Apple plugs image-processing hole ripe for spyware abuse
Apple has released a batch of vulnerability fixes for iPhones, iPads, and Macs, including an image-processing flaw that experts say […]
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Tim King, AmigaDOS royalty, dies aged 70
OBIT Dr Timothy James King, the programmer behind the 68000 version of TRIPOS that became AmigaDOS, has died aged 70. […]
Microsoft finally fixing File Explorer and the Context Menu
Microsoft’s making some major changes to File Explorer and the context menu in order to resolve quality issues and offer […]
Copilot tricked into telling reseachers how to hack itself
Researchers manipulated Microsoft Copilot Personal into telling them how to hack the AI assistant – eventually tricking it into sending […]
Government Teams users face another ******* month of filtered captions
Microsoft Teams will continue censoring profanity in captions by default for some government users until the end of August, a […]
Passport out-of-control at French airport
BORK!BORK!BORK! Europe’s airports can be a minefield for the unwary traveler, especially when that traveler inserts a passport into a […]
Sponsor gives KDE Plasma 6.6 the LTS treatment
The new “bullet-proof” KDE Software Initiative brings long-term fixes to Kubuntu – and other distros can take advantage of them […]
UK puts Google AI on the flight path to fewer contrails
Britain is putting Google AI in the flight-planning loop to see whether airliners can dodge the patches of sky where […]
AI models get convenient amnesia about source material as they grow, MIT boffins find
The process of training an AI model becomes a paradox at scale – the more it remembers, the less it […]
UK’s tech talent pipeline shrinks as overseas worker visa applications fall 7%
Fewer skilled overseas workers are applying for UK tech visas, with numbers down for the third year running even as […]