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An OpenAI model helped spot a potentially catastrophic flaw in a programming language behind millions of sites. Website owners should check that they are covered.
Read more: OpenAI's AI helped find a serious flaw in code behind many websitesTwo serious flaws in KSMBD, the Linux kernel's built-in file-sharing server, are public, and the main kernel has no fix yet. Here is who should check.
Read more: Two serious flaws found in Linux file-sharing feature, no fix yetA Consumer Reports survey finds rising power bills are straining three in four families, and about one in five are spending less on food to cope.
Read more: Many Families Cut Grocery Spending to Pay Higher Power BillsCloudflare earned South Korea's ISMS certification after a ten-day audit, and it changed how people in Korea sign up, which matters for any firm selling abroad.
Read more: Cloudflare passes South Korea's tough data security auditGov. Kathy Hochul defended a one-year pause on new giant AI data centers, saying it protects power, water and communities while the state writes new rules.
Read more: Hochul defends one-year pause on new giant AI data centers in New YorkAn Android Police writer says Google's $180 Fitbit Edge would work better as a budget smartwatch for Google apps, with no fitness tracking at all.
Read more: A writer says Google's Fitbit Edge should skip fitness and be a cheap smartwatchMicrosoft is testing an Edge setting that turns off AI running on your own PC, but it does not appear to switch off Copilot or Microsoft's online AI.
Read more: Microsoft tests a switch to turn off some of Edge's built-in AIA Tom's Guide writer replaced his cloud chatbot with a free AI agent on his laptop, trading speed for privacy and no usage fees.
Read more: A writer swapped his cloud chatbot for a free AI that runs on his own laptopA Bernstein analysis finds only about 35% of announced AI data center capacity is likely to get built, so big announcements may promise far more than will arrive.
Read more: Most announced AI data centers may never actually get builtGoogle says most Fitbit Charge 6 owners never used tap-to-pay, which is why its new Fitbit Edge leaves the feature out. Check before you buy.
Read more: Google says most Fitbit owners never used tap-to-pay on their bandGoogle says each AI agent it runs for Gemini gets its own walled-off computer, and the tools to control agent access and cost are expanding.
Read more: Google unveils a safer, separate computer for each AI agent it runsAmazon says attackers used the PHP2Shell flaws on October 17, four days before anyone was told. Websites built on PHP are the concern.
Read more: Hackers hit PHP2Shell flaws four days before the public warningAn AWS executive says nearly 4 in 10 European startups would consider leaving the region to grow, citing funding gaps, rule costs and energy limits.
Read more: Many European startups say they would move abroad to growA Texas report says new AI data centers could push power plant soot and smog pollution back to levels from the 2000s, depending on how they get their electricity.
Read more: AI data centers could push Texas air pollution back to 2000s levelsGoogle will stop asking local officials to sign secrecy agreements for data center projects, so residents may hear about plans sooner.
Read more: Google will stop making local officials sign secrecy deals for data centersA federal judge ruled the EPA cannot end a citizen lawsuit over gas turbines at Musk's Memphis data center, keeping local residents' right to sue intact.
Read more: Judge says EPA cannot shut down a lawsuit over Musk data center pollutionApple's foldable iPhone Duo can use its inner screen as a ring light on video calls, a setting first seen on Macs last year.
Read more: The iPhone Duo's inner screen can act as a ring light on video callsWikipedia and the Internet Archive had outages Wednesday morning. Wikimedia blames new flaws in PHP, software that runs a huge share of websites.
Read more: Internet Archive and Wikipedia hit by outages on WednesdayWriter Derek Thompson backs building more, but says AI data centers are not like housing and may crowd out hospitals, offices and homes.
Read more: A pro-AI writer says AI data centers are a different matterNvidia says its new DSX Pod data center can be running in 14 days, a pitch to Europe that could make the computing behind AI faster to build.
Read more: Nvidia's CEO pitches Europe on data centers that arrive ready to plug inFanFeed co-founder Cole Rubin says a little fear, a sharp sense of his own gaps and speed help a small company compete with bigger names in ticketing.
Read more: FanFeed's Co-Founder Says Staying a Little Paranoid Helps Startups Beat GiantsCloudflare says it switched on default protection against two new PHP flaws for all customers about nine hours before the public heard about them.
Read more: Cloudflare blocks two new PHP security flaws before they were publicTwo flaws in PHP, the software behind most websites, can let attackers take over servers. Cloudflare blocks attacks, but only a PHP update fixes the problem.
Read more: Cloudflare blocks new PHP flaws that could let hackers take over sitesAmazon Connect Customer now lets administrators pick a Modern or Classic agent screen for each support team, which could save agents time.
Read more: Amazon's call center software gets two new screen layouts
