Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC Is Now Open Source
Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC Is Now Open Source Summary Microsoft has officially published the source code for its historic 6502 port of Microsoft BASIC (labelled version 1.1) under an open-source licence.…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Summary An AI-powered offensive research pipeline, dubbed Auto Exploit, built by two independent Israeli security researchers uses prompts to a large language model (Anthropic’s Claude-sonnet-4.0), CVE advisories and open-source patches…
Microsoft inches toward Rusty Windows drivers, production use still a no-no
Microsoft inches toward Rusty Windows drivers, production use still a no-no Summary Microsoft engineering work and community tools are making it increasingly possible to write Windows drivers in Rust, but…
Texas sues PowerSchool for breach exposing the data of students and teachers
Texas sues PowerSchool for breach exposing the data of students and teachers Summary Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against education‑technology provider PowerSchool following a December 2024…
AI Generated ‘Boring History’ Videos Are Flooding YouTube, Drowning Out Real History
AI Generated ‘Boring History’ Videos Are Flooding YouTube, Drowning Out Real History Summary Slashdot republishes a report from 404 Media by Jason Koebler describing a surge of long, AI‑generated “boring…
Supermarket Giant Tesco Sues VMware, Warns Lack of Support Could Disrupt Food Supply
Supermarket Giant Tesco Sues VMware, Warns Lack of Support Could Disrupt Food Supply Summary Tesco has filed suit against Broadcom and reseller Computacenter seeking at least $134 million, alleging Broadcom’s…
Instagram Is Coming To iPad, 15 Years Later
Instagram Is Coming To iPad, 15 Years Later Summary After years of requests, Instagram is finally releasing a dedicated iPad app on 3 September 2025. The iPad version is optimised…
Google’s Latest Pixel Drop Brings the Material 3 Expressive UI To Older Devices
Google’s Latest Pixel Drop Brings the Material 3 Expressive UI To Older Devices Summary Google’s September Pixel Drop brings the Material 3 Expressive UI to older Pixel devices (including Pixel…
Garmin Beats Apple to Market with Satellite-Connected Smartwatch
Garmin Beats Apple to Market with Satellite-Connected Smartwatch Summary Garmin has unveiled the Fenix 8 Pro — its first smartwatch with built‑in inReach satellite and cellular connectivity — days before…
Sweeteners Can Harm Cognitive Health Equivalent To 1.6 Years of Aging, Study Finds
Sweeteners Can Harm Cognitive Health Equivalent To 1.6 Years of Ageing, Study Finds Summary A large observational study of 12,772 Brazilian civil servants (mean age 52) followed for about eight…