What Every Argument About Sideloading Gets Wrong
What Every Argument About Sideloading Gets Wrong Summary Developer Hugo Tunius argues that the standard rallying cry—”I should be able to run whatever code I want on hardware I own”—misses…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An independent pair of Israeli researchers built an automated pipeline (dubbed Auto Exploit) that uses large language models, CVE advisories and open-source…
A mammoth toothache: world’s oldest bacterial DNA found in the mouths of mammoths
Summary An analysis of teeth, skulls and bone from 483 woolly and steppe mammoths has uncovered the oldest host-associated microbial DNA ever sequenced — including a 1.1-million-year-old bacterial genome. Researchers…
WhatsApp, Apple warn of highly targeted attacks with zero-day vulnerability
Summary WhatsApp has patched a zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-55177, which it says involves incomplete authorisation of linked device synchronisation messages and could let an unrelated user trigger processing of…
‘Why Do Waymos Keep Loitering in Front of My House?’
Why Do Waymos Keep Loitering in Front of My House? Summary Waymo robotaxis have been repeatedly parking in the same spots outside certain homes in Los Angeles and Arizona between…
Azure Budget Alerts Go Berserk After Microsoft Account Migration Misfire
Azure Budget Alerts Go Berserk After Microsoft Account Migration Misfire Summary Some Microsoft Azure customers were hit by wildly incorrect spend forecasts after a problematic account migration. Automated budget alerts…
The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending
The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending Summary The Atlantic reports that the long-standing US “de minimis” duty-free import exemption has been ended, removing the previous threshold (raised to…
EU To Boost Satellite Defences Against GPS Jamming, Defence Commissioner Says
EU To Boost Satellite Defences Against GPS Jamming, Defence Commissioner Says Summary The European Union plans to deploy additional low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and improve detection capabilities to strengthen…
Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs
Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs Summary Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told The Logan Bartlett Show that “agentic” AI allowed the company to “rebalance” its support…
85% of College Students Report AI Use
85% of College Students Report AI Use Summary A recent Inside Higher Ed survey, reported on by Slashdot, finds that 85% of college students have used generative AI for coursework…