The PDP-11 was a 16-bit minicomputer that was very influential in its time. That’s what inspired [vanheusden] to start working on an emulator for the machine in 2018, which has since been developed to run on a wide variety of platforms.  The emulator, named “Kek,” is...

Cloudflare has used AI to automate processing of incoming reports to its bug bounty program for $58 a month using Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model and chose it partly because using the AI company’s security-specific Mythos model would burn through around $200,000 a...

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China has changed its legal definition of semiconductors. The National Intellectual Property Administration yesterday issued an expert opinion on recent changes to the regulations governing intellectual property laws as applied to chips. That document, attributed to...

The grants will help local governments assess and improve cyber defenses amid a multistate campaign targeting water and wastewater infrastructure. The post New York Awards $9 Million to Strengthen Cybersecurity at 153 Water Systems appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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The AI arms race reached a fever pitch on Monday after Chinese e-commerce and cloud provider Alibaba called into question America’s technological lead with the launch of Qwen 3.8-Max, a 2.4 trillion-parameter model that goes toe-to-toe with the best models from...

After a quarter that delivered $1 billion in profit, Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Monday once again warned that AI frontier labs as too untrustworthy for enterprises.

Reverse-engineered schematic of the IBM 604’s TR-3 module. (Credit: Ken Shirriff) Taking a break from ogling microscopic features in Intel’s semiconductor processors, [Ken Shirriff] is back to instead poking at decidedly macroscopic pluggable modules from the 1948 IBM...

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In what they call the first-ever real-world agent-to-agent exploitation method, Pillar Security researchers say they discovered an exploit in the repository behind Google's Agent Development Kit for Python that could allow attackers to compromise supply chains. In...

When asked about product-market fit, Spiegel said he believes mass-market consumer adoption won't occur until the end of the decade.

Apple's September 2026 event could bring the iPhone 18 Pro, Apple's first foldable iPhone and new Apple Watches. Here's what the most credible rumors suggest. The post Apple September Event Predictions: iPhone 18 Pro and Other Rumors Ranked appeared first on...

South Korea plans a KIC investment account for AI, data centers, chips, and strategic industries, but the government has not set its funding size. The post South Korea Unveils $14B Sovereign Fund to Back AI, Data Centers appeared first on TechRepublic.

Apple is exploring health and fitness experiences for future smart glasses, but the capabilities are unlikely to appear in its first model. The post Apple Explores Health and Fitness Features for Future Smart Glasses appeared first on TechRepublic.

Microsoft is optimizing Windows 11 for PCs with 8GB of RAM, but buyers should still weigh workload limits before choosing lower-memory hardware. The post Microsoft Targets Faster Windows 11 as 8GB PCs Return appeared first on TechRepublic.