Anthropic response to 1-click pwn: Shouldn’t have clicked ‘ok’
How explicit does the maker of a footgun need to be about the product’s potential to shoot you in the […]
Month: May 2026
Fake IT workers rented laptops to Nork scammers, got prison time
Playing host to company laptops used by North Korean scammers posing as American IT workers might earn you a cut […]
IBM Cloud evaporates as datacenter loses power
IBM Cloud has been experiencing some issues today, with reports that an entire European datacenter was offline this morning for […]
60% of MD5 password hashes are crackable in under an hour
It’s World Password Day, and there’s really no better way to celebrate than with news that a majority of supposedly […]
Hungarian cops cuff suspected swatter after two-year FBI probe
Hungarian cops have arrested a 20-year-old man in Nógrád County over an alleged swatting call that sent armed officers to […]
AMD puts out new slottable GPU for AI-curious enterprises
AMD hopes to win over enterprise AI customers with a more affordable datacenter GPU that can drop into conventional air-cooled […]
Official PCIe 8.0 draft aims for 1 TB/s data rate
An official draft of the PCI Express (PCIe) 8.0 specification is out, targeting a blistering 1 terabyte per second when […]
State-backed hackers hammer Palo Alto firewall zero-day before patch lands
State-backed hackers have been quietly exploiting a fresh zero-day in Palo Alto Networks firewalls to gain root access with no […]
C++ survey finds AI use rising, though trust is in short supply
The Standard C++ Foundation’s annual developer survey shows AI use among C++ programmers is rising fast, though mistrust and resistance […]
TomTom’s route planner takes an unplanned detour into oblivion
TomTom users found themselves thoroughly lost this week after the navigation giant’s cloud sync apparently forgot where anyone wanted to […]