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Anthropic's Claude Code runs code to test if it is safe – which might be a big mistake

Tue, 2025-09-09 09:30
AI security reviews add new risks, say researchers

App security outfit Checkmarx says automated reviews in Anthropic's Claude Code can catch some bugs but miss others – and sometimes create new risks by executing code while testing it.…

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AI Darwin Awards launch to celebrate spectacularly bad deployments

Tue, 2025-09-09 08:45
From fast food fiascos to botched databases, there are fresh honors for machine learning misadventures

It was bound to happen. The Darwin Awards are being extended to include examples of misadventures involving overzealous applications of AI.…

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Legacy tech blunts UK top cops' fight against serious crime, inspectors find

Tue, 2025-09-09 08:02
Report warns creaking infrastructure undermines the National Crime Agency's efficiency and effectiveness

The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) clings to legacy systems and relies on an IT strategy that lacks clarity, a policing watchdog has found.…

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Microsoft veteran's worst Windows bug was Pinball running at 5,000 FPS

Tue, 2025-09-09 07:15
Dev admits the game once ate an entire CPU core

Former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer has come clean and admitted that the worst bug he ever shipped was in... Pinball.…

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UK toughens Online Safety Act with ban on self-harm content

Tue, 2025-09-09 06:29
Charities welcome change, but critics warn the law is already too broad

Tech companies will be legally required to prevent content involving self-harm from appearing on their platforms – rather than responding and removing it – in a planned amendment to the UK's controversial Online Safety Act.…

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Use it or lose it: AI may cause you to forget some skills

Tue, 2025-09-09 04:58
Prepare to take tests in stuff you already know how to do, just to keep you sharp

Using AI may cause some of your skills atrophy, and your employer therefore needs to take steps to keep you sharp.…

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Forget disappearing messages – now Signal will store 100MB of them for you for free

Tue, 2025-09-09 03:33
Including messages sent to users, a potential problem for the privacy-conscious

Encrypted messaging app Signal is rolling out a free storage system for its users, with extra space if folks are willing to pay for it.…

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Citrix products sold under old licenses will get glitchy unless users upgrade

Tue, 2025-09-09 01:49
Brace for ‘loss of functionality’ next April, and an upsell conversation before that deadline

Citrix on Monday advised its customers that products acquired under its current file-based licensing system will experience “loss of functionality and potential impacts on end-users” next April, and that upgrading to a new cloudy licensing scheme is the way to avoid potential problems.…

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Intel shuffles executive deckchairs, tosses 30-year veteran chief overboard

Mon, 2025-09-08 23:59
Michelle Johnston Holthaus' tenure as Intel Products CEO lasted just ten months

Intel’s CEO of Products, Michelle Johnston Holthaus, will leave the business, as part of the latest executive shake-up since CEO Lip Bu Tan seized the company's reins.…

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WhatsApp's former security boss claims reporting infosec failings led to ousting

Mon, 2025-09-08 23:36
Meta shrugs off allegations of improper dismissal, ignoring privacy and security

WhatsApp's former head of security, Attaullah Baig, has filed a lawsuit against its parent company, Meta, alleging that the social media megalith retaliated against him for reporting security failings that violated legal commitments.…

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Chip designer SiFive aims to cram more RISC-V cores into AI chips

Mon, 2025-09-08 22:46
Why reinvent the CPU wheel when you can spend your time engineering a way out of your dependence on Nvidia?

Every quarter, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is asked about the growing number of custom ASICs encroaching on his AI empire, and each time he downplays the threat, arguing that GPUs offer superior programmability in a rapidly changing environment.…

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