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‘This one just needs a script’: Researchers find ultimate Windows kill switch which can disable antivirus with almost no user interaction
Researchers uncovered “Download more RAM” flaw in consumer DDR4/DDR5 memory Attack bypassed Windows VBS and HVCI, disabling antivirus and protections Microsoft patched CVE‑2026‑23670; tools now help enable memory write protection Microsoft has recently fixed a vulnerability that allowed threat actors to bypass advanced security measures, disable antivirus software, and expose…
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Trump places 100% tariffs on ‘particularly sensitive’ drones for national security reasons and to strengthen US drone industry
Trump levies huge tariffs on ‘sensitive’ drones, such as those heavier than 25kg Tariffs have also been applied to a range of other countries, such as the EU, UK, Japan, and Taiwan Trump says the tariffs will help strengthen national security while also bolstering the domestic drone market President Trump…
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‘We failed you today’: Namecheap down for several hours after a data center cooling failure, leaving customers furious
Namecheap suffers major outage, with services unavailable for hours “Cooling issues” at Phoenix data center blamed for outage The issue took around 15 hours to fully repair, with customers raging Top hosting provider Namecheap suffered a significant outage which led to websites across the globe seeing problems for several hours.…
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Experts warn ChatGPT isn’t just predicting words anymore — It’s now predicting human thoughts
GPT-4 predicted personality scores months before any human ever answered a question A Bosch oven manual was enough for GPT-4 to invent personality traits DSM-5 predictions hit 0.71 accuracy; astrology predictions somehow hit 0.85 accuracy Human personality has traditionally been measured by asking people questions and comparing their answers across…
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Japan launches sovereign satellite navigation network as GPS cannot reach all of its country
QZSS was designed specifically around Japan’s difficult positioning environment and geography The seven-satellite constellation brings Japan closer to continuous domestic navigation coverage QZS-7 successfully reached orbit after QZS-5 was lost during launch Mountainous terrain and densely packed city blocks across Japan can obstruct ordinary satellite positioning signals from reaching receivers…
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‘When I first came up with the term, no one had heard of it before’ — Quote of the day by NASA’s former software director Margaret Hamilton on the birth of software engineering
The computing industry was once unrecognizable from the one we see today, with the idea of discipline centered around writing code treated as some kind of fantasy. That was before industry pioneer Margaret Hamilton coined the term while leading the flight software team for NASA’s Apollo space program in the…
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