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AI
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AI AND ML
An off-grid AI sounds like a great survival assistant, but is better left to roleplaying the zombie apocalypse
Would you rather play Russian roulette with an LLM or put your health and safety in the hands of a professional
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SYSTEMS
Elon pledges to give Nvidia a virtual monopoly over the stars
In space, no one can hear you scream when the LLMs hallucinate
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EDGE AND IOT
Dev proves LLMs will run on anything – even a $10 microcontroller
Nearly 10 tok/s and it's mostly coherent — What's not to like?
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Security
This one time, at Hacker Summer Camp …
What to expect as BSides, Black Hat, and DEF CON descend on Las Vegas
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ai and ml
China turns up the heat with open model blitz as US model makers panic
For the first time, Alibaba's Qwen team is letting its 'Max' model out of the API pen; meanwhile, DeepSeek V4-Flash gives new meaning to cheap and cheerful competition
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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FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash another
Word up
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GNOME can look like Windows – and Flashback can do it without extensions
New 'Simple-taskbar' is an option, but there's a simpler, stabler way
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A moment of silence, please, for the final release of Debian on x86-32
New Debian versions hit FOSSland in the form of 13.6 and 12.15
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Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websites
Flaws in iCagenda, Balbooa Forms extensions can impact open source CMS that powers a million sites worldwide
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Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assembly
Joins yserver, Phoenix, and of course XLibre – and outlier Arcan
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Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it
Next version of Linux Mint’s desktop has both kinds of display server
Facts Only
LLMs are being tested for off-grid applications; one LLM runs on a $10 microcontroller with nearly 10 tok/s coherence.
Alibaba's Qwen team released the 'Max' model via API; DeepSeek V4-Flash offers competitive performance in model releases.
Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks, and US entities took down Iranian propaganda sites.
Microsoft patched a vulnerability in on-prem SharePoint that was under zero-day attack.
EQT acquired a majority share in Swiss cybersecurity firm Acronis for a valuation equivalent to $3.5B+.
Debian released versions 13.6 and 12.15.
Joomla and related extensions contain flaws that can impact open source CMS platforms.
A new X11 server is being implemented directly in assembly, joining projects like yserver and Phoenix.
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