Switch 2 security takes a hit as hackers unlock homebrew access
A security researcher has demonstrated a software-only partial jailbreak of the Switch 2, gaining “userland” access that he says “lets us run homebrew, reverse engineer
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Moderna and Merck say their mRNA cancer vaccine cut death, recurrence by 42%
Personalized mRNA vaccines against melanoma—the deadliest form of skin cancer—reduced the risk of death or recurrence by 42 percent compared to standard treatment in a
Universal Music Group licenses songs to AI gaming music service TYGER
Universal Music Group (UMG) will license music from its artists and songwriters to TYGER. The service uses AI to make songs follow the action in
Meta reports $825B in future lease and contract commitments
Meta has signed up to about $825bn in future leases and contracts, most of them for the data centres and computing power behind its AI
Ex-OpenAI science head Kevin Weil launches Warp Sciences with $215M
Kevin Weil, who led OpenAI for Science, has launched Warp Sciences with $215M led by Lightspeed, valuing it at $865M, Bloomberg reported. It is building
Zurich startup Enact raises $30M to give robots a sense of touch
Zurich-based Enact Intelligence has emerged from stealth with a $30M pre-seed round from redalpine, Notion Capital and firstminute capital. It builds robots that sense force
Red Hat Funded a Report That Found a Quarter of Incoming Pull Requests May Be AI Slop
LF Research is the Linux Foundation’s research arm. It was set up in 2021 and publishes studies on how open source is built and used
This Newly Proposed Linux Filesystem Can Fix Corrupted Data
The kernel’s filesystem mailing list has received an 18-patch proposal this week from Aurelien Desbrieres, the creator of BeamFS. It takes the place of FTRFS
Leidos lands $95M contract to automate Pentagon logistics with AI
Leidos has won a $95M, five-year contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to add AI automation and cloud tools to ELMS, the Pentagon system that
Victoria McClune is challenging how the AI industry understands its users
Victoria McClune’s career has followed the evolution of digital technology, from interactive children’s books on the first iPads to artificial intelligence systems reshaping how people
Apple, please give family IT admins a pester button
I was taking my dog for her perambulation through the leafy valleys and forests of one of the most densely populated parts of London this
A.I. Discovered a Critical Vulnerability in PHP, a Coding Language Behind Many Websites
The disclosure heightened concerns about A.I.’s potential to upend cybersecurity unless shortcomings are addressed.
Disgraced eMudhra drops out of TLS business after using cert private key of 4
eMudra, the certificate authority that issued eight intermediate TLS credentials so weak that anyone could mint certificates for any website or mail server—one had a
Leaked Mass Effect: Universe trailer gives a taste of what we’re all missing
Those mourning yesterday’s shuttering of highly praised and influential developer BioWare also had to deal with the cancellation of the next Mass Effect game, which