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OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks

Even with Lockdown Mode, ChatGPT could be still vulnerable to prompt injections, but the goal is to reduce the…

Computex 2026: Are We Heading for the Agentic PC Era Yet? – EE Times

Sem: New primitive for code understanding – not LSPs, but entities on top of Git

Sem is a new command-line tool that provides semantic, entity-level code understanding on top of Git by analyzing…

Ntsc-rs – open-source video emulation of analog TV and VHS artifacts

ntsc-rs is a free, open-source video effect that accurately emulates analog TV and VHS artifacts using physics-based…

Meta confirms 1000s of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot

Meta confirmed that over 20,000 Instagram accounts were compromised through a vulnerability in its AI-assisted account…

Cloning a Sennheiser BA2015 battery pack

Sennheiser's BA2015 battery pack for wireless microphones costs $80-100 despite containing only two standard AA NiMH…

Claude Code Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Steal Credentials From GitHub, Says Microsoft

Researchers say prompt injection attacks could manipulate AI coding agents to access sensitive credentials stored in…

The Trump administration might take an equity stake in OpenAI

President Donald Trump said he's discussing deals "where the American people can benefit from the success of AI."

Police in England and Wales told to halt AI use in court statements

Python JIT project was asked to pause development

Python's Steering Council has requested a pause on new JIT (just-in-time compiler) development in CPython until a formal…

Beyond Instagram: Introducing the next generation of social apps

These newer social apps offer alternatives to Big Tech’s feeds, focusing on interests, creativity, and community.

Zeroserve: A zero-config web server you can script with eBPF

Zeroserve is a lightweight, zero-configuration HTTPS web server that serves entire websites from a single tarball and…

Motorola effectively bricked its entire line of WiFi routers without explanation

Motorola's MotoSync+ app, which is required to set up and manage its WiFi routers, has been non-functional for nearly a…

Moving beyond fork() + exec()

Linux kernel developer Li Chen has proposed adding "spawn templates" to optimize the inefficient fork() and exec()…

Running Python code in a sandbox with MicroPython and WASM

Simon Willison has released micropython-wasm, an alpha package that runs Python code safely in a sandboxed environment…

US House lawmakers release draft bill to prohibit state AI rules

Trees to Flows and Back: Unifying Decision Trees and Diffusion Models

Researchers have unified decision trees and diffusion models by establishing a mathematical correspondence between them,…

Nvidia is proposing a beast of a CPU system for Windows PCs

Meta Keeps Delaying the Release of Its New AI Model to Developers

Mbodi AI (YC P25) Is Hiring Founding Machine Learning Engineer (Robotics)

Mbodi AI, a Y Combinator-backed startup founded in 2024, is hiring a Founding Machine Learning Engineer to develop AI…

There's still no point in gigabit broadband

The author argues that gigabit broadband speeds remain impractical for most home users, despite receiving a 1Gbps…

Ed Craven Says Kick’s Partner Program Doesn’t Reward Gambling Streams

Kick co-founder Ed Craven told a gambling streamer that the platform’s Kick Partner Program does not reward viewership…

Trump Administration Explores Government Stake in AI Firms as OpenAI Discussions Continue

The Trump administration is exploring a proposal that could give the federal government an ownership interest in major…

Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS)

A developer has successfully ported Pokemon Emerald to WebAssembly, allowing the game to run directly in web browsers at…

Introduction – Rust for Python Programmers

This guide teaches Rust to Python developers by mapping familiar Python concepts to Rust's unique features, progressing…

Is anyone here interested in contributing to this OS?

X OS is a new microkernel operating system designed specifically for the AI era, built from scratch to support agentic…

The Smart TV in Your LivingRoom Is a Node in the AIScraping Economy

# Summary Bright Data operates the world's largest residential proxy network with 400+ million home IP addresses by…

GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

A GrapheneOS user reported being flagged by Yoti, an identity verification service, which stated it automatically…

Zig Zen Update

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