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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 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.
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 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.
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.
Marvell is developing a new system that uses light to let up to 16 GPUs share a massive 32TB pool of memory. This could dramatically lower the cost of building large-scale AI infrastructure.
Greece has passed a law requiring social media platforms to verify every user's age, banning those under 15. This signals a growing global trend that will force tech companies to build complex and secure age verification systems.
Australia's national science agency built a serverless system that queries massive genomic files directly from cloud storage, bypassing a central database. The architecture delivers results in under two seconds, offering a new blueprint for big data processing.
Cloudflare has launched on-demand CPU and memory profiling for its Workers platform. This lets developers find and fix performance bottlenecks directly in their live production applications, without needing to replicate issues in a test environment.
AWS released Lambda Web Functions, a new way to run Node.js web apps. This update removes the need for adapter libraries, simplifying deployments for frameworks like Express and adding support for response streaming and concurrent requests.
A new report finds 15% of UK tech professionals have seen colleagues quit after AI changed their jobs. The trend points to growing workloads, stalled career progression, and senior staff doing more junior-level tasks.
A new engineering framework shows that changing your multi-cloud architecture can save far more money than just negotiating better rates. This approach focuses on optimizing service placement and communication to slash hidden data transfer fees.
Companies are adopting AI so quickly that it's forcing them to rethink traditional executive roles. This means the C-suite itself is being redesigned to manage new responsibilities around AI governance and strategy.
The popular Angular state management library NgRx has released version 22. It introduces new features that prevent data loss during page reloads and handle errors more gracefully, simplifying development and improving user experience.
The US Navy tested software that lets drones land on moving ships using only their onboard cameras. This provides a crucial backup for autonomous systems when GPS signals are jammed or unavailable, a common military threat.
Fintech firm Ramp built its own AI agent framework in just six weeks, finding third-party tools too limiting. This highlights a growing trend of companies building custom AI infrastructure for greater control and performance over off-the-shelf solutions.
Audeze and Audiokinetic are integrating native head-tracking from the Maxwell 2 headset directly into the Wwise audio engine. This removes a major technical hurdle for developers creating immersive spatial audio experiences for games and VR.
A major update to pgCluu, a free PostgreSQL performance tool, is now available. It helps teams find and fix database slowdowns with new, more detailed reports on disk activity and support for the latest PostgreSQL versions.
The US Army is developing a modular laser weapon that fits onto standard military trucks. This system, called LOCUST X3, can destroy drones for as little as $5 per shot, offering a highly cost-effective defense against a growing threat.
A new open-source tool shows that an AI query's carbon footprint depends heavily on the data center's location and energy source. This helps companies choose greener cloud regions for their AI workloads and make sustainability a measurable metric.
General Motors is developing a new EV platform with a centralized computer to compete with Tesla and Chinese rivals. The new architecture, debuting in 2028, aims to simplify vehicle systems and enable advanced AI features.
Observability platform OpenReplay switched from Postgres to ClickHouse to manage billions of daily user events. The new system handles up to 6 TB of data per day on a single server, enabling sub-second analytical queries.
Microsoft researchers solved a 31-year-old math problem using a new 'human-directed AI' approach. This method shows how AI can act as a powerful collaborator for complex scientific discovery, not just a tool for automation.
A new survey of 520 tech leaders reveals they are not worried about being locked into a specific AI model. The real concern is the surrounding infrastructure and tooling, which is much harder to change once implemented.