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Swift for Visual Studio Code comes to Open VSX Registry The Swift for Visual Studio Code extension, which brings language support for Apple’s Swift programming language to Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code editor, now is available on the Open VSX Registy , an Eclipse Foundation-hosted open source registry for VS Code extensions. The Swift for Visual Studio Code extension adds first-class language support for projects built with Swift Package Manager, ena… ‘Too powerful for the public’: Inside Anthropic’s bid to win the AI publicity war The firm says it withheld an AI model on cybersecurity grounds but sceptics say this was hype to lure investment This week, the AI company Anthropic said it had created an AI model so powerful that, out of a sense of overwhelming responsibility, it was not going to release it to the public. The US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, summoned the heads of major banks for a chat about the model, Myt… AI demand is so high, AWS customers are trying to buy out its entire capacity The Amazon Web Services (AWS) chip business is “on fire,” Trainium offers better price-performance than Nvidia, and customers are so eager for AI compute capacity that they’re looking to buy up all that’s currently available. These are the takeaways shared by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy in his eight page letter to shareholders in the tech giant’s 2025 annual report. Jassy’s comments underscore how all-… FBI Extracts Suspect's Deleted Signal Messages Saved In iPhone Notification Data An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The FBI was able to forensically extract copies of incoming Signal messages from a defendant's iPhone, even after the app was deleted, because copies of the content were saved in the device's push notification database, multiple people present for FBI testimony in a recent trial told 404 Media. The case involved a group of people setting off fireworks and vandalizing property at the ICE Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado, Texas in July… GOP rep praises successful Artemis II mission, says US has to beat China in space race Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, discusses NASA's successful Artemis II mission and addresses the critical space race with China, stressing the need for continued American leadership and a meritocracy in space exploration. X says it’s reducing payments to clickbait accounts X is cutting back on payments to accounts that are “flooding the timeline” with clickbait and rapid-fire news aggregation, according to its head of product Nikita Bier TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self-driving vehicle talent? Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. The Escalating Global A.I. Arms Race China, the U.S., Russia and others have ramped up their contest over artificial-intelligence-backed weapons and military systems. The buildup has been compared to the dawn of the nuclear weapons age. How To Improve UX In Legacy Systems Practical guidelines for driving UX impact in organizations with legacy systems and broken processes. Brought to you by Measuring UX Impact , **friendly video course on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly. Rain — and maybe thunderstorms — are expected in Los Angeles this weekend Weather forecasts for Los Angeles and Southern California predict rain this weekend, which could linger through Monday. There's also a 15% to 25% chance of thunderstorms. Rockstar Games says hack will have ‘no impact’ Rockstar confirmed on Saturday that some of its data was compromised in a breach of a third-party provider. The group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility, saying it had gained access to the company's Snowflake instances (a cloud-hosting provider popular with enterprise customers) via Anodot, a cost-monitoring and analytics service. The group is demanding a ransom by April […] |
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