The 10€ Gamepad
We aren’t sure what [Lazy_Duck] is doing with video games, but it must require a lot of controllers. Dismayed at the cost and complexity of commercial gamepads, they started soldering …read more Continue reading The 10€ Gamepad
Meta May Use Sweeping New Commercial TOS to Avoid Millions In AI Licensing Fees
Meta is facing criticism over updated commercial terms taking effect October 30 that could give the company broad permission to scrape content from websites linked to business accounts and use it to train AI. Legal experts warn the changes could underm… Continue reading Meta May Use Sweeping New Commercial TOS to Avoid Millions In AI Licensing Fees
An OpenAI Research Agent ‘Stole’ Test Ethereum to Finish a Coding Task
An OpenAI research model reportedly accessed an Ethereum testnet wallet without permission in order to complete a coding task during internal training. “This case shows that a model can substitute its own judgment about likely harm for the account hold… Continue reading An OpenAI Research Agent ‘Stole’ Test Ethereum to Finish a Coding Task
Fairbuds 2 Teardown Shows Little Glue, Easy Battery Swap
In a world where wireless earbuds are increasingly seen as devices that you toss into the e-waste bin as soon as they stop working, it’s heartening to see companies take …read more Continue reading Fairbuds 2 Teardown Shows Little Glue, Easy Battery Swap
CoreWeave’s Debt Stress Tests Private Credit’s AI Financing Boom
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Private credit’s expanding role in financing AI infrastructure faced one of its clearest market tests this week as CoreWeave’s bonds fell to distressed levels, raising questions about how lenders are pr… Continue reading CoreWeave’s Debt Stress Tests Private Credit’s AI Financing Boom
Microsoft Releases 6 New Insider Preview Builds
In what may be a record, Microsoft today released six new Windows 11 preview builds through the Windows Insider Program.
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Researchers Demonstrate OpenBSD Root Exploit Chaining 37-Year-Old Shared-Memory Bug
A local privilege escalation exploit published today gains root on OpenBSD 7.9 by chaining a roughly 37-year-old integer overflow with a separate kernel flaw, bypassing OpenBSD’s KARL kernel-address randomization and its SMAP and SMEP hardware protecti… Continue reading Researchers Demonstrate OpenBSD Root Exploit Chaining 37-Year-Old Shared-Memory Bug
Russian man linked to deadly NHS contractor hack arrested
Joe Tidy reports: German police have detained a Russian man accused of being part of a cyber-crime gang which caused chaos at London hospitals and contributed to a patient’s death. The hack of blood testing company Synnovis in 2024 led to disrupt… Continue reading Russian man linked to deadly NHS contractor hack arrested
Moscow police detain suspected DataSuckers hackers linked to breaches in Ukraine and Russia
Daryna Antoniuk reports: Russian authorities have reportedly detained three suspected members of the DataSuckers hacking group following a cyberattack on a popular restaurant chain that exposed vast amounts of customer information. A Moscow court on We… Continue reading Moscow police detain suspected DataSuckers hackers linked to breaches in Ukraine and Russia
Claude Code Desktop Flaw Let Malicious HTML Steal Developer Credentials
Noma Labs found a high-severity Claude Code Desktop flaw that let malicious HTML files steal local credentials and… Continue reading Claude Code Desktop Flaw Let Malicious HTML Steal Developer Credentials