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FBI warns of UNC6040, UNC6395 hackers stealing Salesforce data

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-01 08:56:40

The FBI has issued a FLASH alert warning that two threat clusters, tracked as UNC6040 and UNC6395, are compromising organizations’ Salesforce environments to steal data and extort victims. "The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing this FLASH to disseminate Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) associated with recent malicious cyber activities by cyber criminal groups UNC6040 and UNC6395, responsible for a rising number of data theft and extortion intrusions," reads the FBI's FLASH advis

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Writing an operating system kernel from scratch

news.ycombinator.com Uros Popovic 2025-10-01 07:44:44

Posted on: September 13, 2025 | at 09:30 AM Follow @popovicu94 I recently implemented a minimal proof of concept time-sharing operating system kernel on RISC-V. In this post, I’ll share the details of how this prototype works. The target audience is anyone looking to understand low-level system software, drivers, system calls, etc., and I hope this will be especially useful to students of system software and computer architecture. This is a redo of an exercise I did for my undergraduate cours

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Proton Mail suspended journalist accounts at request of cybersecurity agency

news.ycombinator.com Nikita Mazurov 2025-10-01 10:20:36

The company behind the Proton Mail email service, Proton, describes itself as a “neutral and safe haven for your personal data, committed to defending your freedom.” But last month, Proton disabled email accounts belonging to journalists reporting on security breaches of various South Korean government computer systems following a complaint by an unspecified cybersecurity agency. After a public outcry, and multiple weeks, the journalists’ accounts were eventually reinstated — but the reporters

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Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency

news.ycombinator.com Nikita Mazurov 2025-10-01 15:20:36

The company behind the Proton Mail email service, Proton, describes itself as a “neutral and safe haven for your personal data, committed to defending your freedom.” But last month, Proton disabled email accounts belonging to journalists reporting on security breaches of various South Korean government computer systems following a complaint by an unspecified cybersecurity agency. After a public outcry, and multiple weeks, the journalists’ accounts were eventually reinstated — but the reporters

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Amazon suspends engineer who protested company's work with Israeli government

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-10-01 05:45:48

A person walks by The Spheres at the Amazon.com Inc. headquarters in Seattle, Washington, on Nov. 14, 2022. Amazon suspended a software engineer who protested the company's work with the Israeli government, CNBC has confirmed. Ahmed Shahrour, a Palestinian engineer who works for Amazon's Whole Foods business and is based in Seattle, was informed Monday morning that he was being suspended with pay "until further notice" after he posted messages on Slack criticizing the company's ties to Israel.

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‘Peacemaker’ Went Full ‘Doctor Who’ Explaining How Portal Doors Work

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-02 11:15:44

It’s time to see once again what’s new in the world of Christopher Smith in another episode of Peacemaker. Will Chris return in the nick of time to save Eagly from whatever twin-tailed horrors ARGUS has in store for our feathered friend? Will Chris and Harcourt ever become Facebook official? Will we ever figure out why Chris’ “best dimension” appears not to have any non-white people roaming about in the background? Let’s cease with the incessant questions and what awaits Episode four, “Need I S

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Chronic Insomnia Is Bad for the Brain. Like, Really Bad

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-10-02 23:20:07

If you’re a chronic insomniac, you might experience faster declines in memory and thinking skills than your better-sleeping fellows. In other words, your brain might age faster. In a study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology, researchers revealed that people with chronic insomnia, described as having trouble sleeping at least three days a week for three months or more, were significantly more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment or dementia than their healthy counterparts. “Ins

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XFN – XHTML Friends Network (2003)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-29 13:32:25

Xhtml Friends Network XFN™ (XHTML Friends Network) is a simple way to represent human relationships using hyperlinks. In recent years, blogs and blogrolls have become the fastest growing area of the Web. XFN enables web authors to indicate their relationship(s) to the people in their blogrolls simply by adding a ' rel ' attribute to their <a href> tags, e.g.: <a href="http://jeff.example.org" rel="friend met">... To find out how to write and use XFN, or to write a program to generate or spide

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Anthropic’s Claude AI can now automatically ‘remember’ past chats

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-03 23:43:46

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Anthropic will now let its Claude AI chatbot “remember” the details of previous conversations without prompting. The feature is only rolling out for Team and Enterprise users for now, allowing Claude to automatically incorporate someone’s preferences, the contex

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Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-05 22:11:59

With so many wild predictions flying around about the future AI, it’s important to occasionally take a step back and check in on what came true — and what hasn’t come to pass. Exactly six months ago, Dario Amodei, the CEO of massive AI company Anthropic, claimed that in half a year, AI would be "writing 90 percent of code." And that was the worst-case scenario; in just three months, he predicted, we could hit a place where "essentially all" code is written by AI. As the CEO of one of the buzzi

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That new Claude feature 'may put your data at risk,' Anthropic admits

