Anthropic Cursor Extension Backdoored for 12 Hours
An Anthropic extension for Cursor carried a backdoor for nearly 12 hours
Claude Agent Connected to Pentagon System
A contractor's Claude agent was connected directly to a real Pentagon system, not a test sandbox, raising fresh questions about AI safety and alignment.
systemd Adds Rust Support
systemd now supports Rust code
Gemini 4 Carbon: Google’s frontier AI you can’t use
Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest frontier AI model that users cannot access. It's a marginal upgrade over Argon with no public availability.
Oracle to Offer Google TPUs to AI Customers
Oracle partners with Google to offer TPU access to its cloud AI customers, giving them an alternative to Nvidia GPUs amid growing pressure for AI returns.
iFixit iPhone Duo Teardown: Repairability Score 5/10
iFixit's iPhone Duo teardown reveals a hidden display crease and a fragile hinge, earning a 5/10 repairability score—the best among foldables.
Heroes of Might and Magic II Engine Rewritten
A developer spent years rewriting the Heroes of Might and Magic II engine from scratch, a welcome break from AI-replaces-programmers talk.
OpenAI to Cut Internet Access During Model Training
OpenAI will disable internet access during AI model training to keep models from learning unwanted material, as Anthropic issues another apology.
SparkyOS: light Arch Linux on a USB stick
SparkyOS is a new lightweight, general-purpose Arch Linux distro from the SparkyLinux team, designed to run entirely from a USB pendrive.
Quad9 exits France over DNS blocking court ruling
Quad9 is leaving France after a court ordered it to block domains. The DNS resolver's exit reduces user choice and sets a worrying precedent for intermediaries.