Hackers turn bossware against the bosses
A threat actor is abusing an employee monitoring application and a remote monitoring and management platform in an attempt to deploy ransomware and steal cryptocurrency.
Category: Tech
Researchers propose a self-distillation fix for ‘catastrophic forgetting’ in LLMs
A new fine-tuning technique aims to solve “catastrophic forgetting,” a limitation that often complicates repeated model updates in enterprise deployments. Researchers at MIT, the Improbable
When Amazon badly needed a ride, Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket delivered
The heavy version of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket launched for the first time Thursday, hauling 32 spacecraft to low-Earth orbit for Amazon’s satellite broadband constellation.
OpenAI sidesteps Nvidia with unusually fast coding model on plate-sized chips
On Thursday, OpenAI released its first production AI model to run on non-Nvidia hardware, deploying the new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark coding model on chips from Cerebras. The
Anthropic Is Valued at $380 Billion in New Funding Round
The artificial intelligence start-up raised another $30 billion, and its valuation more than doubled since its last funding round in September.
Mitchell Hashimoto Launches 'Vouch' to Fight AI Slop in Open Source Ecosystem
New tool helps open source projects manage the scourge of AI slop.
FOSS Weekly #26.07: Kernel 6.19, AI for Real Sysadmin Works, Arch Apps on Ubuntu and More Linux Stuff
The last kernel of the 6.x series is here.
‘Dead’ Outlook add-in hijacked to phish 4,000 Microsoft Office Store users
A blind spot in Microsoft’s app and add-in marketplace security allowed an eagle-eyed hacker to hijack an abandoned Outlook add-in to carry out phishing attacks
11 steps to smarter Google account security
There are important accounts to secure, and then there are important accounts to secure. Your Google account falls into that second category, maybe even with
Gail Slater Leaves Role as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Chief
Her departure follows months of mounting tension over her division’s work to determine whether companies violated antitrust laws.
Why Tech Giants Are Accused of Causing Social Media Addiction
In a series of landmark trials, plaintiffs are alleging that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products. Our technology reporter Cecilia
US consumers, business pay 90% of tariff costs, says Federal Reserve
US businesses and consumers paid nearly 90 percent of the cost of Tweety McTreason’s tariffs last year, according to new Federal Reserve research that undercuts
Party like it’s 2001: Diablo II gets a new expansion, new playable class
It’s not every day that a classic PC game gets a new content expansion 25 years after its last major update. But that’s what happened
Anthropic Donates $20 Million to Super PAC Operation to Counter OpenAI
Anthropic and OpenAI now have their own well-funded political groups that will square off in the midterm elections over artificial intelligence safety and regulation.