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-10-06 15:26:00

Ekaterina Goncharova/Moment via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Claude AI can now create and edit documents and other files. The feature could compromise your sensitive data. Monitor each interaction with the AI for suspicious behavior. Most popular generative AI services can work with your own personal or work-related data and files to some degree. The upside? This can save you time and labor, whether at home or on the job. The do

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Anti-AGI Protester Now on Day Nine of Hunger Strike in Front of Anthropic Headquarters

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-06 17:23:08

Artificial general intelligence, the prospect of a synthetic entity meeting or exceeding the cognitive power of a human, is a polarizing topic. For some, like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, it's a mission statement — the lodestar guiding the company's $300 billion operations. For others, like activist and organizer Guido Reichstadter, it's an existential threat to be resisted at any cost. Reichstader is now on day nine of a grueling anti-AGI hunger strike in front of the San Francisco headquarters of

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Developers joke about “coding like cavemen” as AI service suffers major outage

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-06 19:08:49

On Wednesday afternoon, Anthropic experienced a brief but complete service outage that took down its AI infrastructure, leaving developers unable to access Claude.ai, the API, Claude Code, or the management console for around half an hour. The outage affected all three of Anthropic's main services simultaneously, with the company posting at 12:28 pm Eastern that "APIs, Console, and Claude.ai are down. Services will be restored as soon as possible." As of press time, the services appear to be res

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Apple Snuck a Clue About Its Smart Home Plans Into the iPhone Air Reveal - and I Caught It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-06 22:45:00

Apple's "awe dropping" Tuesday event has wrapped up, and we're all still taking in the new paper-thin iPhone Air line (not everyone's in awe of it) as well as the iPhone 17 Pro. But something caught my ear in the middle of the iPhone Air announcement. Along with other connectivity support, Apple made sure to add that the iPhone Air would support Thread. In a presentation where every second and word was intentional, it means a lot that the company included it. (Preorders for the iPhone 17 Air ope

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Anthropic reports outages, Claude and Console impacted

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-10-06 23:33:05

Anthropic reported a service outage impacting APIs, Console, and Claude earlier this afternoon. Users on GitHub and Hacker News noted issues with Claude at around 12:20 ET, with Anthropic releasing a status update eight minutes later, noting that its APIs, Console, and Claude AI were down. At press time, the company said it had implemented several fixes and was monitoring the results. “We’re aware of a very brief outage of our API today shortly before 9:30am PT,” an Anthropic spokesperson told

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Microsoft taps Anthropic for AI in Word and Excel, signaling distance from OpenAI

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-10-07 03:26:00

Elyse Betters Picaro/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft will pay Anthropic for access to its AI models. They'll go toward new features in Office 365 platforms. Microsoft and OpenAI are distancing themselves from one another. Microsoft will slacken its dependence on OpenAI through a new partnership with Anthropic, The Information reported on Tuesday. The deal will enable Microsoft to embed Anthropic's AI systems into Microsoft 365 (fo

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Microsoft ends OpenAI exclusivity in Office, adds rival Anthropic

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-07 07:41:42

Microsoft's Office 365 suite will soon incorporate AI models from Anthropic alongside existing OpenAI technology, The Information reported, ending years of exclusive reliance on OpenAI for generative AI features across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. The shift reportedly follows internal testing that revealed Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 model excels at specific Office tasks where OpenAI's models fall short, particularly in visual design and spreadsheet automation, according to sources fam

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Claude’s new AI file-creation feature ships with security risks built in

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-06 22:55:34

On Tuesday, Anthropic launched a new file-creation feature for its Claude AI assistant that enables users to generate Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and other documents directly within conversations on the web interface and in the Claude desktop app. While the feature may be handy for Claude users, the company's support documentation also warns that it "may put your data at risk" and details how the AI assistant can be manipulated to transmit user data to external servers. The fe

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Claude’s new AI file creation feature ships with deep security risks built in

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-08 14:55:34

On Tuesday, Anthropic launched a new file creation feature for its Claude AI assistant that enables users to generate Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and other documents directly within conversations on the web interface and in the Claude desktop app. While the feature may be handy for Claude users, the company's support documentation also warns that it "may put your data at risk" and details how the AI assistant can be manipulated to transmit user data to external servers. The fe

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Microsoft reportedly plans to start using Anthropic models to power some of Office 365's Copilot features

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-08 19:20:19

Microsoft reportedly plans to begin using Anthropic's latest Claude models to power some of the Copilot features in its Office 365 apps. In a report published Tuesday, The Information said the tech giant would announce the change "in the coming weeks." Microsoft currently relies on OpenAI's tech to power the majority of AI features found inside of Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. As an outsider looking in, Microsoft's embrace of Anthropic's models would appear to signal a deepening split be

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Anthropic’s new Claude feature can leak data—users told to “monitor chats closely”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-08 19:55:34

On Tuesday, Anthropic launched a new file creation feature for its Claude AI assistant that enables users to generate Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and other documents directly within conversations on the web interface and in the Claude desktop app. While the feature may be handy for Claude users, the company's support documentation also warns that it "may put your data at risk" and details how the AI assistant can be manipulated to transmit user data to external servers. The fe

