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Thursday October 9, 2025. 07:15 PM
AI assistant could be duped into leaking code and tokens via sneaky markdown GitHub's Copilot Chat, the chatbot meant to help developers code faster, could be helping attackers to steal code instead.…
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Despite its increasing popularity, the Rust programming language is still supported by a single compiler, the LLVM-based rustc. At the 2025 GNU Tools Cauldron, Pierre-Emmanuel Patry said that a lot of people are waiting for a GCC-based Rust compiler before jumping into the...
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No word on why the outsourced supplier was storing this data in the first place Communication platform provider Discord has admitted that around 70,000 users had their government IDs stolen as part of its recent data breach.…
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Georgia's hyper MAGA, super offensive, wildly anti-semitic Congressperson Marjorie Taylor Greene wants her kids' health care to be taxpayer subsidized, bad enough to let everyone keep it, and is sticking to her guns on the Epstein files. While this is likely more a callback ...
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An anonymous reader shares a report: DC Comics president and publisher Jim Lee said that the company 'will not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork,' assuring fans that its future will remain rooted in human creativity. 'Not now, not ever, as long as [SVP, general...
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Pedophile protector Pam Bondi's US Attorney for the Central District of California was heard screaming at prosecutors for, yet again, failing to secure an indictment against an ICE-arrested protestor. Why? Because the ICE agents lie. 'Although his office filed felony cases ...
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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Lubuntu team have announced the release of Lubuntu 25.10, which is a community edition of Ubuntu featuring the LXQt desktop. The new release provides nine months of security updates and runs the LXQt 2.2...
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Rest of the world surges on Windows 10 end-of-life upgrades WORLD WAR FEE The global PC market is ticking upward as Windows 10's end-of-life nears, except in North America, where tariff shocks and economic jitters have slowed demand.…
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Long before brain scans and neural networks, two scientists used chemistry and ink to uncover what the brain actually looks like. In the late 1800s, Italian scientist Camillo Golgi developed a staining method he called the 'black reaction,' a chemical process using silver...
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Amazon's fall 2025 Prime Day sale has come and gone, but a few of the best deals are still available.
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A woman died passed away while riding Disneyland's Haunted Mansion last Monday. Anaheim Fire & Rescue responded to Disneyland on Monday, Oct. 6 at about 6:30 p.m. for an unresponsive woman in her 60s who had just finished riding the Haunted Mansion attraction, according to...
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The EU’s Global Gateway plan is challenging China’s Belt and Road Initiative to influence Africa, by providing funding that will expand access to electricity.
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Software vendors keen to monetize AI should tread cautiously, since they risk inflating costs for their customers without delivering any promised benefits such as reducing employee head count. From a report: The latest report from McKinsey & Company mulls what...
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Are we alone in the universe? This is something many have wondered before. In this video by Wired, a NASA scientist (David Dr. Grinspoon) answers our questions about the possibility of extraterrestrial life.  Grinspoon believes intelligent life exists somewhere beyond...
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Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.
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Sudden increases in the size of Fedora's initramfs files have prompted the project to fast-track a proposal to increase the default size of the /boot partition for new installs of Fedora 43 and later. The project has also walked back a few changes that have contributed to...
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How Hong Kong gave rise to Labubu and a designer toy movement now shaping global culture.
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Analyst predicts over-supply will trigger a market correction in favor of deep-pocketed incumbents Gartner has signaled that the supply of 'agentic AI' in terms of models, platforms, and products far outstrips demand, creating a situation that will lead to consolidation and...
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Watch an adorable, smart dog drag his bed outside for his daily sunbathing session, only to realize it's too cloudy outside. This pup waits everyday for his person to get home and then runs into the lawn with his bed, which is nearly as big as him. — Read the rest The post S...
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Ubuntu 25.10, 'Questing Quokka', has been released. This release includes Linux 6.17, GNOME 49, GCC 15, Python 3.13.7, Rust 1.85, and more. This release also features Rust-based implementations of sudo and coreutils; LWN covered the switch to the Rust-based tools in March....
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