarter of 2026 saw a surge in severe and prolonged internet disruptions, from government shutdowns to power outages to the occasional mystery incident.…
Yet another experiment proves it's too damn simple to poison large language models
Yet another experiment proves it's too damn simple to poison large language models
Unlike search engines that let you judge competing sources, search-backed AI chatbots can turn shaky web material into confident answers. Case in point: A security engineer convinced several bots that he was the reigning world champion of a popular German card game, even though no such championship exists.…
NASA boss: make Pluto a planet again
NASA boss: Make Pluto A Planet Again
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman delivered some potentially good news at a Senate hearing this week, as well as some slightly odd news: in an environment of constrained budgets, the space agency was somehow finding resources to contest the decision to relegate Pluto from planet status.…