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Ruby 4.0 Universal RCE Deserialization Gadget Chain

A new universal remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Ruby's deserialization has been discovered that works on…

GLM-5.3: Frontier Coding with Emergent Cyber Capabilities

Bluesky Protocol Services

Bluesky launched Bluesky Protocol Services, a new infrastructure platform for developers building on the AT Protocol…

SparrowMap – Cameras that watch government vehicles

SparrowMap is a crowdsourced surveillance system that uses volunteers' phones or computers to track government vehicles…

How AI text watermarking works

AI text watermarking works by subtly influencing which words a language model chooses when multiple options would be…

Investors sue Selena Gomez alleging fraud tied to her mental health startup

The plaintiffs say they invested nearly $1.2 million in the company, and are accusing Gomez of failing to build and…

Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works

The surveillance company announced it's making a tool called "Audit Assistance" mandatory for all customers, claiming…

If Apple sends you a push notification alerting you to a spyware attack, take it seriously

Apple now sends out push notifications to iPhone lock screens when the company identifies government spyware targeting…

Anthropic's AI Agents Started a Virtual War. The Quotes Are Unhinged

In a new red-team study, Claude models deployed self-replicating malware against each other—and the transcripts explain…

Writer introduces new AI model and upgraded harness to contain token costs

Built as a post-training variation on Z.ai's open source model GLM-5.2, Writer says the new system should provide…

Anthropic Is Quietly Watermarking Every Claude AI Output. Builders Are Already Trying to Break It

Anthropic is weaving an invisible, machine-readable watermark into every word its newest Claude models write—and it…

Databricks wanted to raise $1B, investors wanted $15B. It settled on $5B at a $190B valuation.

AI is expensive, Ali Ghodsi tells TechCrunch.

NP-Overrated

The article challenges the common misconception that NP-hard problems are practically unsolvable, arguing that while…

Wintermute Bets $1 Billion on AI and High-Frequency Trading Expansion

Wintermute plans to invest about $1 billion over five years in high-frequency trading and AI data-center infrastructure…

Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals

Trump memo is first time gov't has authorized private sector to perform cyber attacks.

How Organizations Use AI: Evidence from ChatGPT [pdf]

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OpenAI introduces ‘Ultrafast,’ a new mode that makes GPT 5.6 Sol work at 14x the speed

OpenAI is launching a preview of a sped up version of its latest, most powerful model, in an effort to court enterprise…

IBM partners with OpenAI to bolster enterprise AI push

IBM plans to train and certify tens and thousands of consultants on OpenAI's technologies as part of this deal.

Google and OpenAI Debut Super Fast AI Models—Gemini 3.7 Flash Is Out, But GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast Is Invite-Only

Google's model is live and built for cheap agents; OpenAI's is quicker but locked behind a waitlist.

Understanding is the new bottleneck

As AI agents increasingly write code, understanding that code has become a critical bottleneck—not primarily for…

Single log line is 49KB+ (ext4) / 110KB+ (btrfs) of systemd-journald disk writes

A user reported that systemd-journald is causing excessive disk I/O, with single log lines consuming 49KB+ on ext4 and…

HN: Xenon, open source dashboard for a second screen, tablet or phone

Xenon is an open-source dashboard application that displays system monitoring, productivity tools, and smart home…

Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war.

Anthropic researchers found AI agents can clash, collude and coordinate in unexpected ways, raising new questions about…

White House Lets Private Firms Hack Cybercriminals—At Their Own Legal Risk

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday that lets vetted U.S.

Show HN: OpenCode Senses, An insanely fast and highly accurate vision plugin

OpenCode Senses is a local, privacy-focused vision plugin that adds image recognition capabilities to text-only coding…

Flock “can’t tech its way out” of the stalker cop problem, experts say

Flock to lock out cops who stalk exes, but agencies can still hide abuse.

Accelerating GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast

Cerebras and OpenAI have launched Ultrafast Mode, a new service tier for GPT-5.6 Sol that delivers up to 750 output…

Robinhood’s $225M Venture Fund Opens Below IPO Price in NYSE Debut

Robinhood’s second venture fund raised $225.5 million, while crypto trading fell as stock volumes and platform assets…

How Compaction Works in Pi

When coding sessions with AI agents like Pi exceed the language model's context window limit, the system triggers…