Agents tested by OpenAI uploaded hundreds of malicious packages in a cyberattack on the RubyGems software service in May, two months before hacking the open source platform Hugging Face, the company confirmed on Friday. It is the latest revelation of cyberattacks linked to major artificial intelligence developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic. Attacks or attempts … Read more
A Chinese manufacturer is now selling a modified GeForce RTX 5090 with 96 GB of memory, three times the 32 GB of the commercial card. Shenzhen Suqiao Intelligent Technology, an OEM/ODM with more than a decade of experience building graphics cards, motherboards and servers, listed the card on Alibaba for $3,888. That’s about 35% less … Read more
The 49ers gave head coach Kyle Shanahan a contract extension during the offseason, Tom Pelissero of The Ringer reports. Shanahan was already believed to be under contract through 2027, but the length of his new contract is unknown. Now in his 10th year with the 49ers, Shanahan and his team are off to a tremendous … Read more
It’s sci-fi Friday, as Google’s fully mapped fly brain, which was revealed last week, has been designed to play Doom and the rhythm action game Beat Sabre. Google’s brain mapping is a historic first and the fly brain model, which required years of work and AI help to compile, was released by the company’s research … Read more
A Chatham County woman says she is grateful to be alive after a sudden illness left her hospitalized with sepsis, hearing loss and questions about whether a tick-borne infection played a role. Ronnie Dunn said she has lived in the country for years and finding a tick was never unusual. “I’m from the country. I’ve … Read more
A man has been jailed for six months after threatening to behead his son’s teacher after she disciplined him at school for disruptive behaviour. The 47-year-old was sentenced Thursday, less than a week after the incident in Le Fauga, a small town of about 2,600 people near the French city of Toulouse, according to Agence … Read more
Donald Trump: Protests expected as US president visits Ireland BBCIreland holds breath as left-wing president prepares to meet Trump The GuardianTrump to visit Ireland leaders before attending golf tournament reuters.comTrump heads to Ireland for Irish Open at his golf course The New York TimesTime for Trump visit to reflect on ‘deep’ ties with US – … Read more
Nearly 50,000 people have fled a sudden advance by Houthi forces in western Yemen, with entire villages emptied and families trapped near the front line struggling with depleting food supplies, according to aid workers. Civilians in the Middle East’s poorest country have become victims of a global fight for control of one of the world’s … Read more
It looks like Caroline Ellison has come out of stealth mode. A nonprofit CEO announced Friday that he secretly gave a job to Ellison, who went to prison in connection with fraud by Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange. Austin Chen, the founder of Manifund, a donor with ties to the effective altruism movement, wrote on Substack … Read more
Pre-orders for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max will begin on Saturday, September 12 at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time, and the new devices will be available for pre-order in numerous countries around the world simultaneously. We’ve compiled pre-order times for several countries to help MacRumors readers be among the first to place … Read more