Meta expands restrictions for teen users to Facebook and Messenger - The system imposes more restricted settings on younger users - though campaigners say it'... - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgqe6yv0yzo
Don't open that JPG sent via WhatsApp for Windows. It might be an .EXE - What a MIME field A bug in WhatsApp for Windows can be exploited to execute malicious cod... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/04/08/whatsapp_windows_bug/
How a Tiny Relay Became a USB Swiss Army Knife - Meet the little board that could: [alcor6502]’s tiny USB relay controller, now evo... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/how-a-tiny-relay-became-a-usb-swiss-army-knife/ #microcontrollers #swissarmyknife #computerhacks #linuxhacks #swissknife #pcbhacks #boot0 #relay #servo #stm32 #news #uart #usb
Microsoft Uses AI To Find Flaws In GRUB2, U-Boot, Barebox Bootloaders - Slashdot reader zlives shared this report from BleepingComputer:
Microsoft used ... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/05/0250250/microsoft-uses-ai-to-find-flaws-in-grub2-u-boot-barebox-bootloaders?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai
Scientists Warn Indonesia's Rice Megaproject Faces Failure - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's ambitious plan to create 1 million hectare... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/04/05/0034246/scientists-warn-indonesias-rice-megaproject-faces-failure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #science
95% of Code Will Be AI-Generated Within Five Years, Microsoft CTO Says - Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott has predicted that AI will generate... - https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/04/02/1611229/95-of-code-will-be-ai-generated-within-five-years-microsoft-cto-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai
YouTube Could Be Worth $550 Billion as Analyst Crowns Platform 'New King of All Media' - MoffettNathanson has crowned YouTube the "New King of All Media" as the Alphabet-o... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/01/2040242/youtube-could-be-worth-550-billion-as-analyst-crowns-platform-new-king-of-all-media?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #youtube
Kink and LGBT dating apps exposed 1.5m private user images online - The often-explicit pictures are being stored without password protection, leaving them vu... - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05m5m5v327o
Signalgate storm intensifies as journalist releases full secret Houthi airstrike chat - So F-18 launch times, weapons, drone support aren't classified now ... who knew? The Atla... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/03/26/signal_calls_congress/
Reflecting on TikTok’s Role in Society as New Ban Deadline Approaches - With a national ban unlikely, let’s reflect on how the app both sparks joy among users an... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-ban-deadline.html #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #beijingbytedancetechnologycoltd #computersandtheinternet #contenttype:service #mobileapplications #capcut(bytedance) #tiktok(bytedance) #trumpdonaldj #socialmedia #e-commerce
Trump's Crypto Venture Introduces a Stabelcoin - World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture backed by Donald Trump and his family, h... - https://slashdot.org/story/25/03/25/2045243/trumps-crypto-venture-introduces-a-stabelcoin?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #bitcoin
Palantir suggests 'common operating system' for UK govt data - 'Don't wait for another pandemic or civil challenge,' says US spy-tech biz Comment It mi... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/palantir_covid_inquiry_comments/
VanHelsing ransomware emerges to put a stake through your Windows heart - There's only one rule – don't attack Russia, duh Check Point has spotted a fresh ransomwa... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/vanhelsing_ransomware_russia/
AI agents swarm Microsoft Security Copilot - Looking to sort through large volumes of security info? Redmond has your backend Microsof... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/03/24/microsoft_security_copilot_agents/
Cloudflare’s AI Labyrinth Wants Bad Bots To Get Endlessly Lost - Cloudflare has gotten more active in its efforts to identify and block unauthorize... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/24/cloudflares-ai-labyrinth-wants-bad-bots-to-get-endlessly-lost/ #artificialintelligence #softwarehacks #webscraping #security
Solar Power, Logically - We’ve all seen the ads. Some offer “free” solar panels. Others promise nearly free... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/20/solar-power-logically/ #solarhacks #solarpower
Study finds AI-generated meme captions funnier than human ones on average - A new study examining meme creation found that AI-generated meme captions ... - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/ai-beats-humans-at-meme-humor-but-the-best-joke-is-still-human-made/ #largelanguagemodels #machinelearning #internetmemes #ethanmollick #culture #aistudy #biz #gpt-4o #openai #humor #ai
Have Humans Passed Peak Brain Power? - Across high-income countries, humans' ability to reason and solve problems appears... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/03/17/0954252/have-humans-passed-peak-brain-power?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #science
AI tool tells user to learn coding instead of asking it generate the code - Cursor AI refuses to generate codes larger than 800 lines o... - https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-tool-tells-user-to-learn-coding-instead-of-asking-it-generate-the-code #artificialintelligence #techindustry
SpaceX rocket explodes, raining debris from sky for second time in a row - It grounded flights in Orlando, Miami and Palm Beach after debris concerns from Starship'... - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj92wgeyvzzo