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Forking confusing: Vulnerable Rust crate exposes uv Python packager

Wed, 2025-10-22 13:15
Forks of forks of forks, but which ones are patched?

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.…

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New Linux kernel patch lets you cancel hibernation mid-process

Wed, 2025-10-22 12:10
RFC proposes power-button interrupt – and highlights wider problems with sleep states

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.…

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AI bubble inflates Microsoft CEO pay to $96.5M

Wed, 2025-10-22 11:23
480:1 ratio compared to average employee? Must be all that 'leadership' juice

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.…

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Jaguar Land Rover cyber-meltdown tipped to cost the UK almost £2B

Wed, 2025-10-22 10:29
That's a lot of extended warranties

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.…

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China's CR450 bullet train clocks 453 km/h in pre-service tests

Wed, 2025-10-22 09:30
Wheeled wonder leaves European rail in the dust

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.…

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Royal Navy sharpens claws on Wildcat choppers with anti-drone Martlet missiles

Wed, 2025-10-22 08:45
Laser-guided weapon reaches full service after successful sea trials

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.…

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Carnegie Mellon team claims vector-based system can turbocharge PostgreSQL

Wed, 2025-10-22 08:00
Researchers say 'Proto-X' fine-tunes databases automatically, delivering multifold performance boosts

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.…

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UK data regulator defends decision not to investigate MoD Afghan data breach

Wed, 2025-10-22 07:15
ICO says probe unnecessary after reviewing ministry's handling of leak

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.…

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Google porting all internal workloads to Arm, with help from GenAI

Wed, 2025-10-22 03:55
YouTube and Gmail already running on both x86 and homebrew Axion silicon, 70,000 more apps in the conversion queue

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.…

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