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Microsoft to lessen reliance on OpenAI by buying AI from rival Anthropic

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-10-08 19:11:30

Microsoft will pay to use Anthropic’s AI in Office 365 apps, The Information reports, citing two sources. The move means that Anthropic’s tech will help power new features in Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint alongside OpenAI’s, marking the end of Microsoft’s previous reliance solely on the ChatGPT-maker for its productivity suite. Microsoft’s move to diversify its AI partnerships comes amid a growing rift with OpenAI, which has pursued its own infrastructure projects as well as a and a pote

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A Split-Second Hint in the iPhone Air Launch Shows Apple's Ready for the Smart Home

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-08 23:17:00

Apple's "awe dropping" Tuesday event has wrapped up, and we're all still taking in the new paper-thin iPhone Air line (not everyone's in awe of it) as well as the iPhone 17 Pro. But something caught my ear in the middle of the iPhone Air announcement. Along with other connectivity support, Apple made sure to add that the iPhone Air would support Thread. In a presentation where every second and word was intentional, it means a lot that the company included it. "So, what's Thread?" is probably yo

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Xcode 26 RC beta now available for developers

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-09 03:52:57

Following today’s event, Apple is now rolling out the first Release Candidate version of the operating systems announced during WWDC25, as well as for Xcode 26. Here are the details. Apple Intelligence, Anthropic and OpenAI integration This year, Xcode’s highlight feature is its built-in integration with large language models, including native support for OpenAI and Anthropic. Users can also integrate with local LLMs and third-party services via API keys. Anthropic’s support was added late in

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Judge: Anthropic's $1.5B settlement is being shoved "down the throat of authors"

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-09 03:19:39

At a hearing Monday, US District Judge William Alsup blasted a proposed $1.5 billion settlement over Anthropic's rampant piracy of books to train AI. The proposed settlement comes in a case where Anthropic could have owed more than $1 trillion in damages after Alsup certified a class that included up to 7 million claimants whose works were illegally downloaded by the AI company. Instead, critics fear Anthropic will get off cheaply, striking a deal with authors suing that covers less than 500,0

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Apple unveils AirPods Pro 3: new design, better battery life, heart rate monitor

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-09 07:07:17

Today during its ‘Awe dropping’ event, Apple unveiled the next generation of its highly successful AirPods Pro line. Here’s everything you should know about AirPods Pro 3. Apple announces AirPods Pro 3 with pre-orders starting today, shipping September 19 Today as the first announcement during its big iPhone 17 event, Apple introduced the next generation of AirPods Pro: AirPods Pro 3. AirPods Pro 3 include new features like: New design with smaller earbuds with smaller earbuds Improved spat

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An attacker’s blunder gave us a look into their operations

news.ycombinator.com Jamie Levy 2025-10-09 05:42:32

Figure 8: Threat actor starts to rely on automated workflows The threat actor also appeared to be interested in other AI tools to help with data generation and writing. We saw multiple Google searches for “free ai no signup” and for “csv generator ai.” We also saw the threat actor using Toolbaz AI, which is a writing assistant; the CSV spreadsheet generator feature of DocsBot AI, which is an AI chatbot tool; and the AI data generator feature of Explo AI, which is an embedded analytics tool.

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How An Attacker's Blunder Gave Us a Rare Look Inside Their Day-to-Day Operations

news.ycombinator.com Jamie Levy 2025-10-09 10:42:32

Figure 8: Threat actor starts to rely on automated workflows The threat actor also appeared to be interested in other AI tools to help with data generation and writing. We saw multiple Google searches for “free ai no signup” and for “csv generator ai.” We also saw the threat actor using Toolbaz AI, which is a writing assistant; the CSV spreadsheet generator feature of DocsBot AI, which is an AI chatbot tool; and the AI data generator feature of Explo AI, which is an embedded analytics tool.

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Judge in Anthropic AI Piracy Suit Worried Authors May 'Get the Shaft' in $1.5B Settlement

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-09 11:07:16

A federal judge on Monday ordered the court to slow-roll a proposed $1.5 billion settlement to authors whose copyrighted works Anthropic pirated to train its Claude AI models. Judge William Alsup, of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, said the deal is "nowhere close to complete," and he will hold off on approving it until more questions are answered. Alsup's concerns seem to be around making sure authors have enough notice to join the suit, according to Bloomberg. In

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Judge: Anthropic’s $1.5B settlement is being shoved “down the throat of authors”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-09 11:21:02

At a hearing Monday, US district judge William Alsup blasted a proposed $1.5 billion settlement over Anthropic's rampant piracy of books to train AI. The proposed settlement comes in a case where Anthropic could have owed more than $1 trillion in damages after Alsup certified a class that included up to 7 million claimants whose works were illegally downloaded by the AI company. Instead, critics fear Anthropic will get off cheaply, striking a deal with authors suing that covers less than 500,0

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