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‘We’ve been behind the ball for so long’: Experts say DNA samples from crime-scene forensics can be modified and even switched using an AI tool
Researchers discover critical vulnerability in forensic software that allows the undetectable modification of DNA samples on crime-scene evidence The vulnerability allows much of the crime-scene evidence from the past 30 years to be modified A patch is in the works, and the company responsible for the software says that digital…
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Is AI creating the next wave of software sprawl?
Perhaps the issue is not that AI is creating new sprawl, but that the drive to adopt is exposing existing, disconnected processes as a deeper, more urgent problem. Robin Smith Social Links Navigation CTO at Perk. The explosive growth of AI adoption across enterprises is impossible to ignore, but so…
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A stratospheric balloon could become a high-altitude drone carrier, capable of loitering for weeks and launching solar-powered UAVs
Military balloons now launch reusable drones directly from the stratosphere Solar-powered Apollo-R remains airborne for weeks after balloon deployment at altitude Thunderhead balloon carries multiple drones during a single high-altitude deployment mission High-altitude balloons are moving beyond surveillance roles as military developers explore using them as airborne launch platforms for…
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In a twist of irony, a Chinese open source GLM 5.2 AI model contained ‘rogue’ OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol in a Hugging Face hack just as the US mulls banning open-weight AI
Chinese Zhipu AI GLM-5.2 succeeded where leading American models failed woefully Hugging Face breach reignited Washington’s battle over open-weight artificial intelligence Safety guardrails unexpectedly complicated defensive cybersecurity work during a real incident The recent cybersecurity incident involving Hugging Face has unexpectedly placed a Chinese open source AI model at the…
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Russia debuts anti-Starlink EW system that can blind terminals by overloading ‘satellites’ receiving antennas’
Russia unveils an electronic warfare system designed to interfere with Starlink satellite communications Volna Kupol Garant focuses on satellites instead of disrupting ground communication terminals The new Russian system reportedly jams eight Starlink transmission bands using directed radio signals Russia has unveiled a new electronic warfare system designed to disrupt…
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Quote of the day by pioneer of cybernetics Norbert Wiener: ‘The automated machine is the economic equivalent of slave labour’ — foreshadowing the displacement of human labor in the years to come
For as long as humanity has envisioned a future co-existing with machines, there have been fears that labor could be displaced. These fears first sparked during the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s, but have continued in the years since. Most recently, the rise of generative AI has raised these fears…
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