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Fake Notepad++ Plugin Delivers MATCHBOIL.V2 in UAC-0099 Attacks

CERT-UA links UAC-0099 to a fake Notepad++ plugin that deploys BURNYBEAR and MATCHBOIL.V2, with persistence running every ...

15 interesting mini gadgets you can buy online

Have you ever considered adding any of these 15 mini gadgets to your workspace? You can buy all 15 pretty easily online today.
Ars Technica

Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com

Reddit will start requiring people to be logged into Reddit to use old.reddit.com. The new requirement will take effect “over the next month,” a Reddit employee going by the username boat-botany ...
Forbes

Americans Use AI More But Trust It Less, Research Finds

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. A recent Pew Research Center survey indicates a significant surge in U.S. AI chatbot ...
The New York Times

What Visual Evidence Tells Us About Israel’s Use of White Phosphorus in Lebanon

Videos collected by The Times shows how the Israeli military has deployed a munition that can be extremely harmful over populated areas in Lebanon. News agency video filmed by Reuters on May 11 shows ...
The Conversation

How much water and power will AI data centres use in Australia? Ironically, we don’t have the data to know

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...
University of California

The largest study of AI use by undergrads is in, revealing disparities in access — and in cheating

In a world where AI can generate research papers, solve equations or create art, educators worry about how college students may be using it, misusing it or missing out on it. Yet there have been few ...
The Verge

Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses

Thousands of Microsoft developers will use GitHub Copilot CLI instead Thousands of Microsoft developers will use GitHub Copilot CLI instead is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has ...
GOLF.com

Should you use the same shaft in your driver and fairway woods?

Finding a shaft profile for your driver is hard enough. When you find one you love with a driver head that works for your swing, it feels like you’re unstoppable. Finding a perfect fairway wood ...
CNBC

Anthropic says Claude can now use your computer to finish tasks for you in AI agent push

Anthropic is trialling a feature that lets users send prompts to Claude from a smartphone. Claude will complete the task on its own on a person's computer. Anthropic's product underscores its push ...
CNN

‘Use it or lose it’: Pentagon spending binge set record in final days of fiscal year

Pentagon spending in September included nearly $9 million on Alaskan king crab and lobster tails, more than $200 million in furniture and $5.3 million in Apple devices – just some of the expenditures ...
Nature

Stop the use of AI in war until laws can be agreed

Attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel have reminded us how close artificial-intelligence research is to the front line. Reports of AI being used to prioritize targets are not new. Every ...