Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws
Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws Summary Attaullah Baig, the former head of security for WhatsApp, has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the…
Mathematicians Find GPT-5 Makes Critical Errors in Original Proof Generation
Mathematicians Find GPT-5 Makes Critical Errors in Original Proof Generation Summary Researchers at the University of Luxembourg tested GPT-5 on an open mathematical problem: extending a qualitative fourth-moment theorem to…
Signal Rolls Out Encrypted Cloud Backups, Debuts First Subscription Plan at $1.99/Month
Signal Rolls Out Encrypted Cloud Backups, Debuts First Subscription Plan at $1.99/Month Summary Signal has begun rolling out end-to-end encrypted cloud backups in its latest Android beta. The opt-in feature…
Google Tells Court ‘Open Web is Already in Rapid Decline’ After Execs Claimed It Was Thriving
Google Tells Court ‘Open Web is Already in Rapid Decline’ After Execs Claimed It Was Thriving Summary Google told a court in a filing that “the open web is already…
US Man Still Alive Six Months After Pig Kidney Transplant
US Man Still Alive Six Months After Pig Kidney Transplant Summary A 67-year-old US man, Tim Andrews, remains alive more than six months after receiving a kidney from a genetically…
Hackers Hijack npm Packages With 2 Billion Weekly Downloads in Supply Chain Attack
Hackers Hijack npm Packages With 2 Billion Weekly Downloads in Supply Chain Attack Summary Attackers compromised a maintainer’s npm account via a phishing campaign that used a spoofed “supportnpmjs.help” domain…
All IT Work To Involve AI By 2030, Says Gartner
Summary Gartner says that by 2030 every piece of IT work will involve AI in some form. Today about 81% of IT tasks are performed by humans without AI assistance;…
Nova Launcher’s Founder and Sole Developer Has Left
Nova Launcher’s Founder and Sole Developer Has Left Summary Kevin Barry, the founder and sole developer of Nova Launcher, has left parent company Branch Metrics after being told to stop…
Jaguar Land Rover Extends Shutdown After Cyber Attack
Jaguar Land Rover Extends Shutdown After Cyber Attack Summary Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has extended the closure of its UK and overseas factories after a cyberattack forced the company to…
Plex Suffers Security Incident Exposing User Data and Urging Password Resets
Plex Suffers Security Incident Exposing User Data and Urging Password Resets Summary Plex has alerted customers to a security incident after an unauthorised third party accessed one of its databases.…