Calling out corporate BS? There's a steaming pile to aim for
…Follow your nose OPINION Science is at its best when it makes manifest radical ideas that change our worldview. This is the flag all sane people salute, under which we march to…
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Visual Studio 18.5 lands with AI debugging at a price
…Token reduction → Loss of granular control → Reduced contrast → Lower readability → Reduced productivity. For developers who spend entire working days inside the IDE, this is not an aesthetic complaint. It directly affects cognitive…
Microsoft Fabric Database Hub dubbed 'partial' solution
…They also have AI, monitor changes, deliver to analytics, and have solid governance controls. And they are mature offerings with large install bases. I think it will be difficult to pull customers…
Critical Microsoft Excel bug weaponizes Copilot Agent
…Just two of the 83 Microsoft CVEs released on Tuesday are listed as publicly known, and none is under active exploitation, which we're sure is a welcome change to sysadmins. Another…
Google Chrome lacks browser fingerprinting defenses
…Unlike cookies, users cannot clear their fingerprint, and therefore cannot control how their information is collected. We think this subverts user choice and is wrong." MORE CONTEXT US states can't account…
Firefox finds a slew of new bugs with Claude's help
…Mozilla engineer Gabriele Svelto said in a recent Mastodon post that he believes that about 10 percent of Firefox browser crashes can be attributed to bit flips – unintentional changes in memory – rather…
Memo: Red Hat Global Engineering plans to lean in to AI
…The times are changing, it states. "Our roles: All Global Engineering roles will evolve. The focus will shift from 'AI as a tool used on occasion' to 'AI automation as a way…
AI agent hacked McKinsey chatbot for read-write access
…728,000 files containing confidential client data, 57,000 user accounts, and 95 system prompts controlling the AI's behavior. These prompts were all writable, meaning an attacker could poison everything Lilli…
Apple update turns Czech mate for locked-out iPhone user
…He also researched downgrading to iOS 26.3.1, with a view to changing the passcode to one that's compatible with the new keyboard, to no avail. Long-pressing every key…
Intel finds its Zen undercutting AMD with Arrow Lake refresh
…My, my how the times have changed. Not all of Intel’s new cores are created equal. The new chips blend six to eight of its high-clocking performance cores, while the…