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Open-source projects can now get free, regular security scans from Anthropic's strongest AI models, including Claude Mythos. The catch: no human checks the reports first.
The pilot blocks screenshots of profile screens, not chats, and it has reopened a fight over whether mocking dating profiles online should end.
Certificates behind Windows Update expire on May 17 and June 19, 2027. PCs that are up to date get new ones automatically; neglected or unsupported ones get cut off.
CVE-2026-107406 scores 9.5 out of 10 and hits NetScaler appliances used for SAML sign-in, including builds installed days earlier to fix exploited zero-days.
Proton's CEO says one trusted privacy company beats juggling many apps, explains why Lumo moved to Germany, and warns that age checks mean showing ID to use the internet.
P7 is a quieter, more capable version of the DarkSword spyware. It grabs passwords and crypto wallet data from iPhones that missed Apple's fixes. Here is how to stay safe.
Released emails show ICE staff planned to feed processed voter roll data into ELITE, a Palantir-built deportation targeting app. Palantir says that never happened.
From February 10, 2027, free Let's Encrypt certificates last 64 days instead of 90. Sites with hardcoded renewal dates risk sudden expiry warnings.
Midnight Mimosa hides in the system software of cheap MediaTek phones, including fake iPhones and Galaxys, where a factory reset cannot reach it and normal uninstalling fails.
A Manhattan jury convicted a Maryland consultant who drained a crypto exchange in 2021, then spent the money on Pokémon cards, Magic cards and a coin linked to Julius Caesar.
In Kenya's Kakuma camp, refugees use ChatGPT for research gigs that pay discretionary rewards, not wages, as AI erodes the entry-level tech work they were trained for.
The nonprofit behind The Social Dilemma is losing nine of its 16 non-founder staff and dropping policy research and litigation to put Tristan Harris front and center.
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