Microsoft issues out-of-band patch for critical security flaw in update to ASP.NET Core Developers are advised to check their applications after Microsoft revealed that last week’s ASP.NET Core update inadvertently introduced a serious security flaw into the web framework’s Data Protection Library. Microsoft describes the issue as a “regression,” coding jargon for an update that breaks something that was previously working correctly. In this case, what was introduced was a CVSS 9.1-… Anthropic's Mythos Model Is Being Accessed by Unauthorized Users Bloomberg reports that a small group of unauthorized users gained access to Anthropic's restricted Mythos model through a mix of contractor-linked access and online sleuthing. Anthropic says it is investigating and has no evidence the access extended beyond a third-party vendor environment or affected its own systems. From the report: The users relied on a mix of tactics to get into Mythos. These included using access the person had as a worker at a third-party contractor for Anthropic and tryi… Tesla Plaid Owner Learns The Hard Way It Can't Keep Up With A Corvette When a Tesla Model Plaid owner showed up at the racetrack and tried to pair off with a Corvette, it didn't end well for the Tesla. Here's what happened. Cocaine-Fueled Wild Salmon Swam Twice as Far as Sober Ones After scientists exposed wild fish to cocaine and a cocaine metabolite, they observed that as in the lab, fish on cocaine do not act like normal fish. A robot is beating human pros at table tennis. Its maker calls it a milestone for machines A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study in the journal Nature that shows how advances in artificial intelligence are m... InformationWeek Podcast: Rightsizing AI frameworks to avoid failure mode Robin Gordon, chief data officer at Hippo Insurance, and Gabe Goodhart, chief architect of AI open innovation at IBM, discuss how they match data models with context. The UX Designer’s Nightmare: When “Production-Ready” Becomes A Design Deliverable In a rush to embrace AI, the industry is redefining what it means to be a UX designer, blurring the line between design and engineering. Carrie Webster explores what’s gained, what’s lost, and why designers need to remain the guardians of the user experience. Focus: South Korea builds a semiconductor talent pipeline South Korea's long-running experiment with job-guaranteed semiconductor education is entering a more consequential phase, with the first large wave of students from expanded industry-linked programmes set to enter the workforce from 2027. The shift is drawing fresh scrutiny over whether a model built around direct hiring pipelines, practical training, and university-industry coordination can do m… X is going to let Grok curate your timeline X is putting its AI chatbot, Grok, in charge of your timeline. In an announcement on Wednesday, X product head Nikita Bier says Premium subscribers on iOS can get early access to a feature that allows users to pin specific topics to their home tab, which Grok will then use to curate the posts you […] |
A LEGO fan vibe-coded a brick-finding tool with Codex If you’ve ever built something with LEGOs, you know the sound: the clatter of those little plastic bricks as you hunt for just the right piece to finish your creation. Boy Genius Report contributor and WordPress developer James Bruce must know that sound well. A self-reported LEGO fanatic, Bruce has described his passion for scooping up “old bargain bulk boxes” of LEGOs to “figure out what sets w… How AI is changing copper, fiber networking The advent of artificial intelligence — and in particular dedicated AI data centers — has meant that data movement over the network is more important than ever, as processing of inference and large language model training consumes terabytes of data stored in data centers the size of a football stadium. Not only that, but there is now an increasing effort to tie together distant data centers into … LinkedIn’s CEO is moving on; please hold your tearful video tributes Ryan Roslansky has stepped down as LinkedIn's CEO after six years running the world's largest professional network. Dan Shapero, the company's COO, takes over immediately. Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Stepping Down Apple announced that Tim Cook will step down as CEO in September after 15 years in the role, handing the job to hardware chief John Ternus. Longtime Slashdot reader sinij shares the news from MarketWatch: Cook leaves an impressive legacy after growing the company to a $4 trillion market capitalization from just $300 billion 15 years ago. Over Cook's 15-year tenure as CEO, Apple's stock has risen 1,932%, beating the S&P 500's 504% increase, according to Dow Jones Market Data. That places Apple's… Emma the joke-telling robot cracks up the care home: Paula Hornickel’s best photograph ‘The first resident that Emma – a social robot – was introduced to was called Peter. After that, Emma assumed they were all called Peter, which everyone found hilarious. Then she broke down’ One morning in July 2025, I arrived in the small, quiet town of Albershausen in south-west Germany. It has only around 4,000 inhabitants. I went to visit a care home where they were piloting a social robot na… Crypto Entrepreneur Justin Sun Sues Trump Family’s World Liberty Financial, Accusing It of Fraud Justin Sun, one of the largest backers of World Liberty Financial, sued the Trump family’s crypto start-up, accusing it of a fraudulent scheme to pressure him into buying digital coins. Johny Srouji named Apple’s Chief Hardware Officer Apple today announced that, effective immediately, Apple executive Johny Srouji will become chief hardware officer. Influencer uses AI to teach people about history 'Chloe vs. History' creator Jonathan Laramy reveals how the AI tool 'captured the human emotion' on 'Fox News Live.' Apple's next era: After Tim Cook's dream run, new CEO has to help the company catch up Cook charted his own path as chief executive after the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011. Over nearly 15 years, he expanded Apple's business and navigated the company through major challenges. Oil crisis? What oil crisis? IT spending de-coupled from wider war shock Gartner sees accelerating growth in IT spending, powered by cloud and AI infrastructure investment A day after the International Energy Agency (IEA) said the US/Israel/Iran war was creating the worst energy crisis ever faced by the world, Gartner increased its growth forecasts for global IT spending by nearly three percentage points.… |
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