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Applebee’s exposed customers’ personal data after leaving database password in app
EXCLUSIVE: A security researcher discovered the hardcoded credential in Applebee's app, allowing unrestricted access to customers' personal data.
Supersonic airliner in doubt as company shifts to powering AI data centers
Boom’s airliner may be delayed, and its data center power business lost a customer.
Last-minute Halloween costumes for tech nerds
No Halloween costume? Just be a deceptively cute AI agent icon, a PHP vulnerability, or sleepy time Bryan Johnson.
Anthropic VS code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hours
It's still unknown how attackers got access to Anthropic's verified Cursor account.
Critical Linux kernel flaw allows remote root attacks on MPTCP servers
Security researchers at Anthropic have developed an exploit for a critical Linux kernel vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute commands as root on…
Linux kernel exploit enables remote root attacks on MPTCP servers
Security researchers at Anthropic have developed an exploit for a critical Linux kernel vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute commands as root on…
Exclusive details about Akai’s MPC Sample Key
Akai teased its new MPC Sample Key on Instagram earlier this week, and said it plans to open-source its software so the modding community can hack it to their hearts' delight. Whi…
Sam Altman says it’s better for RAM to be in a data center than on your desk
Asked about supply chain shortages, like the ongoing RAM shortage, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in an interview that it's "terrible" to have RAM in personal PCs instead of data cent…
Dartmouth's provost warned us about AI cheating—but his own AI use cost him his job
People who love AI don't always love telling others they used it.
The biggest names in AI are backing a new way to opt out of scraping
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI, as reported earlier by Search Engine Roundta…
Meta settles another social media addiction case just before trial
Snap is now the only defendant in the case.
Over 25% of people lie to get antibiotics—and their lies aren't even good
Faked symptoms still point to infections that antibiotics don't treat.
Bluesky now has a dedicated 'moderation inbox'
The beta feature makes it easier to stay on top of reports and account strikes.
AI law firm Crosby bids on disintegrating, famed firm Weil Gotshal
Like a real-life episode of "Suits," the demise of famed white-shoe Wall Street law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has been the talk of the legal industry. And now an AI firm has ent…
Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders
But it's still early days for the relatively new e-commerce use case.
Everything you need to know about Googlebooks
Despite good initial hardware, the Googlebook OS still needs a lot of work.
Google’s satellite AI server transmits its first response to Earth
Google's AI chip-equipped satellite has generated its first response from space. In a blog post on Friday, Google says it successfully booted up the satellite's Tensor Processing …
Cognizant puts 25,000 staff behind OpenAI, days after a Gemini push
Cognizant formed an OpenAI Frontier Capability Group of more than 25,000 staff to deploy Codex and ChatGPT for clients. It will focus on software engineering, updating old systems…
Rare meteorite from Mars gives us a view into its ancient crust
A meteorite found in the Sahara is a rare piece of Mars' ancient crust.
Fan fiction website AO3 is down, and it could take weeks to recover
The site's data is reportedly intact, but the cause of the outage is still unknown.
Satlyt takes another step toward turning satellites into space data centers
Satlyt ran a successful test this month bringing it closer to turning spacecraft, starting with satellites, into virtual data centers.
Zest’s new AI agent finds restaurants and books reservations over text
Can't agree on where to eat? Zest's AI concierge can combine everyone's tastes, put restaurant options to a vote, and make the reservation.
Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
Low costs and offline security mean magnetic tape still has a job.
Starbucks wants to use AI to show you a ‘personalized digital menu’ at the drive-thru
Starbucks could eventually show you a personalized digital menu when you pull up to the drive-thru. During an earnings call on Thursday, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said the compan…