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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.
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.
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.
Netflix has replaced its homegrown batch processing system with Kueue, an open-source alternative. The move gives them more features and saves the high cost of maintaining a custom internal tool for managing large-scale computing jobs.
Microsoft Research has a new benchmark, MindTopo, to test if AI models can understand spatial relationships like knots and connections. This is a key step for building more capable robots and augmented reality applications.
The FAA successfully hired over 2,000 video gamers as air traffic controller trainees. The strategy shows how skills from gaming can be valuable for critical, high-pressure technical jobs, offering a new talent pool for recruiters.
The new Insta360 X6 is the best 360 camera available, with major upgrades in image quality and battery life. However, its high price and an unstable mobile app may give professional users pause before adoption.
Oracle is installing a Quantinuum quantum computer directly into its cloud infrastructure. The move aims to give enterprise customers on-demand access to quantum power for demanding AI and high-performance computing workloads, simplifying a complex technology.
JetBrains is adding 'Agent Skills' to IntelliJ IDEA and other IDEs. This lets developers teach the built-in AI assistant new capabilities and knowledge, making it perform complex coding tasks aligned with their specific project needs.
A federal agency used emergency powers to stop New York from shutting down prediction market Kalshi. The move signals a major clash over who regulates new financial tech, creating uncertainty for fintech founders and operators.
LaunchDarkly is now available on the Vercel Marketplace, letting developers add powerful feature flags to their projects with a single command. This integration automates setup, speeding up testing and safe feature rollouts for web applications.
European cloud provider OVHcloud is raising server prices by up to 87% for all customers. The company blames the high demand for RAM and storage, driven by the AI boom, for the significant cost increase.
An unreleased Anthropic AI model made surprising progress on the Riemann hypothesis, a 150-year-old unsolved math problem. This signals a major leap in AI's ability to perform complex scientific reasoning, beyond just pattern recognition.
Microsoft has a new research AI for radiology that can use digital tools to measure its own findings in scans. This approach aims to make AI-generated medical reports more accurate, verifiable, and clinically useful for doctors.
A new nomination is set to give the FCC a 3-1 Republican majority, breaking a long-standing tradition of maintaining a closer partisan balance. This shift could lead to significant changes in internet and telecom regulations.
Netflix redesigned its real-time service map to handle massive scale without losing data. The new system uses a multi-stage pipeline and clever backpressure techniques to ensure every event is processed, even under extreme load.
British Transport Police are now using live facial recognition on the London Underground. The system scans faces in real-time and checks them against a watchlist, raising significant privacy concerns from civil liberties groups.
Using a service mesh with other observability tools can accidentally double-count your traffic metrics. A new guide from CNCF shows developers how to fix this common issue, ensuring accurate data for monitoring and incident response.
Google Cloud launched a new platform that uses AI agents to automate mobile app testing on real devices. This aims to simplify the complex process of ensuring apps work across thousands of different phone models, evolving from Firebase Test Lab.
The U.S. is backing an international push to simplify rules for floating nuclear reactors. The goal is to create a new power source for coastal data centers and industry, but it also creates complex new security challenges.
Cloudflare is testing a new protocol, WebMCP, that lets AI agents interact with websites through a structured interface instead of scraping. Activated with a single switch, it aims to standardize how AI navigates the web.
Google Cloud has launched ClusterNetworkPolicy for its Kubernetes Engine (GKE). The new feature lets platform administrators set cluster-wide security rules that work alongside developer policies, improving security without slowing down individual teams.