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AMD denies researcher a $10,000 bug bounty after fixing critical auto-updater vulnerability — security flaw took 124 days to patch

AMD took over four months to fix a critical security bug in its autoupdater, and the security researcher didn't see a dime for his efforts

AI summary AMD refused to pay a $10,000 bug bounty to a cybersecurity researcher who discovered a critical vulnerability in AMD's software update system. The flaw, found in February, allowed man-in-the-middle attacks and remote code execution, and it took AMD 124 days to patch it. The company denied the reward despite the researcher's cooperation.

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You do your own time

There we were, a regular murderers’ row of librarians. Little Jo. Eustace. And me. Turning around in the nave of our library to greet the sound of footsteps, pistols leveled in case whoever was coming in didn’t respect sanctuary. Little Jo had a stack of books under one arm. Eustace was holding the screwdriver she’d…

You Probably Won’t Get Rich Off the SpaceX IPO

The company has set aside an unusually high number of shares for retail investors. Still, experts say, you’re just getting the crumbs.

Several police officers arrested for using controversial Flock AI license plate reader system to stalk romantic partners, says report — investigators have unearthed at least 18 such cases in the US over recent years

Tens of officers have been fired, and some even arrested, for abuse of the Flock license plate reader system used by police departments throughout the US, according to a new report.

BOFH: For one ambitious security type, chaos is a ladder

Mission Control sends its regards

Inside interoception: The hidden sense of how you feel inside

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of science and technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Your brain lives in the dark space of your skull. Yet it knows when the wind lifts the hairs on your skin, when your heart is…

Sega is beefing up the Sonic Team on its 35th anniversary, hiring across multiple key roles

Sega is hiring up for the Sonic Team, just as the series is celebrating its 35th anniversary. Read more

Windows bowls a BSOD at sports fans

It's just not cricket

CISA orders feds to patch actively exploited Ivanti flaw by Sunday

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered government agencies to patch an actively exploited Ivanti Sentry flaw within three days, as mandated by the newly issued Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04. [...]

Delos Data offers AI chip startups a fast track to rack scale

Half the trouble of building an Nvidia NVL or AMD Helios competitor is just getting the networking out of the box

Over 73,000 French govt employees affected in Tchap messenger breach

The French government revealed that a recent breach of its Tchap encrypted messaging platform affects the accounts of over 73,000 employees in the French public sector. [...]

'Battery on wheels': Sweden powers homes with EVs

When they get home, the residents of a small housing association on the outskirts of Hudiksvall, Sweden, plug in their electric vehicles to charge them or, intriguingly, power their homes.

This is your BIOS speaking. Please fix me. Your PC is broken

Casual IT team learns that building bespoke PCs can be a false economy

One-way quantum synchronization could make quantum computers more reliable

Scientists at RIKEN have proposed a new way to make quantum systems synchronize in only one direction—like a one-way street for sound particles known as phonons. The breakthrough combines two quantum effects to create a form of one-way quantum synchronization that remains surprisingly stable even when exposed to manufacturing flaws and environmental noise, two major obstacles that have long…

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Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don’t have to

Equal AI said that its AI-powered call assistant now has over a million monthly active users.

AI summary Equal AI has raised $30 million to develop an AI-powered call assistant that answers calls for users. The app is available on Android and targets the Indian market, with over a million monthly active users.

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Cheaper, faster, and culturally aware, Avataar’s video AI is built for India’s scale

Avataar AI's distilled video model is priced at $0.005 for every second of generation.

Apple’s new Foundation Models explained: on-device AI, cloud AI, and everything in between

During the WWDC26 keynote, Apple announced its third generation of Apple Foundation Models (AFM), comprising five models, some of which are local, some of which are cloud-based, and one of which lives in Google’s servers running on Nvidia chips. Here’s a breakdown of how that will work.

AI summary Apple announced its third generation of Apple Foundation Models (AFM) during WWDC26, comprising five models that are local, cloud-based, or running on Google’s servers with Nvidia chips (as reported by 9to5Mac). According to a Habr article, Apple previewed Foundation Models for developers at iOS 26's launch in 2025, and later in January 2026, Bloomberg reported a deal with Google for the next AFM generation to be based on Google Gemini technology.

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