FSF Patches Two-Year-Old Vulnerability Found by AI Researchers in GNU Savannah Repository

The Free Software Foundation’s GNU Savannah hosts thousands of free software projects — both GNU and non-GNU projects, including Drupal.

But in early May, security researchers from Hacktron.AI reported vulnerabilities and demonstrated an exploi… Continue reading FSF Patches Two-Year-Old Vulnerability Found by AI Researchers in GNU Savannah Repository

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IT Workers Are Now Struggling to Find Work, as ‘Picky’ Companies Demand AI Skills

“Battered by years of mass layoffs, California tech workers were hoping the job market would rebound this year,” reports the Los Angeles Times. “But things are getting worse.”

The class divide is widening in Silicon Valley as a tiny group of employee… Continue reading IT Workers Are Now Struggling to Find Work, as ‘Picky’ Companies Demand AI Skills

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IT Workers Are Now Struggling to Find Work, as ‘Picky’ Companies Demand AI Skills

“Battered by years of mass layoffs, California tech workers were hoping the job market would rebound this year,” reports the Los Angeles Times. “But things are getting worse.”

The class divide is widening in Silicon Valley as a tiny group of employee… Continue reading IT Workers Are Now Struggling to Find Work, as ‘Picky’ Companies Demand AI Skills

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US-Iran Peace Agreement Prompts Stock Rally, Leaves Some Investors Skeptical and Questions on Speed of Resuming Oil Production

“Asian stocks rallied Monday while oil prices tumbled,” reports CNBC, “after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a peace deal aimed at ending nearly four months of conflict…”

The strongest reaction was seen in energy markets. U.S. crude oil futures for Jul… Continue reading US-Iran Peace Agreement Prompts Stock Rally, Leaves Some Investors Skeptical and Questions on Speed of Resuming Oil Production

Workers Spend As Much Time ‘Botsitting’ AI As Producing Useful Work, Survey Finds

“As the use of artificial intelligence spreads across companies worldwide, it is relieving workers of tedious old chores but creating new ones,” reports the Los Angeles Times.

“Most people don’t realize the amount of time that they’re spending workin… Continue reading Workers Spend As Much Time ‘Botsitting’ AI As Producing Useful Work, Survey Finds

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Microsoft Updates Six Windows’ Apps. ‘Photos’ Gets Watermarks for Copilot Images (Off by Default)

Microsoft dropped “massive” updates for six stock Windows apps, reports the “Microsoft enthusiast” site Neowin.

Here’s some of their more interesting highlights for Clock, Media Player, Calculator, Voice Recorder, Photos, and Paint:

The Photos app … Continue reading Microsoft Updates Six Windows’ Apps. ‘Photos’ Gets Watermarks for Copilot Images (Off by Default)

Microsoft Updates Six Windows Apps. ‘Photos’ Gets Watermarks for Copilot Images (Off by Default)

Microsoft dropped “massive” updates for six stock Windows apps, reports the “Microsoft enthusiast” site Neowin.

Here’s some of their more interesting highlights for Clock, Media Player, Calculator, Voice Recorder, Photos, and Paint:

The Photos app … Continue reading Microsoft Updates Six Windows Apps. ‘Photos’ Gets Watermarks for Copilot Images (Off by Default)

UK Scientists See Little Evidence for Claims Smartphones Are Rewiring Kids’ Brains

UK’s Members of Parliament (MP) were “looking for proof that smartphones and social media are rotting children’s brains,” writes The Register — but they got “a less satisfying answer from neuroscientists on Wednesday: nobody can really prove it.”… Continue reading UK Scientists See Little Evidence for Claims Smartphones Are Rewiring Kids’ Brains

As ‘Disclosure Day’ Premieres, Steven Spielberg Says He Believes Aliens Really Have Visited Earth

Steven Spielberg grants that his 1977 UFO film Close Encounters was “speculative,” writes the Associated Press, but “Disclosure Day, he insists, is the real deal.”

“It’s my first film that will be considered science fiction that I do not consider to b… Continue reading As ‘Disclosure Day’ Premieres, Steven Spielberg Says He Believes Aliens Really Have Visited Earth