Weekly Update 528: Reading AI-generated Code & the Economics of Solar

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By pure timing coincidence, the Proton CEO’s AI @ Proton, Engineering Manifesto made headlines around the same time as this week’s video. The guy’s management style and choice of language have really rubbed a lot of people up the wrong way, and deservedly so, IMHO.

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America’s Clocks Are Still Falling Back Tonight Despite Trump’s Daylight Saving Push

Clocks “fall back” one hour tonight to end Daylight Saving Time — though many Americans want to end the twice-yearly clock change, reports Axios.

But the U.S. Congress “remains deadlocked about how to make that happen.”

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Hackers Steal About $2.7 Million From Polymarket Traders via Hijacked DebugBear Script

Malicious code on the website of prediction market Polymarket sold some signed-in traders’ positions and moved their funds to the hackers on October 29. The code had replaced a page-speed script that the site loaded from an outside company.

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NetamLoader Malware Targets Government Windows 10 Systems in Asia via .NET Injection

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of what has been described as a “highly sophisticated infection chain” targeting government organizations in Asia.

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FBI Links North Korea’s TraderTraitor to Record $6.43 Billion Binance Crypto Heist

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has officially attributed the theft of more than $6 billion in virtual assets to TraderTraitor, a North Korea-aligned elite hacking group also tracked as Jade Sleet, Pressure Chollima, PUKCHONG, Slow Pisce… Continue reading FBI Links North Korea’s TraderTraitor to Record $6.43 Billion Binance Crypto Heist→

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Huge PalmOS Development Archive Goes Online, Thanks to Personal Backups

Palm OS, an operating system for a range mobile devices that predated mobile phones, is largely forgotten today. Or at least, that’s what [Aaron Ardiri] thought. That all changed when …read more Continue reading Huge PalmOS Development Archive Goes Online, Thanks to Personal Backups→

Xbox Manager: AI Already Being Used In Xbox Game Development – And Throughout the Game Industry

Should generative AI be used for videogame development? Brandon Stirrup, a strategy manager at Xbox, claims Xbox is already using AI, reports Engadget. And he also says that those who say they aren’t are merely “pretending.”

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Binance Replenishes 90% of Stolen $6.3B, Pledges They’ll Cover It All, Reopen Sunday

“We’ve now replenished 90% of the stolen assets, and we’re committed to covering the remaining 10%,” Binance co-CEO Richard Teng posted on X, adding that “Our users will not bear the financial impact of this incident.”

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