TOP STORIES
AI
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Investors are pricing in a 32.6% AI productivity boost for software engineers
Economists turn stock movements into an estimate of anticipated gains – while warning that markets can get carried away
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AMD bets $8.2B that worlds matter more than words in AI
AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li just co-founded spatial AI research company World Labs in 2024. Now it's joining AMD
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AWS needs to embrace its place as the Home Depot of AI infrastructure
What's wrong with being a great wholesaler?
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French dev aims to solve bots' blindness so they can understand GUIs
Because sometimes escaping your sandbox requires clicking a button
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OPINION
Open source datacenters and open source thinking will undo self-inflicted DC damage
Denial and distraction have served the bit barn barons very badly. Wise up
Infosec
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Security
Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks
PLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!
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Security
Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack
PLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more
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Black Hat and DEF CON
DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure
Voting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included
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Security
EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis
Went at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified
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Malware Month
Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight
On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career
FOSS
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KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal
Akademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user
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Shopify extends lifeline to Tailwind as vibe coding erodes web dev platform's bottom line
Acquisition gives open source CSS framework 'a stable long-term home'
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Switzerland tests a FOSS escape route from Microsoft 365
Swiss Army sticks a knife in American cloud apps with its own FOSS push
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Feel peak Windows was 7? You might like Kumander Linux
Debian and Xfce – solid, sensible choices – with a pretty skin
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Canonical shuttering some of its legacy chat channels
The Ubuntu Pastebin went in June, IRC gets demoted next
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Audacity audio-editing app no longer looks like it's from the early 2000s
The FOSS tool for audio editing has a fresh coat of paint, and new features to boot
Facts Only
* Investors are pricing in a 32.6% AI productivity boost for software engineers.
* AMD has bet $8.2B that world matters more than words in AI.
* Fei-Fei Li co-founded World Labs in 2024 and is joining AMD.
* AWS needs to embrace its role as the Home Depot of AI infrastructure.
* Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks.
* Microsoft patched failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack.
* EQT bought a majority share in Swiss cybersecurity firm Acronis for an equivalent valuation of $3.5B+.
* KDE has developed an AI-native desktop proposal.
* Shopify extended support to Tailwind.
* Switzerland tests a FOSS escape route from Microsoft 365.
Executive Summary
Investors are pricing in a 32.6% AI productivity boost for software engineers. This optimism is accompanied by warnings from economists that markets can become overly enthusiastic regarding anticipated gains. In the AI space, key players are making significant moves: AMD has bet $8.2 billion on the importance of world matters over words in AI and is joining spatial AI research company World Labs, co-founded by Fei-Fei Li. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is positioned as a critical infrastructure provider for AI, requiring it to solidify its role as the "Home Depot of AI infrastructure."
In the security landscape, there are ongoing incidents, including Russians posing as Signal support for phishing attacks and Microsoft patching issues related to on-prem SharePoint being vulnerable to zero-day attacks. Cybersecurity investment is also visible, with EQT acquiring a majority share in Swiss cybersecurity firm Acronis, valued at over $3.5 billion. On the open source front, there is movement in desktop environments, with KDE considering an AI-native desktop proposal, and efforts to create FOSS escape routes from proprietary systems, evidenced by Switzerland testing a route from Microsoft 365.
Full Take
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