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Microsoft is overhauling its Windows Insider Program, which provides early access to new Windows 11 features. The company is introducing significant changes, starting with giving testers the ability to select specific new features they want to try out, offering more control over their preview experience.
A newly analyzed computer virus from over 20 years ago, named fast16.sys, reveals an early Stuxnet-style attack. The malware was designed to selectively target high-precision calculation software, subtly altering results in memory. This highlights a long-standing threat of data manipulation in critical systems.
Cybersecurity researchers have identified four malicious packages on the npm registry: `chalk-tempalte`, `@deadcode09284814/axios-util`, `axois-utils`, and `color-style-utils`. These packages were designed to steal information from developer systems and have been downloaded thousands of times.
A new Linux Foundation report finds that security readiness is the biggest obstacle to AI adoption. A widening gap exists between the rush to deploy AI and the ability to secure it. The report notes 67% of teams face pressure to accelerate deployment despite security risks.
Actor Matt Ryan, who voices Edward Kenway, has confirmed he filmed new scenes for the upcoming Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake. The new content is intended to add more emotional weight and depth to the main character's personal conflicts and overall journey in the popular game.
California may suspend its landmark net neutrality law to access $1.86 billion in federal broadband grants. This move could weaken open internet protections nationwide by setting a new precedent for how states handle federal funding conditions.
AI hearing aid startup Fortell raised $163 million from top investors like Founders Fund and Thrive Capital. The company aims to build devices that are more desirable and effective, challenging the current hearing aid monopoly.
Mem0 is now on the Vercel Marketplace, giving developers a simple way to add long-term memory to their AI applications. This allows apps to remember user preferences and context across different sessions.
Google Cloud launched its new M4N VM family, designed to stop companies from overpaying for CPU cores they don't need. The VMs offer high memory and I/O for large databases like SAP HANA and Oracle.
Large language models can find security flaws in code that traditional pattern-based scanners miss. GitLab's analysis shows the best approach is using both, with LLMs for nuanced checks and SAST for broad, fast coverage.
Dropbox has transformed its Riviera file preview service into a powerful content processing platform. It now handles hundreds of thousands of tasks per second, supporting AI and RAG workflows across more than 300 file formats.
Vercel has cut the startup time for secure builds by 64%, reducing the average wait from 6.7 to 2.4 seconds. This change speeds up development cycles for teams needing enhanced security and static IP addresses.
Amazon's Ring is launching its Neighbours social feature in the UK. It lets users share alerts and video clips, raising new questions about community surveillance, data privacy, and content moderation for connected device platforms.
AI hearing aid startup Fortell raised $163 million from top investors like Founders Fund and Thrive Capital. The funding signals a major bet on using AI to solve usability problems and make traditional medical devices more desirable.
Texas lawmakers are debating whether to regulate prediction markets like Kalshi as financial exchanges or as gambling. This decision will set a major precedent for how new fintech platforms are treated across the U.S.
ExpressVPN has launched Fortify, a new Wi-Fi 6 router built with hardware specialist GL.iNet. It replaces the Aircove model, offering faster speeds and network-wide VPN protection, and includes a one-year subscription to its Advanced plan.
Lyft migrated hundreds of production data jobs from its custom in-house system to the standard Apache Flink Kubernetes Operator. This move enables better autoscaling, resource tuning, and more efficient upgrades for its streaming data platform.
Pinterest optimized its massive AI-powered search platform, Manas. By using a technique called quantization, they significantly reduced memory needs and costs while keeping search results accurate, making large-scale vector search more practical.
A developer built an AI system that uses a webcam and a mirror to watch its own screen. It can spot graphical errors and rewrite its own AMD Radeon driver code to fix the bugs, all without human help.
Google Cloud has published its internal five-step workflow for handling service outages. The framework guides teams from initial verification to post-incident review, aiming to minimize downtime and improve resilience for any company running on the cloud.
AI coding platform Bolt.new is offering developers up to 50 times more compute power. The catch is they must agree to let the company use their anonymized source code to train its AI models.
The UK's £100 billion data center boom is hitting a wall. A new survey finds that cabling bottlenecks and the rapid pace of AI mean new facilities are often outdated the moment they go online, threatening the country's tech goals.
NVIDIA Research is using formal methods, a mathematical approach for verifying software, to control AI agents. This technique aims to make AI more predictable and secure by proving it will adhere to predefined safety rules and policies.
Google Cloud released Filestore agent volumes, a new managed storage service built for AI agents. It provides a shared, persistent file system to simplify how agents access and process data, eliminating the need for complex custom solutions.