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Linux Torvalds recently admitted to a slight delay in the release of Linux Kernel 6.14 due to his own forgetfulness, but the update brings a host of cutting-edge features. Desktop users will particularly appreciate the improved NTSYNC driver, which enhances performance for Windows programs running on Linux. Gamers are excited about this release, as it […]
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Microsoft’s Azure Core Upstream team released an open-source Rust library called Hyperlight for executing small embedded functions using hypervisor-based protection. Hyperlight Wasm, a virtual machine, “micro-guest,” was voted into the CNCF Sandbox program. The concept emphasizes performance and compatibility, offering high-level, performant abstractions across different execution environments while still prioritizing security and efficiency. By combining […]
Patrick Peng delves deep into the exploitation of Llama.cpp’s Heap Maze, highlighting a unique system that deviates from classic ptmalloc exploitations. With Llama.cpp’s RPC components in focus, Peng uncovers security vulnerabilities that were patched by implementing rigorous memory checks at various stages of RPC processing. Despite these mitigations, an interesting heap-overflow vector is discovered in […]
Cyanview, a small Belgian company specializing in camera shading for live video broadcast, has become a powerhouse in the industry, providing products used in major events like the Olympics, Super Bowl, and more. Their success is attributed to their use of Elixir, a language with strong networking capabilities that allowed them to revolutionize camera systems […]
U.S. national-security leaders included the author in a group chat discussing an upcoming military strike in Yemen. Despite initial disbelief, the bombs started falling, two hours after the author received a war plan from Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense. The Signal chat included several high-profile officials discussing the strike, attracting the author’s suspicions. Following […]
The Russian novelist Ivan Goncharov once pondered the relentless nature of writing, contrasting it with the idleness that he believed was the true purpose of life. The concept of rest, as old as the Bible, has been viewed differently by philosophers, with the French casting it in a more poetic light. The notion of enforced […]
Gemini 2.5 is the latest AI model designed to tackle complex problems with enhanced reasoning and advanced coding capabilities. The experimental version, Gemini 2.5 Pro, leads on common benchmarks and showcases strong reasoning and code skills, ranking #1 on LMArena. This model can reason through its thoughts before responding, providing improved accuracy and performance. Gemini […]
In this groundbreaking study, we tackle the challenge of optimizing large-scale machine learning models by introducing a novel approach using metagradients. Our algorithm efficiently calculates metagradients, allowing for improved model performance through smooth model training. With metagradient descent (MGD), we surpass existing dataset selection methods, resist accuracy-degrading data poisoning attacks, and automatically optimize learning rate […]
New York-based writer Whitney Mallett explores the unique history of Towa Tei’s 1997 track “GBI (German Bold Italic)”, in which Kylie Minogue sings from the perspective of a typeface. Tei collaborated with artist Hiro Sugiyama to create the high-impact techno font accompanying the release as a data track. The song, sung by one of the […]
A week ago, a malicious code was added to the tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action, potentially leaking secrets to public build logs for anybody using it. The attack was made possible due to common practice of referencing mutable Git tags in workflows. The author provides a script to identify all the GitHub Actions being used, emphasizing the […]